Dear Collector,

This auction features over 500 lots of premium British Empire stamps from a lifetime collection, built primarily through purchases from Stanley Gibbons, London. Many items are still housed on their original Stanley Gibbons sales cards, reflecting the significant retail prices originally paid— often up to 80% of catalogue value.

The collection spans the reigns of Queen Victoria through KG 5th, with the collector assembling mint, used, and, in many cases, Specimen sets.

Highlights include the Falkland Islands, featuring key stamps from the 1933 Centenary issue up to the £1 value; St. Vincent with exceptional Queen Victoria material; and Ascension Island and St. Helena, including King George V varieties for every listed flaw across all values up to £1 (catalogue value £4,250).

There is also an extensive section of Orange Free State varieties, including numerous 1900 V.R.I. surcharges and overprints, many accompanied by certificates.

The British Africa section is particularly impressive, with Tanganyika, Kenya & Uganda, British East Africa, German East Africa overprints to 50 Rupees (mint), Zululand Queen Victoria issues to the 5s Carmine and £1 values, as well as Rhodesia featuring early surcharges, Double Heads to £1, Admiral Heads to £1, and much more.

We have priced the majority of these lots at approximately 30–35% of catalogue value, with a small number of the higher catalogue value key items priced slightly higher.

Many of the stamps were carefully selected from Stanley Gibbons with considerable expertise and include a range of scarcer material, such as Boer War Army Telegraphs, revenue issues, and a selection of attractive early philatelic covers with values up to 10s.

Whether offered as complete sets or individual stamps, this remarkable collection presents an outstanding opportunity to acquire quality British Empire material at affordable prices.

Happy hunting

The Stampgroup Team

Happy hunting,The Stampgroup Team

Our latest postal auction includes 100s of new lots with strength in Foreign and worldwide sets, collections and singles from all periods, a nice section of Great Britain classics incl the iconic 1867 £5 Orange, and 10s grey-green fine used, a nice range of prestamp Isle of Wight covers from 1790s onwards, some nice Mulready covers including a 13th May date, and another with triple red MX cancel.

A good offering of postal history throughout from 19th century to middle periods, Australia £2 Roo printings, useful French Colonies collections, India 1948 Gandhi plate or imprint marginal examples / blocks, Iraq, Japan National Parks Miniature sheets, a useful section of USA, Yugoslavia and much more. Even House of Lords or House of Commons GB FDCs etc.

Ideal opportunity to add to your collection. Most lots are illustrated on our website. And don't forget if you have stamps to sell ask us about a valuation and we can discuss your options.

Happy hunting!

The Stampgroup Team.

Our latest Public auction with a wide variety of vendor lots including dozens of mixed lots and country collections, a large mint King George Sixth collection offered by country with the all the key stamps included and unpicked with strength in Indian States & New Zealand postal fiscals and a very nice Great Britain 1867 £5 Orange with a central cancel, QV Line engraved mixed collections including a useful extensive postmark collection offered intact.

A good range of Foreign countries for stamps and postal history included Mixed lots with covers ideal for resale, United States, South & Central America, Europe, French Colonies, British Commonwealth with 1948 Royal Silver Wedding omnibus mint, .unmounted mint modern foreign countries in packets with excellent resale potential for stamp fairs or Ebuyer's.

Note this sale is on a Tuesday at the Aston Hall Hotel on 30th June, viewing starts at 1pm, sale starts at 6pm at the Virage Suite.

Don't forget to bring along your vendor lots for inclusion in our next public sale.

Happy hunting!

The Stampgroup Team.

Our latest postal auction includes a magnificent King George Sixth  collection (mainly mint) approx. 125 lots offered intact with many better key values and top values for Indian Native and Convention states, New Zealand including better Postal Fiscals, many one country collections, some complete or nearly complete.

A  lovely selection of one vendor's British Colonial Postal History single covers and collections including Great Britain Queen Victoria postal History onwards, British Colonies incl Dominica, Malaya States, Nauru 5s forgery on cover, plus other GV issues on cover, Cook Islands early covers, RSW on covers, India QV covers, Falkland Islands and much more.

Royalty including 1936 EDVIII Windsor Castle June postmark proof sheet from the Court Postmaster's Office at Buckingham Palace (Rare).

Some unique and interesting Great Britain imprimaturs, Specimen overprints, nice cds used copies, mint QV-GV periods singles, collections of GV Controls, 1979 Rowland Hill gold error, useful collections and accumulations.

More scans on the website.

Happy hunting
The Stampgroup Team.