Worldwide Demand for Worldwide Material

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The All World Postage Stamps and Postal History auction, held on Thursday 9th October at the London salerooms of Grosvenor proved to be an extremely successful auction.

With both private and public pre sale- viewing being much in demand the overall result was an astonishing £626,244.

The auction embraced a wide variety of material from across the World and included an outstanding range of lots from the collection formed by the late John Levett a past president of the Royal Philatelic Society together with the Gage and Moreton collections.

With the vast majority of lots selling the final realisation was almost 25% over the pre sale high estimate. Collections, studies, correspondence archives and single lots, whether it be stamps or postal history proved to much sought after. On the sale day a crowded auction room saw Lot 17, a range of covers, estimated £900-1000 fetch £6800, Lot 20, a large accumulation of foreign countries in albums etc, estimated £800-1000 reach £4500, Lot 127, a range of Ship Letters estimated £1200-1500 bring £7300, lot 256, a comprehensive Airmail collection estimated £1800-2000 fetch £5600, Lot 556, a used collection of Levant estimated £500-600 soar to £7300, Lot 730, South West Africa, a used collection estimated £1400-1600 realise £4900 and Lot 759, Turkey mint and used group of FPO's made £3500 against a pre sale estimate of £1000-1200.

The Great Britain section of this sale offered an unusual and interesting range of stamps and postal history, all of which was keenly contested. Lot 786, a large accumulation with a pre sale estimate of £2000-2500 finally realised some £7300, Lot 837, a fine range of Ship Letters estimated £1500-2000 realised £5800. Postal Stationery proved very popular with a large accumulation of Stamped to Order Envelopes, Lot 850, realising £7300 against a pre sale estimate of £800-1000.

Nick Mansell, a Director of Grosvenor, commented that it "was pleasing to see such strong results across the board for the wide range of material on offer, an indication that the market remains solid despite the current economic situation".  A full list of Prices Realised for this sale and previous Grosvenor sales is available on the Grosvenor website.

The next auction at the London sale rooms of Grosvenor will be on 20/21st November when an outstanding range of British Empire comprising 1500+ lots will be offered. A Great Britain specialised sale will follow shortly after.