Current Catalogue

OVER 70 YEARS' SERVICE TO PHILATELY
Next Cavendish Auction
Tue. 17 & Wed. 18 June 2025
at 11.00am at Cavendish House, Derby
Worldwide & Great Britain
Stamps & Postal History
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and bid on-line using our Bid Form
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- a major collection of air mails to/from South America including catapult flights;
- a major collection of crash & wreck mail including maritime, air, and railway disasters;
- the Ashley Lawrence collection of the stamps of France;
- collections of Rutland & Sussex postal history;
- superb & rare QV to QEII stamps & postal history;
- Also foreign, commonwealth, maritime, military, railway & air mail collections, and countries Aden to Yugoslavia.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR VIEWING & AUCTION DAYS
CAVENDISH HOUSE, DERBY | ||
Mon. 9 to Friday 13 June | - | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
Mon. 16 June | - | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
Tue. 17 & Wed. 18 June (AUCTION DAYS) | - | NO VIEWING |
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BIDDING
- BIDDING IN THE ROOM - Places are limited so please contact us as soon as possible to book;
- You can place absentee bids via our website;
- You can place absentee bids via Philasearch.com;
- You can bid live using EasyLiveAuction.com (see below);
- You can place absentee bids using Stamp Auction Network;
- You can bid using Auction Agents (details in catalogue);
- Telephone bidding will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis;
Please watch the website cavendish-auctions.com for updates.
Live Internet Bidding Available

Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. are able to offer live internet bidding in this auction in conjunction with easyLiveAuction.com. If you REGISTER TO BID for this auction, Cavendish Philatelic Auctions will pay the £3 + VAT registration fee. Details of the sales and how to bid live online are available at Cavendish Philatelic Auctions at easyLiveAuction
Consignments are now being accepted
for future auctions
Properties for the September 2025 auction may be accepted until 9 July 2025. Please contact us to ensure that we have sufficient space and describing time.
Future auctions will feature:- The Steve Ellis FRPSL collections of Military & Maritime Postal History, etc.;
- The Colin Faers collections of Latin America Airmails, and South West Africa Stamps & Covers;
- The Ray Harris Nigeria collection;
- The Brian Lythgoe Cameroon collection;
- The Peter Maybury FSPH collection of Algeria postal history;
- The John Sussex RDP FRPSL Collection of Machin Period Rates
- The C.R. Willams CBE silver medal winning collections of College Stamps and Local Posts of Morocco. Also Sudan, India, Scandinavia, etc. Unseen for over 50 years;
- The British West Indies Study Circle library and further offerings from the RPSL library;
- An extensive research collection of 1d Lilac stamps;
- Superb Great Britain & foreign stamps, including exceptional British Commonwealth; and
- Fine 19th & 20th century postal history.