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Next Cavendish Auctions

Wed. 5 Nov. 2025
11.00am at Cavendish House, Derby

The Steve Ellis Collections

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and bid on-line using our Bid Form

     

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Featuring France, French maritime & military postal history including transatlantic & coastal mails, Franco-Prussian war, Alsace Lorraine 'double franking' period & WWI mail. Also Crete, Hong Kong & Levant postal history, etc.

Thu. 6 Nov. 2025
11.00am at Cavendish House, Derby

West Africa & Sudan

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Featuring the Brian Lythgoe collection of Cameroon, the Ray Harris collection of Nigeria, and the C.R. Willams CBE & Frank Foster collections of Sudan.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR VIEWING & AUCTION DAYS

AUTUMN STAMPEX, BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE, LONDON (stand A3) PLEASE NOTE: Boxes, albums & large packets will not be available.
Wed. 22 Oct.	-	10.30am - 5.30pm
Thur. 23 Oct.	-	10.30am - 5.30pm
Fri. 24 Oct.	-	10.30am - 5.30pm
Sat. 25 Oct.	-	10.30am - 4.00pm

CAVENDISH HOUSE, DERBY
Tue. 28 to Fri. 31 Oct.	-	9.30am - 4.30pm
Mon. 3 & Tue. 4 Nov.	-	9.30am - 4.30pm
Wed. 5 & Thur. 6 Nov. (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 at The Steve Ellis Collections, or West Africa & Sudan;
• You can bid using Auction Agents (details in catalogue);
• Telephone bidding will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis (there will be no telephone bidding at the Europhilex auction).

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 March 2026 auction may be accepted until 7 January 2026. Please contact us to ensure that we have sufficient space and describing time.

Future auctions will feature:

• The Andy Reid collection of Great Britain Surface Printed large multiples, etc.;
• the Colin Faers collection of German South West Africa Stamps;
• the John Sussex RDP FRPSL collection of Machin Period Rates
• The Michael Lockton Gold Medal winning collections of Exeter postal history 1574 to date, and Exeter Penny Posts & Illegal 2d Posts 1812-50;
• The John Cowell collection of Anglesey & Bangor postal history;
• specialised collections of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire postal history;
• superb Great Britain & foreign stamps, including exceptional British Commonwealth; and
• fine 19th & 20th century postal history.

 

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