Current Catalogue
OVER 70 YEARS' SERVICE TO PHILATELY
Next Cavendish Auction
Wed. 10 & Thur. 11 September 2025
at 11.00am at Cavendish House, Derby
Worldwide & Great Britain
Stamps & Postal History
View and search the catalogue by following this link,
and bid on-line using our Bid Form
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- the Colin Faers collection of South American airmails;
- the Colin Faers collection of German S. W. Africa postal history;
- the Eric Napier Jackson collection of Norwegian Maritime Mail, and countries;
- the C.R. Williams C.B.E. collection of Oxford & Cambridge college stamps;
- the Frank Bennett collection of Herefordshire postal history;
- superb & rare QV to QEII stamps & postal history;
- also foreign, commonwealth, maritime, military, railway & air mail collections, and countries Algeria to Zanzibar including a major collection of Papua.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR VIEWING & AUCTION DAYS
| CAVENDISH HOUSE, DERBY | ||
| Mon. 1 to Friday 5 Sept | - | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
| Mon. 8 & Tue. 9 Sept | - | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
| Wed. 10 & Thur. 11 Sept. (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 December 2025 auction may be accepted until 8 October 2025. 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 Steve Ellis FRPSL collections of Military & Maritime Postal History, etc.;
- the Colin Faers collection of German South West Africa Stamps;
- the Ray Harris Nigeria collection;
- the Brian Lythgoe Cameroon collection;
- the John Sussex RDP FRPSL collection of Machin Period Rates
- the C.R. Willams CBE collections of Local Posts of Morocco, Sudan, India, Scandinavia, etc. Unseen for over 50 years;
- The Michael Lockton Gold Medal winning collections of Exeter postal history 1574 to date, and ExeterPenny Posts & Illegal 2d Posts 1812-50;
- specialised collections of Anglesey & Bangor, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire postal history;
- superb Great Britain & foreign stamps, including exceptional British Commonwealth; and
- fine 19th & 20th century postal history.






