Cavendish Philatelic Auctions

Name: Cavendish Philatelic Auctions
Address: Cavendish House, 153-157 London Road, Derby, DE12SY, GB
Telephone: +441332250970
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Philatelic Auction House A large permanent auction room with offices was then leased in central Derby, and the sales in other cities were curtailed. J.G.-T.

In 1952, Cavendish's 'Auction No.1' was held in the Midland Railway Institute in Derby, with the Company's founder Geoffrey Manton (who was also owner of the Derby Stamp Shop at that time) on the rostrum. Over the next 30 years Geoff's easy-going and entertaining auction style attracted increasing numbers of devoted buyers and sellers to Cavendish's regular monthly public Stamp Auctions. Sales wer

e held in many different cities, usually in large hotels, and many people still speak of those sales (held in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby & elsewhere) with great affection. By 1979, the continuing success of the Cavendish auctions, enabled Geoff Manton to sell the Derby Stamp Shop, in order to concentrate his energies exclusively on the auction business. In 1982 Geoff Manton 'retired', but he continued to work regularly for Cavendish as their Senior Consultant right through the six years of Frank Laycock's ownership of the business, until he in turn sold the Company in 1988 to James Grimwood-Taylor.

'JGT', as he is known to many clients and colleagues (who was born and brought up in Derby), had - by 1988 - gained 10 years of experience as an international expert in Stamps & Postal History, working with a major philatelic firm in London. He was more than happy to take over the company that had been founded by his mentor Geoff Manton. has piloted the company's expansion into overseas markets, where it is now one of the world's leading auction houses. He has been fortunate to gather a team of enthusiastic people around him (mostly keen and expert collectors themselves) to maintain Cavendish's high standards.

26/05/2026

Our next auction 👀 Catalogue online now!

9, 10 & 11 June 2026

Featuring:
- the John Birkett Allan collection of overseas & Great Britain Fleuron Postmarks;
- the John Roe collection of worldwide airmail;
the Prof. Raymond Welland collection of WWI military & POW mail;
- a comprehensive research collection of Great Britain 1d lilac stamps;
- a large Egyptian hotels postmark collection;
- a large Italy & Colonies collection;
- superb & rare QV to QEII stamps & postal history;

also foreign, commonwealth, maritime, military & air mail collections, and countries Aden to Zululand including an Egyptian hotel postmark collection and an extensive Italy & colonies collection.

Pictures available on our website - link in our bio
Viewing at our Derby office available:
1-4 June 2026 9:30am-4:30pm
8 June 2026 9:30am-4:30pm

12/04/2026

NEXT AUCTION ✨
➡️ GREAT BRITAIN SPECIALISED
FEATURING THE ANDY REID COLLECTION OF QV TO KEVII LARGE MULTIPLES.
ALSO, FINE LINE ENGRAVED STAMPS & SELECTED POSTAL HISTORY.

➡️WEDNESDAY 15th APRIL 2026 AT 10.00AM
IN DERBY

Our catalogue is available to view online, 👍🏻
www.cavendish-auctions.com

Bidding via our website Easy Live AuctionPhilasearch

Happy Bidding 😊

25/03/2026

OUR NEXT AUCTION
➡️ GREAT BRITAIN SPECIALISED

➡️FEATURING THE ANDY REID COLLECTION OF QV TO KEVII LARGE MULTIPLES.
ALSO,
FINE LINE ENGRAVED STAMPS & SELECTED POSTAL HISTORY.
WEDNESDAY 15th APRIL 2026 AT 10.00AM
IN DERBY
➡️Lot 487

SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - 1882 LARGE ANCHOR WATERMARK - ON WHITE PAPER - £5 ORANGE: A very rare vertical pair AK-AL with “WORCESTER” cds. Fine. Very few multiples of this adhesive are recorded. SG 137 £7,500.

Estimate: £2200

For more information and to view our catalogue please visit our website
www.cavendish-auctions.com

25/03/2026

OUR NEXT AUCTION
➡️ GREAT BRITAIN SPECIALISED

➡️FEATURING THE ANDY REID COLLECTION OF QV TO KEVII LARGE MULTIPLES.
ALSO,
FINE LINE ENGRAVED STAMPS & SELECTED POSTAL HISTORY.
WEDNESDAY 15th APRIL 2026 AT 10.00AM
IN DERBY
➡️Lot 487

SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - 1882 LARGE ANCHOR WATERMARK - ON WHITE PAPER - £5 ORANGE: A very rare vertical pair AK-AL with "WORCESTER" cds. Fine. Very few multiples of this adhesive are recorded. SG 137 £7,500.

Estimate: £2200

For more information and to view our catalogue please visit our website
www.cavendish-auctions.com

23/03/2026

OUR NEXT AUCTION
➡️ GREAT BRITAIN SPECIALISED

➡️FEATURING THE ANDY REID COLLECTION OF QV TO KEVII LARGE MULTIPLES.
ALSO,
FINE LINE ENGRAVED STAMPS & SELECTED POSTAL HISTORY.
WEDNESDAY 15th APRIL 2026 AT 10.00AM
IN DERBY

➡️Upcoming Lot Lot 34

1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 2 - OG MINT: A close to good margined example with full brown toned gum. SG £7,500.

Estimate: £1500

For more information and to view our catalogue please visit our website
www.cavendish-auctions.com

20/03/2026

✨ Event happening today & Tomorrow

Cavendish at the Kempton Park Stamp Show
See us at Stand C5

Staff from Cavendish will be at The Kempton Park Stamp Show on Friday 20th & Saturday 21st March 2026. We are looking forward to meeting both old and new customers.

If you would like to sell single significant items, part, or all of your collection, here are some ideal opportunities to meet with us and discuss your plans, but if these dates or locations are not convenient please email or telephone us to arrange an appointment.

www.cavendish-auctions.com

We look forward to seeing you there 😁

27/02/2026

Coming up in our next auction – 3, 4 & 5 March 2026 at 11:00am in Derby

➡️ Lot 2041
MISSENT TO RUSSIA - QV 6d MAUVE ON COVER TO "RABAT, MOROCCO" BUT SENT TO MOSCOW!; Extraordinary 13 Aug. 1867 env. (minor creasing) from Jersey in the Channel Islands to a traveller care of the “[British] Vice Consul, Rabat, Morocco… Via Gibraltar” correctly prepaid with a G.B. 6d Mauve (pl.6) tied by a very fine “JERSEY/409” Duplex with red London “PD” & 15 Aug. backstamp. Inexplicably, it was sent from London to Aachen instead of to Gibraltar (via Falmouth or Southampton) and so was Missent to Moscow (someone must have misread “Morocco” as “Moscow” although it is very clearly written). There is a blue 2-ring “AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN/FRANCO” cds (16 Aug.) on the front and several Moscow Julian calendar backstamps (20 Aug. and 14/15 Sept. in the British/Gregorian calendar) as well as a final Prussian “EYDTKUHNEN/BROMBERG” railway T.P.O. ds (17 Sept.). The blue crayon “M[?]7” was a Russian postage due charge; at this time the ¼oz rate to Tangier was 6d, but the rate to Russia was 1s-2d. There are Russian and German manuscript endorsements on the front (“Not to be found” in German and “Morocco”; plus “Mapok” and “Try[?] Vice Consul, Arbat” both in Russian). [Arbat is a district of Moscow]. The final part of the journey must have been from the Prussian T.P.O. to Gibraltar via France and Spain. A mystery yet to be solved entirely, but very probably a unique 19th century Missent multi-national cover. Exhibition Quality.
Estimate: £300

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