The Gross Collection of the British Empire is relatively small (138 lots), but a remarkable assemblage of highly desirable and seldom seen rarities of the British Empire. There is no question this will be one of the most anticipated auctions of the new fall season. Some of the areas strongly represented in the auction are British America and British Europe, in addition to important offerings of classic rarities from Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius.

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The Gross Collection of British Empire rarities will be appropriately honored and preserved in a special hardbound all-color auction catalog. It has been similarly designed much like his catalogs for the now famous sales of his magnificent Great Britain collection (which last year realized the highest amount for any single stamp auction ever conducted) and his Scandinavia collection this past May. These and any future Gross Collection sales catalogs will certainly form an incomparable “set” for any philatelic library.

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William H. Gross Collection of Important Postage Stamps and Postal History of the British Empire

• AUSTRALIA 1913-1932 KANGAROO ISSUES Cat Numbers (S.G. #14/S.G. #136) Lots (1-11)
  
• AUSTRALIA POSTAGE DUES Cat Numbers (S.G. #D44/S.G. #D73) Lots (12-16)
  
• AUSTRALIA COLLECTION Lots (17-17)
  
• BAHAMAS Cat Numbers (S.G. #1/S.G. #17) Lots (18-20)
  
• BAHAMAS Cat Numbers (S.G. #18/S.G. #97a) Lots (21-24)
  
• BARBADOS Cat Numbers (S.G. #4b/S.G. #197 var.) Lots (25-31)
  
• BERMUDA Cat Numbers (S.G. #13/S.G. #19, 22) Lots (32-33)
  
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1853-63 PERKINS, BACON & CO. ISSUES Cat Numbers (S.G. #1/S.G. #8) Lots (34-40)
  
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1853-63 PERKINS, BACON & CO. ISSUES Cat Number (S.G. #8b) Lots (41-41)
  
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1861 "WOOD BLOCK" ISSUES Cat Numbers (S.G. #13/S.G. #14d) Lots (42-56)
  
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1863-64 DE LA RUE & CO. ISSUES Cat Numbers (S.G. #19/S.G. #22) Lots (57-60)
  
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAFEKING SIEGE Cat Numbers (S.G. #9/S.G. #14) Lots (61-63)
  
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE VRYBURG Cat Numbers (S.G. #3/S.G. #4) Lots (64-65)
  
• CAYMAN ISLANDS Cat Numbers (S.G. #18b/S.G. #MP7) Lots (66-70)
  
• CYPRUS Cat Numbers (S.G. #24/S.G. #117a) Lots (71-74)
  
• DOMINICA Cat Number (S.G. #18) Lots (75-75)
  
• FALKLAND ISLANDS Cat Numbers (S.G. #FR1/S.G. #71a) Lots (76-80)
  
• FALKLAND ISLANDS Cat Numbers (S.G. #115/S.G. #142a) Lots (81-82)
  
• FALKLAND ISLANDS SOUTH GEORGIA Cat Number (S.G. #PH4) Lots (83-84)
  
• FALKLAND ISLANDS WEST FALKLAND Lots (85-85)
  
• GIBRALTAR Cat Number (S.G. #23b) Lots (86-86)
  
• GRENADA Cat Numbers (S.G. #6/S.G. #D7) Lots (87-90)
  
• INDIA Cat Number (S.G. #12) Lots (91-91)
  
• IONIAN ISLANDS BRITISH ADMINISTRATION Cat Number (S.G. #CC4) Lots (92-92)
  
• JAMAICA Cat Number (S.G. #24a) Lots (93-93)
  
• LEEWARD ISLANDS Cat Numbers (S.G. #9-16/S.G. #10a) Lots (94-96)
  
• MALTA Cat Number (S.G. #96) Lots (97-97)
  
• MAURITIUS Cat Numbers (S.G. #3/S.G. #5) Lots (98-100)
  
• MAURITIUS Cat Numbers (S.G. #5/S.G. #222) Lots (101-107)
  
• MONTSERRAT Cat Numbers (S.G. #3a/S.G. #11) Lots (108-110)
  
• NEW ZEALAND Cat Number (S.G. #8, 9, 14) Lots (111-111)
  
• ST. LUCIA Cat Number (S.G. #10) Lots (112-112)
  
• ST. VINCENT Cat Numbers (S.G. #1, 4/S.G. #50) Lots (113-120)
  
• STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Cat Numbers (S.G. #13, 18/S.G. #31) Lots (121-124)
  
• TOBAGO Cat Number (S.G. #31b) Lots (125-125)
  
• TRINIDAD Cat Numbers (S.G. #12/S.G. #79) Lots (126-129)
  
• TURKS ISLANDS Cat Numbers (S.G. #6/S.G. #38) Lots (130-134)
  
• TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS Cat Number (S.G. #143c) Lots (135-135)
  
• VIRGIN ISLANDS Cat Numbers (S.G. #5a/S.G. #42c) Lots (136-137)
  
• BALANCE LOT Lots (138-138)