We are extraordinarily pleased and honored to announce the results of our just concluded auction of the Great Britain collection formed by William H. Gross. Expected to realize $4,000,000 to $5,000,000, with the entire proceeds to be donated to the internationally known charity Doctors Without Borders, the auction realized a staggering $9,136,000 – not including the 15% buyer’s premium ($10,506,400 total). At the conclusion of the auction, Bill and Sue Gross presented a check in the amount of $9,136,000 to Doctors Without Borders.

Record after record was broken at this amazing auction event, which is the highest grossing single stamp auction ever conducted in the United States – besting such benchmark sales as the famous Ishikawa U.S. Collection sold in 1993 and the Robert Zoellner U.S. Collection sold in 1998.

All of us at Shreves could not be more proud to have been associated with this magnificent collection and the spectacular results achieved for such a worthwhile charity. The amount of good that will come out of the Gross' donation is immeasurable.

                      – Charles and Tracy Shreve

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Line Engraved Issues 1840-1841

	Lot: 1 Catalog Number: Description: SH, Plate 1a, imprimatur Sold for: $32,500
	Lot: 2 Catalog Number: Description: EE-EF, Plate 1a Sold for: $11,000
	Lot: 3 Catalog Number: Description: TA-TD, Plate 1a Sold for: $130,000
	Lot: 4 Catalog Number: Description: BF, Plate 1a Sold for: $80,000
	Lot: 5 Catalog Number: Description: OA-QB, Plate 1a Sold for: $62,500
	Lot: 6 Catalog Number: Description: EA, Plate 1b Sold for: $5,750
	Lot: 7 Catalog Number: Description: HG, Plate 1b Sold for: $6,500
	Lot: 8 Catalog Number: Description: MA-OF, Plate 1b Sold for: $0
	Lot: 9 Catalog Number: Description: PA-PF, Plate 1b Sold for: $0
	Lot: 10 Catalog Number: Description: The above two lots - the mint block of eighteen and the unused strip of six - will first be offered individually then as a single lot Sold for: $1,000,000
	Lot: 11 Catalog Number: Description: AB, Plate 1b Sold for: $4,750
	Lot: 12 Catalog Number: Description: MJ-NK and OJ-PK, Plate 1b, Sold for: $150,000
	Lot: 13 Catalog Number: Description: SD-SE, Plate 1b Sold for: $80,000
	Lot: 14 Catalog Number: Description: SD-TE, Plate 2 Sold for: $75,000
	Lot: 15 Catalog Number: Description: AB, Plate 2 Sold for: $6,250
	Lot: 16 Catalog Number: Description: TB, Plate 2 Sold for: $30,000
	Lot: 17 Catalog Number: Description: PC and PG, Plate 2 Sold for: $30,000
	Lot: 18 Catalog Number: Description: LB-MJ, Plate 3 Sold for: $85,000
	Lot: 19 Catalog Number: Description: TH, Plate 4 Sold for: $4,000
	Lot: 20 Catalog Number: Description: CJ-CK, Plate 5 Sold for: $35,000
	Lot: 21 Catalog Number: Description: LA-MC, Plate 5 Sold for: $260,000
	Lot: 22 Catalog Number: Description: MA-MJ, Plate 5 Sold for: $72,500
	Lot: 23 Catalog Number: Description: LC, Plate 6 Sold for: $12,500
	Lot: 24 Catalog Number: Description: MB-NC, Plate 6 Sold for: $13,000
	Lot: 25 Catalog Number: Description: JA, Plate 6 Sold for: $14,500
	Lot: 26 Catalog Number: Description: EH, Plate 6 Sold for: $27,000
	Lot: 27 Catalog Number: Description: DJ, Plate 6 Sold for: $0
	Lot: 28 Catalog Number: Description: DK-EL, Plate 7 Sold for: $130,000
	Lot: 29 Catalog Number: Description: AF-BH, Plate 7 Sold for: $260,000
	Lot: 30 Catalog Number: Description: FA-GF, Plate 7 Sold for: $400,000
	Lot: 31 Catalog Number: Description: MJ-PL, Plate 7 Sold for: $400,000
	Lot: 32 Catalog Number: Description: BG, Plate 7 Sold for: $200,000
	Lot: 33 Catalog Number: Description: OE, Plate 8 Sold for: $10,500
	Lot: 34 Catalog Number: Description: RG-TH, Plate 8 Sold for: $170,000
	Lot: 35 Catalog Number: Description: DD, Plate 8 Sold for: $4,000
	Lot: 36 Catalog Number: Description: QJ, Plate 9 Sold for: $2,400
	Lot: 37 Catalog Number: Description: TJ-TL, Plate 10 Sold for: $150,000
	Lot: 38 Catalog Number: Description: AF-CG, Plate 11 Sold for: $320,000
	Lot: 39 Catalog Number: Description: SL, imprimatur Sold for: $32,500
	Lot: 40 Catalog Number: Description: HE Sold for: $30,000
	Lot: 41 Catalog Number: Description: OJ-PL, Plate 1 Sold for: $210,000
	Lot: 42 Catalog Number: Description: AI-CJ, Plate 1 Sold for: $25,000
	Lot: 43 Catalog Number: Description: HI-HL and IA-ID, Plate 1 Sold for: $6,000
	Lot: 44 Catalog Number: Description: FA-FC, Plate 1 Sold for: $8,500
	Lot: 45 Catalog Number: Description: AE-BE vertical pair and DC-DE horizontal strip of three, Plate 1 Sold for: $450,000
	Lot: 46 Catalog Number: Description: CC-CE and AF-AH, Plate 1 Sold for: $17,000
	Lot: 47 Catalog Number: Description: BA-BF and BG-BL, Plate 1 Sold for: $15,000
	Lot: 48 Catalog Number: Description: PG-QH, Plate 2 Sold for: $4,000
	Lot: 49 Catalog Number: Description: DG-KK, Plate 2 Sold for: $10,000
	Lot: 50 Catalog Number: Description: AK-AL horizontal pair from the top right corner of the sheet and BK-CL block of four from the right of the sheet, Plate 2 Sold for: $50,000
	Lot: 51 Catalog Number: Description: Two 1p Black singles, FK and GC, Plate 1a and 2p Blue, AC, Plate 1 Sold for: $35,000
	Lot: 52 Catalog Number: Description: 1p Black, SJ, Plate 6 and 2p Blue, RI, Plate 1 Sold for: $47,500
	Lot: 53 Catalog Number: Description: The extraordinary "Lady Louis" uprated Mulready envelope to Malta Sold for: $650,000
	Lot: 54 Catalog Number: Description: 1p Black, HD and HL singles, Plate 6 and 2p Blue, SI and SK singles, Plate 1 Sold for: $9,000
	Lot: 55 Catalog Number: Description: The famous "Daisy" July 7, 1841 folded entire bearing the world's first three adhesive postage stamps Sold for: $375,000
	Lot: 56 Catalog Number: Description: May 5, 1840 Sold for: $32,500
	Lot: 57 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $9,000
	Lot: 58 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $2,700
	Lot: 59 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840, Sold for: $7,250
	Lot: 60 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $5,500
	Lot: 61 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $5,750
	Lot: 62 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $4,750
	Lot: 63 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $10,500
	Lot: 64 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $5,250
	Lot: 65 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $12,500
	Lot: 66 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $23,000
	Lot: 67 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $4,250
	Lot: 68 Catalog Number: Description: May 6, 1840 Sold for: $2,000
	Lot: 69 Catalog Number: Description: 1841 1p Red brown, Plate 1b Sold for: $14,500
	Lot: 70 Catalog Number: Description: 1840 2p Blue, OH, Plate 1 and 1841 1p Red brown, DE Sold for: $6,000
	Lot: 71 Catalog Number: Description: 1841 1p Red brown, HH, Plate 16 Sold for: $27,000
	Lot: 72 Catalog Number: Description: 1841 1p Red Brown, two vertically bisected halves of two different stamps Sold for: $16,000
	Lot: 73 Catalog Number: Description: 1841 1p Red brown, MA-MC horizontal strip of three and a PA single Sold for: $25,000
	Lot: 74 Catalog Number: Description: 1849 2p Blue, white lines added, IA, Plate 3 Sold for: $2,000
	Lot: 75 Catalog Number: Description: 1849 2p Blue, white lines added, LA-LB, Plate 4 Sold for: $14,500
	Lot: 76 Catalog Number: Description: 1849 2p Blue, white lines added, LC, Plate 3 Sold for: $0
	Lot: 77 Catalog Number: Description: 1864 1p Rose red and Lake red, imprimaturs Sold for: $62,500

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