As we reported, Spink held a sale this week titled British Empire Stamps & Postal History.
There was a healthy turnout, and we can now reveal what happened to the pieces we told you about previously.
The most spectacular performer was the Eastern Telegraph cover from Mombasa.
Estimated at £5,000-6,000, it sparked something of a bidding war and sold for an impressive £23,000.
The fresh Fijian rose six pence overprints proved to be probably the bargain of the whole auction with a final price of £3,500.
By contrast, a five pence lake brown on green Rhodesian stamp depicting King Edward VII and his wife Alexandra easily doubled its lower estimate of £2,500 to sell for £5,800.
It was probably a conservative estimate for such a rare piece with most of its original gum.
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Often though, the overall health of an auction can be shown by its finest piece, which in this case was the Ugandan surcharge cover.
It outperformed its £40,000-50,000 estimate and the successful bidder took it home for £51,000 - a completely unique piece, worthy of basing a collection around.
Despite talk of a recession the Collectibles remarkets remain icredibly resilient with the Times reporting that Collectibles Investments are "booming."
