On 5 November 2025 Warwick & Warwick held a philatelic auction in Warwick, with one clear headline attraction: the specialised collection of Canada formed by well-known philatelist Jane Moubray. Her material was offered as a named section within the sale and quickly became the main talking point once the results were in.
Moubray has been active in organised philately for decades and is closely associated with classic Canada and the wider British Empire field. Her collection bore all the signs of long, patient work: early stampless mail, the province issues, classic Dominion stamps, Large and Small Queens, Jubilees, Admirals, postal stationery and revenues. It felt less like a random accumulation and more like a guided tour through the country’s early postal history.
Warwick & Warwick broke the Canada material into 36 lots. According to the firm’s own auction report, every lot found a buyer, with bids coming in from several countries, and the hammer total for the Moubray section passed £25,000, comfortably ahead of estimate. For a focused country collection inside a mixed auction, that is a solid result and another reminder that better-quality Canada still attracts international money when it comes to market.
The rest of the catalogue showed that interest is not confined to North America. British Africa produced one of the standout single-stamp prices: a mint Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1922–27 £100 red and black overprinted SPECIMEN rose to £1,550 at hammer, underlining how dramatic high values in genuinely fresh condition continue to command attention.
Great Britain itself was steady but far from quiet. An unused Penny Black stamp, plate 6, lettered NI, with clear margins on all sides (in the illustration) realised £1,200, while a block of four 1d red-browns with neat numeral Maltese Cross cancels brought £370.
Taken together, the 5 November Warwick & Warwick sale reads as a reassuring set of numbers for collectors and vendors alike. A named, carefully assembled collection at the core of the catalogue performed above expectations, while classic British Africa and Great Britain continued to deliver firm realisations when quality was there to be seen on the page.
