Sotheby's To Sell The Philatelic Collection of Lord Steinberg

Sotheby's London will offer The Philatelic Collection of Lord Steinberg, in a series of two sales on 6-8 September and 21 September 2011.

According to a company press release, "Lord Steinberg of Belfast died in London on 2 November 2009 at the age of 73. He was one of the great entrepreneurial success stories of the post war era. The grandson of immigrants who turned a single unlicensed betting shop at the back of his father's Belfast milk counter into the Stanley Leisure Group, a chain of 640 betting outlets and 45 casinos which employed 7,000 people."

It goes on to say, "Over the course of his life, he assembled 33 stamp albums, with each item on a separate page meticulously written-up by a skilled calligraphist. The exacting nature of stamp collecting was of great appeal to Lord Steinberg, and he approached the task of building up his collection with the same rigorous patience that he applied to his business acquisitions. He accumulated vast reserves of knowledge in the field of stamps, and would pursue his desire to possess mint blocks of four and larger multiples with a determination unmatched by rival collectors."

Shown above, casino magnate and stamp collector Lord Leonard Steinberg

To read the entire release, click here.