Lady Mairi's stamps 'to raise £2.6m at London auction'
She was an aristocrat and an eccentric who greeted guests with a cockatoo on her shoulder.
Lady Mairi Bury of Mount Stewart, County Down, who died last year, was a colourful character who piloted her first plane aged 11 and her last at 85.
She was a close friend of politicians like Harold Macmillan. She was also one of the UK's greatest stamp collectors.
Her collection is expected to raise £2.6m at auction in Sotheby's, London, on 24 - 26 November.
Sotheby's have described it as one of the finest collections of British stamps to come on to the market in the past 25 years....
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Lady Mairi Bury of Mount Stewart, County Down, who died last year, was a colourful character who piloted her first plane aged 11 and her last at 85.
She was a close friend of politicians like Harold Macmillan. She was also one of the UK's greatest stamp collectors.
Her collection is expected to raise £2.6m at auction in Sotheby's, London, on 24 - 26 November.
Sotheby's have described it as one of the finest collections of British stamps to come on to the market in the past 25 years....