Vancouver’s All Nations Stamp & Coin is celebrating 75 years in business this year, and owner Brian Grant Duff is also marking 40 years of operating coin and stamp shops in Vancouver and Toronto.
All Nations specializes in advising, appraising, auction brokers, auctions, and purchasing coins, stamps, banknotes, covers, postcards, military medals, sports cards, precious metals and paper ephemera. The firm’s 145th sale is scheduled for Saturday, March 16.
According to his website, Grant Duff began collecting stamps at age seven. He ran his first stamp approval business at 14, and by age 18 was working full-time for Eaton & Son in both Vancouver and Toronto. With his 40 years of experience buying, selling and auctioning Canadian and worldwide stamps, collections and postal history, he assists all levels of collectors in pursuing their collecting passions. He lives in Vancouver with his wife, Sarah, son Thor, and daughter Sheila. He currently collects vintage postcards featuring stamps and coins.