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Rare Stamps - New Investment Product From Stanley Gibbons
Nick Parmée
7 November 2012
Investment interest in sectors such as stamps, fine art, fine wine and
antiques has increased in recent years amid a hunt for "real assets"
at a time of concern about the risks of inflation and poor performing
mainstream markets. With this in
mind, venerable London firm Stanley Gibbons has launched a Flexible Trading
Portfolio in response, the firm says, to market demand. The
product is a portfolio of rare stamps compiled by Stanley Gibbons’ experts with
no tie-in period: individual items or the entire portfolio can be sold at
any time or more can be bought. Stanley
Gibbons provides free storage, valuations and insurance during the term of the investment. Investors’
return is determined by when they sell after the purchase date: up to one year,
30 per cent of the profit; 1 to 3 years 50 per cent, 3 to 5 years 70 per cent and
over 5 years 80 per cent. “We believe our new portfolio gives investors
a product where they can benefit from the underlying stability and strength of
the rare stamp market, but with the ability to top up and trade in a way that
is familiar to them from their mainstream investments; so, safe haven investing
but with flexibility,” said investment director Keith Heddle.