Background
Avery was the third son of W.H. Avery and was created a baronet in 1905.
Avery was the third son of W.H. Avery and was created a baronet in 1905.
He maintained a house in the country at Oakley Court, Windsor, and a house in town at Portland Place, where he died. Avery came from a successful business family prominent in Birmingham life. Avery acquired the Bullock collection of Australia, which included many fine Sydney Views, and collections of West Indies and Western Australia from Charles Phillips.
He also owned a unique large unused block of the Swiss Double Geneva and had fine holdings of Moldavia and Nevis.
With extensive buying in England and Europe, Avery built one of the finest collections of his day. The London stamp dealer West.H. Peckitt, bought Avery"s collection in 1909 for £24,500.
Avery"s most important pieces were unused one penny and two pence Post Office Mauritius stamps which he acquired in 1893. In organised philately, Avery was President of the Birmingham Philatelic Society.