Award-winning stamp expert unfairly sacked after accusing a member of the world's oldest philatelic society of sexually harassing him to receive compensation payout

An award-winning stamp expert was unfairly fired by the auction house where he worked after he accused a member of the world's oldest philatelic society of sexually harassing him. Owners of the auctioneers 'engineered' Ben Palmer's dismissal for gross misconduct amid the fallout of his demand not to work with the director of The Royal Philatelic Society, an employment tribunal found. Award-winning stamp expert Ben Palmer was unfairly fired by the auction house where he worked after he accused a member of the world's oldest philatelic society of sexually harassing him The tribunal heard Mr Palmer started working for the Derby-based auction house of, Cavendish Philatelic Auctions - which describes itself as 'International Auctioneers of fine Stamps, Postal History, Related Books and Ephemera' - as a 'Describer' in 2016. Queen Elizabeth II is shown stamps of previous British monarchs as she visits the headquarters of the Royal Philatelic society in London on November 26, 2019 In March 2023, Dr Spring accused the stamp expert of being 'determined to destroy all of our hard work' because they had refused to ban 'one single individual for allegations on your part'.