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Foreign Country Collections - France & Colonies

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2551		/o France, Collection in Scott Specialty Album, many hundreds of mint and used on pages to 1963, extensive used classics incl. #1-2, 7 (2), 9, 9b, 10, 21, 37, 38-41, 43, 46-48, 65, 79, later mint incl. 197, 226 (no gum, fault), 241 (no gum), 246 (used), 254 (used), 329 (used), Semi-postals mint and used incl. B9 used, B11 mint, B23 used on piece, B27 mint, Airs incl. C1 mint (signed A. Diena), C1-2 used, C14 used, Dues and other back of the book, very high catalog, mixed condition. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2552		/o France, Mint and Used Collection, hundreds in Minkus album to 1986, classics used incl. #1-2, 7 (2), 10, 37, 41, later mint incl. 226b, modern o.g. on pages, Semi-postals mint incl. B34, B66-67, Airs incl. C2 used, some scattered covers, mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $15,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 2553		/o France, Collection and Duplicates, In 2 albums and 3 stockbooks, 1 collection scattered mostly used in Schaubek; another better used early, 20th Century mostly mint in Scott album with 20th Century mostly complete, 1937 Pexip sheet, better mint Semis, etc.; 2 stockbooks heavy in classics used, with cancels, early classics, Peace & Commerce to 1920's, few Offices, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2554		/o France, Old Approval Pages, Interesting group of 19th Century, mint and used, on old approval pages, nice early Cols. and classics, an amazing array of material, well worth careful inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2555		France, Modern Mint Stock, few hundred sheetlets, booklet panes and souvenir sheets from 1964 to 2008, minor dupl., clean group, Very Fine. Scott $2,900+ (Owner's). Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2556		/o France, Mint and Used Collection, in two Scott Specialty albums, a few classics, lots of Peace & Commerce followed by mostly complete definitive sets to 1950's, most commems. and Semi-postals present, incl. mint #198-201, 414, 1100, B76//B109, B249-B254, and used 348, B66-67, B258-B263, C8-13, etc., Cols. mint and used to 1960's, with decent 19th Century and better 20th Century, some long sets, good run of commems., better countries incl. Guiana, Fr. India, Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, Laos, New Caledonia, St. Pierre et Miquelon, Syria and Wallis & Fortuna, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2557		//o France, Better Small Mostly Mint Group, Few hundred mostly complete sets identified in glassines to 1960's, mostly 20th Century with value in 1920's-40's period, incl. #B1-5, 11-23, 27-38, 42-59, 66-89A, B260's and later, also Airs n.h. from 1950's-60's period, few regular issue classics used (#37 - 2), early Semis (i.e. #B9, B19) but value in mint 1920's and later complete sets, incl. #125, 127-132, 299, 300, 300a, and mostly complete in the 300 series, some mostly classics used and imperfs, later period n.h., most glassines with decent value, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2558		/o France, Mint and Used Collection, in two large Scott three-ring loose leaf binders, much used 19th Century & 20th Century to 1930's, then mint and used relatively complete to 1997, Semi-postals very strong, mostly mint from 1930's onward, incl. #B135-146, B239-247, B285-290, B303-308, condition on 19th Century mixed, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2559		France, Modern Sheet Lot, n.h., between #2122a and 2302, C56-59 (36 diff.), good topical appeal, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $4,403 (Owner's). Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2560		/ France, Mint Collection, o.g. to n.h., singles and sets organized on black stockpages, 1920's to 1990's, nice variety of issues, incl. Semi-postals, no dupl., Fine to Very Fine. 2008 Scott $1,630 (Owner's). Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $311
Lot 2561		France, Selection of Better Mint, o.g. in glassines, #B22-41 and C23-32, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,560. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2562		/ France, 1940 to 1979 Mint Collection, Mounted mostly n.h. to o.g. on Scott pages, few early used, few with light gum toning on earlier, virtually all complete sets, mostly Fine to Very Fine. 2010 Scott $1,290 (Owner's). Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2563		France, Mint Collection, many hundreds in 7 vols., 3 Scott specialty albums and 4 oldtime albums, 1940's to 1990's, dupl., incl. imperf, few booklets, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $311
Lot 2564		o France, Used Collection, from 1854 to 1973, starts with #15a and scattered earlier issues through Peace & Commerce and Sowers to 20fr, good run of commemoratives mid-1930's onward, plus some Semi-postals and Airs, incl. C8-13, a great starter collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 2565		o France, Used Classics, Interesting group, virtually all with numeric cancels, and attributed to various cities and towns, total of 364, great lot for the specialist, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2566		/o French Colonies, 4 Volume Collection, In Scott albums, also incl. Monaco, mostly 20th Century to about 1960, few 19th, majority mint but some used, most countries reasonably represented, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2567		/ French Colonies, Mint Collection, o.g. to n.h., singles and sets organized on black stockpages, no dupl., 1920's to 1980's, consists of Dahomey, Djibouti, Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia and Senegal, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. 2008 Scott $3,711 (Owner's). Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2568		/o French Colonies, Dealer Stock, Couple thousand mint and used organized in 3 stockbooks, consists of Syria (cat. $1006), Tahiti ($660), Chad ($66), Togo ($3672), Dahomey ($945) and Gabon ($881), good variety of singles and sets with dupl., generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $7,230 (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2569		/o French Colonies, Africa Country Collections, few hundred mint and used on various album pages and album, mostly more modern material, noted Central African Rep., incl. #81-85 n.h., Dahomey, Gabon incl. #C14-17, C39 and J12-33, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta, generally Fine to Very Fine. 2009 Scott approximately $3,500 (Owner's). Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2570		/o French Colonies, Collection on Pages, An early mint and used collection on Stanley Gibbons album pages, incl. Diego Suarez, Djibouti (Somali Coast), Oceania, Guadeloupe, also Offices and others, good value throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2571		French Colonies, Mint Sheets, Oldtime group of full and part sheets from mostly African Colonies, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2572		F.S.A.T., Never Hinged Group, selection of sets and singles on stockpages to 2004, Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $242

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