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France, French Colonies through F.S.A.T.
 
 
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Lot 1808

France, 19th Century Cover Stock, about 125 in 2 binders, noted bisect, dual franking with Mexico, advertising collar, usages on Newspapers, mostly domestic but destinations incl. Trinidad, Stockholm, London, Boston etc., just a few 20th Century and a few stamps, total marked retail $44,165.
Estimate $11,000-12,000.
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Lot 1809
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France, Better Group with Covers, over 80 items identified by Maury numbers, about 40% stamps incl. Sperati forgery pair and 60% covers, in 2 binders, first all imperf Ceres and Napoleon issues, all checked were 4 margins, second mix of imperf issues and later issues incl. a few Back-of-Book, about half with certs, total retail $34,650, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $11,000-12,000.
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Lot 1810
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France, Better Group with Covers, about 100 items identified by Maury numbers, about 60% stamps and 40% covers, in 2 binders, first is mostly imperf Ceres and Napoleon issues (4 margins), second mix of issues incl. group of Specimens in blocks of 4, about 15% have certs, total retail $27,725, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $9,000-10,000.
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Lot 1811
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France, Mint Collection 1849-2007, Very comprehensive collection in 4 Lighthouse hingeless albums starting with nice range of used early issues from 1849-50 incl. a sound used #37, then virtually complete mint 20th Century issues incl. 109-32, 133-37, 138-54, 226, 241, 247-54A (254 used), all the way to 2007 with sheetlets, booklets, etc., Semi-postals complete mint except for B10 used but with B34 booklet pane, Airmails mint (complete except for C3-4), plus useful group of Dues, valuable collection with substantial cat. (new issues alone have very high face value), Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $5,000-7,000.
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$6,900
Lot 1812
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France, 1849 to 1880 Collection, about 175 mint and used on homemade pages in French, Ceres and Napoleon issues more used than mint with most imperfs having 4 margins, many shade varieties identified, Peace & Commerce more mint than used incl. 2 gutter pairs, also two covers and one postcard usages, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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Lot 1813
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France, Mint and Used Stock, n.h. to o.g. parallel mint and used definitives and commems. in 3 large stockbooks up to 2000, mostly mint starting around 1960, plus small stockbook of Semi-postals and Airmails, and additional small stockbook not counted with Back-of-Book, some dupl. over 10, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $26,667 (Owner's).
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,150
Lot 1814
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France, Booklet Collection, 1926 to 2010, On Lindner hingeless pages in two volumes, an outstanding collection of mostly complete booklets (with several panes thrown in for good measure); note Groundless and Cameo Sowers, Mariannes from 1960s, Red Cross booklets from 1952 (1952 a First Day cancelled booklet), plus plenty of recent vending, commemorative and self-adhesive items, early booklets with a range of advertising or designed covers, in addition to postage stamp booklets, there are a variety of rarely seen Girl Scout and students' "Belle France" Cinderella booklets, Anti-Tuberculosis issues of the 1940s and '50s, etc., as well, most booklets complete and unexploded with a couple exploded (but incl. the original staple); generally fresh and clean, very fine, an interesting lot, inspect.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,610
Lot 1815
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France, Mint Dealer's Stock, sales box filled with hundreds of cards/glassines containing mostly o.g. or n.h. singles/sets well into modern period with very strong range of Semi-postals incl. B11 (2), B18-19, B22, B28-30 (2), B34 (2), B38, B39-41, B42-43(2), B48-53 (3), B66-67 (3), B117-28 (4), B135-36 (11), B238-43 (4), B249-54 (2), B258-63 (6), B267-72 (3), etc. with many other items in $20-$150 range, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,800.
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$978
Lot 1816

France, 10 "Balloon Montes" Covers, all to continental destinations except one London (with transcript), also Amsterdam, Basel, etc., also 3 mint Stationery pieces, nice condition overall.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$1,380
Lot 1817
 
France, 20th Century Mint Accumulation, few hundred in stockbook, appears to be all n.h., incl. #B157a (4), C27 (2), generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $650-750.
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Lot 1818
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France, 1849 to 1983 Collection, used to n.h. mounted in Lighthouse hingeless album, incl. Back-of-Book, Airs (C1-C2 with APS cert.), imperfs, a few Stationery items, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,250.
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$2,875
Lot 1819
 
France, & Colonies Group, Useful and clean group in 12 oversize manila envelopes with better items such as France #C1-2 mint, C14, 15 and 17 used, nice range of Polynesia, Antarctic (incl. booklets), India, Morocco, Guiana, etc., please view closely as there are surprises here, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$776
Lot 1820
 
France, Mostly Mint Collection to 2014, in 4 Scott Specialty albums, mostly hinged with some n.h. in mounts (mostly souvenir sheets and blocks), mixed mint and used thru #136 (sparse until #77), all mint from 138 on incl. Pexip sheet o.g., coverage weakens around 2000, Semi-postals all mint and appear complete from 1935 to 1994 with some before and after, also incl. Airmails (no C15), Dues etc. (no Offices), generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$748
Lot 1821
 
France, New Issues 2005 to 2014, Colorful group incl. souvenir sheets and mini-sheets all n.h. from this period as received from new issue service, very high original new issue cost, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$661
Lot 1822
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France, Mint and Used Collection, Scott album with 2 separate collections somewhat dupl. with few classics but useful range of later mint issues incl. nice group of Semi-postals, etc., please inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-900.
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Lot 1823
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France, Mint 1940 to 1976 Collection, in 3 Lindner albums, early period hinged, scattered used throughout, incl. strips, back of the book, later period mostly n.h., clean, fine to very fine.
2007 Scott $4,400.
Estimate $600-750.
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$978
Lot 1824

France, "Sans Valeur" Training Stamp Group, n.h., 1265 in blocks, many denominations in several types incl. small with and without "taxe", etc.
Estimate $500-600.
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Lot 1825
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France, Mint Collection to 1980, Mainly mint o.g. or n.h. collection from 1930's (useful early used incl.) with extensive range of later issues incl. Semi-postals and booklets, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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Lot 1826
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France, & Colonies Accumulation, mostly 20th Century accumulation of mint and used on album pages, incl. France with some 19th Century, Polynesia, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Indochina, India, Guiana, Guadalupe, Martinique and Africa incl. Cameroon, Chad, Dahomey, Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Togo, Upper Volta, Madagascar and Reunion, somewhat disorganized, huge cat. here, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $500-750.
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$805
Lot 1827
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France, Group of 3 Collections, 1st mint and used to 1974 with Back-of-Book in album; 2nd three volumes 1938-59, 1968-94 all complete n.h. incl. Semis and Airs in Lindner albums; 3rd mint and used collection to 1960's with scattered 19th Century incl. French Zones in Germany, etc., 19th mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $500-750.
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$1,208
Lot 1828
 
France, Modern Group Plus Semi-Postals, 1980-94 n.h. collection appears complete for period plus collection of Semi-postals o.g. to n.h. from 1914 to 1950's with quite a few better items, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-600.
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$518
Lot 1829
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France, & Colonies 1849 to 1997, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection in three Specialty albums, well filled France volume one with 19th and early 20th Century used and 1930s-90s both mint and used, also Semi-postals, Airmail and Postage Dues to 1950s, other two volumes featuring Colonies to 1960s incl. better filled sections of Guiana, French India, Morocco, Oceania, Sudan, Guadalupe, Lebanon, Martinique and New Caledonia, plus Andorra mostly mint 1931-97, rather nice group, worth inspection, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$575
Lot 1830

France, 1915 to 1940 Group of 15 Covers, incl. 1915 Consulate of France at Bilbao, 1915 5th army regiment, 1916 hospital train, 1916 Orient infantry regiment, 1934 catapult etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-350.
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Lot 1831

France, Offices in Egypt Cover Collection, album on documented pages with adhesives and 33 covers on pages starting with Alexandria with Napoleonic War 1801 "Alexandrie", 1807 France to Alexandria, incl. postal and postcard usages, Port Said usages incl. one with #43a, 49-50, also additional about 29 covers and adhesives of Military related, and Paquebot, inspect.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,438
Lot 1832
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France, & F.S.A.T., 1849 to 1994, housed in Minkus album in mounts, a good selection of early mint and used issues, then virtually complete, mostly o.g. or n.h. from 1930 to 1984 with a few missing, a clean collection, plus F.S.A.T. 1958-85 hinged on Scott album pages, a useful group, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $2,400 (Owner's).
Estimate $400-500.
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$460
Lot 1833
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France, & Colonies Collections, 19th & 20th Century mint and used incl. France with some Guiana, Guadalupe, Martinique, Mayotte etc., Monaco mostly 20th Century mint on pages in binder, Africa in mounts in Scott album to 1960 incl. Madagascar through Upper Volta and Algeria and Morocco with some Tunisia in Thiaude album, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $300-500.
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$311
Lot 1834
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France, 19th Century to 1950's Used Collection, Intact on quadrille pages, scattered classics with cancel samples, pairs, also back of the book with occasional better Semi-postal, Airs, precancels, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$242
Lot 1835
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France, Offices in Egypt Collection, on homemade pages mint or used, Alexandria with 1st two issues complete mostly used, Port Said Peace & Commerce complete, 1921 Dues set used, Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $250-350.
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$460
Lot 1836
 
France, Precancel Accumulation, o.g., few hundred somewhat disorganized on stockpages with dupl., mostly Sower design, needs some sorting, fine to very fine overall.
Estimate $200-300.
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Lot 1837
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France, 1952-1986 Red Cross Booklets Complete, complete set of 35 Semi-Postal booklets, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,200.
Estimate $200-250.
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$207
Lot 1838

France, 1870 to 1882, Five Newspaper Covers, all complete, each with various adhesives tied by the newspaper's printing, obvious folds as to be expected, and some other mostly minor faults, interesting group.
Estimate $200-300.
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Lot 1839
 
French Colonies, in 4 Albums, Valuable mostly mint o.g. collection of this popular area in 4 Scott specialty albums to 1950's consisting of 42 different Colonies and 17 Offices with solid representations throughout incl. better items, please carefully inspect as there is tremendous amount of material with total high cat., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $6,000-8,000.
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$5,750
Lot 1840
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French Colonies, Better Group with Covers, 30 items in binder incl. 8 covers, most identified by Maury numbers, a few General Colonies issues but mostly specific countries incl. Dahomey, Madagascar, Monaco, St. Pierre, Tunisia etc., a few certs, total retail $10,010, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $3,000-3,250.
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Lot 1841
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French Colonies, Oldtime "L-Z" Collection, L to Z countries, mostly full with many complete sets mint or used, in Minkus album to 1963, strength in early period with dupl., some surcharges questionable, very full collections, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$6,613
Lot 1842
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French Colonies, Mint and Used Collection, incl. Andorra, Comoro Is., Laos, Monaco, New Hebrides, Togo etc., bit of 19th Century but mostly 20th Century mint or used in 15 volumes hinged on handmade pages to roughly mid 1980's with many complete sets and a few souvenir sheets, some modern in mounts possibly n.h., incl. one album of France, 19th Century typical condition, 20th Century, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,500.
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$1,265
Lot 1843
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French Colonies, Obock, Djibouti, Somali Coast Adhesive Collection, intact, mostly complete and mostly used on pages, incl. proofs, imperforates, varieties, better items throughout incl. Dues complete except #J4, also Fournier forgeries identified, few French adhesives with Obock cancels, Somali specimens, Somali 1943 set in large die proofs, etc., Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $1,000-1,400.
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$4,600
Lot 1844

French Colonies, Mint Collection, hinged in Scott Specialty album, a few in mounts and just a few earlies used, incl. Alaouites, Alexandretta, Cilicia, Latakia, Lebanon thru 2000, appears complete thru 1972, Rouad, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Algeria thru 1973, missing only 4 minor values, and Andorra thru 2013, missing only a few Regulars and some Dues, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$2,185
Lot 1845

French Colonies, Obock, Djibouti, Somali Coast Cover Collection, about 45 covers but also additional mint postcards and mint Stationery, few adhesives used, incl. flights, used Stationery and postcards, clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine lot.
Estimate $500-700.
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$1,553
Lot 1846
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French Colonies, Offices and General Colonies Collection, mint or used on old Minkus pages, decent China, all Post Offices well represented, occasional dupl., Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,725
Lot 1847
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French Colonies, Mostly 20th Century Collections, mint and used collections incl. Dahomey in mounts on Scott pages to 1970, plus a bit of UAR-Egypt 1958-66, also binder with collection on quad pages to 1940s featuring Madagascar, India and Morocco, and another binder with stockpages of misc. Colonies, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $300-350.
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$276
Lot 1848
 
French Colonies, French Africa Postal History, 75 early to mid 20th Century commercial from Fr. Equatorial Africa, Fr. West Africa, Somali Coast, Dahomey, Cameroun, etc., to various destinations plus group of about 50 mint/used mainly 19th Century Postal Stationery from Benin, Obock, Mayotte, Nossi-be, Morocco, Tunisia, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$374
Lot 1849
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French Polynesia, 1892 to 2008, Lighthouse hingeless album with mint/used in early period then mostly n.h. from 1950's to end with sets, souvenir sheets and booklets plus loaded with mint/used dupl. throughout, a beautiful valuable lot from this popular area, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$2,300
Lot 1850
 
French Polynesia, 1961 to 2014 F.D.C. Collection, nearly complete from 1964, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,150
Lot 1851

French Polynesia, 1958 to 2004 Collection, n.h. (couple l.h.) complete in Davo hingeless album, only missing a few modern items for completion, incl. Airs and Dues and most souvenir sheets, clean lot, very fine.
2014 Scott $5,000+.
Estimate $1,300-1,600.
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$1,495
Lot 1852

French Polynesia, Mint Collection, 1913 to 2013, on homemade pages in 4 volumes, largely complete incl. #126-35, souvenir sheets, Semi-postals and Airmails, some spotting on 117-23, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-850.
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$575
Lot 1853
 
French Southern & Antarctic Territories, Mint 1955-2007, N.h. collection (plus dupl.) in one Lighthouse hingeless album virtually complete for period plus several full sheets and many stamps having used dupl. incl. #28, high total cat. value, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,500.
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$1,208
Lot 1854
 
French Southern & Antarctic Territories, Mint Collection, n.h., on pages complete to #93, C1-63 incl. Madagascar #C54 used, couple earlies l.h., incl. triptychs, very fine.
2013 Scott $3,400.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$978
Lot 1855

French Southern & Antarctic Territories, Collection to 2013, in Scott Specialty album, mostly n.h. with some earlier o.g. (#28 and C8 n.h.), largely complete, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$690
Lot 1856
 
French Southern & Antarctic Territories, Never Hinged Collection, 1955 to 1987 select sets mounted on pages incl. Airs, clean, Very Fine.
2017 Scott $2,100.
Estimate $425-475.
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$403
Lot 1857

French Southern & Antarctic Territories, Mint Collection, 1955 to 2013, hinged on homemade pages in 4 volumes, virtually complete incl. #25-28, souvenir sheets and Airmails incl. C1-C14, some booklets, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $550-650.
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Realized
$518








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