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Foreign Collections: French Offices and Colonies

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2161		French Colonies Massive Mint Collection, Thousands mounted in 6 Scott specialty albums (separate lots for Offices in China and Levant), plus extra pages, few scattered used, virtually all long definitive sets present and complete, modern issues from Andorra, St. Pierre, French Polynesia and Wallis & Futuna (many n.h.), classics including many $100 to $200 catalog items (some more), virtually all Vichy issues, many not listed in Scotts, plus varieties, souvenir sheets, Back of the Book, etc., a few with minor faults as to be expected, but overall a fresh and fine to very fine collection, only needing the scarcest items for completion, must be seen to be appreciated, the finest collection of this area we have offered. Estimate $25,000-30,000. View details	Realized $37,950
Lot 2162		//o French Colonies Four Volume Collection, Mint and used in Scott specialty albums, starts with Algeria virtually complete mint to 1957, also Semi-postals, Airs, followed by Offices reasonably full mint and used, Colonies General issues with #1-6, 7, 9, 12-15, etc., Dues virtually complete mint, no French Andorra, otherwise all other Colonies well represented (some to 1960's), Guiana virtually complete, Polynesia to 1971, F.S.A.T. to 1960's with n.h., Senegal virtually complete mint, etc., a much above average collection with many complete sets and fresh throughout, needs inspection. Owners (2004) cat. $40800. Estimate $8,000-9,000. View details	Realized $12,650
Lot 2163		/o French Offices in China Extensive Collection, Excellent showing of issues on Scott specialty pages in mostly mint condition, Offices including #17 used, 18-33 mint (22 used), J20, J22-3 used, J37-40 mint or used, issues for various cities virtually complete mint including Canton (no 2A), Hoi Hao (no 6, 14-15), Kwangchowan (18-35 used), Mongtseu (no 1-15), Pakhoi, Tchongking, Yunnan Fou all complete. Occasional minor fault and most Peace & Commerce issues are Fournier forgeries, but overall fresh and fine to very fine, difficult to duplicate today. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,990
Lot 2164		/o French Colonies Classics Collection, Couple hundred mint and or used to early 1900's on homemade pages, value in Navigation and Commerce issues, countries including Dahomey, Guadeloupe, Somali Coast, Gabon, Reunion, St. Pierre, Sudan, Diego-Suarez, Offices in Levant, Senegal, New Caledonia, Fr. Guinea, Madagascar and Martinique, better items throughout, few minor faults, but overall fresh and fine. Owners cat. $6700+. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 2165		/o French Colonies in 14 Circuit Books, Hundreds of mint and used, identified by Michel and priced in euros, including Algeria with #1-32 mint or used range, then strong group to 1992, Semi-postals including #B1-26 mint, few Airs and Dues, French Morocco 1-7 used range, plus Protectorate issues, Tunisia including 1-8 mint and used (no 15c used), strong Back of the Book including "T" issues, Offices in Zanzibar, General Colonies with 1-6 mint and used range, 7 used, 11 mint, 16 (2 used), 20 (7 used including strip of 4), condition is mostly fine to very fine. Owners cat. €17,700+. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2166		/ French Colonies Mini Mint Collections, On Minkus pages in stuffed banker box, mostly 20th Century with few early mint and used, strength in Independent period, mostly 1960's to 1980's with some n.h., including Lebanon (cat. $735), F.S.A.T., etc., excellent lot for retail or expansion, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $800-1,200. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2167		/o/ French Colonies Unusual Collection, Mostly mint on homemade and black stockpages, including French India 1//19 used or mint, 22 used, France Libre overprints including 175 o.g., 1fa block of 4 on cover, Semis, Airs, Dues, plus 29 different postal cards and envelopes (3 used) from 1892 to 1923, French Guiana #32//50 used, 1905-28 and 1929-40 values on 4 covers, Airs, Dues, postal cards and envelopes mint (7), Obock with overprints on French Colonies, surcharges including #27, 29, 30 mint, 1894 issue to 5fr, few bisects on piece, 4 mint postal cards, Somali Coast including #1 used, 2 mint (signed Brun), 20 mint, surcharge values, various later imperfs., centers inverted, etc., 2 used postcards, few minor faults, but overall fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2168		/o French Africa Mint and Used Collection, Many hundreds mounted in Scott specialty album to 1950's, noted some long sets, nothing rare, but many good mint sets throughout, clean, fine to very fine. Owners cat. $3500+. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2169		/o French Colonies Collection and Accumulation, Collection mint on Scott pages to 1949, including 1859 to 1906 general issues, Offices, Morocco, Indo-China, New Caledonia, Reunion, also better mostly pre-Independent in glassines with considerable value mint or used, needs inspection of this seldomly offered material, overall fresh and mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2170		/o French Offices in the Levant Virtually Complete Collection, O.g. and used, only missing #33 and 39, including Cavalle mint, Dedeagh mint (#4 used), Port Lagos and Vathy used, overall fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2171		//o French Area Accumulation, Many hundreds in stockbooks and binders, some duplication, noted France 1990 to 1999 new issues including #2168 (9), old APS books with some better mint and used, strong French Polynesia new issues with several better souvenir sheets, faulty to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2172		French Colonies Five Mint Collections, On Scott pages, consists of Dahomey (cat. $180+), 1906 to 1942, Guinea 1904 to 1942 (cat. $170+), West Africa 1943 to 1959 (cat. $85+), Comoro Islands 1912 to 1976 (cat. $530+), Morocco 1891 to 1955 (cat. $250+), many complete sets, also Semi-postals, Airs, etc., clean, fine to very fine. Total cat. (1997) $1215. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2173		French Africa Never Hinged Collection, Independent period 1956 to 1971 on Scott pages, virtually all in complete sets, including Airs, clean, very fine. Cat. (1999) $628. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2174		French Southern & Antarctic Territories Complete Never Hinged to 1983, On pages, including gutter pairs, additional n.h. sets and gutter pairs on stockpages and in glassines to circa 1989, clean, very fine. Estimate $1,400-1,600. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2175		French Southern & Antarctic Territories Complete Mint Collection to 1992, N.h. on pages, no se-tenants, 2 First Day's, clean, very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2176		French Southern & Antarctic Territories Cover Group, About 250 pieces with variety of colorful frankings, mostly showing different exploration events, ship mail, station cancels, etc., including in a specialized collection, limited duplication, great lot, difficult to match, very fine. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2177		French Southern & Antarctic Territories Never Hinged Collection, On Scott pages, 1956 to 1997, sporadic until 1980's, which has many complete sets, few imperforates and deluxe sheets, also Airs including #C58-60, C66, C69-70, C73-75, C76, C78-79, C81-82 in complete panes, very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2178		French Southern & Antarctic Territories New Issue Accumulation, N.h., mostly 1990's to 2002, some in sheets, others to 5 or 10 of each, including high face value Airs, total cost was prodigious (probably multiples of estimate) and condition is very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $978

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