Harmer-Schau Auctions

Sale 89

Portland Spring Sale


Foreign Country Collections - France & Colonies and F.S.A.T.
 
 
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Lot 844
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France, Fascinating collector stock of classic issues.
About 200 from 1849 to 1875, lots of dupl. showing plate flaws, color varieties and interesting cancels, better items incl. #2 (3), 7 (5), 9-10, 17, 37 (2 faulty copies), 43, 46 (2), all mounted on individual cards, some faults expected but still an unusual accumulation, Average to Fine.
Estimate $2,000.
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$1,610
Lot 845
 
France, Extensive collection in 2 Scott albums.
Few thousand, 1849 to 1994, majority o.g. with early used, better items incl. used #2, 7, 9 (spacefiller), 37 (thin), B19, mint 75 (regummed), 329, B8, B27, B66-67, C1-2, C27, C29-32, and nice group of Offices, 19th century mixed condition, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $1,400.
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$2,185
Lot 846
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France, Used collection on handmade pages.
Few thousand, 1849 to 1859, some more modern semi-postals and airmails, better incl. #7, 37 (faulty), B20-23, B66-67, B294-299, C8-17 plus small group of precancels and perfins, some faults in 19th century, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $600.
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$834
Lot 847
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France, Interesting balance of collection.
Few thousand majority used incl. some better 19th century, modern n.h. issues incl. booklets and o.g. semi-postal issues, also scattering of Colonies, worth a close look, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $300.
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$1,438
Lot 848
 
France, Small group of classic covers.
39 from 1850s to 1870s incl. 2 Balloon Monte (one just a front), nice variety of stamps and usages, Average to Fine.
Estimate $250.
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$719
Lot 849
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France, Small group of early complete booklets.
12, incl. Maury #P18-19, 68, 246B plus Scott #139b booklet pane, some with faults, Fine.
Estimate $200.
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$920
Lot 850
 
France, Interesting accumulation on pages.
Few hundred mostly o.g. 20th century incl. some RF overprints, Polar Bear Volunteer Legion souvenir sheet, Postage Dues, definitive issues, and precancels, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $200.
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$1,265
Lot 851
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France, Collection in 2 Lighthouse albums.
Many hundreds to 1977, pages from 1944 on hingeless, majority used with scattering of o.g. sets, 19th century mixed condition, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $150.
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$115
Lot 852
 
France, New issues accumulation.
Few hundred n.h. from 1980s to 2004, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150.
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$719
Lot 853
 
France, Interesting balance of cover collection.
Few hundred, stampless to 1970s incl. some better cacheted FDC's, nice group of postal stationery and some better semi-postal usages, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $150.
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$403
Lot 854
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France, Small group of unused classic issues.
#14, 50 (2), 56 (2), 57-58, 60, some with faults, Average to Fine.
Scott $1,124.
Estimate $100.
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$161
Lot 855
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France, Small group with Specimen or Annule overprints.
27 o.g. incl. Maury #66-68, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $100.
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$345
Lot 856
 
French Colonies, Interesting collection in 2 Minkus albums.
Few thousand from 1890 to 1959, majority o.g. with some used and few n.h. modern issues, strength in African Colonies incl. Dahomey #31, Fr. Equatorial Africa B10-21, New Caledonia 182-207, Ubangi-Shari 1-22, plus nice collection of Fr. India, Paris Expo souvenir sheets, few 19th century with small faults but still very attractive collection of this popular area, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $2,300.
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$3,335
Lot 857
 
French Colonies, Extensive collection in Scott album.
Few thousand from 1860s to 1960s, majority o.g. with some used, from Fr. Guiana, Fr. India, Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Indo-China, Inini, Martinique, New Caledonia (with used #1, mint #180-181 not signed and 182-207), New Hebrides, St. Pierre, and Wallis & Futuna, very attractive collection from this popular area, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $1,000.
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$4,600
Lot 858
 
French Colonies, Attractive collection in 2 Scott albums.
Few thousand from Colonies in Africa, majority o.g. with some used incl. better Algeria, Niger and Reunion, worth a close look, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $1,000.
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$2,300
Lot 859
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French Colonies, Oldtime collection in 2 Elbe albums.
Many hundreds o.g. or used incl. nice selection of Indo-China incl. Vietnam overprints, and Fr. Africa, worth a close look, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600.
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$633
Lot 860
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French Colonies, Collection on pages.
Few hundred from New Caledonia and New Hebrides from 1962 to 1980, mostly o.g. with some n.h. sets incl. New Hebrides #174-185, and 236-248 (both n.h.), also few British New Hebrides issues, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200.
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$311
Lot 861
 
French Colonies, Accumulation in glassines.
Many hundreds 1900 to 1950s mostly o.g. sets and singles, nice variety of countries, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $150.
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$575
Lot 862
 
F.S.A.T., Extensive collection in Lighthouse hingeless album.
Many hundreds n.h. from 1965 on, incl. #1-36, C1-18, missing only about 20 issues for completion, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500.
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$1,150








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