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Sale 76
Lot 1641
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French Colonies, Superior Collection in 37 Albums, thousands of mint and or used on separated pages (many items duplicate mint and used) on lovely homemade (Gibbons computer generated) pages, no extreme rarities or too many dubious items, incl. many long mint sets, common design issues, various France Libre overprints, extensive Fornier forgeries (identified), paper and watermark varieties, overprint/surcharge varieties incl. inverted, double, malformed letters, etc., shades, imperforates, cancels incl. some on France general issues, plus a few covers and some proofs, highlights are Madagascar #6-7, 12 (2) and 27 used, French Morocco #8 and 22 mint, plus extensive local issues, Gabon 11 mint, Offices in China 47A (dist. gum), Hoi-Hao 6 on a favor cover, Indo-China 24-40 mint, New Hebrides incl. British issues, noted J1-J5 mint, Nossi-Be 21 (small tear) used, 25 mint, Obock 10 mint, Rouad 1 mint, Tunisia 8 used, Somali Coast 1-3 mint, French India 1-3 mint, 4 used, French Equatorial Africa C9 used, C11 mint (both signed), Reunion 11, 34-52 and C1 all mint, Cameroun 111 used, 114 mint, B14-B15 mint (both signed 2 times), French Polynesia incl. "V" violet handstamp overprints, French Congo 14, 17, 52 mint, 53 used, 1900 set in proofs on card, Levant 32 mint, 39 used, Offices in Egypt 43-45 mint, Zanzibar 9, 13, 15 mint, 16 (2) used, Syria 20 mint, Algeria 1962 Charity issue l.h. (Michel 393 cat. €450 n.h.), and many others, occasional minor fault on 19th Century, but condition better than usual, a collection that will be the basis a powerful collection of this popular area, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $40,000-50,000.
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