Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 14-15, 2020

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Lot #1221
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1859-1955 General Issue and Offices abroad, collection in a large PALO hingeless album, with Eagle & Crown, Ceres and Napoleon, Type Sage, Commerce and Postage Dues, virtually complete, used and mostly unused (YT €7,800+), followed by a strong showing of French Offices in China, including Canton, Hoi Hao, Kwangchowan, Mongtseu, Pakhoi, Tchongking and Yunnan Fou, various overprints, many to 10fr (YT €11,000+), French Offices in Crete, French Offices in Zanzibar, most are signed, few with certificates (YT €3,900), 1945-49 French Zone Issues, mostly complete with souvenir sheet, 1920 Arad Issue (Hungarian stamps overprinted "Occupation Francaise"), signed Pape, also on cover, plus some Saar and Memel, occasional mixed condition, generally fine-v.f., cat $25,000+
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Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1222
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1886-1973 French Colonies in the Americas, collection in a PALO hingeless album, used and mostly unused French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Inini, Martinique (better surcharges signed Calves, Roumet, etc., few certificates), Navigation & Commerce sets, Vichy issues, St. Pierre and Miquelon, with early surcharges, various sets (no France-Libre overprints), Postage Dues, souvenir sheets, Air Post, many better items, mostly fine-v.f., cat $17,500+
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Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1223
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1899-1945 French East Africa, collection in two beautiful PALO hingeless albums, hundreds of mostly unused singles and sets, beginning with Anjouan, Comoro Islands, Diego Suarez, Madagascar (including 1891 Typeset 5c-5fr with certificates), Mayotte, Moheli, Nossi-Be, Obock (mostly complete), Reunion (mostly complete to 1971, including Semi-Postals and Air Post), Somali Coast with many better Djibouti overprints and surcharges, also France Libre, many Navigation & Commerce sets to 5fr, numerous surcharges, Postage Dues, Parcel Post, few covers with bisects, souvenir sheets, some later issues and few reference items (not counted), mostly signed, many certificates included, occasional faults noted, generally fine or better, cat $45,000+
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Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #1224
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1899-1940 French Middle East, collection in a beautiful PALO hingeless album, hundreds of mostly unused singles and sets, beginning with French Offices in Egypt (Alexandria, Port Said), Levant (Cavalle, Dedeagatch, Port Lagos), Syria (Alaouites, Alexandretta, Cilicia, Latakia), Lebanon, with many better items, numerous surcharges and handstamps, souvenir sheets, Postage Dues, many signed, some certificates included, generally fine-v.f., cat $10,000+
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1225
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1891-1955 French North Africa, comprehensive collection virtually complete (without the rarities), used and mostly unused in two PALO hingeless albums, with Algeria, French Morocco, Chad and French Sudan, Libya, Fezzan, Mauritania, Tunisia and Upper Volta, Upper Senegal & Niger, with better surcharges, Postage Dues, souvenir sheets and Air Post, some unlisted items, clean collection, mostly fine-v.f.
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Lot #1226
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1886-1958 French West Africa, extensive collection of used and mostly unused in two PALO hingeless albums, good section of Benin, Cameroun, with better overprints (signed Brun, Miro, Calves, etc.), Dahomey, French Congo (1892 surcharges used, various signatures), French Equatorial Africa and French Guinea, also extensive Gabon (1-5 unused, 7-10 used, also 12 (unused, repaired, not counted)), 14-15 used (each stamp signed Calves, Brun, Bernichon, Isaac, etc., minor faults noted), balance of issues include Navigation & Commerce, "Congo Francaise" set, plus others, from there mostly complete unused selections of Ivory Coast, Middle Congo, nice range of Senegal (some faked surcharges identified and not counted), followed by Togo and Ubangi-Shari. All issues with Semi-Postals, Air Post, Souvenir Sheets, many items not counted, mixed condition, minor flaws possible, mostly fine-v.f., cat $43,000+
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Lot #1227
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1888-1953 French South-East Asia, collection mostly unused in a large PALO hingeless album, with Annam & Tonkin, Cochin China, good showing of French India, French Indochina mostly complete, with Navigation & Commerce sets to 5fr, also complete Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, with souvenir sheets, Postage Dues and Air Post, France Libre overprints, plus others, fine-v.f., cat $7,000+
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Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1228
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1900-75 French Oceania, collection in a PALO hingeless album, used and mostly unused French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Tahiti, Wallis et Futuna, many better sets, postage dues, etc., mostly fine-v.f., cat $8,800+
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Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1229
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1900-64 collection in album, used and unused, with Algeria: overprints, semi-postals, postage dues, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Tunisia: semi-postals, Martinique, Inini, Comoro Islands: 48-53 & C5-C6, topicals include birds, flowers, shells, Olympics, buildings, Red Cross, fruit, fresh and fine-very fine, cat. $1,800
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Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1230
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1906-67 beautiful collection in album, with many higher value Air Post sets; Cameroon virtually complete 1961-1967, with C38-C40, other Air Post and Postage Dues, French West Africa, Cambodia, Central Africa Republic: People's Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Somali Coast including 287-292, C26-C30, Gabon C14-C17, Laos mostly 1957-1969, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad with 139-142, C2-C6, Vietnam, Togo, fine-v.f., cat. $4,300
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Lot #1231
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1924-60 collection on 102 Thiaude album pages, used and unused with French Andorra, Algeria, French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, Cameroon, Somali Coast, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Gabon, Guadeloupe, French Guinea, French Guyana, French India, Madagascar, French Morocco, Martinique, Mauritania, Niger, New Caledonia, Oubangui, Reunion, Saar, Silesia, Senegal, French Sudan, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Wallis & Futuna
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Lot #1232
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1965-83 collection in two albums, virtually complete for most areas including airpost & souvenir sheets, includes Dahomey: nos. C33-C37, J1-J8, air post, postage dues, Upper Volta, Gabon: includes booklets, Benin, Mali: nos. C25-C28, French New Hebrides: nos. 98-108, 174-185, Ivory Coast: air post, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Madagascar, Mauritania: air post, postage dues, collection includes many interesting topicals including birds, flowers, butterflies, wildlife, planes, Olympics, satellites, paintings, ships, zeppelins, excellent collection with massive catalog value, fresh and very fine, cat. $8,000.00
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