Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 14-15, 2020
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1212 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1849-2015 collection in six beautiful "Presidence" albums, with impressive showing of imperforate issues, numerous shades of Ceres 10c brown and 15c green (including "bottle green" YT 2c, €2,700), 20c black and 25c blue, 40c orange unused (YT 5, €2,000), 1fr carmine and brown carmine unused (YT 6B, €16,000, repaired, with von der Weid certificate), also 1fr vermilion, two different shades used, one on piece, each with three margins, certificates Scheller and Eichele (YT 7,7a, €46,500), Napoleon 10c and 25c Re-Issues (10b,11a), continuing with used and unused "Empire Franc", numerous shades, with 1fr (21 used, small thin, with APS certificate), perforated issues to 5fr (unused and two different used), 10c on 10c (YT 34a, €2,850, with Calves & Jacquard certificate), Bordeaux issues, Ceres "Repub. Franc." perforated, Type Sage including 1fr Prussian Blue unused (beautiful color, usual centering with two stained perforations at bottom, Behr certificate, YT 84, €16,000), Type Merson and Mouchon complete (1/2c surcharge inverted used, with Roumet certificate, YT 157c, €1,150), balance of issues include the Bordeaux and Le Havre overprints, souvenir sheets (226,241,329), 1929-33 3fr-20fr Pont du Gard (including 254), unissued 1940 Marianne de Lac set of six, Semi-Postals (B10 n.h., with certificate), Air Post (C1-2, C14 and C15 n.h., v.f., with certificates), Postage Dues, Newspaper stamps, some newspapers, stampless and other covers, etc. Also included four albums with modern souvenir sheets and booklets, also additional booklets (face value $1,700+), various loose sheet folders with additional items, Lindner album with Postage Dues and Pre-cancels (many signed, dubious items not counted), quality obviously rather mixed among the 19th Century, with faults noted, nevertheless a solid collection of France, with many certificates included, very high catalogue value  *O | Unsold |
