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France & Area

Lots 2986-2995 Lots 2996-2999

Lot 2986 o   

France, Collection, 1849-1977, all used mounted in a Scott Specialty with strength in all periods, with some very nice Ceres, Napoleons and regular issues (owner's cat $3600), Semi-postals ($2400) and Airs BOB ($1000). Very nice and should be reviewed.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $600

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Lot 2987 /o   

France, Collection, 1849-1989, cleanly mounted in 3 Lighthouse albums with a few Ceres, Scott 1° faulty, 3°, better selection of 1853-70 Napoleons ($1800 cat.), little sparse to 1921 then nicely filled from 1922-89; inspection recommended, owner's catalog $5,800.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $675

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Lot 2988 //o   

France, Extensive Dealers Stock, in 4 binders; neatly arranged and identified; nearly all value in 20th Century issues and sets.
Estimate    $400 - 500.

Realized: $200

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Lot 2989    

France, Liberation Overprints, 1944 - Bordeaux (Gironde) (Types I-III), Complete Set of Gutter blocks of 18 of each (54 values); Never Hinged and fresh; This lot was bought by a dealer as New Issues in 1944 (original glassines enclosed on back) and have never been previously on the public market! Total Maury catalogue as single sets is €26,010 = $28,000.; Probably Unique set of Blocks!
Estimate    $4,000 - 5,000.

Realized: $2,000

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Lot 2990    

France, Liberation Overprints, 1944 - Poitiers (Vienne) Type N #1-11, Complete set of Double Panes of 25 with full gutter (50 sets); some slight flaws in selvedge, still Never Hinged and fresh; This set of sheets was bought by the previous owner as New Issues and have never been previously on the public market! Total Maury catalogue as single
sets is €13,000. = $14,000; Probably Unique set of Sheets!
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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Lot 2991 /o   

French Africa, Collection, 1888-1941, mounted in two Scott Specialty albums and a stock book; includes smatterings of Algeria, Chad, Cameroons, East & West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, French Morocco, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Reunion, Senegal, Somali Coast, Tunisia and more, plus pages of early France many Napoleons etc.; mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $270

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Lot 2992 /o   

French Colonies & Offices,, collection/accumulation of 19th and 20th Century mint and used neatly arranged in a large well-filled European stockbook, good range of about 20 Colonies with much value in earlies, including. mint Anjouan Scott #1//19, French Congo 2, 3, 5 (all signed), 8, 11 (signed), 15-17, 18//34, Grand Comoro 1//19, Madagascar 26, Senegal 31-2 (signed), Somali Coast 33d, Upper Senegal & Niger 1//17 etc., other Colonies with early and later issues including. French Colonies general issues, Cameroon, Cilicia, Dahomey, French West Africa, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Martinique, Mauritania, Niger and Togo, owner's 2015 Yvert €34K, great assortment of material, some duplication, well worth careful inspection.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 2993 /o   

French Colonies, Accumulation, 19th and 20th Century accumulation mostly mint with some used arranged in a well-filled European stockbook, about 1/3 of value in Reunion including. Scott #3 OG (signed), then a solid group of mint sets including. C32-45 (C45 n.h.) etc., nice selection of mint material in other Colonies including. French Guiana with #4 (signed), French Oceania/Polynesia 1-20, Guadeloupe J4-12, St. Pierre & Miquelon 10 (signed) also some French Sudan, Memel and Ubangi-Chari, plus Offices in Port Said, Zanzibar and others, minor duplication, owner's 2015 Yvert €23K, very clean group, worth inspection.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Lot 2994 /   

French Colonies, Collection, 20th Century mint collection in mounts on quad pages in two albums, attractive assortment of all-mint sets from 35 different Colonies, better countries including. French India, Gabon, Somali Coast and Syria (with Scott #232-50 n.h.), clean and well worth inspection.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

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Lot 2995 /   

French Colonies, Collection, two volume 20th Century mint collection neatly arranged in two stockbooks, comprised of mostly complete sets from 32 colonies including Cameroun, Chad, Comoro Islands, Dahomey, French Equatorial Africa, Fr. Guinea, Fr. Guiana, Fr. Morocco, Fr. Oceania, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Indochina, Inini, Ivory Coast, Kwangchowan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Middle Congo, New Caledonia, Niger, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Senegal, Somali Coast, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Ubangi-Chari-Tchad, Upper Volta, Wallis & Fortuna, n.h. throughout, owner's 2015 Yvert €6,550, inspection will prove rewarding.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $700

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Lots 2986-2995 Lots 2996-2999

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