Sale 103: The APS Auction

Lot 4287 /o   

France, Collection, 1849-1940, great old time mint and used collection on Scott quad pages, good representation of classic issues as well as later definitives, commemoratives, semi-postals, airmail and postage due, used highlights including Scott #39, 46, C1-2, C14 and C15, also mint 132, 253, 254A, B24-43, some varieties etc., owner's Scott $10,900, well worth a look, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Realized: $800

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Lot 4288 /o   

France & Colonies, Accumulation, premium, better mint and used high values, $50 and up each, an impressive group (no British or French Area) selected from a collector/wanna-be dealer's several decades accumulation, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards and arranged on stock sheets for easy viewing, faulty have been removed, modest duplication; ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock, French Colonies represent more than 75% of the cat. value here; cat. value exceeds $52,000; well worth consideration.
Estimate    $6,000 - 8,000.

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Realized: $7,250

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Lot 4289    

France & Colonies, Accumulation, mint, substantial collector/wanna-be dealer's several-decades holding of thousands in the $1.-$20. range, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards and housed in four red boxes, faulty have been removed and there is modest duplication, ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock. cat. value exceeds $18,400, well worth consideration.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 4290    

France & Colonies, Accumulation, mint and used high-cat. seconds, mostly $300 and up each, a quite useful group selected from a collector/wanna-be dealer's several decades accumulation, small to modest faults, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards and arranged on stock sheets for easy viewing, occasional, modest duplication; ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock; cat. value exceeds $45,900; well worth consideration.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $3,000

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Lot 4291 o   

France & Colonies, Accumulation, used, extensive and appealing collector/wanna-be dealer's several-decades holding of many thousands in the $1-$20 range, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards housed in three red boxes, faulty have been removed, modest duplication, ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock; cat. value exceeds $14,500, well worth consideration.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,150

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Lot 4292 /o   

France & Colonies, Collection, mint and used collection in four albums, six stock books, various envelopes and folders, everything from used classics (in usual mixed condition) to mint n.h. stock of fresh clean sets in modest duplication, a small stock book of general colonies should have huge cat. value probably in France proper, loads of $5-$50 range items; consignor's estimated wholesale value $1,940.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $850

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Lot 4293    

France & Colonies, Accumulation, mint n.h., useful collector/wanna-be dealer's several-decades holding of thousands in the $1.-$20. range, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards and housed in two red boxes, faulty have been removed and there is modest duplication, ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock. Cat. value exceeds $5,400, well worth consideration at a very modest estimate of $3,000-$4,000.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $600

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Lot 4294 /o   

France & Colonies, Collector's Stock, 19th and 20th Century mint and used France neatly arranged in seven large stockbooks, nice France proper with used, l.h. and n.h., also good assortment of Colonies on Manila stock pages in seven binders, worth review, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $600

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Lot 4295 /o   

France & Colonies, Accumulation, mint, used, old-time collector's substantial accumulation of tens of thousands of mostly used and some mint 19th century to 2000's, all arranged in chronological order in over fifty-five bundles of Scott numbered glassines, mostly fine-very fine with occasional faults in earlier; value is in $1-$20-range items, mostly modest duplication (to 10 or more each though occasionally there are hundreds each suitable for packet making or crafts); much in France proper, including some higher-cat earlies with a lot of Monaco, over half the bundles are colonies.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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Realized: $650

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Lot 4296 /o   

French Colonies & Offices, Collection, 1859-1940, valuable old time mint and used collection on well-filled Scott album pages, good representation of classics as well as later definitives, semipostals, airmail and postage due, including French Offices in Crete, Alexandria, Port Said, Turkey/Levant, Cavalle, Dedeagh, Port Lagos, Vathy, Zanzabar and French Colonies general issues, also other specific French Colonies with French Guiana, Guinea, India, Morocco, Oceania, Sudan and Gabon, varieties throughout, owner's Scott $16K+, lovely collection, worth consideration, fine to very fine or better.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,400

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