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Sale 42: Worldwide Stamps & Covers

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Foreign Country Collections - Denmark to French Area

Lots 2224-2233 Lots 2234-2243 Lots 2244-2253 Lots 2254-2263 Lots 2264-2273 Lots 2274-2283 Lots 2284-2290

Lot 2274 /o   

France & Colonies, Selection, 1890-1976. Attractive group of sets & singles, including Airmails with mint C14 and others; semipostals; some interesting Colonies & Offices; modern Comoros goldfoil issues; please inspect.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $290

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Lot 2275 /o   

France & Colonies, Collection, 1880-1980. Displayed on black stockcards, some classic period including Dues; semipostals; French Offices; some nice French Polynesia.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $475

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Lot 2276 P   

France & Colonies, De Luxe Die Proofs, 1950's-1980's. 39 items, very attractive multi-colored proofs from an array of entities, including France (semi-postals featuring Toulouse Lautrec), Morocco, New Caledonia, Monaco (Roosevelt), Dahomey & other African Colonies, Saint-Pierre & Miquelon, etc; very clean and fresh, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $105

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Lot 2277 //o   

French Colonies, Collection, 1859-1965. Lovely fresh contents neatly displayed in 7 Scott Specialty albums, very well-filled, lacking the rarest items but otherwise near complete for the period; best countries (with Scott catalogue value) predictably include Andorra ($2,160), Cameroons ($5,150 including German Colonies) issues, French Colonies ($3,000), French Guiana ($4,480), French India ($3,300), French Morocco ($2,840), Gabon (2,500), Guadeloupe ($2,730), Ivory Coast ($2,600), Martinique ($2,900), Madagascar ($2,650), Reunion ($3,000), Somali Coast ($2,700); and many more colonies; lacking the rarest but still impressive and not often offered intact; condition generally F-VF, total owner's (very reliable) Scott Catalogue value $72,800, o.g., hinged or never hinged.
Estimate    $10,000 - 15,000.

Realized: $18,000

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Lot 2278 /o   

French Colonies, Collection, 1859-1980. Various colonies in 4 Minkus albums, including better Obock/Somali Coast, Afars & Issas, Djibouti, French Colonies general issues, Offices in China, Egypt, etc; Indochina, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Fr India, Ivory Coast, and much more; nothing sensational here but very useful and ready for expansion, closer examination will be amply rewarded.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,900

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Lot 2279 /o   

French Colonies, Collection, 1900-1970. Extensive collection in 3 Scott albums on homemade pages, appears to be 20th Century & mostly mint; hundreds of complete sets in beautiful condition; should be inspected.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $3,500

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Lot 2280 /   

French Colonies, Collection, 1900-1950. Singles and sets displayed in glassines in vintage stockbook, all identified and catalogued, with much French Africa, Indochina & Offices in China, seemingly very fresh with much never hinged, owner's Scott catalog value $1,531, please inspect.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $475

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Lot 2281 /   

Chad, Collection, 1922-2004. 3 Minkus albums loaded with about complete country for the period, with loads of popular topicals, many in souvenir sheets, this collection has to be seen to be appreciated.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $500

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Lot 2282    

French Southern & Antarctic Territories, 1955-2005. Country complete for the period, neatly displayed in hingeless mounts in Minkus album, including all the good issues, commemoratives and airmails, fresh and most attractive and very popular country, generally VF, only the occasional lightly hinged stamp.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 2283    

French Southern & Antarctic Territories, 1955-1980. Lovely pristine collection in stockbook virtually complete for the period, including all the good numbers like 18, 28, 30, C6-C8, C14; etc., also some Australian Antarctic, British Antarctic, and various other Antarctic issues and some covers as well; 2010 Scott catalog value $4,000+, generally VF, nice opportunity, o.g., never hinged.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $950

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