Lot
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French Colonies, A Collection of Mint Key Stamps from 26 Colonies, 1859-1949, A superior high quality all mint collection from 26 Colonies the bulk of the collection is on Auction or dealer lot sheets on Vario black pages along with the mounted sections all housed in 12 binders. Key sets and singles abound with values into the many hundreds of dollars and a few even more valuable. Many are signed by well known experts and the quality is well above the norm throughout, Several Colonies are complete, and this collection contains numerous hard to find singles and sets as well as varieties that sell for high percentages of Scott. It begins with Anjouan Island, strong section of Diego Suariz about $7,000. In Scott's Catalogue with numerous rarities, Benin and Dahomey in one binder is also loaded with scarce and rare singles and has a catalogue value of $9,400., Grand Comoro, Mayotte, Moheli, Excellent Nossi-Be at $5,700., Ste. Marie de Madagascar, Chad, Cilicia, Gabon, Reunion at $4,200. New Caledonia at $7,300., French Congo, Middle Congo, Martinique at $4,600., Castellorizo, French Guiana, Inni, Cameroun, Senegali, Ubangi-Shari, Upper Volta Niger, Upper Senegal & Niger. Please note no modern material all from the classic period well worth careful consideration and viewing, Perfect to sell online or at public auction as the lots are already ready to offer individually, Quality is primarily all Fine to Very Fine or better and we found very few faults, An approximate mainly Scott value with a few unlisted in which case Maury was used came to in excess of $61,000. ex-Windsor. Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.
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Realized: $17,000