Europe continued...

1936/1941 Mint stamp collection, consisting of corner marginal blocks of four, mostly with print dates in margin, contained within a stock book, a good assortment of the issues during this period, some duplication, in the main prestine, scarce in blocks and especially so fine, an attractive collection. 

1993/2008, MNH collection/balance in a stockbook plus loose material, with considerable face value.

1694/1900 Postal history collection of covers, comprising predominately franked mail between 1850 and 1898, good variety of single and mixed French frankings, with a broad range of destinations and origins, noted an 1877 envelop sent from Benuos Aires, Argentina to France franked with a combination of an Argentine 8 r. brown with superb margins, tied by a rectangular Buenos Aires cancel and a French Sage 1 f. tied by French Paquebot datestamp, sent by the French Post Office in Buenos Aires via Bordeaux, an 1880 printed wrapper franked with a Sage 30 c. tied by "PLACE DE LA BOURSE/PARIS" datestamp, also an 1868 wrapper franked by a Napolean 40 c. orange tied by the "5107" lozenge with a dotted circular "TUNIS" datestamp alongside sent to Lyon, an 1874 cover franked with Ceres 40 c. orange perforated issue tied by a "DE CAMBIO/BARCELONA" datestamp sent to Malaga and a pre-stamp 1694 lettersheet sent from France to Amberes, Belguim, an interesting and varied assembly, in mixed condition with several fine, a rare selection.  

1828/1949 world cover and stationery collection in three albums, comprising over eighty examples, from Austria, Argentina, Denmark, France, French Colonies, Germany, German Levant, China and German occupation of Cameroon, Netherlands, Great Britain, British East Africa as well as Central Africa, British India, Italy, China, Russia, noted one cover dated 1856 from Fort Beaufort sent from the 45th Regiment in South Africa to Kent England, includes an 1949 wreck cover sent from Mauritius to Chicago, 1916 Prisoner of War Mail, an 1891 Azerbaijan to Tabriz franked with Russia 3 k. and 7k with transit marks indicating crossing southern Russia, 1926 Peking to Portugal Registered envelope franked with two China 2 c., 4 c. and a 6 c., an 1898 German marine mail mark on a Yantai, China 1/2 c. stationery card combined with German 1 p. red,  condition is very mixed, although some fine and rare items, an excellent lot.   

1849/1912 extensive classic cover collection neatly written-up upon album pages, Ceres and Napolean imperforate and perforated issues, as well Sage frankings, organised chronologically, with an excellent range of frankings, postmarks, instructionals, the odd registered cover and postage due marks and stamps, destinations predominately inland or continental, although noted 1856 cover to Ozan, Algeria franked with a Napolean 20 c. blue and an 1872 wrapper to Constantinople which has a maritime mark, also a very attractive and complete printed Religious Newsletter from La Rochelle and Saintes franked and tied with a very dark Napoleon 1c perforated oliver-green on greenish paper, the rare Toulouse/Central datestamp applied to an 1888 cover to Saliers du salat, a number of stampless cover, four which have the double-lined "25" tax mark in black dated 1850/1853 and one example of the "30", additionally a quantity of postal stationery, colour illustrated 30 c. Telegram cards, a number of rare datestamps one from Villmorin-Andrieux applied to the front of an 1894 printed invoice sent from Paris to Carcassonne, an unused 1870 Ballon Monte printed postcard with propaganda slogan in French and German, many other scarce and interesting examples, in mostly fine condition, a nice collection. 

1849/1901 selection of seventy five covers, presented in a stock book, comprising mostly franked mail, noted an 1871 wrapper endorsed `Par Ballon Monté franked with Yvert 29B, an unfranked outer wrapper with a Réunion island backstamp and an envelope addressed to an Officer of the 6th Dragoons with letter sent from a hospital with interesting content, also a number of printed advertising envelopes, numerous Cérès and Napoleon head imperforate and perforated issues tied by an array of lozenge, star and grill cancellations, includes vertical and horizontal pair frankings and a combination of values, a good mix of destinations, condition mixed in places although many fine items, a scarce assembly. 

1877/1902 selection of sixty covers, stationery cards and five fronts franked with the Sage issue, contained within a stock book, comprising many attractive combinations and postmarks, noted Yvert 54 used with Yvert 66 on 1877 cover from Saint-Dizier to Paris, as well as a Yvert 55 and 65 originating from the same town sent to Wassy, a Carte Postale card franked with a vertical pair of 5 c. green tied by multiple strikes of a black undated single small circle "OR", although faulty a rare rural example, several blue datestamps including superb Paris, a number of registered mailings and charge marks, a mixed condition lot with many rare covers. 

NORWAY INCOMING MAIL: 1862/1906, group of seven covers and cards from France to Norway, nice range of frankings with Napoleon, Sage and Sower, incl. Mi.-Nr. 13 block of six on 1862 entire letter to Frederickshald with arrival on reverse; mixed condition

"ULTRAMAR": 1892/1906 (ca.), unused group of over 30 postal stationery cards, envelopes and reply cards with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, with New Caledonia, French Oceania and French Offices in India; some toning and mixed condition, a very scarce group

"ULTRAMAR": 1892/1917 (ca.), unused group of over 50 postal stationery cards, envelopes and reply cards with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, incl. "COLONIAS", with a good section of Senegal and Anjuan, also Dahomey, Sudan, Madagascar, Congo, Guinea, Mayotte and Ivory Coast; some toning and mixed condition, a very scarce specialist group

"ULTRAMAR": 1892/1900 (ca.), unused group of over 15 postal stationery cards, envelopes and reply cards with the security overprints from the Portuguese UPU postal archives for the colonies, with St Pierre and Miquelon, Martinique and French Guiana, some occasional toning and mixed condition, a very scarce group

1887/1950 accumulation of mint and used stamps, contained within an impressive black leather bound vintage album, includes Indochina, China, Reunion, Guadeloupe, Martinque, New Caldonia, India, Wallis and Futuna Islands, quite patchy in the early periods and a little mixed, some sets for later issues, includes the odd mint never hinged stamp, although in the main used or hinged, respectable coverage for Reunion Island, hundreds of stamps, overall mixed with some very fine, a useful lot. 

1887/1960 French Colonies Africa and Arab countries, accumulation of mint and used stamps, contained within two impressive black leather bound albums, early has gaps and generally used and a little mixed, some sets for later issues, noted  mint never hinged although much used and mounted, country representation for both regions is fair, the odd better item, respectable quantity for Tunsia, Morocco, Syria and Senegal and others, many hundreds of stamps, patchy in parts, overall mixed with some very fine, a useful lot. 

1892/1906, unused and used collection Grande Comore, Moheli and Mayotte, with many better like Grand Comore Mi.-Nr. 1-13 and 14-19 and Moheli Mi.-Nr. 1-16, in addition some varities, gutter pairs etc., good condition