Sale No: 776
Lot No: 581
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Cat No: Collection
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Powerful French Africa Collection, a lifetime's collection of thousands and thousands of mint and used sets, singles, souvenir sheets, a handful of covers and postal stationery, etc., for each stamp-issuing country of French Africa on pages or stock sheets in five Scott albums; each country with good deal of completion and also note a nice selection of errors and varieties sprinkled throughout; to list each premium item individually would take several pages but here are some tempting highlights: assorted Navigation and Commerce mint sets, a number of the various 1910s/30s "long" sets, 1930s omnibus sets, various 1940s "France Libre" overprints, 1950s/60s Airmails mint with many never hinged, some pre-1940s booklets and booklet panes, Afars & Issas complete and apparently all never hinged 1967-77, Algeria complete 1924-57 (few used Airmails), #50a never hinged; Cameroun #108-115 mint (1fr signed Calves), 255-281 mint, B10-B13 used; Dahomey #17-31 mint; French Equatorial Africa #B10-B35 mint, C9-C16 mint, CB6 mint (signed Bloch); French Morocco #11-22 mint, 135a complete booklet; Gabon used 1886/89 issues (some good, some not), #33-48 mint; Ivory Coast assorted Parcel Post issues mint or used (#Q17a, Q25 with certificates); Madagascar 1889/95 used assortment, Mayotte mint postal stationery assortment, Obock desirable assortment of mint and used including postal stationery; Reunion strong section of 19th century with varieties and duplication, #C1 mint, mint postal cards, letter cards and envelopes; Somali Coast 1894-1902 issues mostly complete mint or used, etc.; usual mixed condition and there will be the dubious surcharge or cancel, some slightly disturbed or lightly toned gum, etc., but the overall condition is better than usual with majority of the collection being F-VF, well worth a careful inspection. Shipping charges apply - weight 26.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $10,000-15,000
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Opening US$ 20,000.00
Sold...US$ 20,000.00
Closed..Oct-01-2022, 12:13:28 EST
Sold For 20000
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