Sale No: 771
Lot No: 1687
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Cat No: Collection
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Outstanding French Africa Used Collection, a lifetime's effort resulting in six Palo albums being exceptionally well filled with used sets and singles of the colonial period with classics, definitives and surcharges/ overprints, commems, charity issues, airmails, postage dues, parcel post, etc. a vast majority of which are much more difficult to locate in used condition than their mint counterparts regardless of what the catalog values say, many of the countries nearly complete resulting in a lengthy list of premium featuring French Offices in Zanzibar 1-11, Algeria B1-26, Anjouan 8-19, Benin 17, 33-45, Cameroun B1-9, Dahomey 1-16, 30-31, J1-8, Diego Suarez 1-5, 11-12, 13-16, J2 (signed), French Congo 2-3, 7-8, 17, French Equatorial Africa 11-26, B1-8, French Guinea 47, French Morocco 1-8, 10, 38-54, 57-71, B10-20, CB1-23, J6-9, Gabon 8, 13 (signed Brun), 15 pair (o.g. faults), 16-32, 33-43, J12-33, Ivory Coast Q28-29, Libya 102-11, 122-34, Madagascar 1 tied on piece (cert), 5-7, 8-11, 14-22, 56 (signed), 63-77, J1-7 (40c-1fr signed), mostly complete 1938-57, Mayotte 20, Nossi Be 10, 12, 13, 26, 28-31, J12, J14-15, Obock 10-11, 32-45, 46-61, Reunion 17-26 (15c with inverted surcharge), 34-59, B1, C35-41, J1-5, Senegal 35-52, 57-72, Somali Coast 1, 3, 6-21, 23-26, 28-33, 33e, 33E-3F, 34-48, 64-79, Togo 80-91, 158-60, 165 (signed by couple BPP experts), Tunisia 1-7, 9-28, 74-113D, B10, B12-19 (B19 signed Brun), JA8 manuscript cancel, mostly complete 1931-55, etc., some typical small faults and/or dubious cancels but an overall fresh and F-VF collection put together by a knowledgeable collector over many years; ex-"Georgetown Collection", ex-Georgetown Collection.
Estimate $5,000-7,500
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Opening US$ 2,500.00
Sold...US$ 8,000.00
Closed..Jun-25-2022, 12:56:24 EST
Sold For 8000
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