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Sale No: 742
Lot No: 224
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Cat No: Collection
France & Colonies, "They Call Me Méli-Mélo" Stock Surprise, massive mish-mash of 18 albums or binders, plus several mart books, all filled with La Francophonie; majority Colonies, with most material being mid-period, but with Navigation & Commerce, Blanc, Merson, Rights of Man issues as well; note overprints, Airs, several "France Libre" items, centrally cancelled New Caledonia blocks of 4, many colorful Pictorials with great Topical appeal, etc.; France proper includes early Cérès and Napoléons on through, with the French equivalent of Souvenir Panels for numerous 1980s issues, plus some Back-of-the-Book and Colonies General Issues, etc., etc.; each volume arranged alphabetically, making for a fairly clean sort into your stock, Fine to Very Fine or better, well worth perusing. Shipping charges apply - weight 80.4 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:18:30 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 225
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France & Colonies, The Bastille Selection, 1849-1922, and like its namesake, ready to be broken down; in two small ledger books, the first entitled "France" and valued by Thiaude at 43,212FFr, the second "French Colonies" and valued by 1942 Yvert at 9,246FFr; both marked "Second Choice"—but you'd be hard-pressed to prove that by some of what's here; France includes a solid array of various printings of Cérès and Napoléon issues (including a #37 with burelage lines doubled plus socked-on-the-nose Paw c.d.s.), 1900-03 series items, some Sowers and later issues, plus Dues, 1921 and 1922 "Postes Paris" precancels, etc., with several covers plus a range of cancels including grids, stars, c.d.s.'s, Large and Small Numerals, in red, "5098" Smyrna, "5119" Cairo, anchors, Algeria, and more; Colonies offer a nice array of General Issues (Eagle and Cérès), Offices (China, Zanzibar, Cavalle, Alexandria) plus solid examples from around the Francophone area with many choice cancels, Fine to Very Fine with better, nice stock selection. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:19:11 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 226
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France & Colonies, Fakes and Forgeries Reference Collection, stockbook with over 80 faux stamps and/or cancels, plus reprints, of France and Colonies from Classics to the early 20th century; a few "Polish overprints" included as well, overall Very Fine, tremendous reference material; imaged in full online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
