Sale No: 771
Lot No: 1686
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Cat No: Collection
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Phenomenal French Africa Mint Collection, filling a huge percentage of the spaces from the first issue through to the end of the colonial period in six Palo albums, loaded with $100+ catalog value sets and singles a listing of which would be quite lengthy, an "all-star" mention of better would include Afars & Issas complete NH 1967-77, Algeria complete 1924-58 (no parcel posts), Anjouan 1-30, Benin 16 (signed), 20-45, Cameroun 115-20, complete 1916-59 less B10-13, Chad complete 1922-31, Comoro Islands complete NH 1950-75, Dahomey complete 1899-1944 less #40, Diego-Suarez 11, 16-18, 25-50, French Congo 14-15 (each signed Brun or Diena), 35-49, French Equatorial Africa complete 1936-58 less CB6, French Guinea complete 1904-44 less 166-67, French Morocco CB1-20 NH, Gabon complete 1910-33, Grand Comoro 1-29, Ivory Coast complete 1892-1944 less the parcel post issues (does include Q30), Madagascar 2 small part o.g., 22, 28-56, complete 1903-57,Mauritania complete 42, Mayotte 1-32, Middle Congo complete 1907-33, Moheli 1-22, Niger complete 1921-44, Obock 9 (signed), 31 (signed), 32-45, J17 (signed Brun), Reunion 3-5 unused, 7-10 mint, complete 1892-1974 less C1 but with many NH including B5-9, C39-41, CB1, Senegal complete 1903-44 less J1-3, Somali Coast 1-2 6-20, complete 1902-66 (many NH), Togo 66-91, complete 1916-56, Tunisia 21-27, B6-11 NH, B14-19 NH, B54-73 NH, Ubangi-Shari complete 1915-33, etc., includes the elusive long sets of the 1910s/40s, 1937 Exhibition S/S, 1938 Revolution Anniversary, "France Libre" overprints, etc. including charity issues, airmails, postage due, parcel post, etc. and with plenty of NH sprinkled throughout, an occasional bit of gum toning but an overall fresh and F-VF collection rarely offered with such a high degree of completeness; ex-"Georgetown Collection", ex-Georgetown Collection.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
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Opening US$ 4,000.00
Sold...US$ 9,500.00
Closed..Jun-25-2022, 12:55:34 EST
Sold For 9500
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