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abacus auctions Sale: 5

France and French Colonies
French Community
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1237
Symbol: *F
Cat No: 9 (VFU

image MONACO: Selection with 1885 Charles III 1fr SG 9 (VFU), 1919 War Orphans to 1fr+1fr, 1951 Holy Year 100fr, etc; also Andorra 1950 100f Chamoix; Cat £1800+. (Qty 18)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1238
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image NEW HEBRIDES - PICTURE POSTCARDS: Group franked with New Hebrides French issues x3 & Zieher 'stamps' card used at 'PORT-VILA' x2 (one with clipped corners) or Noumea x2, plus Qld PPC - significantly stained - with 'NOUVELLES/HEBRIDES' 10c tied by 'PORT-VILA' cds, condition variable. (Qty 5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 46.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 46

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1239
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image NEW HEBRIDES - POSTAL HISTORY: Fijian PPC 'Samoan Maidens, Fiji' headed "Nov 27th 1913/Oceanic Rubber Coy Ltd/Pt Patterson/Banks Group", to Sydney with 10c Arms tied by 'PORT-VILA/10/DEC/13/NLLE HEBRIDES', minor corner bend. A remarkable origin: the Banks Group are the islands north of Santo, the two weeks transit to Vila indicating how remote they were. [Neither the Oceanic Rubber Co nor Port (or Point?) Patterson (or Paterson?) was found by Google search]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

Opening AU$ 85.00
Sold...AU$ 85.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 85

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1240
Symbol: C

image POLYNESIA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: Edition RP PPCs with French & English captions including '... Drying split [cocoa] nuts for copra' (a wonderful photograph), '...The police headquarters' with two young boys apprehended for under-age driving, '...Commercial wharf at Papeete' with Mariposa Café and Société Commerciale de l'Oceanie building, '...Mail day on the wharf' with hundreds of the locals attired in their Dimanche finery, '...Double canoe race' with two enormous canoes that would fit right in with a Chinese dragon boat race, '...Inamongst [sic] the vanilla' showing four girls draping themselves with vanilla tendrils to the amusement of the Banana Man, etc, six of them subtly hand-tinted, fine to very fine unused. A most attractive series. (Qty 9)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1241
Symbol: C

image POLYNESIA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1913 (circa) L Gauthier (Papeete) wallet headed 'Panorama de Papeete' with a series of eight (!!) coloured panels forming a single image, to NSW, the cover with faults & repairs, the cards very fine. Yes, an 8-panel panorama!! (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1242
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image POLYNESIA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1914 L Gauthier (Papeete) wallet headed 'Vue panoramique du/bombardement de Papeete/le 22 Sept 1914' with a 5½-panel panorama of the devastation caused by the German warships 'Gneisenau' & 'Scharnhorst', the first panel with inset '.../THE GUNBOAT ZELEE BRINGING BACK THE WALKUR', unused. [The Germans sought to seize the coal stockpiled at Papeete but the French set the coal on fire. Prior to the attack on the town, the local gunboat 'Zélée' seized the German freighter 'Walkure', which was probably intended to take the coal stockpile. In the attack, both ships were destroyed. Apart from our French clients, was anybody aware of this incident!?]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1243
Symbol: **

image POLYNESIA: Selection of 1965-78 better singles, complete sets & a couple of M/Ss, unmounted, Cat £700+. (Qty 25 + 2 M/Ss)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190


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