France, & Offices Collection, 1853-1980. Housed in a Scott Specialty, Schaubek and another album, some duplication between albums, strength in 1920-1960 with some classic issues, some back-of-the-book; quite useful with some better items to be found, needs to be properly valued, overall condition appears to be F-VF, please inspect. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0

France, 1889 Exhibition Group. Over 40 used items, mostly letter cards with some covers including Exposition official, telegram card, canceled cards with several views of the Eiffel Tower; condition mixed, inspect. Estimate  $350 - 500. $0

France, 1900 Paris Exhibition Cancels. Over 75 covers and cards, various hand cancels, most all stations represented, includes official exposition usages, postage dues, exposition view cards, pneumatic card, etc.; worth review. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0

France, 1900 Paris Exhibition Covers. 25 various most officials, including a improvised postal card, various committee handstamps, German label usage and a couple foreign related items. Estimate  $150 - 200. $0

France, 1900 Paris Exhibition Flag Cancels. About 125 covers and cards; general range of material with 3 types of cancels noted (no type 7B), nice showing of exposition view post cards, letter cards, official Exposition imprint covers, wrapper usages, etc.; a nice study group. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0

France, 1900 Paris Exhibition Hold to Light Post Cards. 28 mostly used cards mailed in the Netherlands, most Meteor with minor duplication; inspect. Estimate  $1,500 - 2,000. $0

France, 1900 Paris Exhibition Labels. 38 covers and cards bearing various exposition labels; includes a selection of exposition post cards, pneumatic card with multicolored label, covers with correspondence bearing different labels; worth inspection. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0

France, 1900 Paris Exhibition Picture Post Cards. Accumulation of about 200 cards, excellent array with many series cards including Tuck, Berthaud - Baschet, Kunzli, etc., few glitter and needlepoint (Souvenir du Village Suisse) cards, labels, etc.; condition varies, worth inspection. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0

France, Bickerdike Involute Flag Cancels. 8 items; includes type 1 with 3 first days on unaddressed fronts and a last day of use cover, type 2 cancels on 3 commercial covers and front. Estimate  $150 - 200. $0

France, Collection, 1849-1981. Displayed on well filled Scott pages, decent showing of used Ceres & Napoleon issues, mint & used thereafter, mostly used commemoratives and semipostals, more modern some mint as well, some better postage dues and other back-of-the-book, including Offices; very useful material, owner's catalog value $3,124. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0

France, Collection, 1853-1960. Mint collection neatly arranged on stock pages and identified by Scott, old catalog values shown, lower now on most classics, higher on 20th Century, somewhat mixed condition with some heavy hinging, a few no gum, values to $300-600 each, generally good color and a few minor faults, please inspect. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0

France, Cover and Card Balance. Over 150 cards and covers, a range of nice items including */o military post cards and lettersheets with many multicolored designs mint, advertising letter cards and covers, etc.; inspect. Estimate  $250 - 350. $0

France, Eiffel Tower Views. 18 post and postal cards 19th century, mostly mint, a couple in color; inspect. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0

France, Exhibitions and Events. Over 40 various, cancels, covers and cards; events including 1914 Lyon Exposition, 1931 Colonial International Exposition, 1906 Versailles Congres, few mint cards and illustrated covers; inspect. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0

France, Political Visits Cards and Covers. About 25 covers and cards mint and used, most 1896 Russian Czar, various illustrated covers, cards, wrapper; inspect. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0

France, Red Cross Booklets WWI, 1914-1918. Group of 19 specially issued semiofficial booklets issued by various charity organizations which were sold for the benefit of the military wounded, containing panes of 4 or 20 seals; very rare in some cases with only 1 or 2 booklets known to survive; most listed in Mosbaugh catalog of Red Cross seals. Estimate  $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

France, Type 3 Flag Cancels. About 100 covers and cards; most flag types unidentified with the range of circular cancels types (Depart, Distribution, etc.), with some scarcer items identified; ideal study group for the specialist. Estimate  $350 - 500. $0

France, Vintage Airmail Covers & Vignettes, 1909-1947. 25 or so covers & 290 vignettes & labels all featuring Air Club and other activities, with especially colorful series on cover, such as 1922 Bourges Aviation Meeting, Rouen same, LaBaule, Gueranue, Montpellier, Amiens, Vincennes, 1947 Nice Expo, and much much more; also featuring various deluxe proofs, etc; needs careful examination, a truly phenomenal assemblage of scarce material, a challenge for the specialist. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0

France & Colonies, 1898-1990. Displayed in stockbook, including miscellaneous Colonies, nice run of France Art stamps; bit of FSAT, etc; please inspect. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0

France & Colonies, Covers, 1864-1947. Very interesting group of 26 items, including 1864 stampless folded letter Reunion-France with Suez transit; 1895 Mayotte-N.Y.; 1921 O.M.F. Syria airpost to Alexandrette with purple "Poste par Avion" handstamp; 1900 Djibouti-Paris with paquebot cancel on picture post card; France 1930 first flight Niort-Paris with Aero-Club des Deux-Sèvres cachet; various St. Pierre et Miquelon usages; also 1872 Martinique to Philadelphia; couple registered Paris covers franked with War Orphans semipostals; several Offices in China usages; and much more, please inspect closely for true value. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0