Collection of Mint and Used France and Colonies in Four Thick Scott International Albums, 1850s-2003, with a few thousand stamps, including many mint sets and partial sets, beginning with 64 different pre-1900 used France, with a few stamps cataloguing from $10 to $40, and continues with primarily used material up to 1930, with a mixture of mint and used stamps post-1930, and predominantly mint stamps post-1950. The collection appears virtually complete from 1900 to the 1990s, including runs of mint and used semi-postals, airmails, and offices abroad, with a cursory check indicating #s 109-124 (used, c.v. $175 total), along with stamps, sets and part sets, cataloguing from $20 to $40 and up, including B3-B5 (m.h., $55 total), B11 (used, $60), B66-B67 (used, $80 total), and more. We estimate roughly €100 to €200 of modern face value stamps. The balance of the collection consists of A to Z countries, with better representation from Reunion, St. Pierre et Miquelon, French Guinea, just to name a few. The material generally ranges from the 1880s up to the 1970s, with strength ranging from the 1920s to the 1940s, consisting of mint sets and partial sets, with a few cataloguing from $20 to $40 and up, including French Andorra 124-136, 138-139, 142 (m.h., $172 total), Reunion 17-21 (m.h., $72 total), leaving potential finds to the dedicated collector. Online photos showing a small sampling. We note a few small faults with a few of the early stamps, with the albums having a slight tobacco odor. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 1,000