1849-2015 collection in 11 beautiful Lighthouse hingeless albums, with good representation of unused classics, 1853 Empire 1c, 20c, 25c, 80c (signed Calves), perforated issues, with better Napoleon and Ceres individual singles, some with certificates, Type Sage, type I (including 25 ultramarine, with 1958 Darteyre certificate, also 75c with APS certificate) and II, values to 5fr, later issues, Souvenir Sheets (Paris and Strasbourg, also PEXIP), Bordeaux and Le Havre overprints (APS certificate),1929-33 Issues to 20fr, l.h. or n.h., generally complete from there, with Semi-Postals, Air Post (C1-2, C6b l.h., C14,15, 16-17 n.h.), hundreds of booklets, special sheetlets, etc., mostly fine-v.f. A substantial collection of France

Est.$5,000

1960-1982 imperforate epreuves de-luxe, collection of 900+ different, all complete sets, with commemoratives including excellent representation of Art Series and Europa, Semi-Postals, with Famous Men sets, Seasons (pre-cancelled), few Regular Issues, Council of Europe, Unesco, etc., v.f., YT cat. €45000 (Image)

Cat. €45000, Est.$7,500

1859-1981 balance of the collection in eight albums, collected both used and unused, with cancellations, shades and varieties, including strong 19th century, with very high catalogue value, also later issues with hundreds of "coin date" blocks of four, collected by date, also gutter pairs (millesimes) of most issues, collected by plate number, plus some imperf. deluxe sheets, imperf. and trial colors of more recent issues, much specialty material. Quality is mixed among the earlier stamps, with faults to be expected, others mostly fine or better

Est.$2,500