1849-2000s extensive mostly used collection on home-made pages with many very fine stamps from 1849 Ceres 20c, 25c x2 and 1Fr brown (repaired; Perimmob certificate) & 1Fr carmine (faults), 1852 Napoleon 10c bistre (minor thins; Gautre certificate), 1853-61 with extra shades including 80c x4 (all except the 1c with full margins) plus purportedly a set of the Susse private perforation, 1869 5Fr sound but toned plus a spacefiller, 1870-71 Ceres imperf set including 2c Dumey h/s & 4c Blum h/s, Postage Dues 1871-78 25c, 30c, 40c & 60c imperf (wide margins), 1881 20c black and 1Fr, 2Fr & 5Fr brown and 1896 1Fr rose, Peace & Commerce including 2c Type I, 10c green Type II & 5Fr x2 shades, 1922 War Orphans surcharges set, 1926-27 War Orphans set, 1927-29 Sinking Fund overprints sets plus 1928 1930 & 1931 single issues, 1936 Airmails set plus superb 50Fr 'Banknote' and South America duo, 1937 PEXIP M/S CTO (cut-down), 1938 Adler x2, various Charity semi-postals, National Relief Fund sets including 1941 1942 1943 & 1955, etc, a few 'FM' overprints, Occupation & Liberation issues and a range of pre-cancels, postmark interest, huge catalogue value excluding overprints 1923 Bordeaux Congress, 1927 'Poste Aerienne' pair, 1928 '10FR' pair & 1929 Le Havre Exposition (all assumed to be forgeries), condition variable but mostly fine. Weighs 20kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Four albums of mostly pre-WWII stamps with some useful earlies, lots of postmarks including numerals & an array of Paris cds, also an album of stamped outers & entires including prestamp with superb ' 45 /VILLENEUVE' h/s, a Ballon Monté flimsy to Switzerland with '4'-in-Star-of-Dots cancels, 1876 from Guadeloupe with 'PAQ FR/POINTE A PITRE GUADe' cds, etc, condition variable. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600