1925 Philatelic Exposition Souvenir Sheet, mint with two light hinge marks at top of sheet (leaving the stamps never hinged), very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,100

1927 Strasbourg Philatelic Exposition Souvenir Sheet, with JUN.5.1927 Exposition c.d.s. in top left corner (away from the stamps), leaving the stamps mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1937 Paris International Philatelic Exposition Souvenir Sheet, mint never hinged with very light wrinkles in margin at top (mentioned for strict accuracy), very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 700

Mint and Used Collection on Black Stock Pages, 1849-1982, a fabulous collection which is not missing many issues to be complete in period. The 1849-1900 issues are used and include many better values such as 2 (small tear), 9, 10, 21, 37, etc. From 1900 to 1982 the collection is mint and has many never hinged stamps from the 1920s and 1930s. Following is a list of only some of the better mint values encountered: 109-132, 133-37, 138-54, 197, 241a-b (pair, NH), 246, 264-83 (NH), 296-97 (NH), 315-20 (NH), 329a-d (NH, from souvenir sheet), 348 (NH), 624 (NH), 700-05 (NH), and many more. The semi-postal issues are quite complete to 1982 including mint #s B3-10, B11, B12-19, B20-23, B24-26 (NH), B28-33, B34 (NH), B39-41, B66-67, B157a (NH), B285-90 (NH), B294-99, etc. Equally impressive is the Airmail section with C1-2, C5-7 (NH), C8-13 (NH), C14a (NH), C15 (NH but with small gum thin), C23-27, C29-32 (NH), C34-36 (NH), etc. The collection ends with a strong Postage Due showing of mint issues including J27-28, J29-45A,J35, J40, J43, J46-51, J58-65, J80-97 (NH), etc. The imperforate 1fr Napoleon is accompanied by a 1967 Ebel certificate. A nice quality collection, overall fine to very fine, scans show a sampling only. (Image)

Scott $ 31,800

Stockbook with Collector's Mint and Used Duplicates, starts off with used oldies such as #s 6, 9 (faulty), 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 54, 58 (these alone cat. $893), dozens of different Sage, then starts to have a mix of mint and used from the 1900s to the end, becoming mint only in the 1980s. Other good items we noted include B24-26 (mint lightly hinged), 857-62 (NH), an imperforate 20f blue Marianne de Muller, various back of the book, coils, nice c.d.s. postmarks, etc. Overall fine or better, scans show a sampling. (Image)

Est $ 100