Group of Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, in a small binder, including a good selection of French Colonies as well as Offices Abroad. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue value and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same period. There are 44 lots in all with an owner's old total catalogue value of $2,944. Great material for the re-seller or to add better material to a collection, as there is little in the way of duplication. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 2,944

Collection of Mint Never Hinged France and Colonies in Three Volumes, 1937-1987, consisting of two Lindner hingeless albums and a stockbook. The lot begins with a stock page of mint hinged, ranging from Scott #121/388, including #s: 123 (h.r., c.v. $100); 142 (h.r., c.v. $175), and continues with primarily mint never hinged stamps from Scott #328/880 (including a few Semi-Postals and Airmails), including #B301a pane (n.h., c.v. $150). The bulk of the collection consists of two Lindner albums, containing mint never hinged stamps from 1965 to 1987 (complete except for eight gum varieties of the later Sabines). Most of the stamps from 1976 to 1987 were collected for wide lathework of corners with production dates or sheet numbers, and also contains the Gravure fine printings of Scott C56 and C57 (not mentioned in Scott catalogue). The lot concludes with a stockbook of roughly 550 never hinged 1960's post-independence Colonies and over 500 never hinged 1960s-1970s France. We note a few gum issues with the early stamps (cracking and a few bends). Online scans show a sampling of this otherwise, very fine collection. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

France, French Colonies and Monaco Catalogued Lots and Collections, Classic to the 1990s, from one page to a thin binder in size. This lot, by owner's older catalogue values totals to the following; France $1,430, various French Colonies $576 and Monaco $407, for a grand total of $2,413. This lot is comprised of 24 lots with a higher proportion of mint to used stamps. With most of the heavy lifting already done, these are great for the re-seller. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 2,413