1849-2000 Mint and used collection in an album including 1849-52 10c - 1f, 1852-53 10c, 1853-61 1c - 1f all used (some faults), 1869 5f used (small thin), 1917 War Orphans Fund set (2c - 15c mint, 25c - 5f used), 1922 and 1926-27 War Orphans Fund sets mint, 1928 and 1930 Sinking Fund sets used, 1927-30 Sinking Fund surcharge sets mint and 1931 surcharge set used, also 1931 Sinking Fund 1f.50 + 3f.50 mint, 1929 Le Havre Philatelic Exhibition 2f mint, 1925 Paris Exhibition 5f used, 1927 Strasbourg Exhibition 5f and 10f mint (with central label, removed from miniature sheet), Air stamps with 1927 2f and 5f mint, 1936 set including both 50f stamps used, 1949-50 and 1954 air sets mint, precancels, postage dues with 1881-92 1c - 60c used, 1f black unused without gum, 1f - 5f reddish brown used, 1896 1f rose on straw used, telegraph and telephone stamps, etc. S.G. å£10,000++. (100s). Photo on Page 232. (Image1)

1702-1903 Entire letters and covers including 1702 entire letter to London with manuscript "de Morlaix", 1849 letter from Mauritius with boxed "M&I" and Nantes arrival c.d.s, 1818 entire letter from Mauritius with "COLONIES PAR / BREST", 1825 entire letter from Rio de Janeiro with red "COLONIES PAR / LE HAVRE", etc. (43).

Entry Handstamps. 1749-1856 Entire letters and entires all to or via France, with handstamps applied upon entry into France to show the origin of the letter; the written up collection on 16 pages with various straight line, boxed or c.d.s handstamps on mail received from Austrian Italy, Belgium, Etruria, Germany, G.B, Italy, Netherlands, Prussia, Sardinia, Spain or Switzerland. A fine lot, most very good strikes, including "ETRURIE", "ETRURIE ET LUCQUES / PAR GENES", handstamps applied at St. Louis, Valenciennes, Lille, Givet, Strasbourg, Pont de Beauvoisin, Erquelines, Oleron, Perpignon, Le Berthuis, St. Jean de Luz, Ferney, Belfort, etc. (31).

French Islands. c.1902-30 Covers and picture postcards with WW1 P.O.W mail from Iles Chausey (2) or Belle-Ile-en-Mer, or to Ile d'Oberon (8); picture postcards (120) from Ile de Brehat (36, three WWI cards with army cachets), Iles Chausey (11), Ile D'Yeu (18), Ile d'Ouessant (5), Belle-Ile-en-Mer (17), Ile de Batz (5), Ile de Porquerolles (5), Ile de Noirmoutier (6), etc; 1955-56 covers with Iles Chausey cachets (2), and some more modern covers and cards, many cards with island cancels or cachets. (130+).

Picture Postcards. c.1900-1930s Cards of Mont-St-Michel (171, many with Mont-St-Michel cancels or cachets), St. Malo (54) or other places (70) including Granville, Bordeaux, Le Havre, etc. Also a few St. Malo covers and some more recent cards. (300+).