EIGHT "LINDNER" 18-RING HINGELESS ALBUMS with the extensive, early to modern, mint & used collection with duplication. Album covers somewhat distressed in appearance, but pages within are very fine and clean. Comprehensive coverage across all periods, though very few of the scarcer French issues, but good quantities of mint, also just extending into the Euro period. Inspection recommended. (Many 1,000s) (Image)

USED COLLECTION IN TWO "DAVO" PRINTED ALBUMS: Includes 1849-52 various values to 40c, 1853-60 to 80c (2), Mersons to 20f, 1918 Red Cross, 1937 Museum pair on 'Louvre' cards, 1949 10f red single (corner of sheet) and a fairly solid range from 1960-88, few UNESCO, etc. Includes a few used in packets. A fine, clean lot throughout. (Many 100s) (Image)

COURS D'INSTRUCTION: Comprehensive mint collection on stock sheets. A range of Blanc, Merson, Sower & Pasteur types plus Postage Dues optd. "ANNULE" and "SPECIMEN" incl. several different Mersons (2 surcharges types) to 5f (2) incl. 2f, 3f & 5f optd. "SPECIMEN"; several pre-cancel issues optd. "ANNULE" incl. 45c Merson, 5c, 15c, 20c, 30c & 35c 'Sower' types plus several used examples. Also, a range of early Napoleon heads with "SPECIMEN" cancels. Highly catalogued group. (c.90) (Image)

EXTENSIVE DUPLICATED EARLY USED RANGES c.1849-1900: Includes 1849-52 Ceres range 10c, 15c (poor margins), 20c (11), 25c (11), 40c (4) and 1f (cut into on top margin), 1852-53 Napoleon 10c bistre (2, one with faults) & 25c (4), 1853-61 Second Empire Napoleon imperf range to 80c, noting 20c & 40c with unofficial perf. 7 (not guaranteed genuine) and later laureated/unlaureated Napoleon perforated ranges with several examples of each value. Also 1869 5f Napoleon with faults (rounded corners). Collection continues through Peace & Commerce types to 5f (4), Blanc, Mouchon & Mersons to 5f (inc. a block of four in this value). Generally good to fine throughout. (Many 100s) (Image)

1870 "BALLON MONTEE" COVER TO MOSCOW: 8 Nov. 1870 env. to Moscow, franked 1863-70 laureated 80c pale rose (SG 122) alongside red boxed "PD" and Paris cds. Moscow arrival marks both front and back. 1995 BPA Cert. A fine and exceedingly rare cover. SG£17,000/ Y&T €12,000.Cross Reference: RUSSIA, BALLOON MAIL (Image)

PHILATELIC DOCUMENTS & FDCs: Three cartons housing 21 binders with the virtually complete run of First Day of Issue 'Philatelic Documents' from 1974-1994. Missing only a few issues. Also, a shoe box with the collection of Silk FDCs of the same period, again an almost complete run. (Many 100s)

PRE-CANCELS: 1920-1992 range of mint issues (earlies mostly without gum) on several stock sheets. Includes several of the scarce early issues incl. "POSTES PARIS 1920" 5c & 15c, "POSTES PARIS 1921" 5c green (2), 15c & 30c (2), "POSTES PARIS 1922" 5c orange (2) & "POSTES FRANCE 1921" & "1922" 5c orange. Also the scarce 55c on 60c violet SG 443 (£200) and several other good Sower types. A very good lot. (c.300) (Image)

BACK OF THE BOOK COLLECTION": Binder with the early to modern collection which includes extensive ranges of Colis Postal types, many Railway designs and good variety of surcharges and 'letter' opts., 1944 "R.F." opts. incl. 25 Aug. 1944 "Liberation of Paris" mini. sheet, early Telegraph & Newspaper issues, various modern booklets & proofs, extensive range of 'Fictifs' (Sans Valeur), Unesco & Council of Europe issues, Air issues, etc. Lot also includes collection of Tunisia & Algeria pre-cancels, Colis Postaux, Railway types, etc. Much other interesting material. (Many 100s) (Image)

PROOFS, ESSAYS, COLOUR TRIALS, CINDERELLAS, ETC: Ranges of imperf. 'Ceres' types in a variety of colours & papers (c.18) and similar unlaureated 'Napoleon Head' types (c.40) and a qty. of essays, 'bogus' types, etc. (c.95)Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

FRENCH COLONIAL POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION: Shoe box housing the extensive range of Commercial, Military & Private mail (no philatelic covers) plus Air Mails, Regd. & Postal Stationery. Mostly spanning the first half of the 20th. C. but a few earlier and some modern. Organised alphabetically by country, with strength in North & sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Madagascar, Morocco & Tunisia. Much interesting material inc. WWII censor marks, early Air Mails, etc., many originally purchased as individual items. Mostly fine. (c.430+)Cross Reference: MADAGASCAR, MOROCCO (Image)

DJIBOUTI, GUINEA, VIETNAM: Carton housing six stock books/albums plus additional stock sheets with the post colonial collection of mint & c.t.o. issues & mini. sheets for these three countries. Much thematic content. (Very many 100s) (Image)

FORGERIES & FACSIMILES: Collection on stock sheets and album leaves (ex Fournier). Range of mostly Fournier forgeries of issues for various French Colonies with mint ranges of Senegal, New Caledonia, St. Pierre & Miquelon to 1f values, singles and part sets of other Colonies; group of pages (possibly cut from Fournier album) with various sheetlets, cancellation types, examples of surcharges & overprints, etc. Includes French Congo 10c green Colis Postaux issue in sheet of 20, types of Diego Suarez, Gabon, Reunion and other French Colonies general issue types in multiples optd. with "FAUX" in small letters. Lot also includes some 'bogus' issues and forgeries of various early French issues incl. 1849 'Ceres' types, 1927 2f & 5f Air issues, etc. (Qty.)Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, FORGERIES - STAMPS (Image)

MILITARY CONCESSION MAIL FROM KHARTOUM RESCUE FORCES; Jan. 1885 env. (peripheral faults; flap defective) headed From M.Sullivan Skilled Shipwright/H.M.S Monarch Alexandria and endorsed by Commanding Officer below, franked 1d Lilac and tied in transit by London barred "F.B" (Foreign Branch) cancel. Rear with Birmingham and Sparkbrook cds. H.M.S Monarch was part of the rescue forces during the siege of Khartoum. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, EGYPT, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)