Two Early Valuable Imperforate Issues, first is a used Scott 9b brown carmine 1fr Cérès imperforate with grid cancel and four margins, colour is a bit sulphuretted (c.v. $800). Second is a Scott 44b ultramarine 20c Bordeaux issue with four margins and thins (c.v. $3,100, with 1996 Philatelic Foundation certificate). (Image)

Scott $ 3,900

1900 20c Brown Violet Rights of Man, a mint never hinged upper right corner block of six, very fine. Yvert & Tellier #113, €1,200. (Image)

Scott $ 900

1902 20c Brown Violet Rights of Man, a mint never hinged upper marginal "millésime 2" block of four, very fine and fresh. Scott #135 value for 4 stamps only is $900, Yvert & Tellier millésime #126, €1,800. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

1927 Strasbourg Exhibition Souvenir Sheet, used with two lovely exhibition postmarks, very light wrinkles and small thin at bottom, else very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1937 PEXIP Philatelic Exposition in Paris Souvenir Sheet, mint never hinged and quite fresh, with a tiny bend affecting gum at upper right, still very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 700

1949 10fr Brown Orange Anniversary of France's First Stamp, a mint never hinged sheet margin block of six, ideally showing the "1849-1949" inscription at centre top, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 330

1963 85c Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel Trial Colour Proof, by Chagall. A full mint never hinged sheet of 25, in various colours, with all marginal markings, includes printer's notes in pencil in margin. Light crease in top margin, else very fine and scarce. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

1966 1fr Crispin et Scapin Trial Colour Proof, by Daumier. A full mint never hinged sheet of 25, in various colours, with all marginal markings, includes printer's notes in pencil in margin, very fine and scarce. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

1917-19 2c to 5fr First Semi-Postal Set, all fresh mint hinged, the 50c is missing a large part of its gum, else an overall fine set. Yvert 148-155, €3,260. (Image)

Scott $ 2,521

1922 2c to 5fr Surcharged Semi-Postal Set, all fresh mint never hinged and fine. Yvert 162-169, €530. (Image)

Scott $ 415

Mint Never Hinged Collection in 3 Lindner Hingeless Albums, from 1960 to 1992, the first album has 1960-1969 issues, including #952-55, etc., while the second album has 1969-1992 issues, as well as Airmails, Officials and souvenir sheets. The third album is rather unusual as the stamps are grouped into themes, such as Art stamps ($212), Tourism ($150), Definitives ($160). Overall very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,858

Collection of 340 Mint Never Hinged Stamps on 10 Black Stock Sheets, with a strong showing of Semi-Postals, complete sets and better stamps. We note the presence of #s 198-201, 220-25, B157a, B249-54, B258-61, B267-72, B276-81, B285-90, B294-99, B303-08, C22 and more. Overall very fine and fresh, all pages scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 1,520

La Poste - Le Livre des Timbres, Group of 12 Annual Collections, 2002/2019. Includes 2002, 2006, 2009-2012 and 2014-2019. 2016-2018 are English, the balance are French books. Books are all like new and contain all stamps. Total face value calculated at €840. (Image)

Face E 840

Collection of 1870 German Occupation of Alsace-Lorraine Issues, consisting of 29 stamps, with both normal and reversed network, identified for their cancels, also includes two letters, one to Paris and one to Hungary. The collector has indicated prices based on cancel rarity premiums in either Yvert or Maury. Scott c.v. is $1,710 for the stamps only. Very fine and scarce this nice. (Image)

Scott $ 1,710

Mostly Used Collection of Back of the Book, mounted on computer-generated pages in a binder, the collection starts with semi-postals to 2001, followed by postage dues, and ends with airmails and a few Officials. See our online photos for a sampling of some pages. Catalogue value is by owner and appear to be fairly current. (Image)

Scott $ 650

Mint and Used Collection to 1987, in two parts. One Erka album holds a mainly used collection to 1972 with few stamps before 1924 and back of the book issues starting in 1952; about 75% complete from 1950 to 1972. Then, a set of 4 KA-BE "Bi-Collect" albums covers the period 1945 to 1987 and hold parallel mint and used collections on the same pages. The mint stamps are mostly mint never hinged from 1971 on. Completion of this collection is about 90% for regular stamps in period. We noted mint and used Scott B294-9 (c.v. $164). Overall nice quality, see scans for a small taste. (Image)

Estimate $ 750

Collections of France and Belgium in Two Stockbooks, the France collection contains about 1,100 stamps, with minor duplication. There are about 45 pre-1900 issues, and later better values include used 311-12, B91, C13, etc. Mint hinged features 129-31, B4, B19, B74, B97-100, etc., and there are a few better NH noted:372, B17, B80, etc. Also, there are over 20 large size Art stamps. The Belgium collection has hundreds of stamps, mainly used, with a concentration in Semi-Postals, Parcel Post, and railway stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Mint and Used Collection on Home Made Pages in a Springback Album, 1852-1972, starts off with a selection of 16 used Céres or Napoléon perforated and imperforate issues (some have faults), followed by nice basic used sets of Peace and Commerce, Blanc, Mouchon, Rights of Man, Sowers, and so on up to the 1930s, where some of the sets start to be missing stamps. We estimate the collection from the 1930s to the end to be about 50 to 60% complete, with many complete sets, and a mix of mint and used. We noted only a few back of the book issues, and no souvenir sheets. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Valuable and Extensive Collection in 4 Lighthouse Albums with Slipcases, 1849-1999, a fabulous collection which abounds with better mint stamps, including early issues: 13, 29-30, 34, 51-52, 54, 66, 77-78, 84, 88-92, 97-98, 101-03, 104-08, 130, 136, 197, 348, 348a, B12-19, C1-2, C12-14, J66-67 and more. Also present are some better mint never hinged stamps, such as 22, 138-42, 624, B249-54, B276-81, B285-90, B294-99, C7, C8-11, C22, C23-27, C29-32, J80-92, J93-97, etc. As well as these listed stamps, the collection contains a quite complete run to 1999, including back of the book issues, and is lacking 3 early souvenir sheets. From 1939-1999, all of the issues checked are NH. There are also 120 used stamps from 1849 to 1930 which would add considerably to the catalogue value given, which is for the mint stamps only. A lovely collection, overall fine to very fine. We have 50 photos on our website for those who cannot make it in to view. (Image)

Scott $ 19,950

Mint and Used Collection in a Lighthouse Hingeless Album, to 1966, there is a mix of mint and used stamps with some of the mint in the 1941 to 1966 period. There are many $5 to $20 items, and some better, including NH #1,100 in a half sheet of 4 ($70), B157a ($100), B294-99 ($111), B303-08 ($37), etc. Overall fine to very fine, and clean. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

France Back-of-the-Book Collection, including a large group of mostly mint precancels, a group of railway parcel stamps, revenue stamps and 18 telegraph stamps, plus a bit more. The precancels have a high catalogue value in French catalogues, however we only catalogued the telegraph stamps and came to a total of 1,166 Euros. All items show on our scans. Fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Group of Mint France Millésime Items, including 9 gutter pairs with millésime figure on the gutter, plus 4 single stamps with numbered gutter at one side. Condition of each pair is shown on scan. Total c.v. for the 9 pairs is 832 Euros (in Yvert), no c.v. is indicated for singles. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collection and Accumulation of 280 Used Céres and Napoléon Classics, on 8 stock pages. The collection starts with France #3 and goes to #63. It includes multiple copies of most stamps in that range. One Bordeaux 40c stamp (Scott 47 c.v. $425) is mint hinged and signed by expert Calves. Three other items from the Bordeaux issue are shown on our first scan: one 30c with a spectacular pre-printing paper fold, a black-brown copy of 43a (c.v. $200) and a very fresh on-paper single of 43 (c.v. $550). We catalogued the whole lot as the least expensive of the varieties, for each catalogue number and came to a total of $13,250. True value will be considerably above that number since lots of paper and shades varieties are present and some cancels are worth a premium. No value was assigned to the 5 essays for Sc #6, which usually retail in the $50-$100 range each. The collection also includes a used 5fr Napoléon, which appears to be rebacked, etc. (not counted in c.v.). Condition is generally fine to very fine, though small faults are present here and there. The complete lot is shown on our scans. (Image)

Scott $ 13,250

France First and Second World War Issues, including German Occupation stamps Scott N15-26 in a mix of mint and used copies (c.v. $135), Alsace and Lorraine issues N27-58 in both mint and used condition (c.v. $191), Military stamps, Liberation overprints from various towns (Spink €150), a group of “Postes Serbes” overprints (Spink €280), a Casablanca R.F. overprint on US Airmail #C25 (Spink €135) and two mint French Legion Airmail stamps. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

France and Colonies Mint and Used Collection and Accumulation, in one 64-page stockbook, a Scott Specialty album and a small binder. The France material starts with the earliest issues and goes to about 1990 and includes many back-of-the-book issues. Duplication is reasonable and generally under 5 copies. Madagascar, Réunion, Somali Coast and Tunisia are the best represented colonies. Quality varies but is better than usual for this type of stock. (Image)

Estimate $ 250