1914 (Sep) 3pf - 40pf and 80pf, Type 1 wide setting overprint, 25pf with notched "T" variety, all fine mint. S.G. H1/7, 9, £1,135. (8). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)

1914 (Sep) 3pf - 40pf with Type 1 wide setting overprint, mint and used selection comprising 3pf mint and used, 5pf used, 10pf mint and used (3), 20pf mint (2, one stained) and used, 25pf mint and used (2), 40pf mint (small edge stain), three on pieces. S.G. H1/7, £1,493. (14).

1914 (Oct 1) Surcharges with type 1 wide setting overprint, ½d on 3pf mint (2, one with thin "y" variety) and used on piece with first day cancel, 1d on 5pf mint (4, one with thin "y" variety) and used on piece, the two thin "y" varieties both creased but scarce, otherwise fine, 1d on 5pf thin "y" with 1951 B.P.A Certificate. S.G. H12/13a, £1,720. (8). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)

1915 (Jan 7) 3pf Brown with type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French" 15mm), tied to piece by a Lome c.d.s, fine and very scarce. S.G. H29, £2,500. Photo on Page 254. (Image1)

1915 (Jan 7) Type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French" 15mm), selection comprising 5pf used (8, seven on pieces), 10pf mint and used (5, three on pieces) and 20pf used, the last scarce. S.G. H30/2, £2,950. (15). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)

1915-16 Philatelic registered covers from Lome bearing Gold Coast stamps with Accra type 7 overprints, comprising four covers to England with various values to the 1/-, and an unoverprinted Gold Coast 2d registration envelope used within Lome bearing ½d - 1/- overprints tied by Lome double ring skeleton datestamps, also an unusual cover bearing unoverprinted Gold Coast ½d - 1/-. (6).

1849-2002 Used collection in four Davo albums including 1849-50 10c - 40c (15c, 40c three margins), 1852 10c, 1853-60 set (1f thinned), 1869 5f, 1870-71 set (2c, 4c mint), 1871 unissued 10 on 10c mint (thinned), 1876-85 sets (both types), 1877-90 set, 1917-19 and 1922-27 War Orphans sets, 1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Congress 1f, 1927 Strasbourg Philatelic Exhibition pair, 1929 Le Havre Philatelic Exhibition 2f, 1928-31 Sinking Fund sets, 1937 PEXIP miniature sheet, air issues with 1927 Marseille Aviation Display pair, 1936 50f green and 50f ultramarine, postage dues with 1859 Lithographed 10c, 1871-78set, 1881-92 set (5f black with Schollmeyer Certificate), 1884-91 set, also mint miniature sheets including 1925 Paris Philatelic Exhibition, 1927 Strasbourg Philatelic Exhibition, 1937 PEXIP. A fine collection, unusually complete. S.G. £32,000+. (4 Albums).

1876 2c Green "Peace & Commerce", types I and II mint, hinge remainders, otherwise fine, type I very scarce. S.G. 213, 225, £2,170, (2). Photo on Page 76. (Image1)

1929-33 20f Bright red-brown, perf 11, fine mint, scarce. S.G. 475a, £1,300. Photo on Page 76. (Image1)

1942 Unissued 25c green, 1f red and 2f.50 blue "Marianne" stamps printed by Harrison & Sons, both types of each value, all superb unmounted mint. (6).

The accumulation including Sower Issue Specimen overprints (9), French Colonies General Issues, die proofs from Madagascar (11), Senegal (7), Morocco (12) and other proofs, WW2 Vichy and Free French issues from many colonies with some proofs, an extensive c.1960-80 collection from Cameroon, Congo, Dahomey and Gabon with many proofs, Senegal and Morocco collections, Fournier Forgeries, etc. (1,000s).

Air Mails. 1927-84 Air Mail stamps, all mint, including 1927 2f and 5f, 1936 85c - 50f green set of seven and 50f ultramarine, 1936 France to South America 100th flight pair, 1949-50 100f - 1000f set of five, 1954 100f - 1000f set of four, etc. S.G. £4,100++. (60). Photo on Page 128. (Image1)

Forgeries. The written up collection of 1849-92 issue forgeries including 25c and 1f sheets of 48 containing both 1849 and 1852 issue forgeries, tete-beche pairs, postage dues, a few French Colonies General issues, also 1928 "Ile de France" air surcharge pair, many of these forgeries very well produced. (269).

French Colonies. 1859-77 Used issues, collected for the cancellations, various lozenge and c.d.s types, stamps include 1871-72 80c (2), 1871-76 2c, 10c (5), 20c, 1872-77 15c (4), 80c (4), etc., some faults (90). Also some early Reunion (29), Algeria and Cameroons cancels, etc. S.G. £4,000+. (119+).

Cameroons. 1941 Vichy issues comprising Air set of eleven, Empire Defence set of three and Petain pair, strips of three (or three singles) of each stamp on five archival pieces, handstamped red "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE", all sent as Specimen stamps from Vichy to the U.P.U in Switzerland and distributed by them to member countries, these stamps sent to the Mauritania Post Office. Unique archival pieces, from the Mauritania Post Office specimen stamp archive. (48 stamps).

Congo. 1892-1933 Mint collection, complete with many additional paper and watermark varieties. S.G. 17/D103, £2,000+. (205).

French Somali Coast. 1902-66 Mint and used collection in an album including inverted centres, proofs and colour trials, mint issues largely complete, also a few Djibouti with 1884-1900 Specimen stamps (8), etc. (1,000s).

Madagascar - Diego Suarez. 1890-94 Mint and used collection including 1890 surcharges used (4), 1890 local issue 1c, 5c (2), 15c, 25c (2) used (some creases, set of four with Brandon Certificate, also some forgeries), 1892 postage dues used and postage set mint and used, etc., also some Nossi Be, and Madagascar 1902 Zebu and Lemur colour trials with value shown as 0F (5), a few faults. S.G. £3,000 (approx). (186).

Monaco. 1891-94 1c - 5f Set of eleven with additional listed shades of the 1c, 75c, 1f and 5f, all fine mint. Also 1885 5c, 10c, 25c (2) and 40c used. S.G. 11/21, £1,500. (20).

New Caledonia. 1881-1948 Mint and used collection including mint 1932 Paris-Noumea flight pair (S.G. 183/4, £800, 2011 R.P.S Certificates), 1941 Petain 2f.50 with missing value, 1941 France Libre overprint set, also 1928 vignette and frame proofs, 1942-46 die proofs (19), a few covers, etc. S.G. £2,500++. (100s). Photo on Page 76. (Image1)

Niger. 1921 - c.1990 Mint and used collection with covers, die and plate proofs. (100s).

Obock. 1892-1903 Mint and used collection including 1892 first set mint or used and second set used with some duplicates, 1892 surcharges, tablet set mint and used, 1893 2f mint, used and Specimen, 1894-1903 set to 25f mint with additional high values (the 25f creased, with R.P.S Certificate), also three covers. S.G. 1/81, £4,500 (approx). (172).

Syria / Latakia. 1920-29 Selection comprising Aleppo Vilayet issue 5pi on 15c with rosette handstamp in red or black and 25c on 1c pair both with variety rosette double in both red and black (one with tone mark), 1921 1pi on 20c and 10pi on 2f (small thins) both with "POSTE / PAR / AVION" handstamps (expert handstamps), 1929 1pi Aeroplane overprint vertically in black, all mint. Also Latakia 1931 10p chocolate with overprint inverted, superb unmounted mint. Syria S.G. 52A/B, 78, 80 + Latakia S.G. 81a, £1,430+. (9). Photo on Page 76. (Image1)

1914 (Oct 8) 5pf - 80pf Set of seven (05 Surcharge type I, 10 surcharge type II) mint and used, the 10pf - 30pf unmounted, used 40pf and 80pf on pieces tied by Atakpame datestamps, all very fine. S.G. 1/7, £3,000. (14). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)

1914 (Oct 8) Overprint type 1, mint and used selection comprising 5pf on 3pf surcharge type I mint and used, type II mint (3) and used, type III mint (2) and used, type IV used (2), type V used, also types I and III se-tenant pair used on piece; 10pf on 5pf surcharge type I mint and used, type II mint (4) and used (5), type III mint (5) and used (9), also types II and III se-tenant pair mint and a piece bearing type II pair with a third stamp vertically bisected used from Anecho; 20pf mint (2) and used (3); 25pf mint (3) and used (2); 30pf mint (7) and used with narrow "O" in "Occupation" variety; 40pf with narrow "O" variety used. S.G. 1/6, £5,450. (62). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)