France 499, 1150, B8, small collection of (39) mostly Semi-Postal Issues, F-VF VLH, 1939-44 range, gum is toned, several complete sets (ex: #B161-66 and B167-72). Best items B147-48 ($20). Nice group Cat($97) (Image)

$90

1836 France Stamples, Letter, business letter from Paris to Gines regarding commodity prices and expected future market prices. Red "C.F.48" hs, ms "48" and blue "20/FEVR./1836" in circle. Also, with red receiving hs "27.FEV.JO" on reverse (Image)

$10

France 267var, 50c Rose Red, Horizontal Pair with Right Side Selvage, Ty II B and Type III; Yv. and Tell. #283d and 283e, F-VF NH, Y&T cv € 155.3 about $168. Very scarce variety and nice dual "type" pair (Image)

$150

France J21, 50c Black, Postage Due, VF, postally used, thin in middle with a cut Cat($175) (Image)

$75

Great Britain 1avar, 1p Intense Black, Pos. G-D, Stanley Gibbons #2, 3 2/3 margins, just in at lower left, black Maltese cross ccl and sound. This stamp has several anomalies not listed in the Stanley Gibbons Queen Victoria Specialized catalogue. The "G" at lower left has two crossbars; the "D" at lower right has a second vertical line to left of it's spine; the upper right box has an inner vertical frameline; and there are traces of an outer horizontal frameline above the stamp Cat($525) (Image)

$500

FRENCH AFRICA M-U CO, IN SCOTT SPECIALTY ALBUM, pages up to 1964, but most of stamps used and pre-1940. Strength in Madagascar (cv $446) includes no's 10, 16-18, 20-21, etc. Others include Reunion ($155 with #9, 17-22, etc.), Senegal ($99 with #49, etc.), Mauritania ($86 with mint #J5-6), plus Mayotte, Middle Congo, Moheli, Niger Senegambia and Niger, Somali Coast, Togo and Upper Senegal and Niger. A clean, nice collection, all stamps appear sound Cat($1,004)

$800