FRANCE VARIETIES 1900-1950 ON PAGES ANNOTATED IN FRENCH, incl. both major listed varieties and lesser unlisted varieties, incl. e.g. 10c Rights of Man (#118a) with shifted numerals in block of four (two NH), varieous perf. varieties, 517F Resistance forgery in pane of 25 (Yvert #517c), defective impressions and more, overall fine-very fine (Image)

$250

FRANCE, 1916, 40c RED & PALE BLUE MERSON ON GC PAPER NH, #121b, top selvage, fresh and fine-very fine, cat. $67.50 (Image)

$30

FRANCE, 1907, 45c MERSON IMPERFORATE MINT, #122a, large margins, very fine, cat. $260.00, Maury #143 nd @ €365.00, Yvert #143b @ €425.00 (Image)

$150

FRANCE, 1916, 45c MERSON ON GRAYISH PAPER (GC) BLOCK OF FOUR, #122b, bottom selvage with "GC" imprint, lightly hinged, very fine, cat. $180.00, Maury #143a @ €240.00, Yvert #143d @ €180.00 (Image)

$90

FRANCE, 1926, 1.40fr CERISE NH, #183, well-centered, very fine, cat. $37.50, Maury #196 @ €49.00, Yvert #196 @ €50.00 (Image)

$25

FRANCE, 1926, 1.25fr DARK BLUE VARIETY NH, #195 var., bottom selvage, fresh and very fine, Maury #180c @ €60.00 (Image)

$30

FRANCE, 1926, 1.50fr PASTEUR "MARSEILLE" FORGERY BLOCK OF FOUR, #196F, skillful reproduction to fool the authorities, "mint never hinged", fine-very fine, scarce, cat. Maury #181F @ €220.00, Yvert #181a @ €200.00 (Image)

$75

FRANCE, 1931, 3fr BLUISH SLATE DIE IV NH, #248, bottom selvage, fresh and very fine, cat. $115.00, Maury #259 @ €140.00 (Image)

$60

FRANCE, 1940-1941, SURCHARGE SET NH, #400-414, fresh and very fine, cat. $78.50 (Image)

$40

FRANCE, 1941, 20fr on 50fr ULTRAMARINE THIN PAPER NH, #414a, fresh, fine-very fine, cat. $75.00, Maury #493a @ €88.00, Yvert #493a @ €90.00 (Image)

$35

FRANCE, 1942, 30c ROSE RED MIS-PERFORATED PAIR NH, #456 var., quite a dramatic perf. shift, very fine as such, cat. Maury #457h @ €80.00, Yvert #547 var. (Image)

$40

FRANCE, 1945 DULAC SET MINT NEVER HINGED, both designs, fresh, very fine, cat. $700.00, Maury #701A-F @ €930.00, Yvert #701A-F @ €960.00 (Image)

$350

FRANCE, 1949, 10fr BROWN ORANGE NH, #624, fresh and extremely fine, cat. $55.00 (Image)

$30

FRANCE MODERN VARIETIES FROM 1955 ON PAGES ANNOTATED IN FRENCH, numerous minor varieties well-described on the pages, both Maury/Yvert listed varieties as well as unlisted varieties, virtually all of the mint is NH, also some used, overall fine-very fine, we scanned 30 of the 49 pages (Image)

$250

FRANCE, 1849, 20c BLACK CERES - THREE USED ON ALBUM PAGE, #3a, 3b, all full margins and sound, two on white paper and one on buff paper, very fine, cat. $235.00, Maury #3a, 3b @ €360.00, Yvert #3a, 3b @ €350.00 (Image)

$125

FRANCE, 1849, 1fr "ROUGE-BRUN" CERES USED, #8 var., full margins, strong color, "grille sans fin" cancel, small thin spot, extremely fine, rare shade, with 2003 and 2015 Samuel Gautré certs., cat. Maury #7d @ €6,500.00, Yvert #6A @ €3,000.00 (Image)

$1,000

FRANCE, 1872, 5c YELLOW GREEN ON PALE BLUE MINT, #53, fresh, o.g., h.r., fine-very fine, cat. $150.00, maury #53 @ €240.00 (Image)

$75

FRANCE, 1929, 50c VERMILION "F.M." NARROW SPACED NH, #M6, M6var., bottom stamp in pair with normal, corner selvage with date imprint and annotations as to the variety, hinged in selvage only, both stamps never hinged, very fine, unusual position piece, cat. Maury FM #6b @ €61.00, Yvert FM #6c @ €47.00, both values for single stamps (Image)

$30

FRANCE, 1877, 10c BLACK ON LAVENDER "SAGE" TYPE II MINT, #81, exceptionally well-centered, lightly hinged, slight natural gum bend, extremely fine, cat. $35.00, Maury #89 @ €40.00 (Image)

$35

FRANCE, 1898, 5c YELLOW GREEN "SAGE" TYPE I TWO DIFF. SHADES IN BLOCKS, #105, top pair lightly hinged, bottom pair never hinged, fine-very fine, cat. $140.00, Maury #102, 102a @ € 176.00 (Image)

$50

PEACE & NAVIGATION "SAGE" ISSUES ON ALBUM PAGES, incl. red printed matter cancels on a number of stamps, mirror imprints ("recto-verso"), 25C black on rose Granet reprint unused, 15c blue with shifted pers, few other cancels, over all fine-very fine (Image)

$150

FRANCE, 1928, 1.50fr INDUSTRY & AGRICULTURE TYPES I, II & III IN SE-TENANT STRIP OF THREE NH, B27 vars., fresh and very fine, cat. Maury #252 I-III @ €1,550.00, Yvert #252 types I-III @ €1,400.00 (Image)

$500

FRANCE, 1928, 1.50fr INDUSTRY & AGRICULTURE TYPE II NH, B27, fresh and very fine, cat. Maury #252 II @ €470.00.00, Yvert #252a @ €425.00 (Image)

$180

FRANCE, 1928, 1.50fr INDUSTRY & AGRICULTURE TYPE II BLUE GREEN NH, #B27a, very fine, scarce, cat. $725.00, Maury #252 IIa @ €900.00, Yvert #252c @ €840.00 (Image)

$350

FRANCE, 1931, SINKING FUND SET MINT NEVER HINGED, #B39-41, fresh, fine-very fine, cat. $535.00, Maury #275-77 @ €615.00, Yvert #275-77 @ €675.00 (Image)

$250