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Sparks Auctions Sale: 51

France and French Colonies
Andorra (French)
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1071
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

image 1931-1994, mint collection, very nearly complete in the period, on home made pages and on black stock page, generally hinged to 1976 though some early high value stamps set in old-fashioned sealed stamp mounts could not be checked for absence of hinge marks, from 1977 on the collection is on stock pages and is never hinged, with complete sets noted including Scott #s 1-23 (c.v. $1,170), 23-63A (c.v. $661), 114-123 (c.v. $122), 124-142 (c.v. $204) and C1-8 (c.v. $266), a high quality collection possibly missing fewer than 10 inexpensive stamps for the period, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Est C$ 1,000

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France
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 383
Symbol: *
Cat No: C29-C32

image 1954, 100fr to 1000fr Planes set of four, lightly hinged with fresh colours, the key 500fr value being rather elusive, all very fine. (Image)

Scott C$ 281

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 637
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 12

image 1855 (December 30), "LETTRE AFFts d PARIS POUR PARIS" c.d.s., neatly-struck on folded cover, franked by four-margin 5c. green Napoleon, tied by star cancel, cover reduced at sides, yet a scarce and very fine strike of this c.d.s. and a desirable single franking. (Image)

Estimate C$ 180

Opening C$ 80.00

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 638
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 48c

image 1871 (July 1), 40c red-orange Bordeaux, four large margins, tied to folded cover to Caselle by 2145 dotted numeral, adjacent Lyon c.d.s., red boxed PD, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, Torino transit, small tear repaired at top, a scarce franking; signed Brun. (Yvert 48c) (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

Opening C$ 80.00

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 640
Symbol: Cvr

image 1928 (May 22), Sinking Fund semi-postals, on postcard franked with 1927 40c+10c light blue & 50c+25c green Caisse d'Amortiseement, 1.50fr+50c orange C.A. and surcharge, and 1.50fr+8.50fr dull blue Industry & Agriculture, tied by Paris c.d.s., a scarce franking and early use of the 1.50fr+8.50fr, attractive. (Scott B24-7) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

Opening C$ 60.00

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1103
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

image 1849/1992, extensive mint and used collection, on Scott pages to 1963, then in envelopes and folders as received from France's Post Department new issues service, some older items not placed in album are grouped on black stock pages, note used items Scott #s 2, (2 margins, c.v. $800), 9b (2 margins c.v. $800), 41 (c.v. $160), 47 (x2 different shades, c.v. $100 each), 48 (c.v. $250), J18 (c.v. $140) and mint stamps 89 (c.v. $200), 102 (c.v. $215), 107 (c.v. $200), 123 (x4, c.v. $100 each), B35-7 (c.v. $122), B66-7 (c.v. $130) and much more, including nh Military Airmail Yvert #3 (c.v. 240Euros), new issues with regular, commemorative, semi-postal, precancel, airmail and official stamps and souvenir sheets, as well as complete Red Cross and other commemorative booklets making for a high face value, also with extras such as presentation booklets and special proofs, flaws on some older material, and some glassine envelopes in the period 1973 to 1982 have stamps stuck together or booklet panes partially stuck to covers, otherwise mostly very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 1,000

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1104
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

image 1849/1966, mint and used collection, with over 1,000 stamps hinged or in black mounts in a Minkus album, with very few missing after 1920, mostly mint from 1938 to the end plus a very good showing of complete semi-postal sets throughout the period, including the annual Famous Persons sets, note Scott B285-290 (c.v. $137) and B294-9 (c.v. $111) and many more sets in the $50 to $75 c.v. range, a few faults in the older material, otherwise fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 250

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1105
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

image 1850s/70s, "Gros Chiffres" postmark collection, on perforated Céres or Napoléon issues, approximately 170 stamps, neatly-displayed on stock sheets, the vast majority of cancellations easily identifiable, some larger towns showing some duplication, else a useful and diverse variety of these popular large numeral postmarks, chiefly fine or better. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1106
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

image 1850/1990, mint & used collection, in a Minkus album, with high degree of completion from 1942 onwards, mostly used with some mint hinged to the 1950s, from the early 1970s onwards the majority never hinged, note a better than usual array of classics, including Scott #s 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, and 36, useful representation of Sage issues including 65 (c.v. $240), four Red Cross booklets from 1975-78, and an interesting variety of cancellations for the postmark enthusiast, the early issues with some flaws as expected, online photos show only a sample, overall fine or better, and a good nucleus for a new collection of this popular country. (Image)

Estimate C$ 250

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1107
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

image 1872/1965, mint and used collections, hinged on album pages or in manilla stock sheets, with four pages of used 1872-1875, then a mint and used collection on Minkus pages to 1960 with semi-postals and airmail stamps, a collection of mint semi-postals 1938 to 1950 on Scott pages and an accumulation of mint and used on 13 manilla pages to about 1965 including back-of-the-book, a few thousand stamps altogether, somewhat unorganized, faults mainly on older material, otherwise mostly fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 250

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1108
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

image French Offices Abroad, 1885/1940s, mint and used collection, hinged with some black-mounted (some of these very lightly or never hinged) on album pages, note Offices in China, Crete, Egypt, Turkey, Raoud and Zanzibar with total catalogue value of more than $6,000, well-organized, with owner's catalogue values shown on a lengthy inventory, faint tobacco smoke odour, and some faults on the early stamps as might be expected, otherwise fine to very fine. (Image)

Scott C$ 6,170

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France and Colonies
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1109
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

image French Indochina, 1887/1946, mint and used collection, hinged to older album pages, including Air Post and Postage Due stamps in the Vietnam period, some water damage causing stuck stamps at page bottoms, still overall fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

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French Colonies
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1112
Symbol: O

image 1876/80, General Issues used in St. Pierre & Miquelon, twenty one Type Sage issues, imperforate, neatly-mounted and annotated, mostly four margin examples, thirteen different denominations, all cancelled in St. Pierre & Miquelon, note 1fr with red c.d.s., a scarce and mostly fine-very fine group. Owner's c.v. $3,900+. (Image)

Estimate C$ 500

Opening C$ 160.00

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1113
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

image 1890s/1990s, massive lifetime mint and used collection, with many thousands of stamps in eight albums or binders, hinged or black-mounted (these sometimes never hinged, especially from the 1970s onwards) to album pages or in stock pages. The owner was passionate about this area and obviously took great care to fill the album pages to an impressive level of completion, with attention to appearance and not forgetting back of the book including Semi-Postals, Air Post, Postage Due and Officials. Some of the colonies include Cameroon (c.v. $1,695), Chad (c.v. $1,457), Diego Suarez (c.v. $572), French Guinea (c.v. $4,019), French India (c.v. $2,083), Morocco (c.v. $1,348), Oceania, and Sudan (c.v. $571). The collection continues with Madagascar/Malagasy Republic (c.v. $1,458), Mauritania (c.v. $1,183), Indo-China (c.v. $1,334), Martinique (c.v. $1,602), New Caledonia (c.v. $4,362), New Hebrides (c.v. $913), Grand Comoros (c.v. $482), Guadeloupe (c.v. $828), Ste. Marie De Madagascar (c.v. $120) and Guinea (c.v. $1,168). Also well-represented are St.. Pierre et Miquelon (c.v. $6,386), Somali Coast, Tunisia and Wallis & Futuna Islands, among many more. French Colonies stamps themselves are also included (c.v. $1,462). The collection is well-organized and documented with the owner's inventory and recent Scott catalogue values shown on a thick sheaf of lists included with the lot and there is nearly no duplication. We note tobacco smoke smell and some faults on the early stamps as might be expected, otherwise fine to very fine. See our image gallery of 94 photos. (Image)

Scott C$ 60,529

Opening C$ 225.00

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French Southern & Antarctic Territory
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1110
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

image 1955/1995, mint collection, in a Davo hingeless album and on black stock sheets, complete in the period, including Air Post stamp, some better items including Scott #16019 (1960 fauna issue, c.v. $105 total), 23 and 24 (5fr and 20fr Penguins, c.v. $112 total) and 28 (20fr Albatross, c.v. $280), all the stamps we checked were never hinged, a clean collection, overall very fine. (Image)

Scott C$ 3,385

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1111
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

image 1955/2012, mint collection with hundreds of stamps, mostly never hinged and well-organized in a stock book, better sets include Scott #s 16-19 (c.v. $105), 23-24 (c.v. $112) and 25-28 (c.v. $357), also includes Air Post stamps from #C1 through C96, with no apparent gaps (c.v. $1,509 for these alone), faint tobacco smoke odour, otherwise very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 4,062

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Guadeloupe
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 656
Symbol: Cvr

image 1863 (July 10), Pointe a Pitre to France, stampless folded letter, with contents, handstruck "6" in black, postmarked Pointe-A-Pitre Guadeloupe, endorsed "Voie d'Angleterre" ("by way of England"), to Podensac, France, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp " Col. Fr Angl./Amb Calais D" (30 Jul) French entry c.d.s. on front, same-day Paris transit backstamp, light horizontal fold, else fine; ex-Grabowski. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

Opening C$ 100.00

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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 657
Symbol: Cvr

image 1899 (April 26), Governor's Office, Basse-Terre, cover to Paris, France, franked with 15c Navigation & Commerce, tied by Basse-Terre c.d.s., two different handstruck cachet's of the Governor's Office struck alongside, light indistinct c.d.s. backstamp, with contents on official letterhead regretting the cancellation of a subscription due to budgetary constraints, some small edge faults, scarce; ex-Grabowski. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

Opening C$ 100.00

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St. Pierre & Miquelon
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 485
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 238

image 1942, 90c ultramarine, "France Libre / F. N. F. L." overprint, complete sheet of twenty five, never hinged, save for three stamps in the top row, full selvedge on three sides, fine to very fine, a pleasing multiple of this issue; the original sheets of fifty were divided in half to fit the local printing press for overprinting. (Image)

Scott C$ 525

Opening C$ 50.00

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