FOREIGN SINGLE COUNTRIES continued...

A very diverse range of material from the classics to the modern era, mint and used, housed in 11 volumes with many 1000s of stamps and hardly any duplication. This runs the gamut from the 19th century onwards including post offices abroad, even Memel and French Occupation of Germany post-WWII,  ,and the value adds up quickly. The French Africa is probably the best with highlights such as French Congo with 1891 5cts on 25cts used (#5), 'peace and commerce' to 50cts mint (#31), 1903 5cts on 30cts used (#52), etc, then Gabon 1924/27 complete mint with all the franc values never hinged, French Somali Coast with a useful range of imperfs, Alexandrette, Morocco through to postage dues and parcel posts, Syria with OMF o/ps in blocks of four, #C1 pair, Tunisia, etc. Also seen are dozens of modern French Polynesian series mint never hinged all one of a kind, Reunion inc. 5cts on 30cts and 10cts on 40cts imperf 'peace and commerce' types, both used, followed by 'France Libre' o/ps, as well as parcel post 10cts 'liberty' with neat cds cancel. The St. Pierre and the early o/ps on 'peace and commerce', leading on to interesting French India, French Post Offices in China inc. Canton, Hoi Hao, Kouang-Tcheou, Pakhoi, Yunnansen, Yunnanfou, Indo-Chine with 1918 surcharges on orphans to 5fr+5fr complete on cover (#B8/B13), etc, Post Offices in , Turkey including 19th century plus Cilicia inc. 'postes par avion' o/ps with #C1  ,(no cert)  ,and others by favor,  ,please see note in Scott and make your own decisions on these. Other sections include , Monaco, Saar, , A-Z all the way through to Zanzibar. The stamps here are loaded on top of each other, with further pleasant surprises to be discovered, please inspect carefully page for page allowing plenty of time.

A very interesting range of material housed in 5 substantial volumes, representing purchases made in auction and collections as well as stocks. There are 2 green Scott Nationals, 2 thick stock books and 1 very large homemade album. There are many 1000s of stamps here from the 19th century onwards with the collections being all one of a kind and the stocks often mint with minor duplication (nothing in excess) and much being never hinged. There is some non Scott listed material in the form of inter-panneau pairs to higher values and the two areas represented in the stocks are in-depth New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna, with the New Caledonia from imperf, as well as a range of surcharges and overprints including the 1892/93 issues in attractive and wonderfully fresh never hinged horizontal strips of four (cat. $680 for hinged), followed by lots of peace and commerce to 1fr mint and used, etc. The two Scott Nationals are virtually al 20th century starting off with Algeria with few empty spaces, Cameroons, Chad, through to Tunisia, Upper Volta, etc. with many useful complete mint series, ending with some 19th century in the general issues for the Colonies from eagles onwards. The third album has many hundreds of stamps again all one of a kind through to the modern era. Probably the stocks have the most potential, however overall this will keep a dealer very busy, with much more here than described.

2 large volumes with many 100s of stamps with the overwhelming majority mint and in complete series. A very attractive range, as there are key omnibus issues here, mint never hinged often the better ones. Unfortunately, some of the material has been stored badly and some of the stamps are sticking to the pages (and this of course is difficult to quantify due to risks involved). Nevertheless, a very good range of material with highlights such as Ballay 1906/07 (Scott #21 to #36) to 5fr complete with the 2fr and 5fr mint never hinged, Upper Senegal-Niger Ballay complete, this time concentric circle superb used, (Scott #1 to #17), French Guinea Ballay mint complete (Scott #33 to #47), with the franc values almost imperceptibly hinged, Dahomey again with the Ballay complete (Scott #17) to (Scott #31), 5fr very lightly hinged, some values have minor faults, Mauritania Ballay with the 5fr mint never hinged #1 to #17, Senegal Ballay with the high values again mint never hinged, (Scott #57 to #72). Then more of the same with minor duplication, followed by other good areas include the 'Secours' series countries such as Ivory Coast, French Guinea, Togo, Senegal, Niger, Mauritania, again often mint never hinged. Other extensive omnibus issues such as Paris Exposition of 1931, similarly 1937 with the accompanying 'Arts et Techniques' miniature sheets, Madame Curie, Rene Caillie, New York Exposition 1939 and much more running through the 1940s WW2, free French Colony and those under Vichy regime through to the 1940s, followed by a good range 1950s and 1960s with virtually every omnibus here represented - however as suggested much patience required because of the storage. Overall a great lot with huge potential, offered intact as received.

Several 100s probably more housed in 2 home-made albums with collections within collections, not making a particularly easy viewing. Nevertheless if you persevere, there are many items to bring to light and eventually re-present, as the pages are often uneven and messy. In Indian Ocean area, there are better various modern Comoro Islands complete series, mint never hinged including earlier airmails, French India strong with a good number of France Libre o/ps, as well as fanon and caches new denominations currency o/ps, as well high values to 5rp, definitely better material here with lots of high values well worth investigating, etc. The Pacific Ocean area album  ,again a very similar presentation starts off with French Polynesia from 1913 onwards with various colorful series thru to the early to mid 1960s, as well as a useful range of further mint series of the 1970s/80s thru to airmails etc. Then a similar pattern with New Caledonia, Reunion with classics to investigate thru to the France Libre o/ps, semi-postals and airmails ending with quite comprehensive Wallis and Futuna with various early defins and lots of modern series and se-tenants, m/s, as well as other solid &lsquo,back of the book&rsquo, etc. The collection definitely deserves careful inspection, page for page, ,much more here than described.

A late entry, one collection with several 100s of stamps, housed in a bulging blue Scott Intl album, mint and used, from the 19th century &lsquo,peace and commerce&rsquo, types to various modern with much useful middle range material. Some of the countries represented include Dahomey, Benin, French Equatorial Africa, French Guiana, French Guinea, French West Africa, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast, Mali Republic, Martinique, Mauritania, Middle Congo, Senegal, French Somali Coast including Djibouti, Upper Volta etc. Apart from the modern and the 19th century, there is much from the 1920s as well, the various long definitives etc. Please inspect.

An in-depth study on the 1953 Gauguin, 50th anniversary 14fr native girls issue, with used and mint never hinged stamps including imperfs and multiples, as well as the epreuve de luxe and 9 first day covers, including the stamp franked on front of postcard of the design as a maximum card. Also there are scarce color trials with two in lake red, two in deep gray green and one in violet, plus two large sunken die proofs, one in dark brown, the other in a lighter shade and signed by the engraver in pencil. The basic stamps in Yvert catalogs ,&euro,80 mint or used and &euro,180 for the imperf. Here there are 13 mint never hinged examples inc. two marginal blocks of four, two superb used singles and no less than six imperfs including a corner block of four. What gives this collection particular substance are the epreuves and color trials over and beyond the regular issues, despite the high catalogue in that category. An extremely attractive important and beautiful collection that would be difficult to replace today.

A large volume of hundreds of mint stamps, plus covers and proofs, from the first issues through to the 1980s. There are early postcards with indigenous scenes, first flight covers inc. 1951 Auckland-Papeete, attractive First Day covers from the 1950s onwards. Some of the better series present include the first airposts complete, the 'artistes en Polynesie' airposts with first series complete in singles and blocks of four as well as imperfs and large sunken die proofs, plus the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th series complete, then 1971 General de Gaulle complete, 1974 UPU centenary perf and imperf, the 1980 Gauguin airpost 500fr in block of four and pair, etc. The proof material includes a beautiful set of epreuves de luxe of the first airpost issues of 1958, plus the 1977 shells and so called Miami symposium airpost series both complete imperforate and in epreuves de luxe, also 1977 officials complete, postage dues, etc, etc. This is a very attractive holding, with all the mint as far as we can see in never hinged condition. There is much material here seldom seen and this is a recommended viewing.

Mint holding housed on stockpages and in a small stockbook with the vast majority in never hinged condition. Better series in the French Southern/Antarctic Territories include the 1956 commems x4, the 1959/63 series complete mint and another set only missing the 4fr sea leopard, through to the airposts with emperor penguins 40fr and 100fr x3 complete series, 1966 and 1968 rocket triptychs and much more. The Polynesia consists of a small volume of mint never hinged series, virtually all one of a kind, including the 500fr and 600fr Gauguin issues, first officials complete, etc, as well as a large wallet of 100s of stamps which we have not studied, somewhat chaotically presented. However we can see from the outside transparency that it contains mint and used, as well as interesting postal history, the first series mint multiples in a glassine envelope, artists series 100fr 'girl with hat' used, etc, etc. A very useful holding that will catalog a small fortune in Yvert, please inspect.

Fascinating volume of about 1000 stamps mint and used, from the first issues through to the 1940s, with lots of 'peace and commerce' types starting with the 1884 o/ps on imperfs mint (#1/2), followed by the ornamental borders o/ps of 1889 including an unusual unused pane of 25 on the 1889 10cts on 40cts surcharge (#7, Scott retail $500+ as singles). The 1891 o/ps are also well represented, including another unused pane of 25 of the 1891 30cts brown on bister (#22, Scott retail cat. $800+ as singles) showing the errors 'Guadelouep', 'Guadbloupe' and 'Guadelonpe' and other settings. Then the 1892/1901 'peace and commerce' issues have the 1fr top value (x3), then useful early 20th century surcharges, pictorials, back of the book, etc. This lot will delight the specialist particularly for the 19th century, a ,nice old-time accumulation.

Desirable range of material, housed in one volume, mint and used with many key series from the ,19th ,century onwards. Highlights include Scott #3 key value 5ct on 20cts red/green (type c) overprint mint (signed Brun), as well as Scott #4 (type d), then the 5cts on 30ct brown on bistre (type d) o/ps, , through to the higher denominations of 1887 inc the 10cts on 4cts and 15cts Scott #12 and 15cts on 20cts (type s) Scott #26 and lots of interesting values, this time often used with double concentric circle Saint Louis or Dakar postmarks, inc Scott #6 5cts on 30cts brown (type a), also present the scarce Senegal diagonal surcharges inc 75cts on 15cts blue on black surcharges mint Scott #31 and the 1fr on 5cts green, Scott #32  ,etc. Further better material inc early ,20th ,century with 'peace and commerce' types to 1fr mint with both series Senegal and Niger as well as Senegal and Dependencies to 1fr, followed by further of the same used to 1fr, followed by various  ,surcharges to 1903, Ballays to 5fr complete series of 18 #57 to #82, the long pictorial to 1915 and virtual completion thereafter through and beyond independence, including non-Scott listed. A very attractive collection, particularly  ,with the classics with many tough to find stamps present.

At first inspection, you will see what a great collection this is with many examples of repaired as well as reprinted German States, in an extraordinary reference collection including genuine with almost 1000 stamps, housed in a large oblong very old fashioned album. There is much of interest here, beginning with Thurn and Taxis with 30kr orange, then Bavaria starting off with 8 examples of the #1, of which one is genuine, two appear to be Speratis, the others possibly including one further genuine and then the balance made by various others in what is a very interesting group, through to Bremen with over 160 both imperf and perf, mint and used, seemingly intact - some German States are remaindered -  ,followed by an excellent range of Brunswick horses over two pages, extensive Hamburg including imperf multiples, attractive cds examples on the perf issues, Hannover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Oldenburg, Saxony with fourteen of the 10gr blue top value, Schleswig first issues, even some German Colonies inc. POs in China, etc, etc. A wonderful vintage collection with enormous potential for the dealer or collector of the German States classics. This is very much an old time reference collection, probably assembled between 1920 and 1940.

Collection of 1000s in a specialised Safe hingeless album, with hardly any empty spaces from the ,19th ,century onwards, including many scarce items in far better condition than normally encountered. Highlights in the ,19th century include 1872 small shield eagles with 1/4gr violet (#1) and 5gr bister (#6), as well as very attractive superb examples of the 2kr orange in different shades including two red orange issues (#8a). Then the 1872 numerals both with manuscript cancels (#12/13), followed by large shield eagles including the very scarce 18kr bister with light crease in extreme corner mentioned for accuracy's sake only (#26, cat. $1750), plus the surcharges with the elusive 9kr on 9kr brown (#28) which we note has a catalog &euro,600 in Michel, etc. The ,20th century continues strongly, starting off with the Reichspost Germanias complete to 5mk, 1905 Baden officials inc. 2pf and 25pf (#OL16, OL21), comprehensive inflations with the majority if not all appearing contemporaneously used and good Weimar Republic, 1928 and 1929 Nothilfe semi-postals complete (#B23/B32), etc, leading on to the Third Reich with virtually everything present inc. Wagner complete (#B49/B57) and the souvenir sheets inc. Ostropa (#B68, brittle left hand corner broken) and a magnificent example of the rare 1933 Nothilfe souvenir sheet (Scott #B58, Michel Block 2, this alone cats &euro,13,000) genuine postally used, seldom seen as such, showing cancels of Berlin ,7th December 1933 and towards the corner the arrival postmark of Eisenberg, Thü,ringen on ,8th December 1933 &ndash, although there is some slight yellowing in the upper left hand corner this does not detract at all from the outstanding overall quality &ndash, this is one of the best of this m/s we have ever had the pleasure to offer. Other better items through the collection include zeppelins with Chicago flight superb used complete (#C43/C45), etc. A phenomenal collector's collection with lots of scarce to rare items.





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An excellent range of material housed in five volumes, distinguished by plenty of 'key' items present, for example the 1938 emblem officials with three full sheets of 100 of the 8pf (Mi#149, cat. &euro,30 each) and a sheet of the key 12pf red (Mi#150, cat. &euro,55 each), then the watermarked swastika officials of 1934 with the 12pf red (Mi#138 cat. &euro,15 each). In fact we have taken everything as the cheapest possible shade and there is considerable potential on some of these issues, for example the 1942 8pf purple swastika which we have presumed to cat 80 cents each instead of &euro,9.50 or &euro,85 for the other shades. , The holding is also completely unchecked for the constant plate varieties listed in Michel - there will be no doubt many discoveries to be made here as well. The one volume for the officials alone catalogs almost &euro,40,000 (occasional faults uncounted) and the total catalog including Hitler definitive sheets to 5rm, as well as various German occupations WWII will probably be nearer &euro,60,000+ with everything that is cataloged being in mint never hinged condition. An extraordinary holding recently unearthed, hardly seen in America or even Germany today, as most have been split up by dealers over the decades. An excellent opportunity for a dealer, offered intact as received.