Wall Art From Long-Standing Stamp Shop, 16 frames from diminutive to oversized in different mediums; Viet Nam propaganda series in glassless primative frame, 1970s era ballerina on ball, Consider the Lilies, pair of small hammered copper framed pieces, four large Princess Diana items with she
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Indochina, 1897-1932, group of 7 covers to France, bearing various values, including 1897 "Jardin Botanique de Saigon (Cochinchine)" Registered corner card envelope bearing 5c vertical pair, 15c and 25c, and 1902 envelope (small fault at top) from Touhanne bearing 15c and showing "BM" oval ha
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Indochina, 1898-1925, group of 9 covers from Tonkin to France, bearing various values sent from Dapcau, Haiphong (3), Hon-Gay (2), Nam-Dinh, Sept-Pagodes, and the other along the "Laokay à Hanoi/Tonkin" T.P.O.; four are military usages with two franked by France "F.M." overprints; some
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Indochina, 1903-06, interesting selection of 5 picture postcards, comprising 1903 French Consulate at Long-Tchéou photoreal card to Paris bearing 15c, cancelled by "Hanoi Exposition/Tonkin" c.d.s., 1904-06 cards (2) from Bienhoa to New Caledonia and registered from Benthuy to France, 1
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Indochina, 1903-17, selection of 4 real photo postcards, to France, Martinique, and Tunisia, one unfranked, with various military cachets, one actually cancelling the stamp, origins are Dong-Dang, Tuyen-Quang, Tourane, and Viettri, Fine to Very Fine strikes.
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Indochina, 1905-09, selection of 4 real photo postcards, including 1905 card depicting Saigon street scene to Guatemala bearing 10c, cancelled by "Marseille à Yokohama/L.N. No.1" octagonal datestamp, while the other three are to Europe bearing 10c, with one cancelled by similar maritim
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Indochina, 1908-38, group of 7 Tonkin covers, to Algeria, France, Germany, and the US, with an excellent range of uses and frankings, Fine to Very Fine.
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1906-07, 1c-5fr Definitive complete (Scott 17-31), a fresh, clean set, o.g., Very Fine.
Scott $481.
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1869, Napoleon III Laureate, 5fr gray lilac on lavender (Scott 37), fresh copy of this scarce stamp with neat diamond grid cancel; minuscule perforation tear at lower right, about Fine for the issue.
Yvert 33; €1,200 ($1,300).
Scott $750.
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1870, Bordeaux, 40c orange, yellow orange, & red orange (Scott 47, 47a, 47b), all with four margins and clear numeral cancels, Very Fine.
Yvert 48, 48a, 48c; €630 ($680).
Scott $515.
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1870, 40c rose & light rose (Scott 48, 48a), fresh color and large balanced margins, Very Fine.
Yvert 49, 49a; €640 ($690).
Scott $525.
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1926, Merson, 20fr magenta & green (Scott 132), o.g., never hinged(!), bright, fresh and well centered, Very Fine.
Yvert 208.
Scott $500.
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1903-38, Lined Sower, 10c rose, 20c violet brown, 25c dull blue, 30c on 90c violet and 50c greenish blue (Scott 138), a selection of interpanneau millésimes pairs, o.g., two 10c pairs never hinged; three pairs including 30c have thins in interpane margins, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Yve
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1903-32, Lined Sower, 10c to 1fr complete (Scott 138-154), o.g., bright colors, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 129//205; €484 ($520).
Scott $439.
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1931, 20fr Pont du Gard, perf 13 (Scott 254A), an immaculate mint single, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Yvert 262; €550 ($590).
Scott $450.
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1931, 20fr Pont du Gard, perf 13 (Scott 254A), a pristine mint single, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Yvert 262; €550 ($590).
Scott $450.
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Airmail, 1936, 50fr "Banknote" (Scott C15), o.g., never hinged; light bend, Extremely Fine.
Yvert 15.
Scott $1,700.
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Postage Due, 1903, 15c pale red, purple handstamp (Scott J16a), tied on a small piece by Tientsin c.d.s., 2 Oct 1903, Fine. Unpriced by Scott., with a 2005 Sismondo certificate.
Yvert TT12a.
Yvert €250 ($270).
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1894, 10a & 1f on 40c red (Scott 16), type I surcharges with diamond-shaped period, unused without gum, fresh and nicely centered, Fine to Very Fine, with a 1985 P.F. certificate.
Yvert 16b; €650 for o.g. ($700).
Scott $475+.
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1881-86, 1c-1fr "Commerce" issue complete (Scott 46-59), a bright, fresh set, o.g., Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 46-59; €593 ($640).
Scott $474.
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1892-1900, 1c-1fr "Commerce" issue complete (Scott 18-35), o.g., exceptionally clean and fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 12-24, 42-45; €558 ($600).
Scott $441.
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Airmail, 1940-41, "Française Equatoriale Libre", 2.50fr green & buff, overprint inverted (Scott C10b), a pristine mint example, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Yvert PA15a; €450 ($490).
Scott $400.
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1904, 1c-5fr Fulah Shepherd complete (Scott 18-32), an exceptionally bright, fresh set, o.g., Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 18-32; €475 ($510).
Scott $432.
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1941, 1f-20fr "France Libre" overprints complete (Scott 126-135), a choice mint set, o.g., never hinged except 1fr & 10fr green are very lightly hinged, Very Fine, 20fr lilac & dark brown signed Queyroy.
Yvert 140-149; €634 ($680).
Scott $451 pro-rated.
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1966-69, 5fr-20fr Pictorials complete (Scott 25-28), o.g., never hinged, post office fresh, Very Fine.
Scott $358.
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1904-07, 1c-5fr Navigation & Commerce complete (Scott 16-32), o.g., a fresh, bright set; 5c with a natural paper crease, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 16-32; €580 ($630).
Scott $451.
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1919, 5fr + 5fr War Orphans (Scott B13), an extraordinary mint example, o.g., never hinged, post office fresh and beautifully centered, Extremely Fine.
Yvert 95; €575 ($620).
Scott $450.
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Indochina, Postal Stationery, 1924 & 1937, scarce pair of entires showing rural cancel usages, comprising a 1923 1c brown and black on white laid paper to Banglong via Soctrang, with franking tied by indistinct rural cancel in black with adjacent "Do-Luong/Annam" cancel of 25-1/24, with rever
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Indochina, Postal Stationery, 1929 (Oct. 6), 5c violet with lilac interior entire, used from Hanoi to Vinh, uprated with Yunnanfou 20c on 50c, the adhesive and the indicia both cancelled (stamp tied) by one of two blue "Hanoi R.P./10-6/29/Tonkin" c.d.s.'s, with red-and-black "Par Avion" etiqu
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Indochina, Postal Stationery, 1943 (May 13), 6c Marshall Pétain entire, used to Hanoi, a beautiful, exceptionally fresh entire, cancelled by one of two bold strikes of "Lai-chau/13-5/43/Tonkin" c.d.s.'s, Very Fine, absolutely pristine, scarce.
Higgins and Gage K1.
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1906-07 Pictorials complete (Scott 1-17), an exceptionally fresh mint set, o.g., lightly hinged, Very Fine.
Yvert 1-16; €620 ($670).
Scott $436.
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1881-83, 5c on 40c red on straw (Scott 4), exceptionally fresh with large margins and a light cancel, Very Fine, signed Roumet.
Scott $300.
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1903 Jubilee Issue complete (Scott 66-80), o.g., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $438.
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1941, Defense of the Government, 1fr + 1fr blue instead of red (Scott B10 var.), o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Maury 190b.
Maury €450 ($490).
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Ship and Train Cover Collection, 1912-1965, 93 envelopes and postcards housed in a Lighthouse binder; Hiawatha locomotive carried cover with sending and receiving cancels on face, El Capitan from Los Angeles to Chicago, 1940 New York World's Fair RPO, 20th Century Limited
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Guyana, Former Crown Colony Collection 1966-1985, 22 Scott album pages of essentially mint and mostly complete post independence issues in black mounts; includes #1, 3-18, and then well-populated through 1985; Postage Due J2-J5; Pretty, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 l
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France, "Crème de la Crème" Selection of Mostly Premium Mint, 1859-1954, Mostly mint premium items on stocksheets, some even in duplication. The best include mint #241 (with certificate), 329, B11 (2), C1, C2 (2), C15 (4, two with certs), C17 (3), C27 (3), French Colonies
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France, Well-Filled Mostly Mint Collection, 1849-2000, Two Scott albums with the vast majority of stamps in black mounts; mostly used into the 1930's, but then almost entirely mint with a very high rate of completion into the late 90's. Highlights include used #1, 7, 41, 44, 110-32, an
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France & Colonies, Mostly Mint Collection in Y&T Albums, 1930-90, Four Yvert & Tellier albums with all stamps in black mounts; very well-filled collections, for the most part post-WWII and overwhelmingly mint. The binders have slowly deteriorated but the album pages themselves are withstandin
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France & Colonies, Fantastique Holding of Imperforates & Deluxe Sheets, 1951-99, A counter book & stockbook with over 100 imperfs of France & Colonies, some in blocks, about 80 deluxe sheets of the colonies with many from New Caledonia, Togo and Wallis et Futuna, and nearly 100
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Gabon, Central African Collection, 1904-1958, about 150 mixed mint and used on European hingeless pages that range from Scott # 16//144, B1//B3, and J23//J31; the highlight of the lot is a complete used set of 33//48 with a catalog value of $1,167; total catalog $1,500+, Fine to Very Fine. (<
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