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1949 1fr black and 100fr carmine brown, signed artist die proofs, v.f. (Cat No. 2N1,3NC2)
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1849 40c orange, Type II ("4" retouched) horizontal pair, splendid color, grid cancels, expertly repaired (margins added at right and bottom), fine appearing example of this extraordinary rarity, with 2002 Roger Calves and 2017 Calves & Jacquart certificates (YT 5f, Maury 5g, Euro 68,500) cat. $4200
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1850 40c orange, horizontal pair Types I+II, light grid cancel, margins all around, showing part of red arrival pmk at upper right, horizontal crease, bright color and fine appearance, signed Maury, Calves, also with 2017 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 5e, Euro 13,000) cat. $12500 (Cat
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1853 1fr deep lake, light postmark, margins all around, canceled on piece, v.f., signed Calves, Buhler, etc., with 1998 Soluphil certificate (YT 18a, Euro 4,500) cat. $3400 (Cat No. 21c)
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1862 15c green, Re-Issue, h.r., large margins all around, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., pencil signed (YT 2e, Euro 850) cat. $560 (Cat No. 2d)
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1862 Re-issue, 15c bright green, unused large part original gum, h.r., v.f., with 2016 Sismondo certificate (Cat No. 2d)
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1862 1fr deep lake, Re-Issue, h.r., margins all around, splendid color, with handstamped initials, v.f., with APS and Calves & Jacquard 2017 certificates (YT 18d, Euro 2,400) cat. $1500 (Cat No. 21c)
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1871 10f on 10c bister, unused without gum, good color, fine, signed Brun (catalogued as unused without gum) cat. $700 (Cat No. 49)
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1924 Paris Olympic Games complete set with complete set, First and Last Day of Games, Olympic Village datestamps on coverfront, also straight-line "Colombes-Village Olympique" and "Colombes-Stade Olympique" handstamps and further square "Jeux/ Olympiques Ma a Juillet/1924", also smaller two-line "C
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1924 Olympics imperforate deluxe sheetlet, mounted on cardboard due to its delicate nature, some creases and somewhat reduced in size, quite fresh overall, unusual to find intact, a rare key Olympic Games item, fine-very fine, signed Calves, Maury cat. €5850 (Cat No. 198-201P)
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1937 Pexip Exhibition, five souvenir sheets of four, hinged in margin, one with some black album page offsets, stamps mostly n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1800 (Cat No. 329)
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1942 International Exposition "Le Bolschevisme Contre L'Europe" two leaflets, one showing Marshal Petain shaking hands with Hitler, with French stamps canceled by the Exhibition pmks
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1949-64 Centenary of the first French Postage Stamp, se-tenant sheet of 40, also two sheets of 10, n.h., folded between stamps, one with various First Day cancels, plus PHILATEC sheet of eight, n.h., v.f., cat. $1440 (Cat No. 615a,624a,1100)
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1988 Thermal Sprints, 2.20fr error, inscriptions red instead of blue, n.h., v.f., with Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 3556a) (Cat No. 2136var)
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1917-19 Orphans and Red Cross, eight different on cover used locally 23 6 19 in Thillot, also additional cover used in 1930 from Paris to Vienna, franked with 5fr+1fr, fine-v.f., cat. $1165 (Cat No. B3-9,11,23)
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1917 5+5fr deep blue & black, well centered, small h.r., fresh and v.f., cat. $1600 (Cat No. B10)
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1922 Orphans, 5+1fr (three) used with additional franking on registered and flown cover from Paris (29.2.1928) to Brazil, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (catalogued as stamps off cover) cat. $1067 (Cat No. B21,22,23,26)
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1928 10fr on 90c red, 10fr on 1.50fr blue, "Ile de France" surcharges, set of two, l.h. or h.r., well centered and fresh, signed Roger Calves, etc., with 2018 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 3-4) cat. $12400 (Cat No. C3-4)
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1930 10fr on 90c red, n.h., well centered, with natural gum indentation, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, Roumet, etc., cat. $3500 (Cat No. C3)
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1930 10fr on 90c red, used with additional franking on cover to Italy, Paris transit and Allessandria arrival pmks, some toning at right of the stamp, otherwise fine usage on cover, with appropriate cachet, cat. $2200 (Cat No. C3)
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1930 EIPA 30 perforated initials on 1.50fr dark blue, canceled on unaddressed Exhibition card, v.f., with Calves & Jacquard certificate, cat. $450 (Cat No. C6b)
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1936 50fr green, 50fr ultramarine, n.h., v.f., cat. $3150 (Cat No. C14,15)
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1936 10fr South Atlantic, three singles, one n.h., others l.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1280 (Cat No. C17)
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1997-2016 selection of 16 different sheetlets of 10, all high values, in special La Poste folders, n.h., v.f., face value Euro 560
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1901 (Jan) red band cover with "Tresore et Postes Aux Armee" cds, addressed to an officer in Honay, large red military cachet with large part of "Commandement Colonie de Pao-Ting-Fou" Chef de Cadre Commandant", overall toning
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1902-3 Surcharges, set of eleven, 4a on 50c without gum, others h.r. or usual disturbed gum, some faint toning, otherwise fine-v.f., cat. $350 (Cat No. 39-49)
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1859 Eagle & Crown, 10c bister, yellowish, imperforate block of nine, middle stamp sideways, h.r. at top and bottom, others (including variety) n.h., v.f., signed Brun (Cat No. 3,3a)
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1925 2p-10p, set of four with additional Airplane overprint, h.r., fine-v.f. (Ceres 5A-8A) cat. €550 (Cat No. C5-8var)
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1892-1900 1c-1fr, complete set, h.r., few usual small faults, otherwise fine-v.f., cat. $441 (Cat No. 18-34)
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1900 Woman, imperforate proof sheetlet of 12, value tablets blank, v.f.
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1899 25c black, rose, left sheet margin block of 15, two stamps l.h., others n.h., fine and impressive multiple, cat. $763 (Cat No. 15)
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1890 surcharges in violet, complete set of five, h.r., signed Calves, Brun, Behr, Cividini, etc., with two certificates (YT 1-5, Euro 2,280) cat. $2030 (Cat No. 1-5)
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1890-91 1c-25c black, also Sword & Shield 5c black, unused, first and last without gum, others h.r., 15c with a small nick at top margin, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Bernichon, Calves, Brun, etc., with 2016 Calves & Jacquart certificates for No.6,7 (YT 6-10, Euro 3,130) cat. $3035 (Cat No
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1891 5c and 50c unused without gum, v.f., signed Calves (YT Euro 530) cat. $500 (Cat No. J1,2)
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1892 60c black, 1fr maroon, each canceled on piece, v.f., signed Kohler, rare (YT Euro 2,450) cat. $2225 (Cat No. J12,13)
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1941 overprinted "Libre" complete set, mostly n.h. (except 2.25fr red overprint used, cat.$4), fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $915 (Cat No. 80-25)
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1940-41 Overprints and Surcharges, set of eight, n.h., 1.50fr and 50fr on 10.75fr with somewhat streaky gum, fine-v.f., cat. $1102 (Cat No. C9-16)
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1886 75c on 15c blue, used, usual centering, good color, signed Stolow, etc., rare stamp, cat. $2300 (Cat No. 5)
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1888 15c on 10c black, lavender, neat Libreville cds, good color, signed Bernichon, etc., with 2017 Calves & Jacquart certificate (stating "tiny tear"), rare stamp (YT 6, Euro 1,500) cat. $1500 (Cat No. 6)
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1889 25c black, green, unused without gum, v.f., signed Calves, cat. $1200 (Cat No. 15)
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1910 "Congo Francaise Gabon", complete set, h.r., some dried tropical gum, 25c without gum (cat.$8), high values disturbed gum and gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f., cat. $1167 (Cat No. 33-48)
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1932 (13 Aug) two covers (one registered) attractively franked and addressed to Trieste, fine-v.f., with transit and arrival pmks
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1889 05c on 10c black, lavender, h.r., fine, signed Brun, etc., with 2016 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 1, Euro 900) cat. $725 (Cat No. 1)
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1893 5c black (postage due) overprinted in red, neat Tanger cds, well centered, v.f., signed Roger Calves, with 2017 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 9, Euro 1,300) cat. $1200 (Cat No. 9)
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1941 France Libre overprints, complete set, n.h., few dried or natural streaky gum, fine-v.f., cat. $875 (Cat No. 217-51)
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1941 100fr-500fr C.F.A. surcharges, l.h., v.f., cat. €525 (Cat No. C39-41)
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1942 10fr on 10c bister brown, bottom corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for hinged singles) cat. $270 (Cat No. 254)
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1942-45 5c-20f St. Malo Schooner, complete set of 22 deluxe sheets including surcharges, v.f.
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1963 200fr printer's control trial color proof in sepia, v.f., only 4-5 printed (Cat No. C27P)
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1966 20fr Albatross, six copies, one l.h., balance n.h., v.f., cat. $1680 (Cat No. 28)
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2000 Mt. Ross, artist signed die proofs, set of two, plus negative impressions of each, v.f. (Cat No. 140,141P)
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2000 6.10fr and 7.30fr artist signed die proofs, set of two, v.f. (Cat No. 146-47P)
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1902 cover with Chinese characters, from Papeete to San Francisco, franked with pair of 25c Group Type, tied by cds, with arrival pmks on back (in the mid 1800s, Chinese laborers where brought to Tahiti to mine phosphate. This cover is addressed to a Chinese company in San Francisco). Also include
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1923 (3 June) Chinese red-band cover with red "Moorea Oceania" departure pmk, date filled-in by hand, arriving in Papeete 5 June, charged 10c in blue crayon, with the addition of diagonal half of 1fr postage due, paying 50c postage due. Since the inter-Colonial rate was 25c, it is possible that the
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1923 (30 May) cover with "Moorea Oceania" departure pmk, date filled-in by hand, arriving in Papeete 2 June, charged "T", with the addition of diagonal half of 1fr postage due, paying 50c postage due. Since the inter-Colonial rate was 25c, it is possible that the cover came from outside the Colony,
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1937 registered cover from Zane Grey to his brother in California, franked with eight adhesives, canceled 'Travao', with transit and arrival pmks (Pearl Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the ar
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1960 cover from the President of France to the Mayor of Papeete, while at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, with official markings, fine
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1915 (6 Jan) registered cover from Anecho to Grand Popo (Dahomey), franked with six different surcharges, including 10pf and 20pf (1915 overprinted in Sans-Serif type), addressee's name obliterated, fine cover with arrival pmk (catalogued as used off cover) (151,154,159,165,166,167) cat. $2125
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1888-97 Coat of Arms 1c-fr complete set of eight, h.r., 15c (cat. $55) tiny thin, usual perforations, fine, cat. $942 (Cat No. 1-8)
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1955 15fr printer's control trial color proof in sepia, also Malagasy 1960 500fr Air Post proof in sepia, v.f., only 4-5 printed (Cat No. 258P)
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1900 Yacht, 3pf-5m complete used, fine-v.f. (Mi.Euro 1,000) cat. $805 (Cat No. 7-19)
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1849-2015 collection in six beautiful "Presidence" albums, with impressive showing of imperforate issues, numerous shades of Ceres 10c brown and 15c green (including "bottle green" YT 2c, Euro 2,700), 20c black and 25c blue, 40c orange unused (YT 5, Euro 2,000), 1fr carmine and brown carmine unused
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1849-2015 collection in nine Lighthouse hingeless albums, 19th century mostly used, quality mixed with faults noted, with many better items to 5fr, solid representation of Type Sage, some better values unused, 20th Century generally complete unused, with Type Merson (Scott 109-32), regular issues an
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1850-1994 collection mostly unused in three large stock books, mostly complete except for the major rarities, with imperf. and perf. Ceres and Napoleon, Type Sage, Merson, Souvenir Sheets, booklets, Semi-Postals, Air Post and Postage Dues, mixed condition among the early issues, minor faults noted,
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1950s-2015 imperforate singles, occasional pairs, many hundreds of different in stock books and albums, also on cards and glassine envelopes, many still intact as acquired (this section alone $20,000+ purchase price), excellent selection of Paintings, regular issues and commemoratives, Semi-Postals,
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1952-2017 collection of 180+ different booklets in two albums, Red Cross issues complete, various other Regular Issues and Commemoratives, n.h., v.f.
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1980-2017 Year sets and special Post Office edition albums, four boxes with approximately 100 booklets and deluxe editions, with beautiful stamps, souvenir sheets and booklets for various occasions, substantial cost (some Euro 200+) and high face value. A good opportunity to obtain most modern Frenc
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1990-2016 12 stock books with "La Poste" engraved deluxe sheetlets, v.f.
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1995-2018 "Museum Art" and "Treasures of Philately" special souvenir sheets in a beautiful Yvert & Tellier album and envelopes, n.h., v.f., face value $750+
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1850-1960 carton with hundreds of covers and cards, from stampless to documents with fiscal handstamps, some on Newspapers, First Day Covers with better semi-postals (Famous Men, Sports Issues), French Colonies including French Indochina, Franco-Prussian war items, Type Merson and Sage on covers an
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1859-1955 General Issue and Offices abroad, collection in a large PALO hingeless album, with Eagle & Crown, Ceres and Napoleon, Type Sage, Commerce and Postage Dues, virtually complete, used and mostly unused (YT Euro 7,800+), followed by a strong showing of French Offices in China, including Canton
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1886-1973 French Colonies in the Americas, collection in a PALO hingeless album, used and mostly unused French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Inini, Martinique (better surcharges signed Calves, Roumet, etc., few certificates), Navigation & Commerce sets, Vichy issues, St. Pierre and Miquelon, with early surcha
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1899-1945 French East Africa, collection in two beautiful PALO hingeless albums, hundreds of mostly unused singles and sets, beginning with Anjouan, Comoro Islands, Diego Suarez, Madagascar (including 1891 Typeset 5c-5fr with certificates), Mayotte, Moheli, Nossi-Be, Obock (mostly complete), Reunion
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1899-1940 French Middle East, collection in a beautiful PALO hingeless album, hundreds of mostly unused singles and sets, beginning with French Offices in Egypt (Alexandria, Port Said), Levant (Cavalle, Dedeagatch, Port Lagos), Syria (Alaouites, Alexandretta, Cilicia, Latakia), Lebanon, with many be
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1891-1955 French North Africa, comprehensive collection virtually complete (without the rarities), used and mostly unused in two PALO hingeless albums, with Algeria, French Morocco, Chad and French Sudan, Libya, Fezzan, Mauritania, Tunisia and Upper Volta, Upper Senegal & Niger, with better surcharg
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1886-1958 French West Africa, extensive collection of used and mostly unused in two PALO hingeless albums, good section of Benin, Cameroun, with better overprints (signed Brun, Miro, Calves, etc.), Dahomey, French Congo (1892 surcharges used, various signatures), French Equatorial Africa and French
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1888-1953 French South-East Asia, collection mostly unused in a large PALO hingeless album, with Annam & Tonkin, Cochin China, good showing of French India, French Indochina mostly complete, with Navigation & Commerce sets to 5fr, also complete Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, with souvenir sheets, Posta
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1900-75 French Oceania, collection in a PALO hingeless album, used and mostly unused French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Tahiti, Wallis et Futuna, many better sets, postage dues, etc., mostly fine-v.f., cat $8,800+
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1900-64 collection in album, used and unused, with Algeria: overprints, semi-postals, postage dues, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Tunisia: semi-postals, Martinique, Inini, Comoro Islands: 48-53 & C5-C6, topicals include birds, flowers, shells, Olympics, buildings, Red Cross, fruit, fresh and fine-very
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1906-67 beautiful collection in album, with many higher value Air Post sets; Cameroon virtually complete 1961-1967, with C38-C40, other Air Post and Postage Dues, French West Africa, Cambodia, Central Africa Republic: People's Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Somali Coast including 287-292, C26-C30,
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1924-60 collection on 102 Thiaude album pages, used and unused with French Andorra, Algeria, French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, Cameroon, Somali Coast, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Gabon, Guadeloupe, French Guinea, French Guyana, French India, Madagascar, French Morocco, Martinique, Mauritania,
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1965-83 collection in two albums, virtually complete for most areas including airpost & souvenir sheets, includes Dahomey: nos. C33-C37, J1-J8, air post, postage dues, Upper Volta, Gabon: includes booklets, Benin, Mali: nos. C25-C28, French New Hebrides: nos. 98-108, 174-185, Ivory Coast: air post,
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1894-1940 collection in Scott Specialty album, with French Offices in China, Canton, Hoi Hao, Kwangchowan, Mongtseu, Pakoi, Tchongking, Yunnan Fou, used and unused, fairly complete with many high values, also French Offices in Crete, Egypt (Alexandria and Port Said), Offices in the Turkish Empire, C
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1932-1962 selection of 24 covers and cards, including 1932 wrapper with "Port Paye" and Papeete cds alongside, also 1953 Paquebot cover with Great Britain franking, various commemoratives used commercially, etc.
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1960s-90s French Polynesia, selection of 14 different signed artist die proofs (fewer than 18 of each produced), also 20 imperf. and gummed trial color proofs, including pairs and strips of five, plus additional 9 imperf. deluxe sheets, various subjects, including Paintings, Sport, Space, Winter and
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1889-1940 collection on pages, with No.1, 3 unused, 4-7, 12 and 13, 16-19, 21,22, 56, 63-77, 129, B3-B7 (n.h.), also Air Post and Postage Dues, small faults noted throughout, others fine or better, cat. $5,500 (plus another Euro 700 for 1904 bisects)
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1891-1945 collection on pages, mostly used, with nos. 3, 5, 14-22, 77, B3-B7, C28, J1-J7, and five bisects on covers, semi-postals, air post, fresh and fine-very fine, cat. $2,000 (not counting the bisects which are probably another Euro 1,000 in Maury)
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