Collection of Mint and Used Martinique and Mauritania, in mounts in a Frank Godden album, with Martinique (136 stamps, owner's older Scott c.v. of $504) and Mauritania (117 stamps, owner's older Scott c.v. of $131). Nice quality throughout, see pictures for a small taste. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collections of French Community, Plus Others, with Haiti, Algeria, Indochina and Tunisia, plus a smattering of other countries. This group is housed in a couple of older Minkus albums, entitled The Independent Nations of Africa, a couple of stockbooks as well as stock pages in three binders. One of the binders contains a few hundred stamps from St. Pierre & Miquelon. Burundi is in a small collection and Haiti is housed in the stockbooks and includes imperforates with well over 1,000 stamps and although they are somewhat duplicated, there is good variety. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

French Africa and St. Pierre & Miquelon Mint and Used Accumulation, stamps on Vario pages in binders. Higher cataloguing stamps include St. Pierre & Miquelon Scott #s 410 (mint, c.v. $52), 412-14 (mint, $117) and 415-16 (mint, $65). With many stamps and sets in the $5 to $20 of catalogue value, this is an excellent lot for the reseller, with high total catalogue value. We estimate this group to contain more than 4,000 stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Large Group of Mint and Used French Colonies Collections, 1880s-2000, with many thousands of mint and used stamps in over 100 manilla stock pages, filling a bankers box, with representation from over 60 issuing colonies and territories. Each collection has been organized by Scott number, for both mint and used stamps, with better representation from French Polynesia, French South Antarctic, Ivory Coast, French Colonies, French Guiana, Gabon, Guadalupe, Lebanon, Madagascar. A cursory check indicated just a few of the better stamps using 2023 Scott #s and catalogue values: French Andorra 19-20 (m.h., c.v. $230 total), French Colonies 7 (m.h., $80), French Guiana 18-30 (m.h., $1,148 total), French Polynesia C17-C19 (m.h., $106 total), Ivory Coast (m.h., $208 total), along with stamps, sets, and partial sets cataloguing $20 to $50 and up, leaving finds to the dedicated collector. Catalogue value of $35,658 for the lot was provided by the owner, using 2014 Scott catalogue values. Online photos show a sample of this large lot, and recommend in-person viewing to better appreciate the contents. A spot check indicated small faults with a few of the early stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 3,000

Group of French Alaouites Mint Never Hinged Varieties, with Scott #s 25b (inverted overprint), 25d (overprinted on Lebanon #50), 25f (overprinted on front and back) and J7a (block of four with black overprints). A fresh and very fine group. (Image)

Scott $ 1,190

Lovely Collection of French Lebanon Mint Overprint Varieties, with 27 items (pairs and blocks counted as one item), all catalogued and identified with the 2022 Yvert & Tellier French Colonies Specialized catalogue. The collection includes #s (all NH except for first item, and singles unless noted otherwise): 22ba (hinged pair), 84a, 84c (pair), 85b, 86b, 87b, 90ba (pair), 90la (sheet margin pair), 91c, 98b, 98c (sheet margin block of four), 99b, 99c, 99d, 100a, 102a, 100c (pair), 104aa (pair) and 105c, plus the following Postage Due stamps: 16b, 21aa, 21b, 22a, 23a (three singles) and 105 (a double red Arabic overprint variety that is not listed, catalogued as a regular stamp). A very fine and fresh collection, from an old time holding belonging to the estate of a former Lebanese post office employee. All stamps are scanned online. (Image)

Yvert & Tellier E 2,514