POSTAL HISTORY 1838-64 collection written up in protectors (47 covers/entries) mainly pre-stamp showing a variety of marks incl. P.P boxed in red, cursive '4/Ventacon,' '43/Bellegrande,' '1D in oval,' '55/Ambrault,' 'F' in circle, 'CL' boxed in red etc. Also a small collection of 'POSTE RESTANTE' 1829-1938 (12) written up on leaves. (59) (Image)

1849-1975 UM, M & U collection in four ring binders incl. 1849 20c, 25c (3), Imperf 2nd Empire issues to 80c (6), 1862 issues, 1863-70 to 80c (2) with 2c (3), 4c unused, 1870-71 Imperf Bordeaux various vals with 2c (Cat. £325), 4c (2 margins), 5c. & 80c U, both with Maritime anchor pmks (four margins, fine, Cat. £625+++), 30c (four margins Cat. £300), 1870-71 & 1871-76 perf ranges, P & C issues to 5fr (2, poor), also a few M, 1881-92 Dues to 60c, 1902 Mouchon set M, 1900-06 Merson set to 1fr (2), 5fr, 1903 15c FM, M, 1904-05 15c FM, M, Sowers M & U, Red Cross issues, 1917-19 Orphans set to 25c+ 15c, 50c + 10c, 1fr + 25c U (doubtful pmks Cat. £971), 1932 Orphans +1fr on 5fr M (Cat. £200), Pasteur M & U, Sower Surcharges, 1926-27 Orphans 5fr + 1fr U (Cat. £130), 1927 Strasbourg Air 2fr U (rounded corner perf, doubtful), 5fr M (small portion of gum missing) Cat. £700, 1930-32 Airs with 1fr.50 blue, two shades, 1932-39 issues M & U, 1932 Air set U (Cat. £180), alternating pages for UM (or M) & U commems, defins, Airs, Charities, Dues etc, mostly fine. (1000's) (Image)

1849-2002 substantial M & U collection housed in six well filled Davo hingeless albums incl. 1849 Ceres 15c & 1f U, 1852 Napoleon 10c, 25c tones U, 1853-61 Napoleon incl. 80c & 1f U, 1862 Perf set, 1863-71 set, 1869 5f Av U, 1870-71 set, 1870-71 Ceres Imperf set most good U four margins, 1870-71 Perf set, 1876 Peace & Commerce U set, Type II set U, 1877-90 set U, 1900 Merson set U, range of Sowers U, 1917-19 War Orphans set to 50c FU (Cat. £580), 1918 Red Cross 15c & 5c UM (Cat. £160), 1922 War Orphans set M (Cat. £275), 1925 Paris Exhibition 5f FU (Cat. £180), 1926 War Orphans set M (Cat. £225), 1927 5f Air FU (Cat. £350), 1927, 1928 & 1929 Sinking Fund sets U (Cat. £240), 1928 1f. 50 Sinking Fund FU (Cat. £225), 1930 Sinking Fund FU (Cat. £120), 1930 1f. 50 French Provinces FU (Cat. £200), 1931 Sinking Fund set FU (Cat. £275), 1935 Airs to 3f. 50 FU, 1936 50f Air FU (Cat. £475), 1936 100th Flight set FU (Cat. £186), 1937 National Museums set FU (Cat. £120), 1937 PEXIP M/Sheet UM - odd tone spot (Cat. £600), later ranges to 1970's good to VFU, later 1970's through to 2000's appear to be UM. (Image)

1849-75 U collection incl. 1849-52 10c, 20c (3), 25c (4), 40c (Cat. £700), 1852-53 10c (four margins, Cat. £850), 25c (2), 1853-61 issues to 80c (3) with shades, 1862 issues to 40c (2), 1863-70 issues to 80c (5), 1869 5fr (sound, Cat. £1300), 1870 Bordeaux 5c M (four margins, Cat. £400), 10c, 25c (2), 1871-76 range of issues & shades to 80c (3) etc. Fair to fine. (141) (Image)

Banderole' postage dues on cover c1886-1940's with a wide range of values & charges represented, strength in c1920 onwards; also uncommon recouvrements forms (2), valeurs recouvrees envelopes and PO official usages. Interesting lot with tremendous variety of items. (45) (Image)

1923-85 IMPERFS incl. 1957 National Relief Fund UM marginals, 1958 Red Cross Fund UM marginals, French Art Types singles & pairs, Epreuve De Luxe sheetlets etc. (56) (Image)

1925 Paris International Philatelic Exhibition 5f carmine M/Sheet, UM, SG.MS412a, Cat. £1700 (Image)

1941-42 Petain 1f.50 forgeries, four blocks of four (one with Free French h/stamp on reverse), with four singles, pair & vertical strip of four, British Intelligence forgeries? Petain 50c, 70c, 1f, 2f (with genuine for comparison), also 1944-45 'R.F' Ovpt range (41), Petain 1f.50 Ovpt'd Cross of Lorraine (2), Annemasse Liberation Ovpt selection (10) and Nice/Front National Ovpt selection (6), mostly fine and with Hitler in front of Eiffel tower PPC. (93 + card) (Image)

1898-1912 small M & U range incl. Anjouan 1892 set to 1f M, no 30c, extra 2c, 4c & 5c shades (Cat. £255), 1900-07 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c M (Cat. £129), Surcharge range M & U, mainly narrow spacing; Annam & Tonkin 1888 1 on 4c M & U and 5 on 10c M (Cat. £169); Benin 1893 P & C 'Golfe' range of vals to 50c, 1894 1c to 20c, 30c to 75c M (Cat. £166); Kavalle range (12), mixed M & U; Cambodia 1952-61 with 1955 New Currency set & 20f block of four M (Cat. £37), 1960-61 Peace M/Sheet (2 diff) UM (Cat. £32) etc. Mixed condition, fair to fine. (143 + 2m/s) (Image)

Large & extensive M & U collection in a Devon album incl. Algeria with Ovpt's to 5f, 1930 Cent set M (Cat. £100), 1939 Sahara set M (Cat. £55); Andorra; Cameroun; Comores; Dahomey; Fezzan with 1949 set M (Cat. £50), Congo; French Equatorial Africa; French Guiana; French Guinea; French Morocco; French Oceania/Polynesia; French Somalia; French South Antarctic Territories with 1956-60 30c to 1f, 5f, 8f, 10f, 20f, 25f M (Cat. £232), Air 50f, 200f (Cat. £145), 1957 IGY set M (Cat. £23), 1961 Charcot M (Cat. £44), French Sudan; French West Africa; Gabon; Guadeloupe; Indo-China; Ivory Coast; Lebanon; Madagascar; Martinique; Mauritania; New Caledonia; New Hebrides with 1938 5f M (Cat. £75); Niger; Reunion; St. Pierre & Miquelon; Senegal; Syria; Togo; Tunisia; Airs, Dues, commems etc, sets & part sets. Fair to fine. (3020) (Image)

ANDORRA - FRENCH & SPANISH PO'S 1983-2020 UM collection housed in three Davo hingeless albums, ST.Cat. £3000 (Image)

FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES - 1969 Possession Island 50f as SG.54 Die Proof (125mm x 161mm) in dark green showing 'ILES des PINGOUINS' at lower left'. Signed by the artist. (Image)

1890's-1970's collection of covers mounted & written up in an album (plus 80+ loose covers). Noted - interesting cancellations, WWI & WWII censored covers, airmails and a reply coupon. A great start for anyone wanting to collect Sudan postal history. (approx 120) (Image)

TOGO 1914-86 M or UM (later) collection in two albums, incl. 1914 10 on 5pf (SG.2a, Cat. £31), 1916 Ovpts to 1fr, some Togo Ovpts, 1924-38 to 5fr, 1931 Colonial Exhib set (Cat. £28), 1937-40 commems, 1940 most vals to 20fr, Vichy issues, 1947 Airs (Cat. £31), Dues, 1957 set with Airs (Cat. £47), 1959 set with Airs (Cat. £38), 1959 Red Cross sheetlets Perf & Imperf (Cat. £62), Independent Republic commems, defins, Dues, M/Sheet (with 1962 Space flight commem sheets), some Imperfs etc, good to fine. (100's) (Image)