Huge lot of French Colonies items with 1000s of stamps with blocks, m/sheets, overprints, airmails, timbre taxe, wartime, Libre plus an interesting small lot of covers/cards. Too much to describe in detail but comprises:
1) Smaller size stockbook (s/bk) of around 620 stamps with Senegal,Tchad including Oubangi Chari & red cross overprints, small group TAAF birds, Togo inc nice nhm marginals (inc t/taxe)
2) An Ace s/bk of around 790 stamps with AEF, AOF, Algeria, Cameroun, small group General Colonies Commerce issues, Comoros timbre taxe, Moyen-Congo, Cote-D'Ivoire, Cote Somali (with duplication), Dahomey (inc post independence), Gabon, few French India.
3)A fine ble German s/bk of around 1800 stamps with small lot Grand Liban, quantity Guadeloupe, Guinee, Senegal, Haute Volta, Fr. Indo Chine (inc o/prints), Laos, small group Inini, Madagascar, Malagasay, Mali, Martinique (from Peace and Commerce to mid period), Mauritania, Monaco, Niger, Republic Malagache aerienne to 500fr nhm, Reunion and St. Pierre et Miq., Soudan.
4) A fine blue Lighthouse s/bk of around 970 stamps with French Colonies gen.issues from 1859 imperfs (7), Ceres, P&Commerce, imperf t/taxe then Algeria qty., few Sandjak Alexandrette, Alexandria, C.African Rep, Gabon, Andorra, fine Cameroun qty (inc 1941 RF aerienne set to 50fr vfu).
5) Large Thiaude loose leaf album/s/bk damaged spine with 1000 approx stamps with AEF, AOF, few Cambodge and C.African rep, Comoros, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Somali, Dahomey, Gabon, Guinee, Haute Volta, Inini, Laos few, Martiniqie, Mauritania, Monaco, Niger, Soudan, Wallis et Futuna.
6)Green s/bk with approx 550 stamps with Reunion, Oceanie, fine Fr. Polynesie mint & vfu, Maroc (inc early o/prints) few St. Pierre etM.
7) Fine green loose leaf French album/s/bk of around 850 stamps and some empty pages. With Nice Madagascar, small amount Diego-Suarez (set 13 P&C to 1fr), St. Marie, Madagascar t/taxe from imperfs, few Martinique, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal qty m/u inc. aerienne 1931 &37 expo. Large blocks Congo, Dahomey, t/taxe, Martinique AEF libre o/prints in qty. Soudan m/u, Yaounde Expo 1948 poster stamps nhm marginal block of 7.
8) A fine group of stocksheets probably some of the better items inc N.Caledonia set of 12 to 10fr mm (1fr faulty perfs), many fine airmails nhm/mm other sets/part sets. Inc Guyane, Reunion, N.Caledonie, Lattaquie, Alaouites, few Moheli, Mayotte, Grand Comores P&Commerce, Gr.Liban (inc 2 x 1924 Olympic o/prints),few Djibouti imperfs inc Obock, Maroc, Fr. Guyane 1947 airienne 50,100,200fr mint. Qty of 1965/66 satellite/space issues inc Wallis et Futuna, St.Pierre, N.Caledonie,Somali, Comoros & Fr.Polynesie nhm pairs with centre band, various AEF mint (with RF and without). Fine Togo airenne, Reunion airs 1947 mm to 200fr and 100fr CFA o/print vfu. Fine N.Caledonie airs 1960 nhm(2) 200fr, Tunisie 1953 airenne to 1,000fr (500 & 1000fr nhm marginal), St.Pierre 1947 airs to 200fr mm, Maroc fine mint airenne to 200fr. Many of the AOF for different territories/countries. Also 1943 General Colonies Committee of National Liberation issues in blocks of 9 each of five values, also the 1fr+98.50fr in large part of commem sheet of 6 with ornate border/margin, also the left part of that sheet with 2 stamps plus left border (these stamps I believe cv £20+ each), also 10fr+40fr Aviation Fund issue in block of 9. Upper Volta 1964 Olympic m/sheet and Cote D'Ivoire sheet Reserve de Bouna animals. Lovely selection on these sheets and very fine condition.
9) A fine collection of Togo in folder on sheets/album pages includes fine used collection with postmark interest includes GB overprints with Lome pmks, also airenne, Paris 1931 & 37 Expos sets vfu to Post Independence issues. Then other Togo inc 1959 3 x Red Cross m/sheets mint, Independence m/sheet. Also stocksheets of what look to be ex dealers stock of nhm inc t/taxe and high values airs to 500fr nhm some duplication. 100s.
10) A few other album pages/stocksheets of French India, Lebanon (inc air overprints 1924/25) and other Grand Liban overprints. Probably few 100s in total.
11) A group of interesting covers/cards inc unused (3 off) de Gaulle Brazzaville ppcs with AEF overprinted Libre unused (these cv £50 each in SG and only issued with stamp attached). A nice 10c Levant ps card used to Rotterdam with "Francois Daumas cie Smyrne" red cachet and "Smyrne Turquie d'Asie" postmark, other items with postmark interest (some a/f).
So a very large lot much in fine or very fine condition, some duplication, postmark interest but heavy box and so please ask for overseas quote before bidding (UK postage £18, France/Belgium example approx. £25 for insured courier). Other large France collections of stamps and postal history also listed and I am willing to listen to sensible offers for combined lots.
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