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Auction: 142 - March Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 861

France clean mint collection in one volume in mounts, largely France proper but also includes collections of Algeria, French Polynesia and French Southern and Antarctic Territories, this latter contains good value in many early sets and singles, much of which is never hinged, the France starts with a modest collection of mint and unused 19th century classic starting with the first Ceres series (a couple are used), Napoleon and Bordeaux issues are also present incl. a nice mint 80c Bordeaux, also a selection of Sage issues in the various types with better values, 20th century is filled with better regular, commemorative and semi-postal sets, we note 1927 Strasbourg and 1937 PEXIP souvenir sheets, air mails have better incl. a 50Fr Banknote and the 1936 Transatlantic set is cplt. n.h., condition a bit mixed in the early issues but otherwise most are fresh and attractive with original gum, lots of never hinged is found in pos- war material with some earlier, largely fine-very fine throughout; order is a bit erratic but lots of meat will be found by those who examine this desirable collection.

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