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Auction: 14USA - Spink Shreves September 2008 Collector's Series
Lot: 2828

French Colonies and Community mint and used collection consisting of several rather comprehensive collections of certain countries starting with an extensive collection of the general colonies issues which are mostly used, other collections that are more substantially mint include Somali Coast with many of the better early issues, an excellent collection of Syria which not only includes some of the early 5Fr overprints and surcharges but also better later issues including souvenir sheets with some unlisted items, the stamps are normally hinged but the souvenir sheets are mostly never hinged, other collections include comprehensive collections of Indochina and New Caledonia, plus French New Hebrides, French Morocco and other smaller countries including a scarce 1916 overprint set of Cameroun, condition varies in the early issues of each country, mint is normally with o.g. and hinged though there is a modest amount of n.h. in more modern issues, fine-very fine for the most part; a valuable collection that needs to be examined to be appreciated. Estimate US$ 4,000-4,750

Estimate
$4,000 to $4,750