Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2739A
(x) France
A general collection of mint France and Colonies in three stockbooks which includes 1914 Red Cross Fund 10c. strip of three, 1918 Red Cross Fund, 1929-33 20f. Pont du Gard, 1931 Sinking Fund, 1925 3f.50 Arles single and block of four, 1936 Air 50f. burelé, 10f. South America Flight, 1937 National Museums, 1938 50f. Ader, 1949 Air 500f., 1949-50 Air set to 1000f. French Colonies with Equatorial Africa 1940 issues (3 sets) with some varieties including 90c, overprint double, one inverted, 10f. black overprint, 1f. on 65c. overprint double, "Afrique Français Libre with 1f.50 (5), 2f.50 overprint double and overprint inverted (2), 3f.75 (5), 10f. on 2f.50 (4), Congo 4c. overprinted (12), 1941 set to 100f., 1944 "resistance" surcharge set of twelve; Indian Settlements with 1942-43 "france libre" sets (2) to 3r. (blue overprint) and 5r., 1942 surcharge set (2) of seven on 16ca.; New Hebrides 1941 "France Libre" set to 10f. plus Postage Dues; Guadeloupe 1892 1f. block of four, Martinique 1899-1906 5f. pair; New Caledonia 1902 5 on 30c. pair; an album of French Southern and Antarctic Territories including 1954-60 set to 100f., 1968 Durmont D'Urville 30f., 1951 Air 100f. and 250f. (2) and later issues to 1997; also Andorra 1955-58 set to 75f. Condition is generally fine, mostly lightly mounted or unmounted mint. High catalogue value
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