Auction: 17026 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1278A
France
1849-1969 valuable mint, mainly unmounted, collection arranged in three hingeless albums, contained in a carton, including 1849 20c. block of six, touched to large margins, 1862 Ceres 25c. reprint, good even margins, perf. 14 x 13½ 5c., 10c., 20c., 1863-70 Laureated issue 1c., 2c., 30c., 1871-76 1c., 30c., 1876-85 Type I 1c., Type II 2c., 30c., 1877-90 3c. drab on ochre, 25c. black on rose (3), 40c. pale red on yellow, 50c., marginal, 1898-1900 2f., 1900-24 figures of value inserted at a second printing 10c. to 30c., entire stamp printed in one 10c. to 25c., 1902 10c. to 30c., 1900-27 Merson 40c. to 20f. including 1f. left marginal block of four, 2f. deep lilac and buff, 1903-39 Sower, 10c. to 2f., with 1903 30c. lilac, 1918 Red Cross Fund 15c. + 5c., 1922 Orphans to +1f. on 5f. + 5f., 1923 Bordeaux Congress 1f., 1925 Paris Exhibition 5f. and miniature sheet, 1926-27 Orphans to 5f. + 1f., 1927 Air 2f. and 5f., 1929 Le Havre 2f., 1928-31 Sinking Fund (8), 1929-33 90c. to 20f. with various types and 10f. (7, with a block of four), 20f. (2), 1937 PEXIP miniature sheet, 1939 Air to 50f., 50f. banknote and South America Flight 10f., and largely complete to 1969 with Airs unmounted mint; selection of Military Frank, Postage Due and Pre-obliterates issues; also wartime occupation issues with 1941 French Volunteer Legion 100f. polar bear miniature sheet. An interesting lot with closer inspection essential. Generally good to fine. (hundreds)
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Estimate
£5,000 to £7,000