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Stamp auction - 27 November 2014
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This auction took place on 27 November 2014. Estimates and realised prices are shown below for information only.
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Sale 149 - French Colonies
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Description of lot
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Realised
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573
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EXTENSIVE ACCUMULATION in a large well filled stock book, mainly pre independence from early to middle periods with some later material, wide range of Colonies, some duplication not heavy, huge cat value (many 1000's)
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£200 to 300 |
£440.00
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574
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AIRMAILS OF AFRICA collection of airmail covers 1919-45 incl. 1925 Feb Survey flight (Paris - Dakar), 1925 Dec 29th experimental flight by rail, air & car between Dakar (Senegal) & Zinder (Niger Coast), 1930 France - Morocco - France (Vicennes Aviation Meeting) round trip cover franking incl. the 1f50 Air used on 8th June (the first day), also 5c Blank & 30 Pasteur + Aviation vignette (all tied) with reg labels for BOURSET/AVIATION, 1937 March 1st Dakar (Senegal) to Cotonou (Dahomey) with cachet, 1937 March 4th return Service Cotonou (Dahomey) to Paris cacheted cover, 1937 March 6th Abidjan - Ivory Coast cacheted cover, 1937 May 17th Niamey - Pointe Noire via Cotonou cacheted cover, 1937 Oct Survey flight Kays - Dakar stage cacheted cover, 1937 Trial flight on Nov 15th Tambalounda - Bamako cacheted cover, 1938 Feb Bamako - Marseilles via Gao cacheted cover, 1936 Madagascar round island survey flight 28th Oct, 1938 July Madagascar Trial flight to Reunion cacheted cover, plus more to view. Attractive lot. (48)
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£300 to 400 |
£300.00
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• Benin
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575
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BENIN 1897 postal stationery letter card 15c blue upgraded with 1c black/rose (Yv 20) x2 and 4c lilac/brown (Yv 22) x2, tied by Ouidah Dahomey d/stamp routed via Cotonou with octagonal French paquebot 'Loango a Marseille L.M. No 1' d/stamp sent on the steamer 'Taygate' addressed to Berlin with arrival on reverse. Very fine item of commercial mail.
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£65 to 75 |
N/S
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576
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BENIN 1903 PPC of the 'Market de Zagnanado' written from Dahomey addressed to France bearing Benin 5c green (Yv 23), cancelled by 'Paquebot' h/stamp, underpaid with 'T/aff' h/stamp and bearing French General Colonies 10c brown imperf (Yv 19), tied by 'Paquebot' h/stamp with Erquy arrival. Very fine item of maritime mail.
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£80 to 100 |
N/S
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• FRENCH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES
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577
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FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERR 1955-circa 2010 mainly UM collection housed in a stock book (damaged spine), virtually complete to 2005 then to 2010 with a few gaps. Condition throughout is fine and appears to incl. all the highly catalogued issues from 1955-74. Later issues are mostly complete & accompanied by appropriate M/Sheets & sheetlets. Also included 2 unused 5f70 aerogrammes plus another pre-cancelled & endorsed 'Piste Endommage-Inauguration Annulee' together with covers and 4 franked with various Adelie Land booklet stamps from set SG.454/54 and cancelled 20.10.2001. Viewing recommended to appreciate the quality of this lot. (553 + 10 m/s & 10 sheetlets) ST.Cat. £5400
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£700 to 900 |
£650.00
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578
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FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERR 1980-2003 FDC collection housed in two albums, an attractive run through incl. lots of useful birds thematics etc. (200)
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£150 to 200 |
£170.00
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• French Islands
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579
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FRENCH ISLANDS fine M collection incl. Comoro Is, Mayotta, New Hebrides, French Polynesia neatly presented on leaves. Clean lot. ST.Cat. Dallay €1789. (100's)
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£200 to 250 |
£180.00
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• French North Africa
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580
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FRENCH NORTH AFRICA 1923-66 first flight covers (23) incl. ALGERIA (6) incl. 1930 May 10th CGA 1st flight direct Algiers-Casablanca Philatelic Exposition card and etiquette with cachet, 1937 April 16 RAA Algiers-Tunis with cachet, MOROCCO (12) incl. 1923 May 3rd CGEA trial flight Casablanca-Dakar with cachet, 1925 June 1st CGEA Casablanca-Dakar registered cover, TUNISIA (5) incl. 1939 Feb 9th Air France Tunis-Damascus with cachet, useful & attractive lot.
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£150 to 180 |
£150.00
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• French Southern & Antarctic Territories
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581
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FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 1956-94 fine M collection on leaves incl. 1955 15f Madagascar optd, 1956 vals to 200f, 1957 Geophysical Year set, then a run through to 1990's incl. good Thematics - birds, sea life etc. (100's) Cat. £1327
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£175 to 250 |
N/S
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• Guadeloupe
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582
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GUADELOUPE 1899 registered envelope to Germany bearing 1c black/azure (Yv 27), 4c lilac/brown (Yv 29), 5c green (Yv 30), 15c blue (Yv 32) and 75c violet/yellow (Yv38), tied by Basse-Terre Guadeloupe double ring with boxed 'R' sent on the French paquebot 'Canada' with octagonal 'Ligne D Paq.Fr.No 1' d/stamp routed via Paris with Baden-Baden arrival.
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£60 to 70 |
N/S
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583
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GUADELOUPE 1904 registered envelope to France bearing 1f on 75c violet/yellow (Yv 49) x3, and 1f on 75c violet/yellow (Yv 49a) x3, tied by Basse-Terre Guadeloupe double ring with boxed 'R' sent to the French paquebot 'Labrador' with octagonal 'Colon a Bordeaux L.D. No 3' d/stamp, routed via Paris with Metz arrival. Nice franking.
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£60 to 75 |
N/S
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• Madagascar
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584
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MADAGASCAR 1905 PPC of 'Bara, Female Warriors' written from Benenitra dated '5th May 1906' sent from 'French 3rd Senegalais, Majunga' addressed to Belgium with Bruxelles arrival '25/6' and boxed 'Rebut' with hand struck instructional 'Retour a l'Envoyeur' and endorsed 'Retour a Benenitra, Madagascar' routed via Egypt with Port Said/Egypte '19/8' French Post Office transit and Tulear/Madagascar double ring arrival '8/10.' Interesting item.
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£40 to 55 |
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585
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MADAGASCAR 1946 envelope to DIEGO SUAREZ franked 3f (3) 'Marianne', insufficient postage & taxed. On reverse '2f' on 1f mauve & '3f' on 1f blue postage dues (2) overprinted 'FRANCE LIBRE'. Scarce.
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£40 to 50 |
N/S
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• Morocco
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586
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MOROCCO 1910-50's postal history collection many mounted up on leaves incl. Censored/War Time, Operation Torch, Airmails incl. first flights, registered mail, cacheted, a good variety of single, multiple or mixed frankings plus a few other Colonies and a small range of British PO's. A super lot, well worth inspection. (240+)
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£500 to 650 |
£500.00
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• St Pierre Miquelon
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587
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ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON 1885-1996 fairly comprehensive chiefly M collection neatly presented on leaves from earlies with optd & Surcharged issues, good Tablet defins, Pictorial defin sets incl. 1909 set of 17, 1922 set of 15, 1924-27 Surcharge set of 11, 1932 set to 3f, 1938 Long set of 33 & later ranges to 1990's plus 1892 Postage Dues, Optd Type 15 10c, 20c, 40c & 60c, Parcel Post 10c black, 10c rose red etc. Nice lot. (100's) ST.Cat. £3870
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£500 to 600 |
£500.00
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