380th Auction

PREPHILATELY AND STAMPLESS LETTERS: 1697/1853 (ca.), group of over 60 folded letters from France and Belgium, some "APRÈS LE DÉPART" marks etc., condition varies from poor to very fine

1839/80(ca.), interesting group with more than 230 covers from pre-philately, including better single frankings like Ceres 1 Fr. (Mgl.) as EF, various colour- and mixed frankings, R-letters etc., somewhat different condition

1849/53, 1849 20c. black very fine horizontal pair tied with lozange grid to front of a folded entire from Clermont Ferrand to Bort, also 1853 5c. and 40c. (both with faults) tied losange "216" to front of a folded entire from rural origin to Prussia, alongside circle OR handstamp, "SAAREBRÜCK" transit postmark; fine to very fine (Mi.- Nr. 3, 11, 15)

1894/1901, collection with nearly 80 unused and used private postal stationeries and postal stationeries with overprints with emphasis on the issues with topic "France and Russia" with many variants, R-GSU etc., plus several postcards on the same topic, mostly in good condition

1860/1990 (ca.), French colonies/French area, comprehensive used and mint balance in 13 albums plus stockcards/approval books, comprising various countries of Asia, Africa and America, well sorted from ancient to modern, also covers.

1885/1950 (ca.), French Indochina/French India and some Portuguese India, mint and used balance on album pages/stockcards, also 29 covers/cards/stationeries, slightly mixed condition but mainly fine.

French colonies in Africa: 1888/2012, mint never hinged, unused and used collection, including good issues like Franz. Equatorial Africa Mi.-Nos. 155-60, extensive Algeria with Mi.-No. 393.

1900/77 (ca), accumulation of over two hundred stamps and dozens of covers, including Algeria, Cote des Somalis, Djibouti, Diego Suarez (Sage type), some Portuguese Cap Verde, French Congo, Madagascar 1912 overprints, Diego Suarez (Sage type), also some modern envelopes from Tunisia, Spanish Sahara, overall condition very fine

1900/2000 (ca.), French Southern Hemisphere, comprehensive used collection, comprising TAAF incl. better early issues, French Oceania, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, also included are apprx. 240 covers/cards incl. a Terre Adelie 22.6.1950 cover.

1849/1962, collection of over two hundreds (200) used stamps and covers, neatly mounted on album leaves, starting with a 1849 folded entire tied by cds "MOSTAGANEM", some forerunners cancelled by "ALGER" postmarks, 1927 Charity set complete, tied by cds "ALGER" to front of local envelope; condition varies, mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/377)

1892/1900, collection of two covers, two cards and over thirty (30) used stamps, neatly mounted on album leaves, starting with First Issue 15c. light blue horizontal strip of three, tied to a fragment in combination with Third Issue 5c., also 10c. and 15c. tied by cds. "WHYDAH" to front of an envelope to Germany, endorsement "via Cotonou p. Guinée" alongside, arrival receiver on reverse "LANGENSALZA 28 10 96", condition fine to very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 6/41)

1899/1963, collection of over two hundreds (200) used stamps with some multiples, neatly mounted on album leaves, with better items such as 1905 5fr. violet/blue (Mi 17), 1913 50c. lilac brown/brown BISECTED and tied by cds "SAVE" to small fragment (Mi 53), also some covers and cards including 1937 Block tied by cds "PORTO NOVO" to a printed matter to La Réunion, 1894 Benin overprinted postage dues, etc; mostly very fine

1915/63, collection of over four hundred (400) used stamps and over 25 covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves,  starting with a scarce assembly of the 1915 Military Occupation set "Corps Expéditionnaire Franco-Anglais Cameroun" (over 30 stamps, Mi.-Nr. 1/15), complete with duplicates, including better items such as 20c. (2), 1fr. (2), 5fr., 1916 "Occupation Francaise du Cameroun" (over 20 stamps, Mi.-Nr. 16/29), also complete set with duplicates including better items such as 1c. olive/brown (2) and 2fr. carmine/brown (3), extensive range of the following issues with some duplicates, souvenir sheet, some fine registered covers with multiple frankings, condition varies but mostly very fine, the earlier overprinted sets signed Calves or Roumet, a nice collection (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/321)

1915/84, mint never hinged, unused and used collection with a.o. Mi.-Nos. 177-207, 592-97 (3 strips of three) Bl. 7 (2), Bl. 8 etc.

1917/38, 7 covers and cards, including 2 registered, all sent to Switzerland.

1890/94, collection neatly mounted on album leaves of over fifty (50) used stamps, starting with some general colonies issues used in Diego Suarez, 1890 first issue complete, with some better items such as 1891 Mi. 10, also 1891 postage dues; overall condition is very fine, with some signed Calves or Brun (ex Mr.-Nr. 1/50)

1892/1973, collection of hundreds of used stamps on albums sheets, starting with 1892 Obock overprinted stamps, 1893 Triangular Camel Post, France Libre issues, also some postage dues, 1937 Block on and off cover, some duplicates; overall condition is generally very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 2 I / 67)

1948/98, mint never hinged collection, from 1969 on complete, plus more stamps and some FDC concerning Antarctica

1891/1961, collection of over four hundred (400) used stamps and a dozen covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album pages, starting with First Issues, including better items such as 1891 5c. on 25c. tied by rare "CORRESPONDANCE MILITAIRE CONGO FRANCAIS" (Mi 4II), 15c. on 25c without dot after 25 (Mi 10), 1901 Pictorials study group including 1fr. grey/olive (30), 2fr. carmine/brown (30) and 5fr. orange-brown/grey (36) (Mi 42, 43, 44), also some Sage type reply cards and postal stationeries, excellent assembly, condition fine to very fine, signed Calves or A.Brun

1936/58, collection of over three hundred (300) used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, with some better items such as 1940 Afrique Francaise Libre 1,50fr. black/olive-yellow (Mi 155), 3,75fr. reddish-brown/blueyish-grey (2) (Mi 157), 1943 10,75fr. violet-brown/grey (Mi 213), souvenir sheet, some covers with multiple frankings, censorship, etc.; overall condition is fine to very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/312)

1894/1964, collection of over 200 used stamps neatly mounted on album leaves, some duplicates with a range of postmarks, also a few covers including 1894 40c. dark orange-red/blue tied by cds "KATI" to front of a registered envelope to Paris, arrival on reverse "PARIS DISTRIBUTION 6 1 03", overall very fine condition 

1892/1960, collection of over two hundreds (200) used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted on album leaves, starting with forerunners Sage 75c. rose imperforate tied by cds "BOKE 29 JANV 94" (Mi 34b), 1892 First Issue with some duplicates, etc.; overall condition mostly very fine, a very nice specialist assembly

1915/86, mint never hinged, unused and used collection with a.o. British Occupation Mi.-Nos. 22-33, mint never hinged parallel issues etc.

1916/61, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and covers, neatly mounted on album leaves, including a range of "Occupation Franco-Anglaise" issues on and off cover, overall condition is very fine

1886/1971, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps, some multiples and a few covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with First Issue 10c. on 20c. (fault) (Mi 2), better item such as 1888 25c. on 5c. (Mi 8), 1889 15c. on 5c. (Mi 11), scarce assembly of 1889 15c. (1) and 25c. (3) black on rose and green native paper, clearly identified by their sheet position (Mi 14, 15), 1912 Issue gutter blocks including 5fr. violet/blue type I and II, etc., a couple of forgeries clearly identified as such, condition fine to very fine, earlier issues signed Calves, Roumet, Brun (ex Mi.-Nr. 2/408)

1892/1967, collection of over two hundreds used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted on album leaves, including a scarce group of 1884 General Issues postage dues tied by cds "GRAND BASSAM" or "DIBOU", 1892 Sage overprinted issues, 1941 Secours National complete set tied by cds "ABIDJAN" to front of a local cover, etc; overall condition mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/210)

1895/1965, Collection on album leaves, hundreds of used stamps and a few covers, neatly mounted and described, many duplicates with a range of postmarks including cds. "ANKARA", 1895 Madagascar Expedition Corps cover, some plate flaws identified, 1904 Provisional Bisected including 30c. brown/blue tied by three lines "Affranchissement exceptionel (faute de Timbres)" to front of a local envelope (Mi Ve), postage dues complete 1896 set used, some better items like 1943 France Libre Mi. 392; overall condtion is mostly very fine

1906/61, collection of over two hundreds (200) used stamps, neatly mounted on album pages, with better items such as 1906 5fr. red (2), also a few covers, overall condition very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/162)

1921/62, collection of over hundred used stamps, neatly mounted on album leaves, also a few covers, overall condition fine to very fine

1893/94, small collection of over thirty stamps used, including some general colonies issues cancelled in Nossi Be; mostly very fine

1891, 35c. on 20c. red on green paper, tied to as small fragment, 50c. on 30c. brown and 10c. on 5c. green used, also a few stamps from the general issue used in Nossi Be; mostly very fine, better items signed Calves  (ex Mi.-Nr. 4, 5, 11)

1845/81, collection of over thirty (30) used stamps and seven stampless covers, starting with 1845 folded entire tied by cds "ST DENIS ILE BOURBON", circular "PP" alongside and arrival red cds "MAURITIUS POST OFFICE" on reverse, following with general issues cancelled in La Réunion, with better items such as 1859 10c. bistre horizontal pair with couché, condition varies, mostly very fine

1885/1975, Collection mounted on album leaves, hundreds of used stamps starting from the second issue, with better items such as 1885 Mi. 3 (signed Brun), a few multiples, souvenir sheet 1, postage dues, also a few covers; overall condition very fine 

1859/81, General Issues, specialized assembly of over fifty (50) used stamps and one cover, neatly mounted and mostly described on album leaves, starting with 1859 Eagles tied by postmark dotted diamond "SNC", Cérès, Sage and Alphé Dubois, including better items such as Sage 1877 75c. rose horizontal pair tied cds "DAKAR", Eagle 10c. bistre horizontal pair, touched at upper left, tied by dotted diamond "SNG" to front of an envelope (part back flap missing) to Toulon, redirected to Brest, on front departure cds "SENEGAL SAINT LOUIS 27 JANV. 65" and "CORRESPONDANCE D´ARMÉES" alongside, shipmail cds (unclear), back arrival cds "TOULON SUR MER", etc; condition varies, mostly very fine

1887/1966, collection of hundreds of used stamps, as well as some covers, neatly written on album leaves, starting with 1887 15c. on 20c. horizontal pair with both type XVII and XX se-tenant, 1892 Sage issues with some duplicates, including some covers such as 5c. green two strips of three tied by cds "SENEGAL" to front of envelope (faults) to Bordeaux, etc.; condition varies, mostly fine to very fine

GORÉE: 1859/61, group of six (6) folded entires to Bordeaux, five struck by blue cds "GORÉE", endorsed "Voie anglaise", maritime to Bordeaux with cds "COL. FR. ANGL. AMB. CALAIS." alongside, from the Sengenes correspondance, some small faults, fine to very fine