30th Aug, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postal History & Postcards
96
France
Collection in eight well-filled Davo hingeless albums with slipcases, from classics onwards, mixed condition yet a fairly clean run predominantly mint/MNH from early 1900s through to 2013, plus incomplete 2014. Book 1 includes 1870 Ballon Monté cover to Brussels, spacefiller Ceres 1fr and Napoleon 10cts 'B' under neck, good range of 1876-90 'peace and commerce' incl. mint to 40cts, 'sowers' incl. 1906 35cts dark violet MNH signed (Yvert 136c, cat. €460), 1926 5fr+1fr orphelins used, sinking fund surcharges 1927 and 1928 MNH, 1928 1.50fr+8.50fr blue MNH (Yv.#252, cat. €260), 1929 Le Havre Expo ovpt mint (Yv.#257A, cat. €900) requiring expertization, 1929 and 1930 sinking fund surcharges mint, 1931 set with top value MNH (Yv.#277, cat. €235), fresh mint 10fr La Rochelle and 20fr Pont du Gard, etc, etc. Interleaf pages also for pre-cancels and other back of book incl. 1944 liberation ovpts incl. Annemasse set MNH (top value signed). Face value in 21st century is at least €2,800.
Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £750 - £1,000
Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 30th Aug, 2023
The sale, along with many interesting intact collections and accumulations, features the philatelic estate of a British Commonwealth enthusiast with highlights being mint multiples from a major 'provenance' sale and his main collections of Canada and Gibraltar. The Postcards section includes excellent focused albums of local Yorkshire regions, Teesside, Stockton, Norton, etc, as well as colourful and unusual specialised collections on themes of Golf and Billiards.
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Tuesday 29 August 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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