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Auction: 151 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 940

French Colonies valuable mostly mint collection of few thousand in mounts on custom pages in four binders, all in box, primarily African colonies mostly commencing with the Navigation and Commerce issues to about 1960, including Dahomey with 1899-1905 and 1906-07 sets, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa, French Guiana, French Guinea with 1892-1900 to 1Fr., 1906-07 set, French Sudan with 1894-1900 set, Guadeloupe with 1889 sets, 1892-1901 set, range of later sets, two better items signed, Ivory Coast with 1892-1900 and 1906-07 sets, Martinique with 1886-95 5c on 4c used, 1892-1906 set mixed mint and used, Mauritania with 1906-07 set, New Caledonia with 1892-1904 set, Niger, Ubangi-Shari, Upper Senegal & Niger, Upper Volta, Wallis & Futuna Islands, excellent range of semi-postals, airmails, postage dues, few souvenir sheets and the occasional booklet pane, mint includes o.g., l.h. but with much n.h., scattered used, few small faults, generally fine-very fine; a fresh, clean collection well worth inspection; Scott catalog exceeds $35,000.00.

Sold for
$5,000