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Auction: 176 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Auction
Lot: 546

French Colonies & Offices Abroad valuable group of mint and used collections, including stock pages of Benin through Tahiti nineteenth century used, useful Offices in China and Turkey, a few signed examples including Cavelle #J1, Guadeloupe #12 (signed Brun), Obock on old-time French album pages, mostly mint, with #33-44, good run of mint/used 1894 issues to the 1fr, several folders of Benin with useful used 1892 issues including #1-5 used, #3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13 mint, #20-32 and #33-45 mint, J1-4 used, Dahomey with #1-16, 17-31, Cameroon with #101-5, 106-15 mint and useful World War II-era semi-postals, French Congo with #3, 5, 7a, 8, 8b, 10, 11, etc, Algeria 1924-58 on Scott pages with mint #1-32, 33-67, B1-13, C4A, St. Pierre & Miquelon with #1-3, 19-35 (missing 32), 36-45, 79-109, Tahiti with #8-11 mint, and much more, some sets a mix of mint and used, varied condition with some small faults, many fine-very fine examples, with catalogue value well into five-figures, a powerful group of valuable collections.

Sold for
$12,000