Lot No
5898
5899 5900
5901 5902
Cat No
Description FRANCE - COLONIES - DAHOMEY
1912 Surcharged issue inc narrow setting SG 33A-41A (last, no gum) less 40Aa plus wide setting SG 34B, 36B & 37B (pair) - fresh mm. (13) Cat. £144 US4 ............................................................................................ £29
1929-30 Two covers from Porto Novo To Abidjan each with 50c blue and red brown, fine US5 (B) ....................................................................... £10
1931-42 Fresh mm collection on leaves inc SG 96-143 inc exhibition sheet, Vichy issues, SG 143a-l plus dues SG D33-40, 59-66. 90-97 & 143-152. Useful group. (115) Cat. £303 US4 ........................................ £71
1940-1974 AIRMAILS (Mostly) & RAILWAYS. Collection inc. 1940 Air set, 1942 AOF Airs, 1963 H/
val.Airs to 500Fr, later inc. 1974 Locos set, etc. All u.m.(42) Cat. £76 ................................................................................. £25
1961-75 Flora & Fauna - seln sets & singles - 51 stamps & 2 m/sheets much u.m. Cat. £118 ............................................................................ £55
5903 P278-P282 1967 PARCEL POST AIRMAILS Set to 500Fr on 100Fr. Fresh u.m.(5) Cat. £153.5 PH Plate 16 ............................................................................ £90
FRANCE - COLONIES - DJIBOUTI
5904 5905
5906 5907
5908 5909 5910 5911 5912 5913
5914 5915 5916
5917
5918 5919 5920
5921
1902 Provisional surcharges inc SG 106 & 114 fu and SG 108-109 (pinhole) & 114-115 fresh mm. (6) Cat. £215 US4 ................................ £46
108a
1902 Provisional surcharge variety 5c with comma on 75c orange & mauve, wide margins, fresh mm. Cat. £130 US4 ................................... £29
FRANCE - COLONIES - EQUATORIAL AFRICA
1936-1947 AIRMAILS Collection, inc. 1937-43 Flying Boat & Savoia Marchetti vals. to 50Fr, 1940-1 Overprinted similar vals., 1941 Lorraine Cross & Plane set, 1947 50Fr, 100Fr, 200Fr, Airs, 1956 50Fr, 100Fr, 200Fr Airs, etc. All u.m. (39) Cat. £109 ............................................................ £35
D83/275 1937-55 A small, mainly mint, collection on old leaves with 1937 dues set mint, some Vichy issues mint, some 1942 airs mainly mint, 1943-44 airs mint, 1946 Chad to Rhine set, 1947-52 airs trio m & u, later incl 1953-55 airs 50fr, 100fr,200frs used(2) A very clean lot (76) Cat. £160 US3 ........ £37
161
142a 163
161
1940 Provisional surcharge: scarce 10F on air 2F50c (one toned perf, hint of blue crayon in margin) fu. Cat. £160 US4 ......................................... £35
1940 Libre opt in black on 10fr violet & pale blue, fine mint, (signed Brun) Cat. £130 PH Plate 15 ........................................................................ £50
1940 4c Middle Congo with ‘Afrique Francaise/Libre’ opt in red, very fine mint. (Signed Brun) Cat. £90 ................................................................. £30
110/63 1940 Adherence to de Gaulle values through to Middle Congo 4c bronze- green, incl. scarce 5fr with black ovpt., mixed condition, used. (38) ........ £110
1940 Provisional surcharge: scarce 10F on air 2F50c in block of four, vlmm on 2 stamps only. (4) Cat. £560 US4 PH Plate 15 ...................... £129
112/154 1940-41 France Libre overprints, various opt types on mint values to 20fr(2), an odd value with no or slightly toned gum, but much very fine & a very useful base for development (57) Cat. £330 ................................ £190
190-191 1943 Red Cross opts on 2F25c & 10F fresh mm (dryish gum on 191). (2) Cat. £75 US4 ....................................................................................... £15
193-206 1944 “RESISTANCE....” Set complete to 20 fr + 200 fr. All fresh m.m. Scarce set. (14) Cat. £200 US ............................................................... £67
276 1953 Darters 500f u.m. Cat. £47 .......................................................... £28 FRANCE - COLONIES - FEZZAN
38-9 1948 AIRMAILS 100Fr & 200Fr Pair, superb u.m.(2) Cat. £18 ................. £10 FRANCE - COLONIES - FRENCH INDIAN SETTLEMENTS
112-120 1037 omnibus issues fu on leaves inc Colonial Expo set with scarce m/s, Curies & New York Expo. (10) Cat. £122 ................................................ £55
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1892 Tablet issue marginal block of four of the 75c value fresh um plus single examples of the 5c, 20c & 40c mm. (7) Cat. £44 .......................... £20
1892 KARIKAL dotted boxed cancellatiom - range of part-strikes on 1892 values SG 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12 pair &14, the 75c value with complete strike, on small piece. (9) ................................................................................. £65
1892 ‘Tablet’ key-type values in very scarce inter-panneau millésieme pairs of the 1893 printing inc 1c (2 shades), 4c (2 shades), 5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, the extremely scarce 30c, 50c, 75c & 1F; also blocks of the 2c (2), 25c, 40c, 50c, 75c & 1F with millésieme and 2c & 25c pairs from 1899 or 1892 printings respectively - all
v.fresh mm. Fantastic specialist lot. (14 pairs, 7 blocks & a single) ..................................................................... £320
5922 5923 5924
5925 5926
5927 5928
5929 5930
5931 9 10 12
1892 ‘Tablet’ issue specialised study of shades on leaves inc 1c (block of 10 plus 20 singles), 2c (18 inc 2 blocks), 4c pane of 25 plus various blocks, 5c (2), 10c (4 inc pair), 15c (2), 20c (4), 25c (2), 30c (5), 40c (3), 50c (5), 75c (4) & 1F (5) - all but 8 are fresh mm. (150) Cat. £620 ......... £275
1892 ‘Tablet’ issue 1c - 1F plus 1900 colour changes 10c - 50c and 1903 5c on 25c - all Fournier forgeries, very fresh mm plus 30c with cds cancellation - becoming increasingly scarce. (21) ................................... £130
1892 Tablet issue 40c value with scarce and striking variety ‘INDF for INDE’ - very fine and fresh mm example with RPSL cert. (2010). PH Plate 15 ........................................................................................ £80
1892 Tablet issue 75c in scarce millesiéme (3) pair
v.fresh mm plus single 4c stamp with millesiéme margin attached. (3) ...................................... £50
1892 Tablet issue 1c, 4c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c & 50c plus 1900 10c all fu; also Fournier forgery of the 75c value and France 20c with faked INDE overprint. (10) ....................................................................................... £25
1892 Tablet issue 30c & 75c (rounded corner) fu with scarce perfin ‘BJC’ of the Bank of Indochina. 92) ................................................................ £55
1892 Stationery envelopes - 5c and 15c (2) inc used to Saigon, 1903 provisional 15c on 25c and 1906 10c both used to France. Interesting group. (5) ............................................................................................. £90
1892 Tablet issue 30c cinnamon (2 shorter perfs) - fu example of this elusive value. Cat. £60 .......................................................................... £25
1892-1903 Cancellations on ‘tablet’ values selected for good strikes of cds inc Pondichery (7, 2 types), Karikal (4) & Chandernagar (5). Cat £150 as used stamps. Interesting group. (16) ................................................. £70
1892-1907 Letter-cards inc two examples of the 1892 15c card used to France and (uprated with 1c, 4c & 5c stamps for foreign rate) Germany, different Pondichery cds cancellations; also attractive 1907 10c card with 40c stamp for foreign registered rate to Prague - most unusually, all with complete selvedge. (3) (image available online only) ....................... £130
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5952 5953 5954
5955 5956
5957 5958 5959 5960 5961
5962
5963 5964 5965
5966 5967 5968
5969 5970
50a 50a 50
50a 50a
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1903 Provisional surcharge 15c on 25c pale grey & rose, one pulled perf, fu. Cat. £110 ........................................................................................ £44 26-43 1914 Brahma issue 1c - 5F (1F trace blue crayon) fu set. (18) Cat. £90 .. £44
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1914 Brahma 10c - very scarce and unusual ‘découpage’ : a vertical strip of 5 of the central vignette on thin card, showing the printer’s cutting away of the design to modify pressure on the plate for a trial print, prior to the final print run. Seldom seen ......................................................... £165
1914 ‘Temple’ design rupee value - separation proof showing frame with uncleared value tablet and central vignette both in black on thin wove paper; very fresh and scarce .................................................................. £120
26-41 1914 Brahma 1c - 1f less the 2c & 4c values plus SG 52 & 54 all fu. (16) Cat. £84 ............................................................................................... £35
1914 Brahma 1c value with unlisted ‘15c’ overprint, repeated in the margin below; fresh mm. Unusual - essay? ............................................ £40
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1914 Brahma 1c value fresh mm showing a dramatic downward shift in registration of the black central vignette. Unusual .................................. £28
1914-23 Brahma issue 1c - 5F fresh mm with additional shades of most values inc 5F. (30) Cat. £75 ................................................................... £33
1915-16 Red Cross opts on 10c stamps fu inc SG 45 (6 inc fine & scarce block of four), 48, 49, 50 (inc scarce variety SG 50a with cert.) & 51; fine group - not easy to assemble. (11) Cat. £150 ........................................ £80
1915-16 Red Cross overprints inc SG 44 (2), 45 (3 inc pair with opt variety), 48 (6 inc scarce diaginal opts & certificate), 49, 50 (2) & 51 (2) - fresh mm on leaves. Useful lot. (16) Cat. £340 ....................................... £145
1915-16 Red Cross opts small study inc SG 44 m & u, 45 dark red & rose mm, 48, 49, 51 m & u plus SG 50 mm. (11) Cat. £100 US5 ................... £20
1915-16 Red Cross opts on 10c inc SG 45 (2, one with underinked opt), 49, 50 & 51 all vfu. (5) Cat. £30 ............................................................ £14
1916 Red Cross surcharge - scarce positioning proof of T.6 overprint in black on 5c stamp with variety
‘inverted double overprint’. PH Plate 16 ...................................................................................... £80
1916 Red Cross surcharge - T.8 overprint with ‘e for c’ variety - double overprint, one inverted, um with light toning; Richter certificate (1996). PH Plate 16 ........................................................................................ £110
1916 Red Cross surcharge - T.8 overprint with variety ‘e for c’, double & inverted with tops of crosses missing, um some toning, one short perf; Richter certificate (1996). PH Plate 16 ................................................. £90
1916 Red Cross surcharge - T.8 overprint with ‘O for C’ variety with top of ross missing, fine unused (no gum); Richter certificate (1996). PH Plate 16 ........................................................................................ £80
1916 Red Cross surcharge - T.8 overprint with variety ‘e for c’, fresh mm. Cat. £45 ............................................................................................... £24
1916 Red Cross surcharge - T.8 overprint with variety ‘e for c’, double overprint, one short perf, fresh mm. PH Plate 16 .................................. £90
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5932 5933 5934
5935 5936 5937
5938
5939 5940
5941 5942
5943 5944 5945 5946
5947 5948
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Cat No
Description
Estimate France - Colonies - French Indian Settlements - continued
1892-1923 Postal Stationery: comprehensive ranges of unused examples written up on leaves with sub-types inc postcards (5), reply postcards (4), letter-cards (7) & envelopes (30) - no duplication other than shades of 1892 10c card. A very difficult group to assemble. (46) .......................... £240
1895 KARIKAL: dotted box cancellations on stationery envelopes inc (1895) 5c E to Algeria (corner cut) & 1904 provisional 15c on 25c E to Saigon. Uncommon. (2) ......................................................................... £75
1897-1913 Postal Stationery cards used to Europe (one uprated with 1c & 2c stamps) - all different cancellations inc unusual British P.O. cds. Interesting lot. (7) ................................................................................. £120
14-19 1900 Tablet type colour change set 10c - 50c very fresh mm. (6) Cat. £75 ...................................................................................................... £44
14-19 1900 Tablet issue new colours 10c - 50c with additional shades of 45c & 50c -
v.fresh mm. (8) Cat. £65 ............................................................... £28
14-19 1900 ‘Tablet’ type new colours - scarce millésieme pairs of 25c & 50c (‘0’) plus additional marginal 50c, 45c (‘7’) plus blocks of four of 10c (‘9’), 35c (‘6’) & 45c (‘7’) all fresh mm/um. Very difficult to find. (19) .................... £220
1901-04 Pair of 10c reply-cards inc complete example with scarce Yanoan cancellation to Constantinople (unused reply half attached) and an outward half (fold) to Paris ex Mahé. Uncommon. (2) ........................ £55
1903 Provisional surcharge 5c on 25c fu - particularly elusive thus. Cat. £200 PH Plate 15 ............................................................................... £90
1903 Provisional issue surcharge - the very scarce 40c on 50c bright carmine, fresh mm example of this very elusive value; expertised twice on reverse. Cat. £450 PH Plate 15 ........................................................... £220
1903 Provisional surcharge 10c on 25c fresh mm example of this elusive value. Cat. £300 PH Plate 15 .............................................................. £130 22 1903 Provisional surcharge 15c on 25c fresh mm. Cat. £90 ................... £40 23
1903 Provisional surcharge 40c on 50c rose vfu with RPSL cert (2011) - a scarce stamp. Cat. £350 PH Plate 15 ................................................... £165
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1903 Provisional surcharge 10c on 25c - a fu example of this tricky stamp. Cat. £225 PH Plate 15 ............................................................. £90
1903 Provisional surcharge 5c on 25c fresh mm - elusive stamp. Cat. £250 PH Plate 15 ............................................................................... £110
1903 Provisional surcharge 10c on 25c showing the very elusive variety ‘narrow 0 in 10’, fu with Brun expertisation and Olivier certificate (2010). Nice item. Cat. £1500 PH Plate 15 ...................................................... £700
1903 Provisional surcharge 15c on 25c grey on rose, pulled perf - fu example. Cat. £110 ............................................................................... £44
1903 Postal fiscal issue: small study of this complex stamp with the original fiscal stamp plus overprint varieties inc the rare ‘large E’ [Yv. 24a] in pair with normal - all fresh mm inc 2 singles, a pair & a strip of three. (8) Cat. £450 ........................................................................................ £200
1903 Very scarce example of the revived use of the boxed ‘PD’ hand- stamp to authorise cash payment of postage during the 1903 shortage of postage stamps - Pondichery PPC to France; written up on sheet ........... £90
1903 Provisional surcharge 40c on 50c rose with very scarce variety ‘narrow 0 in 40’ - rounded corner/pulled perf o/w fresh unused example (no gum); with RPSL cert (2011) - a fine-looking space-filler of this very elusive variety. Cat. £2000 PH Plate 15 ............................................... £800
1903 Provisional surcharge 40c on 50c rose in attractive horizontal pair, fresh mm - apparently with forged overprints with RPSL cert (2011). (2) Cat. £900 PH Plate 15 ........................................................................ £120
1903 Provisional surcharge 40c on 50c dull carmine, 2 shorter perfs - fresh mm example of this very scarce value. Cat. £450 PH Plate 15 ...... £175
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