Lot No
6133 6134
6135 6136 6137
Cat No
Description France - Colonies - Fezzan - continued
1948-50 1948 Airs set SG38/39, 1950 pair SG 51/2 and 1950 Dues SG 53/8 fresh m.m. (10) Cat. £56.75 .......................................................... £30 40-50 1949 Definitive set fresh m.m. (11) Cat. £50 ......................................... £25
59-72 1951 Definitive set to 200f fresh m.m. (14) Cat. £110 ........................... £50 FRANCE - COLONIES - FRENCH GUINEA
90
1928 Cover franked with 1922 pair 25c violet & black (SG 90) tied by KINDIA cds with second strike alongside. Addressed to ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST with transit and arrival marks on reverse. US4 ........................... £18
43 & 7 1948 Airmail cover franked on front with 1947 3 x 2fr orange red and on reverse with two pairs 1945 50c orange & blue grey ‘French West Africa’ issue (SG 43 & 7) all tied by KANKAN cds’s. Addressed to FRANCE with two strikes of small ‘T’ in triangle tax marking but with no sign of any postage due being collected. US4 ......................................................... £12
6138 93
1957 Airmail cover franked with 1957 15fr deep bluish green & deep turquoise ‘French West Africa’ issue (SG 93) tied by KINDIA cds with second strike alongside. Addressed to USA, taxed on arrival with small ‘T’ in triangle tax markings and ‘Postage Due 20 cents Rated at Air Mail Field Midway, Ill’ marking in purple. US4 .............................................. £6
6139 89
1957 Airmail cover franked with pair 1955 15fr blue & indigo ‘French West Africa’ issue (SG 89) tied by CONAKRY cds’s. Addressed to USA, taxed on arrival with small ‘T’ marking and ‘Postage Due 2 Cents New York AMF’ marking in purple and printed 32c red perforated CHICAGO ‘POSTAGE DUE’ label attached alongside. New York transit cds on reverse. US4 ......................................................................................... £6
6140 105
1958 Airmail cover franked with 1958 20fr bright purple, deep bronze green and yellow olive ‘French West Africa’ issue (SG 105) tied by unclear CONAKRY cds. Addressed to USA, taxed on arrival with small ‘T’ in triangle tax marking and ‘Postage Due 19 Cents New York AMF’ marking in purple with printed 19c red perforated CHICAGO ‘POSTAGE DUE’ label attached alongside. New York transit cds on reverse. US4 ...................... £6
6141 51
1958 Cover franked with 1947 20fr chocolate ‘French West Africa’ issue (SG 51) tied by CONAKRY machine cancel. Addressed to USA, taxed on arrival with small ‘T’ in triangle tax marking and ‘Postage Due 19 Cents New York AMF’ marking in purple with printed 19c red perforated CHICAGO ‘POSTAGE DUE’ label attached alongside. New York transit cds on reverse. US4 .................................................................................... £6
6142
M968 1958 Cover franked with single 1946 carmine red FM ‘Military Frank’ issue (SG M968) tied by KINDIA cds with second strike alongside and circular BATAILLON AUTONOME DE KINDIA LE VAGUEMESTRE’ cachet in purple on front. Addressed to USA taxed on arrival with multiple strikes of small ‘T’ in triangle tax marking and ‘Postage Due 15 Cents New York AMF’ marking in purple. NEW YORK transit cds on reverse. US4 ............ £15
6143 192
1959 Cover franked with 1959 20fr orange ‘Republic’ issue (SG 192) tied by CONAKRY machine cancel. Addressed to USA, taxed on arrival with small ‘T’ in triangle tax marking and ‘POSTAGE DUE 12 CENTS FOREIGN SECTION G.P.O. N.Y.’ marking in purple with printed 12c red perforated CHICAGO ‘POSTAGE DUE’ label attached alongside. US4 ...................... £6
FRANCE - COLONIES - FRENCH INDIAN SETTLEMENTS 6144 6145 6146
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 US4 ............... £162
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) US4 ..................................................................................... £52
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) US4 .............................................................. £187
6147 6148 6149 6150 6151 6152 6153
6154 6155
66a 23 21a
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) US4 ................................................................. £44
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) US4 ......................................................................... £71
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) US4 ............ £129
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) US4 ................ £32
1903 Provisional surcharge 40c on 50c rose in attractive horizontal pair, fresh mm - apparently with forged overprints with RPSL cert (2011). (2) Cat. £900 US4 ..................................................................................... £71
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 US4 PH Plate 14 .............................................. £410
1923 Surcharged issue postage due 6ca, 1fa 12ca & 1fa 15ca um plus 4c fu in very scarce millesiéme pairs - very seldom seen. (8) US4 PH Plate 14 ........................................................................................ £129
1923 Surcharged issue 6ca on 10c with variety ‘double overprint’ [Yv.63a], fresh mm, expertised on reverse. Cat. £170 US4 ..................... £44
1925 Cancellation interest on 1914-29 pictorial issues selected for clear strikes - good range of offices & types noted. Cat value £60. (19) US4 .... £20
6156 D108-114 1929 Postage Due: 1929 new currency set 4ca - 3fa in very scarce matching um (dryish gum) top marginal millesiéme blocks of four, with ‘9’ for the 1929 printing. (28) US4 ....................................................... £187
6157 6158
1930 Tourist vignettes in large stamp format (13) plus five PPCs (3 are used). (18) US4 .................................................................................... £32
108-111 1931 Colonial Expo vfu set on unaddressed cover with Exhibition cancel and three other stamps plus a couple of PPCs. (3) US4 .......................... £24
94
Estimate
Lot No
6159
6160 6161
6162
6163 6164 6165
6166 6167
6168 6169 6170 6171 6172 6173
6174
Cat No
110
Description
Estimate France - Colonies - French Indian Settlements - continued
1931 Colonial Expo 18ca value showing background bluing due to offset from poorly-cleaned ink roller: a scarce variety from the first few sheets; two fresh mm examples showing differing degrees of blue plus a scarce fu example on PPC. (3) US4 .................................................................. £38
121/258 1939/1946 Revolution Anniversary set mounted mint & Chad to Rhine set unmounted mint. Very fine (12) Cat. £54 .......................................... £18
1939-49 A small mint balance range on printed leaves with 40 x France Libre opt values, 1948 set, 1949 airs, odd Vichy issues etc. Very clean lot, small duplication (122) ......................................................................... £50
133 var 1941 ‘France Libre’ provisional hand-stamped opts on 2ca value with fu (3) inc very scarce inverted opt example on small piece plus four mm stamps showing various states of the hand-stamp.(7) US4 .................... £100
162r
1941 ‘France Toujours’ red opt on 2r
v.fresh um example of this extremely scarce stamp with Swiss cert. (2002). Cat. £1000 US4 PH Plate 14 ..... £322
162r 1941 France Toujours red opt on 2r black & carmine, very fine unused(minor gum traces). Cat. £1100 US PH Plate 14 ....................... £178
1941 ‘France Libre’ trial overprints on 18caon 30c - four fresh mm examples showing distinct varieties inc ‘broken E’, ‘missing N’ & ‘O for C’. (4) US4 ................................................................................................ £71
V122 var 1941 Pétain issue 4fa4ca deep blue - variety ‘missing value’ - imperforate marginal example, fresh unused (no gum) - proof status? US4 .............. £50 128 1941 ‘France Libre’ opt on 1fa3ca on 35c vfu. Cat. £120 US4 ............... £32
1941 ‘France Libre’ overprint trials - scarce example of the water-soluble ink trial in red on 2ca stamp fu on small piece. US4 .............................. £32
162r 162v
162f 141
1941 France Toujours opt in red on 5r black & carmine/greenish, superb mint, only tiny hinge trace. Cat. £1100 US PH Plate 14 ....................... £356
1941 France Toujours opt in red on Paris Expo 12ca green, very fine mint Cat. £1000 US PH Plate 14 ................................................................ £311
133/152 1941 France Libre diagonal opts on 18 vals to 5r, mint o many unmounted mint. Very fine. Cat. £82 ........................................................................ £28
1941 France Toujours opt in red on 6ca green & grey green, very fine lightly mtd.mint Cat. £1000 US PH Plate 13 ....................................... £311
1941 ‘France Libre’ opt in blue on 18ca with variety ‘inverted overprint’ - vfu example of this very scarce stamp on small piece; normal catalogues £700. US4 PH Plate 15 ...................................................................... £222
1941-52 Scarce use of the provisional 1fa12ca on 50c stationery envelope (folded) registered in 1941 ex Yanaon to Karikal and forwarded to Tirumalayapatnam (scarce arrival cds on reverse); also 1952 usage of the same type (slightly reduced at R) to Saigon with SG 229 & 259 ex Pondichery. (2) US4 .............................................................................. £58
6175 6176 6177 6178
6179 6180 6181 6182
6184
6185 6186
6188 6189 6190
6191
6192 6193 6194 6195
172 162b
1942 ‘France Libre’ opt on 1fa6ca black & orange (corner perf slightly pulled) vfu. Cat. £275 US4 ................................................................... £71
1942 ‘France Toujours’ opts on 18ca on 30c black & carmine vfu on small piece. Cat. £750 US4 PH Plate 14 ...................................................... £193
166, 171 1942 ‘France Libre’ scarce first printing blue-black opts on 6ca and 1fa (light toning) - only 4,000 stamps overprinted; fu. (2) US4 .................... £26
196-202 1942 ‘France Libre’ ovpts on provisional revaluation of 16ca values (only 5,000 sets printed) - very scarce set fu on 2 covers: philatelic but very few recorded. (2) US4 (image available online only) ............................. £129
164b
1942 ‘France Libre’ scarce black overprint on 2ca (only 4,000 printed) vfu on piece with complete cds cancellation. Cat. £325 US4 ....................... £99
171 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ opt on 1fa carmine & grey-green with variety ‘FRANOE’ fu on small piece. US4 .......................................................... £26
169 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ opt on 18ca with variety ‘thin overprint’ [Yv.181a] fu. Cat. £60 US4 ....................................................................................... £18
172
1942 ‘France Libre’ opt in blue on 1fa6ca black & red - fu example of this elusive stamp. Cat. £200 US4 ............................................................... £52
6183 171-180 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ opts on 1fa - 5r values - all with constant variety ‘PRANCE for FRANCE’, fresh mm. (10) US4 .......................................... £64
V124 var 1942 Child protection 3fa8ca brown variety ‘without figures of value’ [Yv. A8b] imperforate, fresh mm (tiny edge thin) - a scarce variety. Cat. £200 US4 ..................................................................................................... £50
175a
1942 ‘France lIbre’ opt in blue on 2fa12ca brown & lilac, fu. Cat. £80 US4 ..................................................................................................... £21
V124 var 1942 Child protection 3fa8ca brown with variety ‘figures of value doubled’ [Yv.8a] fresh mm, expertised Roumet. Cat. £120 US4 ............. £32
6187 170-170a var 1942 ‘France Libre’ opts on 20ca in both red and blue together with similar pair with variety ‘thin overprint’ - all fresh mm. (4) US4 .............. £50
169 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ blue opts on 18ca with ‘PRANCE’ variety m & u plus ‘thin overprint’ [Yv.181a] mm. (4) US4 .................................................. £44
175a var 1942 ‘France Libre’ blue opt on 2fa12ca brown & lilac with variety ‘tilted cross’,
v.fresh um. US4 ......................................................................... £32
169 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ & cross opts on 18ca fresh mm with variety ‘thin overprint’ also two examples of the 1fa value with similar thin opts, in normal and low settings. (3) US4 .......................................................... £24
196-202 1942 France Libre in red with 7 new value surcharges on 16ca black & blue, all hinged mint, a couple of vals with tiny tone spot on gum. Lovely fresh colours. (7) Cat. £475 US PH Plate 14 ........................................ £142
169 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ blue opt on 18ca fresh mm with variety ‘thin overprint’ se-tenant with normal stamp - uncommon thus. (2) US4 ....... £18
1942 ‘France Libre’ opts on SG 154 & 157 (latter with variety ‘broken E in FRANCE’, also SG 193fu and 194-195 vfu on piece. (5) Cat. £44 US4 ... £10
162u-y 1942 ‘France toujours’ opt on 1937 Expo set vfu -very difficult to find used. (5) Cat. £1375 US4 PH Plate 14 ................................................ £322
166, 171 1942 ‘France Libre’ - scarce first printing opts in blue-black on 6ca fu and 1fa mm. (2) US4 ................................................................................... £26
6196 176-77 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ & cross opts on 1r & 2r fresh mm and SG 174 fu - all with variety ‘PRANCE for FRANCE’. (3) US4 .......................................... £14
6197 176-179 var 1942 ‘France Libre’ & cross opts SG 173 and 176-179 all with variety ‘PRANCE for FRANCE’, fresh um /mm. (5) US4 ...................................... £24
6198 6199
207
1942 ‘France Libre’ & cross opt on 1fa3ca on 6fa6ca fresh mm. Cat. £44 US4 ..................................................................................................... £10
1942 ‘France Libre’ & cross opts with variety ‘FRANOE fro FRANCE’ inc SG 211, 212, 215, 217, 218, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225 & 226 - the last with the additional variety ‘thin-backed 6’ - fresh mm. (11) US4 ............ £50
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