Postal Auction April 30th 2025 - 356

Bids to be received by Wednesday 30th of April 2025 1:00 PM

Lots (938)

Lot 325
France

1938-54 Collection of mint and used sets for different printings in Safe album on printed leaves noted most definitive long sets, surcharges, wartime issues, commems, 1949 CITEX 10f orange-red mint (Cat £100), 1950 Nat. Relief Fund mint (Cat £110), plus many more (no airs). Very attractive lot with good cat value. (c600+).

Estimate £ 300.00
Lot 326
France

1943 National Stamp Day. Superb lot of illustrated unfolded letter cards all bearing 1F50c Petain tied with special cds of different towns and cities in France and numbered with various illustrations showing buildings, methods of transport with car, ship, train and boat, Famous people, Coats of Arms, etc, all apertaining to the particular town/city in brown on cream paper. Very attractive (54).

Estimate £ 180.00
Lot 327
France

1946 (17 Jun) Printed first flight airmail cover Paris to Manchester bearing 25f adhs tied PARIS AVIATION cds, on Air France flight, on arrival in Manchester handstamped UNCLAIMED / 498 and return address circle, small label missing otherwise intr item.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 328
France

1953-1975 Collection of used and mainly mint / unmounted mint sets, booklets and M/S for different printings in Safe album on hingeless printed leaves noted 1964 Philatec 1fr U/M (Cat £42), Red Cross Funds, Art Issues, National Relief Funds incl 1954 f.u. (Cat £200), pre-cancelled sets incl 1954-59 (Cat c£140), 1960 set 4 (Cat £60), P. Dues to 100f, 1949-50 air set used to 1000f, 1954 air set used, 1957 air 500f mint, Tourist Publicity, Europa plus many more. Very attractive lot with good cat value. (c430).

Estimate £ 350.00
Lot 329
France

Eclectic group of covers/cards with 1862 Accounts sheet folded to form an entire bearing four margin Napoleon,then 1930's to 1940's with 1936 Philatelic Bourse card with large blue bourse cds, 1938 env to Djibouti with DIRECTION du PERSONNEL MILITAIRE/ 1er BUREAU h/s in violet, 1940 philatelic card bearing 1c & 2c sowers tied with large Czechoslovak Army Post cds' in blue, 1949 CITEX cover with imperf/perf strip of 4 tied with Exhibition cds plus other better stamps of 1930's/40's on flown commercial covers Nice lot with odd fault but many fine and attractive (14).

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 330
France

Mixed collection of earlier on leaves includes 1900-06 Olivier & Merson 50c mint (Cat £130), 5fr mint (poor gum, cat £120), 2f used (2, cat £110 each), 1914 Red X mint, 1922 War Orphans Fund to 25c on 1f + 1f m & u, 1927 1f + 25c f.u. (Cat £60), precancels from 1920-1922 (high cat value), etc, good cat values, approx 130.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 331
France

Modern booklets collection in a ring binder with huge range of different mainly Green letter rates at .80c from the 2000s (17 different books of 12 face €160), then sheetlets (approx 26) incl European Capitals group, Cats etc (Face €110). Attractive lot. Huge cat value as SG around £3 each for singles and £12+ for M/S.

Estimate £ 250.00
Lot 332
France

NEWSPAPERS: 1870/1 'Le Courier de L'Ouest, Three complete newspapers, folded into 4 and annotated in french on pages; one bearing pair of 1c Napoleons' tied with Alencon cds's and revenue tax mark, another with 2c brown Napoleon with the same cds and finally one with same 2c brown tied with Le Breil- s-Merize cds. All are fine with dealers expertising marks and are ready for display. Need to be viewed carefully. Nice interesting lot (3).

Estimate £ 240.00
Lot 333
FRANCE - COLONIES

Chad: 1924 AEF 2c olive-brown and salmon mint with TCHAD overprint showing Afrique Equatoriale Francaise blue overprint double variety, nice example, SG 20 var.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 334
FRANCE - COLONIES

Chad: 1927 20f on 5f violet and vermilion mint showing no stop after F variety, SG 57a.

Estimate £ 30.00
Lot 335
FRANCE - COLONIES

French Southern and Antarctic Territories: 1956 - 71 Selection of Airs with 1956 set of 3 to 500F, 1963 Quiet Sun 100F (unmounted mint) & 1971 Crozet 3 vals to 200F. Very fresh group SG 16/18, 37 & 54/56 Cat £540.

Estimate £ 130.00
Lot 336
FRANCE - COLONIES

French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1956-60 Airs set of three mounted mint key values, SG 16/18 Cat £205.

Estimate £ 46.00

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