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  • Lot# : 373 French Congo

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    Catalogue# : 157 Proof
    1935 (Aug 15): 50th Anniversary of the Congo, engraved Die Proof in brownish-black, struck prior to the figures of value being added to the design, printed on thick card (76 x 68 mm.), fresh and very fine.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 456 T.A.A.F.

    1966: Postage 5 F. blue whale violet and blue and Airmail 25 F. Ionospheric research pylon at Adelie Land purple, brown and blue, both in a mint original sheet of 25 stamps Yvert = € 1'900.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 484 General Issues French Colonies

    Tahiti 1884: General French  Colonies Issue, 1 f. olive showing variety: inverted ovpt. 'TAHITI 25 c.", an upper marginal example tied by crisp "PAPEETE 15 SEPT 84 TAHITI" cds to piece. Signed Miro and Calves Y&T = € 1'100+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 485 General Issues French Colonies

    1871: Cérès 40 c. orange in a strip of six, vivid colour, fair to good margins, the left stamp shaved, cancelled by three strikes of the blue mute lozenge, most probably struck in Guadeloupe. Signed E. Diena.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 486 French Somalia

    Cote des Somalis 1894: Definitive of Obock 5 c. green ovpt. DJ showing variety: missing bar over OBOCK, a fine and fresh example, cancelled by dotted lozenge in blue. Signed Brun Yvert = € 1'000.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 487 French Somalia

    Cote des Somalis 1894: Méharistes of Obock ovpt. DJIBOUTI 5 f. red, a fine and fresh example, large margins, fine unmounted og. A scarce and desirable stamp. Signed Scheller Yvert = € 2'300.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 488 French Somalia

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    1902 (April 8): Registered Envelope from Djibouti to Cairo, sent from the French Legation in Ethiopia, franked with 1894/1902 40 c. orange & green-blue on front ant two examples of 0,05 on 75 c violet-brown on orange on reverse, all tied by "COTE FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS DJIBOUTI 8 AVRIL 02" in blue, octogonal 'R' in blue alongside, reverse with Caire (19 IV 02) arrival cds. An impressive cover, cert. Bolaffi (1974).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 489 French Somalia

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    1902: Obock 75 c. violet-brown & red-orange ovpt. '0.05' in blue, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins, cancelled by "COTE FRANCAISE des SOMALIS DJIBOUTI 17 JANV 02" cds in blue. A scarce stamp. Signed Calves. Cert. Scheller (2017) Yvert = € 1'350.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 506 French Guyana

    French Guyana 1921 (July 9): Typographed from Woodblock Plate, 75 c. violet on orange buff paper, rouletted on two sides and imperforate at right and at base, an unused example with large part oval Control cachet 'TRANSPORT / ST. LAURENT' in red, without gum as issued. Small thin at left, a fine example of an extremely rare stamp with just 120 examples issued. Signed Brun Gi 1 = £ 1'700/Scott CL2 = $ 2'600/Maury 2 = € 2'600/Yvert = € 2'300.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 507 French Guyana

    Cayenne 'Winged Helmet' issue 1921 (July 8): T.A.G. 75 c. black on bluish (bleuté), imperforate, three examples each cancelled AVION in black, good to touched margins and a single example of the 75 c. black on yellowish grey similarly cancelled but slight surface crease; three signed Brun Yvert = € 3'600.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 508 French Guyana

    French Guyana 1922 (Feb. 22): Part cover bearing Cayenne 'Winged Helmet' issue 1921 T.A.G. 75 c. black on chair imperforate, good to large margins and General Airmail Issue 1921 TAG 75 c. black on rose, fair to good margins together with Guyana definitive 25 c. violet, the Airmail stamps tied by AVION handstamp, all three stamps tied by "ST. LAURENT" cds's in black, cover sent within Cayenne, then forwarded. Signed Brun.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 509 French Guyana

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    St. Laurent Du Maroni-Cayenne-Inini Route 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on grey, a superb unused example, with large margins all round, unused without gum. Scarce and extremely fine stamp. Signed A. Brun, Calves and Scheller, cert. Roumet (2004) Yvert = € 1'700.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 510 French Guyana

    French Guyana 1886/88: Sage definitive 30c brown imperf. ovpt. "DÉC 1887 GUY. FRANC. / 5 c.", fine and fresh example of this rare stamp cancelled "CAYENNE GUYANNE .. AVRIL 91". Signed Amedée and Jean-François Brun Yvert = € 1'650.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 511 French Guyana

    General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on salmon, a large margined used example cancelled by AVION handstamp in black. A fine example of this scarce stamp. Signed Behr Yvert = € 1'400.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 512 French Guyana

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    General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on yellow, a large margined used example cancelled by AVION handstamp in black. Some minor scuffing but a generally fine example of this scarce stamp. Cert. Roumet (2007)  Gi 11 = £ 1'300/Scott CL14 = $ 1'800/Maury 12 = € 2'200/Yvert = € 2'000.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 513 French Guyana

    General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on grey, a large margined unused example. A fine and fresh example of this scarce stamp. Signed A. Brun Yvert = € 3'600.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 514 French Indo China Local Issues

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    Catalogue# : 17-21I,50-54I
    POST OFFICE IN SOUTH CHINA 1902/04: 1-10 c. in mixed franked with issue 1908 1 c., 2 c. (2), 4 c. (2), 5 and 10 c. on registered cover from "CANTON-CHINE 10.DEC.09" via Shanghai to France with arrival mark, tiny spots and creases.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 110 CHF

    Lot# : 515 French Indo China Local Issues

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    Catalogue# : French Colony P16;P18,16
    1893/1908: French Colony postage Due 10 c. brown  vertical pair tied by cds. "SAIGON-CENTRAL COCHINE 24.AOUT.05" to reverse to underfranked postal stationery envelope from Rangoon and second underfranked envelope from India 1905 with postage due 30 c. carmine and 10 c. brown on reverse, envelopes with tiny spots and marginal tears, otherwise fine.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 516 French Indo China Local Issues

    1892/1950ca: Lot 220 covers from Cochinchina and primarily Tonkin incl. two 1897 covers 'Corps d'Occupation du Tonkin' from Dapcau to France, four red band covers 1901/08 from Binh Tay, Lang Son, Hanoi and the PO in Canton, covers with cancellation interest, Airmail covers with French and Dutch planes from the 1930s, 1945 VIET MINH liberation cover, in addition few stamps from Vietnam.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 517 French Levant

    1802 (Jan 11): Entire letter from Constantinople to Paris endorsed 'via Vienne', thence via Semlin where disinfected with "Netto e Fuori et di Dentro" cachet on reverse in black. Forwarded, presumably in Vienna, with manuscript "G.O.G. & Co. - 6 Fevr." along flap with French "d'autriche" origin marking on front in black; charged '12' décimes due upon delivery.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 518 French Levant

    1852: Entire letter from Smyrna to Syros struck with "Smyrne / Turquie" cds in black and fine EUROTAS French Paquebot datestamp (July 26) in black (Salles fig. 775), applied on the return leg of the Eurotas's maiden and only 1852 voyage (the ship only did six in total prior to being sunk in Alexandria harbour in 1854). Disinfected with slits and charged '60' lepta due for a double weight letter. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 519 French Levant

    1852/53: 10 c. bistre and 40 c. orange, each with good margins all round, tied to 1862 cover to Constantinople by dotted Anchor lozenge in black. Fine strike of Paquebot SINAI cds alongside (Nov 8) in black (Salles fig. 820). Reverse with French P.O. arrival cds (Nov 16). Overall aging to cover but scarce.rnrnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 80 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 520 French Levant

    1863 (July 24): Entire from Alexandria to Basel, Switzerland, forwarded to Zug, bearing a mixed franking of Napoléon imperf. 80 c. rose and Napoléon perf. 10 c. bistre, two fine and fresh examples with large margins and good perf., respectively, tied by '5080' numeral lozenge of the French PO in Alexandrie with "ALEXANDRIE 24 JUIL. 63 EGYPTE" cds, framed PD and French entry "PAQ. AN. V. SUEZ 2 AOUT 63 AMB. MARS. 2"cds in red alongside, reverse with Paris and Basel transit and Zug arrival (5 AUG. 63) cds's. Light fold through the stamps but an interesting franking and charming entire. Postage is 50 c. from Egypt to France and 40 c. from France to Switzerland.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 521 French Levant

    1913: Lot ten covers from Beyrouth and Smyrne, two of them sent registered, all directed to Zurich.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 522 French Levant

    1865/1880ca: Lot 170 used stamps or pieces and five covers from French Post offices abroad or Algeria incl. 1873 Tunis to Marseille with Siège 40 c. in a strip of three tied by 5107 Gros ciffre, 1879 Pointe-a-Pitre to Bordeaux with colonial Cérès 25 c. blue tied by corresponding Paquebot cancellation, 1882 Smyrne to Paris with blue cds, 1865 Salonque to Avignon with Napoléon perf. 10 c. & 40 c., pieces with cancellations of La Guayra, Port Cabello, Mexico, Cap Haitien, and Buenos Ayres, Levant Post offices with Varna Petit Chiffre 4018 in blue, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Alexandrette, Mersina, Galatz, Salonique, Beyrouth, Alexandria, Jaffa, Port Said, Shanghai, Yokohama, as well as post offices from Algeria incl. Guelma, Medeah, Arzeh, Blidah, Bouffarick, Setif, Tlemcen, and Bougie among others.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 523 Obock

    Obock 1892: Postage due, three values 10 c. black to 60 c. black, unused with or without (60 c.) gum, a fresh and fine trio, signed Scheller or Brun. Y&T = € 1'420.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF
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