388th Auction

1879, 25 c. black on red rose tied to envelope by CONSTANTINOPLE GALATA 29/OCT/79, bilingual cds., adressed to Aleppo, on reverse french blue transit mark ALEXANDRETTE SYRIA. Turkey 20 para green and 1 piastre yellow 1876 issue tied by all arabic POSTAHANE-I HALEP 1278 (with crescent, A&P #3) on reverse, tiny crease, fine and attractive, vertificate du Vachat (2010).

1904, Sage 25 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type I Setting L-H-O, fresh colours, used with cds. “ZANZIBAR 22 JUIL. 04”, very fine, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 58)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1½ a. blue, Type IV Setting B-F-H, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and scarce, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 34d)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1½ a. blue, Type IX Setting B-D-J, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 26 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and extremely scarce, only 24 printed, signed Kosack and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 34h)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type V Setting A-D-H, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and very scarce, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type IX Setting B-D-J, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with a printing of only 18, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33h)

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type IV Setting L-I-P, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with only 18 printed, signed Calves and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36c)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1½ a. blue, Type X Setting B-D-K, fresh colours, used, very fine. A very scarce stamp with only 24 printed, signed A. Brun and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 34j)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type XII Setting A-D-K, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A very rare stamp with a printing of only 6, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33I)

5 a. + 50 c. on 3 a. brown, Type II Setting L-H-P, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and scarce, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 35a)

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type I Setting L-H-O, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 28 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and very scarce, only 48 printed, signed Calves and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type X Setting B-D-K, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with a printing of only 18, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33j)

5 a. + 50 c. on 3 a. brown, Type IV Setting L-I-P, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A very scarce stamp with only 36 printed, signed Calves and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 35c)

2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type IV Setting B-F-H, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 29 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine. A rare stamp with a printing of only 12, signed Calves, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33d)

1897, Sage 2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type V, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, extremely fine, very scarce, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33)

1890/97, valuable used collection, starting with a nice section of forerunners with Sage 1 Fr. block of six (few faults), Sage 5 fr. two singles and horizontal pair, 1897 overprints issue with a wide variety of types including many rare and better throughout like 1897 Mi.-Nr. 19 (x6), together with some scarce gutter pairs, many signed Köhler, Roumet, Scheller, Calves or A. Brun, an attractive lot with high catalogue value

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type VI Setting L-K-O, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and extremely scarce, only 24 printed, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36e)

1872/1946 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. Forerunners and General Issues, with some duplicates, multiples, gutter pairs and other specialities, some better items throughout with Cérès 80 c. imperforate pair used with dotted “INDE” (Mi.-Nr. 23, signed A. Brun), fine group of Obock with some bisected on pieces, a selection of GC 5080 (Alexandria) cancels on 5 Francs empire and 40 c. Bordeaux, fine section of Reunion, St Pierre & Miquelon, etc., some Fournier forgeries noted, a few values signed A. Brun. An interesting assembly, except for the occasional fault in overall good condition

1856/1940 (ca.), over 120 covers and cards, strength before the 1930s with many multiple and mixed frankings, usages and destinations, noted Senegal with a fine group including Dubois 5c. (x2), 15 c. and 25 c. with blue octogonal “GOREE 23 12 84” to mourning envelope to Brest, New Caledonia with Dubois 25 c. strip of three with “Nlle CALEDONIE NOUMEA 19 AVRIL 89” to envelope to France, fine section of French offices in Asia with large violet circular “CORPS D´OCCUPATION DE CHINE” on franked postcard from “SHANGHAI 22 3 02” to Gibeon in German South West Africa, etc., somewhat mixed condition

1967/78, Collection on 20 Scott Album leaves, mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, very fine

1924/57, Collection on Scott album leaves mint and used starting overprinted issues 1924, largely complete with good part postage due, mostly fine.

1906/44, Collection on 15 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting Ballay set 1906, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due.

1897/75, Collection on 24 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting early overprinted set 1912, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due, additional some Mayotte, Anjouan and Moheli.

1892, Allegory 1 fr. olive/red on yellowish paper, together with additional franking including Forerunner Dubois, each neatly tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO-FRANCAIS AVRIL 1893” to registered envelope endorsed “Par courrier francais”, alongside boxed “R” and red octogonal maritime “LOANGO A MARSEILLE 23 AVRIL 93”, reverse arrival “HAMBURG 13 5 93”, fine and very scarce

1892/94, 6 covers to Germany, some attractive mixed-issue frankings and interesting usages with mail sent via French, Portuguese or German lines, some better items with Mi.-Nr. 4I (pair) and 10 tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO FRANCAIS 15 NOV 92” to envelope via French ship to Hamburg (Yvert-Nr. 4A, 7ba), etc., except for the occasional fault in overall good condition, a scarce assembly

1936/49, Collection on 21 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting Congo overprinted sets 1936, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due.

1892/1952, Collection on 20 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting allegory 1 fr., including good part france libre overprints and air mail issues, complete sets, S/S and postage due.

1941, Paris Exposition 5 fa. with "France Libre" overprint in blue on Souvenir Sheet tied to small piece by "Inde Francaise, Pondichery 21-1-1942" double-circle datestamp, small oil stain at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine, only 775 examples were overprinted and while the unused examples are scarce, we seldom see used examples, signed Roumet

1886/1933, Collection on nine Scott Album leaves, unused and mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, additional few used stamps, very fine

1892/1933, Collection on 17 Scott Album leaves, unused and mint never hinged, from 1913 mainly complete,  including postage due stamps, additional few used stamps in the beginning, fine

1943/58, Collection on 12 Scott album leaves, mint never hinged, starting uprated and overprinted issues, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1906/42, Collection on Scott album leaves, starting General Ballay complete set of 16 (Yv.1-16) unused, later issues including S/S, postage due, mostly fine.

1932, Paris-Noumea Flight  50 c. , unused, lightly hinged, vf, signed Scheller

1921/1944, Collection on 11 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting ‘Territoire du Niger’ overprinted issues, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1891/1964, Collection on 39 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting colonies allegory overprinted issues with multiples, including good part france libre and CFA overprints, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1933/38, Landscapes 15 c. and 55 c., each in imperforated horizontal pair,  mint never hinged, vf (Yvert 130a,136Aa; 890,-)