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- 54%- 54%AUSTRIA - 1,500 Mint and Used, 1850-1990s, Scott Specialty Album, Early Classics, BOB, Continuous Coverage, VF – 426611
$300.00$650.00This attractive mint and used Austria collection brings together roughly 1,500 different issues spanning a century and a half of Austrian postal history, from 1850 through the 1990s, all housed in a... -
- 57%- 57%INTERNATIONAL - Several Hundred Different Mint and Used, Classics to Modern, No Duplication, Worldwide Coverage, VF – 426040
$233.00$545.00This varied lot brings together several hundred different mint and used stamps with virtually no duplication, ranging from classic issues through modern material and covering countries across the... -
- 56%- 56%BELGIUM - Scott Specialty Album, 1,000 Different, Mid-19th Century to Late 1970s, Regular and Semi-Postal, Colonial Section, VF – 426692
$328.00$750.00This attractive Belgium collection is housed in a Scott Specialty album with pristine pages, bringing together roughly a thousand different issues tracing Belgian philately from the middle of the... -
- 56%- 56%INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION – Syria to Yugoslavia, Several Thousand Mint & Used, Organized on Minkus Pages, 100+ Pages, Generally VF – 426374
$451.00$1,020.00INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION – SYRIA TO YUGOSLAVIA – Several thousand mint and used issues fill this well-organized binder on Minkus pages, covering countries from Syria to Yugoslavia across 100-plus... -
- 55%- 55%FRANCE - Scott Specialty Album to Late 1970s, Complete Red Cross Booklets, Semi-Postal and Airmail Core, Many NH, VF – 426351
$267.00$600.00This attractive Scott Specialty album traces French postal stamps into the late 1970s, offering a well-structured housing option for collectors looking to relocate or expand an existing French...
Description
This attractive France collection is housed in a Minkus album with spaces running well into the 1980s, populated by close to 1,500 different mint and used stamps. The first half of the 20th century is the strongest section, with mostly densely populated pages throughout, and the collection reaches all the way back to the very dawn of French philately with numerous Ceres issues - some of the most iconic and recognizable stamps in all of classic European philately.
Both regular and semi-postal sections are well represented, giving the collection meaningful depth beyond the standard definitive and commemorative material. Semi-postal coverage of this quality and consistency in a France collection is genuinely appealing to specialist collectors and adds real catalog strength to what is already a broad and well-organized holding.
Condition is generally Very Fine throughout, with mint stamps showing original gum. For the general collector, this lot offers a strong foundation across more than a century of French philately in a single purchase, with the Minkus album framework providing plenty of room to continue building into the modern era. For the accumulator or specialist, close to 1,500 different issues with strong classic era density and solid semi-postal representation is a practical and immediately usable France collection. Approximately one third of the album was photographed, covering material through the 1940s.
