Worldwide Public Auction No 48

Excellent mint collection housed in a well filled Lighthouse hingeless album, classics to 1950s, inc 1849 20ct Ceres (cat. ﾀ500), 1852 "B" under necks with scarce 10cts bistre clean unused example (cat.as such ﾀ12,000) small thin at upper margin, 25cts small thin (ﾀ3650), 1853/60 Napoleons 1ct mint and 5cts unused, perf Napoleons inc 1867 10cts bistre, 1868 20cts blue, 80cts rose unused, 1873 ceres "petits chiffres" 10cts and 15cts (ﾀ950), peace and commerce inc. 3cts bistre, 25cts ultramarine unused, 25cts bistre on yellow, 50cts rose mnh, 75 cts violet on orange mnh signed, 2fr bistre on blue, rights of man complete inc, first series types 1 and 11, the 25cts II mnh (ﾀ485), Mersons to 20fr, sowers first series complete inc. 30cts lilac, first orphelins 1917/18 to 1fr + 1fr inc. 15+10ctsmnh, 1922 orphelins surcharges complete, etc. Also Bordeaux 1923 o/p with cert, 1925 Paris Expo m/s stuck but stamps mnh (ﾀ1,100 for singles), 1927 Strasbourg m/s unused, sinking fund surcharges complete, 1937 PEXIP m/s, airposts with 1927 o/ps, scarce perfin 1.50cts blue signed (ﾀ580), good precancels 1920/22 (ﾀ5000), the 55cts on 60cts sower "affranchisements" mnh (ﾀ350), postage dues inc 1881/92 20cts, 1884 1fr and 5fr, 1893/95 30cts orange, 2fr orange, etc post 1930 virtually complete to 1959. Most impressive collection. Condition is mixed (see photos)