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Public Auction #440

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COVER ACCUMULATIONS — French Offices in China
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
201CVPhenomenal French Offices in China in a Safe binder on homemade exhibit style pages. Titled “Bureaux Francais et Indochinois en Chine” (French and Indochinese Offices in China), this 48-page former award-winning exhibit from 1876 to 1940 is organized in the European style and written in French. Divided into four section consisting of Military Post Occupation, Offices in North and West China, Kouang-Tcheou-Wan Territory, and Indochinese Offices in South China. Consists of 78 covers, postcards, and postal cards. Surely has some very scarce and difficult to find postal history including multifranked and mixed franked covers. Nicely annotated, perfectly described in philatelic text so all you need is some basic knowledge of French to fully comprehend the awesomeness and completeness of this selection. Once in a decade opportunity to view and bid on a holding of this magnitude. All the pages have webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 8000.00
Price Realized: $8,000.00