FRANCE – 425073

FRANCE – Solid mint and used collection of close to two thousand different issues tracing French postal stamps from the very dawn of philately and into the late stages of the 20^th century on the opposite terminus presented in a Minkus album. The collection includes a densely populated early period section showcasing Napoleon III and Marianne images among others, with such noteworthy standouts like used #3, 11, 12, 12a, 19, 22-28, 31, 41, 44, 96, 133-137, B11, and numerous others! As the collection inches toward mid-century the ratio of mint material goes up, however, the collection is mint/used to some extent all the way into modernity. Well balanced collection with regular and back-of-the-book portion nicely represented in chronological order side by side (Minkus style). Gen. VERY FINE, mint og (we photographed the collection to 1960s, roughly 1/3 of the album)