France & Colonies

NEW CALEDONIA, 1986 Orchid 44f. on Maximum Card	-	$3.00 $5.00	19m
Tunisia, Selection between SC 422 450 MNH	4	$4.69	32m
FRANCE - NICE EARLY SELECTION	-	$2.99	41m
France Selection of Early Stamps Mint Used	5	$15.87	42m
FRANCE SC#686 FDC"LE ROI SOLEIL" UNADDRESSED VERSAILLES	1	$4.99	52m
France Cameroun 6 Pages	-	$9.99	1h
ANDORRA POSTAGE DUE OPT ANDORRE 60C GREEN MOUNTED MINT	-	$4.48	1h 2m
France 1870-73 Sc# 50 - 59 FU Completed Set	-	$25.00	1h 9m
NiC FR COLONIES FROM OLD COLLECTIONS HI-CAT i348	-	$0.99	1h 10m
NiC FRENCH GUINEE FROM OLD COLLECTIONS HI-CAT i349	2	$0.99	1h 14m
FRANCE, 1963 Freedom From Hunger 50c. Maximum Card.	-	$2.50 $4.50	1h 14m
FRANCE MNH 2007 FACE VALUE 16.00 EUROS	2	$9.50	1h 16m
FRANCE, 1967 Winter Olympic Games 60c. Maximum Card.	-	$2.50 $4.50	1h 18m
Tunisia, Collection SC 470-509 MNH	6	$5.50	1h 20m
France 1876-78 Sc# 64 - 76 FU Completed Set	-	$85.00	1h 30m
FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC SC# 76 MNH POLAR EXP ANNIV	1	$0.99	1h 30m
FRANCE COMMERCIAL COVER CAUORV WASHINGTON DC 1912 SC168	-	$5.50	1h 30m
ANDORRA 100 FRANC AIR BLUE MOUNTED MINT SG F143	-	$22.44	1h 33m
Monaco 1948 Francois J. Bosio Issue MH (X21)		$59.95	1h 33m
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC SC# 76 MNH UNDERSEA EXP	1	$0.99	1h 34m
FRANCE, 1967 Hugues Capet 40c. Maximum Card.	-	$2.50 $4.50	1h 34m
FRANCE commemoratives 23 U sets some long 2006-2009 era		$39.94	1h 52m
France -- 20 diff used 1980-81 commems -- catalog $8.55	1	$0.99	1h 53m
France Semi Postal Scott # B54-B59		$32.50	1h 55m
FRANCE SOMALI COAST 1943 FRANCE LIBRE PART SET MNH	-	$15.95	1h 55m
Tunisia, Selection 1950's all MH.	1	$0.99	1h 57m
Tunisia, Collection SC 510-537 MNH	2	$0.99	2h 6m
France Semi postal Scott # B 87-B89A. Mint		$22.50	2h 7m
Mauritania Collection	-	$2.00	2h 8m
FRANCE NAPOLEON PYRAMIDS MUMMY EGYPT MILITARY 1972 RARE	-	$4.99 $9.99	2h 15m
FRANCE NAPOLEON PYRAMIDS MUMMY EGYPT MILITARY 1972 #2	-	$4.99 $9.99	2h 17m
French Levant Sc106 on PPC pmkd Constantinople	-	$20.00	2h 17m
France 1935 1.50Fr Normandie Shade MNH 460Euros	-	$199.99	2h 19m
ALGERIA 1926. Cover to Denmark	-	$2.50	2h 22m
ALGERIA 1928. Cover to Denmark	-	$2.50	2h 26m
FRANCE SC 3411 JEAN-JACQUES HENNER PAINTING MNH	-	$2.00	2h 26m
France Recent Used Postage Stamps	5	$2.84	2h 26m
ALGERIA 1926. Cover to Denmark	-	$0.99	2h 30m

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