French Colonies STAMPS FOR SALE
FRENCH COLONIES NOSSI-BE 1893 diagonal overprints complete set (Yvert 23/26, SG 40/43), fine used, 15c small thin, fresh. (4 stamps)
FRENCH COLONIES OBOCK 1892 “Peace & Commerce” set, Yv 32/44, fine mint (13 stamps)
FRENCH COLONIES MOROCCO 1929 AIR “Tanger” set, Scott CB11/20, VFU on plain FDC.
FRENCH COLONIES ALGERIA 1949 200f Air ‘White Storks over Mosque’ issue (Yvert 9, SG 290) superb sunken IMPERF DIE PROOF printed in brownish red on ungummed paper, signed by the designer and engraver Pierre Gandon. Approx overall size 125x160mm. A great birds topical item.
FRENCH COLONIES EQ AFRICA. 1936 5f, 10f & 20f, High Vals, Yv 14/16, FM (3 stamps)
FRENCH COLONIES GUYANA. STAMPS PICTURED on postcard (Zieher, c.1905), unused.
FRENCH COLONIES MOROCCO 1960 45f African Commission Meeting IMPERF DIE PROOF in red-brown on embossed card, as Yvert 396, very fine, signed by designer Jacques Combet, 110x145mm.
FRENCH COLONIES PORT SAID 1920 PPC – general view of Port & Canal, 10c “Sower”.
FRENCH COLONIES LEBANON 1944 Medical Congress optd IMPERF set, Yv 187/188, NHM.
FRENCH COLONIES SOMALI COAST – 1956 500f dp violet & rose Air, Yv 25, v fine used.
FRENCH COLONIES SOMALI COAST 1956 500f dp violet & rose Air, Yv 25, v fine used
FRENCH COLONIES ALAOUITES 1925 50c yellow-green, double opt, Scott 27e, NHM.
FRENCH COLONIES INDO – CHINA POSTAGE DUE. 1919 2 pi on 5F red, variety “DOUBLE SURCHARGE”, Yv 30a, very fine mint.
FRENCH COLONIES FRENCH CONGO 1891-92 USED GROUP on a stock card, includes 1891-92 overprints Type I 5c on 1c (REPUBLICaired, signed Behr) & 5c on 25c and overprints Type II 5c on 20c (a few shortish perfs, signed Brun, cat £600), 5c on 25c & 15c on 25c, vertical overprints 5c on 25c (x2, both types), 10c on 25c & 15c on 25c, plus a few forgeries. Mixed condition as usual. (11 stamps)
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA 1926 5pi on 10pi Air Refugees opt “C” BARRE, Maury 33a, vfu
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA 1926 0.50pi on 1pi Refugees opt “C” BARRE,Maury 175ba,vfu
FRENCH COLONIES NEW CALEDONIA 1939 Revolution Anniv. 4f50+4f Air, Yvert 35, VFU.
FRENCH COLONIES CONGO PARCEL POST 1893 10c grey Fiscal with “Congo Francaise COLIS POSTAUX” vertical overprint reading downwards, Yvert 2, very fine mint.
FRENCH COLONIES ISSUES FOR LEBANON AND SYRIA POSTAGE DUE – SURCHARGE ERROR 1923 2p50 (instead of 3p) on 50c dull claret (Yvert 20a, Maury 21A, SG D121a), never hinged mint
FRENCH COLONIES NOSSI – BE POSTAGE DUE. 1891 20c on 1c black/blue “Commerce”, Yv 1, SG D19, fine mint with blunt perfs to base
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA 1926 2pi on 10pi violet-brown Air Refugees SURCHARGE ERROR (2pi instead of 5pi), Sanabria 44bc, fine mint, fresh & very rare, expertized Sanabria.
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA Dues 1924 3p on 50c “S” INVERTED,Maury 31a, within NHM PAIR
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA Postage Due 1921 2p on 30c 2nd “S” INVERTED, Maury 12b, NHM
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA 1926 15p on 25p surch ARABIC “5” INVERTED, Maury 190a,NHM
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA 0.50p on 1.50p red Refugees overprint with ARABIC DOT OMITTED variety, Maury 177a, never hinged mint PAIR with normal stamp, very fresh & scarce. (2 stamps)
FRENCH COLONIES MAROC 1933-34 defin 5f and 20f, Yvert 147 & 149, blocks of 4 NHM.
FRENCH COLONIES MARTINIQUE 1924 surcharge set complete with additional 15c on 30c red and 25c on 50c surcharge inverted, Yv 105/10, 108a, 110a, fine mint. (8 stamps)
FRENCH COLONIES LEBANON 1924 Olympic Games, surcharged set, SG 18/21, fine used (4 stamps).
FRENCH COLONIES SOMALI COAST 1894 25c on 2c lilac on straw ovptd Djibouti, Yv 2, very fine mint.
FRENCH COLONIES SYRIA POSTAGE DUE. 1923 SURCHARGE ERROR, “Syrie Grand Liban” 2.50 Piastres on 50c dull claret, Yv 20a, Maury 21A & SG D121a, GUTTER PAIR, never hinged mint. (2 stamps)
We sell French Colonies stamps, collections, complete sets, errors and varieties
French Colonies Stamps – The beautiful and wide-ranging French Colonies Stamps are exceptionally popular amongst collectors around the world. Depending on how you count them there are easily 100 different places to collect. From the early General Issues which mimicked the French stamps of the time, to the overprinted French stamps which made the first issues of many places. Also the stamps of the various French Post Offices in foreign countries, through to the colourful and spectacular issues seen throughout the 20th Century and beyond. Although there are significant rarities throughout French Colonial philately it’s also worth noting that it’s possible to obtain many complete definitive and commemorative issues from the early 20th Century at a mere fraction of their British Empire equivalents and this allowed generations of happy philatelists to build significant stamp albums packed with lovely stamps without too many missing rarities!
The first French Colonies stamp was the 1859 10c bistre ‘Eagle’ French Colonial General Issue. These general issues were, with the exception of the first ‘Eagle’ design very similar to regular French stamps, however with slightly different colours or imperforate instead of perforated, or in the case of the 1881–86 Commerce stamps with a “Colonies / Postes” inscription. The stamps are collected used bearing the postmark of the colony they were used at, making them forerunners of the first stamps of those colonies. The Yvert and Tellier catalogue gives comprehensive listings of the General issues and postal history so postmarked, by the colony. From the swaying palms of Polynesia to the frozen wastes of the Southern and Antarctic Territories, and from the deadly jungles of Guiana to the sophistication of Tangier, this wonderful area of philately and postal history offers stamp collectors a little bit of everything.
