THE MARC WEINBERG-MARTIN COLLECTION OF FRENCH MARITIME MAILS. Comprehensive collection of approximately 308 items mostly mounted on exhibition pages, incl. North Atlantic (50 with some forwarders, one French Royal Packet cover, a strip of the 5c Indian Red No. 28A and a 30c 1860 on cover), Caribbean and South Atlantic (77), Far Eastern (26), Indian Ocean (13) and Mediterranean (142), a fantastic selection of the different lines incl. usages to, from or through Colombia, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Chile, Mexico, Caribbean (incl. West Indies), Suriname, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Cuba etc., lines to Italy, Alexandria, Levant and Syria with many feeder lines such as AB, X, Y, M, U and others, also routed through, to and from Siam, Saigon, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Batavia, Aden, Calcutta, Gonakry, Senegal, Reunion, New Caledonia, Mauritius and others, several stampless, marvelous range of frankings and markings with virtually all selected for the strength of the markings and overall eye appeal, some flaws to be expected

VERY FINE. A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN EXHIBITION-QUALITY COLLECTION OF FRENCH MARITIME MAILS, TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH MAILS DURING AN IMPORTANT PERIOD OF COLONIAL EXPANSION AND JOCKEYING BY THE MAJOR POWERS FOR INFLUENCE AROUND THE GLOBE.

The covers offered in this collection have been off the market for many years. Many are mounted on carefully annotated pages that were exhibited by Marc Weinberg-Martin.

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