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Pasteur: An exceptional monograph on the Pasteur type, inclu…
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Pasteur: An exceptional monograph on the Pasteur type, inclu…
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Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Pasteur: An exceptional monograph on the Pasteur type, including proofs such as a very rare black proof taken from the 50c service die; a collective proof with the face of the stamp visible on or below the stamp. For the 10c green, there are varieties including Specimen, partial impression, misprint, overprinted ‘ALGERIE’ extending to the ‘E’, colonial overprint varieties including Greater Lebanon, Syria, Alaouites, plus booklets including SPECIMEN booklets, Pasteur on screen, Ville du Doux and Normandy, Maurice Digeaux and Algeria. For the 30c red, there are still varieties on the colonial stamps, including Alaouites, Grand Liban, Algeria and Syria, such as accordion folds, misplaced overprints and RV. For the 50c., there are printing pads, printing and perforation varieties, the roulette with its closure strip, as well as varieties from the colonies. For the 15c. green, the standard stamp and its varieties for France and the Colonies are found, as well as its use as a postal stationery item for the 1924 Paris postcards. For the 45c. red, there are a few varieties, including CD and Specimen. The 50c. blue is found only as pre-cancelled. For the 75c. blue, there are numerous varieties, including those where the perforated edge meets an imperforated edge, and varieties for the colonies. For the 20c. green, 1Fr. blue, 30c. green and 90c. red, there are CD, printing varieties and miscellaneous items. Collective proof from the CA of 1928 and 1929, as well as 45 numbered overprint trials, plus various lots purchased from dealers. A fairly complete collection. 1 album. **/*/O.
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