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292 - LIBRARY – In THIRTEEN (13) VOLUMES, beautifully bound, conta…
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LIBRARY – In THIRTEEN (13) VOLUMES, beautifully bound, containing an EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF ARTICLES – many of which are unpublished and have never been reprinted – specialising in the issues of stamps from France, the French colonies and various other countries, current affairs, and advertisements from the era of the major stamp dealers - An unrivalled wealth of information and scholarship. Almost 10,000 (ten thousand) large-format pages from the journals *L’ECHO de la TIMBROLOGIE* and *L’OFFICIEL de la PHILATELIE* ( * ) - Thirteen complete years, from 1 January to 31 December, for the years 1948, 1950 to 1954, 1957 to 1959, 1960 to 1963 and 1969. ( * ) *L’OFFICIEL de la PHILATELIE*: Editor-in-Chief Jacques Désirat, Founding Director Jacques Lafitte. It existed only from 1946 to 1954; its final issue was published on 15 January 1954 after eight years in circulation, with its customer and subscriber lists transferred to *Le Monde des Philatélistes*.
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About the sale STAMP SALE: lots 1 to 299 – French and foreign stamps, sold individually and in lots. Beautiful, genuine collections. Philatelic reference material
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 10:00 AM
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