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Bidboard # 1960
Lot # 221
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $1,588.75
Current Bid: $170
French Colonies

Malagasy Republic #8/299, B1, C1/C36, J1/J30, Nossi-Be, Ste #28/44. Marie de Madagascar #1/13. Old time used collection of three French colonial postal administrations related to the island of Madagascar. The Ste. Marie de Madagascar and Nossi-Be are "Navigation and Commerce" design, up to the 1Fr denomination, cataloguing $79.00 and $168.35 respectively. The Malagasy republic issues include overprints on French stamps, a good run of "Navigation and Commerce" design, including revaluations, plus lots of colonial common design issues, almost all pre-WWII (but with a bit of "France Libre" overprinted material). Catalogue value $929.50. Condition and appearance are excellent, with a couple of duplicates. Bonus material is two pieces with bisects from 1904, not listed in Scott and not counted in the total catalogue value. 2024 Scott US$1176.85 =