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Originally Posted by steve B
I have a full set of catalogs, and my wife collects France, so I'm pretty good with France. Not quite as good as with US or Germany.
China is not usually as complex, I have an older specialized catalog, but it doesn't get into many varieties and stuff like that.
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My stamp collection arrived, and it far exceeded my expectations. There were 2 albums of US Stamps contained in 2 Scott Binders, ranging from 1947 forward. I'll try to get some pictures posted in the next few days, but I think there are some really nice stamps in the collection. There was also a home made (looks like an accounting binder) album that contained stamps for about every country in the world. Most of that collection ranged mainly from mid 1800's to around 1930's, with a few later stamps. Unlike the US collection where the stamps are stored in like individual sleeves, the world stamps were all hinged. There is a nice mix of used - unused mint in the binders.
Since Steve is familiar with France, I thought I would start by adding the France Stamps from the world binder. There are several other French territorial type stamps, but the ones pictured here were in the French section. Anything - anyone - could tell me to educate me on the French stamps is appreciated.
Thanks and enjoy.