Public Auction 281 Thursday, 20th October, 2011

2524 Croatia: 1945 Red Cross 100k bluish-green "Mother & Child & Burned Village" unissued due to defeat of Croatia, IMPERF horiz pr on normal paper, right stamp with crosses OMITTED! Superb fresh MUH. Very scarce. (2) (P) $180 $250

2525 France: 1943 National Relief Fund strip 1F20+1Fr40 to 5Fr+15Fr. VF MUH. SG 780a cat £80 for M, so £160+ for MUH, Maury 590A cat €150 (5). $60 $90

2526 France: 1944 Petain 1F50 red-brown French French Resistance "Marquis" forgery in blk of 4. VF UN as made. Scarce. (4) (P) $80 $120

2527 France: 1940 Coudekerque Provisional "Besetztes Gebiet Nord-Frankreich" boxed h/s opts type II, applied to 24 diff vals 1c-2F50c, on sheet, believed to be an archival record page showing all diff stamps from PO stocks that were overprinted at Coudekerque. VF fresh condition. Mi ex1-28II cat €12,000+++. Less than 100 each opt of most of these stamps! Important WWII occupation rarity. Calves AIEP photo-cert. (24) (P) $5000 $8000