FRANCE COLLECTION 1849-1940 valuable old time collection on well-filled Scott pages, excellent representation of classic issues as well as later definitives, commemoratives, semipostals, airmail and postage due incl. varieties and better cancellations, used highlights are Scott #1, 1a, 2b, 7 (2), 9, 10, 79, 329 souvenir sheet, C6b and C15, mint #88b, 138-54, 197, 246, 253, 329 souvenir sheets, 348a, B6-9, B24-41 and C8-14, owner's cat. $17K, worth careful inspection, generally fine to very fine