Status International / Public Auction 343 - Stamps & Covers - 05/07/2018 / WORLD - GERMANY - OCCUPATIONS (2) / Lot 3556

WORLD - GERMANY - OCCUPATIONS (2) - France: 1940 Coudekerque Provisional 'Besetztes Gebiet Nord-Frankreich' boxed h/s opts type II, applied to 24 diff values 1c-2F50c, on large sheet, believed to have been an archival record page showing all diff stamps from PO stocks that were opt at Coudekerque. VF fresh. Mi ex1-28II cat €30,500 as MUH. Less than 100 each opt of most of these stamps! Important WWII occupation rarity with only 2 or 3 such sheets recorded - another was recently offered at a German auction at a starting price of €10,000. 1995 Calves AIEP & 2016 Ceremuga photo certs. (24) (P)