France. Mostly **. Specialised exhibition collection of many hundreds of mostly mint/never hinged stamps from 1920s to 1940s, written-up and housed in an album, highlights including pictorial high values with types identified incl 3 fr cathedral type II mint never hinged corner date example (Yvert 259a, catalogue value €325 as normal single), type III vvlh mint (259b, catalogue value €460), 10 fr blue three types mint, 20 f Pont du Gard incl type IIA mint (262c, catalogue value €400), 1931 2 fr Arc de Triomphe dated corner block of four never hinged (258, catatalogue value €380 for singles), 'Peace' defins with many dated corner blocks as well as advertising, similarly with the Hermes type, through to war orphans incl 1926/27 set mint (229/232), sinking funds surcharge sets mint, and museum set mint, etc, as well as an interesting study of WWII resistance issues. Please inspect.