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Lot# 3435 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 3435 France

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    'Boule de Moulins' 1871 (5. Jan.): Cover from Basel to Paris, endorsed "Moulins sur Allier", bearing Switzerland Sitting Helvetia 30 rp. ultramarine (SBK 41), extremely faded, tied by clear "BASEL 5 I 71 XII-" cds and French entry cds in red, black PD alongside. At some time point or another Napoléon laureated adhesives 20 c. blue und 40 c. orange (2) were added, also these with strong colour changes, the cover does not show an arrival datestamp. An extremely rare combination franking of Swiss and French adhesives, in addition an elusive usage in a boule de Moulins. Cert. Eichele (2019) Yvert = € 55'000 for the mixed franking Switzerland - France.rnNote: 'Boules de Moulins' covers are very rare items, despatched in Switzerland they are absolute rarities, of which only five are known (documentation included). Three of them are mixed frankings of Sitting Helvetia with Napoléon laureated, two are single frankings of Sitting Helvetia 30 rp. (the regular rate to France) from Yverdon and 1 fr. (the boule rate) from Oberentfelden. They all come from boules which were found after 1910.rnReference: Lhéritier - Les Ballons Montées (1994), S. 298.
    Starting bid : 7,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold