Lot# 3449 - Auction 274-283
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Lot# : 3449 France
1766/1960c: Strong and interesting Lot 190 covers/postcards from France and colonies incl. 1766 entire letter Bordeaux to Rochefort with early 'B with crown' handstamp, 1801 revolutionary entire describing the proclamation of Napolèon, An 7 Entire of the Cisalpinian Republic, struck with "MINISTRO DELLA GUERRA" handstamp, '85 MONACO' handstamp on entire, 1862 porto covers to Finland and Portugal, 1866 Sidi-bel-Abbes Algeria registered cover, 1871 double rate cover with Bordeaux 40 c. orange, 1871 (Feb 23) Tentative de Retour from Lille to Paris, 1870s mail abroad to Denmark, Italy, Mexico, United States and Brasil, 1875 Levée exceptionelle, 1880/81 Voie de Mer covers to Para & Rio, Brasil, 1882/93 stationery envelopes to Funchal, 1894 letter card to Madeira,1900 PC to Valparaiso, 1944 local liberation issues, and 1945 Poche de l'Atlantique cover. Lot includes also P.O.'s abroad with 1866/67 Alexandria (2), 1874 Smyrne, 1875 Tunis to Marseille, 1880 cover from Shanghai bearing Sage 35 c. tied by Gros chiffre '5104' numeral, 1899 Tripoli Syrie, 1900 French soldiers letter despatched at Colombo and franked with Ceylon 15 c. ultramarine, 1900 Jerusalem. 1906 Samsoun, 1923 Alexandria. In addition a strong colonies section with 1847 steamer cover from Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe, 1880c Saigon, 1892c Diego-Suarez Fieldpost cover, 1893 Noumea Fieldpost cover, 1895 Saigon to Singapore, 1895/96 two covers from Tamatave, 1898 Tuyen-Guang Tonkin, 1898 Djibouti, 1899/1909 Papete, 1900 Djibouti to Hungary, 1901 Saigon-Port registered to Paris, 1902 Pnom-Penh, 1903 Grand-Popo Dahomey to London, 1903/04 three Fieldpost envelopes with full content from the French Soudan, 1904 St. Louis Senegal to Hungary, 1907 Hanoi to Basel, 1908 Battambang Cambodge, 1909 Sam-Kita Gabon, 1912 Colon Cochinchine, wrapper with bisected Cote des Somalis adhesive, 1913 St. Pierre et Miquelon registered to Detroit, further Cote des Somalis, Cameroun, Nouvelle Caledonie, Tunesia, Wallis et Futuna, Réunion. Has to be studied to be fully appreciated.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHF