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Lot# 1443 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 1443 France

    Ville D'Orléans (Ballon Monté #33) 1870: Mixed group of 11 items with a "Correspondence Havas" (in French) to Epinal with stamp lost due to immersion in sea water, Siège 20 c. on Gazette des Absents readdressed in Switzerland upon arrival and taxed, cover with italic "Ministère des Finances / Directeur Général des Douanes" cachet to Rouen, 30 centime rate cover to Huy, Belgium; another cover with laureated 20 c. to Nantes containing complete "Ordre du Jour" for 21 November 1870, condition varies as to be expected but an interesting selection, many signed.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF