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Lot# 6177 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 6177 France

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    'Faux pour servir': Entire letter written in Marseille on April 1st, 1871 and directed to Aix, bearing Bordeaux Faux de Marseille 20 c. blue, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins, not postmarked, no datestamps struck to the cover. A very rare item with this forgery, in this case obviously detected and presumably sequestered by the postal administration. Signed Calves; cert. E. Diena (1980) Yvert = € 5'500 / Maury F45/II = € 5'250.rnNote: Produced by the forger Pons from Marseille. At the beginning of 1871 he was arrested.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF