Lot# 2242 - Auction 309-320
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Lot# : 2242 France
1870/1947: Lot 15 covers incl. 1870 French Shipmail to Genova bearing pair Napoléon lauré cancelled with FRANCIA VIA DI MARE handstamp, 1870 morning cover to a French POW in Erfurt, 1870 double weight letter to Austria, 1871 (Jan 3) Ballon monté 'Le Newton', 1871 (Sept 27) so called September cover with Cérès 20 c. blue and strip of five Napoléon lauré 1 c. olive, 1877 Bordeaux to New Orleans with mixed franking Cérès and Sage, 1880 registered cover front with mass franking Sage 3 c. bistre; also French Levant with 1875 cover Volo to Marseille, the stamp tied upon arrival, 1875 double rate envelope from the French P.O. in Cairo to the Swiss Legation in Rome; French Colonies 1880 single & double weight cover Guadeloupe to France, 1892 Benin with octagonal shipmail cds to France, 1900 Cote de Somalis registered cover to France, and New Caledonia 1947 TRAPAS Airmail cover to Tahiti. An appealing lot ex collection Provera.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 800 CHF