Lot# 2243 - Auction 309-320
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Lot# : 2243 France
1872/76: Selection 15 covers/entires with Cérès 1871/72 frankings, incl. 1 c. olive pair on printed matter wrapper, in a pair of three with 2 c. red-brown, 10 c. brown on rose and 25 c. blue on four-colour double rate cover, two examples with Sage 10 c. green on complete 1876 newspaper; 2 c. red-brown, a single example and a block of four with 15 c. bistre on cover; 4 c. grey as single franking on printed matter, 5 c. green on two three-colour frankings to pay the 65 c. registered local rate within Libourne and to pay the 50 c. rate to Geneva; 10 c. brown on rose with 15 c. bistre tied by 'bureau de passe' cds to inland cover, 10 c. brown on rose together with 80 c. rose in a pair & a strip of four on a value letter with an insured sum of 2'000 francs; 30 c. in a pair with Sage 15 c. grey on registered letter; 10 c. brown on rose Petits Chiffres, strip of four and single on triple rate 'Papiers d'affaires' entire; 25 c. blue in a strip of three on registered cover ftom Alger, in combination with 5 c. green first sent to Pontarlier, then forwarded to Couvet en Suisse, also as a late usage in a same colour mixed franking with Sage 15 c. blue on 1883 registered cover. A most interesting group from the Provera collection..Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHF