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Lot# 949 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 949 France

    1850/71: Group six covers / entires incl. 1852 Cover from Villers-Bocage to Flers bearing 1850 Cérès 10 c. bistre in a superb horizontal pair, each stamp tied by light Petits Chiffres '3632' numeral lozenge; 1871 Entire letter from Moissac to Bordeaux, bearing Bordeaux 20 c. blue, type III, report 2, privately perforated 12½ - Piquage privé, tied by bold Gros Chiffres '2377' lozenge; 1871 Double rate Entire letter from Loudeac to Quintin, bearing Bordeaux 20 c. blue type III report 2 in a mixed franking of same colour and denomination with Napoléon laureated 20 c. blue type II, cancelled by light Gros Chiffres '2092' lozenge; 1871 Double rate Entire letter from Marseille to Geneva, bearing Bordeaux 80 c. rose 'clair' showing variety: privately perforated 'perce en ligne', overpaying the double rate to Switzerland of 60 c. and tied by superb Gros Chiffres '2240' lozenge; also two Ballon monté covers carried by no. 19 'Le Vauban' and no. 21 'Colonel Charra'. A most interesting ensemble.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF