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Lot# 940 - 202-204 Auction

  • Lot# : 940 France

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    Postage Due 1805/1875: Collection on Exhibit leaves showing, with 100+ items, the progression of taxed mail from the Napoleonic era with scarce fancy Deboursé 87 / GENES in black on 1807 cover, through pre-stamp period to 1849 with cover showing Cérès 20 c. black used in first month of issue and matched by unpaid usage, pair of 1849 Cérès 20 c. black used on 1850 cover to Maastricht with notation 'Timbre Insuffisant', 1849 25 c. underpaid usage and another with 'Taxée pour timbre ayant déjà servi', 1853 underpaid cover to Geneva taxed at '35 cs.' in red, 1853 cover with 20 c. re-used, thereafter with stamped and underpaid mail superbly matched on each page, incl. re-addressed 1860 cover with France 1853 40 c. and GB 1 d. red, 1867 cover with 75 c. three colur rate to USA struck with 'Or US Notes 21' on arrival, May 1859 cover with rare usage of Lithographed 1859 10 c. black Postage Due, 1860 cover bearing single 1 c. bronze and matching cover with two 1 c. only both taxed, 1865 underpaid registered cover, taxed covers from Netherlands, North German Confederation, Italian Postage Due usages etc. Superbly written up, a fresh and generally very fine collection.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF