tradition and experience in classic philately since 1919

Searchresults (326)

download as PDF Edit / save search
list | gallery
Sort list :

  • Lot# : 427 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Tunisia 1867: Laureated 80 c. carmine, a single example used on 1872 cover from Tunis to Marseille, tied by fine "5107" gros chiffres in blue with Tunis cds and framed 'PD' in same ink alongside. "Tunis-Par-Bône / Algerie" cds in red (Jan 18) also on obverse with Marseille arrival cds on reverse.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 110 CHF

    Lot# : 428 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1870: Siège 10 c. bistre, 20 c. blue and defective 1870 Bordeaux 40 c. orange, all used on 1871 cover from Chaussin to a Military Doctor in Cetinje, Montenegro; tied by '986' gros chiffres in black with Chaussin cds (Oct 10) at left. Framed 'P.P.' in red and reversse with Triest transit datestamp (Oct 13) and CATTARO cds. Despite faults an attractive and scarce mixed issue franking to an extraordinarily scarce destination at this date.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 429 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1871 (Sept. 7): So called September entire from Vienne to Lyon, bearing a mixed franking of Siège 20 c. blue and Bordeaux 5 c. green, two fine and fresh examples with large margins and good perf., respectively, tied by '4199' numeral lozenge Vienne with "VIENNE 7 SEPT 71 (37)" cds alongside, reverse with Lyon arrival (8 SEPT. 71) cds. Attractive presentation of the increased inland rate which had to be covered with mixed frankings due to the lack of a 25 c. - stamp.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 430 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1870: Bordeaux 10 c. bistre, Report I, a large margined horizontal pair with 7.5 mm. sheet margin at left, usded on 1871 entire letter tied by '1939' gros chiffres of Landrecies in black. Arleux du Nord arrival cds (Feb 21) on reverse. Cover a tad tired but the 10 c. pair very fine.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 431 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1870: Bordeaux 40 c. bright orange, a left marginal pair with good to large margins all round and of vivid colour, a fine and fresh multiple with full og. Signed A. Bolaffi and A. Brun, cert. Calves (2006) Maury 48c = € 2'000.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 432 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1871/75: Cérès 10 c. bistre on rose in a horizontal pair and single 80 c. carmine, used on 1876 entire letter to Mexico City tied by 'Paris / R. Milton' cds's (June 19). Carried via St. Nazaire on the Paquebot 'Ville St., Nazaire', the reverse with superb strike of octagonal LIGNE B / PAQ. FR. No. 4 datestamp (June 20) in black (Salles fig. 1432). Vera Cruz cds on reverse (July 14) and obverse with charge marking "35cs." altered to "25cs." in black. Opens well for display, a most attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 433 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    Dardanelles 1871/75: Cérès 10 c. bistre on rose (2), 30 c. brown pair and 80 c. rose pair, all used on piece cancelled by six strikes of "5084" gros chiffres of Dardanelles in black. A charming and scarce piece.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 434 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Monaco 1871/75: Cérès 25 c. blue, a fine used example with good strike of "2387" gros chiffres of Monaco in black. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 435 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1876: Sage type N/B 2 c. green, a fine and fresh example with full og in unused condition with light hinge remnants. Signed Calves Yvert = € 1'800 / Maury 62 = € 1'200.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 436 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1902: Charming advertising cover for 'Naturel Citron' printed in colour, franked by 1900 Mouchon 15 c. orange (2) each cancelled by 'Monbrison / Loire' datestamps (May 27). Cette arrival cds on reverse. A delightful and unusual cover.rnrnProvenance: Soler y Llach, Barcelona, December 2003.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 437 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1917/18: War Orphans compl. 1st set valued 2c.+3c. up to 5F.+5F., mounted on six envelopes and nicely cancelled "St. Germain en Laye - 2 6 19 - Congrès de la Paix" Yvert = € 3'100.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 438 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1919/26: Blanc ½ c. on 1 c. grey-black on paper GC showing variety: inverted overprint, a fine and fresh right marginal example with full og in unused condition with light hinge remnants. Signed Brun Yvert = € 1'400 / Maury 157k = € 1'200.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 439 France

    Share
    1925: International stamp Exhibition in Paris, souvenir sheet bearing 4x 5 F. carmin, sheet frame showing four special cancellations not touching the stamps Yvert = € 1'400.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 440 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1926/27: Orphelins third set 5+1 fr. black & blue, a fine and fresh corner marginal block of four in unmounted og condition. Yvert = € 1'200+ / Maury 232 = € 1'240+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 441 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1927: International stamp Exhibition in Strasbourg, Souvenir sheet with full original gum bearing event's special cancellation on top left not touching the stamps, in addition gutter pair in mint condition taken from the souvenir sheet Yvert = € 2'550.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 442 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1902 (June 25): Letter and autograph by the hand of Emile Zola (1840-1902) in which he writes from Milano (to his publisher?) that he will send him very soon the first chapters of 'Vérité', one of his last publications. 'Vérité' was the third out of four volumes of his last cycle of novels 'Quatre Evangiles' of which his last volume was never finished, as Zola died only three months later due to a carbon dioxide poising when heating his flat.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 443 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Postage due 1859: Typography 10 c. black, a fine and fresh unused lower marginal block of 24 in unmounted og condition. Some paper faults in the margin but an impressive multiple of this stamp Yvert = € 1'650 for six unused blocks of four / Maury 2 = € 1'080 for six unused blocks of four.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 444 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Postage due 1863: Typography 15 c. black type I, a fresh irregular block of 16 from the left side of the printing sheet showing gutter at right and sheet margin at left, positions 8-10, 13-15, 16-20 and 21-25, (two vert. folds through first and fourth column, hor. fold through pos. 16, pinhole at position 22, thin in pos. 24), in unmounted og condition. This multiple shows transfer varieties in pos. 17 & 21 Yvert = € 1'300 for four unused blocks of four / Maury 3/IB = € 810 for four unused blocks of four.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 445 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Postage due 1863: Typography 15 c. black type II, a fresh block of ten, in unmounted og condition. Signed Brun Yvert = € 2'250 for unused singles / Maury 3/IA = € 2'000 for unused singles.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 446 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    Postage due 1863: Typography 15 c. black type II, a reconstituted part sheet of 50 + 20 showing full margins on three sides and gutter, (one stamp with hole, folds, marginal cracks), in unused or unmounted og condition. Cert Calves & Jacquart (2019) Yvert = € 15'750 for 70 unused singles.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 447 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Postage due 1871/78: Typography 60 c. blue/dark blue, a block of 16, a block of six and a block of four, marginal or corner marginal, in unused condition. Yvert = € 3'000 for six blocks of four / Maury 9 = € 2'400 for six blocks of four.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 430 CHF

    Lot# : 448 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    Postage due 1871/78: Typography 60 c. blue/dark blue, 54 stamps incl. six blocks of four, strips and pairs, some marginal, in unused or unmounted og condition. Interesting study reconstituting the nearly complete sheet of 50 including some overlap Yvert = € 5'900+ following the consignor.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 449 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1886: Entire from Nimes to Bagnols bearing Sage 10 c. black in a vert. pair and 25 c. bistre (def.), tied by NIMES Bd GAMBETTA cds (June 19), underfranked and therefore taxed with postage due Typographie 1878 60 c. blue and Duval 15 c. black (def.), tied by "BAGNOLS-SUR-CEZE 11 JUIN 86 GARD" cds's. Letter of the fifth weight rate instead of the fourth weight rate, postage 120 c. for an unfranked or underfranked item minus the actual franking of 45 c. Cert. Brun (2019) Yvert = € 1'600+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 450 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1890: Ennvelope from Stuttgart to Saint Leu bearing German Empire 10 pf carmine in a strip of four (rightmost stamp def. at top right), tied by STUTTGART cds (Feb. 13), underfranked and therefore taxed upon arrival with postage due Typographie 1878 60 c. blue and Duval 10 c.  and 30 c. black, tied by indistinct St. Leu cds's (Feb. 14). The cover shows some tear and wear, still an interesting postal history item. Cert. Brun (2019) Yvert = € 1'600+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 451 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1927: 2 F. orange and bluegreen as well as  5 F. blue and buff, bottom left corner copies showing special cancellation, both values in mint condition, sheet margins somewhat creased resp. with traces of a hinge Yvert = € 950.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 452 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1927/29: First International Aviation and Navigation Salon in Marseille, envelope (few creases) bearing both values sent registered Express to Bern, tied by event's special cancellation (Cert. Max Hertsch 1964) as well as special stamp released for the Le Havre exposition in 1929, together with related vignette and additional franking sent registered by air to Tavannes in the French part of Switzerland Yvert = € 1'375.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 453 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1928: Premier Salon International de l'Aviation, de la Navigation et de l'Automobile in Marseille. 2 Fr. orange/blue-green and 5 Fr. blue/yellow, official envelope cancelles '9.7.27' to Genève and registered envelope to Buenos Aires uprated wit 3rd. war orphan issue 5 Fr.+1 Fr. blue, that impossible to deliver ant therefore returned to Paris, both items in good condition.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 454 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    'Ile de France' 1928: Berthelot 10 fr. on 90 c. carmine-rose from the lower sheet margin, field position 49, a fine and fresh example of excellent appearance in unmounted og condition. Certs. Mikulski (1989), Brun (2012) Yvert 3 = € 5'000 / Maury 3 = € 4'300 / Mi 230 = € 2'500.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 455 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    'Ile de France' 1928: Pasteur 10 fr. on 1.50 fr. blue, a fine and fresh example in unused condition. A desirable stamp, cert. Brun (2019) Yvert 4 = € 12'500 / Maury 3 = € 13'200 / Mi 231 = € 14'000.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 456 T.A.A.F.

    Share
    1966: Postage 5 F. blue whale violet and blue and Airmail 25 F. Ionospheric research pylon at Adelie Land purple, brown and blue, both in a mint original sheet of 25 stamps Yvert = € 1'900.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 457 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1849/52: Lot four selected used stamps i.e. Cérès 15 c. green (aminci), 1 Fr. dark carmine and horiz. pair Présidence 10 c. yellow-brown showing sheet margin at right, two items joined by certs.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 458 France

    Share
    1900/60: Lot 160 stamps used/unused or in mint condition from France and Monaco, incl. some better values and full sets as airmails 1927, Monaco bird set up to Fr. 1000 as well as four Red Cross souvenir sheets of 1949 and 1951, good condition and housed on album pages and small stockcards.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 459 France

    /
    Share
    1955/65ca: Lot 26 stamps of definitive issues in imperf. condition, in addition 1957 EUROPA issue marginal imperf. examples, in addition proofs and colour proofs. 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 460 France

    Share
    1970/2000: Collection several hundred first day sheets from the 'Collection Historique du Timbre', housed in 17 De Luxe albums, high subscription investment, all arranged in two Banana boxes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 461 France

    Share
    1876/1980: Collection resp. lot with some hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. some better values as a PEXIP-sheet, airmails incl. 50 Fr. Burelage, Red Cross with some booklets, quantities of modern issues valid for postage etc., mainly in good condition and housed in three albums and on stockcards.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 462 France

    Share
    1849/1950: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. some better values mainland France with war orphans, Colonial issues for Algeria, AEF, AOF, Camerun, Congo, Dahomey, Reunion and others, those partly with full sets, some varieties, souvenir sheets and plenty of duplicats, in addition some issues  for British possessions overseas as Basutoland, Bechuanaland, KUT and New Zealand, good to mixed condition and housed in four stockbooks.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 463 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1849/2000ca: Collection resp. lot thousands of stamps used/unused incl. 1849 Cérès 15 c. green, 1 fr. carmine (2), Présidence 10 c. bistre (2), Napoléon laureated 5 fr. grey (2), Telegraph stamps, blocks of four, part sheets, booklets and miniature sheets, large face value in addition, in eight albums.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 464 France

    1 / 45
    Download main picture Share
    1849/1940ca: Collection hundreds of stamps primarily used in mixed condition incl. 1849 Cérès 15 c. green, 1 fr. carmine (2), Présidence 10 c. bistre, Napoléon perf. 80 c. unused, 5 fr. grey, Bordeaux, Sage incl. cancellation interest, Blanc with Millesiemes, Orphelins 1917,1922,1926 up to 5 Fr used and unused, Sourire du Reims, diff. types of the landscape definitives of the 1930s, 1936 Airmail set and Burelage used/unused, PEXIP souvenir sheet unused and on cover, in addition postage due and 39 covers.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 465 France

    1 / 15
    Download main picture Share
    1849/1965ca: Interesting Collection and Lot hundreds stamps used/unused, incl. Cérès 1849 15 c. green, 40 c. orange (2) and 1 f. carmine, Presidence 10 c. bistre, Empire imperf. 1 f. carmine, Napoleon laureated 5 f. grey-violet (3), one with a crisp '5080' lozenge of Alexandria, 1871 unissued Napoleon laureated '10' on 10 c. bistre (defective), 1868 newspaper stamps imperf & perf, 1859 postage due, 1868 telegraph stamps imperf & perf, Bordeaux, Sage, 1881/92 postage due up to 2 f. and 5 f. black, 1914 orphelins, compl. set up to 5 f., 1923 Bordeaux congress unmounted og., 1925 Paris & 1925 Strasbourg souvenir sheets (marginal defects), 1936 Vue de Paris & Burelage used, and PEXIP souvernir sheet.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 466 France

    1 / 88
    Download main picture Share
    1849/72: Interesting Collection hundreds of stamps primarily used, collected in a specialised manner, some examples in mixed condition, incl. 1849 Cérès 20 c. black unused, with Jan 8 1849 cds, and as 1862 reprint, 20 c. blue not issued as a 1862 reprint, 1 fr. carmine, pairs of 10c. bistre to 40 c. orange, Présidence 10 c. bistre and 25 c. blue unused, Napoléon imperf. collected in a specialised way for shades, printing flaws, also in multiples, with sheet margin on cover, diff. perforations such as Percé en ligne, Susse, both on cover, reprints, Napoléon perf. again collected very specialised with shades and printing flaws, shifted perforation, Napoléon laureated with 5 fr. grey (2), 1 c. to 20 c. unused, large cancellation interest, 1871 Napoléon green on blue (3), also in a strip of three as part of a mixed franking, Bordeaux, partially also in unused condition, compl. report reconstruction, and 1871/75 Cérès, in addition postage due 1871/78 40 c. blue and 60 c. bistre as well as 50 covers.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 467 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1915/19: A fine group of three postcards with wartime motifs entitled "Mobilisation feminine", "Salut au Blessé' and "N'oublie Jamais" showing a combination of handmade paintings and stamps glued to the card. A most attractive trio.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 468 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1844/65: Entire letters (3) with 1844 entire from Mauritius to Bordeaux with circular MAURITIUS / POST OFFICE in black and 'Colonies &c. Art. 12' in red, 1857 entire from Constantinople to Marseille with superb Paquebot CAPITOLE datestamp (Salles fig. 763) in black; and 1865 entire from Aleppo to Marseille franked by 1862 10 c. and 40 c. tied '5079' gros chiffres in black.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 469 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1855/70: Group three covers incl. 1855 Mulhouse to Thur and 1861 Autun to Bricey, two triple weight rate covers with vivid Napoleon imperf. 80 c. carmine and a combination of 40 c. orange and two 20 c. blue, respectively, in addition 1872 Marseille to Messina shipmail cover, the Siège 40 c. orange tied with a dotted Anchor handstamp. An appealing trio.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 470 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1863/74: Group two Entire letters from France to Barcelona of the first and second weight rate respectively, franked with Napoleon perf. 40 c. orange and Cérès 1872 80 c. rose, both tied upon arrival in Spain with "ADMON DE CAMBIO BARCELONA 3 Cos", reverse with additional arrival cds's.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 471 France

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1828/84: Lot five disinfected entires incl. 1828 Navarino Greece via Toulon to Calais with fumigation slits, 1836 Alger to Marseille with single line "Purifié à Toulon" in red, 1841 Basse-Terre Gouadeloupe to Nantes with oval "PURIFIÉE TOULON", 1845 Smyrna to Marseille with two-line handstamp "PURIFIÉ LAZARET MARSEILLE", and 1884 Lyon to Pecia Italy with Sage 25 c. bistre showing disinfection slits.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 472 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1871: Group three Entire letters sent from Southern France to Basel, Naples and Constantinople, respectively, franked with Bordeaux 30 c. brown, a pair of Bordeaux 20 c. blue, and two examples of Bordeaux 40 c. orange, respectively. The stamps fresh and fine with fair to enormous margins all round, the entires showing the correct franking and postmarks upon departure and arrival. An appealing trio.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 473 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1853/60: Small correspondence (5 covers) to Padua / Padova, three franked by 1853 20 c. blue and 40 c. orange, one unusual 1862 cover from Cherbourg with blue label applied over manuscript "Affranchisement Insuffisant" and twice struck with "PD" in red, two further covers similarly franked from Paris and Cherbourg; another cover with 1853 20 c. deep blue and pair of 40 c. oranage tied by lozenge of 'gros points', and a stampless cover with large "32" charge marking in black.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 474 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1872: Group three Entire letters showing combined frankings of French and German definitives with two going from Strassburg to Montbéliard and Verdun, respectively, the third entire from Paris to Altkirch in Alsace, taxed there with '2' (Sgr.), the addresse not found and the item returned to Paris, where the taxation was deleted and the item given to the Rebuts. An interesting trio.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 475 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1855/1947: Lot 80 covers, incl. 1855/74 domestic usages with 1853 Napoléon imperf. single frankings (30), two envelopes franked with Bordeaux 20 c., of which one used 23.03.71 during the Paris Commune, further 1871/75 Cérès single frankings (25), as well as 1908/47 foreign usages with a postcard to Asmara, Erithrea (1912).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 476 France

    1 / 42
    Download main picture Share
    1780/1890ca.: Collection 85 prephilatelic or stampless covers in and from France, primarily to Switzerland incl. 1780 from Noyers-Ménard and 1783 from Gacé, both to Morges showing "P.P.P.P." (Port payé en Passe Paris), "P: PAYÉ PARIS" in red 1824/25, framed "DEP. LIMIT." in red from Mulhouse and Guebwiller, 1842 cursive handstamp "37 / Allevard", "Comon d'instron publique" with tax control paraphe in red on revolutionary period lettersheet to Sevres, 1791 LIMOGES to Cologne, 1812/27 four entires with "P. 6 P. ANNONAY" to Lyon, "Deb. 68 LYON" on 1823 entire from ALAIS, 1812 "BANLIEU DE LYON" entire, 1825 "P. 12 P. MARSEILLE with handwritten "Franco frontière" to Morges, 1824 "P. 71 P. LA FLECHE with handwritten "affr. jusqu'à Pontarlier" to Morges, 1852 Marseille to Morges with taxation handstamp "35 cs" in red, in addition stampless covers from Morges to France (6), from old Italian States to France (9), from Austria (2), from the USA (2), from old German States (4), from French Guyana 1843, six entires within Italy, thre from Department conquis 1809/1812, Fieldpost covers incl. 1855 "CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE d'ITALIE", "CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE DES MERS DE CHINE" from Mai Phong, Vietnam to Brest, 1895 "Corps expeditionnaire de Madagascar" Diego-Suarez, 1838/40 two covers of the Chambre des Deputes, 1851 Assemblé nationale and ca. 1870 "III ARMEE GENERAL WERDER" on envelope to Strassburg.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 477 France

    1 / 7
    Download main picture Share
    1855/1949: 50 covers, cards and postal stationery cards incl. French Colonies, inkl. registered cover 1891 with vertical pair Ceres issue 1849 20 c. black in mixed franking pair Allegory 1876 5 c. green (FA Roumet), various destinstions incl. cover 1869 to Caracas, picture cards and few unused stationery cards from the Colonies, in two albums
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 478 France

    1 / 2
    / /
    Download main picture Share
    1849/50: Cérès 20 c. black on yellowish, an irregular block of six and a horizontal pair, margins touched to large, tied to large part piece by multiple strikes of the mute Paris Star in black - rare and of fine appearance but with faults; 40 c. orange in a vertical pair with margins all round used on 1851 Ladies' envelope to London cancelled by 'grille sans fin', 1 fr. carmine in a rich shade with touched to large margins all round used on 1853 cover front to Nismes from Versailles; and an 1871 cover with Bordeaux 40 c. orange used from Bourges.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 479 France

    1 / 16
    Download main picture Share
    1810/1912ca.: Interesting Lot 190 covers, postcard and stationaries incl. 1810 cover Paris to Fribourg Switzerland, 1841 Forwarder cover New Orleans to Austria given to the postal services in Le Havre, 1854 French PO in Alexandria Egypt with 90 c. to Zürich, 1864 Napoleon perf. four-colour franking tied by blue Anchor handstamp on Mediterranean Shipmail cover to Lyon with 'Carmel' ship cds alongside, 1871 cover with Napoleon 5 c. green in block of four, 1871 cover front from Paris to Puebla Mexico with Napoleon laureated 80 c. (3) and 30 c. (2), three 1871 September covers with diff. stamp combinations, value letters, Bordeaux issue frankings, mail abroad, primarily to Switzerland, 1888 stationery postcard despatched on French vessel nearby Aden, 1892 registered cover to Argentine with Avis de reception, 1891/96 Russian Imperial visit stationery, items from French colonies such as China with Hankeou and Shanghai Local Post, Tonkin 1900 Nam-Dinh red band cover, 1912 Tuyen-Quang registered cover to Switzerland with mixed franking, and 1903 Port Said Egypte postcard. To be examined.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 480 France

    1 / 16
    Download main picture Share
    1849/1874: The collection on leaves with 1849 Cérès 20 c. on cover, 1853 40 c. and 80 c. on 1860 cover to Lima, Peru; 1853 40 c. pair on 1859 cover to Mauritius with bold "Packet Letter" arrival, 1867 cover with 40 c. tied by Suez '5105' gros chiffres, 1867 cover with 40 c. pair tied by Anchor lozenge with 'Cuba' Consular mark below, 1869 cover to Odessa, Russia with Laureated 20 c. and 80 c., 1871 cover from Paris to St. Malo with Siège 20 c. tied in red, 1874 cover to Moscow with 1871/75 80 c. pair, 1872 three colour 2 fr. 60 c. franking to Havana etc. Condition varies but an attractive group (18 covers + 2 stamps).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 481 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1803/05: Selection of dated circular postmarks in red (19) or black (5, scarce) applied on reverse of in total 24 letters indicating year, day and month of the French Republican Calendar (1793/1805), incl. some Paris Route postmarks as 'D.4.E', 'G.6.E', 'G.5.E' OR 'T.4.E', all in black, as well as Departement handstamps as 55/SARRE LIBRE in red, P.25.P. ST.-VALLIER, 49/VITRY-LE/FRANCAIS or 58/CHAUMONT (LOISE). All fine and scarce. The revolutionary system was designed in part to remove all religious and royalist influences from the calendar, and was part of a larger attempt at decimalisation in France, which also included decimal time of day.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 482 France

    1 / 41
    Download main picture Share
    1849/1900ca: Interesting Lot 160 entires/covers incl. 1851 Cérès 25 c. on insufficiently franked cover, 1852 10 c. bistre on local cover Evreux to Paris, 1850 two examples 25 c. blue on overfranked cover St. Malo to Laval, 1851 Pair 40 c. orange on cover Calais to the UK, marked as underpaid, Présidence 25 c. blue with sheet margin, 1855 printed matter rate on mourning covers, 1853 Rouen local letter, 1854/62 20 c. blue on laiteux resp. azure, 1859 triple rate cover with strip of four 20 c., 1864 80 c. carmine on triple rate cover, 1861, two part covers with pair resp. strip of four 80 c. rose, sent to Buenos Ayres, 1862/73 three entires with postage due, 1868 mixed franking Napoléon perf. 5 c. green (2) anf Napoléon lauré 20 c. blue to Switzerland, 1867 Napoléon perf. 20 c. blue with sheet margin on cover, two examples on 1865 cover to Madrid, 80 c. in pair on cover to Veracruz, 1870 Napoléon lauré 4 c. grey in a strip of five Lyon to Chambery, 20 c. blue showing variety 'la corne', two examples on two entires, another example on entire to Italy, covers to Switzerland and Germany, 1868 cover to New York with pair Napoléon 80 c. rose, 1870 Bordeaux 20 c. blue type 1 report 1, two Ballon-monté covers transported with the 'Général Uhrich' with full content and the 'l'Armée de la Loire', as well as 1874 pair Cérès 80 c. rose on entire Paris to Veracruz. Has to be studied carefully.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 483 France

    1 / 60
    Download main picture Share
    1850/1960ca: Interesting Lot 70 covers from France and 120 covers/part covers from French colonies incl. February 1850 double weight cover with pair of the Cérès 20 c. black, October 1870 cover sent with the Ballon monté "Louis-Blanc", January 1871 cover to Bruxelles sent directly after the end of the Ballons montés, 1872 double weight cover with mixed franking of French and German stamps, 1873 private precursor postcard, 1869 Martinique three colour Eagle franking on part cover, 1893 Obock cover with mixed franking, 1902 registered cover to Germany with "NT MADAGASCAR" cds, 1904 Diego Suarez cover and postcard with bisected provisional stamps, 1907 Tahiti postcard with mixed franking, 1910 Djibouti registered cover,  better Levant cancellations such as Dedeagh and Dardanelles, Cameroon French Occupation, 1915 Postes aux Armes cover and free franking expeditionary forces postcard, 1916 Cameroun covers using French occupation franking and German obliterators, and 1940 Cameroon Douala Spitfire day cover. A lot which has to be studied carefully to be fully appreciated.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 484 General Issues French Colonies

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Tahiti 1884: General French  Colonies Issue, 1 f. olive showing variety: inverted ovpt. 'TAHITI 25 c.", an upper marginal example tied by crisp "PAPEETE 15 SEPT 84 TAHITI" cds to piece. Signed Miro and Calves Y&T = € 1'100+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 485 General Issues French Colonies

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1871: Cérès 40 c. orange in a strip of six, vivid colour, fair to good margins, the left stamp shaved, cancelled by three strikes of the blue mute lozenge, most probably struck in Guadeloupe. Signed E. Diena.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 486 French Somalia

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Cote des Somalis 1894: Definitive of Obock 5 c. green ovpt. DJ showing variety: missing bar over OBOCK, a fine and fresh example, cancelled by dotted lozenge in blue. Signed Brun Yvert = € 1'000.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 487 French Somalia

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Cote des Somalis 1894: Méharistes of Obock ovpt. DJIBOUTI 5 f. red, a fine and fresh example, large margins, fine unmounted og. A scarce and desirable stamp. Signed Scheller Yvert = € 2'300.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 488 French Somalia

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1902 (April 8): Registered Envelope from Djibouti to Cairo, sent from the French Legation in Ethiopia, franked with 1894/1902 40 c. orange & green-blue on front ant two examples of 0,05 on 75 c violet-brown on orange on reverse, all tied by "COTE FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS DJIBOUTI 8 AVRIL 02" in blue, octogonal 'R' in blue alongside, reverse with Caire (19 IV 02) arrival cds. An impressive cover, cert. Bolaffi (1974).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 489 French Somalia

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1902: Obock 75 c. violet-brown & red-orange ovpt. '0.05' in blue, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins, cancelled by "COTE FRANCAISE des SOMALIS DJIBOUTI 17 JANV 02" cds in blue. A scarce stamp. Signed Calves. Cert. Scheller (2017) Yvert = € 1'350.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 490 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943: Pittorica di Libia ovpt. "R.F. 1 Fr. FEZZAN" in black on 25 c. blue & ultramarine, a fine and fresh example in unused condition with full og. A rare stamps with a printrun of 569 examples. Signed Roumet, cert. Calves (1995) Sassone 12 = € 13'000.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 491 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943: Airmail envelope from Yaounde Cameroun to Zouar in northern Tchad, bearing France Libre 2 fr. & 4 fr. definitives tied by Yaounde (March 23, 1943) cds with AEF postal administration handstamp alongside, reverse with BANGUI transit cds (April 3), forwarded to Sebha Fezzan, bearing on reverse Libia postage due 10 c. blue ovpt. "FEZZAN Occupation Française Taxe 1 Fr." in a vert. strip of three, the two upper stamps showing variety: double surcharge in black and red, all tied by SEBHA FEZZAN cds's (June 11, 1943). Extremely rare postage due with a printrun of only 95 examples, with this cover bearing three of them. Signed Alberto and Giulio Bolaffi, A. Diena Sassone 2+2a.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 492 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (May 19): Airmail envelope bearing 1943 Pittorica di Libia ovpt. "FEZZAN Occupation Française 10 frs." in red on 1,25 l. blue in a vert. pair, the upper stamp with variety: double overprint, tied by MOURZOUK 19 MAI 1943 R.F. FEZZAN" cds with corresponding registration label alongside, sent to Sebha, reverse with arrival cds of the next day. Extremely rare stamp with a printrun of only 181 examples, only few pairs of normal stamp and variety are known, signed Calves and E. Diena Sassone 8+8a = ca € 30'000.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 493 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (June 15): Airmail envelope bearing 1943 0,50 on 50 c. violet, Pittorica di Libia 1 f. on 25 c. blue and Airmail 0,50 on 50 c. brown, tied by SEBHA FEZZAN datestamp with "PAR AVION" handstamp alongside, sent to Zouar in Northern Tchad, reverse with arrival cds. Very rare stamps with small printruns of about 350 examples, signed Bloch and Roumet, cert. Calves (2009) Sassone 11+12+PA3 = € 6'900.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 494 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (June 18): Airmail envelope bearing 1943 Airmail 0,50 on 50 c. brown in a vert. pair, tied by SEBHA FEZZAN datestamp with "PAR AVION" and provisional SEBHA registration handstamp alongside, sent to Alger, closed with censorship strip, reverse with distribution handstamp. Very rare stamp with a printrun of 352 examples, signed Calves, cert. Behr (1997) Sassone PA3 = € 9'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 495 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (July 6): Registered envelope bearing 1943 Pittorica di Libia ovpt. "FEZZAN Occupation Française 5 frs." in red on 50 c. black & olive in a upper left corner marginal hor. pair together with Airmail 0,50 on 50 c. brown in a block of four, all tied by SEBHA FEZZAN cds's with corresponding Italian registration label and AEF postal administration handstamp alongside, sent to Brazzaville, censorship strip, reverse with arrival (Aug. 2) cds. Rare Airmail stamp with a printrun of only 352 examples. Signed Alberto and Giulio Bolaffi, A. Diena Sassone 7+PA3 = € 17'500+.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 496 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (July 10): Envelope bearing 1943 0,50 on 50 c. violet (2) and Airmail 0,50 on 50 c. brown vert. pair, tied by SEBHA FEZZAN datestamp, sent within the city. Very rare stamps with small printruns of about 350 examples each, signed Wolf, cert. Calves (2009) Sassone 11+PA3 = € 11'400.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 497 France

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (July 18): Registered envelope bearing 1943 Pittorica di Libia ovpt. "FEZZAN Occupation Française 5 frs." in red on 50 c. black & olive in a vert. pair together with parcel stamps 1 f. on 5 c. brown (pair), 1 f. on 50 c. orange (two vert. pairs) and 1 f. on 1 l. violet (block of five & single on reverse), all tied by SEBHA FEZZAN cds's with corresponding Italian registration label alongside, sent to Yaounde in Cameroun, front and reverse with two postal control handstamps of AEF and Cameroun, transit Douala (Sept. 25) and Yaounde arrival (Sept 28) cds's. Extremely rare stamps with a printrun of 85 examples for the ovpt. 1 l. parcel stamp, with this cover bearing six of these. Signed Alberto and Giulio Bolaffi Sassone 7+13+15+16 = € 56'500+.
    Starting bid : 9,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 498 France

    1 / 7
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943: Overprinted Parcel stamps, compl. set of seven values from 1 f. on 5 c. brown to 1 f. on 4 l. grey, all in hor. pairs tied by SEBHA FEZZAN cds's to pieces. Extremely rare stamps with a printrun between 35 examples for the ovpt. 4 l. parcel stamp and up to 90 examples for the ovpt. centesimi values, nearly impossible to assemble again. Signed Alberto Bolaffi; cert. Giulio Bolaffi (1980) Sassone 13-19 = € 164'000+.
    Starting bid : 9,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 499 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943 (July 18): Envelope bearing 1943 parcel stamps 1 f. on 10 c. blue, an enormous top left marginal pair, tied by SEBHA FEZZAN cds's with corresponding provisional Fezzan datestamp alongside, sent to Zouar in Northern Tchad. Extremely rare stamp with a printrun of 90 examples. Signed Wolf, Alberto and Giulio Bolaffi Sassone 14 = € 16'000.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 500 Libya

    1 / 19
    /
    Download main picture Share
    FEZZAN 1949: Sights and military 1-50 fr., complete set imperforated blocks of four, unmoundet og, very fine, to that 33 epreuves de luxe 1946-49 incl. airmail issue 1948 100 and 200 fr., fine
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 501 France

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    French Occupation of Fezzan 1943: Airmail 50 c. sepia ovpt. "FEZZAN Occupation Française" in a compl. sheet of 100 examples with full margins in unmounted mint condition. Folded horizontally in the middle as usual and minute perforation separation do not distract from the rarity of this extraordinary multiple. Cert. Raybaudi (2005) Sassone PA1 = € 50'000+.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 502 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    Territoire de Fezzan 1948: Airmail stamps 100 f. red and 200 f. blue, both in imperf. blocks of ten with sheet corners on three sides, in unmounted og condition. Yvert = € 1'450+ / Sassone PA1+2 = € 10'000+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 503 France

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    Territoire de Fezzan 1951: Airmail stamps 100 f. blue and 200 f. red, both in imperf. blocks of nine with sheet corners on two sides, in unmounted og condition. Yvert = € 1'125+ / Sassone A3+A4 = € 9'000+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 504 Gabun

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Gabon 1889: Typographed definitive 'GABON - CONGO POSTES' 15 c. black on pink imperforate with 'GAB' ovpt., a fresh and fine example cancelled LIBREVILLE (May 24, 1889), signed Calves and Brun Yvert = € 1'250.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 505 Gabun

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    Gabon 1889: Typographed definitive 'GABON - CONGO POSTES' 25 c. black on green imperforate with 'GAB' ovpt., a fresh and fine example cancelled LIBREVILLE (May 24, 1889), signed Calves and Brun Yvert = € 1'000.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 506 French Guyana

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    French Guyana 1921 (July 9): Typographed from Woodblock Plate, 75 c. violet on orange buff paper, rouletted on two sides and imperforate at right and at base, an unused example with large part oval Control cachet 'TRANSPORT / ST. LAURENT' in red, without gum as issued. Small thin at left, a fine example of an extremely rare stamp with just 120 examples issued. Signed Brun Gi 1 = £ 1'700/Scott CL2 = $ 2'600/Maury 2 = € 2'600/Yvert = € 2'300.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 507 French Guyana

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    Cayenne 'Winged Helmet' issue 1921 (July 8): T.A.G. 75 c. black on bluish (bleuté), imperforate, three examples each cancelled AVION in black, good to touched margins and a single example of the 75 c. black on yellowish grey similarly cancelled but slight surface crease; three signed Brun Yvert = € 3'600.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 508 French Guyana

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    French Guyana 1922 (Feb. 22): Part cover bearing Cayenne 'Winged Helmet' issue 1921 T.A.G. 75 c. black on chair imperforate, good to large margins and General Airmail Issue 1921 TAG 75 c. black on rose, fair to good margins together with Guyana definitive 25 c. violet, the Airmail stamps tied by AVION handstamp, all three stamps tied by "ST. LAURENT" cds's in black, cover sent within Cayenne, then forwarded. Signed Brun.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 509 French Guyana

    1 / 2
    /
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    St. Laurent Du Maroni-Cayenne-Inini Route 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on grey, a superb unused example, with large margins all round, unused without gum. Scarce and extremely fine stamp. Signed A. Brun, Calves and Scheller, cert. Roumet (2004) Yvert = € 1'700.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 510 French Guyana

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    French Guyana 1886/88: Sage definitive 30c brown imperf. ovpt. "DÉC 1887 GUY. FRANC. / 5 c.", fine and fresh example of this rare stamp cancelled "CAYENNE GUYANNE .. AVRIL 91". Signed Amedée and Jean-François Brun Yvert = € 1'650.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 511 French Guyana

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on salmon, a large margined used example cancelled by AVION handstamp in black. A fine example of this scarce stamp. Signed Behr Yvert = € 1'400.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 512 French Guyana

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on yellow, a large margined used example cancelled by AVION handstamp in black. Some minor scuffing but a generally fine example of this scarce stamp. Cert. Roumet (2007)  Gi 11 = £ 1'300/Scott CL14 = $ 1'800/Maury 12 = € 2'200/Yvert = € 2'000.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 513 French Guyana

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on grey, a large margined unused example. A fine and fresh example of this scarce stamp. Signed A. Brun Yvert = € 3'600.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 514 French Indo China Local Issues

    1 / 1
    Catalogue# : 17-21I,50-54I
    Download main picture Share
    POST OFFICE IN SOUTH CHINA 1902/04: 1-10 c. in mixed franked with issue 1908 1 c., 2 c. (2), 4 c. (2), 5 and 10 c. on registered cover from "CANTON-CHINE 10.DEC.09" via Shanghai to France with arrival mark, tiny spots and creases.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 110 CHF

    Lot# : 515 French Indo China Local Issues

    1 / 1
    Catalogue# : French Colony P16;P18,16
    Download main picture Share
    1893/1908: French Colony postage Due 10 c. brown  vertical pair tied by cds. "SAIGON-CENTRAL COCHINE 24.AOUT.05" to reverse to underfranked postal stationery envelope from Rangoon and second underfranked envelope from India 1905 with postage due 30 c. carmine and 10 c. brown on reverse, envelopes with tiny spots and marginal tears, otherwise fine.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 516 French Indo China Local Issues

    1 / 9
    Download main picture Share
    1892/1950ca: Lot 220 covers from Cochinchina and primarily Tonkin incl. two 1897 covers 'Corps d'Occupation du Tonkin' from Dapcau to France, four red band covers 1901/08 from Binh Tay, Lang Son, Hanoi and the PO in Canton, covers with cancellation interest, Airmail covers with French and Dutch planes from the 1930s, 1945 VIET MINH liberation cover, in addition few stamps from Vietnam.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 517 French Levant

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1802 (Jan 11): Entire letter from Constantinople to Paris endorsed 'via Vienne', thence via Semlin where disinfected with "Netto e Fuori et di Dentro" cachet on reverse in black. Forwarded, presumably in Vienna, with manuscript "G.O.G. & Co. - 6 Fevr." along flap with French "d'autriche" origin marking on front in black; charged '12' décimes due upon delivery.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 518 French Levant

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1852: Entire letter from Smyrna to Syros struck with "Smyrne / Turquie" cds in black and fine EUROTAS French Paquebot datestamp (July 26) in black (Salles fig. 775), applied on the return leg of the Eurotas's maiden and only 1852 voyage (the ship only did six in total prior to being sunk in Alexandria harbour in 1854). Disinfected with slits and charged '60' lepta due for a double weight letter. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 519 French Levant

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1852/53: 10 c. bistre and 40 c. orange, each with good margins all round, tied to 1862 cover to Constantinople by dotted Anchor lozenge in black. Fine strike of Paquebot SINAI cds alongside (Nov 8) in black (Salles fig. 820). Reverse with French P.O. arrival cds (Nov 16). Overall aging to cover but scarce.rnrnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 80 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 520 French Levant

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1863 (July 24): Entire from Alexandria to Basel, Switzerland, forwarded to Zug, bearing a mixed franking of Napoléon imperf. 80 c. rose and Napoléon perf. 10 c. bistre, two fine and fresh examples with large margins and good perf., respectively, tied by '5080' numeral lozenge of the French PO in Alexandrie with "ALEXANDRIE 24 JUIL. 63 EGYPTE" cds, framed PD and French entry "PAQ. AN. V. SUEZ 2 AOUT 63 AMB. MARS. 2"cds in red alongside, reverse with Paris and Basel transit and Zug arrival (5 AUG. 63) cds's. Light fold through the stamps but an interesting franking and charming entire. Postage is 50 c. from Egypt to France and 40 c. from France to Switzerland.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 521 French Levant

    Share
    1913: Lot ten covers from Beyrouth and Smyrne, two of them sent registered, all directed to Zurich.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 522 French Levant

    1 / 15
    Download main picture Share
    1865/1880ca: Lot 170 used stamps or pieces and five covers from French Post offices abroad or Algeria incl. 1873 Tunis to Marseille with Siège 40 c. in a strip of three tied by 5107 Gros ciffre, 1879 Pointe-a-Pitre to Bordeaux with colonial Cérès 25 c. blue tied by corresponding Paquebot cancellation, 1882 Smyrne to Paris with blue cds, 1865 Salonque to Avignon with Napoléon perf. 10 c. & 40 c., pieces with cancellations of La Guayra, Port Cabello, Mexico, Cap Haitien, and Buenos Ayres, Levant Post offices with Varna Petit Chiffre 4018 in blue, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Alexandrette, Mersina, Galatz, Salonique, Beyrouth, Alexandria, Jaffa, Port Said, Shanghai, Yokohama, as well as post offices from Algeria incl. Guelma, Medeah, Arzeh, Blidah, Bouffarick, Setif, Tlemcen, and Bougie among others.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 523 Obock

    1 / 1
    /
    Download main picture Share
    Obock 1892: Postage due, three values 10 c. black to 60 c. black, unused with or without (60 c.) gum, a fresh and fine trio, signed Scheller or Brun. Y&T = € 1'420.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 524 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    Postes Serbes in Korfu 1917: Eleven out of 14 values, the Semeuse values in hor. pairs, the Mouchon 40c., 50 c. & 1 fr. as singles, four values cancelled, the others unused.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 525 France

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    Postes Serbes in Korfu 1917: Complete set of 14 values, the Semeuse values in hor. pairs or strips of three, the four Mouchon values as singles, all in used condition.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 526 French Colonies

    1 / 14
    Download main picture Share
    1900/70: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition covering French Possessions in Northern Africa, i.e. Algeria, Marocco and Tunesia, noted are single stamps, full sets, part sheets, full sheets, some souvenir sheets, duplicats etc., mainly in good condition and housed in two albums and on small stockcards.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF
list | gallery
Sort list :