373rd Auction

1853/61, Napoléon 1 fr. carmine in nice fresh colour and with good to large margins, tied by star cancel to entire letter from "PARIS 18 AVRIL 54" to Brignolles; a fine and scarce single franking, sign. Calves and Roumet and 2 certificates Robineau (1995 and 1997)

1862, Napoléon perforated 20 c. blue in vertical tête-bêche pair, tied by clear GC "453" to entire letter from "BERRE 12 SEPT 67" to Marseille, stamps slight decentered, otherwise very fine and fresh, sign. Roumet and von der Weid with certificate (1986)

1863/70, Napoléon Lauré 1 c. olive-green, block of 4, three stamps unmounted mint, one unused, plus three single stamps with other colour nuances, mostly unmounted mint, fine

10 c. yellow-brown, type I, unused, fine, signed Calves (Yvert 28A; 800,-)

20 c. blue, type II, unmounted mint, very fine, unsigned (Yvert 29B)

1868, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, handwritten letter with signature "Napoléon" complete with a handed inscribed registered envelope with red cds. "Bau DE PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU 17.AOUT." and inscription "l'Empereur" and three line "Cabinet de l'Empereur (2)", addressed to his niece in Monchy with arrival mark, letter folds little split, rare

PAPILLON DE METZ: 1870, small flimsy letter, dated "1er octobre", addressed to Paris, transported on October 3 with a balloon captured by the Prussian army, fine and scarce, certificate Dr. Goebel BPP (2005)

Bordeaux 5 c. emerald green, report II, second state, good to large margins all around, used, fine, signed Calves and certificate Robineau (1974) (Ceres 42 jb)  

1928, Ile de France 10 fr., both values, each with additional franking tied to special flight covers, cover with 10 fr. on 1,50 fr. adress erased, otherwise fine, certificate Scheller

1963, Europe 0,25-0,50fr. sepia as epreuve de presentation (mise en train sépia), very rare with only 3 issued, fine

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1906, Semuse Lignee essay for reply letter card with envelope blue without value, both sides with overprint “SPÉCIMEN”, sample presented to the UPU Conference in Rome, fine and rare  

1910, Carte pneumatique 30 c.+30 c. lilac, unused, very fine

1958, Europe Flag 25, 35 and 50 fr., three épreuves de presentation in sepia, fine, very rare, only three series known

1959, Flag 25 fr. and 50 fr., each on official cover FDC (Mi. 1.500,-)

25 fr. and 50 fr. together with first day cancellation on official envelope; very rare

50 fr. with first day cancellation "STRASSBOURG CATHEDRALE 29-5 1959" on official envelope, extremely rare

1963, Europe Flag 0,20, 0,25 and 0,50 fr., three épreuves de presentation in sepia, fine, very rare, only three series known

1983, Palace of Europe 2,00 and 2,80 fr. imperforated, two sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 3.250,-)

1986, Palace of Europe 1,90-3,40 fr. imperforated, three sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 4.250,-)

1987, Palace of Europe 2 and 3,60 fr. imperforated, two sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 3.250,-)

1990, Map of Europe 2,30 and 3,20 fr. imperforated, two sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 3.250,-)

1991, Map of Europe 2,50 and 3,40 fr. imperforated, two sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 3.250,-)

1996, Palace of human rights 3,00 and 3,80 fr. imperforated, two sheets of 50, umounted mint (Maury 3.250,-)  

1943, 50c. dark-brown, four singles with additional franking tied by cancel "R.F. POSTES FEZZAN" with handwritten date "10.5.43" to airmail covber to Brazzaville with arrival mark, fine and scarce, signed Bolaffi with certificate (1965)

Airmail 50c. with additional franking tied by cds. "POSTE MILITAIRE No 561 1-9 43" to cover addressed to Douala, fine, certificate Diena (1980)

1943, 1fr. on 25c. indigo/light-blue, two singles with additional franking tied by "R.F. SEBYA FEZZAN 8 JUL 1943" to registered and censored airmail cover to Yaounde, Camerun, a fine and rare cover, signed and certificate Diena (1980)

1943, Parcel stamps 1f. on 5c. brown and 1f. on 50c. orange, each as complete pair, both tied by cancel "R.F. SEBYA FEZZAN 3 JUL 1943" to cover addressed to Yaounde, somewhat stained, scarce entire, certificate Diena (1985)

1l. violet, complete pair with right margin, used, fine, signed A. Brun and A. Diena

Parcelstamps: 1943, not issued 0,50 on 2 l. green and 0,50 on 3 l. yellow with surcharge “R.F. 0,50 FEZZAN” and Parcel stamp 5 c. – 1 fr. with surcharge “R.F. I Fr. FEZZAN” (5 c., 1 l. and 5 l. as horizontal pairs) mounted on folded postal administration letter sheet, left sides with stamps, right sides showing small piece of lined paper showing denomination and printing runs, accumulating to a total of 940 stamps. Furthermore with ha witth handwritten notation " ", tied by cachet “R.F.POSTES FEZZAN” and cds. “R.F.SEBHA FEZZAN 17.JUIL.1943” to the letter sheet, tiny spots, imperfections, extremely rare and most likely unique item, signed Calves and A. Diena (Sassone17-18A,13-19)  

1849/1949, meist ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung inkl. Portomarken mit Schwerpunkt bis 1900 mit besseren ungebrauchten Marken, Paaren und weiteren Besonderheiten, dabei u.a. Mi.-Nr. 14 ND im Viererblock, drei gestempelte Werte Mi.-Nr. 32, Mi.-Nr. 38 (Report 1, FA Margue), mehrere ungebrauchte Werte ex Mi.-Nr. 45-55 (oft sign. Pascal Scheller ), Mi.-Nr. 135 ungebraucht und Mi.-Nr. 311b postfrisch (sign. Calves), sauber auf Albenblättern  

1849/2008, postfrische, ungebrauchte und bis ca. 1900 gestempelte Sammlung, ab 1945 anscheinend weitgehend kpl. mit Kleinbogen, Blocks meist 2mal, dazu Markenheftchen, hoher Anteil postfrischer Nominale

1849/1940, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung mit besseren Ausgaben

1849/1970 (ca.), meist gestempelte Partie mit besseren Ausgaben und Belegen, dazu Französiscche Kolonien Allgemeine Ausgabe, Madagaskar, Diego Suarez etc., auch hier Belege

1855/1970, interessanter Bestand mit Briefen und Karten mit R-Briefen, Auslandspost und weitere Besonderheiten, dazu u.a. ungebrauchte und postfrische Sammlung 1900-60 und viele postfrische Doubletten inkl. Bogenware ab ca. 1940 in diversen Steckbüchern/Ordnern  

1862, Partie mit Mi.-Nr. 28 mit GC "5084" und einmal mit Plattenfehler "Bienen", dazu Mi.-Nr. 26 mit dt. Feldpost-Ra3 "Relais 49" und einmal mit Zeitungsdruck (gris-mordoré) als Entwertung sowie vier verschiedene Farbnuancen der Mi.-Nr. 25 ohne Gummi bzw. ungebraucht

1870, Bordeaux-Ausgabe, Partie mit 19 gestempelten Werten, zwei dekorativen Briefstücken und drei Briefen, dabei u.a. 5x Mi.-Nr. 36, 2x Mi.-Nr. 39, Mi.-Nr. 42a und zweimal Mi.-Nr. 44a, meist voll- bis breitrandig, vom Sammler nach Farben und Reports bestimmt, vieles signiert bzw. ein Fotoattest