385th Auction

1857, Vannes to Jersey, folded letter via St. Malo, franked with 1854 20c blue (Type I), good to large margins all around, tied by 3484 dotted lozenge cancel, postmarked with corresponding Vannes c.d.s. (25 Mar), underpaid and noted in red manuscript “timbre insuffisant” and struck with boxed “Affranchisement / Insuffisant” and circular “MORE TO PAY” handstamps, the “6” (decimes) in manuscript indicating the amount due, endorsed “via St. Malo”, reverse with Nantes A Paris (25 Mar), Paris A Calais (26 Mar), London (27 Mar) and Jersey (28 Mar) backstamps, a most attractive and very fine cover; with 2015 Roumet certificate.

1870 (December 1), Ballon Monté “Le Jules Favre No. 2", to Jersey, Gazette des Absents No. 12, affixed with 1867 30c. brown, tied by “2” star cancel and postmarked with Paris “Rue St. Lazare” c.d.s., with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (13 Dec), filing folds and some small flaws, but a rare Ballon Monté to the Channel Islands; signed Calves, with 2023 Roumet certificate.