386th Auction

1956/2004, apparently complete used collection including some souvenir sheets etc., good condition

1697/1880 (ca.), group of over 130 stampless covers, including a fine collection of circa 40 Paris Postage Due Postmarks, some better items with an early 1697 straightline handstamp “DE LYON”, 1859 mail from “ST DENIS ILE DE LA REUNION”, a fine selection of incoming transatlantic mail with 1855 Lima to Paris with green cds. “VAPOR LIMA 1855" and red two-line “PANAMA TRANSIT”, several entires from La Havana to Bordeaux via the United States including 1855 “FORWARDED BY NEW YORK RENAULD & FRANCOIS” and endorsed “P. Pacific”, 1858 Norway to Bordeaux, 1880 Port-au-Prince Haiti to Le Havre, 1876 Brazil to Bordeaux, superb octagonal “VERA CRUZ PAQ. FR. B N°3” on 1868 entire to Paris, etc., mixed condition 

1793/1813 (ca.), 90 covers from the Département Conquis and Armée d´Italie, unfolding with a fine group of military and shipowner Rougement archive mail, some better items with December 1811 entire letter sent from the corsair captain on the “Themis" concerning the capture of an English ship and the seizure of its codfish cargo, followed by a strong section of Départements Conquis with some Port Payé, including 1806 folded letter to Genova with two-line “ETRURIE ET LUCQUES PAR GENES”,  1810 folded letter from Cremone to Parma with superb red three-line “Raume D´ITALIE PAR PLAISANCE”, undated lettersheet without text to Pise with scarce red two-line “PRINtéDE LUQUES PAR PISE”, three-line “P.19.P. PORTO-FERRAIO ISLE D´ELBE” on 1809 folded letter to Marseilles, 1804 single sheet signed by the military commandant of the Elba Island  “Brusca”, etc., mixed condition, neatly housed in one album

1849/2003, used collection starting with Mi. No. 1 (signed Calves) including, among others, Mi. No. 7 with sheet margin on cover (repaired), 32 with PC “3987,” 127 on piece (signed), 152 (signed Calves), 218-19 on registered cover, 239 on exhibition envelope (signed Calves), Souvenir sheet No. 3 with special postmark, 305-311a and 321 (signed Calves). In addition, some postage due stamps and pre-cancellations, neatly arranged in seven albums.

1849/72 (ca.), 10 mostly franked entires and 2 fronts, including Ceres 15 c. on local envelope and 1 fr. on cover, 6 certificates

1849/79 (ca.), group of 34 covers, some better usages throughout with Napoleon 20 c. Susse perforation with dotted lozenge and “PARIS 11 JUIL. 61” to envelope to Soissons (signed Roumet), 1873 GC “5080” Alexandrie to Marseilles, better destinations with 1858 entire letter from Paris to Valparaiso franked with imperforate 80 c. (carmine shade) and 40 c. and 1874 entire letter to Tunis, some Bordeaux frankings with 10 c. pair tied GC “2931” to entire letter to Bourgoin, `Chargé´ mail including Sage 1 fr. (x4) with additional franking to envelope with red chargé postmark for a sending of 3,900 francs, etc., some occasional faults, overall in good condition

1860/1950 ca., covers/cards (60+) from Napoleon issues to WWII, including Colonies, Algerie, Madagascar, Indochine, early air mails, censors, Monte-Carlo, newspaper, registered mail, postage due, some different

1860/1970 ca., covers/cards (90+) from Napoleon issues, including few Colonies, 1930 air mail 3,50fr., censors, imprints Companies Hotels etc., registered and valeur declare mail, postage due, some different

1872/76, 6 entire lerttersheets with better cancellations and usages with Cérès 25 centimes blue including one tied by GC “2145F” (Maury-Nr. L7a) with scarce temporary office cds “LYON EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 26 SEPT. 72” alongside to folded entire to Epinac (signed Scheller), also a very scarce duo of covers with 25 centimes tied by cds “PHILIPPEVILLE ALGÉRIE 27 JUIN 76” with framed “B. M.” (Salles-Nr. 537) to folded entire to Marseille (signed Jamet and Scheller), also 25 c. blue tied by dotted lozenge “224(0)” upon arrival to Marseille with cds “PHILIPPEVILLE 20 JANV. 76 BAT. A. VAP” (signed Scheller), also some blue cancellations, scarce plate flaw, etc., overall in good condition

1923/26, specialised collection of the Pasteur emission, including some varieties and picture postcards in 2 binders

POSTES SERBES: 1917/18, 24 Belege, dabei Einschreiben, Drucksachenschleife, Zensur, etc.

1944-45, Lanslebourg, Measnes, Badonviller, Dunkerque, Bellagarde, Nice, Bordeaux, Annecy, Aigurande, mint never hinged/unused collection, unsigned

1944-45, Lille, Niort, Nice, Chambery, Bordeaux, mint never hinged/unused collection

1855/1920 (ca.), Alexandrette to Tunis, used collection with some covers, arranged by offices with duplicates, some better items with the very rare cds. “SULINA TURQ. 9 OCT. 55" on lettersheet (defective and repaired) to Constantinople with Napoleon 40 centimes and 10 centimes tied by PC 4015 (signed Baudot), also a fine range of cancellations on various issues up to the 5 francs Empire including Bordeaux 20 centimes blue Type I Mi.-Nr. 41I pair (clear at bottom, upper right corner crease) with GC “5082” BEYROUTH, etc., a most useful lot in mixed condition

1894/1930 (ca.), Alaouites to Syria, unused and used collection with a few covers, including some forerunners from Smyrna, some numbered gutter pairs and better values throughout. Except for the occasional faults, overall in good condition, neatly housed in one album 

1869/76, Yokohama French Office, alluring group of 11 covers, showing an impressive display of tariffs from the 1866 to 1876 period, some better items with Laureated 80 c. and 40 c. tied by Dotted Diamond  “5118” to envelope to France with alongside cds. “YOKOHAMA 15 MAI 71” (scarce 1,20 Francs tariff valid six months from January until end of June 1871), two 1876 envelopes the first one franked at the 1 Franc tariff (endorsed “Voie Française”, French paquebot to Marseille), the second at the 1,10 Francs tariff (endorsed “Via Brindisi”, British paquebot), some faults but a rare duo exhibiting both routes, also some underfranked mail, etc., some signed Calves, mixed condition. 

1894/1922, unused and used collection with duplicates, incl. postage dues, a few better values thoughout, except for the occasional fault in mostly fine to very fine condition (ex Mi.-Nr. 1-48)

1930/80 ca., collection in 19 large albums mostly mint never hinged, including Comoros, Central Africa, Burkina Faso, Kamboscha, Guinea, Gabon, Dahomey, Benin, Madagascar, Cameoun, Morocco, Algerie, Haute-Volta, Djibouti, Guinee and Congo. Many good Space and Olympics issues incl. S/S and imperfs. 

1865/1900, 9 entires from or via St Thomas, interesting lot

1980/2020 (ca.), mostly MNH group of part collections, including many complete year sets, a good part France and USA, further Netherlands, etc., incl. booklets, souvenir sheets, multiples, enormous part of valid postage, in carton

1849, Ceres 10 c. brown, fresh colour and close to good margins, used, fine, sign. Brun

1849, Ceres 15 c. green, fresh colour, wide margins all around, used with diamond grid cancel, tiny thin at center, otherwise fine

1849, Ceres 25 c. blue, short “N” in FRANC, margin closed at lower left and tiny gum toned, unused regummed, faults (creasing, small paper faults), otherwise clear to wide margins and nice deep colour, a rare stamp

1849, Ceres 40 c. vermilion, fresh colour and good margins, cancelled PC ‘455’, horizontal crease, still fine, signed Calves

1899, Registered wrapper and complete document, local used from Baume Les Dames Doubs to Baume, franked with horizontal pair Allegorique 15 c. in combination with 10 c. black lilac, fold through, all clear cancelled, with corresponding official Tribunal 1er Instance imprint seal and registered “R” handstamp, fine

1921, Vorausentwertung auf 30 c. braunorange, postfrisch, tadellos

1920-50, Lot Preobliteres, mint never hinged/unused stamps including Yv.47 (signed Roig no gum), 65-68, a.o. few no gum, otherwise fine

1920, PARIS/BUC-BRUXELLES Special Flight postcard (Le Gourdou-Lesseure Hispano-Suiza 180) bearing Guynemer vignette overprinted "Meeting Aéronautique DE BUC" (10.10.20) to Bruxelles with transit mark 10.10.1920 addressed to Le Mans. (Muller 66), fine

1917-18, Orphelins de la Guerre 1 fr.+1 fr. carmine, clear cancelled, very fine

1923, Bordeaux Congress1 fr. claret and olive green, rich bright colors, unused, fine

1927, Strasbourg Philatelic Exhibition the miniature sheet, mint never hinged, unsigned, fine

1930, Sourire de Reims 1,50 fr., cpl. booklet with sheetlet of 8 stamps, unmounted mint

1954, air mail set of four value, mint never hinged

1870-80, 13 classic stamps, unused with minor faults, otherwise fine and good appearance, few signed Bühler

1871-78, 60 c. bistre-yellow, full to wide margins, cancelled AVIGNON 20.DEC 75, fine, signed Thier

1884, 5 fr. brown, unused, very fine and fresh, signed G. Bühler