Lot no. 10087

385th Auction

Condition

6 (6)

Catalogue no.

Opening500 €

1697/1880 (ca.), ecclectic group of over 90 stampless covers, many interesting and better items with a very 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