France and French Colonies Airmail Covers - Commercial
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1230
Symbol: C
1932 (Aug 13) to NSW with 10c + Sowers 40c x6 & 50c x6 tied by 'BREST PORT DU COMMERCE/FINISTERE' cds, Paris Marseilles & Sydney transit b/s, central fold & soiled on the revrse but of fine facial appearance. [The rate was 1fr50c + airmail surcharge 4fr = 5fr50c]
1936 (Oct 24) registered to NSW with 1fr orange, 2fr Windmill x3 & 10fr South American Flight (a little soiled) tied by 'MARSEILLE/DCHES DU RHONE' cds, unusual routing within Australia with Darwin cds of 8NO36 then superb 'TPO S SOUTH/UP 10NO36/ 2 /NSW' cds & Sydney arrival the next day, boxed 'CLOSED' h/s presumably applied after delivery was unsuccessful. [The rate was 1fr50c + airmail surcharge 4fr50c per 5gm x3 + 2fr registration airmail = 17fr]
1937 (June 2) Poinsard et Cie cover with pre-printed address for their operations in Saigon with outstanding 34fr franking including South America Flight 10fr & Pont du Gard 20fr tied by 'PARIS RP/AFFRANSCHISEMENTS' cds, Saigon arrival b/s, small repaired opening fault at U/R.
1937 (Oct 11) to Adelaide with 75c olive & South American Flight 10fr (perfectly centred!) tied by very fine 'MARSEILLE-REPUBLIQUE/B DU RHONE' cds, Paris transit & Adelaide arrival b/s. A very scarce franking. [The rate was 1fr75c + airmail surcharge 4fr50c per 5gm x2 = 10fr75c]
1938 (Mar 17) registered to Sydney with 1fr 1fr25c 5fr 10fr x2 & 50fr Ader tied by 'PARIS 88/12 R DIEMENT-MAROT' cds, repaired flap-tears where roughly opened clear of the stamps. [The rate was 4fr75c for 60-80gm + airmail surcharge 4fr50c per 5gm x16 + registration 2fr = 78fr75c: inderpaid 1fr50c]
1939 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) oversize cover (315x240mm) registered to NSW with 75c olive, Castles etc 3fr strip of 3, 5fr pair, 10fr single & pair and 20fr single & pair plus Ader 50fr x3 all tied by 'PARIS 35/R CAMBUN' (?) cds, Sydney arrival b/s of 24FE39, rather knocked-about but most of the stamps are sound to fine. Despite the faults, an impressive piece with an equally appealing franking. [The rate was 12fr25c for 160-180gm + airmail surcharge 7fr per 5gm x35 + 2fr registration = 259fr25c so overpaid 50c!]
1939-45 mostly censored covers to NSW x3, Victoria x3, Queensland, Western Australia x2, New Zealand with scarce solo franking of Arms of Normandy 20fr, and New Caledonia redirected to NSW, various rates to 52fr & routes including per trans-Pacific Clipper x4 (one registered), generally fine.
(Qty 11)
MONACO: Selection with 1885 Charles III 1fr SG 9 (VFU), 1919 War Orphans to 1fr+1fr, 1951 Holy Year 100fr, etc; also Andorra 1950 100f Chamoix; Cat £1800+.
(Qty 18)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1238
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NEW HEBRIDES - PICTURE POSTCARDS: Group franked with New Hebrides French issues x3 & Zieher 'stamps' card used at 'PORT-VILA' x2 (one with clipped corners) or Noumea x2, plus Qld PPC - significantly stained - with 'NOUVELLES/HEBRIDES' 10c tied by 'PORT-VILA' cds, condition variable.
(Qty 5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$60
Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 46.00
Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 46
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1239
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NEW HEBRIDES - POSTAL HISTORY: Fijian PPC 'Samoan Maidens, Fiji' headed "Nov 27th 1913/Oceanic Rubber Coy Ltd/Pt Patterson/Banks Group", to Sydney with 10c Arms tied by 'PORT-VILA/10/DEC/13/NLLE HEBRIDES', minor corner bend. A remarkable origin: the Banks Group are the islands north of Santo, the two weeks transit to Vila indicating how remote they were. [Neither the Oceanic Rubber Co nor Port (or Point?) Patterson (or Paterson?) was found by Google search]
POLYNESIA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: Edition RP PPCs with French & English captions including '... Drying split [cocoa] nuts for copra' (a wonderful photograph), '...The police headquarters' with two young boys apprehended for under-age driving, '...Commercial wharf at Papeete' with Mariposa Café and Société Commerciale de l'Oceanie building, '...Mail day on the wharf' with hundreds of the locals attired in their Dimanche finery, '...Double canoe race' with two enormous canoes that would fit right in with a Chinese dragon boat race, '...Inamongst [sic] the vanilla' showing four girls draping themselves with vanilla tendrils to the amusement of the Banana Man, etc, six of them subtly hand-tinted, fine to very fine unused. A most attractive series.
(Qty 9)
POLYNESIA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1913 (circa) L Gauthier (Papeete) wallet headed 'Panorama de Papeete' with a series of eight (!!) coloured panels forming a single image, to NSW, the cover with faults & repairs, the cards very fine. Yes, an 8-panel panorama!! (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1242
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POLYNESIA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1914 L Gauthier (Papeete) wallet headed 'Vue panoramique du/bombardement de Papeete/le 22 Sept 1914' with a 5½-panel panorama of the devastation caused by the German warships 'Gneisenau' & 'Scharnhorst', the first panel with inset '.../THE GUNBOAT ZELEE BRINGING BACK THE WALKUR', unused. [The Germans sought to seize the coal stockpiled at Papeete but the French set the coal on fire. Prior to the attack on the town, the local gunboat 'Zélée' seized the German freighter 'Walkure', which was probably intended to take the coal stockpile. In the attack, both ships were destroyed. Apart from our French clients, was anybody aware of this incident!?]
