FRANCE, Ballon Monté. The Richard Wallace accident. Cover bearing 20 cent. Siège de Paris Yv.37 from Paris Serpentin 25 Jan 1871 ´Par Ballon monté´ with destination Toulouse, but the balloon which left on 27 Jan fell into the Atlantic Ocean, and after the discovery of the bags the letters were repaired by the postal services. On the back the arrival pmk of Toulouse 9 April. Signed J.F. Brun, cert. Soluphil (1982). Very rare postal item and a highlight for any Ballon Monté exhibition collection (Image)

FRANCE, small lot 'Star'-cancellations, between number 1 and 39, also 10 covers (Image)

FRANCE 1849-1944, nice collection o/*/** on album- and stockpages with several good numbers and sets i.e. Yv.148/54, 162/69, 182, 229/32, 242A, 252, 257A, 266/68, 275/77, Block 3, etc., etc., also a small collection with Colonies (Image)

FRANCE, 38 covers and documents from the French Revolution era with interesting postmarks, postage freedom cachets, official mail, all very well documented written up in Dutch on pages in ring binder (Image)

FRANCE 1850-1944 o/*/** in Borek album, with many better numbers and sets f.i.: Yv. 148/55, 162/69, 216, 229/32, 252, 256, 267, 348/51 etc. Nice collection with high catalog value. (Image)