1849, Ceres 1 fr. carmine, fresh color and good margins, used, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1853, Napolêon III. 1 c. deep olive-green, block of 4 with sheet margin at right, unmounted mint, very fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1870, Bordeaux 1 c. oliv on bluish, block of 4 with good margins all around, unused o.g., fine, signed Brun (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1870, Bordeaux 40 c. orange, good to large margins, unused o.g., very fine, signed Brun (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

VICTOR HUGO: Entire letter franked with Laurê 10 c. and 20 c., tied by cds. "TOURS 22 OCT. 70" with adjacent "P.D." to the Isle of Jersey with clear arrival mark, on reverse also good strike of rare red "RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE Aerostiers Nadar, Dartois Duruof"; the 10 c. applied around the edge of the cover; a fine and very rare 'pli confiê' to a foreign destination (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

VILLE d'ORLÉANS: Entire letter with extensive 3 pages of text with dispatch "PL. DE LA MADELEINE 23 NOV. 70" (stamp fallen off due to sea water) to the isle of Jersey 'poste restante' with London transit mark of December 2 on front and arrival mark of December 3; very fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

BATAILLE DE PARIS: Entire letter dated '4 novembre 1870', addressed to Samoens, franked with Ceres 20 c., tied by GC "3997" with adjacent clear "TOURS 3 DEC. 70"; showing on reverse transit mark of Annecy and arrival mark of December 28/29, 1870; the 'Bataille de Paris' transported no official mail, only some private letters transported by the passengers and the aerostier; very fine and rare plis confiês (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Entire letter franked with 5 copies Laurê 20 c., all affixed around the edges of the cover, tied by indistinct PC, to Paris with transit mark of Dieppe of January 28, addressed to a brigadier at St. Denis; an attractive and scarce letter, certificate Behr (2015) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

SIÈGE DE BELFORT: Small soldier's letter with full text on reverse and dated "Belfort le 24 dêcembre 1870" addressed to St. Genis Laval with frontside clear arrival mark of January 7, 1871. This is one of the very few recorded balloon mail letters of Belfort. On Christmas Day 1870 soldiers got the permission to write letters on a quarter sheet of paper, unsealed so that no military information could be sent out. A first attempt of the balloon flight was made on December 25, but the balloon came down in the suburb of Fourneau, a further attempt 2 days later was also unsuccessful. On December 30 a third attempt was successful. A few existing items all have arrival marks between January 6 and 8. A very interesting and rare item of early airmail, accompanied by interesting additional information on exhibition page and article "LES BALLONS DE BELFORT" of 'LE COLLECTIONEUR' No. 53 of 1982 about the item offered here (Image 1) (Image)

PAPILLONS DE METZ: 2 small soldier's letters, the first dated September 19, 1870, addressed to Bignois near Lyon with text "Wounded lightly at the right shoulder in the affair of th 18th of August but I am much better" (vertical paper break), the second one dated October 1, 1870, addressed to Allevard les Bains, the later one very fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1872/75, Ceres with large numerals: Error of colour 15 c. brown on rose in horizontal pair with normal stamp, unused without gum; the normal stamp with thinning at left, otherwise fine; a rare ensemble, certificates Ceres and Gautre (both 2002) (Yvert 55c) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1922, War orphans 5 fr. + 1 fr. blue and black, block of 4 from the left lower sheet corner, stamps mint never hinged, fine (Mi. 1.040,-) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1930, air mail 1,50 fr. lilac red, progressive die proof (3rd state) in issued colour (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1936, Airmail 50 fr. yellow-green, copy from the lower left sheet corner with printing date, unmounted mint (Mi. 1.300,- +) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1962, Coq d'Or 0,25 fr., unmounted mint, very fine (Mi. 800,-) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)