MISCELLANY in red Lindner album inc. Napoleon 'Susse' perfs to 80c, 1870 Alsace Lorraine values to 25c FU, 1925 Paris 5f FU, WWII forgeries, entire sheets inc. 1942 Légion Tricolore, 1949 Exhibition (toned) plus a few later sheets etc. Interesting lot. (Qty) (Image)

20th CENTURY FDCs & MAXI CARDS: Fifteen cover albums and a shoe box with predominantly 1960s-80s collection. (Several 100s). Neatly typed or unaddressed. Fine condition throughout. (Very many 100s) (Image)

FINE MINT & USED COLLECTION, 1847-1976: Two albums with mixed mint & used collections, mostly fine throughout. Includes 1847 Ceres used set to 1f carmine (this a 4 margin example) continuing with mainly used ranges of Napoleons, Blanc, Mouchon, Mersons, P & C, etc. 1917 War Orphans to 1f + 1f used and the later surcharged set to 5f + 1f mixed mint & used (5f used), Pasteur & Sower ranges plus surcharges, Postage Dues; 1925 5f red mint, several 'Sinking Fund' sets and 1930s high values plus used 1936 Airs to 50f green, 10f South Atlantic Flight, etc., and extensive ranges of 1930s/50s commemoratives. No significant duplication. (Very many 100s) (Image)

1849-1960s DUPLICATED USED ACCUMULATION in green binder from 1849 Ceres 10c & 40c, Napoleon to 80c, Bordeaux to 40c, Merson 10f & 20f, 1925 Paris 5f VFU, 1936 airs to 3f50c etc. A very useful lot with high cat value. (Qty) (Image)

1917-51 COMMEMORATIVE & CHARITY ISSUES: A fine used collection, neatly presented and mounted in album. Many of the better, highly catalogued singles and sets present inc. 1917 War Orphans to 50c & 1922 set to 5f + 1f, 1923 Bordeaux Congress 1f fine used single and also on Exhibition cover (neither with Certificate), various 'Sinking Fund' sets & singles, study of the various printings of 1933 high values to 20f Pont du Gard, 1936 Air set to 50f green, 1936 50f 'Banknote' issue (2, one perfined), 1936 10f South America Flight, 1937 Museum pair, etc. Collection continues with a fine used range to c.1951. A fine lot. (Few 100s) (Image)

EARLY TO MODERN MINT CORNER BLOCKS & BOOKLETS: Lighthouse hingeless binder housing an all periods variety of mint multiples inc. various 1930s/40s sheets and corner blocks of 4 with sheet numbers, 1920s/30s sower type booklets & panes, etc. Also a range of modern booklets/sheetlets to c.1998. We note 1907 25c deep blue 'Sower' type in 2 rows of 10 (top of sheet) with all stamps on top row showing greater or lesser degrees of offset (one stamp complete, another almost so). (Many 100s) (Image)

COMPLETE MINT SHEETS - MOSTLY MID-20th CENTURY: Large format album holding a variety of mostly complete 20th C. mint sheets. Includes 1929 'Blanc' type 1c grey-black sheet, 1917 30c pale carmine P. Due "G.C." paper (sheet in 2 halves), 1047 Ader 40f + 10f sheet of 25, various other 1940s period sheets, etc. Also Saar 1955 '15f 'Stamp Day' in 2 complete sheets of 10 (one with 'dot in 5' flaw, 1937 "PEXIP" labels in blue & brown, sheet of 25 plus other interesting sheets inc. labels, vignettes,etc. (c.30+ sheets) (Image)

EARLY CHARITY LABELS, PUBLICITY, DELANDRE LABELS, ETC: Album housing a very fine 'Cinderella' collection. Includes late 19th C. 'Cinderellas' depicting Czar Nicholas II (blue single), 1900 De la Rue Napoleon Head essay, WWI period charity & patriotic labels, General Joffre memorial booklet, range of different 'Delandre' labels (31), Czech legion, 1920s/30s Tours 'great fortnight' labels, Jeanne d'Arc & Jeanne Hachette commemorative labels, stamps blocks & sheets for various Philatelic & other Exhibitions inc. Paris 1900, Paris Intl. Congress 1913 & 1925, Metz 1938, Marseilles & Paris 1942, Paris, Saumur,Lyon, St. Maur-des-Fosses ( all 1943), Malmaison 1944, etc. A very good lot. (Qty. stamps & covers)Cross Reference: CINDERELLAS, EXHIBITIONS (Image)

'CHARITY' STAMPS, 'LOCALS' & TB LABELS: Album with a collection of stamps, labels & a few covers. Interesting early issues include 1871 Lorin-Maury 5c green unused, 1919 Postal Strike group of 4 (2 used, 2 unused) 10c values produced at Amiens, 1914 Valenciennes Chamber of Commerce 10c vermilion, one unused plus 2 covers (not guaranteed); set of 5 'Cinderellas' to value of 20f + 60f inscribed "Orphelins de l'Incursion" engraved by J. Piel; range of c.1938-43 Post Office Charity stamps and a substantial range of 1920s-60s anti-TB campaign labels, sheetlets and covers. (Few 100s plus several covers) Cross Reference: CINDERELLAS (Image)

18th/19th CENTURY FOREIGN MAIL FROM/VIA FRANCE; Range with 1756 EL to Brussels rated '6' sols with "DE.ROUEN" hs on front, 1817 E to Wigton with "P 12 P/MARSEILLE" and framed "P.P.P.P." hs, redirected to Edinburgh and endorsed 'Paid at Wigton', 1829 EL to England ex Paris? with framed "60/P.P.E" hs on front, 1830 EL to London with step-framed "P.P./Bau de la COUR" endorsed 'par Estafette' and rated '1/2'(d), 1839 EL to Aberdeen ex Frankfurt with "3 TOUR T. 3/FORBACH" entry mark and framed curved "FOREIGN PAID" hs on front, 1841 EL to London ex Nice with "SARD/ANTIBES" entry ds and diamond "I/A.E./J.F" hs on front, 1857 EL to Aberdeen ex Cadiz sent via Paris with oval "FR./1F" hs on front and other related examples. (34 covers) Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, LANCASHIRE (Image)

EARLY TO MODERN POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION INCL. BALLON MONTE: Album housing a representative range of covers & cards from c.1818 to modern. Pre-stamp range includes 1821 EL Paris to Edinburgh with addl. ½d mark, 1827 Lyon to London EEL with boxed Affranchie Verifiee mark, 1831 Paris 'Little Post' wrapper plus others; various later franked examples displaying a variety of cancel types and 10 Dec. 1870 Ballon Monte cover carried by balloon "General Renault", early postcard of 1874, etc. Lot also includes a plating study of 25c blue Ceres type. A good range of covers. (c.40 covers) Cross Reference: BALLOON MAIL (Image)

RARE FRONTIER MARKS - DEPARTMENTS LIMITROPHES & RAYON FRONTIERE: Trio of 1848-59 stampless ELs inc. 1855 EL from St. Hippolyte to Switzerland with good to fine red double-framed "DEP.LIMIT.", 1849 EL with v. fine smaller "R.FRONT." mark in red and similar mark in black on 1848 EL, this earlier cover also with fine "BELG./TOURCOING" c.d.s. in red. (3 covers)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

80c, 1F & 2F RATES TO MEXICO; Range with 26 June 1858 EL to Guadalajara franked imperf 80c (three good margins) tied by "205" diamond dotted cancel with "BAYONNE" cds, London Paid cds, framed "P.P." h.s. and bold "2" reales h.s. all on front and 30 Aug. 1872 E to Puebla Cruz franked 80c (2) + 40c tied by "532" diamond dotted cancels with Bordeaux and London d.s. and framed "P.P." h.s. and bold "4" reales h.s. on front plus a 24 Dec. 1864 EL to Mexico ex Paris franked 40c (2 - two further stamps missing ) with hollow "4" reales h.s. on front, 20 Apr. 1873 EL to Vera Cruz franked 80c + 15c + 5c tied by "175" diamond dotted cancels with "LE HAVRE" cds and framed "PP" h.s. on front and 31 Mar. 1874 E to Vera Cruz franked 30c pair + 40c tied by Paris star cancels with Paris and London d.s. and framed "PP" h.s. on front. (5 covers) Cross Reference: MEXICO, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

20c BLUE NAPOLEON & CERES HEADS: Stock book housing a large used accumulation of perf. & imperf. 20c blue Napoleon heads (Empire) and perf. Ceres heads (Republic) of same value. Great majority are fine four margin examples. Unchecked for varieties, flaws, shades, etc. (c.880) (Image)

STAMPED 19th CENTURY MAIL ETC.: Small group inc. 1864 env. to Cuba ex Paris with ms "Via Queenstown & N. York", franked 60c+80c adhesives, both cancelled by dotted cancels, with red boxed "P.P" hs and Paris double-ring cds & Cuba boxed "NE 2" hs's (2) all in black; 1868 EL redirected to Paris franked 10c(2 - one cancelled by Neuilly cds and the other by lozenge cancel), with "JUSTICE DE PAIX DU CANTON DE ?EUILLY/SEINE" (note backwards "N") hs and Paris cds, both in black, and red oval "Trouvé à la Boîte" hs; 1864(?) env. to "Francfort" ex Paris franked 40c cancelled by dotted six-point star cancel, with small red boxed "PD2 hs, black Paris cds and black boxed "FRANER¦ÜBER/T.T.¦B.F.[??]" hs; 1866 EL to Switzerland ex Thann franked 20c adhesive, cancelled by fine black lozenge cancel, with black Thann double-ring cds, black "30" hs alongside red crayon ms "30", and red boxed "AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT" hs; 1870 Ballon Monte pair (one badly stained but with good contents; the other the "Mr Simpson" reproduction); and c.1927 Ballon Monte price booklet; plus other interesting examples inc. instructional marks, plus some early 1900s postcards. (16)Cross Reference: CUBA, BALLOON MAIL, GERMANY, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)

1869 NAPOLEON 5F LILAC VARIETY 'BLUE FIGURES' [Yv.33b], light toning, good perfs; Paris 'star' cancellation. Cat €1,200. (Image)

1871 NAPOLEON 5c GREEN ON BLUE PAPER [Yv. 35] single and pair in different shades. Cat €670. (3) (Image)

19th/20th CENTURY POSTAL STATIONERY GROUP; Range with unused and used inc. 1872 15c PC to Aube franked 15c and tied by "PBEL" (Paris-Belfort TPO) dotted diamond hs, 1877 formular PC to London franked 15c, 1903 5c unsealed env. used to Hamburg, 1907/11 'TAXE REDUIT' 10c on 15c envs. to Paris uprated 25c or to Constantinople and uprated 25c, 10c & 5c both with reg. mark or label or front and other related examples. (c100 items) (Image)

EXHIBITION/SPECIAL EVENT CANCELS & MAIL; Range inc. 1907 PPC to Paris franked 5c tied by "NOGENT s/MARNE/EXPOSITION COLONIALE" cds, 1926 unsealed env. to Le Mans franked 10c tied by "RENNES/FOIRE EXPOSITION" cds, 1930 Paris 1st airmail Exhibition numbered PC franked 1F50c and tied by matching cancel, 1930 L'Aeronatique et L'Art Exhibition PC franked 15c and tied by matching cancel, 1931 National Postal Stationery Exhibition card used locally, franked 40c and tied by a matching cancel, 1931 15c unused Colonial Exposition PC (Algeria), 1938 PPC to England franked 1F tied by "CONGRES INTL ORITHOLOGIE/ROUEN" cds, 1947 local unsealed env. franked 6F tied by "FESTIVAL DU FILM/CANNES" cds, 1952 'OFFICE OF SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER ALLIED POWERS EUROPE PARIS FRANCE' to The Hague franked 30F and tied by "S.H.A.P.E./PARIS" cds and many others. (72 covers/cards + 1 piece) (Image)

POSTAL MECHANISATION GROUP; Range with identified types inc. 1900 PPC to England franked 5c and sent as printed matter tied by the rare Bickerdike inv. flag cancel (Dreyfuss A00004V), 1900 PPC to London franked 10c tied by Bickerdike flag cancel (pompom detached) (Dreyfuss A00005), 1909 PPC to London franked 10c tied by "PARIS/DEPART" Krag machine cancel (Dreyfuss A00017), 1912 PPC to London franked 10c tied by an Angers Chambon machine cancel (Dreyfuss ANG 102), 1932 2nd Regional Philatelic Exhibition PC franked 40c with framed Grasse Exhibition Daguin machine cancel (Dreyfuss GRA 607), 1939 airmail env. to Helsinki (redirected to The Hague) franked 2F25c and tied by "PARIS AVIATION/SCE ETRANGER" flier machine cancel (Dreyfuss A00531) and other related examples. (78 covers/cards) (Image)

1923 BORDEAUX CONGRESS OVERPRINT ON MERSON 1F STAMP SG 400e (centred L) fresh UMM. (Image)

1925 PARIS EXHIBITION MINIATURE SHEET [SG MS412a] full gum (light toning) with four exhibition cds's. Cat £1,700. (Image)

1927 STRASBOURG MINIATURE SHEET [MS 454b] FU with three exhibition cds's. Cat £1,600. (Image)

1928-31 SINKING FUND ISSUES FINE USED [SG 463, 480, 493].(3) (Image)

1929 LE HAVRE EXHIBITION OVERPRINT ON MERSON 2F (centred R) fresh MM. [SG 470]. (Image)