1780 FL to St.Chaumond, with "Col Par Lorient" directional handstamp, message confirms that this letter was being forwarded via "Rodisland" from New York, charged "23" (decimes) on arrival, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1849 10c bistre, margins all around, canceled by "376" small numerals on refolded wrapper to Juvincourt, with "Berry-Au-Bac" 15 Feb 1852 departure pmk alongside, fine, signed Calves, cat. $500 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $500, Est.US$200

1849 25c dark blue, horizontal pair, ample margins, cut in at right, used in combination with 1fr brown carmine, margins all around, sent from Paris to Martinique, all tied by Paris grid cancels, with red "Paid" 1 Dec 1851 transit, signed Calves (Cat No. 6,9) (Image)

Est.US$250

1857 (19 Jan) FL from Paris to New York, endorsed "Via Liverpool Steamer", franked 20c and 80c Empire, tied by "D" in lozenge of dots, arrival "21/Feb 6" New York, red "PP" on front, "Paris A Calais" ambulant transit on back, fine example of the double rate, "Three Month American Packet" cover, only a few known (Cat No. 15,19) (Image)

Est.US$150

1900-29 Type Merson, 50c bister brown on grayish paper, lower right sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., minor perf. separations, well centered, v.f. (YT 120d, Euro 1,800 plus 100% premium for good centering) cat. $1500 (Cat No. 123b) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.US$500

1924 Olympics 25c carmine, variety center displaced to top, sheet margin example, l.h., fine YT 184b) (Cat No. 199var) (Image)

Est.US$150

1929 Le Havre Exposition, n.h., pencil signed, with 1989 PFC, cat. $1325 (Cat No. 246) (Image)

Cat. $1325, Est.US$250

1931 "Tourist" picture postcard with stamps from France, United States, Finland, Canada and Italy, canceled in the prospective countries, ultimately addressed to USA, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1932 50c red, unissued design (Paul Doumer), imperforate proof sheetlet of four, artist signed, marginal faults, otherwise fine, rare (Image)

Est.US$250

1939 Iris, 1fr and 1.25fr imperf. proof sheetlets, two different of each, artist signed in margin, fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1944 4fr black, unissued design, die proof on thin card, artist signed (Jules Piel), fine and very rare, if not unique (Image)

Est.US$250

1952 15fr De Lattre, unissued design, printer's color die proof, also 8fr Le Clerc, trial color die proof in pink, v.f. (Cat No. 692P) (Image)

Est.US$150

1956 18fr Flammarion, artist die proof in violet, also unfinished stage proof in black, both signed by the artist, v.f. (Cat No. 1057P) (Image)

Est.US$150

1964 Philatec, six sheetlets of eight, also block of four with labels, plus 12 additional se-tenant sheetlets of 20 of Philatec 1964 and De Gaulle, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 1100) (Image)

Est.US$500

1870 (13 Oct) FL to London, 30c Laureated Napoleon canceled by numeral, with departure pmk alongside, red "PD", Paris a Calais transit on back, London Oct 19 arrival on front, fine Ballon Monte letter carried on "Le Godefroy Cavaignac" (Image)

Est.US$200

1870 (3 Oct) card to London, 10c and 20c Laureated Napoleon (small faults), canceled by Paris Star, departure pmk alongside, red "PD", some toning, fine Ballon Monte postcard ("I send this by Balloon in the hope it may reach you") (Image)

Est.US$200

1928 10fr on 90c carmine, well centered, v.f., tied by "New York Le Havre" pmk on defective Ile de France cover, signed Roumet (catalogued as used off cover) cat. $1800 (Cat No. C3) (Image)

Cat. $1800, Est.US$750

1936 Plane over Paris, complete set of seven, h.r., fine-v.f., cat. $976 (Cat No. C8-14) (Image)

Cat. $976, Est.US$200

1936 Plane over Paris, complete set, l.h., v.f., top value signed Brun, cat. $976 (Cat No. C8-14) (Image)

Cat. $976, Est.US$200

1936 50fr ultramarine, n.h., v.f., cat. $1700 (Cat No. C15) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.US$250

1928 (7 Apr) cover (Imperial Hotel Tokyo return address) from Tokyo to Paris, franked 10s, endorsed "Grand Raid Costes Lebrix Japon Paris Tokyo 7 Avril 1928" and carried on their record breaking flight, with "Bourget-Aviation Seine 14.4.28" arrival (The French aviators having left Tokyo on April 8th arriving at Paris on April 14th, the 16,750km completed in 101 hours of actual flying) (Image)

Est.US$500

1928 (29 Feb) first flight "Latecoere" Marseille via Toulouse and Dakar to Buenos Aires, cover registered and franked with 2fr and 10fr Merson, with Buenos Aires arrival pmk, fine, signed Sinais (Pierre-Georges Latecoere, founded "Aeropostale", which carried mail to French colonies in Africa and South America) (Image)

Est.US$250

1859 10c black, horizontal pair, unused with original gum, h.r., also vertical strip of three used, margins all around, fine-v.f. (Cat No. J3) (Image)

Est.US$150

1871 60c bister, die proof on thin card, h.r., fine (Cat No. J9P) (Image)

Est.US$200

1900 10c black, 15+10c horizontal gutter se-tenant pair, also 15c+10c horizontal gutter strip of four, trial proofs (Essai de l'imprimerie Nationale), unused without gum as issued, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$200