1849 40c orange, Type II ("4" retouched) horizontal pair, splendid color, grid cancels, expertly repaired (margins added at right and bottom), fine appearing example of this extraordinary rarity, with 2002 Roger Calves and 2017 Calves & Jacquart certificates (YT 5f, Maury 5g, Euro 68,500) cat. $42000 (Cat No. 7f) (Image)

Cat. $42000, Est.$2,500

1850 40c orange, horizontal pair Types I+II, light grid cancel, margins all around, showing part of red arrival pmk at upper right, horizontal crease, bright color and fine appearance, signed Maury, Calves, also with 2017 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 5e, Euro 13,000) cat. $12500 (Cat No. 7c) (Image)

Cat. $12500, Est.$1,500

1853 1fr deep lake, light postmark, margins all around, canceled on piece, v.f., signed Calves, Buhler, etc., with 1998 Soluphil certificate (YT 18a, Euro 4,500) cat. $3400 (Cat No. 21c) (Image)

Cat. $3400, Est.$750

1862 15c green, Re-Issue, h.r., large margins all around, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., pencil signed (YT 2e, Euro 850) cat. $560 (Cat No. 2d) (Image)

Cat. $560, Est.$300

1862 Re-issue, 15c bright green, unused large part original gum, h.r., v.f., with 2016 Sismondo certificate (Cat No. 2d) (Image)

Est.$300

1862 1fr deep lake, Re-Issue, h.r., margins all around, splendid color, with handstamped initials, v.f., with APS and Calves & Jacquard 2017 certificates (YT 18d, Euro 2,400) cat. $1500 (Cat No. 21c) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.$750

1871 10f on 10c bister, unused without gum, good color, fine, signed Brun (catalogued as unused without gum) cat. $700 (Cat No. 49) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$250

1924 Paris Olympic Games complete set with complete set, First and Last Day of Games, Olympic Village datestamps on coverfront, also straight-line "Colombes-Village Olympique" and "Colombes-Stade Olympique" handstamps and further square "Jeux/ Olympiques Ma a Juillet/1924", also smaller two-line "Colombes/Olympique" handstamps, vertical folds away from stamps, still very fine and rare, a key item to an Olympic Games collection (Cat No. 198-201) (Image)

Est.$750

1924 Olympics imperforate deluxe sheetlet, mounted on cardboard due to its delicate nature, some creases and somewhat reduced in size, quite fresh overall, unusual to find intact, a rare key Olympic Games item, fine-very fine, signed Calves, Maury cat. €5850 (Cat No. 198-201P) (Image)

Cat. €5850, Est.$1,500

1937 Pexip Exhibition, five souvenir sheets of four, hinged in margin, one with some black album page offsets, stamps mostly n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1800 (Cat No. 329) (Image)

Cat. $1800, Est.$300

1942 International Exposition "Le Bolschevisme Contre L'Europe" two leaflets, one showing Marshal Petain shaking hands with Hitler, with French stamps canceled by the Exhibition pmks (Image)

Est.$150

1949-64 Centenary of the first French Postage Stamp, se-tenant sheet of 40, also two sheets of 10, n.h., folded between stamps, one with various First Day cancels, plus PHILATEC sheet of eight, n.h., v.f., cat. $1440 (Cat No. 615a,624a,1100) (Image)

Cat. $1440, Est.$250

1988 Thermal Sprints, 2.20fr error, inscriptions red instead of blue, n.h., v.f., with Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 3556a) (Cat No. 2136var) (Image)

Est.$250

1928 10fr on 90c red, 10fr on 1.50fr blue, "Ile de France" surcharges, set of two, l.h. or h.r., well centered and fresh, signed Roger Calves, etc., with 2018 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 3-4) cat. $12400 (Cat No. C3-4) (Image)

Cat. $12400, Est.$5,000

1930 10fr on 90c red, n.h., well centered, with natural gum indentation, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, Roumet, etc., cat. $3500 (Cat No. C3) (Image)

Cat. $3500, Est.$1,000

1930 10fr on 90c red, used with additional franking on cover to Italy, Paris transit and Allessandria arrival pmks, some toning at right of the stamp, otherwise fine usage on cover, with appropriate cachet, cat. $2200 (Cat No. C3) (Image)

Cat. $2200, Est.$500

1930 EIPA 30 perforated initials on 1.50fr dark blue, canceled on unaddressed Exhibition card, v.f., with Calves & Jacquard certificate, cat. $450 (Cat No. C6b) (Image)

Cat. $450, Est.$150

1936 50fr green, 50fr ultramarine, n.h., v.f., cat. $3150 (Cat No. C14,15) (Image)

Cat. $3150, Est.$500

1936 10fr South Atlantic, three singles, one n.h., others l.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1280 (Cat No. C17) (Image)

Cat. $1280, Est.$200

1997-2016 selection of 16 different sheetlets of 10, all high values, in special La Poste folders, n.h., v.f., face value Euro 560 (Image)

Est.$250

1917-19 Orphans and Red Cross, eight different on cover used locally 23 6 19 in Thillot, also additional cover used in 1930 from Paris to Vienna, franked with 5fr+1fr, fine-v.f., cat. $1165 (Cat No. B3-9,11,23) (Image)

Cat. $1165, Est.$500

1917 5+5fr deep blue & black, well centered, small h.r., fresh and v.f., cat. $1600 (Cat No. B10) (Image)

Cat. $1600, Est.$250

1922 Orphans, 5+1fr (three) used with additional franking on registered and flown cover from Paris (29.2.1928) to Brazil, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (catalogued as stamps off cover) cat. $1067 (Cat No. B21,22,23,26) (Image)

Cat. $1067, Est.$150