1808 NAPOLEON, Bonaparte, single page folio dated 16 December, 1808 addressed "Au Prince Eugene Napoleon", datelined Madrid. Napoleon addressed the letter "Mon Fils" and signs "Vote Affectionnee Pere NAP", fine letter from the Emperor to his stepson Eugene (de Beauharnais, was adopted by Napoleon in 1806, though excluded from succession to the French Empire). A rare letter from Napoleon, during his short time in Madrid in December 1808 (Image)

Est.$2,000

1811 Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), military general and the first emperor of France who is considered one of the world's greatest military leaders. Napoleon revolutionized military organization and training, sponsored the Napoleonic Code, reorganized education and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy. A two-page letter, date-lined St.Cloude, 11 June, 1811 addressed to Duc de Feltre, Ministre de la Guerre (Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, Duke of Feltre, born to Irish parents from Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny, in Landrecies, was a politician and Marshal of France. Clarke was one of the most influential and charismatic Franco-Irish generals in the French army during the Napoleonic period. He had close links to the Irish Brigade of France), letter discusses military matters, with additional commentary pinned at bottom, boldly signed "NAPOL", dated 11 June 1811 (Image)

Est.$2,000

1870 10c bistre, rose, n.h., well centered, fresh, v.f. (catalogued as hinged) cat. $265 (Cat No. 55) (Image)

Cat. $265, Est.$250

1924 25c Olympics, two proofs, one in red and ocher, the other with frame only in green, v.f. (Cat No. 199P) (Image)

Est.$150

1944 Liberation of Paris, souvenir sheet of four, n.h., usual wrinkles and natural tiny inclusions, v.f., scarce (see note in Scott following No.523) (Maury BF4, Euro 9,200) (Image)

Est.$5,000

1961-1999 French Paintings, incredible collection of 165+ different perf. and imperf. singles, also 174 different imperforate deluxe sheetlets (later years with gum as issued), n.h., v.f. collection of these beautiful stamps, YT Euro 35,000++ (Cat No. 1014/2703P) (Image)

Est.$7,500

1978 Liberation, World Gymnastics Championships, imperforate and gummed trial color proofs, sheets of 50, n.h., also deluxe sheetlet and two Signed Artist Die proofs of last, v.f. (Cat No. 1484P,1618P) (Image)

Est.$250

1922 La Baule Aviation Meeting, collection of 51 imperf. and 45 perf. blocks of four, printed from defaced plates, hence a vertical line through each stamp, various colors, fine-v.f. and seldom offered (Image)

Est.$250

1912-38 Aviation Meets, collection of 100+ stamps and 47 covers or cards, various colorful frankings, perf. and imperf. varieties, some quite scarce, generally fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$5,000

1922 Rouen Aviation Meeting, 15 imperforate sheetlets of 20, mostly different shades and colors, value tablets blank, die sunk on thin paper, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$1,500

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

1930 The Smile of Reims, complete unexploded booklet, n.h., v.f., cat. $1100 (Cat No. B34b) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.$300