1793 (18 Jan) letter (four-page folio) headed "Aujourd'hui dix huit de Janvier, Mille sept cent quatre vingt treize, l'an 2 de la Republique Francaise a huit heures, administration du 2 Battalion Corse au Garrison de Bonifacio", signed twice by Buonaparte on pages two and three (At that time, Napoleon was a fervent Corsican nationalist and spent the early years of the Revolution in Corsica, fighting in a complex three-way struggle among royalists, revolutionaries, and Corsican nationalists. He was a supporter of the republican Jacobin movement, organizing clubs in Corsica and was given command over a battalion of volunteers. Buonaparte and his family fled to the French mainland in June 1793 because of the split with Paoli, the Corsican leader). A rare and early example of Napoleon Buonaparte's full signatures on a document from Bonifacio, Corsica (Image)

Est.$7,500

1849-70 Ceres and Napoleon (Empire) imperforate essays, mostly designed and engraved by Barre, selection of 124, various colors and types, occasional pairs and blocks, also included nine perforated Hulot-designed essays on goldbeater's skin and others, occasional flaws, mostly fine or better (Image)

Est.$2,500

1862 Re-Issue, 25c blue, three singles paying 75c rate on registered cover used in 1889 from Paris to Switzerland, Zurich transit and Uznach arrival pmk, cover faults, interesting usage (Image)

Est.$250

1870 10c bister, yellowish, horizontal tete-beche pair, heavy hinge remnant, very fresh and fine (YT 58c), cat. €7000 (Cat No. 54a) (Image)

Cat. €7000, Est.$1,500

1887 Type Sage imperforate, Granet Reprints, selection including 5c dark green, 5c green (blocks of four and six), 10c green, 25c ultramarine, 15c blue (block of four), also imperf. pairs of 20c blue, 20c brown, 25c black on red brown and 1fr bronze green, fine-v.f. (Maury Euro 4,690) (Cat No. 78/84var) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1977-78 Sabine, imperforate, complete set of 18 horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (YT 1962-1979var) cat. €610 (Cat No. 1560-1577var) (Image)

Cat. €610, Est.$150

1994 Opening of the Channel Tunnel, two imperforate se-tenant sheets of 36 (18 sets), n.h., v.f. (Maury 2864-77var) cat. €3330 (Cat No. 2421-24var) (Image)

Cat. €3330, Est.$500

1917 "La Marseillaise" 5f+5f deep blue & black, n.h. and post office fresh, exceptionally well centered for this rather difficult issue, v.f., premium example, cat. $4000 (Cat No. B10) (Image)

Cat. $4000, Est.$1,500