Napoleonic Period, three covers, 1801-11, three entire letters bearing "3eDon/Arm. Du Rhin", "Bau.Gal./Arm. Française/En Espagne", and department conquis "95/Maestricht" in red, two-line and three-line handstamps, fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. $150-200

"Indus", Mediterranean maritime mail, 1863, September 26, cover from Marseilles to Athens, franked at single rate up to 7,5 grams with 1862 "Empire" 40c Orange and 80c Carmine, each delicately tied by anchor lozenge, with "Indus" c.d.s. at left, Salles 786,with Piraeus and Athens backstamps, very fine. (Image)

Est. $200-300

"Phase", Mediterranean maritime mail, 1866, April 11, cover from Constantinople to London, bearing 1862 "Empire" 20c Blue and 40c Orange, each tied by anchor lozenge, with "Phase" c.d.s. alongside in center, Salles 813, red boxed "PD", "Paquebots/De La/Mediterranée" and arrival c.d.s., all struck on front, denoting transit of Marseilles on reverse, very fine. (Image)

Est. $150-200

#3, 3a, 1849-50 20c Black, a selection of three examples, including well margined 20c Black on white unused without gum, 20c Black on yellowish with spectacular marginal copy from the left of the sheet cancelled at Romans, and scarce used example contemporarily cancelled with pen cross and c.d.s., a very fine and unusual trio. (Image)

Est. $200-300

#10, 1852 10c pale bister on yellowish, an extraordinary example, fresh with predominately huge margins with part of neighboring stamp at right, cancelled by two strikes of "star" cancellation, an extremely fine and desirable piece; 1981 Von der Weid certificate; Scott $450, Spink Maury €700. (Image)

Est. $300-400

Spink Maury #11d, 1865 1c "mordoré", ample even margins all around, very fresh with o.g., very fine and unusual; Spink Maury €400. (Image)

Est. $100-1,500

#28, 1862-71 80c Rose, strip of seven on front, with an additional single on reverse, of February 20, 1864 entire letter from Paris to Lima, Peru, tied by "star" cancel on dispatch, showing c.d.s. at base, "Voie de Panama" cachet denoting the transit through the Isthmus, farmed "P.P." in red, oval "Conduccion/Del Cartero/Gratis", charged "4" on arrival, with Lima c.d.s. on back, overfranked by 40c for six-times the single rate via Panama to the South-American Pacific Coast, faint horizontal crease at top slightly affecting the franking, a very rare multiple on cover, of great visual impact. (Image)

Est. $250-400

#131, 132, 1926 10fr Green and red, 20fr Magenta and green, two quite well centred examples, unmounted o.g., very fine; the 20c signed Brun; Scott $825, Spink Maury €960. (Image)

Est. $200-300

Spink Maury #145, 1920-22 2fr Orange and green, imperforate, a spectacular large margined example with sheet margin at top, unmounted o.g., superb; Spink Maury €1,250+. (Image)

Est. $500-750

Serbian Mail in Corfu, two covers sent to Geneva, Switzerland, one carried via Italy with corresponding censorship, the other with French and Serbian censorship, both beairng Type Merson 50c, the latter additionally franked with Type Semeuse 15c, tied by "Postes Serbes" straight line and matching c.d.s., some cover edge imperfections, a scarce duo; Spink Maury #3, 10, €800. (Image)

Est. $200-300

#C5a, 1930 1fr 50c deep carmine, perf. initials "E.I.P.A. 30", very fresh unmounted o.g., very fine; 1997 Von der Weid certificate; Scott $3,600, Spink Maury €5,500. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

#C6b, 1930 1.50fr Dark blue, used on official postcard with four "E.I.P.A.30" perforation initials, of which two tying the adhesive, with large c.d.s. of the exhibition, very fine.

Est. $100-150

Spink Maury Cours d'Instruction #8, 1911 2Fr. Gray violet and yellow overprinted "ANNULE", top gutter margin single, with a neat and very thin red pen line on reverse which served as a double precaution against fraudulent use, o.g., n.h., very fine and rare; 2013 Sismondo certificate; Spink Maury € 3,500. (Image)

Est. $500-750

France, XIXth Century 35 franked covers and cards, including interesting underfranked cover -denoted by corresponding cachet and manuscript fee- sent to Scotland and bearing 1853-54 10c pair & 20c, rural "OR" and "E" small circular cachets -the former canceling an Empire-issue franking-, 1871 5c single franking, 1862 double rate cover to Italy, 1871 30c pair on registered envelope to England, scarce 1871 litho postage-due 15c on Police Tribunal wrapper, 1862 20c & 40c on cover to Prussia with travelling P.O. lozenge, Type Sage frankings, cancellations, etc., mixed condition, nevertheless mainly fine-very fine.

Est. $300-400

France stampless postal-history lot containing few hundreds, partly mounted on leaves, including group of dozens from Havre via England to New York, other destinations being Italy, Austria, Prussia, small collection of page-due markings ranging from 5c to 85c and including three incoming franked covers from Spain, early departmental markings, etc., fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

France, Third Issue group of essays, 11 examples featuring one with lower spandrels and value tablet missing at base, three 25c including one with double impression, the rest being 80c denominations including the yellow-lemon shade, very fine and unusual. (Image)

Est. $150-200

France classic used assembly, mainly including common material until the "Sage" issue, better items in 1863-70 with 5fr and the Bordeaux issue, mixed condition, but mainly fine.

Est. $200-300

France, usages on classics assembly, a miscellaneous lot comprising over 150 stamps and 20 covers, including anchor lozenges on adhesives, "Etranger" c.d.s.'s used on incoming and outgoing mail, one Ballon Montée, "Chargements" c.d.s. on stamps off cover and four registered covers with better frankings, one sent abroad, "P.D." boxed marking on some stamps and mainly covers, 16, sent to Italy, Great Britain, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands and Prussia, in addition five imperforate stamps used with military campaign cancellations, good to fine.

Est. $400-500

France, classic period collections of cancellations, comprising hundreds of stamps and dozens of covers contained in two albums, one dedicated to postmarks of Paris, the other featuring railway cancellations, both combining stamps and postal history, the former starting from the "bureau central", passing trough different star types from number 1 to 39, mainly common values from 1862 to 1873, the second collection featuring 1853-1900 issues including Type Sage, from 2c to 5fr denominations, mainly fine-very fine, inspection required.

Est. $500-750

France miscellaneous mint and used assembly comprising hundreds, classics with collection of cancellations on stockbook pages, single not particularly expensive lots mounted on stock or auction cards, better Bordeaux-Issue values, multiples, Alsace-Lorraine German occupation, 1867-68 essay printed on both sides in block of four, few values being accompanied by American certificates, couple of better semi-modern values, after 1945 collection mounted in one album and additional material contained in envelopes of "La Poste", mixed condition to fine in the early period, very fine for the modern issues, viewing essential.

Est. $750-1,000

France, 1940 German Occupation of Dunkerque postal-history group of eight covers, including two bearing Mercure 25c featuring vertical and inverted overprint, the latter applied in center of block of four, two items franked by Paix 50c with inverted overprint, the other four franked at 1 franc rate with overprinted combinations featuring Type Paix and commemorative issues, including cancellations of Dunkerque and Ghyvelde and backstamped on destination, very fine, all signed by Roumet. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

France, parcel post stamps collection, including an abundant group of Paris locals with scarce early types unused, 1930 large-format type, "Specimen" overprint, réclame issues in n.h. blocks of four or gutter pairs, general issues from 1901 with some better values including 1938 1f15 black imperf. n.h. coming from a composite proof (Spink Maury 151 imperforate), 1941 omitted-denomination values, unissued 1938 3f45 & 3f85 n.h., in addition some stock pages with Algeria parcel stamps, in mainly very fine condition, a rarely seen assembly.

Est. $400-500

France, parcel post stamps collection, cleanly mounted on "Présidence" luxurious album pages, predominantly mint and quite complete with some duplicates, starting from 1892, including mint 1937 2f35 on 1f65 green "valeur déclarée", 1938 2f35 on 1f65 brown "apport à la gare" and 2f15 on 1f50 green "livraison par exprès", 1938 "Majoration" set, "10Kg=2F30" overprinted "D" set, very fine.

Est. $300-400

France miscellaneous postal-history lot, 1900-52 period comprising 35 items, with rare 1929 cover to London with "1-er Vol de Nuit/Paris-London" first-flight cachet, frankings including commemorative issues, very scarce large multiple frankings (2) of Type Blanc 1c & 2c, early travelling P.O. cancellations, 1945 Paris-Belgrade military flight cover, various non-travelled covers with 1944 Liberation of Marseilles overprints, etc., fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. $300-400

France & French P.O.'s Abroad predominantly mint collection, housed in one Scott album, a modest classic section mainly used, but with few better values including 1849 15c, 1853-60 1fr, more abundant in the "Type Sage" section, the 20th century being represented mint, including better "Merson" & "Semeuse" types, 1923 Bordeaux Phil. Congress 1fr, 1929 Le Havre 2fr, 1931-33 Pont du Gard values, etc, souvenir sheets with Paris-1925 and Strasbourg-1927 used, Pexi-1937 unused, mint airmails including 1927 2fr & 5fr, 1936 set including 50fr value mint and used, 1936 50fr. mint (2) and used, postage dues; it continues with French P.O.'s abroad comprising an interesting display featuring China with locals, Crete, Egypt, Levant with territories in the Turkish Empire, in addition general issues of the French Colonies, mainly very fine, accurate inspection is a must for this unusual and appealing collection.

Est. $2,000-2,500