1850, 20c Rose, Pichot essays, featuring Ceres facing to the right instead to the left, block of four from the upper right corner of the sheet, printed on medium yellowish paper with grey "Moiré" background, cut very slightly into at left showing a misalignment of cliches at top, minute tone spots; 2008 Sismondo certificate. (Image)

Est. $100-150

#9c, 1849 1Fr Dark carmine on yellowish, choice single with large to huge margins all around, including a portion of the adjacent stamp at right, tied along with horizontal pair of 25c Blue on bluish (#17, large margins to cutting) by three strikes of "1727" in diamond of dots to folded cover to St. Pierre, Martinique, "Lille/1 Oct 53" datestamp along side, endorsed to go via England, Calais backstamp, red boxed "PD" handstamp and red British paid datestamp, St. Pierre arrival postmark, cover with some age spotting, still a fine usage to this scarce destination (Spink Maury €11,000). (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

#18, #20, 1853-60 40c Orange, 80c Rose, three covers addressed to the United States, two bearing 80c single franking, one bearing uncommon French "3" cents handstamp as credit to the U.S. and carried on Allan Line steamer bearing red Portland exchange credit c.d.s., the other with Br. Pkt. Boston c.d.s., the third cover franked at the same 80c rate but with two 40c, also with Boston Br. Pkt. red c.d.s., the three exhibiting the London "Br Service" framed handstamp; two covers with some staining, an interesting trio. (Image)

Est. $200-300

#46, 1870-71 30c Brown, in combination with #33 1867 20c Blue in vertical pair, on 1871, March 23 folded cover to New Orleans, franking tied by faint strike of numeral lozenge of Bordeaux, with matching c.d.s. at left, showing red London and New York transits as well as "2/Cents" due marking, a rare mixed-issues franking including the Bordeaux; 1998 Von der Weid certificate and signed Calves. (Image)

Est. $300-400

#226, 1925 Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet a pristine mint example of this difficult souvenir sheet, o.g. without the usual thumb nail creases or other myriad flaws, never hinged, extremely fine and very choice (Scott $3,750.00; Spink Maury #BF1; €4,900). (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

#C14, 1936 50Fr Emerald Plane over Paris, top sheet-margin single, fresh and well centered, o.g., n.h., trivial natural gum irregularity, very fine (Scott $1,450.00). (Image)

Est. $300-400

France mint and used collection housed in a Scott hingeless album, the nineteenth century mostly used with the usual array of mixed quality classics, the twentieth century is largely mint and includes #138-54, 156-84, 1937 PEXIP souvenir sheet and is then highly complete to 1970, semi-postals include B27 and is highly complete from 1936 to 1968, air mails include C1-2, C15, C17, C17 single franking on cover, plus there is some other back-of-the-book issues such as J80-92, the mint is mostly o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

France, group of 37 covers to Argentina comprising the period between 1902 and 1943, including two "Mouchon" postcards with octagonal maritime cancellations, two 1917-1933 covers bearing "Merson" 50c and 10fr single frankings, otherwise the great majority of the frankings being different, including high payments of postage up to 60fr, a good to fine and unusual group.

Est. $200-300

France, lot comprising over 90 "Sage" covers sent to Mexico, all originating from the "Martínez Hermanos" archive in Veracruz, bearing "Sage" 25c Bister on yellow or 1fr Green-olive single frankings, also a cover front to Puebla bearing 1867-68 80c and 1870 20c, fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. $300-400