1922-96 collection of M pre-cancels written up on leaves together with covers. Lot includes advertising items & four 1976 Epreuves de Luxe. Mostly fine to VF. (63 covers + 218 stamps). (Image)

1740-90 pre-stamp covers (12) marks incl. Rennes, Quimper etc. (Image)

1786-1867 collection of incoming mail, mostly from Spain but also from Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Mexico & Venezuela. Marks incl. s/line & c.d.s 'Espagne Par Bayone/St. Jean-De-Luz/Perpignan,' 'Prusse Par Givet' and accountancy marks 'F.33' & 'F.35' in different forms. Interesting lot. (59) (Image)

1788-1869 collection (written up) of EL's to & from Holland bearing a variety of rates & cancels. Marks incl. 'D'Holland,' 'Holland,' 'Ostend,' 'Holland Par Anvers,' red 'L.P.B.1.R,' 'Pay Bas Par Lille/Vallence/Thiornville/Valenciennes,' 'Frankryk Over Dinant.' (56) (Image)

1800-1924 pre-adhesive mail, collection of unpaid & paid entires in box incl. a few foreign destinations from a variety of towns. (73) (Image)

1809-28 collection of pre-adhesive mail commencing with a section of Department Conquis items for Italy, Switzerland & Belgium incl. a P.113.P/Pise. Remainder mainly paid & unpaid mail to London from various French towns. (54) (Image)

1812-1932 Naval mail, fine interesting collection of mostly WWI material with items from Crete, Madagascar, Indo-China, Japan, etc. Lot commences with an 1812 EL from the 'Austerlitz,' marks noted - an 1894 'COR. D. ARM. LIG. N. PAQ. FR. No. 3' and 1900 'CORP. EXPEDITIONAIRE DE CHINE.' The lot contains a good range of hospital ship material and a quantity of written ephemera. (127) (Image)

1828-1938 collection of EL's, many to London, bearing a variety of charges & cancels. Noted - 1831 EL to London annotated 'Per Estafette,' 1831 similar rate 3/6d altered to 5/10d although bearing 'P.61.P./Boulogne sur Mer,' & cachets 1831 blue 'P.P. EST' & red 'ESTAF.' (100) (Image)

1828-77 mail from USA, selection of EL's to France or to Netherlands & Germany through France, commencing with 1828 EL to The Hague bearing red boxed 'Pays D'Outremer Par Le Havre, reverse smudgy 'Frankdyk Over Bergen' entry. Carried by 'Henry,' later 1835 EL with maritime mark in black. Also franked mail via Cherbourg. (11) (Image)

1838-1987 part paid & unpaid collections of pre-adhesive entires & 'Poste Restante' items. Many to London, marks incl. 'Angleterre/Par Calais.' (87) (Image)

1849-1950's collection of M & U housed in a F. G. Graduate album incl. several better, noted 1917 Orphans to 25c + 15c FU (Cat. £140), 1918 Red Cross (Cat. £85), 1927, 1928 & 1929 Sinking Fund (Cat. £238), 1928 1f.50 Sinking Fund (Cat. £225), 1930 Sinking Fund (Cat. £120), 1931 Sinking Fund (Cat. £200), 1936 Flying Boat set (Cat. £186), 1937 Museums (Cat. £120), Airs incl. 1947 Gull M (Cat. £95), also 1953 Red Cross booklet (Cat. £180) etc. (100's) (Image)

1851-1996 postage dues, collection of covers in box commencing with 1851 25c & 30c h/stamps, then the 1859 10c & 15c imperf adhesives. Noted - 1900 GB 1d envelope to passenger on SS 'Himalaya' due at Marseille, taxed 30c, 1920 mixed Monaco cover to Verseilles with unacceptable stamps, 1942 Belgian Red Cross at Lille printed envelope, taxed 3fr & 1941 1fr Belgian cover to Bethune taxed 2fr.10 returned with German censor. Mail both internal & foreign. (141) (Image)

1859-1971 postage dues M & U collection on leaves with 1859 Imperf issues, 1881 2fr red-brown, 1893 to 3fr incl. 30c & 2fr vermillion + some gutter pairs, 1927 set U, 1941, 1946 issues, 1960 Flowers & Insects. Mostly fine to VF. (198) (Image)

1864 entire to St. Petersburg franked Napoleon 40c + 80c (2), cancelled Paris 'stars' with c.d.s in association, also bears red d.c. 'Aus Frankreich P. Saarbruchen Franco' TPO transit c.d.s. Very fine arrival d/stamp on reverse. (1) (Image)

1868 entire to London from Tunis franked Napoleon 20c + 40c, tied by '5497' numeral cancel with Tunis d/stamp in association. Obverse also bears red 'Tunis Par Bone' c.d.s. Annotated 'Via Marseilles,' reverse - 'Marseille A Lyon' TPO c.d.s. Fine. (1) (Image)

1873-1907 postal stationery M & U collection of cards, envelopes, letter cards & newspaper wrappers, some uprated, written up on leaves. Includes illustrated item for 1896 Visit of Tsar and Tsarina to France. (102) (Image)

1870 Bordeaux 80c four margined FU example, SG.182, Yv.49. (1) (Image)

1876-78 postage due 60c ochre, U. Signed Storndorfer. SG.D216. (1) (Image)

1881 postage dues complete to 1fr black U. SG.D279-D291. (13) (Image)

1889-2012 massive M & U thematic collection of PPC's, covers & letter cards depicting the Eiffel Tower from all angles & aspects. Half are mounted & written up on leaves, cancels incl. 1889 Paris Universal Exposition; Tower meter marks, several first flights. (198) (Image)

1900-2012 collection of vignettes & stamps, M/Sheets bearing the effigy of the Eiffel Tower, commencing with series issued by French Philatelic Federation 1919. Noted - 1924 Olympics label; 1975 ARPHIL; 1999 Exhibition folder with M/Sheet & pass. Also nine covers, most to UK, bearing one or more vignette. (64 vignettes; 25 stamps & 9 covers). (Image)

1900-27 Mersons range of M & U duplicated in a stock book (100's) incl. some better with odd blocks etc. Noted - 20f block FU on piece (Cat. £192), 1900 40c corner marginal M block (Cat. £72), 50c cinnamon & lavender M (2), also incl. Syria opts on Mersons in marginal unused blocks. Finally a number of covers with Merson frankings. Useful lot, inspection recommended. (100's) (Image)

1900-48 Exhibitions, collection of M & U cards issued for the 1900 Paris Universal; the 1907 Colonial; 1923 Decorative Arts; 1931 Colonial; 1937 International & 1939 Exhibitions - the latter being a Braille item. (63) (Image)

1908-2009 Navy collection of U & unused PPC's illustrating various types of warship from battleship to submarine; followed by French Admirals & other seafaring activities. Noted - PPC of the 1909 five-man underwater torpedo boat, the 'GYMNOTE.' Lot also contains few modern M/Sheets. (67) (Image)

1914-19 WWI collection of cards/covers bearing a variety of marks & cancels, associated wartime PPC's and a section for the German occupation of Northern France. Lot includes May & July Allenstein issues to 3fr. Noted - items from the R. Navy Air Service base at Vendom and a gold coloured commemorative ten-card booklet of Foch's Armistice coach at the Forest of Compiegne. (120 covers + 102 stamps). (Image)