France, Michel II x *, 1849 Ceres Head 20 C blue not issued. Beautiful example with wide margins signed A Diena, Calves and Brun. Yvert 8, € 4000 for hinged. (Image1)

France, Michel 2a or Scott 2 (*), 1849 Ceres Head 15 c yellow-green. Near cut at right, but not into the picture. With minor thi spot. Cert by Calves. Scarce! EUR 17000 (Image1)

France, Michel 17a or Scott 21 used, 1853 Emperor Napoleon III 1 Fr carmine. Fairly good copy. EUR 4200 (Image1)

France, Michel 38a or Scott 40 **, 2012-01-12Mi 38a**, 1870 Ceres Head 4 c grey imperf, first engraving. Yvert 41A mnh, catalogue value 2500 € for hinged, mnh is scarce! Signed Calves. Ja. (Image1)

France, Michel 68F used, 2012-01-12Mi 68 F used, 1877 Allegories 1 c black on Prussian blue paper. Yvert 84, catalogue € 6000. Signed multiple times incl. Calves. A few uneven perfs as often for this issue. Rarity! (Image1)

France, Used. Mainly used collection 1849-92 in five Schaubek albums with several better stamps and nice cancellations, many good covers, varieties, types, units and some proofs etc. E.g. 48 ex Mi3, 5 ex Mi32, 26 ex Mi40. VERY HIGH VALUE. Mixed-VF. Approx. 12 kg. (Image1)

France, Used collection 1849–1969 in two DAVO albums with stamp mounts. Valuable and interesting with a really good classic section also including some shades etc, e.g. with 2x1fr Ceres and 1fr Napoleon and other important stamps, 5fr 1869x2, Bordeaux and Allegory, later virtuallty complete excl 1917 war victims, Le Havre overprint and 1928 air mail (e.g. the other important air mails, centre piece of s/s 2, sinking fund etc). Further a very good back of the book section incl dues and the seldom seen first set of the Telegraph stamps. To be recommended! Mostly fine quality (Image1)

France, Cancellations. An extra ordinary collection with about 1340 different number cancellations+ duplicates, mostly 1852-76 in three Schaubek albums incl. many better ones. Approx. 10 kg. (Image1)