c.1700-1840 Letters and documents including revenue stamped paper (12), 1746 postal documents (11) and 1782-91 printed proclamations regarding the postal service (3), 1771 map of France, a few postally used letters with 1764 entire letter from the Citadel of Lille to an army Captain at Carpanburg with "LILLE" handstamp, 1762 entire letter to a soldier with "DE / TOULOUSSE" handstamp, 1765 manuscript "d'avignon", also a twelve page handwritten document in Spanish headed "Don Philippe" apparently signed by the King and others, 1840 letter signed "Louis Philippe", etc., and a bound volume "Lettres de William Mackenzie a sa femme" containing 1836-71 letters including thirteen 1870-71 letters written from St. Germain en Laye during the Franco-Prussian War. (48 + book).

Military Mail. 1803 Entire letter and covers with 1803 "ARM. D'ITALIE" (stained, probably disinfected), stampless covers with "30" charge marks and datestamps of "ARMEE D'ORIENT / 2E CORPS" (1855, enclosed letter from Camp Chassara, Crimea), "CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE D'ITALIE / 1E DIVISION" (1857) or "CORPS EXP. MEXIQUE / BAU A" (1864), and an 1866 cover bearing 10c + 40c each cancelled "CEM A" in retta with the Mexico c.d.s alongside, the last with part reverse missing. (5).

1853 Cover to Harburg bearing 1853 1fr lake strip of three each tied by "DS2" in retta, the stamps crossed by horizontal crease and all torn into or very close at top, the cover with edge faults and fold at base (with some tape repairs to reverse), but a very scarce franking. Photo on Page 44. (Image1)

Accountancy Marks. 1859-70 Stampless entire letters and covers all from or via France with accountancy handstamps comprising "F/27", "F/33" (2, to Finland or Russia), "F/36", "FR/1F78c" or "FR/2F", some scarce. (7).

1867-96 Covers (5), postcard and a front, including 1867-75 entires franked 80c to Montevideo, 1f to Tampico or 1f.60 to Vera Cruz, 1875 unpaid entire from India to Paris with French arrival c.d.s of 1 Jan 76 and "T" handstamp (first day of French entry into U.P.U, so presumably the first day of use of the French "T" handstamp?, faults), 1896 Visit of the Tsar postcard, etc. (7).

1873-74 Covers from Boulogne to Aden franked 25c pair + 80c both with "ADEN STEAMER POINT" arrival backstamps. (2).

Military Mail. 1919-22 Stampless covers and cards with French army or naval post office datestamps from Zagreb (2), Constantinople (3), Upper Silesia (1922, A.P.O 184, used by forces overseeing the plebiscite), Thrace (2), Hungary or Albania, scarce. (10).

1936 Air 50f Ultramarine, lower left corner marginal, lightly mounted mint. S.G. 541, £1,000.