1849-75 Classic Issues selection on Lighthouse hingeless pages with 1849 Republic 10c #1 (creased), 1853-60 Empire 1c 5c 10c 20c & 80c, 1862 Perforated 1c to 20c, 1863-70 1c to 30c, 1870-71 10c 20c & 40c, Bordeaux Imperfs 1c to 5c & 30c, and 1871-75 1c to 30c, condition variable but many attractive stamps, some with part- to large-part o.g., Cat €16,000+. (Qty 36) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1849-75 Classic issues with 1849 Ceres 10c, 15c & 1fr carmine x2, 1852 President 10c, Bordeaux Imperfs 5c & 40c, etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat €5000+. (Qty 50) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1849 'REPUB FRANC' Ceres Imperf 25c blue Yvert 4 (Michel 4a), good even margins, a few tiny imperfections, unused, Cat €5500. Roger Calves Certificate (1995),

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1849 'REPUB FRANCE' Ceres Imperf 1fr vermilion Yvert 7 (Michel 6; pale-red), good even margins, unused, Cat €40,000. Roger Calves Certificate (1985) states "remargé et replaqué" (= added margins & rebacked).

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1849 'REPUB FRANC' Ceres official reprints 15c yellow-green, 40c orange & 1fr carmine Michel 2ND 6ND & 7ND, margins close to good, large-part o.g., Cat €1850. [Michel states these were prepared in 1862 for Sir Rowland Hill. Gibbons states they were "available for postage" but neither catalogue prices any of them used] (3)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1849 'REPUB FRANC' President Louis Napoleon official reprints 10c dull bistre & 25c bright blue, margins close to large, large-part o.g., Cat €1000. [Michel states these were prepared in 1862 for Sir Rowland Hill. Gibbons states they were "available for postage" but neither catalogue prices any of them used] (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1853 'EMPIRE FRANC' Napoleon III 25c blue Mi 14, margins good to large, large-part o.g., Cat €2600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1853-61 'EMPIRE FRANC' Napoleon III extraordinary collection of imperforate colour trials/plate proofs on gummed or ungummed paper, or card, with a veritable rainbow of colours & shades, some varieties including Printed on Both Sides and Double Prints, mostly singles but with a few blocks of 4 including 25c Double Print in Orange & 30c Double Print in Ultramarine and 1c on 'goldbeater's skin' (!) x7 different; also a few similar Ceres proofs & 1862 Laureates 4c blocks of 4 in red-brown, yellow-green or olive on tinted papers, finally 1876 Gaiffe Essays 1c in carmine, carmine-rose, vermilion & blue and 10c blocks of 4 in black & brown-red; with the exception of the goldbeater's skin proofs that exhibit some characteristic creasing & faults, the condition generally is very fine. A marvellous lot! [Goldbeater's skin, so-named because it was used as interleaving between sheets of gold leaf, is - according to Wikipedia - "the processed outer membrane of the intestine of an animal, typically an ox, valued for its strength against tearing"] (Qty 170 units approx)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1853 'EMPIRE FRANC' Napoleon III 80c carmine-rose Mi 16c, margins close to good, unused, guarantee handstamp, Cat €1700.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1853 'EMPIRE FRANC' Napoleon III Perf 7 1c to 80c Mi 10A-16A (SG 80-85) plus a second 10c, all very fine & all but the 1c with various numeral cancellations, Cat €8700 (SG £15,000; priced only on cover). Believed to be Ex Holbeach: sold at a Sydney auction in 2007 for $1689. [Perforated privately by the French printery Susse Frères for their use & that of their clients] (Qty 7)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1862 'EMPIRE FRANC' Napoleon III 20c blue horizontal Tête-Bêche Pair (Kehrdrucke) oddly not listed by Michel (SG 100), '3136' numeral cancellation, two guarantee handstamps, Cat £1600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1862 'EMPIRE FRANC' Napoleon III 20c blue horizontal Tête-Bêche Pair (Kehrdrucke) oddly not listed by Michel (SG 100) In a block of 6 (3x2), well centred, a few faults that don't affect the second & third units, '1622' numeral cancellation, Brun guarantee handstamp, Cat £1600++.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1870 'REPUB FRANC' Ceres Perf 14x13½ 20c blue horizontal Tête-Bêche Pair (Kehrdrucke) Mi 34aK (SG 144), hinge thin affects the first unit, large-part o.g., three guarantee handstamps, Cat €3600 (£6500).

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1870-71 Imperf Ceres 20c blue Type II Mi 41ii, good even margins, two guarantee handstamps, unused, Cat €1000. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1870 Ceres Bordeaux Printings Rouletted 1c olive-green/bluish to 80c rose between Yvert 39 & 49, excellent colours & very fresh with large-part o.g., Cat €7000+ for the standard imperforate stamps. Superb! CBPV (A von der Weid) Certificate (2006). [Michel states in a footnote below Mi 44b "Nichtamtliche Trennungsarten" (= unofficial separations) and Gibbons states in a footnote below SG 184 "all values are known rouletted..." Acquired at a Sydney auction in 2011 for $5400] (9)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1876-81 Peace & Commerce imperf marginal plate proofs in the issued colours on thin card (Tirage Deluxe de l'Atelier du Timbre) all-different selection 1c to 5fr comprising 27 of the 30 produced, pencilled guarantee markings. [Acquired at a London auction in 2007 for £402] (Qty 27)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1876-81 Peace & Commerce imperf plate proofs in the issued colours on gummed or ungummed paper all-different selection 1c to 5fr comprising 27 of the 30 produced. (Qty 27)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1871-75 Perforated Ceres 80c rose-carmine Mi 55, three guarantee handstamps, apparently with full unmounted o.g., Cat €900. Superb! [The illustration is above Lot 1003]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1876-1939 Definitives on Lighthouse hingeless pages with Peace & Commerce Type I 2c (no gum), 10c (creased), 50c, 1fr & 2fr and Type II 25c blue, 25c black/red, 30c, 35c, 50c & 75c, Mouchon Type I to 30c & Type II to 30c x2, Mersons complete to 20fr, Sowers with Sun to 1fr & without Sun to 2fr, etc, generally fine to very fine and mostly with part- to large-part o.g., Cat €9500+. (Qty 134)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1876-2012 Collection in nine matching Davo illustrated hingeless albums with better Peace & Commerce values, 1921 War Orphans Surcharges, 1926 Bordeaux Exhibition, 1926-27 War Orphans, 1927 Strassbourg 10fr, 1927 Air Overprints, 1929 Le Havre Exhibition with Exhibition cds, 1937 Pexip singles, etc, Cat €3250 just to 1946, later issues 99% complete to 2009 including M/Ss, setenant strips etc with exceptional thematic content, the last two albums quite sparse, very fine throughout. (Qty Qty)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1914-59 Issues on Lighthouse hingeless pages including 1922 War Orphans surcharges, 1923 Bordeaux Exhibition, 1926-27 War Orphans, 1927 Airmail Overprints, High Values to 20fr Bridge (a few faults), 1927-30 Sinking Funds complete, 1929 Le Havre, 1937 Pexip M/S, post-WWII issues apparently complete, etc, also a range of Pre-Cancels, generally fine to very fine with some unmounted, Cat €8500+. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1928 Ile de France Ship to Shore Airmail Surcharges '10 FR.' on 90c Berthelot Yvert PA3 (Michel 230; SG 464), large-part o.g. with partial 'PREMIERE [...]/PAR HYDR[...]/DE [...]' h/s on the reverse, Cat €2500 (£3500). Acquired at a London auction in 2004.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1928 Ile de France Ship to Shore Airmail Surcharges '10 FR' on 90c Berthelot Yvert Airs 3 (Mi 230; SG 464), very lightly cancelled, two guarantee handstamps, Cat €1600 (£3500).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1928 Ile de France Ship to Shore Airmail Surcharges '10 FR.' on 1fr50c Pasteaur Yvert PA4 (Michel 231; SG 465), large-part o.g., Cat €14000 (£15,000). Roger Calves Certificate (2003) & signed by him. One of the great Airmail Rarities of the World. [Only 900 were printed, of which the majority were used]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1928 Ile de France Ship to Shore Airmail Surcharges '10 FR' on 1fr50c Pasteur Yvert PA4 (Michel 231; SG 465), exceptional centring, hexagonal d/s, Sanabria guarantee handstamp, Cat €9000 (£15,000). C Calves et A Jacquart Certificate (2016).

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000