1850, 10c. bistre, fresh colour, close to large margins with parts of lower adjoining stamp, mint with large part of original gum (slightly disturbed), signed Brun, Georg Bühler and certificate Georg Bühler. (Image)

1849, 20 C noir, horizontal pair, full margins all around, tied by diamond grill cancels, multiple franking on entire letter from PARIS, 30 DEC.49, to Lyon. VF condition, signed Calves (Image)

1849 Ceres 25c. blue horizontal TÊTE-BÊCHE pair, used and cancelled by black grille, with almost complete margins, slightly touched at bottom, with a little thinny point at left otherwise fine. A fresh and attractive example of this scarce pair. A.v.d.Weid certificate (1996) (Maury €20.000.-) ÷ 1849 Ceres 25 C + 25 C en TÊTE-BÊCHE avec grille très nette et propre, original, pièce très propre et fraiche de colour, marges étroites à lgt touchées, une petite tache mince a gauge, sinon en bon état de conservation. Certificate A.v.d.Weid (1996) (Maury €20.000.-) (Image)

1850, 40c. orange, fresh colour, repaired, unused with parts of original gum, signature.

1851, Ceres 1fr. carmine (2) and 10c. bistre, correct 2.10fr. rate on cover to Santiago de Chile, endorsed "via de panama", clearly oblit. by grille, red c.d.s. "BUREAU CENTRAL 15 NOV 51" alongside and "LIGNE-DE-CALAIS 15 NOV 51" on reverse, red London transit mark "17.NOV 1851". Adhesives with some faults/attached over edge, but rare and overall attractive franking! Maury 6 (2), 1; 9.000,- €. (Image)

1849, Ceres 20 C blue, so-called MARQUELET with wide sheet margin left, mint. (Mi €3.200,-).

1852, 10 C. hellbraungelb, Neudruck, gut randiges gestempeltes Exemplar (Image)

1861, nice colourful "Chargé" letter from Paris to Rome. Rare 2 Franc franking but often slightly cut into or at least touched. Nevertheless good appearance. (Image)

1860, fine letter sent from PARIS to Guayaquil, Ecuador via London and Panama. This letter is franked with 80 C. Napoleon in strip of four and a pair each touched to full margined. Addtional transitmark "Voie en Panama" on front. (Image)

1855, 80 C. carmine "Empire nd", single franking on letter from Argentan via Paris, Liverpool to New York, slight crease, very fine letter.
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)

1862, Napoléon 5 C. green in an mint block of four, tiny rubber scraping (Yv. #20, €1.750,-).

1872, Napoleon 5 C. yellow green, a horizontal strip-5. tied losange grande chiffre "3219" with "ROUEN 7 FEVR 72" alongside to folded envelope to Paris (backstamp), two file folds not affecting stamps. (Image)

1862, 5 C green Napoleon, vertical strip of 3, together with a further stamp from left sheet margin, vertically extended at bottom, lacking 2 vertical perforation holes at each side, all stamps tied by numeral cancellation (gros chiffres) "2145", multiple franking on entire letter from LYON / LES TERREAUX, 16 OCT.68, to Isère. Scarce variety on cover in VF condition! (Image)

1862/1870, Napoléon 5 c. green, horizontal pair with strongly shifted perforation and Ceres 15 c. yellow-brown (with additional endorsement), tied by GC "456" to folded letter from "L'ISLE-S-LE-DOUBS 2.JAN.73" to Casamen near Besancon with arrival mark, rare perforation variety on cover, signed Sorani (Image)

1871, BOULE DE MOULIN, 2 x 40 C Napoleon orange (color fainted), tied by numeral cancel (gros chiffres) "1952", one stamp obviously removed, multiple franking on tiny folded letter from LANNION, 2 JANV.(1871) endorsed "Par Moulin Dept. de l'Allier", addressed to Paris. Both stamps folded around edge of cover, despite the missing stamp in fine condition, expert signed Calves. Maury 6.000.-€

1862, Emperor Napoléon III, 2 C - 20 C and 40 C, clean mint, (Mi€1.000,-).

1870, 20 C blue Napoleon lauré, horizontal strip of 4, tied by gros chiffres "3174", multiple franking on folded letter cover from LA ROCHELLE, 13 OCT 70, sent via transit London and Queenstown to New York USA, one stamp with slight horizontal crease, else fine condition. (Image)

1869 Napoleon III. 5fr. grey-violet, UNUSED without gum, with traces of light creases and a little pin-hole but still a fresh and attractive example of this scarce stamp unused. A.v.d.Weid certificate (2001), (Mi. for mint: 7500 €) (Image)

1871, Emperor Napoléon III, 10 C on 10 C, not issued, clean mint (Mi€1.500,-, Yv€2.500,-).

1870, Ceres 20c. blue tête-bêche pair in combination with Napoleon laure 40c. orange and 80c. rose on insured letter 2000fr. from "BOURG-LA-REINE 25 JUIN 71" to Narbonne with transit and arrival marks 26.6.71 on reverse, Napoleon adhesives and envelope some imperfections/postal wear, the tête-bêche pair with scissor's separation at base otherwise fresh and fine, signed Calves. Maury 37 tb, 5.500,- €. ÷ 1870, Siege 20c. bleu, paire tete-beche, 40c. laure orange (paire) et 80c. rose (paire) avec obliteration losange gros chiffres, et a cote, petit cachet a date de BOURG LA REINE (25 JUIL 71). Magnifique. Rare et Superbe. Signe Calves et certificat von der Weid. Maury 37 tb, 5.500,- €. (Image)

1871, 1c. dark olive on bluish "Bordeaux", used pair from the corner of the sheet, signed Brun.

1871, 5 C. Bordeaux-issue in unused block of four, one stamp is MNH, signed Brun, (Yv. #42 B, €1.900,-).

1873, 10 C. brown on pink, fresh colour, in good perforation, MNH.

1875, folded letter with horizontal pair of perforated 25 C Ceres from Bordeaux to POTI situated at the Black Sea in Georgia. Unusual Destination with with many transits, mostly TPO, on back and TIFLIS arrival on front.
This lot is "Gebotslos". The Minimum Bid is 20 €, it will be sold at the HIGHEST BID (not one bidding step above the second highest bid). (Image)

1877, French Consular Post Haiti, 20 C brown-lilac Sage, horizontal strip of 4 (2 stamps with faults) as multiple franking on folded letter cover from Cape Haitien, tied by octagonal LE CAP HAITIEN, 30 DEC 77, alongside maritime cds LIGNE D / PAQ.FR..., 30 DEC 77, sent to Saint-Thomas Danish Westindies, on reverse arrival mark cds ST.THOMAS, 2 / 1 78. Very scarce rate (less than 10 covers known) and very unusual destination (Yv. 67) (Image)