FRANCE, 1870, 1c BRONZE GREEN "SPÉCEMEN" OVERPRINT NH, very lightly hinged, fine-very fine, cat. Maury #1 @ €425.00

$150

1903, 10c ROSE TOP MARGIN GUTTER PAIR NH, #138, fine-very fine, cat. $36.00, Maury €60.00

$35

FRANCE, 1930, 1.50fr BRIGHT ULTRAMARINE AIR POST MINT NEVER HINGED, #C6d, absouletly perfectly centered, superb, signed Calves, with copy of 2011 Behr certificate for block of four of which this is the top right stamp, cat. $450.00, maury PA #6ba @ €780.00

$300

1936, 50fr GREEN AIR POST MINT NEVER HINGED, #C14b, fresh and well-centered, very fine, cat. $1,500.00, Maury €2,200.00

$750

FRANCE, 1849, 20c BLACK ON YELLOWISH - JAN. 2, 1849 DATESTAMP, #3, clear to ample margins, full strike of Paris, Jan. 2, 1849 d.s., small flaws, attractive early use, signed Brun, cat. Maury €475.00 as used between Jan. 2 - Jan. 5, 1849

$75

FRANCE, 1850, 25c DARK BLUE USED, #6, bottom right corner margin single, diamond grid cancel, extremely fine, signed Calves, cat. maury #4c @ €70.00

$100

FRANCE, 1862, 40c ORANGE TYPE I RE-ISSUE MINT, #7d, gorgeous left margin single, very lightly hinged, appears never hinged, extremely fine, with 2018 Scheller mini-cert., cat. $575.00, Maury #5h @ €875.00

$500

FRANCE, 1852, 25c BLUE ON BLUISH WITH STAR CANCEL, #11, large margins, extremely fine, cat. $32.50, Maury #10 # €50.00

$35

FRANCE, 1870, 1c DARK OLIVE GREEN - REPORT 1 - MINT, #38, ample margins, lightly hinged, very fine, cat. Maury #39a @ €240.00

$100

FRANCE, 1c OLIVE GREEN ON PALE BLUE - REPORT 1 - MINT NEVER HINGED, #38, ample margins all around, very fine, cat. $125.00 as hinged, Maury #39c @ €190.00 as hinged

$125

FRANCE, 1870, 1c OLIVE GREEN ON PALE BLUE - REPORT II - USED, #38, even margins all around, light town cancel, fine-very fine, signed Scheller, cat. $100.00, Maury #39e @ €160.00

$50

FRANCE, 1870, 1c BLACK OLIVE - REPORT III 2ND ESTATE - USED, #38 var., ample to large margins, large numeral diamond grid, very fine, signed Scheller, cat. Maury #39n @ €330.00

$125

FRANCE, 1870, 2c RED BROWN - REPORT II - USED, #39, ample even margins all around, neat large numeral diamond grid, very fine, signed Brun and Scheller, cat. $225.00, Maury #40a @ €345.00

$125

FRANCE, 1870, 4c GRAY - REPORT II - USED, #40, ample to large margins, neat cancel, portion of rate marking, very fine, signed Scheller, cat. $200.00, Maury #41 II @ €310.00

$125

FRANCE, 1870, 20c BLUE TYPE I - REPORT I - USED, #43, clear to ample margins, large numeral diamond grid, fine-very fine, signed Scheller, cat. Maury #44 I a @ €825.00

$200

FRANCE, 1870, 80c ROSE ON PINKISH USED, #48, ample to large margins, neatly struck anchor cancel, a very attractive stamp in a rich shade, choice very fine, signed Scheller, cat. $250.00+, Maury #49 @ €500.00 with anchor cancel

$200

FRANCE CLASSIC BALANCE COLLECTION OF USED ISSUES INCL. BETTER ISSUES SUCH AS 1-CENT PRUSSIAN BLUE, incl. the first issue with values up to 40c, Napoleon III issues with many shade varieties, several values from the 1870 Bordeaux issue incl. 20c type I, Sage issues incl. better types such as 2c Green type I, 10c Green type II and 1c Prussian Blue (repaired, with 2017 Scheller short cert.), some faults, overall fine-very fine or so appearing, cat. $13,000.00

$1,200

FRANCE MINT COLLECTION 1949-74 IN CERES ALBUM INCL. BETTER SETS, neatly hinged into place, quite complete incl. some back-of-the-book, incl. all the portrait sets, #1100 in NH block, overall fresh and very fine throughout, we scanned 14 sample pages

$150

FRANCE, 1876, 2c GREEN TYPE II MINT NEVER HINGED, #77, Post Office fresh in perfect centering, extremely fine/superb, cat. $175.00, Maury #74 @ €190.00 (€285.00 in perfect centering)

$150

FRANCE, 1849. 20c BLACK ON WHITE PAPER SINGLE USAGE ON COVER, #1a, full margins, tied by diamond grid on Feb., 1849 folded cover, very fine

$50

FRANCE, 1850, 25c BLUE SUED ON COVER, #6, full margins, tied by diamond grid on Jan., 1852 folded letter, fine-very fine

$35

1923, 1fr BORDEAUX PHIL. EXHIBITION USED ON COVER, #197, tied by Bordeaux expo d.s., on June, 1923 cover, very fine, cat. $650.00, Maury #182 @ €700.00

$300

1929, 2fr LE HAVRE EXHIBITION USED ON COVER, #246, tied by Le Havre Expo d.s. on reg. May, 1929 cacheted expo cover La Garenne, backstamp, fine-very fine, cat. $750.00, Maury #257A @ 1,000.00 - both as used single stamps

$350

FRANCE, 1921, 5c ORANGE NH, #160 var., fresh, fine-very fine, Maury #40 @ €125.00

$50

FRANCE, 1922, 20c BROWN PRE-CANCEL MINT, #166 var., fresh and very fine, Maury #42 @ €80.00

$35