1849 'REPUB FRANC' Ceres 10c yellow-brown Mi 1, margins close to huge, professional repair at the base, Cat €1800.

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1870 'REPUB FRANC' Ceres Perf 14x13½ 10c bistre horizontal Tête-Bêche Pair (Kehrdrucke) Mi 33K (SG 143), faults but presentable, Cat €2200 (£400; presumably a typographical error for £4000).

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1876-1900 Peace & Commerce Type I 1c green (unmounted), 5c green & 75c red-purple and Type II 25c black/red (minor gum-bend but unmounted) & 5fr lilac, Cat €3500+ for mounted.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1920-22 'POSTES/PARIS' Pre-Cancels group comprising 1920 5c green Mi 116Va (large-part o.g.) & 116Vba (no gum) and 15c grey-green 109Va (no gum); and 1922 15c grey-green 109Va (part-o.g.) and 30c 142Va (no gum), Cat €1400. (5)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1936 Airmail 50fr blue/pink 'Banknote' Mi 321 (SG 541), exceptional centring, Cat €1100 (£1000). A beautiful example of this much loved stamp.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1938 Surcharges '5 PIASTRES' on 2½p marginal example from the top of the sheet, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £400 (in a footnote). RPSofL Certificate (1992) states "proof status". [Gibbons states this is from a "trial printing"]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300