1931 1c-20fr, 20fr with barest trace of a hinge, balance n.h., fine-v.f., with handstamp guarantees (YT 1-23) cat. €2285 (Cat No. 1-22) (Image)

Cat. €2285, Est.US$500

1914 (21 Nov) German 5pf Kaiser Yacht stationery card addressed to England, v.f. (the German forces in Togo were defeated in August 1914 and the British authorities used overprinted stamps and stationery) (Image)

Est.US$250

1914 20pf ultramarine, 40pf lake and black and 80pf lake and black, l.h., v.f., 80pf signed Champion (SG H4,H7,H9) cat. £540 (Cat No. 38,41,43) (Image)

Cat. £540, Est.US$250

1795 FL to Lyon, endorsed "Port Paye", with red "Port Paye De L'Armee du Bas Rhin" handstamp, various pen markings, fine and scarce usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1795 FL with excellent strike of "Armee du Bas-Rhin VI.e Division", endorsed "Department de Danube", fine and scarce usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1797 FL from Coblentz, dated "22 Ventose", addressed to France, with clearly struck "P.Paye D.on F. Arm. Sambre et Meuse" and "P.P.P.P." in red (Port Paye Passe Paris), fine and very rare usage. (The Army of Sambre and Meuse (Armee de Sambre-et-Meuse) was one of the armies of the French Revolution) (Image)

Est.US$500

1798 FL headed "Armee d'Angleterre", dated 29 May 1798, addressed to Quartermaster General in Paris, signed by aide to the General en Chef, with corresponding "General en Chef L'Armee d'angleterre" handstamp struck twice at upper right and lower left, charged "10" (decimes), with additional markings on back (Image)

Est.US$250

1799 FL with "6e D.on Arm .Du Danube" handstamp, datelined Mannheim, official stationery headed "Armee du Danube, Colaud General de Division", addressed to an administrator in France, additional cachets on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1806-07 Napoleonic campaigns, FLs with "No.9 Grande Armee" in black, sent from Berlin to Mayence; FL headed "Empire Francaise Le Commandant du 1er Bataillon" with red "No.20 Grande Armee" hs, sent in 1807 from Berlin; FL sent in 1806 from Strasbourg, with red "B.au G.al Grande-Armee" hs, plus another FL with "No.13 Grande-Armee" hs, long and interesting text, fine group of four Grande-Armee letters (Image)

Est.US$300

1807 FL from Ragusa, with "No.I Arm. De Dalmatie" handstamp, addressed to Auxerre, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$150

1808 (May) FL with No.I "Arm. De Dalmatie", sent from Ragusa to Auserre, also 1815 FL to Etienne, with "I0 Castelnaudary" straight line handstamp, fine pair of Napoleonic Era covers (Image)

Est.US$250

1808 FL with No.I "Corps D'Observation" hs, addressed to Ministry of War, with official contents, endorsed "Armee D'Observation Au Mitie Grande Armee 3e Division", scarce (Image)

Est.US$250

1919-21 two different 2fr booklets, n.h., fine-v.f. (Maury 12,15, Euro 740) (Image)

Est.US$300

1922 two different 2fr booklets, n.h., fine-v.f. (Maury 17,18, Euro 305) (Image)

Est.US$150

1923 Congres de Bordeaux, used on cover from the Exposition to Paris, addressed to Theodore Champion, fine-v.f., cat. $650 (Cat No. 197) (Image)

Cat. $650, Est.US$150

1929 Le Havre, 2fr orange & pale blue, used with corresponding Exposition label on registered cover from Le Havre to Clermont, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk, cat. $750 (Cat No. 246) (Image)

Cat. $750, Est.US$200

1762-1812 selections of 21 FLs, including a 1762 letter from Brest to "Colonel de Dragons, aide-marechal general de logis de la cavalerie de l'armee" in Dusseldorf", "No.14 Grande-Armee" (red), "No.22 Grande Armee" (red) from Konigsberg, "No.17 Grande Armee", "Armee du Rhin 9e Division", "B.au Gal Arm.D'Hanovre" (red), "D.on D. Arm.De Mayence", "No.50. Grande Armee", 1804 "Camp de Bruges", 1810 "Bureau Generale Arm.D'Allemagne", 1793 "Armee Du Bas Rhin", another "Armee Du Bas Rhin", letter endorsed "Service Militaire" with "D.on D'Hollande Troupes F.cises", letter with red "B.au Arm.Du Nord", sent from Utrecht to France, another with red "B.au Gal. Arm. D'Hanovre" to Metz, and others, mostly fine or better (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1917-19 2c-35c, five different blocks of four, first four horizontal or vertical gutter blocks with serial numbers, 35c+25c upper left sheet corner margin block of four, all n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $2720 (Cat No. B3-7) (Image)

Cat. $2720, Est.US$1,000

1917-19 "La Marseillaise" 5fr+5fr deep blue & black, bottom sheet margin block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, well centered, v.f., signed Diena (YT Euro 22,000 plus 25% premium for centering) cat. $16000 (Cat No. B10) (Image)

Cat. $16000, Est.US$7,500

1925 Paris International Philatelic Exhibition, cover franked with surcharged 5+1fr Orphans, used with additional franking and corresponding label, v.f. (Cat No. B19) (Image)

Est.US$150

1870 (24 Dec) cover to Switzerland, franked with 3x10c brown (points down), one faulty, tied by framed "K.PR. Feldpost Relais No.57" datestamps (Royal Prussian Field-Post Relay Station No.57), also a "Feldpostbrief" cover dated 23.11.70 from "Neu-Breisach" to Hannover, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1912 (16 Aug) registered cover from Tientsin to Constantinople, franked with 50c Chine Poste Francaise Type Merson, showing four different arrival pmks on both sides, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1865 (24 Mar) large envelope from Pointe-a-Pitre to Paris, franked by the French Colonies Eagle Issue, vertical pair of 5c green and irregular block of 16x40c orange, all canceled and partially tied by dotted lozenge, with corresponding departure pmk at top, additionally tied by red French entry pmk of St. Nazaire, some inevitable minor faults, one of the largest French Colonies frankings (Cat No. 2,5) (Image)

Est.US$3,000

1903 30c on 60c brown, overprint inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Bloch, cat. $1100 (Cat No. J13a) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.US$350

1892 1c-1fr, set of 13 (complete for 1892), l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (YT 26-38) cat. €330 (Cat No. 33/51) (Image)

Cat. €330, Est.US$150