1931 1c-20fr, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., (Cat No. 1-22) (Image)

Est.US$300

1886 British Consular Mail, eight different, including 1p, 1 1/2p and 2p with violet handstamp, and 1p, 1 1/2p, 2p, 4 1/2p and 8p with black handstamps, most with gummed corners, usual thin spots and other minor faults, fine-v.f., (Cat No. 33/52) (Image)

Est.US$500

1938 3p on 3 1/2p, 3p on 7 1/2p and 5p on 10p, perf. 11 1/2x12 1/2, h.r., fine-v.f. and scarce (SG 75a/77b) (Cat No. C32a-C34a) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1849-50 20c black on white paper, block of four, h.r. at top, bottom pair never hinged, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, with 2021 Brun certificate (YT 3, Euro 2,600 for a hinged block) (Cat No. 3a) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1850 25c blue, margins all around, canceled by diamond grid on outer FL, with clear strike of "Assemblee Nationale Postes 16 Aout 50", fine and scarce, with 2017 Roumet certificate (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.US$200

1853 5c olive green, 5c dark green, two distinct shades, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, first one crease, the other with faint toning at top, fine-v.f., signed Maury, Roumet (Maury 12,12c) (Cat No. 12) (Image)

Est.US$300

1853 Empire Francaise 25c blue, block of four, canceled "large points", margins all around, close but clear at upper left, fine multiple, signed Roumet, etc. (Maury 15, Euro 3,400) (Cat No. 17) (Image)

Est.US$500

1863 Empire Francaise, die essay in black, "0" for value at bottom, v.f. (Cat No. 29E) (Image)

Est.US$150

1863 2c red brown, block of four, one stamp n.h., others l.h. or h.r., fine, signed Roumet, with 2017 certificate (Maury 26Ia, Euro 800 for a hinged block) (Cat No. 30) (Image)

Est.US$250

1870 5c yellow green, block of four, well centered and fresh, gum adhesions and minor thinning affecting all stamps, v.f. appearance, signed Roumet (Maury 53, Euro 1,100) (Cat No. 53) (Image)

Est.US$150

1870-72 2c red brown, three distinct shades, also an additional copy forgery of the "de Tours" impression, canceled "508", v.f. (catalogued as three least expensive shades) (Cat No. 39) (Image)

Est.US$100

1870-73 1c olive green, imperf. sheet margin single, also perforated 40c orange, l.h. or h.r., fine, (Cat No. 38,59) (Image)

Est.US$150

1870-73 1c olive green, pale blue, block of four, l.h., one stamp n.h., fresh and fine, with Calves & Jacquart certificate (Cat No. 50) (Image)

Est.US$100

1872 30c brown, rounded corner perf. at lower left, tied by blue "Paris Depart 4 July 76" cds, on small cover to England, fine and attractive example of the scarce blue cancel, with Roumet certificate (Cat No. 62) (Image)

Est.US$100

1876-78 Type Sage, 1c green, 2c green, Ty.II, h.r., well centered for issue, the latter with irregular perfs, otherwise fine, signed Miro, (Cat No. 64,65) (Image)

Est.US$250

1876-78 30c brown, 40c red, straw, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., signed Calves, Miro, (Cat No. 73,74) (Image)

Est.US$250

1876-78 75c carmine, rose, heavy h.r., fresh and fine, signed Maury, (Cat No. 75) (Image)

Est.US$150

1876-78 1fr bronze green, h.r., fine, (Cat No. 76) (Image)

Est.US$150

1877-80 35c black, yellow, block of four, h.r., well centered, short perfs affect the stamps at left, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Roumet, (Cat No. 94) (Image)

Est.US$300

1877-80 40c red, straw, two blocks of four, well centered, h.r., except two stamps n.h., fine-v.f., signed Roumet, (Cat No. 95) (Image)

Est.US$150

1877-80 5fr violet, l.h., fresh and fine, signed Roumet, (Cat No. 96) (Image)

Est.US$100

1929-37 Le Havre Exposition, n.h., v.f., with 2009 APS certificate, also PEXIP souvenir sheet, n.h., some marginal gum bends, otherwise v.f., (Cat No. 246,329) (Image)

Est.US$350

1927-36 50fr Burelage, also 2fr and 5fr, l.h., fine-v.f., (Cat No. C1-2,C15) (Image)

Est.US$200

1918 (16 Nov) free-frank cover from Paris to Archangel, Russia, addressed "Archangel - Russie, Occupation Francaise" in ms, returned to sender, with boxed "Acheminemen Impossible" (forwarding impossible) handstamp; also a picture postcard (Archangel), sent on 7th September to France, with "21st Bataillon de Marche Infanterie Coloniale / Le Vaguemestre" cancel, endorsed "Centre de Guerre Militaire Paris" on arrival, the cover with some staining, fine and scarce pair of incoming and outgoing French Forces mail (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 (3 Dec) picture postcard to Belgium, with violet "Bataillon Colonial Siberien / Le Vaguemestre" (army postmaster), written in Harbin, also an unaddressed picture postcard "French Army landing at Vladivostok" (the French sent an infantry contingent to Siberia of about battalion strength. They were mostly Vietnamese and the picture shows them in tropical helmets) (Image)

Est.US$250