French P.O. in Alexandretta, July 16, 1877 cover (portions of the top and side back flaps lacking) from Aleppo to Beirut, initially franked for local postage on reverse with Turkey 1875 10pa Lilac, four examples, of which one with couple of corner perforations missing, and two 1876-77 20pa Green, all tied by "Alep/Turquie" c.d.s., entering the French mails at Alexandretta with application of France 1876-77 30c Brown-yellow type II, tied by dotted "Alexandrette/Syrie" blue c.d.s., repeated adjacent, very fine, a rare and visually impressive combination franking, signed Jamet. (Image)

Est. $300-400

T.A.A.F. mint collection, a clean 1955-94 assembly contained in a Leuchturm album including the important sets and values, very fine.

Est. $150-250

French Andorra mint collection, a remarkable 1931-89 assembly including the early valuable issues, airmails and postage dues complete, much fresh and fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

#C3 var., 1943 1.50Fr Dark blue, with inverted "France Libre" overprint, o.g., n.h., fresh and very fine; an air post rarity as only a single pane of 25 received an inverted overprint; signed Kessler and Sanabria (Sanabria #28a). (Image)

Est. $400-500

French P.O.'s in Egypt, 1864-74 three franked covers, different frankings on items to France, including 1862 10c+40c, 1862 two 40c, and 1872-73 80c, this being insufficiently franked as denoted by corresponding boxed marking and manuscript postage due, all frankings tied by "5080" gros chiffres lozenge with corresponding "Alexandrie/Egypte" c.d.s. alongside, a very fine trio. (Image)

Est. $100-150

France used in Beirut stamps and covers, an interesting display comprising 1853-73 issues with over 75 stamps, including "petits chiffres" lozenge with rare 1860 1c, 1853-54 20c+80c on piece, "gros chiffres" lozenge with few singles and few multiples including the Bordeaux issue and very scarce 1869 5f, four covers of which one sent two Switzerland, featuring 1867-68 40c pair, 1872-73 30c pair, this being additionally represented in single on cover front, two covers with 1872-73 80c single, all with "Paquebots/De La/Méditerranée" cachets, a scarce assembly, generally fine-very fine and fresh.

Est. $400-500

Napoleonic Period, three covers, 1801-11, three entire letters bearing "3eDon/Arm. Du Rhin", "Bau.Gal./Arm. Française/En Espagne", and department conquis "95/Maestricht" in red, two-line and three-line handstamps, fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. $150-200

"Indus", Mediterranean maritime mail, 1863, September 26, cover from Marseilles to Athens, franked at single rate up to 7,5 grams with 1862 "Empire" 40c Orange and 80c Carmine, each delicately tied by anchor lozenge, with "Indus" c.d.s. at left, Salles 786,with Piraeus and Athens backstamps, very fine. (Image)

Est. $200-300

"Phase", Mediterranean maritime mail, 1866, April 11, cover from Constantinople to London, bearing 1862 "Empire" 20c Blue and 40c Orange, each tied by anchor lozenge, with "Phase" c.d.s. alongside in center, Salles 813, red boxed "PD", "Paquebots/De La/Mediterranée" and arrival c.d.s., all struck on front, denoting transit of Marseilles on reverse, very fine. (Image)

Est. $150-200

#3, 3a, 1849-50 20c Black, a selection of three examples, including well margined 20c Black on white unused without gum, 20c Black on yellowish with spectacular marginal copy from the left of the sheet cancelled at Romans, and scarce used example contemporarily cancelled with pen cross and c.d.s., a very fine and unusual trio. (Image)

Est. $200-300

#10, 1852 10c pale bister on yellowish, an extraordinary example, fresh with predominately huge margins with part of neighboring stamp at right, cancelled by two strikes of "star" cancellation, an extremely fine and desirable piece; 1981 Von der Weid certificate; Scott $450, Spink Maury €700. (Image)

Est. $300-400

Spink Maury #11d, 1865 1c "mordoré", ample even margins all around, very fresh with o.g., very fine and unusual; Spink Maury €400. (Image)

Est. $100-1,500

#28, 1862-71 80c Rose, strip of seven on front, with an additional single on reverse, of February 20, 1864 entire letter from Paris to Lima, Peru, tied by "star" cancel on dispatch, showing c.d.s. at base, "Voie de Panama" cachet denoting the transit through the Isthmus, farmed "P.P." in red, oval "Conduccion/Del Cartero/Gratis", charged "4" on arrival, with Lima c.d.s. on back, overfranked by 40c for six-times the single rate via Panama to the South-American Pacific Coast, faint horizontal crease at top slightly affecting the franking, a very rare multiple on cover, of great visual impact. (Image)

Est. $250-400

#131, 132, 1926 10fr Green and red, 20fr Magenta and green, two quite well centred examples, unmounted o.g., very fine; the 20c signed Brun; Scott $825, Spink Maury €960. (Image)

Est. $200-300

Spink Maury #145, 1920-22 2fr Orange and green, imperforate, a spectacular large margined example with sheet margin at top, unmounted o.g., superb; Spink Maury €1,250+. (Image)

Est. $500-750

Serbian Mail in Corfu, two covers sent to Geneva, Switzerland, one carried via Italy with corresponding censorship, the other with French and Serbian censorship, both beairng Type Merson 50c, the latter additionally franked with Type Semeuse 15c, tied by "Postes Serbes" straight line and matching c.d.s., some cover edge imperfections, a scarce duo; Spink Maury #3, 10, €800. (Image)

Est. $200-300

#C5a, 1930 1fr 50c deep carmine, perf. initials "E.I.P.A. 30", very fresh unmounted o.g., very fine; 1997 Von der Weid certificate; Scott $3,600, Spink Maury €5,500. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

#C6b, 1930 1.50fr Dark blue, used on official postcard with four "E.I.P.A.30" perforation initials, of which two tying the adhesive, with large c.d.s. of the exhibition, very fine.

Est. $100-150

Spink Maury Cours d'Instruction #8, 1911 2Fr. Gray violet and yellow overprinted "ANNULE", top gutter margin single, with a neat and very thin red pen line on reverse which served as a double precaution against fraudulent use, o.g., n.h., very fine and rare; 2013 Sismondo certificate; Spink Maury € 3,500. (Image)

Est. $500-750

France, XIXth Century 35 franked covers and cards, including interesting underfranked cover -denoted by corresponding cachet and manuscript fee- sent to Scotland and bearing 1853-54 10c pair & 20c, rural "OR" and "E" small circular cachets -the former canceling an Empire-issue franking-, 1871 5c single franking, 1862 double rate cover to Italy, 1871 30c pair on registered envelope to England, scarce 1871 litho postage-due 15c on Police Tribunal wrapper, 1862 20c & 40c on cover to Prussia with travelling P.O. lozenge, Type Sage frankings, cancellations, etc., mixed condition, nevertheless mainly fine-very fine.

Est. $300-400

France stampless postal-history lot containing few hundreds, partly mounted on leaves, including group of dozens from Havre via England to New York, other destinations being Italy, Austria, Prussia, small collection of page-due markings ranging from 5c to 85c and including three incoming franked covers from Spain, early departmental markings, etc., fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

France, Third Issue group of essays, 11 examples featuring one with lower spandrels and value tablet missing at base, three 25c including one with double impression, the rest being 80c denominations including the yellow-lemon shade, very fine and unusual. (Image)

Est. $150-200

France classic used assembly, mainly including common material until the "Sage" issue, better items in 1863-70 with 5fr and the Bordeaux issue, mixed condition, but mainly fine.

Est. $200-300

France, usages on classics assembly, a miscellaneous lot comprising over 150 stamps and 20 covers, including anchor lozenges on adhesives, "Etranger" c.d.s.'s used on incoming and outgoing mail, one Ballon Montée, "Chargements" c.d.s. on stamps off cover and four registered covers with better frankings, one sent abroad, "P.D." boxed marking on some stamps and mainly covers, 16, sent to Italy, Great Britain, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands and Prussia, in addition five imperforate stamps used with military campaign cancellations, good to fine.

Est. $400-500

France, classic period collections of cancellations, comprising hundreds of stamps and dozens of covers contained in two albums, one dedicated to postmarks of Paris, the other featuring railway cancellations, both combining stamps and postal history, the former starting from the "bureau central", passing trough different star types from number 1 to 39, mainly common values from 1862 to 1873, the second collection featuring 1853-1900 issues including Type Sage, from 2c to 5fr denominations, mainly fine-very fine, inspection required.

Est. $500-750