1920 (18 Aug) small registered cover from Lome to New York, franked with single 20sh purple & black red, various transit and arrival markings, fine, scarce (SG H58) cat. £1140 (Image)

Cat. £1140, Est.$200

1793 (18 Jan) letter (four-page folio) headed "Aujourd'hui dix huit de Janvier, Mille sept cent quatre vingt treize, l'an 2 de la Republique Francaise a huit heures, administration du 2 Battalion Corse au Garrison de Bonifacio", signed twice by Buonaparte on pages two and three (At that time, Napoleon was a fervent Corsican nationalist and spent the early years of the Revolution in Corsica, fighting in a complex three-way struggle among royalists, revolutionaries, and Corsican nationalists. He was a supporter of the republican Jacobin movement, organizing clubs in Corsica and was given command over a battalion of volunteers. Buonaparte and his family fled to the French mainland in June 1793 because of the split with Paoli, the Corsican leader). A rare and early example of Napoleon Buonaparte's full signatures on a document from Bonifacio, Corsica (Image)

Est.$7,500

1849-70 Ceres and Napoleon (Empire) imperforate essays, mostly designed and engraved by Barre, selection of 124, various colors and types, occasional pairs and blocks, also included nine perforated Hulot-designed essays on goldbeater's skin and others, occasional flaws, mostly fine or better (Image)

Est.$2,500

1862 Re-Issue, 25c blue, three singles paying 75c rate on registered cover used in 1889 from Paris to Switzerland, Zurich transit and Uznach arrival pmk, cover faults, interesting usage (Image)

Est.$250

1870 10c bister, yellowish, horizontal tete-beche pair, heavy hinge remnant, very fresh and fine (YT 58c), cat. €7000 (Cat No. 54a) (Image)

Cat. €7000, Est.$1,500

1887 Type Sage imperforate, Granet Reprints, selection including 5c dark green, 5c green (blocks of four and six), 10c green, 25c ultramarine, 15c blue (block of four), also imperf. pairs of 20c blue, 20c brown, 25c black on red brown and 1fr bronze green, fine-v.f. (Maury Euro 4,690) (Cat No. 78/84var) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1977-78 Sabine, imperforate, complete set of 18 horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (YT 1962-1979var) cat. €610 (Cat No. 1560-1577var) (Image)

Cat. €610, Est.$150

1994 Opening of the Channel Tunnel, two imperforate se-tenant sheets of 36 (18 sets), n.h., v.f. (Maury 2864-77var) cat. €3330 (Cat No. 2421-24var) (Image)

Cat. €3330, Est.$500

1917 "La Marseillaise" 5f+5f deep blue & black, n.h. and post office fresh, exceptionally well centered for this rather difficult issue, v.f., premium example, cat. $4000 (Cat No. B10) (Image)

Cat. $4000, Est.$1,500

1901 4c and 16c surcharges on 25c black, rose, h.r., good colors, fine, signed Brun, Miro, etc., cat. $1675 (Cat No. 15,17) (Image)

Cat. $1675, Est.$500

1901 6c on 25c black, rose, canceled on piece, exceptionally well centered, fresh and v.f., signed, cat. $375 (Cat No. 16) (Image)

Cat. $375, Est.$150

1901 15c blue, red overprint, canceled on piece, fine and scarce stamp, signed Calves, cat. $1250 (Cat No. J9) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.$300

1901 15c blue, violet handstamp, canceled on piece, fine and scarce stamp, signed Zumstein, etc., cat. $1250 (Cat No. J9a) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.$300

1967 Scouts, imperforate Signed Artist Die Proofs, two sets of three (6 die proofs), in various colors, v.f. (Cat No. 239-40,C59P) (Image)

Est.$750

1973 Scouts, imperforate Signed Artist Die Proofs, two sets of three (6 die proofs), in various colors, v.f. (Cat No. C182-84P) (Image)

Est.$750

1921 St. Laurent du Maroni to Cayenne (Aug.21), flown cover franked with 75c red violet on bluish, with additional 25c regular franking, with arrival on reverse, fine and rare, with 1993 Calves certificate, cat. $3750 (Cat No. CL1) (Image)

Cat. $3750, Est.$1,200

1877 1fr bronze green, Type II, corner margin single, h.r., v.f. and rare, unlisted in Scott, with 1981 Fourcaut certificate (YT 36B), cat. €2200 (Cat No. 29var) (Image)

Cat. €2200, Est.$750

1916 set of three used on part of a cover addressed to Port Said, 1pi on 25c rounded upper right corner, some peripheral toning, fine, cat. $780 (Cat No. 1-3) (Image)

Cat. $780, Est.$150

1892 75c deep violet on orange, horizontal pair, right stamp "Indo-Chine" (19a; Yvert 14a), h.r., fine, signed Calves, etc., with 2006 Francois Feldman certificate. A rare and desirable error, only a few exist (YT 14a), cat. €9500 (Cat No. 19a) (Image)

Cat. €9500, Est.$6,000

1929-50 first flight covers & related collateral material, a nice group of 20 covers, with 1929 Saigon-Paris cover signed by A. Bailly, Saigon-Hanoi, Hanoi-Saigon, both covers signed Robbe and Tixier, 1931 Saigon-Paris, signed Nogues (one of ten existing); all covers with nice franking and appropriate cachets, also photos of planes, of pilots and their wives and children, etc. (Image)

Est.$500

1903 1c-5fr, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (YT 94-110) cat. €630 (Cat No. 63-77) (Image)

Cat. €630, Est.$200

1942 10fr ultramarine & Henna, Center Inverted, left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Calves, etc. (Maury Euro 2,100) cat. $1400 (Cat No. C11a) (Image)

Cat. $1400, Est.$750

1932-33 1c-20f, set of 24, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT 136-159) cat. €620 (Cat No. 136-59) (Image)

Cat. €620, Est.$250

1941 Noel overprints, set of ten, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (YT 42-51) cat. €980 (Cat No. J48-57) (Image)

Cat. €980, Est.$300

1942 France Libre, set of ten, n.h., high value with pencil notation, fine-v.f. (YT 57-66) cat. €1190 (Cat No. J58-67) (Image)

Cat. €1190, Est.$350