WAR 1870/71: BALLON MONTEE: NEPTUNE: Small envelope with original contents, dated "Paris 22. Sept.", written by Colonel Maximilien Foy, 2nd in charge of the General Staff to his sister in law Rachel Trubert at Château la Vallière with arrival mark of September 26 and private arrival notation of the same day, taxed on front with "3" decimes; the envelope with small tears and seal on reverse removed, otherwise very fine. One of the rarest "Pli confiê" of all 'ballon montê'; certificate Roumet (2015) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

VILLE DE PARIS: Entire letter franked with Siège 20 c., tied by star cancel "15" with adjacent "PARIS R. BONAPARTE 12 DEC. 70" to Indre. The 'Ville de Paris' landed in Nassau, Germany and all mail was captured; fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

DUQUESNE: Entire letter franked with 2 copies Napolêon perforated 5 c. green (one with bottom right corner missing) and Laurê 20 c., tied by star cancel "15" with adjacent "PARIS R. BONAPARTE 5 JANV. 71" to Tournai in Belgium with transit and arrival marks of January 12; a scarce franking in fresh condition, certificate Behr (2013) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

MONTGOLFIER: Entire letter franked with Siège 20 c., tied by clear star cancel "4" with adjacent "PARIS RUE D'ERGHIEN 24 OCT. 70" to Bordeaux with arrival mark of November 4. In the area of the small village of Nixêville the balloon came under heavy gun fire and the balloonist jettisoned 2 bags of mail of which parts came into the postal system, socalled "Pli de Nixêville". A fine and scarce piece (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

GÉNÉRAL UHRICH: Entire letter franked with Laurê 20 c., tied by star cancel with adjacent "PARIS (60) 14 NOV. 70" to Coutances with arrival mark of November 24; 3 pages of text incl. the just introduced allowed 4 questions, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

GÉNÉRAL CAMBRONNE: Letterfront with upper backflap franked with Siège 20 c., tied by star cancel with adjacent "PARIS R. ST. HONORÉ 27 JANV." to Grenoble with transit mark of Lyon and arrival mark of February 4; the stamp was affixed somewhat around the edge of the cover; a nice item from the last flight, sign. Calves (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

VILLE DE FLORENCE: Entire letter franked with Laurê 20 c., tied by star cancel with adjacent "PARIS R. ST.-LAZARE 24 SEPT. 70" to Niort with arrival mark of September 29, sign. Calves (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Envelope with original letter dated "Hanwell (Great Britain) 31 December 1870", the envelope franked with 5 copies Laurê 20 c. tied by GC "2565" with adjacent "MOULINS-S-ALLIER 6 JANV. 71", usual small faults, very fine, certificate Roumet (2015) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Small collection of 8 entires, two with complete franking, the other ones with stamps fallen off (one partly)

"VERSAILLES AUSWECHSLUNGS STELLE", blue boxed marking on reverse of opened-out envelope, franked with Siège 20 c. from "PARIS SENAT 18 FEVR. 71" to Switzerland, charged in red crayon (Image 1) (Image)

RED CROSS: "SOCIÉTÉ DE SECOURS AUX BLESSÉS MILITAIRES DES ARMÉES DE TERRE ET DE MER / COMITÉ AUXILIAIRE DE STRASBOURG", red seal on red cross card to Dijon, fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

"AGENCE INTERNATIONALE BÂLE", oval marking in red and greenish-blue "CENTRAL NACHWEISE BUREAU BERLIN" on small envelope to Königsberg, fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1930, Airmail 1,50 fr. with empty space at left, both perforated "EIPA30" (inverted), unmounted mint, empty space little toned (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1933, Briand 30c., three colour proofs on different color, in addition two blocks of four with printing date, fine

1956, Europa, artist drawing on card board, with 1956 stamp issue applied and tied by special cds. "PARIS 15 SEPTEMBRE 1956", signed (Image 1) (Image)

1956, Europe 15fr. black, "Epreuve de Composition", without gum, rare, fine (Image 1) (Image)

1956, Europe 15fr. black, "Epreuve de Composition", without gum, fine (Image 1) (Image)

1956, Europe 15fr., two different color proofs as blocks of four from the upper left sheet margin, two perforated stamps in different colors and 30f. in blue, mint never hinged, one block of four small crease in outer margin, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1956, Europa 3f. rose/brown carmine (instead of blue) together with Luxembourg 3f. blue (instead of light-brownish red) as epreuve d'artiste collective, a very rare and attractive item (Image 1) (Image)

1956, Europe 30fr., Epreuve d'Artiste in 12 different colours on sunken cards, mostly signed, mostly fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image)

1956, Europe 15+30f. special souvenir sheet with additional franking with cds. "CONSEIL DE L'EUROPE 10-1 1957" on registered cover to Strasbourg with arrival mark, fine. With only 22 printed in total and to our knowledge the only known copy on cover, a great rarity of France and EUROPA topic, certificate Feldman (Image 1) (Image)

1957-58, 20-35f. êpreuves collectives, the latter twice, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1957, Europe 20-35fr., Epreuve d'Artiste in 12 different colours or design stages on sunken cards, some signed, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image)

1958, Europe 35fr., Epreuve d'Artiste in 12 different colours on sunken cards, one with additional issued stamp added and tied by special cds., some signed, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image)

1958, Europe 20+25fr. black, as imperforated proof souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, very rare, the margins a little wavy, otherwise fine (Image 1) (Image)