1861 1c-90c, complete set of plate proofs on india, including both 2c Dies, fine-v.f., cat. $835 (Cat No. 63-72P3) (Image)

Cat. $835, Est.US$250

1861 1c-90c, complete set of plate proofs on card, including 3c scarlet and 24c brown violet, fine-v.f., cat. $1185 (Cat No. 63-72P4) (Image)

Cat. $1185, Est.US$350

1861 (Mar) large part of 1865 FL to France, with 3c and 12c paying 15c, tied by indistinct grids, with "per Str Washington" endorsement alongside, framed "PD" and "Etats Unis Paq Fr. Washington" octagonal French Packet pmk, transit and Gironde arrival, fine and rare, signed Calves (Cat No. 65,69) (Image)

Est.US$500

1861 5c buff, unused without gum, upper right corner perf. added, well centered, fine appearance of this rare stamp (catalogued as unused without gum), cat. $12500 (Cat No. 67) (Image)

Cat. $12500, Est.US$1,500

1861 10c green, two singles tied on cover to Paris, San Francisco July 13, 1864 departure, New York transit and French "Etats Unis Le Havre" entry pmk, red "PD" and arrival pmk on back (Cat No. 68) (Image)

Est.US$150

1861 5c brown, 10c green, tied by Foreign Mail cancels on cover to Switzerland, with Williamsburgh, NY May 3 departure pmk, red New York transit, blue "America Uber Bremen Franco" and "Affr.Insuf"." straight line, with "10" (centimes) postage due assessed in red crayon, framed "Franco Schwiez.Grenze" (Swiss border), various transit markings, including German entry Heidelberg-Basel and arrival pmks, fine cover (Cat No. 68,76) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 30c orange, tied by cork cancel on FL used in 1867 from New Orleans to France, with appropriate sequence of transit and arrival pmks, readdressed on arrival in Le Havre to Ribeauville, Haut Rhine, with oval forwarding agent's handstamp on back and arrival pmk, fine cover, with 1992 PFC, cat. $400 (Cat No. 71) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$200

1861 2c black, block of four, h.r., minor perf. separations, good color, fine, cat. $2750 (Cat No. 73) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.US$500

1866 printed matter circular from New York to Bremen, franked with 2c Blackjack, foreign mail cork cancel and red French entry cds, endorsed "per Australasian" and charged "4" (groshen) in blue crayon, Bremen Th & Th (Thurn & Taxis) arrival on back (Cat No. 73) (Image)

Est.US$250

1866 2c black, well centered, tied by grid pmks on complete wrapper "Le Messager Franco-American" New York to Le Journal "La Petrie", Paris France, charged "15" (decimes), fine and rare Blackjack on newspaper wrapper to France (Cat No. 73) (Image)

Est.US$250

1868 (2 June) cover franked with 24c gray lilac, sent from Washington D.C. to Sydney, New South Wales, endorsed "Per Steamer via England and Marseilles", "Fr. 2F55c" accountancy mark and "Insufficiently Paid" hs on front (correct rate was 30c), treated as unpaid and charged "4" (shilling) postage due, further crayon markings including "36" and "23" (crossed out), with "37" on back, those probably applied in NSW Post Office, fine cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$150