MAIL DURING THE SECOND REPUBLIC PERIOD; Range with Dec. 1848 EL to Paris ex Port Louis (Brittany), written by a prisoner mentioning a plea for clemency, censored and charged '15' decimes, May 1850 EL to Paris (redirected to Ariege) franked 1849 20c Black tied by diamond grid with Lodeve cds alongside and 1852/54 part E or E to Paris, Rouen or Saone each franked 25c Presidence issue and with diamond numerals cancels. (5 covers) Cross Reference : REDIRECTED MAIL, PRISONS & PRISONERS, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image)

INTERNAL MAIL DURING THE 2ND EMPIRE; Range on leaves inc. 1854 unfranked EL to Gensac ex Cybranet with "25" centimes mark on front and fine "32/Gensac" h.s. on rear, 1858 Official Returned Letter env. to Albi ex Paris with "30" centimes mark on front, 1861 EL addressed within Bordeaux franked 10c (broken & missing frame line vars.), 1861 official unfranked env. to Moselle ex Paris with "Cabinet/de l'Empereur" h.s. on front, 1865 EL to Troyes franked 20c with "BORDEAUX/BOITE MOBILE" cds on front, 1866 E to Montrichard franked pair 20c + 10c and endorsed 'Papiers d'Affaires' at top, 1866 env. to Paris ex Marseilles franked 20c + 10c (2) with framed reg. mark on front and a few other inc. newspaper and printed matter mail. (17 items) Cross Reference : OFFICIAL MAIL, PRINTED MATTER BY POST, NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

EXPERIMENTAL PERFORATIONS IN THE 2ND EMPIRE; Group with 1858 unfranked EL to The Minister of Posts in Paris ex London with fascinating contents from John Blake regarding invention of mine for facilitating the separation of postage stamps, 1861 EL to Tain ex Paris franked 20c with perces en lignes unofficial perf plus a single of the 10c tied to an 1861 piece and 1866 EL ex Toulouse with framed "APRES/LE/DEPART" h.s. on front franked 20c with Susse Freres of Paris unofficial 7½ x 7 perf. (4 items) Cross Reference : 1854-65 1d REDS, LATE FEE MAIL (Image)

EXPERIMENTAL "CUT-OUT" POSTAL STATIONERY; Trio with 1846 unused Marion env. with "TIMBRE DE LA POSTE/DEPART/ARRIVEE" cut-outs on front or rear flap and 1886 Marius & Co (Nantes) envs. one an essay showing rectangular cut-out to front for placement of a postage stamp and cancellation therein. Unusual (3 covers) Cross Reference : POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

TYPE SAGE POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION; Extensive range inc. 5c envs. mint (4 - one with 'shield' flap, two stamped to order on varying papers) and used (6 - one a large format 152x117 mm and addressed to Montevideo and others locally or to Amsterdam, Stockholm, or French India and redirected to Ceylon) and a further three with 5c imprints on commemorative envs. of 1894/96, 15c envs. mint used (3 - one uprated with 25c + 10c and registered to Amsterdam), 1c wrapper mint with border (4), 2c unused with border lines, 3c unused with border lines and 1892 1c mint (2), 2c mint (2) and used, 3c unused (stained) and an 1890 official wrapper without denomination and used and tied to a newspaper, 1887 15c Lettercard mint and used (2 - uprated with 5c to London or 10c to Germany) and 1896 reissue used locally in Paris, 1886 25c Lettercard unused (2) and used to Hamburg, 1894 Lyon Exhibition 15c card mint and used, 1894 Reply-Paid Lettercard mint (5 - different stocks) and used to Bavaria and uprated 5c pair, 1892 10c PC - varying date codes - unused (6) and used (21 - internally or to England, Germany, The Hague or Warsaw inc. violet/yellowish, cream and buff stocks and types - one with "EXPOSITION UNIVELLE" cancels), 1879 10c Reply PC mint (2) and used within Paris, 1884 10c Reply PC mint (2) and 15c PC mint and used to Brussels and a few related items. (qty) Cross Reference : REDIRECTED MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)