FRANCE, 1916, 40c MERSON ON YELLOWISH (GC) PAPER NH, $121a, fresh, fine-very fine, cat. $76.50, Maury #119b @ €85.00 (Image)

$35

FRANCE, 1900, 50c MERSON NH, #123, fresh, tiny natural inclusion only visible from the back, fine-very fine, cat. $325.00, Maury #120 @ €450.00 (Image)

$125

FRANCE, 1900, 1fr MERSON ON GC PAPER NH, #125b, fine-very fine, cat. $125.00, Maury #121a @ €165.00, Yvert #121f @ €150.00 (Image)

$65

FRANCE, 1927, 3fr BRIGHT VIOLET & ROSE MERSON NH, #129, fresh, well-centered and very fine, cat. $130.00, Maury #240 @ €180.00, Yvert #240 @ €170.00 (Image)

$65

FRANCE, 1900, 5fr DARK BLUE & BUFF MERSON - SLIGHTLY DISPLACED CENTER - MINT, #130 var., fresh, very lightly hinged, very fine, cat. $85.00, Maury #123 @ €100.00, Yvert #123 @ €100.00 (Image)

$40

FRANCE, 1903, 20c VIOLET BROWN MINT, #140, well-centered, h.r., very fine, cat. $67.50, Maury #131 @ €150.00, Yvert #131 @ €200.00 in premium centering (Image)

$50

FRANCE, 1925, 55c ON 60 VIOLET PRE-CANCEL USED, #236, no gum, fresh and fine-very fine, cat. $52.50, Maury #59 @ €65.00 (Image)

$30

FRANCE, 1929, 50c VIEW OF ALGERS - "C" IN "ALGERIE" VARIETY - NH, #255var., bottom stamp in pair with hinged normal issue, fine-very fine, cat. maury #263e @ €220.00, Yvert 263b @ €200.00 (Image)

$100

FRANCE, 1936, PARIS EXPOSITION SET NH, #315-320, fresh and very fine, cat. $102.25, Maury @ €121.00 (Image)

$50

FRANCE 5-CENT NAPOLEON III ISSUE ESSAY POSTALLY USED ON COVER, #13E, two 5c singles, one in the Rose Carmine shade with oval "Controle T.P." h.s., the other in a slightly different darker shade, both tied by Culoz a Lyon d.s., on Nov., 1894 cover to the Rhine region, arrival backstamps, a very fine and most unusual usage, possibly unique, examined by Pascal Scheller and signed by him (Image)

$750

FRANCE 1964-82 ART ISSUES PROGRESSIVE PLATE PROOFS IN STRIPS OF FIVE, seven diff., nos. 1107, 1149, 1151, 1204, 1206, 1207, 1830, mint never hinged, some with selvage notations in pencil, scarce pre-production material (Image)

$500

FRANCE, 1923, 10c GREEN PASTEUR BOOKLET NH, #185, complete booklet, some wear on bottom back cover edge, fresh and very fine, Maury #138 @ €75.00 (Image)

$30

FRANCE, 1962 SECOND PRINTING RED CROSS BOOKLET - DARK BROWN LILAC & GRAY - NH, #B365a var., complete unexploded mint never hinged, very fine, rare, with 2013 Samuel Gautré cert., cat. Maury #12a @ €1,050.00, Yvert #2011a @ €925.00 (Image)

$300

FRANCE, 1862, 10c BISTER RE-ISSUE MINT NEVER HINGED, #1g, fresh with full margins, fresh and very fine, cat. $435.00, Maury #1e @ €700.00, Yvert #1f @ €650.00, all values for hinged (Image)

$400

FRANCE, 1862, 15c YELLOW GREEN RE-ISSUE MINT, #2d, full margins, lightly hinged, extremely fine, cat. $560.00, Maury #2f @ €900.00, Yvert #2e @ €850.00 (Image)

$450

FRANCE, 1862, 20cBLACK RE-ISSUE MINT, #3d, full margins, lightly hinged very fine, cat. $375.00, Maury #3k @ €550.00, Yvert #20f @ €500.00 (Image)

$250

FRANCE, 1862, 20c BLUE RE-ISSUE MINT, #4d, full margins, lightly hinged, very fine, cat. $340.00, Maury #8d @ €500.00, Yvert #8f @ €800.00 (Image)

$300

FRANCE, 1862, 25c BLUE RE-ISSUE MINT NEVER HINGED, #6d, very fresh, full margins, extremely fine, cat. $400.00, Maury #4f @ €600.00, Yvert #4d @ €600.00, all value for hinged (Image)

$400

FRANCE, 1840, 40c ORANGE ON YELLOWISH TYPE II - RETOUCHED "4" - USED, #7, attractive used single with full margins, light cancel, repaired, still an excellent example of this rare stamp, with 2019 Scheller short-cert., cat. $5,250.00, Maury #8f @ €8,500.00, Yvert #5A @ €7,500.00 (Image)

$1,250

FRANCE, 1862, 40c ORANGE RE-ISSUE MINT, #7d, full margins, lightly hinged, very fine, cat. $575.00, Maury #5h @ €875.00, Yvert #5g @ €800.00 (Image)

$400

FRANCE, 1862, 1fr PALE LAKE RE-ISSUE MINT, #9d, fresh, full margins, very lightly hinged, extremely fine, cat. $600.00, Maury #6g @ €900.00, Yvert #6f @ €900.00 (Image)

$450

FRANCE, 1862, 5c YELLOW GREEN ON GREENISH MINT, #23, fresh, o.g., h.r., fine-very fine, signed Scheller, cat. $190.00, Maury #20 @ €300.00, Yvert #20 @ €350.00 (Image)

$100

FRANCE, 1867, 20c BLUE ON BLUISH - PLATE FLAW ON NOSE - USED, #33 var., pos. 72, neat "8" star cancel, fine-very fine, cat. Maury #29 II d @ €115.00, Yvert #29Bb @ €130.00 (Image)

$65

FRANCE, 1867, 80c ROSE ON PINKISH MINT, #36, fresh and beautifully centered, lightly hinged, extremely fine, signed Brun, cat. $800.00, Maury #32 @ €1,600.00, Yvert #32 @ €1,750.00 (Image)

$1,000

FRANCE, 1869, 5fr GRAY LILAC ON LAVENDER USED, #37, thin spot in center, fine-very fine, signed Scheller (as thin), cat. $750.00, Maury #33 @ €1,000.00 (Image)

$75