Europe continued... France Franco Prussian War continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1234 cover Franco-Prussian War 1870/71: "Entrée Tentative", the small group (5 items) on album pages, all covers addressed to Paris; with 1870 cover from Gare de Mont de Marsan (Oct 1) with laureated 20 c. blue and reverse with 'Irun à Bordeaux' railway cds; entire written in London on 21 Oct 1870 with laureated 20 c. cancelled after the Siege with Paris (13 March 1871) cds; entire letter from London franked by three 1 d. red star (Oct 25) with oval "PD" and Calais transit cds (Oct 28); cover form Prisoner of War cover from POSEN to Paris with two Posen cds's (Nov 8) and framed "PD" in black and Commandatur cachet in blue with Lille entry marking; 1870 cover from Lille (Dec 22) franked by Bordeaux 20 c. blue with Lille cds adjacent (14 Feb 1871); generally fine, a scarce group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1235 cover Franco-Prussian War 1870: Military Collection on Exhibit leaves (9 covers/entires) with 1870 "Armée du Rhin" covers from Venissieux (Oct 11) with despatch cds and "P.P." to Bordeaux; another from Lyon (Oct 30) with cds and red "P.P."; two covers endorsed "Armée de la Loire" with franchise cover from Orleans (Nov 13) and cover from Tours to Anvers, Belgium franked by laureated 10 c. bistre and 20 c. blue, also a franchise entire letter written after the Battle of Cahteaudun; two franchise covers endorsed "Armée des Vosges" from Chalons sur Saone and Belleville sur Saone; franchise cover taxed in error and a cover from Algeria not recognised as being paid at the Military concession. A most interesting group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1239 cover Franco-Prussian War 1871 (Feb 8): Armistice period 4 covers, with splendid entire written on February 3, 1871 with single laureated 20 c. on underpaid cover (Feb 16) from Paris to London with "MORE TO PAY" and handstruck "4d." due mark at double the deficiency stating "I find the letters are obliged to be sent open..."; fine entire from London (Feb 8, 1871) carried by hand into Paris where locally mailed with laureated 10 c. bistre tied by Paris Star and "Rue D'Enghien" cds (Feb 19) with contents stating "Despite your enforced silence....I am continuing to write to you....I await your news with the greatest impatience..."; third cover dated Feb 24 from Paris to London franked laureated 30 c. brown; and a mourning envelope (Feb 23) with three faded 10 c. bistre to Sheffield (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France 28+29+30] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1240 cover Franco-Prussian War 1870/71: Small group with 1870 cover and contents to Corsica letter headed "près de Metz" with "ARMÉE DU RHIN / BAU G" cds (Aug 11) and thus just a week before the Siege of Metz started, two colour postcards issued on 25th anniversary of the Siege of Metz, 1870 cover and contents to Lyon with letter headed "Belfort 30 Oct 1870" with blue cachet "République Française / Armée du Rhin / Place de Belfort" sent prepaid with "P.P." and Belfort cds (Oct 30) - Belfort was beseiged from 4 November; 1874 printed and illustrated circular letter franked by 1871/75 2 c. red-brown tied by "Belfort" cds campaigning for funds for a monument to the defenders of Belfort; three Swiss postcards rellating to the Army of the East; Feldpost cover from Hospital in Saarbrück, 1870 cover endorsed "Garde Mobile" to Paris with "La Villette / Paris" cds (Nov 16) and framed "P.P."; prepaid Nov 1870 cover and contents from Armée de la Loire from Carcasonne, and a range of covers with tax markings incl. 1872 covers (3) with "2" groschen handstamps and 1871 covers (2) with "20" centimes handstamps for postage due (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1241 cover Franco-Prussian War 1870: Re-Routed Mail, the collection (7 items) on leaves with 1870 cover from Marseille (Nov 5) to London mailed via Tours and Le Mans with laureated 30 c.; cover from Algeria (Nov 8) to Scotland following the same route; cover from Constantinople (Aug 3) endorsed "via Varna, Vienna & Belgium" with GB 6 d. mauve pl. 8 tied "C" obliterator to London; cover frrom London (Sept 5) to Genova endorsed "via Belgium" franked 2 d. blue and 3 d. rose and taxed as underpaid; cover from London (Dec 23) to Calcutta with 1 s, green mailed via Ostend and Brindisi; and two Belgium covers with one from Antwerp (Nov 18) to Reims endorsed "via Prusse". Some imperfections but an exceptional and scarce group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1242 cover Franco Prussian War 1870: An extensive documentation collection, comprising a wide array of material, with numerous scarce items throughout with 1871 Laisser Passer from Seine Port, issued to a private individual and bearing "MAIRIE DE SEINE PORT" cachet; Dépêche télégraphique dated "Tours, le 7 novembre 1870"; scarce Ordre du Jour dated "Paris 30 Aout 1870", issued by the Parisian National Guard; an exceptional group of issues of "La Petite Presse, Chronique de la Guerre", printed from October 1870 to early 1871; "La Cloche" in reduced-format edition printed for distribution by Parisian balloon service, as well as an example in the standard format (N°522, 29 November 1870); also included a group of Red Cross letters; some contemporary engravings depicting scenes of war, balloons and the defence of besieged Paris, some postal cards, and material related to the assassination of hostages by the Versailles forces. Further material comprises some maps, official correspondence to a member of the Provisional Government, election posters, a small selection of modern commemorative philatelics, and much more. A rich and fascinating specialist assembly, offering a remarkable insight into the Franco-Prussian war, with an emphasis on the Siege of Paris Get Market Data for [France Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1244 cover Franco-Prussian War 1870/71: Photographic microfilm Pigeongrams "Dépêche Officielles", the pelliccule collection well written up on leaves, with 96 nearly all different messages, whether in single format or with three or four pages, an old time collection with these very seldom seen in such quantity, together with much background material including a rare letter (8 Nov 1870) carried by M. Dagron on the Ballon Monté "Niepce", 1871 Booklet with orange cover written by M. Dagron the inventor of the Pigeon Post with a souvenir pellicule, Ballon Monté Gazette des Absents announcing the Pigeon service, flown on the "Général Uhrich" to London; a truly remarkable collection (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1245 cover Franco-Prussian War, Siege of Paris 1870/71: The accumulation of documents, Newspaper cuttings, Ballon Monté mail and their subsequesnt forgeries and realed ephemera with Ballon Monté postcard to London (probably carried on the "Le Non-denommé No. 2" or the "Louis Blanc") franked by laureated 10 c. and 20 c. with text "My brother has been killed 4 days ago with 4 balls in the chest, 20 metres from the enemy"; letter franked laureated 20 c. to Bordeaux with Paris despatch cds (127 Sept 1870), the day prior to the Siege; 1870 printed Telegrams to Bombay (3) dated 3 August, 4 and 16 September with news; Ration voucher in yellow for 500 grams of flour and the four shops in the 1st arrondisement where they could be accepted, pink ration cards for the 5th and 6th arrondisement, green form for bread in the 14th arrondisement, handstamped form for rations between Jan 29 and Feb 9, 1871 for meat in the 1st arrondisement; Laissez-Passez handstamped form (Feb 21, 1871) to visit Versailles, Laissez-Passez handstamped form (29 Nov 1870) enabling Dartois to travel to St. Denis; hand-written original report from the "Times" war correspondent (Feb 18, 1871) on the status of the Armistice, cover showing the framed "VERSAILLES / AUSWECHSELUNGS SELLE" Prussian Censor cachet on reverse of 13 Feb 1871 cover; prints probably from the Illustrated London News incl. "Prussian Military Post" print, "A Field Postman of the Prussian Army" and "Prussian Field-Post in the Snow" (all fit an album page) and "Gambetta staring for Tours" with Ballon; Mrs Simpson addressed "Letts" facsimiles of Ballon Monté covers to London (3); range of defective Ballon Monté covers all to London (8) incl. a tragic example franked by Cérès 20 c. and laureated 2 c. red-brown and 4 c. grey (2) to London; Ballon Monté to London franked laureated 30 c. carried on "L'Armand Barbes"; letters and notes with eye-witness acoounts of the Siege, Red Cross printed 1871 envelope from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Ireland franked Bordeaux 30 c. brown (Feb 3); cover into Paris (3 Feb 1871) from Chambéry with Bordeaux 20 c. blue endorsed (in a different hand) "Par Versailles" and sent unsealed; Telegram to Bonnevile with announcemnt relative to the Armistice from Bismarck and Gambetta; 23 Sept 1870 letter only from the Swedish Military attaché; printed "Lettre-Journal" Nos. 1, 20, 21, 27 and 33; Map dated 20 Dec 1870 showing the position of Ambulances in Paris; a voluminous and exceptional group for the specialist (100+ items plus copies etc.) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41) (Image 42) (Image 43) (Image 44) (Image 45) (Image 46) (Image 47) (Image 48) (Image 49) (Image 50) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM France Local Issues Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1257 cover/bof Timbres de Grève 1909 (May): Amiens Chambre de Commerce, a complete sheet of 25 subjects (5 x 5), showing the tête-bêche variety (positions 4-5) and "Missing C after 10" (position 23), very toned on reverse; together with a 1909 cover to Theodore Champion on 13 Rue Drouot, Paris with Sower 10 c. red and Chambre de Commerce 10 c. each tied by Amiens cds's (May 13) and a 1926 article by Sefi with an origfinal 10 c. stamp on the subject (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France 1] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM French Colonies Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1286 (*) General Issue 1872/77: 4 c. grey, unused example without gum, with full to large margins and showing part of the adjoining stamp to the right. Signed R. Calves and Roumet. Yvert = € 14'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 2758 cover Incoming Mail via Pacific Ocean; 1877 (18 May): Envelope from Noumea, New Caledonia to Sydney, New South Wales with imperforated Colonial Cérès 30 c. pair, close to good margins neatly cancelled by Noumea datestamp of the 18 May and Sydney arrival of the 23 May on the reverse. Small cover tear at top and some minor discolouration, otherwise, fine and rare. Most of the mail from New Caledonia was addressed to France, mail to other destinations during this period is rare. Route - Australasian Stem Navigation Co: Departed Noumea 18.5.1877 per S.S. “Wentworth” to Sydney, arriving 23.5.1877. (5 days). Rarity: The earliest recorded cover prepaid with French imperforate issues from New Caledonia to the Australian Colonies. Note: The S.S. “Wentworth" was wrecked off Bowen, Queensland in 1887 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 7074 cover French Post Office in Jaffa 1877 (Jan 29): Turned envelope, first send from Martinique via St. Nazaire & Jaffa to the Supèrieure du Carmel du Mont des Oliviers in Jerusalem, then turned and sent from Jaffa to Caen, bearing for the first part of its journey France Colonies Générales pair 1872/77 Cérès 5 c. green and 30 c. brown (YT 17+20), tied by 'MQE' lozenge, "MARTINIQUE / FORT DE FRANCE" despatch cds (Jan 29) and French "COL. FR. PAQ. FR. / ST. NAZAIRE" entry cds in blue alongside, reverse with “ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE” and "JAFFA SYRIE" cogwheel transit cds’s (March 6) in black. Then for the Jaffa to Caen part of the journey, a France Sage 30 c. brown type II (YT 80) was added, tied by decent “JAFFA SYRIE” cogwheel cds (March 16), front and reverse show "BEYROUTH SYRIE" and "PARIS ETRANGER" transit cds's in black and blue, respectively as well as CAEN arrival cds (April 8) in black. The envelope was opened out for display, flaps split and reinforced at sides, an incredible turned cover, probably unique to the Holy Land. Cert. Brun (2000). Provenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 2294 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [French Colonies Col. 17+20 & France 8] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 5,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM French Consular mail Jerusalem Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1295 cover 1948: 6 F Sabine (not surcharged), tied by "JERUSALEM POSTES FRANÇAISES 20 MAI 48" to picture postcard headed "Consulat Général de France Jérusalem", addressed to the Consulate and additionally struck alongside with "CONSEIL DE SÉCURITÉ DES NATIONS UNIES / COMMISSION DE TRÊVE EN PALESTINE" cachet. An interesting postal-history item from the turbulent period of May 1948 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Europe 721] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM French Levant Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 1293 cover French Post Office in the Holy Land, Haifa, ; 1910 (Oct 31): Registered envelope to Paris bearing pair surcharged French Levant 1 pi. on 25 c. blue tied by “CAIFFA / SYRIE” dotted rim cds (Steichele 341 / Bale R-31) with matching “R / CAIFFA” registration label adjacent. Strike of "RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR" crossed out. A very rare usage in the French Haifa post office Bale = $ 5'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1294 cover French Post Office in the Holy Land, Haifa; 1912 (Dec 27): Registered envelope to Paris bearing pair surcharged French Levant 1 pi. on 25 c. blue (minor perf. toning) tied by “CAIFFA / SYRIE” dotted rim cds (Steichele 341 / Bale R-31) with matching “R / CAIFFA” registration label at lower left, PARIS arrival backstamp (5 Jan 1913). A very rare usage in the French Haifa post office Bale = $ 5'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1857 piece French Post Offices in Romania, Galatz: Piece bearing Napolèon imperforated 10 c. bistre & 40 c. orange tied by clear strikes of Petits chiffres '4008' numeral in blue of Galatz. A fine, early item (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [French Offices in Turkish Empire France 13+16] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1858 cover French Post Offices in Romania, Ingoing to Galatz 1860 (October): Extraordinary Cover despatched on bord of the French vessel 'Taurus', a steamer servicing the Balkan- and Black Sea ports, mentioned in manuscript on top, bearing Napoléon imperforated 10 c. bistre (2 in diff. shades), 20 c. blue & 40 c. orange, four overall fresh examples with large margins (40 c. shaved at top right), tied upon arrival in Galatz by Petits chiffres '4008' numeral in blue with framed PD in the same ink alongside, reverse with part strike of cogwheel "GALATZ / MOLDAVIE" cds in blue with just the day '2' existant, thereby suggesting an arrival on 2 November 1860. A maritime rarity, the only known manuscript usage, in addition an exceptional early usage of the Petits chiffres in Galatz, cert. Holcombe (1992). Note: The 'Taurus' was one of the two ship built for the Danube Line and no markings were known prior to the Schatzkes sale in Geneva in 1978, where one cover was sold with the Taurus datestamp (lot 341). The present cover, formerly in the Gilbert collection (signed 27 March 1932) was exchanged by him with Dr. Jacques Grasset. Provenance: Collection Gilbert; Collection Grasset; Collection Antoine, Corinphila sale 85 (October 1992), lot 3624; Collection Berkinshaw-Smith, Corinphila sale 146 (April 2006), lot 2853, his write-up included (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [French Offices in Turkish Empire France 13+14+16] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 3,000.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1859 cover French Post Offices in Romania, Galatz 1867 (March 9): Cover to Kranidi on the Peloponnes, Greece, sent unpaid and struck upon despatch on front with cogwheel "GALATZ / MOLDAVIE" cds in blue, French "CONSTANTINOPLE (TURQUIE)", PEIRAEUS, and ATHENS transit backstamps (March 3, julian). Charged '50' lepta due in red crayon, paid with 1862/67 10 l. orange on blue and 40 l. mauve on lilac (Hellas 18e+20/IIa), tied by KRANIDION (March 6, julian) arrival cds. Adhesives touched to large, a most appealing cover showing the correct franking for an entire up to 7.5 grams resulting in 30 lepta rate for the Shipmail plus 20 lepta Greek inland rate. Opinion Holcombe (1986). Provenance: Corinphila sale 75 (March 1987), lot 3481; Heinrich Köhler sale 267 (February 1990), lot 2866 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 600.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1861 cover French Post Offices in Romania, Ingoing to Galatz 1874 (November): Cover from Constantinople, bearing Cérès 1872 30 c. brown and 10 c. brown on rose, two fine and fresh examples, tied upon arrival in Galatz by Gros chiffres '5085' numeral in blue with matching cogwheel "GALATZ / MOLDAVIE 19 NOV 74" cds in blue on reverse. File folds well away from the franking, an appealing cover. Provenance: Heinrich Köhler sale 269 (October 1990), lot 3458 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [French Offices in Turkish Empire France 56+58] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM 1862 o/pair French Post Offices in Romania, Galatz: Three used stamps and two pairs, all cancelled by strikes of Gros chiffres '5085' numeral in blue of Galatz, incl. Napolèon perf. 10 c. bistre, 20 c. blue (Single & pair) and pair 40 c. orange, and Napoléon laureated 10 c. bistre (Image 1) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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