Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... France continued... LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 81 /   1854/1870, mint trio comprising 20c blue Type I, 1c olive-green and 2c red-brown, the 20c superbly centred and hinged original gum, the 1c and 2c never hinged original gum with slight gum toning. (Yvert 14A, 25, 26B, €460). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 82 / 23 1862, 5c Louis-Napoléon yellow-green, block of four, mint with hinge remnants, fresh colour and well centred, a few short perfs, handstamped Bolaffi, fine-very fine. (Yvert 20, €1,400). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 23] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 750 Currently...C$140.00 Will close during Public Auction 83   1864 (September), 80c rose Empire Dentelé single franking on a cover from Paris to Boston, Massachusetts, tied by “9” Paris star cancellation of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, with framed “Br. Service” marking and Boston “Br. Pkt. Paid” (15 Oct) c.d.s., fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 84   1865 (December 23), folded letter from Paris to Rome, franked with a horizontal pair of the 40c orange and a single 20c blue Empire Dentelé, tied by “16” Paris star cancellations, with Paris / R. de Palestro c.d.s. alongside and arrival c.d.s. on reverse, paying the 1fr. rate in effect until August 31, 1866, fresh and fine to very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 85   1867 (May 18), 80c Laureated single franking on a folded cover from Paris to Moscow, tied by “22” Paris star cancellation, with Paris / Rue Taitbout c.d.s. alongside and a bold rose AUS FRANKREICH P. SAARBRÜCKEN transit marking further tying the stamp, arrival c.d.s. backstamps, a fine example of the 80c letter rate to Moscow in effect from March 1854 to May 1872. (Image 1) Estimate C$ 120 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 86 O 37c 1869, 5fr bluish grey Napoléon Laureate, used, struck with neat large-part dotted numeral cancellation, fresh colour and good centring, extraneous red ink spot near "5" and minor shorter perf at foot noted for strict accuracy, else fine-very fine. (Yvert 33a). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 37c] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 750 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction 87   1870 (October), ballon monté folded wrapper from Paris to Le Coteau, Loire, on very thin paper, franked with a 20c blue Laureate tied by a neatly struck “29” Paris star cancellation of Rue Pascal, endorsed “par balon monté” at lower left, with Le Coteau (17 Oct) c.d.s. receiver on reverse, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 120 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 88 57 1870, 20c blue Ceres, Siege Issue, unusually well centred, very lightly hinged original gum with a nearly imperceptible hinge trace, a choice example difficult to find in this quality; with 2003 Bach/Eichele certificate. (Yvert 37). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [France 57] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 225 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 89   1872 (April 10), 5c dull green on bluish paper Empire Dentelé reissue, strip of three on a local Paris cover, tied by “35” Paris star cancellations, with Paris Ministère des Finances c.d.s. alongside and arrival c.d.s. on reverse, the left stamp affixed slightly over the edge of the cover, a few light marks, an otherwise fine and scarce use of the 5c reissue. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction 90   1900/1926, Merson definitives, set of twelve, the 2fr violet and yellow particularly well centred and never hinged apart from two pinpoint gum disturbances, the remainder very lightly hinged to hinged, overall fine or better. (Yvert 119/208, €1,800+). (Image 1) Estimate C$ 400 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction 91   A SUPERB SIGNED POSTCARD FROM WILBUR WRIGHT'S 1908 EUROPEAN DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS 1908 (October 16), Wilbur Wright signed postcard from Camp d’Auvours, depicting Wright’s aeroplane in flight above the military camp, photograph credited to J. Bouveret, Le Mans, the correspondence side bearing a large ink signature “Wilbur Wright,” with message headed “Military camp at Auvours, near Le Mans,” addressed to Noelie Spicer Simson, franked with 10c red Sower tied by c.d.s., sent by the English sculptor and portrait medallist Theodore Spicer-Simson, light spotting and minor corner wear, an exceptional card from Wright's pioneer European demonstration flights. Rare. Wilbur Wright made his first European flight near Le Mans on August 8, 1908, subsequently moving his demonstrations to the military ground at Camp d’Auvours, where he flew throughout the autumn, attracting large crowds. The sender’s explanation, “This is the best I could do for you as you could not accompany me,” is followed by the statement that Wright had signed the card five minutes earlier. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 1,500 Currently...C$900.00 Will close during Public Auction 92   1910 (September), Maurice Tétard, pioneer aviator signed postcard, depicting the pilot and his Bristol biplane, signed in violet "Aérodrome de Brooklands Angleterre, September 1910" with his name below, a choice signed early aviation card. Maurice Tétard was a French aviation pioneer and professional exhibition pilot active circa 1909–1911, flying Blériot-type monoplanes in long-distance demonstrations and international aviation displays that helped popularize early powered flight. In 1910 he was active on the British exhibition circuit, including flying meetings at Brooklands, then the principal centre of aviation in Britain, where Continental pilots showcased altitude, endurance, and passenger-carrying flights. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 93 132 1926, 20fr Merson high-value definitive, never hinged, well centred with bright colour, very fine. (Yvert 208, €600). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 132] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 500 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction 94 197 1923, 1fr Merson, overprinted “CONGRÈS PHILATÉLIQUE DE BORDEAUX 1923”, lightly hinged, well centred with bright colour, very fine. (Yvert 182). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 197] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 500 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction 95 O 226 1925, 5fr Paris International Stamp Exhibition, souvenir sheet, with special event favour cancellation, lightly hinged, bright colours, trivial wrinkles, commonly found as such, else very fine. (Yvert 1). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 226] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,100 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction 96   1927 (October 10), Paris to Buenos Aires, Costes and Le Brix first non-stop South Atlantic crossing cover, franked with 1fr50 Pasteur and 3fr Merson, tied by Bourget-Aviation c.d.s., two red “Par Avion” labels on front, signed by pilot Dieudonné Costes, with Buenos Aires arrival slogan cancellation (20 Oct) commemorating the Paris–Buenos Aires journey of 12,400 kilometres in 72 flying hours, very fine and scarce; signed Muller. (AAMS 1063). Carried on the journey that included Costes and Le Brix’s first non-stop aeroplane crossing of the South Atlantic, from Saint-Louis, Senegal, to Natal, Brazil, on October 14–15, 1927. The Paris–Buenos Aires journey comprised several stages; only seventeen covers are recorded as having been carried. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 97 253 1929, 20fr Pont du Gard, Nîmes, Die I, perf 13½, never hinged, very well centred, bright colour, very fine. (Yvert 262A, €550). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 253] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 500 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction 98 253 1931, 20fr brown, Pont du Gard, coin daté block of four dated 29 October 1931, never hinged, additional perforations forming two blank “stamps” in the selvedge, light wrinkle at left, slight ink offset, excellent centring and crisp impressions, hinge impression and light soiling confined to selvedge, else very fine and attractive. (Sc. 253, $1,800+; Yvert 262, €2,800). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 253] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,800 Currently...C$280.00 Will close during Public Auction 99 246 1929, 2fr Merson, overprinted “EXPOSITION PHILATÉLIQUE / LE HAVRE 1929”, never hinged, very well centred, bright colour, just shy of very fine. (Yvert 257A, €1,650). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 246] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,325 Currently...C$190.00 Will close during Public Auction 100 O 329 1937, PEXIP International Stamp Exhibition, souvenir sheet, with three hexagonal Paris special event favour cancellations, lightly hinged, fresh colour, fine-very fine. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [France 329] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 300 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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