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1918/24, unused/mint and used stock with better and complete issues, pieces and some blocks of four, many duplicates, mostly in good condition

1862, Napoléon 20 centimes blue, horizontal tête-bêche-pair within a strip of four, together with horizontal pair and four singles, all in fresh colour and with fine perforation, tied by GC "2046” to entire letter to London. A fine and spectacular franking. Signed Roumet and J.F Brun. (Yvert 22)

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BALLON MONTÉE: CÉLESTE: 1862, Napoléon 10 centimes bistre horizontal pair and a single, tied by cds "PARIS 29 SEPT 70” to private post card with embossed side margins, sent to Spa, Belgium (interestingly addressed to an "American Citizen”), with transit cds "FRANCE MIDI 3 OCT”, boxed red "PD” (crossed out) and arrival mark "SPA 3 OCT 70”. Minor transportation marks. (Yvert-Nr. 28A)

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 53

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1870, Cérès 10 centimes yellow-brown tied by Paris dotted star "1” to small postcard with adjacent cds "PARIS (PLACE) DE LA (BOURSE) 3 JAN 71” alongside, sent to St Bonnet-Elvert, very fine (Yvert no 33)

Note: Probably flow on the 55th Ballon ‘Le Duquesne', by pilot Charles Richard, which departed Gare d’Orleans on 9th January at 3am, arriving at Ludes at 3pm the same day.

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 53

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1871, Cérès 2 centimes red brown and 4 centimes grey, fresh colours, tied by cds "LE HAVRE 1 JANV. 76” to newspaper wrapper to Belgium, except for a couple of short perforations very fine. Thought to be the only known printed matter item mailed on France’s first day in the GPU. Also Cérès 15 centimes tied by Paris dotted star to formular card dated on reverse 1st January 1876 but posted on 31th December 1875, sent to London with red two-line "AFFR. INSUFF P 24”, later striped in pencil and recognized as correctly franked, fine. A very scarce duo illustrating the hazards resulting from tariff changes

The wrapper was sent the first day of French UPU membership, inadvertently overfranked at 6 centimes, the former pre-UPU tariff of 1st January 1866 (in effect up to the previous day), the newly introduced UPU rate being 5 centimes

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1871, Cérès 5 centimes green and 15 centimes yellow brown, fresh colours, tied by GC "246” with cds "AUTUN 20 FEVR. 76” alongside to forerunner postcard to Boston with arrival red cds "BOSTON MAR 7 PAID”, a corner crease affecting the 15 centimes, otherwise very fine. A most unusual early UPU transatlantic postcard, correctly franked at the very scarce 20 centimes rate

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1871, Ceres 15 Centimes yellow-brown and 25 Centimes blue each with GC "2484" on postcard from "MONTLUCON 25.DEC.73" with red "PD" to Strasbourg. Few short perfs, otherwise fine. A rare use at the Post Franco-Prussian War letter rate on a postal card from France to Germany. Signed Roumet

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1872, Cérès 15 centimes yellow-brown, 2 copies, tied by GC "5005” to envelope to Ireland with adjacent cds "ALGER 1 (J)ANV. 76”. Light transportation marks. A rare item of the First Day of Algeria in the UPU.

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1947, UPU Congress 500 francs ultramarine, complete miniature sheetlet of ten, unmounted mint, folded at the first row between stamps, fine

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1793/1966 (ca), interesting assembly of 14 covers and cards, some better items with 1793 entire with red two-line "Com.on de la marine et des colonies”, 1858 wrapper to Saxony, early 1872 unused formula card, 1883 Sage 5 centimes postal note with low printed number "3,569”, etc., an ecclectic choice in mixed condition

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1849, Ceres 15 c. green, nice fresh deep colour and large even margins, lightly cancelled by dotted star. Extremely fine. Signed Pfenninger and certificate Eichele

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1849, Ceres 15 c. deep green, good colour and good to large margins with parts of 2 neighbour stamps, lightly cancelled by dotted star. Very fine. 

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1849, Cérès 1 fr. carmine, fresh colours, good to large margins all around, tied by endless grid to envelope to Gnesne, Prussia with adjacent departure cds "PARIS 23 JANV. 52”, reverse transit cds  "AUS FRANKREICH PER AACHEN 24-1”, railway marks and arrival cds, very fine, signed and certificate Scheller (2025)

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1862, Napoleon perforated, 80 c., Horizontal pair, tied to entire double rate letter from "LE HAVRE 15 MAI 65" via "ST.THOMAS MY 31 1865" to Jacmel, Haiti. A fine entire.

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BALLONS MONTÉES: Entire letter dated inside 7 October 1870, with commercial cachet "DELATTRE ET WORTH” , franked with Lauré 20 c., uncancelled, addressed to Sorel,  endorsed "par le ballon La Liberté”. On reverse "envoi par ballon / 2 lettres et trois cartes-poste” and "17: oct: 1870 Everything is fine in Paris / Worth”. Due to technical issues the "Liberté” never flew and Worth would travel later on the "Normandie”, on which this cover probably didn´t flew as well. Very fine and fascinating item from the Worth correspondence, mentioning the failed attempt of the "La Liberté”. Certificate Scheller (2025), in addition a second entire letter, adressed to Belgium, also signed "Worth” . A great duo

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LE FRANKLIN, entire letter with lauré 20 c. (cissors cut at bottom), tied by dotted star "5” with cds. "PARIS 2 DEC. 70 MINISTERE DES FINANCES” to Trouville, from there readdressed to Monaco with arrival cds. "MONACO 20 DEC 70”, fine. A rare destination, certificate Scheller (2025)

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1871,Boules de Moulins: small size entire letter from "BORDEAUX 5 JANV.71", endorsed "par Moulins (Allier)" to Paris, bearing 5 copies Bordeaux 20 c. blue, type II, cut down to the design and applied overlapped, tied by light GC "522". An exceptional and fresh entire with rare multiple franking. Certificate Enzo Diena (1985)

Provenance: 100. Corinphila auction (1997)  Pietro Provera (collector's mark)

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1870, 80 c. rose, horizontal strip of three of fresh colours and with ample to large margins, tied by GC "532 with adjacent cds ”BORDEAUX 24 FEVR. 71" to entire letter to Buenos Aires, Argentina, no arrival, very fine. Scarce Transatlantic triple weight step with the Bordeaux issue, signed and certificate Scheller (2025)

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1871/73, Ceres 10 c bistre on rose, horizontal tête bêche pair, nice colour and good perforation (one stamp with small part of adjoining stamp), tied by clear GC "3056" to acknowledgement of receipt 1873 from Le Quesnoy to Solemnes and retour. Very fine and rare in this condition. Signed Calves and certificate von der Weid (1986)

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