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France and French Colonies FRANCE Congress of Versailles 1919
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5167
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1919 collection of 29 covers or cards, presented on 16 pages (one frame exhibit), inbound cover from Paris to the "Congres de la Paix" in Versailles, charged postage due on arrival, covers sent by members of the American delegation through the special APO service, special imprinted "American Commission to Negotiate Peace Mission for Germany" and other envelopes, personal cachet of Frank Lyon Polk, Undersecretary of State; Belgian, Chinese, British, Greek, French Peace Delegation letters, also Hedjazi Peace Delegation cover addressed to Colonel E.M. Housr at the Crillon, Italian Peace Delegation, Polish, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Serb, Croat & Slovene, finally four covers from the German delegation, various cachets, special markings, registered mail and more (Image)
Est.US$1,500
Opening US$ 1,400.00
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FRANCE Franco-Prussian War
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5166
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1870-72 collection of 25 covers or cards on 12 exhibit pages, with Prussian Occupation of Alsace and Lorraine covers, including one from Colomiers to St.Helier, Jersey (unusual destination), others to France or Germany, one newspaper wrapper with single 4c gray (Points Up), German Fieldpost, including a Registered, "Charge" cover to Belfort, two cards with North German Confederation franking, military mail, including "Feldpost Corrrespondenzkarte" to Freiburg, charged "5sgr" on arrival in Hannover (free-frank privilege not recognized), Prisoner of War mail to France, sent by POWs held in camps in Dresden and Mains, two FLs with German markings on civilian mail, mixed France and Germany combination frankings, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better (Image)
Est.US$1,000
Opening US$ 1,000.00
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FRANCE French Forces Abroad
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5172
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1889-1921 collection of 55+ covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing various usages on territories occupied or represented by France before and after World War One, Alsace-Lorraine, Egypt, Hungary, Crete (1901 "La Sude", "Hierapetra"), Poland ("French Mission at Polish Army Headquarters"), Luxembourg, Lithuania ("Mission Militaire Francaise en Lituanie"), China (Tientsin and Shanghai 1938-39 "Forces de Terre Francaise en Chine", "1er Battalion de Marche de Chine"), Spain (1936-38 card and cover from torpedo boats "Simoun" and "Curagan" based at Tangier and Toulon during the Spanish Civil War), Serbia (1917), Great Britain (1915-18), West Indies (Castries, St. Lucia and Kingston, Jamaica showing cachets and endorsements "Anglo-French Naval Division of the West Indies"), Italy (Rome 1917 "Mission Militaire Francaise en Italie"), Russia, including one from Siberia, also United States (1917-18 "Centre Naval de New York"), fine and interesting presentation, varied and well described (Image)
Est.US$2,000
Opening US$ 1,800.00
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5173
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1918-20 collection on 9 exhibit pages, with 20+ covers or cards showing French Military Missions deployed after the Armistice in various areas of Italy (Taranto, Rome, Venice, Verona and Torino), Serbia, with various markings, including "French Railway Liaison Mission for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes", French Army and Navy in Salonika, "Base Navale de Salonique Service", "Transit" and other handstamps, also mail from Thrace (Gumurdjina), Macedonia and Bulgaria, last with "Occupation Corps in Bulgaria" military cachet, addressed to the head of the Belgian Mission in Sofia (Image)
Est.US$1,000
Opening US$ 900.00
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Military Mail
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5174
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1900-45 collection of 190 covers or cards, neatly written-up on pages, covering various French Military Campaigns. Markings included those from pre-WWI training camps, Troops on Maneuvers, Occupation of Territory of Quang-Tscheou-Wan, The Boxer Rebellion, including China Expeditionary Corps and Naval markings from Cruisers "D'Entrecasteux" and "Vauban", cover to a French POW at St. Helena during Boer War, French Occupation of North China (1902-22), including via Siberia during the Russo-Japanese War, French Naval presence on Yangtse River, etc. There are covers from the Conquest of the South Algerian Oases in the Sahara, with some rare military cachets, further territorial expansion, mail from Brazzaville, Bangui, French Congo, military correspondence from Central and Northern Sudan, Tombouctou, Niger, Bamako, etc. Conquest and the Protectorate of Morocco is well represented, also suppression of Revolt in South Tunisia, French Military Mission I Siberia; 1918-20 Re-occupation of Alsace-Lorraine, Rhineland, Upper Silesia, Armee Francaise du Levant, French Navy in Spanish waters, Indochina, South Vietnam, etc. An interesting history lesson. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045054647
Est.US$7,500
Opening US$ 7,000.00
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FRANCE French Forces in Crete
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5175
Symbol: e
1905-09 two covers and card to France, various "La Canee" departure pmks, different military cachets, two franked with French Office in Crete stamps, postcard with 10c Sower, fine lot (Image)
Est.US$150
Opening US$ 140.00
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FRANCE French Forces in Turkey
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5176
Symbol: e
1918 (1 Dec) cover, with letter from the French High Commissioner for Turkey, sent from the battleship "Diderot" to Paris, plus another cover sent on 15th December to Le Havre, with "Marine Nationale Saint-Nicolas" Naval cachet, each showing "Iere Escadre Cuirasse/ Diderot" departure pmks, some toning, mostly fine (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 230.00
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FRANCE French Intervention in North Russia
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5169
Symbol: e
1919 (30 June) registered cover from Paris to a medical doctor in charge of a hospital at Archangel, endorsed "Mission Francaise due Russie du Nord", franked with 10c and 30c Sower, tied by departure cds and since the French did not operate its own post office in North Russia, the cover was addressed via the G.P.O. in London, censored at the base Post Office in Liverpool, various crayon directional markings, finally arriving in Archangel on 12 Aug 19 (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 230.00
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Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5170
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1919 selection of seven covers or cards on exhibit pages, including a card datelined "Russia 3 December 1919" with "Mission d'Arkhangelsk Ravitaillment" (Resupply Mission) handstamp, cover sent by military pouch to the French embassy in London, from where it was forwarded to Paris, military cachets on covers to France reading "Compagnie de Skieurs" (Company of Skiers), one with "FPO BP 11" British Post Office (at Soroka) transit, cover to Theodore Champion with "Detachment Francaise d'Archangelsk" cachet, this applied on cover sent from the "Guyedon", protected cruiser at Archangel, also a censored cover sent through the Russian Post Office to Bordeaux, fine and scarce group (Image)
Est.US$1,000
Opening US$ 900.00
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FRANCE French Intervention in South Russia
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5171
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1919 selection of eight covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing various French Military markings on mail from South Russia and Ukraine, including "Tresor et Postes" cds from Odessa, "Mission Militaire Francaise en Russie Front Sud-Ouest" handstamps, three postcards with "Mission Francaise Service a La Mer" Naval cachets from warships "Justice" and "La Scarpe", one with "Base Navale Francaise Sevastopol" handstamp, plus a picture postcard from Tiflis (at the end of December, 1918, French troops landed in Southern Russia to support anti-Bolshevik political and military movements in Ukraine and Crimea. The French military expedition ended in failure due to the prevailing conditions in the region, the arrogance of the mostly Algerian and Senegalese troops toward the local population and the strong xenophobic sentiment among the Ukrainian people. When the French Government was unable to provide sufficient equipment and personnel for large-scale military operations, the French army withdrew from Odessa and Crimea) (Image)
Est.US$1,500
Opening US$ 1,400.00
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FRANCE French Offices in China
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5168
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1903-12 selection of ten covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing French military markings used during and after the Boxer uprising, including "Corps d'Occupation de Chine", "Corps Expeditionnaire", "Marine Francaise Chin-Van-Tao-Chine", French stamps with "F.M." franking, "Via Siberie" routing handstamps, French Forces in Tientsin, overprinted adhesives on soldier's mail to France, etc. (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 450.00
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LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE
Sale No: 0225
Lot No: 5414
Symbol: e
1920-50s small box with 300+ covers or cards, occasional WWI, mostly WWII and later, with various Military markings, French Corps in Sudan, Rhodes, some Liberation overprints, Maritime and Naval handstamps, censored mail, Patriotic picture postcards and more, with a number of $100+ items. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045062660
