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Paris to Guatemala, folded letter with private "Via Southampton/et Panama" handstamped directive of Pector & Ducout franked by 1863-70 40c Pale orange on yellowish (#35) and horizontal pair 80c Rose on pinkish (#36) tied by three strikes of "22" in dotted star, "Paris, R. Taitbout/15 Juin, 70
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Paris to Lima, Peru, folded cover with red "Paris/14 Dec, 46" departure datestamp and matching boxed "P.P." handstamp, endorsed "par Packet Anglais voie de Panama" and ms. "32" decimes pre-paid rate on reverse, red French Post Office "Panama/25 Janv, 45" transit datestamp (year date slug erro
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Colon to Rochefort-sur-mer, France, small cover with "Voie Francaise" directive and octagonal French Post Office "Colon-Aspinwall/2 Aout, 67" datestamp, charged "10" decimes due upon arrival, three backstamps, very fine and rare; this postmark was first introduced with the opening of the Colo
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France to French South Pacific Fleet off Panama, cover to a Lieut. on board "La Galissomere" with "Voie Francaise par Bordeaux et Panama" directive franked by 1870-73 40c Orange on yellowish Ty I (#59) and 1872-75 10c Bister on rose (#60) and 80c Rose on pinkish (#63) tied by separate strikes
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Barranquilla, Columbia to London, cover with colorless embossed seal of the Steam Navigation Company for the Magdalena River on flap, red French Consular "1369" in quadrascected circle and blue oval "Encaminada/por/C. Hauer Simmonds/Santa-Marta" forwarding agent's cachet, entered the French m
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Iquique, Peru to Bordeaux, cover paid to the port by horizontal pair Peru 1866-67 5c Green (#16) tied by "Iquique, Peru/6 Oct 75" datestamp and with ms. "Via Panama" directive, entered the British Post Office with "Callao/Oc 22, 76" datestamp, arrived in Panama with three-line "Panama/30 Oc 1
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San Francisco to Cognac, France, folded letter with "Via Panama & New York" directive with "San Francisco, Cal./1 Dec" datestamp and matching "PAID 26" rate handstamp, red "New-York/Am Packet/Jan 24" transit, red Le Havre entry c.d.s. with "6" decimes due and Cognac backstamp, some staining d
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France 1849-1870 Imperforate issues specialized used collection of hundreds stamps and dozens of covers from the First Issue, Second Issue and Bordeaux Issue (Scott #1-21, 38-48), highly specialized with all of the different subtle shade varieties, plus cancels, better covers, higher value st
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France 1863-1872 Perforated issues specialized used collection of hundreds of stamps and scores of covers neatly arranged in an album, like the above lot, this is highly specialized, with numerous shade varieties, and an excellent range of covers, with Balloon Monte, three-color frankings, fo
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France 19th Century cover accumulation of about 400, plus a few fronts and at least one document, some with the early issues, but the overwhelming majority are 1860s usages, most are domestic, with a wide range of town origins and markings, some multiples (including a few with blocks of four
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