1903-38, Lined Sower, 10c rose, 20c violet brown, 25c dull blue, 30c on 90c violet and 50c greenish blue (Scott 138), a selection of interpanneau millésimes pairs, o.g., two 10c pairs never hinged; three pairs including 30c have thins in interpane margins, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Yve
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Indochina, 1897-1932, group of 7 covers to France, bearing various values, including 1897 "Jardin Botanique de Saigon (Cochinchine)" Registered corner card envelope bearing 5c vertical pair, 15c and 25c, and 1902 envelope (small fault at top) from Touhanne bearing 15c and showing "BM" oval ha
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Indochina, 1898-1925, group of 9 covers from Tonkin to France, bearing various values sent from Dapcau, Haiphong (3), Hon-Gay (2), Nam-Dinh, Sept-Pagodes, and the other along the "Laokay à Hanoi/Tonkin" T.P.O.; four are military usages with two franked by France "F.M." overprints; some
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Indochina, 1903-06, interesting selection of 5 picture postcards, comprising 1903 French Consulate at Long-Tchéou photoreal card to Paris bearing 15c, cancelled by "Hanoi Exposition/Tonkin" c.d.s., 1904-06 cards (2) from Bienhoa to New Caledonia and registered from Benthuy to France, 1
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Indochina, 1903-17, selection of 4 real photo postcards, to France, Martinique, and Tunisia, one unfranked, with various military cachets, one actually cancelling the stamp, origins are Dong-Dang, Tuyen-Quang, Tourane, and Viettri, Fine to Very Fine strikes.
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Indochina, 1903-35, group of 8 picture post cards sent to France via maritime mail, franked with Indochina (7) or France values to pay the appropriate rate, sent from Quinhone (2), Saigon (4) or Tourane (2), those from Saigon cancelled by "Saigon Cochinchine/Paquebot" (3) or "Saigon/Paquebot"
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Indochina, 1905-09, selection of 4 real photo postcards, including 1905 card depicting Saigon street scene to Guatemala bearing 10c, cancelled by "Marseille à Yokohama/L.N. No.1" octagonal datestamp, while the other three are to Europe bearing 10c, with one cancelled by similar maritim
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Indochina, 1908-38, group of 7 Tonkin covers, to Algeria, France, Germany, and the US, with an excellent range of uses and frankings, Fine to Very Fine.
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Indochina, Postal Stationery, 1924 & 1937, scarce pair of entires showing rural cancel usages, comprising a 1923 1c brown and black on white laid paper to Banglong via Soctrang, with franking tied by indistinct rural cancel in black with adjacent "Do-Luong/Annam" cancel of 25-1/24, with rever
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Indochina, 1926-53, group of 14 military covers, from Indochina to various countries, with various military cancellations and cachets; of particular note are naval usages and markings, Fine to Very Fine.
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Indochina, Postal Stationery, 1929 (Oct. 6), 5c violet with lilac interior entire, used from Hanoi to Vinh, uprated with Yunnanfou 20c on 50c, the adhesive and the indicia both cancelled (stamp tied) by one of two blue "Hanoi R.P./10-6/29/Tonkin" c.d.s.'s, with red-and-black "Par Avion" etiqu
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Indochina, Postal Stationery, 1943 (May 13), 6c Marshall Pétain entire, used to Hanoi, a beautiful, exceptionally fresh entire, cancelled by one of two bold strikes of "Lai-chau/13-5/43/Tonkin" c.d.s.'s, Very Fine, absolutely pristine, scarce.
Higgins and Gage K1.
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Indochina, 1954 (Sept. 13 & Nov. 5), 2 military covers, comprising 1954 (Sept. 13) cover to Hanoi, franked with France 5f, 8f, and 12f, cancelled by "Poste aux Armées" c.d.s.—a rare usage during the less than one month period when the General Post Office in Hanoi was transform
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1942, 2fr Codfish with "France Libre/FNFL" overprint (Scott J66), lower right corner sheet margin block of 25 showing the complete setting of the overprint, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, signed Tillard.
Yvert T 65.
Scott $875 as hinged singles.
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1940 (Apr. 24), Red Cross cover to the Hôpital Necker, Paris, addressed to Mme Dr Kaminka, Chief of Oral Diseases, with red Contrôle Postal handstamp and Paris Central postmark of 24 - 4/40; handstamped "T" due marking, "2fr" in red crayon, the shortfall paid by 2F bright violet Due (#J44); i
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French Colonies, Sumptuous Die Proof Stock, 1965-1983, 133 different deluxe and sunk die proofs including some with serial numbers on black stock pages; countries represented include Cameroun, Mali, Congo, Comores, Mauritania, and New Caledonia (and a pair of Hungary for good measure); come a
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