Pair of the 10c. bistre-jaune. Very nice gum. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. Very fresh. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. Very fresh. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. Very fresh. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. cancelled Double-sided printing. First piece seen to date. Superb. RR. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. cancelled PC 38. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. cancelled star. Short margin at the top but fillet intact. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. cancelled small numbers. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune. cancelled Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-jaune + 15c. vert, cancelled on letter stamped with the post mark from PARIS of 31 December 1852 to MARSEILLES. Arrived on January 2, 1853. Extremely rare combination to make 25c. Superb. R. (Image)

10c. bistre x 2 + 40c. orange + 1F. carmine x 2 cancelled PC 1460 on letter stamped with the post mark from GUEBWILLER of 2 December 1852 to NEW YORK. Slight cancellation. Exceptional postage. Superb. RR. (Image)

10c. bistre-brown. Very nice dark shade. TFine. R. (Image)

10c. bistre-brown. Nice margins. Superb. (Image)

10c. bistre-brown. Very fresh. TFine. R. (Image)

10c. bistre-brown. cancelled TFine. (Image)

10c. bistre-brown. cancelled grille. TFine. (Image)

Pair of the 10c. bistre-brun, cancelled PC 1818 on letter stamped with the post mark of LYON of 29 February 1852 to SERRIERES - ARDECHE. Arrival the same day. Superb. (Image)

10c. greenish-bistre. cancelled grille. 3 graImperforatees margins. TFine. (Image)

10c. greenish-bistre. Cancelled Light Grille. TFine. (Image)

10c. bistre-verdâtre cancelled PC 2370 on letter stamped with the post mark of ORLEANS of 2 January 1854 to CHAMBORD - LOIR-ET-CHER. Very light cancellation. Superb. (Image)

10c. dark greenish-bistre. cancelled grille. Nice margins. TFine. (Image)

Head-to-toe pair of the 10c. bistre cancelled grille on letter stamped with the post mark from PARIS of December 31, 1850 to NEW YORK. American manuscript tax at 24 cents. On the back, transit stamp from Le Havre. 1 of the 2 known examples destined for the UNITED STATES. Ex. BULINGER and LOEUILLET collection. Superb. RRR. (Image)

15c. green. Superberbe in presentation and quality. Superb. (Image)

15c. green. Slightly thinned if not a piece Superberbe by its freshness. RR. TFine. (Image)

15c. green with a neighbor's bait. cancelled small numbers. Superb. R. (Image)