CANCELLATIONS: Boxed blue F.G. 'De Luxe' padded leather album with extensive collection of pre-stamp covers c1674-1844 with interesting range of marks inc. 'DE LYON' (1770), scarcer déboursé types inc. Gaillac, Castres & Toulouse, s/l departmental h.s. (20) inc. Napoleonic era; early cds inc. experimental Lyon octagons etc. All extensively written up and illustrated with maps etc. Interesting lot. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (44 & 10 assignats) Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS (Image)

ENTRY MARKS: Boxed blue F.G. 'De Luxe' padded leather album containing an extensive, well-annotated study of pre-stamp European mail into France with wide variety of entry marks ex Spain (7), Italy (9), Savoy (3), Switzerland (3), Holland (4), Germany (8) & Russia (2). [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (36) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)

RURAL MAIL: Well written up study on leaves inc. fine group of sub-office 'cursives'(5) on cover, rural decime (2) & 'CL' covers, 'OR' (1861), 1850s pair with rural box hand-stamps, ranges of Type Sage stamps with jour de l'an numbered cancellations etc. Interesting. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (Qty) (Image)

PARIS: Boxed red F.G. 'De Luxe' padded leather album containing a study of (mainly) Paris PH inc. 1849 'grille' cancels on 20c & 25c covers, roller cancellations on 1849 15c & 40c (2) stamps, extensive Paris lettered lozenges on stamps & covers (3) plus PC/GC usages outside Paris (10 covers), extensive study of Paris 'stars' on numerous stamps or covers (20) etc. Great basis for further development. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (Qty) (Image)

POSTAGE DUE: F.G. padded leather 'De Luxe' album (blue) in case with range of 19th century covers showing due markings (13) plus comprehensive duplicated ranges of postage due stamps 1859-1982 m or u inc. 'square' types to 60c (both) plus 10c & 15c on cover; Duval type black issue to scarce 5f plus maroon 1f-5f; coloured issue to 1941 inc. better values, 1908 'recouvrements ' with 20c & 50c m, inter-war issues m & u, 1943 onwards m or um etc. Huge CV. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (Qty) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE LABELS (Image)

RAILWAY: Calais – Paris TPO, 1852-97 group of covers ex UK to France showing a variety of marks used on this line, covers have 4d stamps (5) or are unpaid and include 2 transatlantic items with boxed accountancy marks. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (10) Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL (Image)

FRANCE/FINLAND - UNPAID COVER WITH HEPTAGON "F./33" FROM PARIS TO HELSINKI: 14 Jan. 1859 unpaid EL (attractive printed heading depicting 1855 exhibition medal) from Paris to Helsinki ("Russie") with a v. fine heptagon framed "F./33" accountancy mark nicely placed on the front; red Aachen transit cds & boxed arrival mark on flap. Attractive & colourful. (Salles 3171) [Ex Vandervelde] Cross Reference: FINLAND, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, RUSSIA (Image)

FRANCE/DENMARK - UNPAID COVER WITH "F./34" OCTAGON FROM CETTE TO COPENHAGEN: 23 Feb. 1863 unpaid EL (minor wear) from Cette to Copenhagen charged "30" (in red crayon) with v. fine rare octagonal "F./34" on the front; five backstamps inc. Hamburg & Copenhagen. Salles does not record this mark in use; Van der Linden records it for 1864. (Salles 3173) [Ex Vandervelde] Cross Reference: DENMARK, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

BACK OF THE BOOK: Boxed SG 'Plymouth' album with interesting material inc. 'jour de l'an' use of GC cancels (12), red printed matter & newspaper cds on Sage issues, 'too late' covers (2), registered (2), early machine cancels, special cds inc exhibitions etc, perfins, pneumatic mail cards etc. Inspection necessary. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (Qty) (Image)

FRANCE/DENMARK - UNPAID COVER WITH "F./36" TOMBSTONE WITH BORDEAUX F.A.C. TO HELSINGOR: 23 Mar 1867 unpaid EL from Bordeaux to Helsingor with v.fine tombstone framed "F./36" accountancy mark nicely placed on the front beside Bordeaux cds & m/s rates in blue & red crayon; also having blue oval "H. POHL/COURTIER MARITIME/*BORDEAUX*" forwarding agent cachet on back & front. (Salles 3175) [Ex Vandervelde] Cross Reference: DENMARK, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, FORWARDING AGENTS (Image)

TELEGRAPH STAMPS, ETC.: Telegraph stamps fu inc. imperf 25c, 1f & 2f plus perforated types to 2f; 1868-70 Newspaper stamps used inc imperf & perf 2c (3 colours), one on large piece plus range of postage stamps with typographical cancellation (15); 1900 telephone stamps 10c-1f (6); Amiens strike issue 10c; Vichy officials (7); training school 'Annule' opts (3) plus fictifs (21) with one on newspaper etc. Interesting lot. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (Qty) Cross Reference: TELEGRAPH STAMPS (Image)

FISCALS: album with ranges of used fiscal stamps 1870s-1930s inc used on documents, early stamped & printed fiscals on paper, 1940s sales posters with ‘timbres de dimension’, Revolution period document etc. Unusual lot. (Qty) Cross Reference: REVENUES (Image)

ALSACE-LORRAINE, MILITARY, ETC.: Blue 'Plymouth' album housing collection of Alsace-Lorraine material from 1871 occupation stamps 1c – 25c u/unused, WWI covers, opts on Hindenberg issue, military cancels, early military photograph, 'F' & 'FM' stamps inc on cover, WWII liberation cover etc. Interesting mix – needs examination. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (32 covers, PCs, stamps etc.) (Image)

1876-1900 T.II SAGE ISSUE basic FU set to 2f & 5f (3 shades) between SG 225-287, odd small fault. Cat £1,200. (40) (Image)

PRECANCELS: Scarce 1893 precancels on Type Sage 5c (2) & 10c; 1920-22 opts on Sowers inc 1920 5c & 15c, 1921 5c and 1922 5c 'Paris' & 'France'; comprehensive ranges of later issues to 1989 music series m or u. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (Qty) (Image)

EARLY MINT PEACE & COMMERCE, MERSONS, BOOKLET, ETC.: Group on stock card inc. 1898 P&C 5c yellow-green mounted mint SG 282 Type I (£40) and Merson group of 40c, 50c (2), 2f & 3f mint plus 2f used, SG 303, 305, 387, 430 & 307 (SG £450+). Also, 1938 booklet containing 20 x 30c red-brown SG DSB19 (£60). Useful group. (7 + bklt.) (Image)

'EXPRESS' MAIL COLLECTION: Presented on display pages, a c.1900-1989 collection displaying a wide range of tariffs, "EXPRES" cachets & labels, etc. on both internal & external mails. A fine collection. (c.84 covers) Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL (Image)

1900-26 TYPE MERSON ISSUES 40c-20F inc. scarce 2f lilac & 5f shade - fresh colour and well centred: attractive group. (13) (Image)

PARIS 20th CENTURY TAX & INSTRUCTIONAL MAIL: Range inc. 1913 env. to Paris ex Leeds franked GB KGV 1d with framed "T/30/L" hs and 10c (3) p.dues affixed, 1928 env. within Paris franked 1F50c with "GRIFFE/(a)" hs and return hs on front and framed "REFUSE" and framed "DECEDE" hs on rear, Nov. 1939 env. to Washington franked 2F50c + 2F25c with reg. label and exchange control authorisation ds on front, 1950 airmail env. TO NY franked 40F + 1F (3) with 10c + 3c p.dues affixed to front and other related examples. (62 covers/cards) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

POSTAGE DUE: 1915-61 Study of underpaid incoming mail (mainly French) with postage due labels inc attempted use of fiscal stamp, 1½d due used alone and with 2d label etc. Good variety of usages. (39) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1927 Marseilles salon d'aviation opt pair – a fresh example of the very scarce and attractive collective proof with RPSL cert (1995); cv €3,000. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1927 Marseilles airmail opts on Merson 2f & 5f stamps fresh mm; also three forgeries inc one on PPC. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (5) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1930 Paris Airmail Exhibition 'EIPA / 30' perfin on 1f 50c ultramarine air stamp on special Paris – Brussels flight card with exhibition cds. Attractive. Stamp cat. €450. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1936 airmail issue 85c – 50f [Yv. A8-14] fresh um; cv €2,300. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (7) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1936 airmail issue 50f [Yv. A14] in fu block of four; cv €1,600. [Ex Ashley Lawrence] (4) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)