1849-52 Ceres Imperforate 10c yellowish-bistre/yellowish SG 1 (Michel 1a), margins close to large, large-part gum with small hinge remainder, Cat £3000 (€1800). Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1979) mentions a "thin spot at top" that we cannot see. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1849-52 Ceres Imperforate 20c black/white SG 7 (Michel 3x), large even margins, unused without gum, Cat £700 (€600). A very attractive first issue. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1849-52 Ceres Imperforate 25c deep blue/yellowish SG 10 (Michel 4c), margins just clear at top to good, large-part original gum with a tiny hinge remainder, Cat £8500 (€6000). Pascal Scheller Certificate (2016). (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1849-52 Ceres Imperforate 40c orange SG 14 (Michel 5b), margins close to good, large-part original gum with a little minor aging at top, Cat £6000 (€3600). L Miro guarantee handstamp on reverse & Pascal Scheller Certificate (2017). (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1869 Emperor Napoleon III 5f lilac-grey/greyish SG 131 (Michel 32), well-centred, light Paris cds cancels, Cat £1300 (€1000). (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1900-32 Merson group comprising 40c red & pale blue, 45c green & blue, 60c violet & blue, 1f lake & yellow, 2f lilac & buff (tiny aging mark on one perf tip), 2f orange & blue-green, 3f violet & blue, 3f mauve & carmine, 10f green & red and 20f magenta & green, centring variable but generally above-average for this issue, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat £1800+ (€1900+).  (10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1902 Mouchon Redrawn 10c to 30c set SG 309-313 (Michel 102-106), centring variable as usual, the 20c with a tiny aging mark on one perf tip, all with small hinge remainders, Cat £650+ (€420).  (5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1917-19 War Orphan's Fund 2c+3c to 5f+5f set SG 370-377, centring variable as usual, the 35c+25c marginal single from the base of the sheet with part-imprint, the values to 50c+50c unmounted, the 1f+1f lightly mounted, the 5f+5f with hinge remainder, Cat £3500+ (€2500+) for mounted.  (8) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Congress Overprint Merson 1f lake & yellow-green SG 400e (Michel 152), very lightly mounted, Cat £650 (€650 for unmounted). (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Congress Overprint Merson 1f lake & yellow-green SG 400r (Michel 152), light cds cancel, Cat £750 (€450). (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1925 Paris International Philatelic Exhibition Peace & Commerce 5f red block of 4 in M/S SG MS412a (Michel Block 1) in original 220x140mm size, minor blemishes including light edge folds & marks and a 6mm tear at left edge repaired with paper tab on gum, the stamps unmounted, Cat £1700 (€3000 for unmounted) or £720+ (€600+) for the unmounted single stamps. Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1925 Paris International Philatelic Exhibition Peace & Commerce 5f red block of 4 in M/S SG MS412a (Michel Block 1) in original 220x140mm size, very fine complete strike of 'EXPOSITION PHILATLIQUE/*/11-5/25/PARIS' cds centrally on the stamps, a few tiny marks on the reverse only, Cat £1700 (€1400). Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1927 Strasbourg Philatelic Exhibition Sower 5f blue & 10f red se-tenant strip with 'STRASBOURG/1927' label in M/S SG MS454b (Michel Block 2) in original 140x110mm size, three hinge remainders, Cat £1600 (€2000 for unmounted). Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1927 Strasbourg Philatelic Exhibition Sower 5f blue & 10f red se-tenant strip with 'STRASBOURG/1927' label in M/S SG MS454b (Michel Block 2) in original 140x110mm size, very fine complete 'STRASBOURG/ 12*/5-6/27/EXPOSITION-PHIL-INTERN' cds struck below the stamps, full unmounted gum, Cat £1600 (€1100). Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1929 Le Havre Philatelic Exhibition Overprint Merson 2f red & blue-green SG 470 (Michel 239), exceptional centring, characteristic partial 'offset' of the overprint on reverse, lightly mounted, Cat £1000 (€1000 for unmounted). Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1936 Airmails 'Banknote' 50f ultramarine/rose SG 541 (Michel 321), quite well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £1000 (€1100 for unmounted). (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1936 Airmails 'Banknote' 50f ultramarine/rose SG 541 (Michel 321), very well-centred, light but indistinct cds cancel, Cat £475 (€300). (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1936 Airmails South America Flights 10f dark green SG 554, well-centred, small hinge remainder, Cat £500 (€650 for unmounted). (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1937 PEXIP Philatelic Exhibition Ceres 5c, 15c, 30c & 50c se-tenant block with 'PEXIP' & 'PARIS/1937' labels in M/S SG MS581 (Michel Block 3), lightly mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted, Cat £600 (€650 for unmounted or €320+ for the unmounted single stamps). Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1937 PEXIP Philatelic Exhibition Ceres 5c, 15c, 30c & 50c se-tenant block with 'PEXIP' & 'PARIS/1937' labels in M/S SG MS581 (Michel Block 3), two strikes of 'EXPON PHILQUE INTALE/*/21-6/37/PARIS' hexagonal datestamp cancelling the stamps, full gum with a few minor adhesions, Cat £475 (€350). Sold only at the Exhibition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1942 Marshal Petain 1.20f+1.40f to 5f+15f set in a horizontal setenant strip of 5 SG 780a (Michel 589-593) complete sheet of 25 (5x5) with full margins & sheet number, quite well-centred, minor gum bend at lower-left in the margin only, completely unmounted, Cat £425+ (€550+) for five individual strips. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL HISTORY: 1847 much-redirected cover with numerous postal markings including postmen's handstamps boxed 'B.8' and circular 'B/5' & '5/B', 'Dsn 4le des Postes/[....] Reassignere' 2-line b/s & 'Rebuts' on the face both in red, resealed with large-part wax seal with impressed '[DI]RECTION [....] DES POSTES/DEPOT/DES/REBUTS' DLO seal, minor blemishes but full of character; also 1855 entire to "Port Louis/Maurice" (Mauritius) from 'NANTES' with cds & boxed 'PD' h/s both in red; and 1869 outer to Genoa with 'MARSEILLES A LYON 2o/ F ' TPO cds & boxed 'GENOUA' arrival backstamp in red.  (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

POSTAL HISTORY: 1874 internal registered cover with Ceres 10c bistre/pink, 40c orange & 80c carmine/pink tied by light numeral cancels of 'MARSEILLES' (cds at left), two light strikes of 'CHARGE' handstamp in red, redirected to Paris. Very attractive. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTAL HISTORY: 1941 (Nov 10) usage of Great Britain Reply Postal Card KGV 1½d brown reply-half with KGVI 1d red added, returned to England from internee "Rosa Sorinolew" in south-western France with message in German to her son, 'CAMP DE GURS' cds and 'MINISTERE L'INTERNEUR/DIRECTAUX DU CAMP DE GURS/CENSURE' oval censor cachet in violet, light soiling & some bends. A remarkable & poignant Reply Postal Card usage. Some 4000 German Jews living in France were interned as 'enemy aliens' at the beginning of WWII; Rosa's son Walter had earlier escaped to England, possibly on a Kindertransport. After the Vichy government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany, many of Camp de Gurs' Jewish internees were deported east - the majority to Auschwitz - and murdered. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Military selection comprising 1) 1895 Corps Expeditionnaire de Madagascar Postal Card with part-military cds with address amended from France to "Phillipine" & with light 'CORREOS/DE/FILIPINAS' arrival b/s & applied across the stamp; 2) 1899 cover to Senegal endorsed "Corps d'occupation du Soudan" & at L/R "Camp de N'Dar Coute", two Regimental cachets, very fine 'KAYES/26/JUIL/99/SOUDAN-FRANCAIS' cds & 'SENEGAL/2/AOUT/99/ST LOUIS' arrival b/s, a bit aged; 3) 1903 stampless Algerian PPC ('Oasis de Taghit') endorsed "Occupation du Guarara" with Commandant's cachet in blue at L/L & 'TIMMIMOUN 15/DEC/03/ OASIS SAHARIENNES' cds, very fine; 4) 1908 'Campagne du Maroc 1907-1908/...Escadron de Chasseurs...' PPC with 'CASABLANCA/MAROC' cds, minor blemishes; and 5) unstamped carte de visite envelope with fair cachet of General Lyautey & 'CASABLANCA/11.11/12/MAROC', minor blemishes.  (5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$380