1975 Europa, 80c gold & multicolored (Crucifixion), error missing inscriptions and value, sheet margin at top and bottom, n.h., v.f., signed Pascal Scheller. A rare stamp (YT 243a) (Maury 256a, Euro 13,500) (Cat No. 236var) (Image)

Est.US$4,000

1914-18 collection on pages, hundreds, including overprints on German Yacht stamps, Gold Coast 1/2p-20sh, same overprinted "Specimen", Accra and London overprints, specialized group, including multiples, Hyphen variations, missing letters, displaced overprints, shades, etc. (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1915 1/2p on 5p green, unsevered stationery reply card (only 20 examples printed according to Gibbs), also 1/2pf on 5p and 1p on 10pf, plus Cameroon 1p on 10pf, all unused, v.f. (Cat No. H&G 5-7) (Image)

Est.US$400

1917 Gold Coast overprinted "Togo Anglo-French Occupation", 1/2p green, also same and 1p unused cards overprinted Specimen, plus 2p+1p brown Registered unused envelope, with "Specimen" overprint on front, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$150

1804 (20 Apr) FL from Amsterdam, with straight-line "HOLLANDE", addressed to France where it was marked with a red ornate "Poste Maritime Bordeaux" illustrated handstamp, rated "15", filing fold away from the markings, v.f. (according to literature, the red oval was in use from 1797 and illustrated a "Bordeaux Caravel". The vessel does not appear to be a Caravel, but rather a square-rig carrying two mail square-sails; it might have been a contemporary experiment rig) (Image)

Est.US$150

1850 40c orange, horizontal pair used on outer FL from Paris to United States, with New York 21 Apr arrival, endorsed "Par Bateau American via Liverpool" endorsement, creases, also 1872 cover (reduced at left) from Nice to Cleveland, franked with perforated horizontal strip of 3x40c orange, yellowish, minor cover faults, otherwise fine (Cat No. 7,59) (Image)

Est.US$150

1862 Re-issue, 20c blue and 1fr carmine, imperforate horizontal pairs, unused without gum, splendid colors, v.f., with 1991 Calves certificates (YT 6f, 8f, Euro 3,500 as hinged singles) (Cat No. 4d,9d) (Image)

Est.US$500

1863 5fr gray lilac, lavender, horizontal pair, used in combination with 40c orange and vertical pair and strip of three of 80c Ceres (1872-75 issue) on "Charge" cover from Paris (backflap missing, with wax seals cut away from reverse), stamps canceled by "R.de Luxembourg" 2 June 1876 cds, sent to Lyon, with transit and arrival markings, part of addressee's name erased, otherwise fine, the pair of 5fr in exceptional quality, signed Calves, with 1988 Diena certificate (YT 33, Euro 3,750+) (Cat No. 37) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1867 10c bistre, type I, diagonal half, used in combination with 20c Ceres, tied by large "1567" numerals on FL from Fourmis (17 Oct 71) to Beauvais, filing fold away from the stamps, with arrival pmk, 2018 Roumet certificate (YT 27,37, Euro 8,500) (Cat No. 32c) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1879 75c deep violet, orange, usual centering, also 1923 Congres de Bordeaux, l.h., v.f., cat. $655 (Cat No. 102,197) (Image)

Cat. $655, Est.US$150

1909 Bar Sur Aube imperforate labels issued for Exhibition celebrating Aviation, 13 different inscribed "Exposition d'appareils Fetes d'Aviation", fine-v.f. (Bar sur Aube Exhibition is mentioned the Guinness World Records as the first Exhibition where "Air Meet" stamps were issued) (Image)

Est.US$150

1924 Olympics, set of four, also four different sets overprinted for Lebanon and Syria, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT Euro 685) (Cat No. 198-201) (Image)

Est.US$150

1929 Le Havre Philatelic Exhibition, v.f. single used on unaddressed Exhibition cover, with label alongside, May 25, 29 cancels, with APS certificate, cat. $750 (Cat No. 246) (Image)

Cat. $750, Est.US$150

1935-38 75c Delessert, 50fr Ader blocks of four, also 1955 France-Canada, block of six, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $790 (Cat No. 301,348,1035) (Image)

Cat. $790, Est.US$200

1936 50fr ultramarine, lower right sheet corner margin block of four with date (15 June, 1936), n.h., v.f. (YT Euro 7,000) cat. $6800 (Cat No. C15) (Image)

Cat. $6800, Est.US$2,000

1936 50fr ultramarine, lower right sheet corner margin block of four with date (16 June, 1936), n.h., v.f. (YT Euro 7,000) cat. $6800 (Cat No. C15) (Image)

Cat. $6800, Est.US$2,000

1937 (3 Sep) first flight cover from Paris to Cayenne, Guiana, franked with 10fr green, etc., with red "France-Antilles" first flight cachet and arrival pmk on back (Cat No. C17) (Image)

Est.US$100

1914 Valenciennes, 10c vermilion, upper right sheet corner margin single, hinged in margin, stamp n.h., v.f., with 2014 Ceres certificate (YT 1, Euro 1,100) cat. $550 (Cat No. L2) (Image)

Cat. $550, Est.US$200

1868 5c lilac, imperforate single, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Brun, with 2018 certificate. A rare stamp (YT 4, Euro 25,000) (Cat No. P6var) (Image)

Est.US$9,000

1937 "Valeur Declaree" 75c, one stamp with double overprint and a pair, one with overprint "C", fine-v.f. (YT 112b,c) cat. €410 (Cat No. Q100var) (Image)

Cat. €410, Est.US$150

1937-38 2.35fr on 1.65fr, plus 1938 surcharges set of four, l.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1050 (Cat No. Q129,146-149) (Image)

Cat. $1050, Est.US$300

1938 Majoration, 10c, 15c, 20c, four different imperforate singles, plus 15c ultramarine perforated, h.r., fine-v.f., cat. $323 (Cat No. Q143a,144a,var) (Image)

Cat. $323, Est.US$150

1944-65 1f-1,000f complete set of 33 different, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f. (YT 1-30, Euro 4,730 for hinged) cat. $4084 (Cat No. Q215-54) (Image)

Cat. $4084, Est.US$2,500

1900 10c black, 15+10c horizontal gutter se-tenant pair, also 15c+10c horizontal gutter strip of four, trial proofs (Essai de l'imprimerie Nationale), unused without gum as issued, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1930 Smile of Reims, two booklet panes of four, n.h., v.f., cat. $1050 (Cat No. B34a) (Image)

Cat. $1050, Est.US$250