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Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued...

France
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
562 cover   image1855 (May 9), Napoleon franking transatlantic cover to United States, with 10c blue, two 40c orange and a pair of 80c red imperforate Emperor Napoléon III issues, cancelled by grilled lozenge obliterators, struck with red boxed P.P. (Port Payé) and Le Havre c.d.s. (9 May), additionally bearing large circular Boston Br. Pkt c.d.s. the reverse with Le Havre à Paris TPO c.d.s. (9 May), minor oxidation affecting one 40c and the 10c affixed overtop of envelope, otherwise sound and attractive, a desirable multi-colour franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 150

Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
563 cover   image1857 (September 27), stampless folded letter carried by steamship Paimbœuf, datelined La Touraine (26 Jun) and addressed to Châtillon-sur-Indre, bearing clear circular Bateau à Vapeur / Paimbœuf handstamp (27 Sept) on front with matching Paimbœuf c.d.s. on reverse, routed inland with Blain transit/arrival (28 Sept), the front additionally struck with large manuscript “25” in outlined numerals denoting postage due in centimes, with contents comprising a four-page manuscript letter discussing family matters, health and legal affairs, light aging but overall quite fresh and fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate $ 80

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
564 cover   image1871 (January 19), Balloon Monté cover, Paris to Langrune-sur-Mer, folded letter, with contents, franked with 20c Cérès perforated issue, tied by star cancel with matching Paris Rue Serpente c.d.s. (19 Jan), addressed to Calvados with clear Langrune-sur-Mer receiver on reverse (30 Jan), likely carried on the Général Bourbaki, light age toning, otherwise sound, a pleasing Balloon Monté usage to the Normandy coast. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
565 cover   image1871 (May 6), Paris Commune period folded letter, Paris via St-Denis to Marseille, commercial folded letter on printed letterhead of Lᵈ Brocheton, 35 Rue de Clichy, dated internally Paris (5 May), franked with 20c Cérès perforated issue tied by large numeral “3568” with matching St-Denis-S-Seine double-circle c.d.s. (6 May), addressed to Marseille with arrival c.d.s. (8 May) on reverse, routed out of Paris via St-Denis, contents present, light creasing and minor edge wear, otherwise a sound example of mail dispatched during the Paris Commune following the lifting of the siege. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate $ 80

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
566 cover   image1871 (September 8), multi-franked imperforate Cérès cover, Pau to Llandulas, North Wales, Great Britain, franked with a vertical strip of four and a vertical pair of 5c Cérès imperforates, tied by multiple lozenge “2795” grid cancellations with matching Pau c.d.s. (8 Sept), front struck with small red boxed P.D.indicating prepaid, the reverse with Rhyl “B” transit and Abergele “B” receiver (11 Sept), bottom backflap removed, otherwise sound and well presented, a scarce multi-franked imperforate Cérès usage to Wales. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 120

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
567 cover   image1876 (February 19), Marseille Boîte Mobile, folded mourning letter to Constantinople, franked with 30c brown Ceres, tied by black Anchor in dotted lozenge, postmarked with Marseille B.M. (Boîte Mobile) c.d.s. (19 Feb), addressed to Constantinople, no backstamps, light horizontal filing folds, else fresh and very fine. (Yvert 56). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 80

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
568 cover   image1877 (April 10), 10c + 5c Sage Type II issues on formulaire card, postal card franked with 5c and scarce 10c Sage Type II issues, both tied by single-circle Aubervilliers (Seine) c.d.s. (10 Apr), addressed locally within Paris, the 15c franking correctly paying the rate as printed on the card, light handling and mild ageing as expected, otherwise sound, an attractive example, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 60

Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
569 nh 257 image1930, 1.50fr International Labour Bureau overprint block, of ten, with sheet selvedge at left and right, never hinged, a post office fresh multiple, fine-very fine. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 400

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
570 nh B42, B43 image1935, 50c+10c & 50c+2fr “Aid for Unemployed Intellectuals”, set of two in lower right corner blocks of four, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Scott U$ 456

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
571 O C15 image1936, 50fr ultramarine Monoplane over Paris, well-centred and lightly-cancelled, fine-very fine. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 310

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
572 cover   image1937 (June 25), registered PEXIP exhibition cover, large envelope bearing the PEXIP – Paris International Philatelic Exhibition 1937 perforated sheetlet of four Marianne values (5c, 15c, 30c, 50c), tied by opposing hexagonal Exposition Philatélique Internationale / Paris cancels (20 Jun), the reverse further franked with 50c definitive and 2fr commemorative tied by matching exhibition cancel, addressed to Stuttgart, Germany, with c.d.s. receiver (27 Jun) at foot of the sheetlet, light edge wear and mild toning, otherwise sound, an attractive and visually striking registered exhibition cover combining a complete PEXIP sheetlet with clean exposition cancellations. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 100

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
573   imageLouis XIII of France (1601–1643), King of France and Navarre, large part letter signed “Louis,” written from Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 1 August 1624 and addressed in French to the Italian cardinal and statesman Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona in Paris, the reverse with armorial wafer seal (now detached), the letter affected by fire on three sides, fragile thus, but with only a small loss to the text, yet remaining highly legible, including the signature, a rare and desirable royal autograph from the reign marked by the consolidation of royal authority under Cardinal Richelieu and France’s struggles against the Huguenots and Spain. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 800

Currently...C$450.00
Will close during Public Auction
574   imageMaria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1818–1857), Queen of France (1830–1848), consort of Louis Philippe I and Queen of the July Monarchy, comprising an envelope with wafer seal on reverse, carried in diplomatic pouch to Cardinal Ugolini in the Papal States, enclosing a letter written in French and signed “Marie Amélie,” dated 6 February 1846, the cover with some minor tone spots, the letter extremely fresh, an attractive and desirable royal correspondence from the pre-exile period preceding the Revolution of 1848.

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily was renowned for her piety and patronage; she was forced into exile following the Revolution of 1848, after which she lived chiefly in England. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate $ 400

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
575 nh 135-C1 image1906, 10f Sower (Type III) complete booklet of twenty, originally priced at 2f 05, with clean, tight staple and one pane showing unusually well-centred stamps for the issue, all stamps never hinged, minor pencil notations on reverse, otherwise fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Yvert € 600

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
576 nh 137-C3 image1906–1939, France, group of sixteen unexploded booklets, comprising issues of 5c green, 5c orange, 15c brown, 20c lilac-rose, 30c blue and 30c deep red, with a wide variety of booklet covers and advertising labels, including 137-C3, 158-C2 (series S.5), 158-C2 (series S.11, two), 189-C1, 190-C1 (series S.21, two), 191-C1 (series S.88, two), 191-C1 (series S.88/89), 192-C2 (series S.101/102, two), 192-C5 and 360-C1, a couple with loose staples and fewer than half a dozen with light pencil notations on front, otherwise fresh and attractive, overall very fine and a difficult group to assemble in this quality. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Yvert € 3,082

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
577 nh 147-C1 image1914, 10c+5c Sower Red Cross semi-postal booklet, fresh and complete with tight staple, stamps fine or better and never hinged, an attractive example of this rare booklet , very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Yvert € 2,500

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
578 nh 137-C7 image1919, 5c green Sower, booklet of forty, showing the “taxes révisées le 12 août 1919” inscription on the inside front cover, the stamps well centred for the issue, clean cover, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Yvert € 360

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
579 nh 193 image1924-26, grouping of six 40c olive & orange Sower booklets, comprising 193-C1, 194-C3, 194-C3 (series S.106), 194-C4 (series S.108, two) and 194-C4 (series S.110), the 193-C1 showing ink transfer from the internal advertising on the reverse of stamps, all stamps never hinged, overall very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Yvert € 1,370

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
580 nh 199-C25 image1924–1931, group of five booklets featuring the 50c orange Sower, all different, comprising 199-C25, 199-C38, 199-C40, 199-C45 and 199-C46, never hinged, the booklets fresh with only limited wear, overall very fine, a tough assortment to find in this quality; accompanied by a 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle presentation envelope. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Yvert € 1,140

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
581 nh 199-C50 image1926–1931, two panes of ten 50c shaded Sower booklets, with advertising labels Bledine–Mazda–Benjamin–Benjamin, series S.233 and S.234, both with blue covers depicting infants and a powdered milk tin, pristine condition throughout, purchased from Stanley Gibbons. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Yvert € 660

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

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