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France and Colonies continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1051   imageFrance, 1871 (Nov. 9), folded letter to Naples, Italy, with 20c ultramarine horizontal pair with points up, tied by Markirch November 9, 1871 horseshoe datestamps, adjacent "P.D." handstamp, plus Basel transit & receiving backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott N6. Maury €600 ($800).
Estimate $300 - 400

Multiple franking paying the 40c letter rate from the occupied zone to Italy, which was in effect from September 1870 to December 31, 1871 . (Image) 		Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1052   imageFrance, 1871 (Nov. 11), folded letter to Ingheim, with 20c ultramarine points up, tied by "EISEN POST BUREAU/ 17 11 I/ NANZIG-FRANKFURT A/M" & France 25c Ceres (58), tied by rhombus of dots numeral cancel "2598", adjacent Nancy November 16 circular datestamp and blue crayon manuscript reading "Hochfelden", indicating that the letter was forwarded to a different destination, plus receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Scott N6.
Estimate $300 - 400

Mixed franking in accordance with the postal rate for a letter from the occupied zone to the unoccupied zone, effective from September 31 to December 31, 1871 . (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1053   imageFrance, 1871 (Dec. 20), cover to Cairo, Egypt, with 20c ultramarine pair & single with points up, tied by multiple Strasbourg December 20, 1871 circular datestamps, with repeated strike alongside, adjacent "P.D." & "Franco" handstamps, plus Trieste, Vienna, Alexandria & Cairo backstamps; cover expertly repaired, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott N6.
Estimate $500 - 750

Multiple franking paying the 60c letter rate from the occupied zone to Egypt . (Image) 		Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1054   imageFrance, 1871 (Dec. 23), folded letter to Mulhouse, with 10c bistre-brown points up, tied by "AVRICOURT/ 24 12 I/ STRASSBURG I ELSASS" railroad three-line datestamp (earliest known date for this TPO marking) & France 25c Ceres (58), tied by rhombus of dots cancel "3103", adjacent Reims December 23 circular datestamp and "10" (c) postage due in blue crayon, plus Paris-Avricourt railroad and receiving backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott N5.
Estimate $300 - 400

Mixed franking paying the postal rate for a letter from the unoccupied zone to the occupied zone, effective September 1 to December 31, 1871 . (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1055   imageFrance, 1871 (Dec. 28), folded letter to Mulhouse, with 10c bistre-brown & 20c ultramarine pair points up, tied by Beblenheim December 28, 1871 circular datestamps, with repeated strike alongside, adjacent parcel post label, plus neat horseshoe receiving postmark on reverse, Very Fine.
Scott N5-6. Maury €2,400 ($3,220).
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Two-color franking paying the letter accompanying a parcel with a weight under 500 grams, in the occupied zone. (Image) 		Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
1056   imageFrance, 1871 (Dec. 31), folded letter to Belfort, with 5c yellow-green pairs points up, tied by "STRASSBURG i. ELS/ BAHNHOF/ 31.12.71* 7-8N" rectangular datestamps, with repeated strike alongside and "25" (c) postage due marking, plus receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Scott N4.
Estimate $500 - 750

Multiple franking paying the postal rate for a letter from the occupied zone to the unoccupied zone, which was in effect from September 31 to December 31, 1871. This cover represent the last day of Occupation stamps validity. (Image) 		Est. $500-750
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1057   imageFrance, 1872 (Jan. 12), folded letter to Paris, with Germany 2gr Imperial Eagle, tied by Saargemund (ex-Sarreguemines, Moselle) January 12, 1872 horseshoe datestamp, which is repeated alongside, and France 25c Ceres (58), tied by Avricourt-Paris railroad datestamp, plus receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Scott 5.
Estimate $300 - 400

Mixed franking paying the rate for a letter from the occupied zone to the unoccupied zone. On January 1, 1872, German stamps replaced Occupation stamps. This cover represents an early usage of such change. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1058   imageFrance, 1872 (Jan. 25), folded letter to Paris, with Germany 2gr Imperial Eagle vertical pair, tied by Schlettstadt (ex-Selestat) January 25, 1872 circular datestamps, with repeated strike alongside, and France 25c x2 Ceres (58), tied by Paris Étranger January 27, 1872 circular datestamps, Very Fine, signed by Goebel.
Scott 5.
Estimate $400 - 600

Mixed franking paying the rate for a letter from the occupied zone to the unoccupied zone. On January 1, 1872, German stamps replaced Occupation stamps. This cover represents an early usage of such change . (Image) 		Est. $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
1059   imageFrance, 1872 (May 15), folded letter to Remiremont, with Germany 1gr x2 Imperial Eagle, tied by Schirmeck May 15, 1872 circular datestamps, with repeated strike alongside & France 25c Ceres (58), tied by rhombus of dots numeral cancel "2598", plus Nancy transit & receiving backstamps, Very Fine, signed Calves & Holcombe.
Scott 4.
Estimate $500 - 750

Mixed franking paying the rate for a letter from the occupied zone to the unoccupied zone. On January 1, 1872, German stamps replaced Occupation stamps, until the double franking was abolished in Germany effective May 15, 1872. This cover represents the last day of German double-franking. (Image) 		Est. $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1060   imageFrance, 1872 (Dec. 28), folded letter to Warrington, England, with Germany ¼gr x2 Small Shield & 2gr Large Shield, tied by Muhlhausen December 28, 1872 horseshoe datestamps, plus receiving backstamp, Very Fine, ex Dreyfus.
Scott 1,18. Michel 1,20; €500 ($670).
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1061   imageFrance, Occupation Issues Exhibit Collection, 1870-71. Mounted on twenty-four written up pages with 44 covers; comprising 35 covers with Alsace-Lorraine Occupation stamps (single & mixed frankings), including destinations such as Austria, England, Germany, Holland, Switzerland & United States, plus different places in the Occupied Zone. We also noted four stampless free-franked official covers, and three with German-made cachets four use at provisionally occupied mail distribution centers and two with franco "F" datestamps used in Strasbourg & Metz in prepaid unstamped bulk mail. A wonderful opportunity for the postal historian of this interesting collecting area, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24)

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Est. $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1062   imageFrance, Feldpost Exhibit Collection, 1870-71. Mounted on eight exhibit pages with thirteen covers & three postcards, including eleven stampless covers with Feldpost datestamps or showing manuscript "Feldpost". Better noted include folded letter to Nancy with Alsace-Lorraine 10¢ bistre-brown points up, tied by blue "K.PR. FELDPOST-RELAIS No. 13/ 4/12" circular datestamp, which is repeated alongside, 1871 cover with previously unrecorded magenta "FELD-POST-AMT/ ARMEE-CPS 28/5" circular datestamp, plus some covers from Baden, Bavarian & Wurttemberg regiments and two slightly different feldpost cards: one with "K.PR. FELDPOST-RELAIS No 10/ 13/9" circular datestamp, other with "K.PR. FELDPOST-RELAIS No 7/ 21/10" circular datestamp. We also noted a folded letter from French POW via a relief agency in occupied St. Louis (Haut-Rhin). Viewing recommended, as this presents a worthwhile opportunity for those interested in this area of postal history, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Est. $2,000-3,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1063   imageFrance, Prewar & War in Alsace Mail Exhibition Collection, 1870. Mounted on fifteen exhibition pages with 19 covers, two newspapers, two cards and an interesting postal courier's routing, showing transmittal of mail during the Siege of Metz. The collection starts with six covers from Alsace-Lorraine dispatched in the January to June, 1870 pre-war period, followed by two newspapers properly franked with 2¢ stamps, and then by eight covers sent in the July to November, 1870 war period, including civilian mail and free-franking military examples. Also couple of stampless covers with French "Armée du Rhin" markings, Red Cross card from the Auxiliary Committee of Strasbourg, Prussian Feldpost card from Agny (Moselle) to Colberg, plus presumably balloon cover dispatched during the Siege of Metz. An unrepeatable lot that deserves your attention, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1064   imageFrance, Ballons-Montés mail for or to Alsace-Lorraine, 1870. Four covers mounted on two exhibit pages; one folded letter with 20c French stamp tied by star of dots numeral "1", adjacent Paris Pl. de La Bourse October 31, 1870 circular datestamp, other folded letter with 20¢ French stamp, tied by dotted cancel, adjacent Paris La Villete October 25, 1870 circular datestamp, cover front with 20c French stamp tied by rhombus of dots numeral "403", plus 1870 card to Nancy with 10c French stamp tied by rhombus of dots cancel, showing Paris October 24, 1870 circular datestamp & manuscript "30" (c) postage due in blue crayon, and possibly flown on "Le Vauban". Recommended for the collector interested in the "Ballons-Montés" during the Paris Siege by the German Army, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $600-800
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1065   imageFrance, Detoured Mail Exhibit Collection, 1870-75. Mounted on five exhibition pages with nine covers, including 1870 stampless folded letter from Riquewihr to Baden, 1870 folded letter with Swiss 30c stamp, and addressed to Paris, 1870 cover with 10c & 20c Occupation stamps, tied by Strasbourg circular datestamps, and addressed to Rouen (Northern France was by then, completely cut off from Alsace-Lorraine), 1870 folded letter from St. Petersburg to Montpellier, and detoured to unoccupied France via Austria & Italy. We also noted a couple of Swiss covers, sent in the occupation period, and three covers with French single frankings, sent in the post-occupation period from or via Pagny-s-Moselle. A lovely collection to further expand, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1066   imageFrance, Unoccupied France Mail Exhibit Collection, 1870-71. Mounted on four written up pages with five covers, starting with exploded cover sent on October 1, 1870 (very early use of Occupation stamp) from Nancy to Cassel, franked with 20c ultramarine points up, 1870 folded letter with France 20c stamp tied by rhombus of dots numeral "2578", adjacent Mulhouse October 11, 1870 circular datestamp, to Troyes, and written during interval between the second and the third German occupations of the city, 1870 stampless cover from Metz to Lyon, showing a red "Franco Stempel" straight-line handstamp, 1870 folded letter from Mons, Belgium to occupied Nancy & 1871 cover with Alsace-Lorraine 10c bistre-brown x2, tied by Hagenau January 7, 1871 circular datestamps, and addressed Marseilles., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1067   imageFrance, Double Frankings Exhibit Collection, 1871. Mounted on seventeen written up pages with 35 covers, and presented by rate periods: A) February 15 to March 24, B) March 25 to July 31, C) August 1 to 31 & D) September 1 to December 31, 1871. We noted nine covers with mixed frankings (France & Alsace-Lorraine), six with France stamps & postage due markings, and twenty with Occupation stamps & postage due markings. An excellent basis for further expansion into an award winning collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500

Mail between France and the occupied zone or the annexed zones was subject to double franking: German & French postage had to be paid. The French postal rate was 20¢ until the end of August 1871, thereafter 25¢. The German postal rate remained at 20¢. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

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Est. $5,000-7,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1068   imageFrance, Unannexed Alsace-Lorraine Exhibit Collection, 1871-78. Mounted on ten exhibition pages with 23 covers & two postal cards, including 21 with French frankings, and sent to occupied, unoccupied or unannexed destinations. We noted two 1871 stampless folded letters: one from Darney, other from Cornimont; both to unoccupied France and showing a "P.P." boxed handstamp, indicating that no French stamps were available, 1871 folded letter with France 5¢ & 20¢ stamps dispatched on September 1, 1871 (First Day of increased letter rate), 1876 postal card with 15¢ Ceres, tied by rhombus of dots numeral "177" corresponding to Givonne (used before the war in Ars-s-Moselle, and known as the "remplacements d'Alsace-Lorraine), 1872 full of character folded letter franked with 5¢ Napoleon III x5, sent from Algeria to Muhlhausen. A nice holding that can be easily integrated into a bigger collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
1069   imageFrance, Double Frankings Exhibit Collection, 1872. Mounted on seven written up pages with eleven covers and a cover front; all dispatched in the January to May 1872 period, including three covers with French & German stamps; five with German stamps & French postage due markings; three covers with French stamps and German postage due markings. Better items include a folded letter posted on May 14, 1872 (next-to-last day of German double-franking) & folded letter posted on May 24, 1872 (last day of French double-franking)., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1070   imageFrance, Annexed Alsace-Lorraine Exhibit Collection, 1872-76. Mounted on fourteen exhibition pages with 33 covers, including Internal Mail within Germany, Mail to France & other destinations (Vienna & United States). Single, mixed & multiple frankings showing different postal rates. We note a couple of German postal cards & registered parcel post form to Paris with two French revenue stamps applied on arrival. A collection with significant interest for the specialist, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1071   imageFrance, Border Exchange Offices Exhibit Collection, 1872-76. Mounted on seven exhibition pages with 15 covers, including four from annexed Alsace-Lorraine (Strasbourg, Markirch & Schirmeck), followed by 1876 Swiss postal card to Gerardmer (Vosges) & 1872 German folded letter to Cette, and then by three folded letters from Germany to France. We also noted several incoming covers such as 1873 folded letter with France 15¢ & 25¢ Ceres stamps to Mulhouse, via Le Tuillot, and showing a German entry marking, 1872 stampless folded letter from Latvia to Reims, 1874 folded letter from Sweden to Reims and 1873 cover to Ardennes sent from Austrian Post Office in Constantinople, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

After the war, several new border exchange offices were opened in order to receive and dispatch mail, and to check that international accountancy had been observed. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Est. $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1072   imageFrance, Railway Mail Exhibit Collection, 1872-76. Mounted on four exhibition pages with eight covers & postal card, including five covers with German stamps, two covers & postal card with French stamps, plus stampless folded letter with Avricourt-Paris March 12, 1874 circular datestamp, addressed Nancy, and taxed on arrival. A useful lot that can be easily integrated into a bigger collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1073 BM3 imageFrance, 1870 (Sep 29), États-Unis (BM3), folded letter to Vic sur Cère postmarked R. St. Honoré, 28 Sep; 20c Napoleon Laureate tied by star "11", backstamped Vic sur Cère (3 Oct), Very Fine.
Yvert €765 ($1,020). Maury 3; €775 ($1,040).
Scott $550.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Scott $550
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1074 BM11 imageFrance, 1870 (Oct 14), Godefroy-Cavaignac (BM11), folded letter to Rives sur Fure postmarked R. St. Honoré, 13 Oct; 20c Napoleon Laureate tied by star "11", backstamped Valence-s-Rhône (17 Oct) and Rives-s-Fure (18 Oct), Very Fine.
Yvert €305 ($410). Maury 11; €450 ($600).
Scott $325.
Estimate $150 - 200

Interestingly, this cover and the Armand-Barbes cover, were mailed a week apart from the same sender to the same addressee, yet both arrived at their destination in the same mail. (Image) 		Scott $325
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1075 BM15 imageFrance, 1870 (Oct. 17), Le Victor-Hugo (BM15), folded letter to Sainte Benoite, with 20c Napoleon tied by Paris October 17, 1870 circular datestamp, backstamped, Fine to Very Fine.
Dallay 15; €450 ($600).
Scott $325.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Scott $325
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

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