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Europe and Colonies continued...

France and Colonies continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1076 BM30 imageFrance, 1870 (Nov 18), Général Uhrich (BM30), folded letter on Gazette des Absents No. 7 with supplement (referring to a premature armistice hoax) to Frankfurt, Germany, postmarked Pl. de la Bourse, 12 Nov (5:00 p.m.); pair of 20c Napoleon Laureate tied by star "1" and by red boxed "PD", not backstamped, Very Fine, a rare combination.
Yvert €1,995 ($2,670). Maury 30; €3,000 ($4,020).
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) 		Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1077 BM30 imageFrance, 1870 (Nov 18), Général Uhrich (BM30), folded letter on Dépèche-Ballon No. 3 to Rouen; 20c Siege of Paris tied by Sénat cds, 16 Nov, and by star "6", not backstamped, Very Fine.
Maury 30; €1,000 ($1,340).
Yvert €805 ($1,080).
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Yvert €805 ($1,080)
Est. $250-350
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1078 BM38 imageFrance, 1870 (Dec 5), Franklin (BM38), folded letter on Gazette des Absents No. 13 (without supplement) to Martiqué-Briand and forwarded to Montauban, postmarked R. De Clery, 3 Dec; pair of 10c Napoleon Laureates tied by star "24", backstamped Martiqué-Briand (9 Dec) and Montauban (11 Dec), Very Fine.
Yvert €785+ ($1,050). Maury 38.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

image

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1079 BM38 imageFrance, 1870 (Dec 5), Franklin (BM38), envelope to St. Peter Port ("St. Pierre"), Guernsey postmarked R. d'Amsterdam, 3 Dec; 30c Napoleon Laureate tied by star "18", red boxed "PD", backstamped Guernsey (13 Dec); a bit roughly opened at bottom, light foxing at lower right, Fine and exceedingly rare. Apparently the only known cover to Guernsey—not previously recorded.
Maury 38.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000

Maury lists a cover to Jersey at €1,750; Guernsey destination is unlisted in all catalogs . (Image) (Image2)

image

Est. $2,000-3,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1080 BM41 imageFrance, 1870 (Dec 11), Général Renault (BM41), folded letter on Ballon Poste No. 11 to Bordeaux; 20c Siege of Paris tied by Paris (60) cds, 10 Dec, and by partial mute star, backstamped Bordeaux (20 Dec), Fine to Very Fine.
Maury 41; €1,000 ($1,340).
Yvert €1,090 ($1,460).
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

image

Yvert €1,090 ($1,460)
Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1081 BM60 imageFrance, 1871 (Jan. 18), Le Vaucanson (BM60), letter franked with 30c Napoleon Lauré (bottom left corner damaged), tied by numeral 17 grid cancel, with PARIS / A. DU PONT-NEUF / 18 JANV. 71 postmark alongside, addressed to England, with Lille and two British backstamps, clean and attractive, almost Very Fine.
Maury 60; €700 ($940).
Scott $460.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Scott $460
Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1082   imageFrance, 1870-71, Siege of Paris: Pigeon Post, two actual microfilms of official dispatches carried by Steenacker's pigeons, one 30x55mm and holding 16 pages of documents, the other 30x22mm; also a contemporary photographic print of a third microfilm on collodion paper (39x52mm), the last from the "Lafollye" album and not flown; also included are two unused slightly different forms on which a correspondent could answer four "yes" or "no" questions to be microfilmed to be sent into Paris; one of them is pre-franked with an unused 1862 5c Napoleon (Scott 23), Very Fine, a very scarce group.
Estimate $500 - 750

The pigeon post was used to get news of the outside world into Paris during the siege. Homing pigeons were carried out of Paris on the same balloons that carried the mail. Messages from unoccupied France were collected, microfilmed (many on a single piece of film) and placed in capsules attached to the pigeons, which were then released to fly back to Paris. Once back in Paris the microfilms were projected onto large screens from which they were individually transcribed onto forms similar to telegraph forms, and forwarded to their intended recipients. The service began on
September 27, 1870 and formally ended on January 31, 1871. During the four months of the pigeon post's existence, more than a million messages were carried into Paris by pigeon.

P. F. Steenackers was Director-General of Telegraphs and Posts (including pigeons) at Tours, one of the two cities where the pigeons were based (the other being Poitiers). It was Steenacker who saw the value of the microfilm in this endeavor. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1083   imageFrance, 1870-71, Franco-Prussian War: French Prisoner of War, Prussian Fieldpost card sent by M. Vallier, a prisoner of war being held in Silesia, to his parents in Carpentras, informing them of his capture at the Siege of Strasbourg on 28 Sep; datelined Neisse, 20 Oct; blue Prussian Army/Neisse handstamp, Carpentras receiver, 5 Nov; vertical file fold, otherwise Very Fine, scarce.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

image

Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1084   imageFrance, 1870-71, Franco-Prussian War postal history, two Prussian covers and a front: 1). cover postmarked "K:Pr:Feld-Post-Amt, 8. Armee Cps," cds, 7 Dec 1870; 2). cover postmarked Ansbach, 14 Jan 1871, to a French prisoner of war in Magdeburg, backstamped Prussian censor handstamp and Magdeburg cds (16 Jan); 3). registered cover front postmarked "K.Pr. Feldpost-Relais, No. 20", 1 Sep, with blue boxed unit marking.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1085 o 2 imageFrance, 1850, Ceres, 15c green on greenish (2), star dotted cancel, four ample margins, Very Fine.
Yvert 2. Maury 2.
Scott $900.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) 		Scott $900
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1086 o 2 imageFrance, 1850, Ceres, 15c green on greenish (2), mute Paris star cancel, ample to huge margins, Very Fine.
Scott $900.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Scott $900
Est. $250-350
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1087 3 imageFrance, 1849, Ceres, 20c black on yellowish (3), full, never hinged o.g., fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $400 ++.
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) 		Scott $400 ++
Est. $350-500
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
1088 o 7 imageFrance, 1849, Ceres, 40c orange on yellowish (7), dotted numeral cancel "2221" (Nantes), four ample margins, Very Fine.
Yvert 5. Maury 5.
Scott $475.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Scott $475
Est. $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1089 o 9b imageFrance, 1849, Ceres, 1fr brown carmine (9b), pair, bold lozenge cancel, rich color and ample to large margins, Very Fine, 1999 APS certificate as #9, but unquestionably the brown carmine shade.
Scott $1,100.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Scott $1,100
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1090 o 21 imageFrance, 1853, Napoleon III imperforate, 1fr lake on yellowish (21), dotted cancel, four ample margins, Fine to Very Fine, signed Oroszi.
Yvert 18. Maury 18.
Scott $3,250.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) 		Scott $3,250
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1091 o 21 imageFrance, 1853, Napoleon III imperforate, 1fr lake on yellowish (21), clear "DS2" cancel, ample to mostly large margins; small, shallow hinge thin, Very Fine appearance, an attractive example of this rare stamp.
Scott $3,250.
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) 		Scott $3,250
Est. $350-500
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1092 o 28 imageFrance, 1862, Napoleon III perforated, 80c rose on pinkish (28), block of 25, canceled mute Paris stars and red crayon stroke; light creases and perf faults, but a very rare block, otherwise Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1093 o 37 imageFrance, 1869, Napoleon III Laureate, 5fr gray lilac on lavender (37), with rhombus of dots cancel, Very Fine.
Yvert 33. Maury 33.
Scott $825.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) 		Scott $825
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1094 o 37 imageFrance, 1869, Napoleon III Laureate, 5fr gray lilac on lavender (37), Haute-Garonne circular datestamp, Very Fine.
Yvert 33. Maury 33.
Scott $825.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) 		Scott $825
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1095 () 49 imageFrance, 1871, Napoleon III Laureate, 10c on 10c bister, unissued (49), unused without gum, fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 34.
Scott $1,900.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) 		Scott $1,900
Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1096 74a imageFrance, 1878, Sage Type I, 40c red on straw, imperf (74a), corner margin pair, o.g., lightly hinged, lovely example, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, signed Calves.
Yvert 70a.
Scott $550.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Scott $550
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1097 75 imageFrance, 1876, Sage Type I, 75c carmine on rose (75), o.g., clean, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 71.
Scott $950.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) 		Scott $950
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1098 / 133-137 imageFrance, 1902, Mouchon Retouched, 10c-30c complete (133-137), o.g., hinged (25c) or never hinged (30c), clean, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 124-128.
Scott $476.
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) 		Scott $476
Est. $350-500
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1099 / 138-154 imageFrance, 1903-38, Sowers, 10c-1fr complete (138-154), o.g., hinged / never hinged, fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 129//205.
Scott $438.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

image

Scott $438
Est. $250-350
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1100 BK 139b imageFrance, 1903, Lined Sower, 15c slate green (139b), booklet pane of 10, o.g., fresh; small piece of salvage missing lower left, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Yvert 130 var.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

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