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The Steven Walske Collection of U.S.-France Transatlantic Mail continued...

1870-71 Franco-Prussian War continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
205 c ImageFRANCE, ALSACE-LORRAINE, 1870, 10c Yellow Brown, 20c Ultramarine (N5, N6). Two of 10c, tied by Muhlhausen Sep. 3, 1871 circular datestamps on folded letter from German-occupied Mulhouse to New Orleans, "Franco" straightline, carried on HAPAG Line steamer Thuringia from Hamburg on Sep. 6, stopping at Plymouth and then arriving at New York on Sep. 19, red New York circular datestamp ties left stamp, bottom 10c stamp defective and 20c stamp small perf faults, Fine appearing and very rare use and routing via North German Direct mail from Hamburg, fully paid direct from Alsace-Lorraine per the Jul. 1870 U.S.-German treaty (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
206 c ImageFRANCE, ALSACE-LORRAINE OCCUPATION, 1870, 20c Ultramarine, Ty. II (N6). Horizontal strip of three, tied by French diamond of dots cancels, Pfaffenhoffen Nov. 5, 1870 double-circle datestamp on cover from German annexed Alsace-Lorraine to Indiana, red "Franco" straightline, "New York Paid All Nov. 19" circular datestamp, reduced at right, Fine overpaid cover from annexed territory in France (only required 50c), also rare cancelled with French markings rather than the replacement German markings normally seen, carried on Cunarder Calabria, arriving Boston Nov. 18 (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
207 c ImageFRANCE, ALSACE-LORRAINE OCCUPATION, 1870, 20c Ultramarine, Ty. III (N6). Three singles, tied by "K.P.R. Feld-Post/Relais No. 25/ 10/12" (1870) boxed datestamp on cover from German-occupied Reims to New York, carried on Inman Line's City of Brooklyn, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Dec. 29" circular datestamp, small cover tear at top, one corner of one stamp affixed over top of cover, Very Fine use paying the 60-centimes rate from occupation area via Great Britain during the Franco-Prussian War (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
208 c ImageFRANCE, ALSACE-LORRAINE OCCUPATION, 1870, 25c Brown, Ty. II, Network with Points Down (N14). Two singles, tied by blue Ober-Sulz Dec. 21, 1870 circular datestamps on cover from German annexed French territory to New York, red "Franco" straightline, red "New York Paid All Jan. 11" (1871) circular datestamp, Very Fine and rare use of the 25-centimes "Burelage Renverse" (Network Reversed) stamps, paying the 50c rate from annexed Alsace-Lorraine via Great Britain during the Franco-Prussian War (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
209 c ImageFRANCE, Montpellier to New York via Switzerland, 1871. Jan. 7, 1871 folded letter from Montpellier, France to New York, privately carried to Switzerland to avoid German occupation, franked with horizontal pair Switzerland, 1867, 25c Blue Green (55), tied by Geneva circular datestamps with Basel backstamp, red New York Jan. 28 circular datestamp, Very Fine detoured use due to the Franco-Prussian War, carried by Inman Line's City of London from Liverpool, accompanied by a similar detoured cover from the same correspondence with 20c and 30c stamps and numerous markings, 30c stamp did not originate but still a useful example for study (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
210 c ImageStrasbourg (Alsace) to New York, 1874. Germany 1872, 1gr Rose, Large Shield (17; Michel 19) tied by "Strassburg" Jan. 16, 1874 datestamp on Deutsche Reichspost post card to New York, carried from Bremen on NGL Hermann on Jan. 17, red "New York Paid All Feb. 2" circular datestamp, Very Fine cover from German-occupied Alsace (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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