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5552 5553 5554 5555 5556 5557 5558
5559
5560 5561
5562 5563
5564 5565 5566 5567
5568 5569
5570 5571
5572 5573
5574 5575 5576 5577 5578 5579
5580 5581 5582
5583 5584
5585 5586
5587 5588 5589 5590 5591
5592
131 131
132 116 109
Cat No
89
Description France - continued
1862 Napoleon 5c yellow-green, hige thin o/w fresh mm example of this elusive stamp. Cat. £300 US3 ............................................................... £44
1862 Napoleon perf 10c (2), 20c, 40c (6) & 80c rose (4) fu - useful group of shades, possible cancellation interest. (14) Cat. £200 US3 ................ £34
1862 Entire letter to FLECHIN with Napoleon 10c brown, cut close in places, numeral cancel 2284? US4 ....................................................... £6
86/98 1862 1c (both shades) and 80c rose, good used or better Cat. £149 US4 ..................................................................................................... £20
91
1862 Napoleon 10c bistre [Yv 21d]
v.fresh mm, possibly re-gummed - most attractive. Cat. £2000 US3 PH Plate 15 ...................................... £341
86-87 1862 Napoleon 1c both shades fu - attractive colour. (2) Cat. £105 US3 ..................................................................................................... £23
1862-64 Perforated issue on inland mail, mainly at 20c rate (11 inc 10c pair) or 10c local rate (2) or 40c double rate - good range of shades & cancellations inc rural post-box and Gare du Nord. (16) US3 ................. £68
1862-66 Perforated issue frankings on covers to foreign destinations at the 40c rate inc 20c (2) to Switzerland or 40c to Italy (2) or U.K., one with ship endorsement, another with rural post-box mark. (4) US3 ............... £34 1863(ca) Napoleon 5c pink envelope essay, some faults but rare US4 ... £29
1863-70 Napoleon laureated 30c brown very fresh lmm - probably re- gummed - most attractive example of this scarce value. Cat. £950 US3 PH Plate 15 ........................................................................................ £170
1863-70 Laureated 4c grey, centred to SW, fresh, fine used. Cat. £85 US ....................................................................................................... £27
1863-70 Napoleon laureated issue 1c - 80c fu inc 1c, 2c (2), 4c (2, one trimmed), 10c A (2) & B (2), 20c A (2) & B (2), 30c (5), 40c (3) & 80c (4, one split) - good range of shades and cancellations. (25) Cat. £513 US3 ..................................................................................................... £82
1863-70 Laureated issue on cover inc 20c (2, inc rural origin), 40c (6 inc pair) to Italy or Spain plus 80c on double-weight item to Italy. Attractive group. (9) US3 ..................................................................................... £68
1863-70 Napoleon laureated 1c (light crease), 2c (corner repair) & 10c (possible re-gummed) [ SG 102, 105, 113a] -
v.fresh-looking mint trio but small faults. (3) Cat. £470 US3 ............................................................. £65
1866 Projet Renard - essays for postal stationery on small pieces as usual - typo design in bistre, blue & orange and two shades of grey-brown, one on tinted background. Scarce. (5) US3 .................................................. £41
1866-68 Railway covers: pair of Els to Paris with 20c stamps cancelled by crisp ‘PQ’ lozenge with Quievrain-Paris cds or ‘PB’ with Bale-Paris cds. Attractive pair. (2) US3 ......................................................................... £21
1869 Napoleon 5Fr lilac grey used, thin, slight crease and perf missing at top, better than usual! Cat. £1100 US2 ................................................ £78
1869 Napoleon 5 francs lilac-grey with variety ‘blue 5 & F’ [Yv.33c], light vertical crease, cancelled by Paris star - very good for this stamp. Cat. £1100 US3 PH Plate 14 ..................................................................... £204
1869 Napoleon 5 francs lilac, badly thinned - of good appearance with full perfs, clear cds cancellation - excellent spacefiller. Cat. £1100 US3 .. £75
1869-70 Laureated issue on covers to Vienna - two at correct 60c rate with 30c (2) or 20c + 40c, the third underpaid at 50c (10c + 40c) - attractive group with surprisingly elusive frankings. (3) US3 ................... £51
175 148
159
182 152 183 136
177
1870 Bordeaux 30c brown shades, 4 margin fu examples, 2 with small closed splits. Attractive appearance. (3) Cat. £750 US3 .......................... £137
1870 Bordeaux 1c bronze on blue - unusually worn impression with much shading absent from face and background - 4 margin, fresh mm. Cat. £180 US3 ..................................................................................... £51
1870 Bordeaux 5c yellow-green, 4 wide margins with
v.light toning to small area of face - o/w fu with GC numeral cancel. Cat. £300 US3 ....... £51
1870 Bordeaux 20c blue shades (all T.III) - 4 margin fu examples. (4) Cat. £90 US3 .............................................................................................. £23
1870 Bordeaux 80c bright rose, 3 good margins, tight at 4th, tiny thin spot - fu example of this attractive shade. Cat. £350 US3 ...................... £68
1870 Bordeaux 2c red-brown, 4 margin (close at L) fresh mm example. Cat. £300 US3 ..................................................................................... £68
1870 Bordeaux 80c rose-carmine, 4 close margins (closed split and thin spot) fu example of this scarce shade. Cat. £475 US3 ........................... £82
1870 Ceres Paris Siege issue 10c yellow-bistre, one pulled perf, very fresh lmm example of this very elusive stamp. Exceptional. Cat. £800 US3 PH Plate 15 ........................................................................................ £204
1870 Bordeaux 40c orange shades all 4-margin fu examples with small thin spots - attractive appearance. (3) Cat. £420 US3 ............................ £68
1870 Bordeaux 10c shades - all with 4 margins, one thinned, fu - useful group. (5) Cat. £500 US3 ..................................................................... £109
1870 Ballon Monte to Switzerland with Laureated Napoleon 30c brown (surface scrape), the cover is a front only, with message on reverse, faults as usual, central repair, scarce item of historical interest, date appears to be 2 Nov Cat. £375 US6 ...................................................................... £75
157
1870 Bordeaux 5c green, neat margins fu but thinned - very good spacefiller. Cat. £200 US3 .................................................................... £30
1870 Bordeaux issue fu values in mixed condition with the odd thin spot, inc (poor) 1c, 5c (2), 10c (2), 20c (6), 30c (2) & 80c - variable margins. Attractive range of shades. (14) Cat. £2000 US4 ................................... £58
162
1870-71 Bordeaux 10c yellowish bistre, lightly cancelled, v.g.u. Cat. £120 US ....................................................................................................... £34
135-142 1870-71 Paris printings of 10c (3), 20c (5) & 40c (5) - good variety of shades, two stamps showing printing from very worn plates - all fu. (13) Cat. £380 US3 ..................................................................................... £82
157 177 182
1870-71 Bordeaux 5c yellow-green, 4 margins close at bottom, v.g.u. Cat. £250 US ....................................................................................... £61
1870-71 Bordeaux 40c orange used, small to good margins, slight thin Cat. £140 US2 ..................................................................................... £16
1870-71 Bordeaux 80c rose fine used, close to large margins Cat. £350 US2 ..................................................................................................... £47
1870-71 Bordeaux 10c (2, 3 + margins), 5c (4 good margins, grease stain at SW corner) and 40c (poor margins), good used Cat. £490 US4 ......... £28
1870-71 Bordeaux issue 20c blue on inland covers, unplated, mainly 4-margin examples with good range of shades (one with filing crease). Interesting specialist lot. (12) US3 ........................................................ £102
185
1871 Ceres 1c oilve-green very fresh unmounted mint example. Cat. £95 US3 ..................................................................................................... £30
68
5621 5622 5623
D213 5620 5616
5617 5618
5619 5615 5614 5613
5611 5612
209
5609 5610
206 5608
5601 5602
5603 5604 5605
5606 187
5596 5597
5598
5599 5600
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5593
5594 5595
Cat No
133 186
Description France - continued
1871 Unissued ‘10’ overprint on Napoleon 10c bistre, thin spot but very fresh mm example of this extremely scarce unissued experimental stamp. Rarely offered. Cat. £2500 US3 PH Plate 15 ....................................... £443
1871 Ceres 1c bronze-green, fresh mm example with large part gum. Cat. £95 US4 .............................................................................................. £22
1871 Postage due: the rare provisional postage due of September 1871 - EL to Rouen ex rural box ‘F’ (
4.September) with 15c due altered in m/s to ‘25c’ [Yv.4b] - a fine, attractive example of this postage due rarity on cover. An exceptional item well known to members of the French Specialist Societies. Beautiful. Cat. £4200 US3 ....................................£1192
D212 1871 Postage due: Cover with 25c black (T.II), 3 margins inc 2 large - fu with Void cds. Fresh & attractive. US3 ................................................... £34
1871 Poland: EL addressed to Warsaw ex Bordeaux at the 90c Russian rate with Ceres 15c & 25c (3) stamps, two with small corner faults; red crayon ‘12’ plus Warsaw arrival cds dated (by the Julian calendar) 9 days before it was posted! Unusual destination/rate. US3 ............................. £34
1871 ‘September’ mixed franking on cover front (rust mark, away from stamps) to Rouen - unusual combination of laureated 1c & 2c pair with Paris issue 20c blue tied by Routot cds. US3 .......................................... £28
1871 September combined franking cover to Rouen with Napoleon 5c green & Paris 20c blue [SG 89 & 137] - attractive. US3 ......................... £41
1871 ‘September’ mixed franking: neat cover with Napoleon 5c green (corner torn before use) & Paris 20c Ceres issue [SG 137 & 89] used early October between Lons le Saunier & Lyon. US3 ...................................... £34
1871 Ceres 2c red-brown on cream - very fresh unused (no gum) example. Cat. £180 US4 ....................................................................... £24
198-199 1871 Ceres 25c blue (T.I) both shades: 198
v.fresh unused (no gum) with thin plus 199 fresh mm (light bend); attractive appearance. (2) Cat. £385 US3 ..................................................................................................... £48
196 186
1871 Ceres 15c yellow-bistre, very fresh unmounted example - possibly re-gummed; attractive. Cat. £550 US3 PH Plate 15 ............................. £137
1871 Ceres 1c bronze-green (centred L) fresh unmounted mint example. Cat. £95 US3 ....................................................................................... £33 187 1871 Ceres 2c pale red-brown fresh mm. Cat. £180 US3 ...................... £44
1871 Provisional mixed franking - 6. September 1871 cover with exceptional franking of Bordeaux issue 5c (4 margins, 2 huge, cat €450+ on ‘normal’ cover) with Paris printing 20c blue [SG 137] on cover ex Arcis to Nimes: very pretty and extremely desirable combined franking. US3 (image available online only) ......................................................... £137
5607
1871-72 Mixed franking pieces with Napoleon perforated 5c green with Ceres 25c blue on small pieces with cds and different cancellations - range of shades. (4) US3 ...................................................................... £21
1871-76 Ceres isssue - fine study of shades inc 5 examples of each of the 1c - 5c values, thin 10c (4) & 15c (4) plus 25c (9 inc scarce T.II), thick figure 10c (4), 15c (5), 30c (5) & 80c (5) - all fu with cancellation interest except one unused 1c and a 4c with a couple of short perfs; attractive specialist lot. (56) Cat. £965 US3 ......................................................... £238
204 1871-76 Ceres 15c yellow-bistre (large figures), slightly toned, fresh mm example of this scarce stamp. Cat. £550 US3 PH Plate 15 ................... £96
1871-76 Ceres 30c pale brown very fresh unused example (no gum) - attractive example of a most elusive value. Cat. £800 US3 PH Plate 15 ...................................................................................... £102
1871-76 Ceres 80c dull carmine very fresh unmounted mint with full gum - possibly re-gummed. Most elusive. Cat. £900 US3 PH Plate 15 .......... £204
1871-76 ALGERIA: Ceres 25c with clear, complete strikes of the GC 5005 of Algiers or 5051 of Oran (latter few trimmed perfs) - plus 40c with Bone 5015 in RED: most unusual. (3) US3 ..................................................... £23
1871-76 Ceres issue - railway covers: scarce courrier-convoyeurs (stations) date-stamps on cover inc (1871) 25c cancelled PAV2 lozenge with ST.DIE/STD-LUN d.s. and railway transits plus (1874) attractive cover with 5c (2) & 15c cancelled by CNP lozenge, with HONFLEUR/
H.LIS d.s. Attractive, scarce pair. (2) US3 .............................................................. £51
1871-76 EGYPT:strip of three Ceres 80c each with crisp strike of the GC 5080 used at the French PO at Alexandria - a scarce multiple with this cancellation; most attractive. US3 ......................................................... £34
1871-76 Ceres issue covers: foreign rate items with range of rates, frankngs & cancellations inc items to Germany (2), U.K., Belgium, USA, Tunisia, Smyrna, Athens (2) & Vienna - mainly with 40c (single or double) but also 30c single and pair, 15c (2) etc. Odd small fault - interesting group. (11) US3 ................................................................................... £102
1871-76 Ceres issue - railway covers: 25c inland covers with different station cds inc Gare du Sud-Ouest, Creil, Somain, Caen, Carcassonne & Limoges plus four further covers with different TPO cancels. Interesting specialist lot. (10) US3 ......................................................................... £68
185-209 1871-76 Ceres issue fu on album page inc SG 185-209 & 211c (190 crease) - good range of shades. (26) Cat. £445 US4 .............................. £58
1871-76 Cancellations: Ceres issue with cancellation interest inc maritime ‘anchor’ lozenge on 25c & 40c (2), 80c with paquebot ‘Ligne N’ cds, Spanish circular cancels on 40c (2) & 80c. Unusual lot. (7) US3 ...... £34
1871-76 Ceres issue - cancellations: 1c & 2c (2) with typographic (newspaper) cancellations, six different values 1c - 80c with red IMPRIMES cds plus 2c (2) with cds cancels; odd small fault but an interesting group. (11) US3 .............................................................................................. £30
1871-76 Ceres issue covers: inland rate items inc September 1871 combined franking with 5c Napoleon, 15c local cover, 25c (4 inc ‘OR’ item) & 40c double rate (15c & 25c); also four precurser postcards with 10c (2) or 15c (2) stamps. Cancellation interest inc town post-box & Joigny station cds. (10) US3 .................................................................. £82
1871-78 Postage due: square format 30c black, 4 margins (hint of thin spot to one margin) fu. Cat. £180 US3 ................................................. £37
D212 1871-78 Postage due: square format 25c black (T.I), 4 margins fu example. Cat. £70 US3 ......................................................................... £17
1872 U.S.A. - Mixed franking small mourning cover to New York with Napoleon laureated 80c & Ceres Siege 40c ex St Germain en Laye - cancelled by scarce re-allocation of PC3638 (ex Villeurbanne); London transit, US 2c charge mark. Attractive and unusual. US3 ........................ £41
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