Lot No
5981 5982 5983 5984
5985 5986 5987 5988
5989 5990
5991 5992
5993 5994
5995 5996
5997 5998 5999
6000
Cat No
Description France - continued
553-554 1936 South America flight 1Fr50c & 10 Fr -
v.fresh unmounted mint set, unusual thus. (2) Cat. £526 US2 PH Plate 14 ...................................... £195
555-560 1936 Paris International Exposition 20c - 1Fr 50c,
v.fresh mm set. (6) Cat. £65 US2 .............................................................................................. £18
1936 Commemorative issues inc SG 543, 545-552 & 562 all fresh mm. (10) Cat. £132 US2 .............................................................................. £35
1936 cover addressed to the Polish Ambassador in London, franked with Peace 1fr50 and GB photogravure 2½d, cancelled by LE HAVRE slogan cancel. Unusual. US .............................................................................. £13
1936-37 Commemorative issues inc SG 561, 567-573, 578-580, 585, 588-590, & 593-594 all
v.fresh mm. (21) Cat. £104 US2 ...................... £28
1936-38 Unemployed Intellectuals Fund sets SG 563-566, 576-577 & 602-607 all fresh lmm/mm. (12) Cat. £102 US2 .................................... £27
581
1937 PEXIP mini sheet unmounted mint, tiny minor marks on margins on reverse Cat. £550 US2 ......................................................................... £117
586-587 1937 Museums Fund ‘Winged Victory’ 30c & 55c fresh lmm - unusual thus as the stamps were supposedly only available already attached to PPCs! (2) Cat. £220 US2 ...................................................................... £62
MS 581 1937 PEXIP miniature sheet, very fine mint, lightly hinged at top margin, stamps are unmounted. Cat. £250 US3 ................................................ £82
MS 581 1937 PEXIP exhibition miniature sheet, horizontal crease and hint of marginal wrinkling - fresh mm - two hinge-marks in margin, th stamp block is UM. Attractive. Cat. £600 US2 ................................................. £117 MS581 1937 PEXIP min sheet fine mint. Very scarce Cat. £550 US3 .................. £123
586-7 1937 Museums 30c and 55c on special Museum publicity card with special cancel and handstamp, f.u. Cat. £120 US5 ................................ £30 586-7 1937 Museums 30c and 55c, fresh m.m. Cat. £220 US3 ....................... £54 501
1937 90c red ‘Republique Francaise’ postal stationery viewcard (H&G 120) with view in olive ‘No 14 PARIS - Porte Saint-Denis’ used with added 1932 10c bright ultramarine (SG 501) tied by cds. Addressed to UK. US4 ............................................................................................... £12
586-7
1937 National Museums 30c (hinged) and 55c (tiny wrinkle), fresh u.m. Cat. £220 US5 ..................................................................................... £37 1937 Museums Pair m.m. Cat. £220 ..................................................... £90 612a 1938 Ader 50fr, fine m.m. Cat. £140 US3 ............................................. £34 612a 1938 Ader 50fr, gum bends, fresh u.m. Cat. £140 US5 .......................... £25
1938 Commemorative issues inc SG 608-618 & 631 (SG 616 rounded corner)
v.fresh mm. (13) Cat. £130 US2 ................................................ £35
612a
1938 Clement Ader 50 Fr bright blue - a well-centred, fresh lmm example of this elusive stamp. Cat. £140 US2 .................................................... £39
6001 594a-601 1938-39 Tourist issues 90c - 20 Fr
v.fresh mm. (8) Cat. £90 US2 ........... £26 6002
1939 Airmail cover, bears Mercury types, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 40c, 45c, 60c, tied by PARIS VII/
R.CLER c.d.s. Also red rectangular cachet depicting Aeroplane & Transmitter Tower. Back has Bordeaux receiver. Torn flap otherwise clean and pretty. (1 cover) US6 (B) ......................... £11
6003
1939 Commemorative issues between SG 632-658 (no definitives) all
v.fresh mm. (26) Cat. £200 US2 ............................................................ £59
6004 622a & 623 1939 90c red ‘Tomb of Napoleon’ postal stationery viewcard (H&G 108) with view in black ‘PARIS, - Les Invalides’ used with added 1938 15c orange brown and 20c mauve (SG 622a & 623) tied by ANGERS cds’s. Sent airmail to UK with blue & white airmail label on front. US4 ........... £9
6005 594a & 653 1939 65c blue & black postal stationery lettercard with view ‘Provins (Seine-et-Marne) - Port Saint-Jean’ at left (H&G A55, outer perforations removed) used with added 1938 90c carmine on blue and 1939 70c brown lake (SG 594a & 653) tied by ANGERS cds’s. Sent airmail to UK with blue & white airmail label on front. US4 ........................................ £12
6006 628 & 643 1939 65c blue & black postal stationery lettercard with view ‘Le Chateau de Rambouillet (Seine-et-Oise)’ at left (H&G A55, outer perforations removed) used with added 1938 60c red orange and 1939 1f green (SG 628 & 643) tied by ANGERS cds. Addressed to UK. US4 ........................ £12
6007 622a & 623 1939 90c red postal stationery viewcard (H&G 110) with view in violet brown ‘PARIS. La Fontaine Moliere’ used with added 1938 15c orange brown and 20c mauve (SG 622a & 623) tied by ANGERS cds’s. Sent airmail to UK with blue & white airmail label on front. US4 ................... £9
6008 578 & 622 1939 90c red ‘Arc de Triomphe’ postal stationery viewcard (H&G 106) with view in black ‘PARIS, - Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile’ used with added 1937 20c+10c chocolate and 1938 15c red orange and (SG 578 & 622) tied by ANGERS cds’s. Addressed to UK. US4 ........................................ £9
6009 635 & 637 1939 65c blue & black postal stationery lettercard with view ‘Le Palais de Compienge (Oise)’ at left (H&G A55, outer perforations removed) used with added 1939 70c + 50c scarlet and 90c ultramarine (SG 635 & 637) tied by ANGERS cds’s. Addressed to UK. US4 ........................................ £15
6010 508
1940 Cover with manuscript return address ‘Exp Albert Levy, Camp Militaire du Vernet Ariege Quartier a Baraque 30’ on reverse (at this date Camp Vernet had just been commandeered by the Vichy government to be used as a holding camp for unwanted foreign nationals) franked with strip of three & pair 1932 50c rose red (SG 508) tied by PAMIERS ARIEGE cds’s dated 23-7-1940 with large oval ‘CAMP DU VERNET 1A riegel Le Vaguemestre’ cachet in black on front. Addressed to SWITZERLAND with light strike of circular ‘CAMP DU VERNET CENSURE (ARIEGE)’ censor cachet in blue on reverse. US4 .............................................................. £24
6011 6012 625 625
1940 Cover franked with single 1938 30c scarlet (SG 625) tied by straight line ‘OSNY’ provisional cancel in black with ‘-2 NOVE 1940’ date handstamp in violet below. Addressed to PORNICHET with arrival cds on reverse. US4 ......................................................................................... £15
1940 Unsealed cover franked with single 1938 30c scarlet (SG 625) tied by ‘SIETT AU OUT MEUSE 9-10-40’ provisional manuscript cancel. Addressed to PORNICHET with arrival cds on reverse. US4 .................... £15
6013 499, 618a, 6 1940 Cover franked with 1923 3c vermilion, 1938 1c chocolate brown, 2c deep blue green, pair 10c ultramarine & 25c green, 1939 40c+10c scarlet, 70c black on blue and 90c slate purple (SG 499, 618a, 619, 621, 624, 645, 657 & 658) all tied by ANGERS cds’s. Addressed to UK and censored in France with black & white ‘CONTROLE’ censor strip at right tied by oval censor marks. US4 ............................................................. £9
6028
6025 6026
6027 919
1945 6f red orange postal stationery Pneumatic Post lettercard (H&G LA45) used added 1945 4f bright violet ‘Marianne’ issue (SG 920) tied by PARIS 69 R. DE VOUILLE cds’s. Addressed to RUE SAUFROY with various transit and arrival marks on reverse. US4 .............................................. £9 927-935 1945-6 Marianne definitives to 100f m.m. Cat. £49 .............................. £18
920
6029 913 & 921 1946 3f red orange on greenish grey postal stationery Pneumatic Post lettercard (H&G LA44) used added 1945 2f blue green and 5f green ‘Marianne’ issue (SG 913 & 921) tied by PARIS 84 RUE BALLU cds’s. Addressed to RUE SAUFFROY with PARIS 61 RUE LEGENDRE arrival cds on reverse. US4 .................................................................................... £9
6030 6032 6033
1013 1947 UPU Air 500fr, gum disturbance, fresh, part o.g. Also 1949 CITT Air 100f (natural inclusion spot), m.m. Cat. £107 US5 ................................ £15
6031 1009-1013 1947 U.P.U. Congress 3Fr50c - 10Fr plus 500 Fr air stamp
v.fresh mm. (5) Cat. £95 US2 ....................................................................................... £27
1947-68 A large unmounted mint range on stock pages with many useful sets & singles, famous people, good themes, a small amount of duplication here & there but a most useful & clean lot (100’s) Cat. £620 US ....................................................................................................... £151
1948 privately produced Red Cross Charity Maximum Card of aeroplane and parachute, with matching black/red label on reverse, cancelled by Red Cross/Dinard special handstamp, unaddressed, fine. US5 (B) .......... £10
6034 1055-1058 1949 Airmail City views 100 Fr - 500 Fr fresh mm - the scarce 500 Fr is unmounted. (4) Cat. £160 US2 ............................................................. £55
6035 6036
6037 6038 6039
6041
1071a 1949 CITEX exhibition 10 Fr orange-red, fresh unmounted mint example. Cat. £100 US2 ..................................................................................... £35 1059 1949 Paris 1000f fine cds used Cat. £36 US4 ....................................... £10 1059 1949 Paris 1000f fine cds used few nibbled perfs Cat. £36 US4 ............ £8 1059 1949-50 1000f Air marginal l.m.m. Cat. £225 ....................................... £100 1059 1949-50 Air 100fr, fine used. Cat. £39 US3 .......................................... £10
6040 1095-1100 1950 Famous Frenchmen 5Fr - 20Fr one or two slight wrinkling, fine unmounted mint set. (6) Cat. £110 US2 ................................................ £35
1136-7 1951 Red Cross issue - 1951 pair [1136-7] um plus 1954 pair [1232-3] fresh mm. (4) Cat. £46 US .................................................................... £16
6042 1113-1118 1951 Famous Frenchmen 5Fr - 30Fr
v.fresh mm. (6) Cat. £70 US2 ......... £19 6043
1007e 1951 Marianne de Gandon 18Fr carmine fresh um - elusive value. Cat. £29 US2 .............................................................................................. £11
6044 1151-1156 1952 Famous Frenchmen 8Fr - 30Fr
v.fresh lmm set. (6) Cat. £70 US2 ... £19 6045 1185-1190 1953 Sports issue 20Fr - 75Fr
v.fresh mm/lmm. Attractive set. (6) Cat. £100 US2 ............................................................................................ £27
6046 1172-1177 1953 Famous Frenchmen 15Fr - 30 Fr
v.fresh mm set. (6) Cat. £85 US2 £24 6047
6048 6049
6051
6052 6053
6054 6055
1162-70 1953-55 National Industries/Actors issue 6Fr - 75 Fr very fresh mm set. (11) Cat. £60 US2 ................................................................................ £18 1194-7 1954 Air set to 1,000Fr(4) fine u.m. Cat. £477 US3 .............................. £102 1233 1954 Red Cross Fund 15f + 5f m.m. Cat. £19 US4 ............................... £6
6050 1194-1197 1954 Airmail issue - aeroplanes 100Fr - 1,000Fr
v.fresh mm. Scarce. (4) Cat. £475 US2 PH Plate 14 ................................................................ £137
1954 French Industries 1954 issues 25Fr, 30Fr, 40Fr, 50Fr & 75Fr [SG 1166, 1167a, 1168, 1169 & 1170] - epreuves de luxe with security punches and Atelier imprints, very fresh unmounted examples. Most attractive group. (5) US2 ...................................................................... £157 ZSb4 1954 Red Cross booklet, fine and scarce. Cat. £180 US ......................... £62 (1222)
1954 St. Cyr 15fr, imperf ‘epreuve de luxe’ on carton paper, fine unused. US ....................................................................................................... £36
(1223) 1954 Legion of Honour 12fr, imperf sunken impression on ‘epreuve de luxe’, fine and fresh, unused. US ........................................................... £44 1232 1954 Red Cross Fund 12f + 3f m.m. Cat. £17 US4 ............................... £5
6056 1253-1258 1955 Famous Frenchmen 12 Fr - 50 Fr fresh mm set. (6) Cat. £200 US2 £59 6057 1297-1300 1956 Sports - set of four imperforate colour trials in single colours on gummed paper,
v.fresh um. Unusual. (4) US2 ........................................ £59
92
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Lot No
6014
Cat No
Description France - continued
1940 Black on green printed ‘Republique Francaise TELEGRAMME’ telegram form used with PARIS CENTRAL cds inside addressed to RUE LAFAYETTE and sent via the Pneumatic post system with PARIS 2 RUE MILTON and PARIS 83 R. BLEUE cds’s on reverse. Unusual. US4 ............. £12
6015 657 & 658 1940 Cover franked with 1939 70c black on blue and pair 90c purple brown (SG 657 & 658) tied by ANGERS machine cancel. Addressed to UK and censored in France with two strikes of circular ‘CONTROLE POSTAL COMMISSION 1 B’ censor mark on front & reverse. US4 ....................... £9 689 1940-41 Ader overprint 20f on 50f u.m. block of 4. Cat. £200 US ......... £58
6016 6017
6018 6019 6020 6021
6022 780a 780a
1941 Anti-Bolchevist League ‘Russian Bear’ miniature sheet, very fresh um example of this scarce issue. Attractive. Cat. £420 US (image available online only) ....................................................................... £178
1943 ‘National Relief Fund’ issue the set of five in a fine mint strip of five. (SG 780a) Cat. £80 US4 ....................................................................... £29
772a+ 1943 (8th Feb) National Relief Fund complete u.m. sheet of 5 strips, very fine Cat. £40 US ................................................................................... £13
1943 National Relief Pétain strip of three values, fresh um/mm. (5) Cat. £80 US ................................................................................................ £31
1943 ‘Comité de la Liberation Nationale’ set of five [Yvert 1-5], the four lower values fu, the scarce1F50c + 98F50c mm with marginal label. (5) Cat. £70 US ......................................................................................... £22
780a 1943 National Relief Fund se-tenant strip
v.fresh um/mm on two stamps only. (5) Cat. £85 US2 .......................................................................... £24
6023 772a, 1061a 1943-49 Pétain National Relief strip of 4 values & label p lus 1949 Stamp Centenary vertical strip of four stamps and label - both very fresh um. (8) Cat. £29 US ......................................................................................... £13
6024
1944-60 Substantial collection on leaves, very fresh mm or um, largely complete from SG 889 onwards apart from some National Relief sets and one or two others - fantastic starter collection for this period where many stamps are very elusive, especially in so fine a condition. (Qty) Cat. £1220 US2 ..................................................................................................... £329
932/935 1945 ‘Marianne’ high value issue, the set of four fine mint. (SG 932/935) Cat. £23 US4 ....................................................................................... £9
1945 6f red orange postal stationery Pneumatic Post lettercard (H&G LA45) used added 1945 4f blue ‘Marianne’ issue (SG 919) tied by PARIS 22 RUE TAITBOUT cds’s. Addressed to RUE SAUFFROY with PARIS 61 RUE LEGENDRE arrival cds on reverse. US4 .................................................. £9
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