Auction: 13011 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 3051
France
1849-79 a wonderful selection of thirty-four classic entires/entire letters housed in a maroon album, including 1849-52 10c. on entire from Charenton-du-Cher to St. Amand, 15c. on Paris local entire, 20c., large margins tied Tonnes c.d.s. of 4 Jan. 1849 (4th. day of issue) to entire addressed to Les Mas, 25c. horizontal strip of four tied by "295"petit chiffres cancellation of Bayonne on entire to Dax, 40c. tied by "1896" petit chiffres cancellation of Marseille to Paris, 1f. carmine tied by "1818" petit chiffres cancellation of Lyon on entire to Marseilles, 1852-53 10c. on entire from Mur-De-Bretagne to Loudeac, 25c. vertical pair on entire from Paris to Amboise, 25c. horizontal strip of four on entire from Bayonne to Bordeaux, 1853-61 5c. horizontal strip of four on entire from Lyon to Strasbourg, 20c. postal fraud on entire and with "Process Verbal", 20c. from the right of the sheet and with marginal rule on entire from Le Havre to Paris, 10c., 20c., 40c. and 80c. on entire letter from St. Gaudens to Matanza, Cuba, 80c. horizontal strip of three on entire from Paris to Guayaquil, 20c. single used with 80c. strip of three on entire from Paris to New York, 1871 imperforate Bordeaux 5c. used with perf. Siege 20c. on entire from Bourges to Elbeuf, 10c. pair on entire from Bone (Algeria) to Marseille, 20c. type I on entire from St. Paulien to Besancon, 30c. used with perf. Siege 40c. on entire from Villeneuve-sur-lot to Paris, 40c. horizontal pair on entire from Bordeaux to Montevideo, 80c. on entire from Limoges to St. Yrieix, French Colonies Guadeloupe 1871-76 10c. and 25c. on entire to Marseilles, Martinique with 1871-72 80c. used with 1871-76 20c. on 40c. addressed to Paris, 1871-76 30c. and 40c. on entire to Marseilles, etc., generally fine to very fine fine and a most attractive assembly. Photo
Sold for
£9,000