Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6

Occupation stamps Alsace-Lorraine / Okkupationsmarken NDP Elsass-Lothringen 1870: Entire letter from Bischweiler to Elbeuf, bearing the occupation adhesives with normal underprint 'burelage droit', 20 c. blue in combination franking with France Napoléon lauré 10 c. bistre (perf. at right with some irregularities) and Cérès 1871 15 c. bistre, three fresh single adhesives, the 20 c. tied by clear "BISCHWEILER 19 9 71 5-6N." cds, the French...

1928, "Ile de France" Air Post, 10 f. surcharge on 1 f. 50 c. blue, First Day of Issue used on a Registered First Transatlantic Air and Catapult Flight cover, tied by "NEW YORK AU HAVRE" octagonal dated 23 August 1928, used with non surcharged 'Pasteur', 90 c., vertical pair 'White' 5 c. green, and 'Semeuse', 25 c. pair, with the six-line catapult mail special event cachet handstamp alongside, backflap printed "Compagnie Gererale /...

1849/72ca.: Collection on album pages, mostly from Napoleonan Republic on, one number one has been placed among the 10 Centimes Bordeaux, condition is very mixed, there are stamps in perfect condition, but there is also some faulty material. Some nice cancellations, a few covers (several addressed to Switzerland).

1849/1944: Lot on album page, with 5 unused classic stamps - 20 c Ceres black, 25 c Presidence, 5 c, 10 c and 80 c Empire, all with large part og, signed and certicates for 25 c Presidence and 80 c empire; airpost 1927 both values unmounted and souvenir sheet for the French Legion 'Icebear' unmounted too - etc. Yvert = € 11'000+.

1849-1975ca.: Two large stockbooks, one with a 'kind of collection' with quite a lot of better stamps used, in mostly good condition, e.g. up to 1 Franc 'Orphans' (2), other semipostals per 2 or 3 examples. The other stockbook contains duplication arranged a bit randomly, especially the classics are in mixed condition, at the end with airpost labels etc. High catalog value!

1849-2000: Collection in 6 Lindner-hingeless-albums, from the first issue on, various better stamps in fair faultless condition, including a very nice 5 Francs Napoléon. To about 1940 often used, while the more expensive stamps are mostly unused or unmounted. The three prewar souvenir sheets 'Paris', 'Strasbourg' and 'Pexip' are in place; both 50 Francs airpost in used condition. Caisse d' Amortissement, Samothrace are included. From about...

1925-62: Collection unused blocks of 4 in full sets 1942-1958 in 3 exercise books, most are mounted, but mount was used on selvage if available, which was most often the case, so very few mounted, most are in perfect condition, there are 2 large glassines with additional stamps, estimated catalog value about € 5000 for this part. There is a souvenir sheet 'PEXIP 1937' unmounted and the 5 Francs stamp of the souvenir sheet 1925 on registered...

1790/1842c: Selection 13 prephilatelic entire letters, struck in overall clear quality, incl. 1790 NICE to Marseille, 1792 "78 MONACO", An 3 /1792 "ARMÉE DE LA MOSELLE" from Mainz to Paris, 1802 "85 UTELLE", 1803 "85 NICE", 1804 "85 MENTON", 1809 "Arm. d'Italie" Novara to Torino, 1810 "P 33 P MONTPELLIER" on partially paid cover to Udine, Royaume d'Italie,1820 "28 BREST" to Chalons-sur-Marne, Deboursé on reverse and forwarded to Paris, 1828...

1849/52: Lot five covers with 1849 Cérès 20 c. black on yellow or chamois, two examples or pair on double rate covers, 1850 25 c. blue on March 1851 cover, and 1853 Présidence 10 c. bistre on local Paris cover, also Postage due 1859 Lithography 10 c. black type I on unpaid local cover within Bordeaux. The group includes in addition four 1900/36 unused adhesives with 1900 Merson 2 f. violet & yellow, 1929 Pont du gard 20 f. chaudron type...

1851-54: Lot 9 letters first issue, 4 covers with 10 Centimes (number 1), of which one in pair, one single franking 15 Centimes, two letters with 25 Centimes (one with two stamps), 40 Centimes pair from VICHY to SWINDON, Great Britain. 1 Franc, single franking from ST. MARCELIN tornTORINO, Italy. All covers except the 25 Centimes covers are signed Calves. Yvert Euro 10'200+.rnProvenance: Ing. Pietro Provera.rnrn 

1854/60: Selection 31 entire letters / covers with Napoléon imperf. frankings incl. 5 c. green on printed matter entires sent within Lyon, two examples on two local letters, 10 c. bistre on two local covers, pairs on two office to office covers, 20 c. blue type I & II, in total 17 covers showing shade & cancellation interest, one cover with block of four, one with mixed franking Napolèon imperf. & perf., two adhesives each, 40 c....

1863/72: Selection 14 covers / entires / fronts with frankings of Napoléon laureated issues incl. 1 c. olive on printed matter, 1 c. single with two examples of Cérès 1872 on printed matter, 4 c. grey on printed matter, 10 c. bistre pair on office to office cover, 20 c. blue, four single frankings with cancellation interest, one cover with variety 'abeilles', also cover with pair and strip of three to Sweden, one cover with 20 c. blue and two...