Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6

1849/73: Collection, beginning with a page of stamps of the 1st issue, 10 to 1 Franc, the 40 Centimes stamp has been confused twice with the 40 Centimes Bordeaux issue. A huge amount of letters from first issue on including 10 Centimes number one e. g. combined with a 40 Centimes stamp, 20 Centimes Empire on greenish paper, a huge quantity of the 20 Centimes stamps Empire perforated, imperforated an laureated with a good variation of rates, destinations, cancels etc. There is a letter CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE D' ITALIE. There are 5 'Ballon Monté' letters, of which one to LONDON and another to AMSTERDAM, a high franking 1874 with 16x 80 Centimes + 1x 40 Centimes stamps, issue Siège, for a declared value 'Cinq mille neuf cent soixante Francs' on letter LOUDUN to ORLEANS. In total 35 stamps and about 780 letters.