POSTCARDS (863) housed in three albums and another album of French Colony Tunisia cards (70), good variety of streets, prominent buildings, monuments, scenic views etc. Good original lot. (933)
Sale #167
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #167
Our next stamp auction will be held on Wednesday 8 December 2021
This auction features 1150 lots and the catalogue is now available.
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Lot #402 - France
1814 printed (262 page) booklet 'Calendrier de la Cour Imperiale de Bordeaux', (calendar of the Imperial Courts) listing advocates, Consuls, Ambassadors, Military Departments etc. Fine condition.
Lot #403 - France
1849-76 duplicated range of classics housed in a stock book & on leaves incl. 1849 25c Ceres, 1853 Napoleons, Perf issues, pmk interest. Mixed condition. (100's)
Lot #404 - France
1853-1940's large quantity of used stamps (duplication) spread throughout a large stock book (1000's) incl. Imperf Napoleons Imperf & Perf Napoleons, Imperf & Perf Ceres, Peace & Commerce, Dues, Blank, Mouchon, Merson, Sower, Pasteur, Fachi Tribe, Peace, range of commems, pmk interest. Mixed condition.
Lot #405 - France
AIRMAIL 31 Oct 1870 Ballon Monté printed wrapper (no contents) with 20c Ceres cancelled by Paris star with c.d.s alongside - arrival c.d.s of 4 Nov, probably flown on 'Le Fulton,' also 1946 balloon post commemorative cover. (2)
Lot #406 - France
1920-24 8f booklet 40c vermilion Sower (without ground) pane of 10 x 2 with Gibbs advert in margin, outer front cover advertising rat poison, SG.DSB21, Yv.194 CI. (1)
Lot #407 - France
1921-81 collection of folded booklets written up on leaves in protectors, noted - 1921-22 1f contains 5c Sower (20), TV. 158-C2, 1923-26 2f contains 10c Pasteur (20), Yv. 170-CI, strength from 1960 onwards with Marianne de Decaris Types Gallic Cockerel, Marianne, Sabine. (65)
Lot #408 - France
1922 Surcharges set to 25c on 1f + 1f & 1926 War Orphans set o.g. hinge remnants, SG.388/394, 450/53. Cat £400. (11)
Lot #409 - France
AIRMAIL 1927 Marseille overprints on 2f & 5f Merson vals - FU on small, clean airmail cover of 1937. Cat £700 as stamps.
Lot #410 - France
AIRMAIL 1928 ‘Ile de France’ catapult service - plain cover with Merson 10f and Pasteur 1f50 with octagonal maritime cancellation (3.9.28) and Boston arrival; also a reverse journey cover (20.8.29) - uprated pictorial 5c envelope printed for the ‘Ile de France’ flight to Paris. (2)
Lot #411 - France
AIRMAIL South America: 1928 plain registered envelope to Argentina with Merson 2f & 10f stamps, Paris machine cancellation; also fine 1935 1st Flight Air France PPC ex Marseille with ‘interrupted flight’ cachet of the Cape Verde Islands. Interesting pair. (2)
Lot #412 - France
AIRMAIL 1929 ‘Dragon de l’Annan’ crash cover - attractive registered envelope to Saigon ex Le Havre franked with Merson 10f & Pasteur 1f50c with special flight cancellation; large cachet ‘RAID INTEROMPU/PAR ACCIDENT/Retour a l’envoyeur’ following the plane crash near Paris on the outward flight.
Lot #413 - France
AIRMAIL 1929 ‘Ile de France’ catapult mail - plain envelope with cachet ‘Transport Aérienne/Catapulte Ile de France/Aout 1929/Pilot Domergue’ addressed to London, Merson 10f & Pasteur 1f50c stamps cancelled by octagonal d/stamp (19.8.29); s/line ‘MISSENT TO NEW YORK’, London arrival mark 31.8.29. Odd light surface mark.
Lot #414 - France
AIRMAIL 1930 1f50c air stamps in carmine & blue, each with scarce ‘EIPA 30’ perfin of the Paris Exhib - both FU with non-exhibition cancellations. Appear genuine - the blue stamp signed on reverse. (2)
Lot #415 - France
AIRMAIL 1930 Paris Airmail Exhib cover with scarce 1f50c blue air stamp ‘EIPA 30’ perfin and exhibition labels (3) all tied by special cancellation. Pretty.
Lot #416 - France
AIRMAIL External flights 1930s - mainly cacheted philatelic first flight covers to USA and Europe incl. attractive item to Switzerland with five colour franking. (13)
Lot #417 - France
AIRMAIL Internal flights 1930's-40's covers many with special cachets for first flights inc. Paris-Nice 1938 (5),1937 Lyon Exhib, 1938 Metz cover with exhibition labels, unusual 1946 Nice cards plus a couple of non-air items. Attractive group. (12)
Lot #418 - France
AIRMAIL 1932 Graf Zeppelin 6th South America flight - plain cover with mixed franking of 10f incl. 1930 air pair ex Strasbourg via Friedrichshafen to Porto Allegre - flight cachet on reverse. Attractive.
Lot #419 - France
AIRMAIL 1938 Commercial registered air cover (small faults) Paris - Brasil with multiple franking of 78f 25c incl. a fine example (one slightly rounded corner) of the iconic 50f ‘banknote’ air stamp: most attractive & unusual commercial use. Cat. £650 on cover.
Lot #420 - France
1946 75th Anniv of Balloon Post vignette M/Sheet on white & cream papers, proofs in brown & blue and a couple of cards unused. (10 items)
Lot #421 - France
1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 & 1963 Red Cross booklets. (5) Cat. £215
Lot #422 - France alsace
ALSACE 1854-61 selection of EL's, franked single & pairs 20c Imperf Napoleon bearing a variety of cancels incl. red boxed 'DEB. LIMIT.' Various shades. (9)
Lot #423 - France alsace
ALSACE 1867-70 selection of EL's bearing Perf Napoleon issues incl. laureated with a variety of cancels. Mostly 20c vals but lot does include some 10c & 20c (single & pairs), plus a page of stamps, some on piece. Mostly fine to VF. (14 + stamps)
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