Yvert 6, 1849 Ceres 1Fr. dark carmine, with defects (thin on reverse and tear), very good appeal, catalog value Euros 900.
Auction #1828 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: General Winter auction
By: Guillermo Jalil - Philatino
Guillermo Jalil - Philatino Auction #1828 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: General Winter auction
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Lot #623 - France general issues
Sc.21, 1853/60 Napoleon III 1Fr. on fragment used on 10/DE/1853, very rare. An example of average quality, with the 4 margins almost complete and wide (barely touching at lower left), very nice, catalog value US$3,250+
Lot #624 - France general issues
Sc.123, 1900/29 50c. bistre and gray, mint very lightly hinged, VF quality, catalog value US$100.
Lot #625 - France booklets
24 Booklets topic RED CROSS issued between 1953 and 1989 (not consecutive), all unmounted and of very fine quality, Yvert catalog value Euros 740 (approx. US$1,000+), market value US$300/500.
Lot #626 - France postal history
27 Fronts of covers or folded covers, or larger fragments, used in 1850/70s, several with defects, low start!
Lot #627 - France postal history
17 Covers or folded covers used in 1850/70s, very fine general quality!
Lot #628 - France postal history
25 Covers or folded covers used in 1850/70s, very fine general quality!
Lot #629 - France postal history
25 Covers or folded covers used in 1850/70s, very fine general quality!
Lot #630 - France postal history
25 Covers or folded covers used in 1850/70s, very fine general quality!
Lot #631 - France postal history
25 Covers or folded covers used in 1850/70s, very fine general quality!
Lot #632 - France postal history
Last page of a publication in English, sent from BOULOGNE SUR MER to London on 29/AU/1868 franked with 8c., minor defects, very interesting!
Lot #633 - France postal history
8 Covers used between 1881 and 1900, almost all sent to Argentina, some with opening defects, others of fine quality!
Lot #634 - France postal history
Entire letter sent from Lormont to Buenos Aires on 5/DE/1882 by steamer 'Orenoque', franked with 25c., VF quality!
Lot #635 - France postal history
15c. Stationery envelope + 10 stamps totalling the rate of 50c., sent by registered mail to Argentina on 27/AU/1901, VF quality, very colorful multicolored postage!
Lot #636 - France postal history
Cover with free frank for prisoners of war sent from Sisteron to Germany on 3/SE/1915, with violet mark "Depot de Prisonniers de Sisteron - Le Comandant" and datestamps of Sisteron on front and back, VF!
Lot #637 - France postal history
29/FE/1928 First flight Marseille - Buenos Aires by Letecoere airlines, arrival backstamp of 17/MAR, rare!
Lot #638 - France postal history
10/MAY/1930 Paris - Buenos Aires: First commercial flight over the South Atlantic by seaplane of the Aeropostale (pilot Mermoz), with special cachet and arrival backstamp of Buenos Aires 14/MAY, excellent quality!
Lot #639 - France postal history
Cover sent from Paris to Roma on 8/JUL/1930 franked with 50c., it received Italian postage due stamps for 1.70L., very nice!
Lot #640 - France postal history
CRASH MAIL: Special card of the "First non-stop France-South America airmail flight" sent from Marseille on 16/FE/1935, the airplane crashed in Praia (Cape Verde), excellent quality!
Lot #641 - France postal history
AIRMAIL LETTER SENT FREE OF CHARGE FOR PROMOTION: Cover sent from Paris to Buenos Aires on 6/AP/1935 franked with 1.50Fr. to pay for the ground rate, carried by airmail without surcharges, as a promotion for the service, on back it bears a cinderella with explanation cancelled by Buenos Aires arrival mark of 9/AP, only 3 days after being dispatched! Very fine quality, very interesting!
Lot #642 - France postal history
Airmail cover sent from Paris to Guamini (Argentina) on 22/MAY/1936 franked with 12.25Fr., very nice!
Lot #643 - France postal history
23/MAY/1939 Paris - New York: First flight, cover of excellent quality!
Lot #644 - France postal history
7/DE/1946 Paris - Buenos Aires: Flight commemorating 10th anniversary of Jean Mermoz, special cinderella, arrival backstamps, with a vertical crease else VF piece, very attractive!
Lot #645 - France postal history
Airmail cover sent from Amiens to Argentina on 27/NO/1974, franked with 3 stamps, the 2 affixed higher up on the envelope were machine-cancelled, the third one, when it was detected at the train station of Amiens that it was uncancelled, received the straightline mark "80 - AMIENS - GARE", VF quality, unusual!
Lot #646 - France Lots and Collections
Lot of interesting stamps, most mint with gum and fine quality (some can have minor defects), excellent general appearance, Scott catalog value US$300+