1850 1fr red brown, black cancel, margins all around, fresh and fine, signed Brun, etc., with Pascal Scheller certificate (YT 6A)
Cat. Val. €2,700
Estimate: $750
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
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Lot #394 - France
Lot #395 - France
1850 1fr dull orange red, margins all around, good color, uneven in places, but clear and including portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, tied by "2798" small numerals (Sancergues) in dots on large piece, with corresponding 4 January 1854 cds alongside (late usage for the 1fr vermilion), fine example of this popular rarity, with 1954 ("Vermillon Vif") and 2011 Brun certificates (YT 7a, Euro 26,500)
Cat. Val. $17,000
Estimate: $5000...
Lot #396 - France
1853-60 1f lake, neat Paris star cancel, margins all around, beautiful color, v.f. and sound stamp, signed Richter, with 2007 Scheller certificate (YT 18, cat. Euro 3,250)
Cat. Val. $3,250
Estimate: $750
Lot #397 - France
1853-60 1f lake, star cancel, margins all around, brilliant color, fresh and v.f. stamp, absolutely sound, with 2008 Brun certificate,
Cat. Val. $3,250
Estimate: $750
Lot #398 - France
1862 10c bistre, block of four, h.r. at top, centered to right, good color, signed Diena, with his 1991 certificate (YT 21, Euro 10,000)
Cat. Val. $5,750
Estimate: $1000
Lot #399 - France
1870 (2 July) FL from Paris to Moscow, franked with 80c Laureated, Paris departure cds, also violet "Aus Frankreich P.Saarbrucken Franco" and boxed "W.F. 2. Sgr" (due Prussia), Moscow arrival pmks in red and black, fine
Estimate: $500
Lot #400 - France
1870-71 80c rose, block of four, margins all around, beautiful color, h.r. at top, slightly disturbed gum at bottom, fresh and v.f., signed Brun (YT 49)
Cat. Val. €3,500
Estimate: $1000
Lot #401 - France
1871 Commune de Paris, three collateral items incl. green pass dated 19 May 1871; red pass headed "Commission des Barricades", with Ministry of Public Works hs, signed by "Le President de la Commission" (Henri Rochefort); plus invalidated "Governement de la Defense Nationale" dated 15 Dec. 1870 and signed
Estimate: $500
Lot #402 - France
1871 (7 Sep) FL from St. Etienne to Lyon, franked with imperf. 4c and perf. 1c Napoleon and 20c Ceres, all tied by "3581" numerals in lozenge, fine combination franking showing three diff. issues, signed Calves, with arrival pmk
Estimate: $500
Lot #403 - France
1876-78 20c red brown, type I, block of four, l.h., faint gum toning, lower left stamp creased with heavy natural inclusion, otherwise fine (YT 67, Euro 4,000)
Cat. Val. $2,600
Estimate: $500
Lot #404 - France
1877-78 25c black, red paper, type II, block of four, heavy h.r., creases, top left stamp thin, otherwise fine and rare block (YT 91)
Cat. Val. €7,000
Estimate: $1000
Lot #405 - France
1900 50c bistre brown and gray, right sheet margin imperf. single, n.h., light marginal stain well away from the stamp, v.f. (YT 120a)
Cat. Val. $650
Estimate: $250
Lot #406 - France
1900 5fr dark blue and buff, block of four, well centered, top stamps h.r., bottom stamps n.h., v.f., signed Roumet,
Cat. Val. $770
Estimate: $250
Lot #407 - France
1923 1fr Bordeaux Congress, right sheet margin block of four, well centered, top left stamp l.h., other three n.h., miniscule traces of adhesions, fresh and v.f. block, signed Brun and Roger Calves,
Cat. Val. $2,915
Estimate: $1000
Lot #408 - France
1923 1.50fr blue, also 50c Sower, forgeries to defraud the Post Office, the so-called "Faux de Marseilles", gutter sheets of 100, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2018 Calves certificates,
Cat. Val. €10,000
Estimate: $1500
Lot #409 - France
1924 Paris Olympic Games, set of four sheetlets of 25, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT 183-86, Euro 3,950)
Cat. Val. $3,125
Estimate: $1000
Lot #410 - France
1925 Paris souvenir sheet of four, with marginal 3.5.25 exhibition postmark, n.h. and post office fresh, marginal thins, otherwise v.f.,
Cat. Val. $2,850
Estimate: $500
Lot #411 - France
1992 Contemporary Art, Paintings, set of four imperforate sheets of 30, n.h., v.f. (YT 2779-82)
Cat. Val. €6,900
Estimate: $1000
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