

FRANCE: 1871 (1 SEPT) from JONZAE to Roye franked 1863-70 1c. + 4c. in combination with Ceres 20c. blue tied by GC 1883, unusually further cancelled by GC323? on arrival, Roye arrival backstamp, 1st day usage of new tarif.


FRANCE: 1871 (13 Sept) Internal folded entire franked 1c. + 4c. in combination with 1870 20c. cerestied by GC ‘3210’, TPO and Etampes arrival backstamp, letter slightly reduced, fine combination.


FRANCE: 1871 (21 Sept) Entire sent internally franked 1863-70 1c., 1870 20c. + very scarce 1872 4c. grey Bordeaux imperf (4 good margins) tied by GC ‘204’, Lille dispatch, fine 3 issue combination cover.


FRANCE: 1871 (27 Aprile) Folded cover sent from Marseille to Italy franked Bordeuax 20c blue vertical pair with large margins all round except at base where just touched cancelled FRANCIA / VIA DI MARE, additional strike alongside, Genova arrival backstamp, scarce.


FRANCE: 1871 (6 Sept) Folded wrapper sent internally franked Ceres 20c. blue + 5c. green Bordeaux Report II, state I (large even margins) tied by faint gros chiffres, Toulouse dispatch signed Ceres, Roumet.


FRANCE: 1871 (7 sept) Internal entire franked 1863-70 1s olive-green horizontal strip of 5 in combination with 1870-71 20c blue tied lozenge 1094 large numeral from Compiegne to Montpellier with arrival backstamp, fine.


FRANCE: 1871 (9 SEPT) Internal entire franked 1863-70 1c. + 4c. in combination with 1870 20c. Ceres tied by GC 168. Armentiere dispatch, bordeuax transit and Agen arrival backstamps. Fine combination.


FRANCE: 1871 (9 SEPT) Internal folded letter franked 1863-70 1c.+ 2c. pair in combination with 1870 Ceres 20c. tied by GC 456, fine combination.


FRANCE: 1872 (15 Jan) Folded cover to COSTA RICA franked Napoleon Empire Franc 5c. green (2 pairs - righthand stamps defective), Nap. Empire Francais 80c. (2) + Ceres 40c. (2) all tied by Paris star ‘26’, with dispatch mark and red London Paid transit alongside, France TPO on reverse, horizontal filing crease not affecting adhesives but discoloured, scarce 3 colour 3 issue franking to a very scarce destination.



FRANCE: 1872 (17 AOUT) Folded letter to Italy franked Bordeaux 1c. + 4c. + 5c. + 30c. tied by Gros Chiffres 2240 of Marseille, all stamps with clear to good margins, Italy and French TPO’S plus Civitavecchia arrival backstamps, central vertical crease affecting 1c., splendid 4 colour franking, A. Von Der Weid Certificate.


FRANCE: 1873 (18 JANV) Folded letter to Habana, Cuba franked 1863-70 Laureated 20c. + 80c. tied by Paris star ‘15’ with Paris dispatch alongside and red boxed ‘P.P.’, on reverse LIGNNE B PAQ FR NO 1 cds, taxed ‘2’ on arrival, light central vertical fold, fine.


FRANCE: 1874 (29 JUIL) Entire to Santa Ana, SAN SALVADOR, franked 1871-76 Ceres 25c. (2) + 80c. tied by GC ‘532’. London Paid transit and boxed P.P. both in red alongside, good destination.


FRANCE: 1877 (11 Jan) Carte Postale franked Ceres 1872 1c. + 4c. vertical strip of 4 in combination with Peace & Commerce 2c. green N under U tied by PUY-EN-VELAY cds, Clermont Ferrand alongside, exceptional.


FRANCE: 1878 (8 JANV) Envelope imprinted on backstamp ‘MUSEUM d’Histoire Naturelle’ addressed to Canada franked Peace & Commerce 15c. grey strip of 3 N under U tied by Paris cds’s, London Paid transit and taxed 1½d. in red alongside, Toronto arrival, fine, scarce destination.


FRANCE: 1887 (ca.) Mint 15c. postal stationery letter card with multiple interior advertising in black, complete covering shirts, pianos, chocolate, tobacco, salt, dentistry etc, very small tear in margin only, otherwise fine and fresh.


FRANCE: 1887ca 15c. advertising stationery letter card mint with multiple interior advertising in brown complete including medicine, silk, pianos, wine, run, dentistry. Very fine.


FRANCE: 1888 (29 NOV) Illustrated envelope franked 25c. to Berlin cancelled in Paris depicting humorous hunting scenes with dogs, horses, rabbits etc, some peripheral wear, printed on reverse ‘ENVELOPPPE COMIQUES ILLUSTREES PAR PEPIN’.


FRANCE: 1888 (5 Sept) 15c. advertising letter card o Belgium from Paris uprated 5c. (2), defective due to overlapping, BUMBLIN-FAISANDIER advertising for ladders on reverse, complete interior advertising in blue incl. wine, guns, guano, medicine, pianos etc, fault on reverse.


FRANCE: 1889 (25 Fevr) Advertising 15c. stationery letter card printed Vendue 5c. Centimes addressed internally in Paris, reverse with advertising for Pipes, interior multiple adverts for Rum, Truffles et Foies Gras, Gout Rheumatism, Asthma etc. Missing additional advertising, small faults.


FRANCE: 1894 (Jun) Advertising 15c. stationery letter card printed Vendue 5 Centimes used in Lyon, multiple complete advertising in red covering a wide range of thematics including dentistry, guano, shoes, asthma, wine, pianos, olive oil, chocolate etc, fault on reverse.