Lots 864 - 874, Catalogue of Auction #100 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
FRANCE
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
864  10
1854, small size entire wrapper to Paris, franked by "Repub. Franc." Napoleon 10c bister, cut through at bottom left with nice margins other sides, six-pointed star dots cancellation, fine and scarce, Yvert #9, €1,100
(Ph)
100.00
865  10b
1862, "Repub. Franc." Napoleion 10c bister, re-issued stamp, full OG, LH, VF, expertized by A. Diena, Yvert #9c. C.v. €750
(Ph)
150.00
866    
     Compact Group of Classic Postal History
1846-95, 15 items, including two stampless mailings Lyon-Paris of 1846 and Paris-Caen of 1854, then 12 entire letters or covers bearing various franking and different dotted or circular date stamps, one postcard of 1878 with solo Peace and Commerce 15c lilac from Falaise to Vaux- sur-Seine, nothing very expensive, but nice and well- preserved material, Est. $300-$400
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2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Ph)
150.00
867    253
1932, Port du Gard 20fr red brown, vertical pair of type I, used on air mail cover from Paris to Hanoi via Amsterdam, transit and arrival markings, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200
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(Ph)
100.00
868    254A
1937, Port du Gard, 20fr orange brown, type III (Yvert type IIB) in block of ten (5x2) used together with four other values (3 with perfins) on air mail cover from Paris to Tonkin (Hanoi), postmarked on arrival, some creases, still F/VF and scarce franking, Est. $250-$300
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(Ph)
150.00
869  349
1938, World Cup Soccer Championships, epreuve de luxe 1.75fr dark ultra, size 157x127mm, pre-print at bottom and appropriate punctures, protective paper is attached, no gum as produced, NH, VF, Yvert #396, C.v. €400
(Ph)
100.00
870 **   495 var
1944, definitive stamp, Cockerel 20fr greenish black, top left corner sheet margin vertical imperforate strip of five, "recto-verso" printing (mirrored impression on gum side), full OG, NH, VF, Dallay #643b, C.v. €350
(Ph)
75.00
 
Stamp Booklets
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
871 SB   B274a
1952, Red Cross, 15+5fr indigo, booklet pane of ten, two complete booklets, one with FD cancel in red, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $750 as two unused booklets
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(Ph)
150.00
 
Collections and Large Lots
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
872 SB   185a/968b, B274a, B301a
     Stamp Booklets Group
1923-60, 16 mostly complete booklets (one with missing 4 stamps), including the following panes of 20 - Pasteur 10c green, Sower 20c red violet, 30c dark red, 30c blue, 40c brown olive, Petain 1.50f red brown, Marianne 15fr red and etc., "La Belle Epoque" booklet with pane of 10, two Red Cross Booklets of 1952 and 1955, a few occasional flaws, generally nice and fresh unit, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Yvert C.v. €3,700++
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2, 3, 4
(Ph)
350.00
873  
     International Exhibition in France
1900, 150 poster stamps commemorating historical buildings of country- participants, colors - rose, violet on pinkish paper, blue, brown on white or bluish paper, green on white or creamy paper, neatly arranged on pages, fresh and F/VF, Est. $200-$250
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2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
(Ph)
100.00
874    
     Stamp Exhibitions Post and Maximum Cards
1913-49, 6 items, including Paris Exhibitions of 1913 and 1942, Salon de la Philatelie of 1946 (card and souvenir sheet), 2 maxicards commemorating Centenary of French stamps, fresh and VF, Est. $200-$300
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(Ph)
100.00

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