388th Auction

1897, Sage 2½ a. + 25 c. on 1a. black on lilac, Type V, fresh colours, tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, extremely fine, very scarce, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 33)

1890/97, valuable used collection, starting with a nice section of forerunners with Sage 1 Fr. block of six (few faults), Sage 5 fr. two singles and horizontal pair, 1897 overprints issue with a wide variety of types including many rare and better throughout like 1897 Mi.-Nr. 19 (x6), together with some scarce gutter pairs, many signed Köhler, Roumet, Scheller, Calves or A. Brun, an attractive lot with high catalogue value

5 a. + 50 c. on 4 a. red-orange on salmon, Type VI Setting L-K-O, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “ZANZIBAR 27 JUIL. 97” to small piece, very fine and extremely scarce, only 24 printed, signed and certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 36e)

1872/1946 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. Forerunners and General Issues, with some duplicates, multiples, gutter pairs and other specialities, some better items throughout with Cérès 80 c. imperforate pair used with dotted “INDE” (Mi.-Nr. 23, signed A. Brun), fine group of Obock with some bisected on pieces, a selection of GC 5080 (Alexandria) cancels on 5 Francs empire and 40 c. Bordeaux, fine section of Reunion, St Pierre & Miquelon, etc., some Fournier forgeries noted, a few values signed A. Brun. An interesting assembly, except for the occasional fault in overall good condition

1856/1940 (ca.), over 120 covers and cards, strength before the 1930s with many multiple and mixed frankings, usages and destinations, noted Senegal with a fine group including Dubois 5c. (x2), 15 c. and 25 c. with blue octogonal “GOREE 23 12 84” to mourning envelope to Brest, New Caledonia with Dubois 25 c. strip of three with “Nlle CALEDONIE NOUMEA 19 AVRIL 89” to envelope to France, fine section of French offices in Asia with large violet circular “CORPS D´OCCUPATION DE CHINE” on franked postcard from “SHANGHAI 22 3 02” to Gibeon in German South West Africa, etc., somewhat mixed condition

1967/78, Collection on 20 Scott Album leaves, mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, very fine

1924/57, Collection on Scott album leaves mint and used starting overprinted issues 1924, largely complete with good part postage due, mostly fine.

1906/44, Collection on 15 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting Ballay set 1906, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due.

1897/75, Collection on 24 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting early overprinted set 1912, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due, additional some Mayotte, Anjouan and Moheli.

1892, Allegory 1 fr. olive/red on yellowish paper, together with additional franking including Forerunner Dubois, each neatly tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO-FRANCAIS AVRIL 1893” to registered envelope endorsed “Par courrier francais”, alongside boxed “R” and red octogonal maritime “LOANGO A MARSEILLE 23 AVRIL 93”, reverse arrival “HAMBURG 13 5 93”, fine and very scarce

1892/94, 6 covers to Germany, some attractive mixed-issue frankings and interesting usages with mail sent via French, Portuguese or German lines, some better items with Mi.-Nr. 4I (pair) and 10 tied by cds. “LIBREVILLE CONGO FRANCAIS 15 NOV 92” to envelope via French ship to Hamburg (Yvert-Nr. 4A, 7ba), etc., except for the occasional fault in overall good condition, a scarce assembly

1936/49, Collection on 21 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting Congo overprinted sets 1936, including good part air mail issues, S/S and postage due.

1892/1952, Collection on 20 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting allegory 1 fr., including good part france libre overprints and air mail issues, complete sets, S/S and postage due.

1941, Paris Exposition 5 fa. with "France Libre" overprint in blue on Souvenir Sheet tied to small piece by "Inde Francaise, Pondichery 21-1-1942" double-circle datestamp, small oil stain at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine, only 775 examples were overprinted and while the unused examples are scarce, we seldom see used examples, signed Roumet

1886/1933, Collection on nine Scott Album leaves, unused and mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, additional few used stamps, very fine

1892/1933, Collection on 17 Scott Album leaves, unused and mint never hinged, from 1913 mainly complete,  including postage due stamps, additional few used stamps in the beginning, fine

1943/58, Collection on 12 Scott album leaves, mint never hinged, starting uprated and overprinted issues, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1906/42, Collection on Scott album leaves, starting General Ballay complete set of 16 (Yv.1-16) unused, later issues including S/S, postage due, mostly fine.

1932, Paris-Noumea Flight  50 c. , unused, lightly hinged, vf, signed Scheller

1921/1944, Collection on 11 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting ‘Territoire du Niger’ overprinted issues, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1891/1964, Collection on 39 Scott album leaves, unused and mnh, starting colonies allegory overprinted issues with multiples, including good part france libre and CFA overprints, air mail issues, many complete sets, S/S and postage due, fine to very fine.

1933/38, Landscapes 15 c. and 55 c., each in imperforated horizontal pair,  mint never hinged, vf (Yvert 130a,136Aa; 890,-)

1922/33, Collection on five Scott Album leaves, mint never hinged, including postage due stamps, very fine

1931/32, CIDNA airmail post labels ‘PAR AVION’, two different booklets, one large size turkish-french bilingual, punched and without labels, with turkey revenues preprinted on reverse, the other small size containing 27 labels (missing 1) in french showing romanian air mail cover of 1931 imprint with tarifs for all countries on the route. The booklets advertise the 1 day flight from Paris, France to Turkey and retour. CIDNA was the name change from 1925 of CFRNA “The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport”. Fine and scarce.

SULINA: "5099", GC in blue, clear on Napoleon lauré 40 c. orange, light bend
 

TULCEA: "5102", GC in blue, clear and central strikes on Napoleon perforated 10 c., 20 c. and 40 c. Small faults, 40 c. re-perforated.

KUSTENDJE: "5139", GC in blue, clear and central on Napoleon lauré 40 c. orange. Light horizontal crease. Signed Calves

GALATZ: "5085", GC in blue, on Napoleon perforated 10 c. bistre, 20 c. blue, 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine, on entire letter, written in Ibraila, with adjacent blue dotted c.d.s. "GALATZ MOLDAVIE 17 MARS 66" via Constantinopel to Athens. 80 c. with small corner fault (backed) and 40 c. light corner crease, otherwise fine and attractive. A rare colour franking.

IBRAILA: "5087", GC in blackish blue, clear on Napoleon perforated 10 c. bistre and 40 c. orange, on letter sheet (2 side flaps missing) with adjacent blue dotted c.d.s. "IBRAILA 26 NOV 65", to Athens, with transit and arrival marks. Little stained, otherwise fine. A rare letter.

IBRAILA: "4009", PC, clear strike on small piece with 1853/54, Napoleon 10 c. and 40 c.

"IBRAILA VALACHIE 6 MAI 58", dotted c.d.s. in black, as arrival mark on lettersheet (two side flaps missing) from Athens, endorsed 'Via Constantinopoli', to Ibraila, taxed with "5" decimes.

IBRAILA: "5087", GC in blue, clear on 2 pairs Napoleon lauré 10 c. bistre, on letter sheet without dispatch mark to Athens, with transit and arrival marks. One stamp with small faults, where applied over the edge of the entire, otherwise fine. A very scarce cover.

"GALATZ MOLDAVIE 20 AVRIL 72", blue dotted c.d.s. on unpaid lettersheet to Constantinopel

"GALATZ MOLDAVIE 18 JUIL 72", blue dotted c.d.s. as arrival mark on reverse of lettersheet from Varna, franked with Napoleon lauré 40 c., tied by blue GC "5103". Fine and scarce. Signed Todd.

"GALATZ MOLDAVIE .. NOV 61", blue dotted c.d.s. on entire letter to Syros, charged with 80 lepta, paid by 1861, Paris printing, 80 l. rose with good to large margins, tied by no. "67". The very thin stationary paper with some ink corrosion, backed by hinges, otherwise very fine. A rare combination letter.

GALATZ: "5085", GC in blue, clear on horizontal pair and 2 singles Napoleon perforated 10 c. bistre, on letter sheet with adjacent blue dotted c.d.s. "GALATZ MOLDAVIE 27 JUIL 67" to Constantinopel. The pair affixed with horizontal crease and one single stamp with small corner fault, still fine and attractive. A rare multiple franking for the single rate.