U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #580 FRANCE 1800-32 Military mail, group of 10 FLs, mostly Napoleonic incl. Armee d'Italie, Armee du Rhin, Armee du Nord, Grande Armee etc., mixed condition, good markings, mostly fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #581 FRANCE 1809-12 Occupied Departments in Italy, two FLs, one with red "Directeur de la Police" and black "104 Turin" cachets to Chavari; the other to Crest with black "116 Rome" cachet regarding a conscript serving in Corfu, v.f. | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #582 FRANCE 1852 (Feb 23) FL from Paris to New York, paying 1.50fr with pair of 25c (margins cut in at sides, touching at top) and 1fr brown carmine, large margins all around, v.f., per steamer "Arctic" via Liverpool, with new departure cds and large "5", fresh and fine trans-Atlantic letter, Ceres Catalog #9b Catalog Value € 5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #583 FRANCE 1862 Re-Issues, 25c Napoleon, block of four, unused without gum, bottom left copy with a tiny thin spot, otherwise fresh and v.f.,  (*)Catalog #11a Catalog Value $ 2,250 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #584 FRANCE 1866 "Empire Francais", Laureated, Barroux die essay in black, value "0", fresh and v.f., rare E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #585 FRANCE 1866 "Empire Francais", Laureated, Barroux die essay in gray black, value "0", fresh and v.f., rare E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #586 FRANCE 1869 5fr gray lilac, well centered, cancelled "5104" large numerals in dots (Shanghai, China), small faults as usual, scarce cancel, O Catalog #37 Catalog Value $ 825 | Unsold |
 | Lot #587 FRANCE 1872 FL franked with 25c blue, tied by large numeral "2598", with "Gare de Nancy" 27 Avril, 1872 cds alongside, used in combination with Germany 2gr ultramarine (Scott's No.5), tied by "Avricourt Strasbourg" transit and sent to Alsace, with Buchsweiler (German) arrival pmk on back, fine Catalog #58 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #588 FRANCE 1876-78 Type Sage, 75c carmine rose, sheet margin imperf. single, l.h., v.f. (YT 71a) * Catalog #75a Catalog Value € 700 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #589 FRANCE 1903 two large printer's color sample pages, each showing 13 diff. designs including two for Japan, also for Greece, Malta, Canada, Portugal and Great Britain, one magenta, on thin paper, the other in blue on chalky paper, some tears away from designs, otherwise fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #590 FRANCE 1923 Bordeaux, 1fr claret and olive green, h.r., v.f. (YT 182) * Catalog #197 Catalog Value € 575 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #591 FRANCE 1927 Strasbourg souvenir sheet, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f., * Catalog #241 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #592 FRANCE 1929 Le Havre Exposition, small h.r., v.f. (YT 257A) * Catalog #246 Catalog Value € 875 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #593 FRANCE 1929 Le Havre Exposition, imperf. epreuve deluxe, without glassine overlay, minor creases, otherwise fine (YT 257A) P Catalog #246P Catalog Value € 1,850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #594 FRANCE 1931 Pont du Gard, 20fr "chaudron claire", perf. 13 1/2:13, h.r., v.f., signed Calves, * Catalog #YT 262Aa Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #595 FRANCE 1946 General Le Clerc, two different artist pencil sketches, each denominated "6fr" and signed by Decaris, v.f. E | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #596 FRANCE 1949 Coat of Arms, duplicated selection of 48 (four different) imperforate composite die proofs in black, 12 of each, artist signed, fine-v.f., rare (Ceres 834/38 essay de decomposition) E Catalog #616-19P Catalog Value € 19,200 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #597 FRANCE 1953 Coat of Arms, six different imperforate, composite die proofs in black, artist signed, fine-v., Ceres P Catalog #694-99P Catalog Value € 2,100 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #598 FRANCE 1954 Coat of Arms, duplicated selection of 70 (ten complete sets of seven) imperforate composite die proofs in black, artist signed, fine-v.f., Ceres P Catalog #733-39P Catalog Value € 24,500 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #599 FRANCE 1956 50fr "Pelote Basque", two different artist signed die proofs, one in in green, another unfinished design in black, some creasing at bottom, otherwise fine P Catalog #802P | Unsold |
 | Lot #600 FRANCE 1958 Dr. Charles Nicolle (Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine), printer's inspection proof in sepia (only four printed), v.f. P Catalog #867P | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #601 FRANCE 1974 artist's (Chesnot) watercolor rendering, for the 1974 Chess Olympics in Nice, probably for a First Day Cover cachet, with hs on reverse "Maquette Guarantee Unique par L'artiste Chesnot" and signed by him, v.f. E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #602 FRANCE 1975 "Arphila" imperf. souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. (YT Block 7a) **Catalog #1429var Catalog Value € 500 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #603 FRANCE 1975 "Arphila" imperf. souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. (YT Block 7a) **Catalog #1429var Catalog Value € 500 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #604 FRANCE 1983 Flowers and Trees, complete set of four artist signed die proofs, positive and negative of each (total of eight), various colors, v.f. P Catalog #1870-73P | Unsold |
