U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 22-23, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #562 FRANCE Postage Dues 1859 10c black, unadapted design, imperf. essay (22x18mm), traces of violet handstamp on face, otherwise v.f., rare E | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #563 FRANCE Postage Dues 1859 10c black, unadapted design, imperf. essay (22x22mm), v.f., rare E | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #564 FRANCE Postage Dues 1859 10c black, block of four, hinge remnants and adhesions, v.f. (YT 2)  *Catalog #J3 Catalog Value €200 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #565 FRANCE Postage Dues 1870 surcharged by hand "25" on 15c black, usual margins and cut in at right, tied on FL (Tribunal de Commerce) by Lyon 19 Sept 71 postmark, used locally in Lyon, with arrival pmk, minor surface flaws affecting the lettersheet only, fine and scarce, signed "Ph.Garde" etc., rare,  Catalog #YT 4A Catalog Value €4,600 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #566 FRANCE Postage Dues 1871 60c blue, die proof on thin paper, signed in pen at bottom, fine P | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #567 FRANCE Postage Dues 1881-84 1c-5fr black, also 1fr-5fr maroon, complete set of 17 plate proofs on card, special printing, fresh and v.f., rare P Catalog #J11-28P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #568 FRANCE Postage Dues 1881-92 1c-5fr black, also 1fr-5fr maroon, plus 5c-1fr, apparently the complete set of the 25 different reprints for the 1900 Paris Exposition. These stamps are in issued, but brighter colors with gum applied manually, hinge remnants, fine-v.f., extremely rare, with Behr cert. * Catalog #J11-25,26-28,29/45A | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #569 FRANCE Postage Dues 1881-92 1c black, handstamped "Annule", v.f. S Catalog #J11S | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #570 FRANCE Postage Dues 1881-92 3c-1fr black, plate proofs on card stock, with simulated perforations (sur bristol, dentelure figuree), nine different, fresh, v.f., signed Calves (Dallay 10/20) P Catalog #J13/23P Catalog Value €2,925 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #571 FRANCE Postage Dues 1881-92 2fr black, unused with large part original gum, good perforations, fine, signed Brun (YT 23) * Catalog #J24 Catalog Value €2,000 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #572 FRANCE Postage Dues 1884 5fr violet brown, imperforate single on card stock, with simulated perforations, sheet corner margin single, v.f. These proofs were intended to remain in the reference collection of the French Postal Administration. Only 6 blocks of 25 were printed, one still being kept in the Postal Museum (Dallay 25) P Catalog #J28P Catalog Value €375 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #573 FRANCE Postage Dues 1893 5c blue, 10c brown, 15c green, 30c maroon, 50c brown violet, 60c yellow brown, 1fr brown rose, seven different imperf. plate proofs on card, v.f., rare (60c not issued in this color) P Catalog #J29/40P | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #574 FRANCE Postage Dues 1893 15c green, yellow brown, ultramarine and carmine rose, four different die proofs on thin paper, v.f. P Catalog #J31P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #575 FRANCE Postage Dues 1908-25 Recouvrements, 1c-60c complete, 10c in horizontal gutter pair ("8"), hinge remnants, fine-v.f. (YT 43-48) * Catalog #J46-51 Catalog Value €470 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #576 FRANCE Postage Dues 1908-25 Recouvrements, 50c red, horizontal gutter pair ("O"), fresh and fine, rare (Ceres Milesimes 47/0) * Catalog #J50 Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #577 FRANCE Postage Dues 1908-31 Recouvrements, 1c-"Un Franc", selection of 11 different, affixed on portions of album pages, handstamped "Ultramar" or "Especimen" in violet or gray black, submitted by the Portuguese Post Office on receipt from the UPU in Berne, before sending to one of the Colonial Post Offices, minor flaws, rare S Catalog #J46/68S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #578 FRANCE Postage Dues 1927-31 1c-5fr (surcharge), complete set of lower right "coin date" sheet corner margin blocks of four, l.h. or n.h. (last two n.h.), one 10c single thin (cat. Euro 1.50), fresh, fine-v.f., scarce (catalogue value for singles) ***Catalog #J58-68 Catalog Value €3,276 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #579 FRANCE Postage Dues 1946-55 selection of 16 different die proofs, values to 5fr, printed in various colors and on different papers, six master dies, value tablets blank, some artist signed, mostly v.f., scarce P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #580 FRANCE Postage Dues 1982-83 Insects, selection of 12 artist signed die proofs, various colors, v.f., quite scarce P | Price Realized $450.00 |
