U.S. and Worldwide; The "Aurora" Collection of R.S.F.S.R.
February 8-10, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #429 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 $525.00 |
 | Lot #430 FRANCE 1849-50 10c bistre, 25c blue and 1fr carmine, each with margins all around, tied by faint small numerals postmark on folded letter paying 1.35fr from Cognac (12 Oct 52), via Paris (14 Oct) and Liverpool to New Orleans, with Boston Br.Pkt (29 Oct) arrival datestamp on front, vertical filing fold through the 1fr, otherwise a most attractive three-color first issue franking Catalog #YT 1,4,6 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #431 FRANCE 1849-50 10c bistre, pair of 25c blue and 2x1fr carmine, tied by light grids on small cover paying 2.60fr from Paris (29 Sep 52), via Liverpool to New York, with Boston Br.Pkt (14 Oct) arrival datestamp on front, stamps more or less touching or slightly cut in at top or sides, fine and impressive three-color first issue franking Catalog #YT 1,4,6 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #432 FRANCE 1849-50 10c yellow brown (2), 40c orange, 1fr carmine (2), all tied by "1460" small numerals postmark on folded letter paying 2.60fr from Guebwiller (2 Dec 52), via Paris (3 Dec) and Liverpool to New York, with Boston Br.Pkt arrival datestamp on front, filing fold and marginal defects affect all the stamps, nevertheless fresh and fine appearing three-color first issue franking, signed Calves Catalog #YT 1,5,6 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #433 FRANCE 1853-60 Empire, 20c blue, type II, bluish paper, tete-beche within a block four, original gum (heavy h.r.), large margins all around, beautiful color, lower right stamp with a faint thin which does not affect either horizontal or vertical tete-beche, fresh and v.f. One of only three 20c tete-beches known (all are unused) including the Burrus block of thirty, a major Classic rarity, with 2007 Calves cert. (YT 14c)  *Catalog #15f Catalog Value €200,000 | Price Realized $70,000.00 |
 | Lot #434 FRANCE 1866 "Empire Francais" Laureated, Barroux die essay in black, value "0", fresh and v.f., rare E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #435 FRANCE 1866 "Empire Francais" Laureated, Barroux die essay in gray black, value "0", fresh and v.f., rare E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #436 FRANCE 1870 Bordeaux, 10c bistre, bottom diagonal half, large margins on all three sides (small scissor cut at left), used in combination with perforated 20c blue, each tied by "3427" large numerals postmarks on folded letter from Solre-le-Chateu (29 Sep 71) to Marquise, with arrival backstamp of Paris a Calais, the next day, some overall ageing, otherwise a fine bisect on cover, signed Miro, Roumet, Calves, with 2009 Calves et Jacquart certificate, Catalog #YT 43A,37 Catalog Value €16,500 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #437 FRANCE 1870 Bordeaux, 40c orange, right half tied by "1140" large numerals postmark on small cover (with letter enclosed) from Fondamente (a small village on the right bank of the Sorgues) to Montpellier, with Cornus (31 Dec) departure postmark below, backstamped (4 Jan 71) on back, fine. The stamp is quite fresh, with ample margins all around, close but well clear at top, cover is signed by Roumet, Calves, with 2009 cert. A great Bordeaux bisect rarity, ex-Seligson, Loeuillet and Walske collections, Catalog #YT 48 Catalog Value €60,000 | Price Realized $18,000.00 |
 | Lot #438 FRANCE 1870 Bordeaux, 40c orange, diagonal half, large margins on all three sides, tied by "2598" large numerals postmark on folded letter from Nancy (11 May 71) to Chateaux-Thierry, with arrival backstamp the next day, filing folds well away from the stamps, fine and rare Bordeaux bisect, signed Calves etc., with 2008 certificate, Catalog #YT 48 Catalog Value €60,000 | Price Realized $19,000.00 |
 | Lot #439 FRANCE 1872 (May 8) FL franked with 25c blue, tied by large numeral "2598", with "Gare de Nancy" 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 #440 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 #441 FRANCE 1931 Pont du Gard, 20fr "chaudron claire", perf. 13 1/2:13, h.r., v.f., signed Calves, * Catalog #YT 262Aa Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #442 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 #443 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 (Maury 834/38 essay de decomposition) E Catalog #616-19P Catalog Value €19,200 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #444 FRANCE 1953 Coat of Arms, six different imperforate, composite die proofs in black, artist signed, fine-v.f., Maury P Catalog #694-99P Catalog Value €2,100 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #445 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., Maury P Catalog #733-39P Catalog Value €24,500 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #446 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 $475.00 |
 | Lot #447 FRANCE 1975 Arphila 75, set of four artist die proofs, v.f. P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #448 FRANCE 1975 Arphila, nine items with cplt set of four imperf. deluxe sheets, also artist die proofs, plus imperf. and gummed souvenir sheet (trial colors), n.h., v.f. P Catalog #1425-29P | Unsold |
