1866, Coat of arms 8 p. green on ordinary paper, horizontal pair, together with 40 p. lilac on blueis-lilac ribbed paper, fresh colors, all tied by cds. “FREDERIKSHAMN 20/9” to envelope, endorsed “via St. Petersburg”, to Lichtensteig, Switzerland, with arrival mark. The pair in good condition, 40 p. a few short perfs, some light ageing and transport wear, an attractive and scarce entire, certificate Schwenson (2016)

1849/50: Ceres 15 c. dark-green 'vert foncé', two singles, fresh colors and good margins all around, tied by two neat strikes of the “Paris Star” to small 2nd weight folded cover with adjacent cds. “PARIS 8 MARS” to Montagne. The left hand adhesive light vertical file fold and corner crease, one sideflap missing, of exceptional rarity as this stamp was primarily used for the “drop letter” rate within Paris, signed Roumet and certificate...

1849, Cérès 25 c. blue, lovely group of 9 proofs, one on China paper, three on rose paper, five (including an horizontal strip of three) on carton paper of varying thickness (one single with light vertical crease), together with a Granet reprint from 1862, mostly in fresh and very fine condition

25 c. blue, 1862 reprint in block of four, good to large margins all around, unused, a couple of tiny toned spots and a negligible tiny lower right corner crease, still fine, certificate Scheller (2025) (Yvert-Nr. 4d)

1853, Napoleon 80 c. and 20 c. (applied with missing corner), tied to lettersheet from "LA BASTIDE 6 FEV. 60" to Frederikshall, Norway. A register handstamp next to the franking overstamped with boxed "AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT". The franking was not accepted and upon arrival the letter was taxed with "26" skilling. On front transit mark "SVINESUND 15 2 1860". An interesting letter with unusual destination.

1870/71, Bordeaux issue 20 c. blue (Type III, report 2) just touched at right, large margined 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine on rose, all tied by gros chiffres “3176”, (Rocheservière (Vendée)) to registered cover to Nantes, adjacent straight line "CHARGÈ" in red and endorsed as containing 'Milles Francs' at top in manuscript. One flap missing and re-inforced sensibly on reverse, a splendid and rare three colour franking, signed Baudot and...

“LE VILLE D´ORLÉANS”: entire letter with Cérès 20 c. blue tied by dotted lozenge “A.R.A.M” with alongside cds. “ARMÉE DU RHIN 22 NOV Bau AM” and boxed “PP”, sent to occupied territory Versailles, small imperfections of no importance, extremely scarce cancellation, certificate Soluphil (2003)

“LE VILLE D´ORLÉANS”: la Gazette des Absents N°9 with Cérès 10 c. yellow-brown in vertical pair tied by dotted lozenge “A.R.13°C.” and alongside cds. “ARMÉE DU RHIN Bau AL”, sent to Caen with reverse arrival cds., fine. Extremely scarce  military cancellation with this balloon, certificate P. Roumet (1997)

NEWTON, entire letter with lauré 20 c., tied by GC "432" with adjacent "PARIS BELLEVILLE 1 JANV." to Arras with unclear arrival mark

1871, Cérès 25 c. blue, horizontal pair and two singles paying the correct 1 franc rate, neatly tied at sea by the provisional dotted 144 points lozenge (Salles-Nr. 1070) alongside “PD” and paquebot “MONTEVIDEO 11 AOUT 73 PAQ. FR. J. N°3” to envelope to Clermont, re-addressed to Compiègne, endorsed “Par Vapeur français via Bordeaux” (mail on-board of the ocean liner Le Sénégal), reverse transit and arrival cds. “COMPIÈGNE 9 SEPT 73”. The...

25 c. blue, fresh colours, tied by cds “PHILIPPEVILLE ALGÉRIE 27 JUIN 76” repeated alongside with exceptional framed “B. M.” (Salles-Nr. 537) to folded entire to Marseille with reverse arrival cds., very fine, signed Jamet and Scheller, also 25 c. blue tied by dotted lozenge “224(0)” upon arrival to Marseille to folded entire from Philippeville, alongside cds “PHILIPPEVILLE 20 JANV. 76 BAT. A. VAP”, very fine, signed Scheller. A rare duo

25 c. blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by large dotted lozenge “2145F” (Maury-Nr. L7a) alongside cds. “LYON EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 26 SEPT. 72” to folded entire to Epinac, reverse arrival cds. on the same day, one tiny corner perf crease of no importance, otherwise very fine and very scarce temporary office cancellation, signed Scheller