Auction Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (27 Oct.). PARIS to YORK (Great Britain). BALLOON "LE COLONEL CHARRAS". Envelope (without text) franked with 10 cts. and 20 cts. (faults) Star cancel and PARIS/R. ST. DOMINIQUE cds. Arrival (4 Nov.) redirected to a new address and charged 1d. (redirection fee). Contrary to regulations the surcharge for redirection was annulled. First recorded cover known for Balloon Post Mail. Faults but a VERY RARE cover.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Oct. 31). PARIS to BOULOGNE SUR MER. BALLOON "LE FOULTON". Entire franked with 20 cts. blue, Star "35" cancel and PARIS/MINISTERE DES FINANCES cds. Arrival (4 Nov.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Oct. 29). PARIS to TOULON. BALLOON "LE FULTON". Envelope (without text) franked with 20 cts. blue Star "15" cancel and PARIS/R. BONAPARTE cds. Arrival (5 Nov.) on reverse. Endorsed "8e CORPS D'ARMÉE" military mail.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 2). PARIS to LA CÔTE ST. ANDRE. BALLOON "LE FERDINAND FLOCON". Entire "LA GAZETTE DES ABSENTS Nº4" franked with 20 cts. blue (contemporary fault) Star "1" cancel and PARIS/PL. DE LA BOURSE. Arrival (8 Nov.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 3). PARIS to LONDON. BALLOON "FERDINAND FLOCON". Envelope with full contents written "the balloon containing muy letter was seized by an unfavourable wind and blown direct to the Prussian side..." sent by Adolphe Smith journalist of "The Times" . Franked with 30 cts. brown Star cancel and PARIS cds. Arrival (7 Nov.). Interesting cover.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 3). PARIS to SAONE ET LOIRE. BALLOON "LE FERDINAND FLOCON". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star "15" cancel and PARIS/BONAPARTE cds. Arrival (7 Nov.).

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (6 Nov.). PARIS to BRUSSELS (Belgium). BALLOON "LA GIRONDE". Entire franked with 10 cts. and 20 cts., Star cancel and PARIS/PL. DE LA BOURSE. On reverse FRANCE/OUEST 3 transit cds. and arrival cds. (9 Nov.). RARE combination datestamps.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 7). PARIS to BOULOGNE SUR MER. BALLOON "LA GIRONDE". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star cancel and PARIS/R. ST. LAZARE cds. Arrival (9 Nov.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 9). PARIS to BEAUMONT DE LOMAGNE. BALLOON "LE DAGUERRE". Entire "LA GAZETTE DES ABSENTS Nº6" franked with 20 cts. blue (contemporary defect) Star "1" cancel and PARIS/PLACE DE LA BOURSE cds. Arrival (28 Dec.).

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 12). PARIS to LOIRET. BALLOON "GENERAL UHRICH". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star "1" cancel and PARIS/PL. DE LA BOURSE cds. Arrival (unclear date) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 24). PARIS to DIJON. BALLOON "VILLE D'ORLEANS". Entire "LA GAZETTE DES ABSENTS Nº 10" . Stamp missing due to immersion (mail recovered by the sea). PARIS/ST. DOMINIQUE without arrival cds. CRASH COVER recovered at Mandal (Norway).

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (22 Nov.). PARIS to TOULOUSE. BALLOON "VILLE D'ORLEANS". Entire franked with two 10 cts. bister with PARIS/R. CARDINAL-LEMOINE cancel. Arrival (12 Dec.) on reverse. CRASH MAIL recovered from the Farm at Tunet (Norway). Signed Goebel.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Nov. 22). PARIS to LA ROCHELLE. BALLOON "VILLE D'ORLEANS". Entire franked with 20 cts. blue, Star "1" cancel and PARIS/PL. DE LA BOURSE cds. Arrival (13 Dic.) on reverse. Very interesting text sending coded messages. CRASH MAIL recovered from the Farm at Tunet (Norway). RARE.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 4). PARIS to AVALLON. BALLOON "L'ARME DE BRETAGNE". Folded letter (without text) franked with 20 cts. blue Star "8" cancel and PARIS/R. D'ANTIN cds. Arrival (9 Dec.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (1-10 Dec.). PARIS to GENEVA. BALLOON "LE DENIS-PAPIN" and "LE PARMENTIER". Two covers sent "CARE OF PATEK PHILLIPE" , the first with a coded message and the second (delayed due to Enemy Action) with an interesting content "we advise London and hope to send you particulars per "Bag"". This was the regular weekly US Diplomatic Bag which General Washburn had exchanged at Sevres Bridge and taken to London to the US Embassy by Prussian messenger. A very interesting pair, an example of Balloon Post use of the US Diplomatic pouch for bullion.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 6). PARIS to NORWICH (Great Britain). BALLOON "LE DENIS PAPIN". Folded letter (without text) franked with 30 cts. brown (contemporary fault) Star "38" cancel and PARIS/R. DES FEUILLANTINES. Arrival (9 Dec.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 16). PARIS to GENEVE (Switzerland). BALLOON "LE PARMENTIER". Entire letter franked with 30 cts. brown Star "35" cancel and PARIS/MINISTERE DES FINANCES. Arrival (28 Dec.), late arrival due to Postal delays from Occupied landing zone.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (De. 17). PARIS to ARNHEM (Holland). BALLOON "LE DAVY". Entire letter (reinforced with adhesive tape) franked with 40 cts. orange Star "15" cancel and PARIS/R. BONAPARTE cds. Arrival (25 Dec.) on reverse. RARE.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 21). PARIS to LONDON. BALLOON "LE LAVOISIER". Entire "GAZETTE DES ABSENTS Nº18" franked with 10 cts. and 20 cts. Star cancel and PARIS cds. Arrival (26 Dec.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 20). PARIS to BRIGHTON (Great Britain). BALLOON "LE LAVOISIER". Entire letter franked with 30 cts. brown with Star "20" cancel and PARIS/R.ST.DOMINIQUE ST.GN.53.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (23 Dec.). VITRY to ARRAS. BALLOON "LA TOURNEVILLE". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star cancel and PARIS/MAISON BLANCHE cds. (RARE). Arrival (4 Janv.) on reverse. Cert. BEHR.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 27). PARIS to BOULOGNE SUR MER. BALLOON "LE BAYARD". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star "18" cancel and PARIS/R.D'AMSTERDAM cds. Arrival (unclear date) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 27). PARIS to CROYDON (Great Britain). BALLOON "LE BAYARD". Entire letter franked with 10 cts. and 20 cts. (fault) and Star "5" cancel and PARIS/R.DE BONDY cds. Arrival (4 Jan) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (30 Dec.). PARIS to HALSTEAD (Great Britain). BALLOON "L'ARMEE DE LA LOIRE". Entire letter franked with 30 cts. brown Star "6" cancel and PARIS/SENAT cds.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870 (Dec. 29). PARIS to CLERMONT L'HERAULT. BALLOON "L'ARMEE DE LA LOIRE". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star cancel and PARIS/* (Levee) cds. Arrival (unclear date) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (January 4). PARIS to ALAIS. BALLOON "LE DUQUESNE". Entire "FORMULE PREIMPRIMER" with stamp missing and PARIS/LA VILLETTE cds. Arrival military mark ARMEE DU RHIN/60 hPS/ST.DENIS. Very RARE.Cert. BEHR.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 9). PARIS to VICHY. BALLOON "LE KEPLER". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue and Star cancel and PARIS cds. Arrival (12 Jan.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 11). PRIS to NORFOLK (Great Britain). BALLOON "LE GENERAL-FAIDHERBE". Entire letter franked with 30 cts. brown with Star "1" cancel and PARIS/PL.DE LA BOURSE. Arrival (20 Jan.) on reverse.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 14). PARIS to BEAUMONT. BALLOON "LE VAUCANSON". Folded letter (without text) franked with 20 cts. blue Star cancel and PARIS/ST. LAZARE cds. Without arrival. This cover crossed the Prussian Occupied Zone, where this item was censored receiving the red crayon mark of the examiner.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 13). PARIS to BORDEAUX. BALLOON "LE VAUCASON". Entire "LA GAZETTE DES ABSENTS Nº26" franked with 20 cts. blue Star "7" cancel and PARIS/R. ST. LAZARE cds. Arrival (28 Janv.). Late delivery due to Prussian censorship.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 17). PARIS to MARSEILLE. BALLOON "POSTE DE PARIS". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star 16 cancel and PARIS/R. DE PALESTRO cds. Arrival on reverse (date not visible).

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 17). PARIS to LES SABLES D'OLONNE. BALLOON "LE GENERAL BOURBAKI". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue with Star cancel and PARIS cds. Arrival (Feb. 1) on reverse. Smuggled mail delayed by censor from Occupied Zone landing.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 20). PARIS to TRIESTE (Austria). BALLOON "LE GENERAL DAUMESNIL". Envelope (large part of back missing) franked with 20 cts. and 40 cts., and Star "18" cancel and PARIS/R.D'AMSTERDAM cds.

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 19). PARIS to DINAN. BALLOON "LE GENERAL DAUMESNIL". Entire "GAZETTE DES ABSENTS Nº29" franked with 20 cts. blue Star "2" cancel and PARIS/R.ST.LAZERE. Arrival (22 Jan.).

✉ FRANCIA. 1871 (Jan. 22). PARIS to BIARRITZ. BALLOON "LE TORRICELLI". Entire letter franked with 20 cts. blue Star "8" cancel and PARIS/PL. DE LA MADELEINE cds. Arrival (1 Feb.) and BAIONNE transit.

✉ FRANCIA. (1870-71). PARIS to LA HAYE (Holland). BALLOON MONTE unidentifed sent to "Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres de S. M. le Roi des Pays Bas" franked with 40 cts. orange Star cancel without text and arrival cds.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870. PIGEONGRAMMES. Despacho Oficial Serie 2ª nº 23 sobre papel fotográfico.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870. PIGEONGRAMMES. Despacho Oficial Serie 1ª del 5 octubre 1870 sobre papel fotográfico.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870. PIGEONGRAMMES. Despacho Oficial Serie 2ª nº 20 sobre papel fotográfico.

✉ FRANCIA. 1870-71. THREE FORMULE AUX DRAPEAUX. Two envelopes and one card.

✉ FRANCIA. FAKE BALLON MONTE. The famous "Simpson" forgery. PARIS to GREAT BRITAIN with fake 20 cts. bister + 20 cts. blue Star cancel and diverse datestamps all fake. Very interesting and rarely offered.

✉ ARGELIA. 1597 (4 Enero). ARGEL a PERA (Constantinopla, Turquía). Carta completa escrita en italiano, lacre de cierre con las inicales "+AC". Pieza excepcional, se trata de la carta más antigua conocida de este territorio en el norte de África controlada en estos tiempos por piratas berberiscos bajo la protección del Imperio Otomano. Cert. TURKISH PHILATELIC FEDERATION.

✉ BENIN. 1895. WHYDAH. GRAND POPO to GERMANY. Cover sent via LOME (German Cameron) with three German stamps of 20 pf. blue tied with LOME/TOGOGEBIET cds. FINE and RARE.

✉ DAHOMEY. 1863 (March 5). Entire letter to MARSEILLE stating that the writer had been made Vice Consul of France for Dahomey & Porto Novo, mailed via British P.O. in LAGOS with Code B datestamp in blue (March 10), via London where 'GB / 1F 60c.' accountancy marking applied in black (April 11) and charged '8' décimes due on receipt in Marseille. A RARE entire.

✉ GABON. 1862. Cover and contents, written from "Handeluku, Tuesday Aug 19, 1862" with contents mentioning '…was away in Gabon and Brother Mackey at the same time up the Muni among the Pangu's...of his detention and the robbery of his boat and goods we fear for his safety...' mailed on arrival in NEW YORK to NEW JERSEY, franked by 1861 3c. rose tied by rare DOTTED PAPER CUT obliterator (Type BN-P4) with NEW YORK cds (Oct 25) adjacent. A RARE and most interesting entire.

✉ FRANCIA. 1824. Carta escrita en la ISLA DE TRÉBÉRON (delante de Brest) en cuarentena por la epidemia de fiebre amarilla procedente de LA GUADALUPE. Circulada a L'Orient con marca 28/BREST. MUY INTERESANTE.

✉ GUADALUPE. 1824. PETIT BOURG a FRANCIA. Marca de entrada COLONIES PAR/LA ROCHELE.

✉ GUADALUPE. 1860 (March 10). Cover and complete original contents with rare ST. ANNE-GUADELOUPE cds of despatch in black; framed P.P. at right and circular COL. FR. ANGL. - AMB. CALAIS A. entry marking (April 1) all on front. Reverse with Paris and Bordeaux cds's. A very scarce Village marking.