Subasta Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ GUADALUPE. 1868 (april 2). Cover to FRANCE franked by General Issue 1859/65 Eagle 5c. green pair and single 40c. vermilion tied by lozenge of small dots in black with GUADELOUPE / ST. FRANCOIS datestamp in black at lower left. Reverse with LIGNE marking (April 8) and arrival datestamps (April 26).

✉ GUADALUPE. Ce. 5+11. 1872 (May 22). Cover to FRANCE franked by General Issues 1859-65 Eagle 40 c. vermilion and imperforate 1871-72 Ceres 10 c. bistre tied by dotted lozenge in black. Rare GUADELOUPE/ST. FRANCOIS cds at right and reverse with POINTE A PITRE transit (23/5) cds. An unsual mixed issue combination usage. Certificate CALVES (2010).

✉ GUADALUPE. 1872 (May 28). Internal cover to POINTE A PITRE franked by imperforate 1871 Ceres 10 c. bistre brown in a horizontal pair tied by dotted lozenge in black. Scarce GUADELOUPE/MOULE datestamp and framed P.P. at top. A scarce and attractive cover.

✉ GUADALUPE. Ce. 14+22. 1875 (July 16). Entire letter from MOULE to POINTE A PITRE franked by General Issues 1872-77 Ceres 1c. olive green in a marginal horizontal strip of five and single small figures 15c. bistre all tied by dotted lozenge in black with GUADELOUPE-MOULE cds below. Reverse with Pointe A Pitre cds of receipt (same day). A remarkable and rare entire.

✉ GUADALUPE. 1883. Grand Bourg unpaid postage due folded letter to FRANCE, posted from the smaller Island of Marie Galante with a very rare use of the larger size GUADELOUPE/GRAND BOURG (MIE. GTE)/9 FEVR. 83 double-circle cds on entire folded letter, a confirming POINTE-A-PITRE transit of the same date on the reverse, 10 c. black and 40 c. black French postage dues (Yvert #15, 19) tied on arrival in Paris by triangular due handstamp paying double the 25 c. U.P.U. rate, soiling to the back of the cover, very fine. DUBUS records that this rare postmark was used from January 1888 to 1892, this cover establishes that it was used far earlier than that; Ex-Grabowski.

✉ GUADALUPE. 1905. POINTE A PITRE a BASSE TERRE.1 Fr. s. 75 cts. violeta s. amarillo VALOR DECLARADO de 56, 50 Francos, al dorso lacres de marca rectangular con el peso. Muy rara y más circulada en el interior de la Isla.

✉ GUAYANA FRANCESA. 1828. LA ROCHELLE a CAYENNE (Guayana). Marca P16P/LA ROCHELLE manuscrito "Par le Brick le Cesar. Cap. Lagrée. Nantes".

✉ GUAYANA FRANCESA. 1846 (Dec 19). Cover to RENNE endorsed "Par le Mazagran" struck with extremely rare local octagonal framed handstamp PD in black (repeated strike on reverse), straight line GUAYANE FRANCAISE in black at right and OUTRE-MER/ST. MARTIN ILE DE RE entry marking. Reverse with manuscript confirmation of payment and despatch signed by Postmaster. Very rare, only two covers known.

✉ INDIA FRANCESA. Ce. 18+33. 1881 (March 19). Entire letter to BORDEAUX franked by General Issues mixed franking of 1872-77 10c. brown on rose and Type Sage imperf. 15c. grey tied by fine INDE-PONDICHERY cds's in blue. An attractive and scarce entire.

✉ INDOCHINA. 1870 (23 Mayo). SAIGON a LYON (Francia). Circulada con sellos de "Aigle" de 10 cts. bistre (2) y 40 cts. naranja (2) (doble porte), mat. ANCLA y fechador COL.FR./PAQ. FR. N Nº2, circulada a bordo del paquebot "DONNAI". MUY RARA.

✉ INDOCHINA FRANCESA. Ce. 41. 1880 (July 4). Small envelope to FRANCE carried at Military Concessionary rate, franked by General Issues Type Sage 15c. blue tied by rare COCHINCHINE/SOC-TRANG cds with repeated strike below. Octagonal CORR. D'ARMEES-SAIGON in black alongside (July 7). An extremely scarce cover.

✉ LEVANTE: CORREO FRANCES. 1860. TAGANROG a MALTA. Encaminada hasta Constantinopla y circulada por el correo marítimo francés. Fechador PHASE/* estampado en Constantinopla y al dorso PAUSILIPPE/* estampado en Messina. Raro doble paquebot y más en carta procedente de Rusia.

✉ LEVANTE: CORREO FRANCES. 1862. VARNA (Bulgaria) a GÉNOVA. Circulada con sellos franceses de 10 cts. bistre y 40 cts. naranja (2) (Yv. 13, 16), mat. ROMBO DE PUNTOS 5103 en azul y fechador VARNA/TURQ. D'EUROPE. A la llegada marca PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESI. Excelente calidad.

✉ MARTINICA. 1725. MARTINIQUE a BORDEAUX. Encaminada hasta LA ROCHELLE manuscrito al dorso "Par le navire Les Trois Socurs de Bordea, Capue. Mege. Q.D.C.", marca DE.LA ROCHELLE en negro. RARA.

✉ MARTINICA. 1770 (3 Octubre). FORT ROYAL a NANTES. Marca de entrada B/COLONNIES. Muy rara y más con esta excepcional estampación.

✉ MARTINICA. 1821. MARTINIQUE a PARÍS. Marca MARTINIQUE y de entrada COLONIES PAR/BREST. Carta desinfectada, tasada a la llegada con "18".

✉ MARTINICA. Ed. . 1843 (Sept 29). Entire letter from ST PIERRE to village outside BRUSSELS via a plethora of different manuscript rate markings and framed British PACKET LETTER and unframed SOUTHAMPTON-SHIP LETTER and SOUTHAMPTON cds in black; thence to BELGIUM (June 24, 1844) with large red rate DEBOURS ET ETRANGERS handstamp filled in manuscript with amount due. Because of the sum charged the letter was refused by the recipient. Opens well for display. An extraordinary entire and believed an unique usage.

✉ MARTINICA. 1873 (July 11). Entire letter to France at double rate bearing 1871-72 40c. orange on yellowish (2) and 1872-77 5c. green on blue green (two pairs) for 1 franc rate; all tied by MQE lozenge with St. Pierre cds below. Blue St. Nazaire entry mark on front (July 29) and adhesives further cancelled on arrival to prevent re-use. A fine entire. Scott 14,19.

✉ MARTINICA. 1895 (May 30). Military Concession rate cover to PARIS franked by 1892 15c. blue tied by scarce MORNE-ROUGE / MARTINIQUE cds, repeated strike alongside at right and octagonal COR. D'ARMÉES / SAINT PIERRE undated cachet at right. Reverse with Commander's cachet and signature alongside Saint Pierre and Paris cds's. A fine and scarce cover. Ceres 36.

✉ MONACO. 1717 (12 Julio). MÓNACO a SARLAT. Marca "DE MONACO" manuscrita y tasa de 12 sous. Muy rara en fecha tan temprana.

✉ MONACO. 1740 (6 Julio). LIVORNO a MARSELLA. Encaminada vía Mónaco, marca manuscrita "DE MONACO". Magnífica y rara en fecha muy temprana.

✉ NUEVA CALEDONIA. 1870 (December 16). Small envelope to PARIS with Eagles 5 c. pair (rare used in N. Caledonia) + 20 c. blue + 40 c. orange, all with margins in places, all tied (by indentation or to the cover) by mainly very fine Noumea dotted diamonds with fine matching boxed PD and fair to fine 2 ring NLLE CALEDONIE/*NOUMEA* cds alongside, but also unusually also having a fine handstruck "4" (decimes) arrival charge (for the extra Brindisi route charge) cancelled en route; presumably because the Marseille route had just become available again with the raising of the Siege of Paris? Very few covers have been recorded with the Eagle 5 c. value used in New Caledonia. Cert. I.F. BRUN.

✉ NUEVA CALEDONIA. Ce. 32. 1877 (Sept 1). Cover to NANTES franked by General Issues Type Sage 10c. green on greenish, two pairs, tied by NOUMEA datestamps in black. Marseille entry marking in red (Nov 19) alongside and arrivals on reverse. Slight ink stain on one adhesive but a scarce franking.

✉ REUNION. Ce. 7+17. 1874 (March 7). Newspaper Wrapper from ST. DENIS to BORDEAUX franked by General Issues mixed franking 1871-72 1c. olive green pair and 1872-77 Ceres 5c. green on greenish tied by dotted lozenge and REUNION-ST. DENIS cds. Red PD below and octagonal COL. FR. V SUEZ in red alongside. A rare example of the 12 centimes rate.

✉ SENEGAL. Ce. 60. 1876. Cover, probably mailed by serving Soldier in SENEGAL to GRAULHET (France) bearing soldier's concessionary rate franking of 1871-75 ceres 25c. blue tied on landing with MARSEILLE cds (May 8) with superb framed CORR. / DES ARMEES handstamp in red. Reverse with Marseille and Graulhet cds's. A scarce cover.

✉ SIRIA. 1920 (13 Januray). Registered cover sent from HALEP to TUNISIA bearing extremely rare Syria Arabian Government 1 piastre (Scott 49) used together with EEF Palestine British Military Occupation 5 mil. (2) (Scott 8) tied by bilingual octagonal HALEP 8 postmark alongside Ottoman registration cachet.

✉ TUNEZ. 1864 (Feb 21). Entire letter from Tunis with double ring French P.O. despatch cds in black, sent unpaid via Marseille to London (Feb 29) with fine strike of "FR/1F 78c" Exchange marking in black. Charged 6d. due in manuscript. Very rare.

✉ TUNEZ. 1870. TUNEZ a MANCHESTER (Gran Bretaña). Circulada con sellos franceses de 20 cts. azul y 40 cts. naranja, mat. ROMBO DE PUNTOS 5121 y fechador de LA GOULETTE/TUNISIE ambas en azul.

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: BAVIERA. Mi. 3Ia, 4II2, 5dIII. 1857. Registered cover from MUNICH to ROME franked by 1kr. rose-red (2), 6kr. brown and 9kr. green, margins from touched to large, tied by '325' numeral obliterators with MUNCHEN despatch cds below (Aug 13). Crossed through to denote prepayment with italic 'Charge' at right in black. An unusual usage and destination. Most attractive cover. Cert. P. SEM. MUNCHEN a ROMA (Italia). 1 kr. rosa (2), 6 kr. marrón y 9 kr. verde, carta certificada, marca CHARGE, márgenes algo cortos pero muy bonito franqueo tricolor. Cert. P. SEM.

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: HAMBURGO. 1861. VALPARAISO (Chile) a MANILA (Islas Filipinas). Enviada privadamente a Alemania dónde fue depositada al correo en Hamburgo. Marca HAMBURG. TH & T y fechador de entrada en Francia. Circulada vía Marsella, a la llegad tasada con 3 reales y fechador MANILA/ISL. FILIPS. estampado al dorso. MUY RARA.

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: HANNOVER. 1861. LINDEN to FRANCE. HANNOVER blue cds and P.34 entry mark (Van der Linden 2089).

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: PRUSIA. 1868. AACHEN to FRANCE with P.42 exchange mark (Van der Linden 2107).

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: SAJONIA. 1863 (Aug 29). Cover to VIENNA franked by unusual usage of 1863 1ngr. rose red and postal stationery cut-out 2ngr. blue tied by neat DRESDEN cds's. Reverse with Vienna arrival cds. Scarce and very attractive cover. Scott 17.

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. 1865. HADERSLEBEN to FRANCE. Entire with P.D. mark rectified with a label attached above and subsequently TT36 mark, rare used from Schleswig-Holstein letter.

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: TOUR Y TAXIS. Mi. 25, 42, 44. 1866 (Feb). Registered cover from WORMS to MAIDSTONE (UK) franked for double rate with rare usage of 1859 30kr. orange and 1865 3kr. rose-red and 9kr. ochre-brown tied by '163' target handstamps. Worms despatch cds below (15/2) and London registered oval (Feb 16) of transit alongside PRUSSIA / REGISTERED handstamp.Reverse with Maidstone arrival cds. A fine cover with a multitude of rate notations. Certificate PETER SEM (2015).

✉ ALEMANIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: WURTEMBERG. 1867. TEINACH a COMAR (Francia). Entero Postal de 9 kr. castaño reexpedida a HOHWALD con sello francés de 20 cts. azul. Raro franqueo combinado. Cert. K. IRTENKAUF y VON DER WEID.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1796 (13 Octubre). MULHEIM (Renania-Wesfalia) a FRANCIA. Marca DONA ARM. DU NORD en rojo. PRECIOSA.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1806 (20 Febrero). RIED (Germany) to FRANCE. Entire letter with red Nº1/GRANDE ARMEE. VERY FINE.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1806 (28 Diciembre). MAGDEBOURG (Alemania) a SUIZA. Marca Nº 50/GRANDE ARMÉE en rojo.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1807 (9 Julio). SEELFELD (Alemania). Marca Nº9/GRANDE ARMÉE en rojo. Rotura en el frente.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1807 (14 Agosto). MITTELHAGEN, devant STRALSUND (Germany) to FRANCE. Entire letter with black Nº 77/GRANDE-ARMÉE. FINE.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1807 (27 Octubre). BERLIN a PARÍS. Marca Nº 20/GRANDE ARMÉE en rojo.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1808 (20 Abril). FALKENTHAL (Germany) to FRANCE. Entire letter with red Nº22/GRANDE ARMÉE. VERY FINE.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1808 (3 Mayo). FRAISTAT (Alemania) a FRANCIA. Marca Nº 10/GRANDE ARMÉE en rojo oxidado.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1808 (17 Mayo). PRAINSELOZ (Alemania) a FRANCIA. Marca Nº 22/GRANDE ARMEÉ en rojo.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1808 (3 Abril). MALIRSCH (Malrah?, Alemania). Marca Nº 30/GRANDE ARMÉE.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1813 (9 Julio). MAGDEBOURG (Alemania) a BÉLGICA. Marca Nº 22/GRANDE ARMÉE.

✉ ALEMANIA. 1813 (12 Agosto). DRESDE (Alemania) a PARÍS. Marca Nº 19/GRANDE ARMÉE en negro.