France 1874 Three-Color Double Rate FL Cover Paris to Santiago de Chile
Folded cover, franked with 30c brown pair, 80c rose pair, and 40c "Siege" issue, tied to cover by "26" Paris star of the Gare du Nord, with corresponding c.d.s. (31 Jan), to Santiago de Chile, red boxed "P.P." and blue-two line "Voie de Southampton / Voie de Panama", 80c pair further tied by red London PAID transit (2 Feb), red "25" Chilean tax mark at lower left, denoting the fee from Valparaiso to Santiago, no backstamps, adhesives with chiefly bright colour, small tear at left of 40c, a rare and most attractive entire paying the double rate to the Pacific Coast of South America; with 1998 von der Weid certificate. (Yvert 38, 56, 57)
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France 1875 Ceres 1307 Dijon Bureau de Passe Cover Mulhausen Horseshoe
Folded letter, with contents, franked with 15c bistre and 25c blue Ceres, tied by superbly-struck 1307 "Bureau de Passe" c.d.s. (16 Oct), adjacent Dijon c.d.s. of same-day, oval "BM" (Boite Mobile) and red boxed PD, to Mulhausen, with fine strike of Mulhausen-Elsass horsehoe (Hufeisenstempel) (17 Oct), a beautiful and scarce cover, the Bureau de Passe c.d.s. being particularly desirable tying the adhesives, further complemented by the Boite Mobile usage and horsehoe receiver. (Yvert 55, 60)
PRICE: $395.00
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France 1876 30c Ceres Marseille Boite Mobile to Constantinople Mourning Cover
Folded letter, with black-border mourning contents, franked with 30c brown, tied by black Anchor in dotted lozenge, postmarked with Marseille B.M. (Boite Mobile) c.d.s. (19 Feb), to Constantinople [Turkey], no backstamps, light horizontal filing folds, else fine. (Yvert 56)
PRICE: $195.00
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France 1884 Cette to Port Louis Mauritius Sage Issue Folded Cover
Folded letter, with contents, franked with two 5c, single 25c Type Sage, tied by Cette c.d.s. (30 Jan), to Port Louis, Mauritius, with "Etranger / Marseille" transit c.d.s. (31 Jan) and Mauritius c.d.s. receiver (March), receiver partially cut out from removal of wax seal, else a fine entire.
PRICE: $125.00
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Germany (Occupation of Alsace) 1870 “Franco-Stempel” Stampless Cover Metz
Stampless folded letter, with contents, postmarked Metz (14 Nov), with red "Franco-Stempel" handstamp at lower left, initial "1" crayon tax mark in red over-written "2", to Chalon-sur-Saone, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (22 Nov), Paris TPO transit, light filing folds, else scarce and fine.
PRICE: $265.00
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Germany (Wurttemberg) 1859 4-Times Used Turned Cover 2x 3kr Printings Tubingen
3kr orange-yellow, used in combination with three 1859 3kr yellow-orange, on turned cover used four times; twice from Tubingen to Ohringen and twice from Ohringen to Tubingen, adhesives with the odd fault, but chiefly sound and fine, a dramatic and unusual usage of two different printings, with tremendous visual appeal, scarce and fine; with Thomas Heinrich BPP certificate.
PRICE: $895.00
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