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De Montfort Stamp Co
PO Box 6
Scraptoft Leicester
LE7 9ZU
England

Telephone
0116 241 9796
(24 hour answer machine)

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Lots 1433-1507
 
1433
1848 Unfranked entire Montbard to Davos Switzerland rated '9' on front Montbard cds 31 March 1848 on front along with Epinac cds's 3 April¬ additional unclear cancel on rear.. ()
£2.00
 
 
1434
1849-52 Ceres Head 40c orange having four nice clear even margins fine used with large part numeral in diamond grid cancel SG14. ()
£80.00
 
 
1435
1849-52 Ceres Head 20c black/yellowish part margins all side with heavyish grid cancel SG6. ()
£5.00
 
 
1436
1849-52 Ceres Head 10c yellowish bistre/yellowish 4 large to close margins fine used with large part 2572 in dotted diamond cancel SG1. ()
£32.00
 
 
1437
1849-52 Ceres Head 40c orange 3 large margins having large part of grid cancel SG14. ()
£10.00
 
 
1438
1853 Napoleon Head 20c blue five (one 3 margins others 4 margins) plus 1862 20c blue seven plus 1872-74 Ceres Head 25c blue eleven all used between SG51/199. ()
£5.00
 
 
1439
1853-61 Napoleon Head 1c olive-green/bluish 3½ margins fine part red cds used SG42. ()
£12.00
 
 
1440
1853-61 Napoleon Head 80c pale-rose/yellow 3 margins fine used with grid cancel SG71a. ()
£8.00
 
 
1441
1853-61 Napoleon Head 10c brown-ochre/yellowish Die 1 4 nice clear margins small thin very fine used with black 'L' in circle over Napoleon's head SG47.Lot includes 20c dark blue and 40c red-orange x 2 all 3 margins part dotted cancels ()
£8.00
 
 
1442
1853-61 Napoleon Head 80c carmine/yellowish 4 fine even margins unused (no gum) SG67. ()
£15.00
 
 
1443
1856-61 Three entires and a cover condition a little mixed all used within France bearing Napoleon Head 20c blue 3/4 margins with range of postal markings. ()
£4.00
 
 
1444
1859-63 Postage due 10c black type B lightly soiled four large even margins with a couple of small thins with disturbed gum mounted mint SGD87. ()
£3.00
 
 
1445
1860 Commercial soiled entire Paris to Switzerland having red '40' on front with Paris cds dated 10 June 1860 with three Swiss transit marks on reverse. ()
£2.00
 
 
1446
1862 Napoleon Head 1c olive-green/greenish few missing perfs unused (no gum) SG87. ()
£5.00
 
 
1447
1862 Napoleon Head 80c deep rose 2 short perfs with part star shaped dotted cancel SG99. ()
£4.50
 
 
1448
1862-70 Napoleon Head 40c orange tied to small piece by bold strike of 2 in barred oval cancel believed to be of Spanish origin SG119. ()
£6.00
 
 
1449
1863-70 Napoleon Head Laureated type 2c red-brown/brownish-buff fine cds used SG105. ()
£6.00
 
 
1450
1863-70 Napoleon Head Laureatred type 30c deep brown centered high fine used SG117. ()
£6.50
 
 
1451
1863-70 Napoleon Head Laureatred type 30c brown centered left fine used SG116. ()
£3.50
 
 
1452
1863-70 Laureated type Napoleon Head 1c olive-green/green fine cds used rounded top left corner SG103. ()
£2.00
 
 
1453
1863-70 Laureated type Napoleon Head 4c lilac-grey fine cds used large thin at top SG108. ()
£5.00
 
 
1454
1863-70 Laureated type Napoleon Head 2c red-brown/brownish buff fine cds used SG105. ()
£5.00
 
 
1455
1863-70 Napoleon Head 40c orange vertical pair tied to small piece by two line Francia via Dimare black handstamp believed of Italian origin SG119. ()
£7.00
 
 
1456
1870-76 Ceres Head 30c brown x sixteen and 40c orange x two used examples mostly fine cds or dotted cancels odd minor faults SG140/41 & SG205/07. ()
£5.00
 
 
1457
1871 Hand addressed lightly soiled cover to London bearing Napoleon Head 30c brown (centered very high) SG116 tied by Paris dotted star shaped cancel plus small black 'PD' transit mark. Paris cds alongside 12 December 1871 with red London Paid cds. ()
£4.00
 
 
1458
1876-85 Peace & Commerce 75c rose centered right very fine Gubret cds used SG238. ()
£11.00
 
 
1459
1876-90 Peace & Commerce 5c bluish green type 1 plus type 2 1c black/grey 25c bistre/yellow on piece with La Harve A Paris cds 40c red/yellow with Oban cds and 50c deep rose (small surface scuff) cds used SG214¬ 243¬ 263¬ 270 & 272. ()
£3.00
 
 
1460
1876-1900 Four album pages displaying sixty eight Peace & Commerce used stamps (both types) values to 2f most fine cds used including Type I 5c¬ 10c¬ 15c x three 25c x three 30c x three 40c x one 75c x two and 1f x five between SG215/287. ()
£14.00
 
 
1461
1877-90 Peace & Commerce 25c black/deep-red fine used SG262. ()
£4.00
 
 
1462
1879-1918 Three 10c postal stationery cards used to Austria or England plus fifty seven postcards (mix of black and white and colour) thirty four to England one to Italy with rest used within France bearing 'Blanc' type¬ 'Mouchon' type or Sowers various values applied both sides all tied by scalloped edge cancels condition mostly fine. ()
£20.00
 
 
1463
1900s circa Unused black & white postcard showing centre of Le Mans including Post Office. ()
£2.00
 
 
1464
1900 Colour undivided back postcard showing view of Swiss Village at the Paris Exhibition having a Village Suisse Paris cds dated 10 June 1900 applied on picture side used within France bearing on reverse Peace & Commerce 10c black tied by Paris Universal Exhibition slogan flag cancel of same date with Seine-et-Oise arrival cds also applied. ()
£4.00
 
 
1465
1900-06 "Oliver Merson" type 50c cinnamon & lavender small light diagonal gum bend mounted mint SG305. ()
£9.00
 
 
1466
1900-06 'Oliver Merson' type 2f deep lilac & buff fine part cds used SG307. ()
£10.00
 
 
1467
1900-24 'Mouchon' type 20c purple-brown centered high & left unmounted mint SG297. ()
£9.00
 
 
1468
1900-39 Used range of 368 stamps some with heavyish cancels and or light soiling condition a little mixed having a little duplication. Comprises 'Oliver Merson' type to 10f inc 2f deep lilac & buff SG307 x 2 'Mouchon' type to 30c Peace to 1f 75 Sowers to 65c plus many commemoratives inc Pasteur set of 12 between SG293/653. ()
£9.00
 
 
1469
1901-02 10c carmine postal stationery card used to Paris¬ black & white undivided back postal card to England showing Villien Institute with 10c Mouchon affixed plus colour undivided back postal card of Parc du Petit Trianon to Italy with 5c blue-green Blanc type affixed all tied by scalloped edged cancels comprising Versailles A Paris R.D. dated March 1901Pontivy a St Brieuc dated October 1901 and Cousoire A Maubeuge dated March 1902. ()
£5.00
 
 
1470
1901-39 Range of MF (Military Frank) or F (Frank) overprints all used displayed on album page comprising 1901 15c orange SGM309 1903 15c pale -red M314 1904-06 10c rose-carmine x 2 and 15c slate-green M323/24 1907 10c scarlet x 2 M348 1929 50c vermilion M471 1933-39 50c rose-red type I and type II 65c ultramarine and 90c ultramarine SGM516/18 1939 90c ultramarine SGF652. ()
£7.50
 
 
1471
1903 Black & white postcard (rounded bottom right corner) showing Lighthouse and Ships in port at St Raphael used to Nice bearing 'Blanc' type 5c green x 2 on front tied by St Raphael VAR cds 30 November 1903. ()
£2.00
 
 
1472
1903 Sower 25c blue (light soiling on gum) & 1907 35c violet mounted mint SG318 & 345. ()
£5.00
 
 
1473
1903-04 Twenty one different black & white undivided back picture postcards mainly showing views in and around Nice and Saint Raphael locally addressed bearing Blanc type 5c green (some x 2 and some on picture side) tied by Frejus or St Raphael cds's. ()
£9.00
 
 
1474
1910s French produced unused black & white postcard Grave of Napoleon in St Helena. ()
£2.00
 
 
1475
1910s Stapled booklet containing twenty four different postcard relating to La Havre all in fine unused condition complete with interleaving pages with some wear on colour cover. ()
£7.50
 
 
1476
1912-23 Black & white postcard and two covers (one missing backflap) all to England mixed condition bearing 'Blanc' type or Sower stamps tied by location unclear cds's. ()
£2.50
 
 
1477
1924 Black & white postcard of National Assembly Hall used to Paris with Olympic Games 10c green SG401 tied by Versailles Congress Poste cds 13 June 1924 with an additional strike alongside and a purple oval Assemblee Nationale Questure cachet. ()
£4.00
 
 
1478
1925-32 'Oliver Merson' type 10f sage-green & red lightly mounted mint SG431. ()
£18.00
 
 
1479
1929 500th Anniversary of Relief of Orleans 50c blue booklet pane of 10 (5 x 2) from booklet SGCSB1 showing adverts on selvedge of pane stamps unmounted mint with two light stains from mounting on front of advert selvedge SG469 variety. ()
£9.00
 
 
1480
1929-33 Pont du Gard 20f deep red-brown perf 13 centered a little left lightly mounted mint on undated sales card from Brian Reeve Stamp Auction sale 271 lot 157 SG475b. ()
£35.00
 
 
1481
1932-39 Peace 90c scarlet mounted mint SG511. ()
£2.00
 
 
1482
1933 Doumer 75c mauve centered right very lightly mounted mint SG517. ()
£2.00
 
 
1483
1935-36 Liner Normandie 1f 50 light blue fine part cds used SG526a. ()
£3.00
 
 
1484
1937 National Museums 30c green and 55c scarlet each tied to piece of postcard by Paris Musee Du Louve single ring cds dated 21 September 1937 SG586/87. ()
£12.00
 
 
1485
1939 Hand addressed black on blue unstamped Post Office cover used on first night flight Marseille to Paris 25 July 1939 having large purple illustrated cachet for flight applied with Marseille undated purple oval cachet applied along with cds dated 25 July 1939. ()
£2.50
 
 
1486
1940 Black on buff military postal card (no message) addessed within France bearing Overseas Propaganda Fund 1f + 25c scarlet SG661 tied by military camp cds plus red Czec army cancel dated 1 June 1940 with black framed bilingual cachet also applied. ()
£4.00
 
 
1487
1949 French Stamp Centenary 10f (+10f) orange-red cds used with exhibition cds SG1071a. ()
£7.00
 
 
1488
1949 Four identical unused pictorial post cards for French Stamp Centenary each bearing on front Ceres Head 15f scarlet or 25f blue imperf or 'Marianne' 15f scarlet or 25f blue SG1061/63 each tied by Exhibition cds dated 1 July 1949. ()
£5.00
 
 
1489
1949-50 Paris 1000f slate-purple & black/blue vertical pair fine part cds used SG1059. ()
£6.00
 
 
1490
1949-50 Air 1000f slate-purple & black/blue vertical pair fine cds used SG1059. ()
£6.00
 
 
1491
1950 National Relief Fund 5f + 2f reddish purple to 20f + 10f blue top marginal mint set of 6 (diagonal crease on 15f + 6f value) showing colour lathe work in selvedge all lightly mounted in selvedge with stamps unmounted SG1095/1100. ()
£8.00
 
 
1492
1951 Popular Pictorial Art Exhibition St Nicholas 15f value imperf printers sunken die proof (120 x 130mm) colour trial in black (issued stamp multicoloured) on soft white serrated paper having pencil signature of engraver J Pheulpin bottom right corner. ()
£8.00
 
 
1493
1954-59 Gallic Cock precancel 24f blue-green lightly mounted mint SG1201. ()
£4.00
 
 
1494
1957-59 Sens River¬ Guadeloupe Tourist Publicity 100f violet lightly mounted mint SG1356b. ()
£6.50
 
 
1495
1964 PHILATEC 1f top marginal with label attached unmounted mint SG1651. ()
£5.00
 
 
1496
1964 PHILATEX 1f bottom half of miniature sheet margins all sides containing four stamps and four labels unmounted mint SGMS1651a bottom half. ()
£15.00
 
 
1497
1964 PHILATEC 1964 International Stamp Exhibition bottom marginal horizontal strip of 4 stamps and 1 label unmounted mint label with signatures of stamp designers SG1640a. ()
£3.00
 
 
1498
1964 Special colour illustrated folder number 000891 for the International Stamp Exhibition Paris Champs Elysees 5-21 June 1964. Contents include PHILATEC 1964 25c SG1629 1f 25c-30c horizontal se-tenant strip of 5 SG1640a and 1f horizontal pair with labels SG1651 plus bottom half block of 4 of 1f miniature sheet of 8 SGMS1651a all tied by appropriate Paris First day of issue cancel plus top half block of 4 of 1f miniature sheet of 8 tied by Philatelic Paris 54 Grand Place pictorial cds dated 8 June 1964. ()
£40.00
 
 
1499
1965 Launching of First French Satellite block of 4 and 2 labels unmounted mint SG1696/97 ()
£1.00
 
 
1500
1969 Europa 40c magenta and 70c turquoise-blue complete sheets of 50 unmounted mint with both having light vertical toning in left hand vertical perfs and selvedge SG1832/33. ()
£15.00
 
 
1501
1972 Nine illustrated unaddressed single stamp first day covers bearing different stamp all tied by pictorial cds handstamp for date of issue. ()
£3.00
 
 
1502
1972 Commemoratives twenty marginal blocks of three and six marginal pairs all different cancelled to order with part Paris Philatelic cds 2 August 1972 SG cat as used £50+ SG1891 and between 1944/1974. ()
£7.50
 
 
1503
1975 Arphila 75 miniature sheet unmounted mint SGMS2074. ()
£2.00
 
 
1504
1982-89 Liberty 5c myrtle-green to 20c blue-green 40c deep brown to 1f 60 light green1f 80 bright scarlet 2f bright green 2f 30 blue 2f 60 blue 3f chocolate 4f deep carmine 5f turquoise-blue 21 values assumed cheapest unmounted mint SG2444/2478a. ()
£3.00
 
 
1505
1994 Stamp Day 21f 40 Marianne complete unfolded booklet CSB24. ()
£5.00
 
 
1506
1994 Franco-Swedish Cultural Relations 18f 60 complete unfolded booklet CSB25. ()
£5.00
 
 
1507
1995 Philatelic Documents 21 95 numbers 501 to 551 different issues in original plastic wallets (528 in A4 plastic storage page) complete except for numbers 503¬ 517¬ 518 and 519 all in fine condition SG cat £650+. ()
£35.00