EUROPE AND COLONIES: FranceOther Postal History246246 France, 1868, folded let ter from Le Havre to Trin i dad (36), franked with 80c rose per fo rated Na po leonIII is sue, pre pay ing the sin gle-weight let ter rate to Trin i dad, stamp tied by “1769” loz enge, ad ja cent Le Havre May16, 1868 cir cu lar datestamp, red “PD” mark ing & Lon don tran sit, backstamped re ceiv ing post mark, F.-V.F., scarcedes ti na tion. Estimate $200 - 300247 France, 1870, folded let ter from Mar seille to Jacmel, Haiti (36), franked with 80c rose per fo rated Na -po leon III is sue, pre pay ing the sin gle-weight let ter rate to Haiti, stamp tied by “2240” loz enge, ad ja cent Mar seilleApr. 14, 1870 cir cu lar datestamp, red “PD” mark ing & Lon don tran sit, backstamped Mar seille-Paris rail road post -mark, F.-V.F., scarce des ti na tion. Estimate $200 - 300247248 249248 France, 1870, Bor deaux, 80c rose on pink ish and Siege of Paris, 20c dull blue on blu ish, pair (48,57), tied on cover by nu meral “1441” star can cels and red PAID Lon don tran sit cir cu lar datestamp, ad ja cent EtoileJul. 23, 1871 dis patch & re ceiv ing datestamps, plus “2/ CENTS” & “PD” framed handstamps, ad dressed to SanFran cisco, with two French rail road post marks on re verse; cover and stamps with few faults, oth er wise F.-V.F., ascarce trans at lan tic cover; signed Calves. Maury 37, 49. Estimate $250 - 350249 () France, 1870, Siege of Paris, 10c bister on yel low ish, bi sected (54b), tied on ad dress panel with 20cby nu meral “3422” can cels, ad ja cent Solesmes 1871 dou ble-cir cle datestamp, ad dressed to Bor deaux; light filefold af fect ing ad he sives, oth er wise F.-V.F., a rare piece of postal his tory, ex Blenis; signed Calves with pho to copyfrom 1994 auc tion cat a log with de scrip tion, Calves em bossed seal & sig na ture. Maury 36 tc; €6,250 ($8,190). Scott$5,000. Estimate $800 - 1,20056 <strong>Daniel</strong> F. <strong>Kelleher</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> <strong>LLC</strong> info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 638 - Aug. 19, 2013
EUROPE AND COLONIES: France250 France, 1874, let ter from Paris to Castelsarrasin (37,58), ad dress panel franked with 5fr x2 gray Na po -leon III & 25c two hor i zon tal pairs + ver ti cal pair blue Ceres per fo rated is sues, pre pay ing the de clared-value rate,stamps tied by mul ti ple “1” stars of dots can cels, plus red Oct. 23, 1874 rect an gu lar handstamp ty ing 5fr stamp &25c pair; 5fr stamp with faults, Fine, a rare frank ing. Yvert 33,60C. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500Stamps251 Ex 252251 a France, 1869, Na po leon III Lau re ate, 10c bister on yel low ish, type II (32), block of 4, o.g., hinge rem -nants, nice color; small, faint tone spots bot tom stamps, oth er wise F.-V.F. Scott $1,300+. Estimate $350 - 500252 () France, 1900, Mouchon, 15c or ange, im per fo rate pairs & blocks (117a), com pris ing three hor i zon talpairs, and two bot tom mar gin blocks of four, with out gum, Very Fine. Yvert 117c; €3,850 ($5,040). Scott $1,960 asun used, no gum. Estimate $350 - 500<strong>Daniel</strong> F. <strong>Kelleher</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> <strong>LLC</strong> www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 638 - Aug. 19, 2013 57