£220
SUBSTANTIAL SELECTION OF FRANCE & COLONIES 1654-MODERN COVERS, EL's & CARDS ETC.; A carton containing mainly French postal history items identified in packets. includes 1654 and 1785 legal documents on vellum, 1806 newspaper & 1850s carriers' receipts with Revenue hs; 1862 Avignon Assize Court 'Imprints of the new stamps' document with hs & embossed proofs; Early pre-stamp covers 1877-1865 with a variety of marks; large quantity of covers, wrappers & PPCs c.1855-1937 with many early items noted; WWI & WWII Forces mail inc. censored, 1914 Hospital cachet, Regimental cachets, 1937 with Spanish censor, 1953 S.H.A.P.E. pmk; Registered & Express mail from 1898; Airmail covers mainly modern inc. 1928 with British Embassy cachet with contents, 1931 registered PPC with Philatelic Exhibition pmk. & 1946 registered cover with Paris Conference pmk; modern post 1940 commercial covers inc. special cachets e.g. 1949 Postal Museum cachet, 1972 with Jersey Tax stamp, 1962 Pneumatic post; large quantity of modern FDC's, apparently all different. Also a quantity of covers & cards from a variety of colonies inc. 1903 Madagascar PPC with mixed franking, 1936 Pondichery to England; etc. (v. large qty) Cross Reference: MADAGASCAR, FRENCH COLONIES, MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - WWII
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