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FRANCE: 2011 COVER USING ILLEGAL STAMP.

2011 cover with a monochrome print of Yv 2231 4fr Vermeer stamp from Document Philatelique postally used illegally and cancelled by a partial VILLIERS - SOUS - GREZ postmark dated 4.6.2011.

Reference: 183H
GB - LONDON: 1867 ENTIRE LETTER TO FRANCE.

1867 entire letter to Bordeaux with a 4d vermilion (SG 94 plate 8) cancelled by a partial LONDON EC 74 duplex dated 18.JY.67 and there is a PD mark and an ANGL AMB CALAIS mark. On the reverse two poor BORDEAUX marks.

Reference: 177H
GB - LONDON: 1869 ENTIRE LETTER TO FRANCE.

1869 entire letter to Bordeaux with two 4d bight vermilion (SG 94 plate 11) cancelled by partial LONDON EC 72 duplex postmarks dated 27.SP.69. There is also a partial PD mark, an ANGL AMB CALAIS and on the reverse there are various BORDEAUX postmarks.

Reference: 176H
SWITZERLAND - UNITED NATIONS: 1957 COVER REDIRECTED TO FRANCE WITH FRENCH POSTAGE DUES.

1957 European Office of the United Nations cover sent within Geneva and redirected to St.Maur-des-Fosses. The UN stamp is cancelled by a partial GENEVE NATIONS UNIES postmark dated 27.IX.57 and there is a GENEVE DISTR. LETTRES postmark dated 28.IX.57 and a "T" mark. The French postage dues are cancelled by unclear postmarks.

Reference: 110H
MAURITIUS - TAAF: 1959 MIXED FRANKING MARITIME PIECE.

1959 part of an envelope with a pair of Mauritius QEII 2 cents plate 1 stamps and a French Antarctic 50c stamp all cancelled by PORT LOUIS MAURITIUS postmarks dated 11.AP.59 and there is a MESSAGERIES MARITIMES GRENOBLE cachet and an SS GRENOBLE mark.
This is not a complete cover!

Reference: 088H
FRANCE: 1939 - 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION COMMEMORATIVE COVER.

1939 commemorative cover with the stamp cancelled by a PARIS 150 ANNIVRE REVOLUTION FRSE postmark dated 14.7.39 and a special cachet.

Reference: 080H
FRENCH INDO-CHINA: 1936 REGISTERED AIRMAIL COVER TO FRANCE.

1936 registered airmail cover to Paris with stamps cancelled by partial HANOI RP TONKIN postmarks dated 27.6.36.

Reference: 079H
ALGERIA: 1944 CENSORED NAVAL COVER TO EGYPT.

1944 censored airmail cover to Alexandria with POSTE NAVALE postmarks dated 31.8.44, a French naval cachet and Egyptian censor marks.
On the reverse there are partial Egyptian postmarks and a BASE ARMY POST OFFICE 4 postmark dated 11.SP.44.

Reference: 071H
FRENCH SOUDAN: 1935 REDIRECTED AIRMAIL COVER TO FRANCE.

1935 airmail cover to Nancy redirected to Bralleville. The stamps are cancelled by partial KATI SOUDAN FRANCAIS postmarks dated 14.JUIN.35.
On the reverse there is a DAKAR AVION SENEGAL slogan postmark, a partial PARIS RP AVION slogan postmark and a poor CHARMES? VOSGES postmark.

Reference: 066H
MAURITANIA/SENEGAL: 1938 MIXED FRANKING AIRMAIL COVER TO FRANCE.

1938 airmail cover to Paris with stamps cancelled by partial SAINT-LOUIS SENEGAL postmarks dated 17.SEPT.38
DAKAR SENEGAL postmarks on the reverse .

Reference: 065H
IVORY COAST: 1936 AIRMAIL COVER TO FRANCE.

1936 airmail cover to Paris with stamps cancelled by GRAND-BASSAM COTE D'IVOIRE postmarks dated 3.OCT.36.
DAKAR SENEGAL and ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE slogan postmarks on the reverse.

Reference: 064H
ALGERIA: 1950 GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE L'ALGERIE COVER TO FRENCH CONSUL IN LONDON.

1950 official cover to the French Consul General in London. The stamp is cancelled by a poor ALGER RP ALGERIE machine postmark dated 13.DEC.50 with a partial LONDON slogan postmark dated 18.DEC.1950 on the reverse.
Creased!

Reference: 053H
ALGERIA: 1938 UNDERPAID AIRMAIL COVER TO SWITZERLAND.

1938 airmail cover to Geneva with stamps cancelled by partial PHILIPPEVILLE CONSTANTINE postmarks dated 21.2.38 and a "T" mark.

Reference: 052H
SWITZERLAND: 1863 STAMPLESS COVER TO LIVERPOOL WITH ACCOUNTANCY MARK.

1863 stampless cover with a partial ZURICH postmark dated 18.APR.63, a SUISSE ST.LOUIS mark dated 20.AVRIL.63, a faint FR/1F 78c mark, a LIVERPOOL postmark dated 21.AP.63 and a manuscript "6" rate mark.
A BASEL postmark is on the reverse.

Reference: 045H
MONACO: 1950 COVER TO SWITZERLAND WITH SG397.

1950 cover to Luzern with SG397 cancelled by a MONACO PRINCIPAUTE machine postmark dated 20.XI.50.
Flap missing!

Reference: 044H
FRANCE: TYPE SAGE POSTAL STATIONERY WITH "21" JOUR DE L'AN POSTMARK.

5c envelope with "21" Jour de l'An postman's postmark.

Reference: 042H
FRANCE: 1834 PRE-STAMP ENTIRE TO BELGIUM.

1834 entire letter from Paris to Ghent with a Paris 13/NOV/1834 datestamp, a partial L.F.R.3 mark and a manuscript rate mark.
A partial FRANCE/PAR MENIN mark and a partial GAND postmark is on the reverse.

Reference: 022H
FRANCE: 1739 PRE-STAMP ENTIRE TO BRUSSELS

1739 entire letter from Valenciennes to Brussels. There is a straight-line abbreviated type VALEN NE postmark (Lenain No.4) and a manuscript "3" (sols) rate mark.

Reference: 013H
FRANCO-BELGIAN MAIL 1821

Entire from Paris to Petit Rechain, Pays Bas (at that date Belgium was still part of Holland). Red P in triangle Paris departure mark, LFR3 transit mark (letter française rayon 3, MS 10 décimes rate mark, on reverse scarce h/s FRANKRYK/OVER DINANT Belgian entry mark.

Reference: 106
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