Lot 278 India 1848 (18 August) Calcutta to France, stampless folded letter, datelined Calcutta, boxed INDIA and INDIA PAID in red, to Nantes, endorsed “p. Overland Express Mail via Marseille”, Bordeaux c.d.s. backstamp (3 Oct), a fine stampless letter to France. Sold for C$190.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Bordeaux
Lot 1176, France 1870-1872 collection of eighteen Bordeaux imperforate issues on covers
Lot 1176 France Collection of eighteen Bordeaux Imperforate Issues on Cover, 1870-1872, with ten covers franked with a single 20c (incl. Types II and III with different States, many indicated on cover in pencil), a 10c single franking on cover front to Bordeaux, a 30c single franking on cover front to England, two covers each franked with a single 40c (Scott c.v. $160 each), a pair of 10c with rare “Percé en ligne” experimental perforation on cover to Lyon, a pair of 20c on cover to Genoa Italy, a 10c and 20c combination on cover to England, a 4c (position 12, report 2) on September 1871 cover with a 20c Céres and 1c Napoléon paying a 25c rate to Bordeaux, and a 5c on cover with a 20c Céres paying a 25c domestic rate. Good variety of postmarks front and back, Bordeaux stamps have four margins or less, a nice, clean lot, from a tumultuous time period in France. All items scanned online. Estimate C$500.
Lot 1030, Canada 1873 pre-UPU advertising cover from Montreal to Nantes France
Lot 1030 Canada #10 1873 pre-UPU Double Weight Cover to Nantes France, mailed Montreal on NOV.7.1873, through London (NOV.19), has a “Paris à Bordeaux” datestamp (NOV.20) and then a Nantes receiver (NOV.20). There is a manuscript “6” for the British transit claim. The cover is franked with a pair of 2c and two 6c Small Queens (all perforated 11½ x 12) paying the proper rate for letters over ¼oz and under ½oz. The backflap has a blue oval advertizing for “A. Lechevallier / Naturaliste / Montreal, P.Q.” Carried by the Allan Line Samarian from Québec City to Liverpool. Small tears at right do not detract from this lovely and very fine cover. Provenance: Simpson (1996), Menich (2000). Estimate C$1,250.