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Lot 20028 – THE STANLEY LUFT COLLECTION OF POST OFFICES AND PO

Lot 20028 – THE STANLEY LUFT COLLECTION OF POST OFFICES AND PO
France
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
20’000 – 30’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 13 Dec 2013 at 15:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
THE STANLEY LUFT COLLECTION OF POST OFFICES AND POSTAL MARKINGS OF THE ANNEXED PARIS SUBURBS TO THE 1880s 1763-1880, Exhibition collection mounted and written up on +140 pages showing a wealth of covers bearings various postal markings, noted early Petite Poste prephilatelic markings incl. 1763 “PASSY”, 1769 “M’martre” in red ex-Dubus, 1778 “St Mandé” in red, 1795 “Charonne” in red ex-Dubus, “DEB 60 BELLEVILLE”, “DEB. 60 MONTROUGE”, “DEB. 60 BERCY”, several early use of markings, unusual use of 60 / Clichy / Les Batignolles as déboursé marking, specialized Petits Chiffres and Gros Chiffres section incl. destinations, 1F Empire used alone, a strong section of 1870-71 Ballons Montés, wide array of various frankings, etc. A unique opportunity to build on Estimate € 20’000 – € 30’000 Note: Stanley Luft was awarded the APS 2008 John Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research, Honorary Member of the European Academie & Editor of the France & Colonies Philatelist from 1992 to 2007

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