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

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