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207 - MARCOPHILIA – PHILATELY. County of Nice and Bourbonnais. Set…
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Estimate €400 - €450
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MARCOPHILIA – PHILATELY. County of Nice and Bourbonnais. Set of 24 letters bearing postmarks or postal stamps. ‘Antibes’ postmark, 1790; Antibes: 1860 postmark with 20c Empire stamp, diamond-shaped cancellation (2 franked letters). / ‘NICE 85’ postmarks on letters dated 1803, 1812, 1813 (x3), 1814, 1817; 3 ‘Nizza Maritt.’ postmarks on 3 letters, including one with a red ‘P. P. Paris’ dispatch postmark (1826), one letter sent by the police bearing the ‘Polizi di Nizza’ stamp, and one with a ‘Grenoble’ dispatch postmark (1821), 3 letters bearing the ‘Nizza Marit.’ stamp (1836 and 1855), including one with the stamp of the Intendente of Nizza, one with the ‘Torreta’ arrival stamp on the reverse; a red ‘P.P. Nizza Maritt.’ mark On a letter addressed to Utelle; a letter with a postmark from Utelle (1835); a letter with the mark ‘Sospello’; a letter with a ‘Utelle’ postmark (arrival: Nizza Marit.); a ‘S. Martino’ postmark (departure), with an ‘Utelle’ postmark (arrival); a Sardinian ‘Guillaimes’ postmark from 1859; and two items from the Allier department: an item with a ‘3 Gannat’ dated 28 February 1828 (small round stamp) and an envelope with a St-Pouçain postmark from 1844, with three destination postmarks on the reverse: Nevers, Moulins-Engilbert and Moulins-s. Allier.
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About the sale Nice and the French Riviera: Over 200 lots – Mr X’s Collection – Antique books, pamphlets, documents, manuscripts and collectable historical papers, photographs and tourist posters
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Auction time 07/01/2026 at 2:15 PM
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