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several old black and white photographs of children in front of a housea cardboard box filled with lots of papers and papersa picture of a picture of a couple of people and a picture of a womanseveral old black and white photographs of people in a roomseveral old postcards are displayed on a table in a roomseveral old black and white photos of a man and a womantwo old black and white photos of a woman and a manseveral old black and white photos of a man in a suit and hatseveral old black and white photos of people sitting in a fieldseveral old black and white photos of a woman holding a bookseveral old black and white photos of a woman in a dressa black and white photo of a group of women with suitcasesmany old photographs of a man on a tennis courtseveral old black and white photos of men and women in military uniformsseveral old black and white photos of people on a tableseveral old black and white photographs of people sitting on a benchseveral old black and white photos of a bunch of people on a tableseveral old black and white photographs of people and animalsseveral old black and white photos of a family sitting on a table
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177 - ALPHANDERY. A substantial collection of over 350 postcards, …
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Estimate €500 - €600
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ALPHANDERY. A substantial collection of over 350 postcards, published by Alphandéry, some of which were sent by ALPHANDERY. 15 were sent: 1920–1941. All but one relate to beekeeping; 10 are from Alphandéry. Six are written, including five by Alphandéry, 1942–1983. 52 CPA, 2 sets of 24 photographs (nos. 1–24) on 12 small-format double-sided cards, 1 set of 12 CPA (nos. 1–12), 1 set of 15 CPA (nos. 1–15, published by La Gazette Apicole. No. 5 is handwritten and refers to Audibert’s death; No. 13 was sent on 12 July 1939 by Alphandéry to Laboratoires G. César Boss, typed and bearing a handwritten signature; No. 14 is a postcard from another collection (unnumbered), No. 15 watermarked).10 copies of Alphandéry (?) and children with a swarm [two photographs on the CPA, uncaptioned], 21 copies of *La Récolte d’un Essaim*, 3 copies of *Essaim Artificiel* (search for the queen), 8 copies of ‘Visiting a Comb’, 6 copies of ‘Visiting a Comb’ [different photograph to the previous one], 33 copies of ‘Artificial Swarm’, 2 copies of ‘Artificial Swarm’. Extract from *Le Livre de l’Abeille*, 25 copies of *Collecting a Swarm into a Hive*, 3 copies of *Inspecting a Frame*, 45 copies of *Modern Hive (Dadant-Blatt type)*, 27 copies of ‘Mixed Apiary and Fixed-Frame Apiary (Cher type)’, 43 copies of ‘My bees work to give you exquisite honey’. 3 copies free of charge, 10 copies free of charge. Enclosed are the engraved bookplates by Georges and Lucien Alphandéry respectively, a [blank] thank-you card from *La Gazette Apicole*, and a small, colourised photograph of the Alphandéry children.
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About the sale ONLINE Collection of beekeeping postcards from Mr Christian de Casteljau. Books, lithographs & other specialities
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Auction time 09/11/2026 at 4:00 PM
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