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four different stamps are on a piece of paper on a black surfacean old document with a drawing of a castle on itan old piece of paper with writing on it sitting on a tablethree drawings of a man on a horse and a woman on a horsean image of a drawing of a boat in the wateran image of a stamp with a drawing of a man looking through a telescopea drawing of a man riding a horse on the cover of a booka book with a bunch of stamps on it
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169 - Monaco, a rare set of three sketches and a preliminary desig…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Description
Monaco, a rare set of three sketches and a preliminary design for stamps drawn by Bernard Minne, including two sketches for stamps from the 1955 Jules Verne series. Sketches of the following stamps: No. 431 (The Begum’s 500 Million, Jules Verne), signed (14.5 x 21.2 cm, very good condition), No. 432 (The Magnificent Orinoco, Jules Verne), signed (22.3 x 14.5 cm, very good condition), pre-cancelled No. 13 (17.8 x 27 cm, small tear 1 cm long, folds) and preliminary sketch for No. 546 (aerial view of the Prince’s Palace) marked ‘unique model’ and signed by the author on the reverse (31 x 25 cm, creases, 3 tears at the edges) and a certificate of authenticity from the period (1961). Superb, unique documents; exhibition pieces for a Jules Verne-themed display or a Monaco collection
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About the sale Stamps – philately – postcards
Auction location
Auction time 09/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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