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60 - LIBRARY – MARCOPHILIA of the RHÔNE (69) and the LOIRE (42).
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Estimate €60
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LIBRARY – MARCOPHILIA of the RHÔNE (69) and the LOIRE (42). "XXXth NATIONAL CONGRESS of the FEDERATION of French Philatelic Societies". “Lyon, Whitsun MCMLVII (1957)” – Book measuring 21 x 14 cm, 186 pages of text plus advertising pages – Naturally, it contains all the information on the congress, its regulations, sightseeing trips, etc. BUT ABOVE ALL, extensive articles and a catalogue of the postmarks of the ‘Petite Poste’ in Lyon from 1777 until its replacement by the Royal Post, the trial postmarks of Lyon in 1862, temporary postmarks from Lyon, postal marks and cancellations from the Rhône and Loire regions from 1868 to 1876, the ‘Journaux de Lyon’ postage-paid marks in 1942, philately in Lyon during the German occupation in June and July 1940 and its service overprints, the overprints from the Liberation of Lyon and their varieties, the rural motorised postal service in the Rhône department, and the transport and delivery of commercial mail during the major Post Office strike in August 1953 in Lyon. A VERY REMARKABLE WORK, demonstrating great scholarship, with reproductions of the postmarks and contemporary catalogue values.
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About the sale STAMP SALE: lots 1 to 299 – French and foreign stamps, sold individually and in lots. Beautiful, genuine collections. Philatelic reference material
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 10:00 AM
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