PHILATELY AND POSTAL HISTORY

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November 20th, 2025 at 2:30 PM
98000 Monaco - Monaco

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A selection by: Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo

Terms of sale
PHILATELY AND POSTAL HISTORY Including a collection of very important old postcards Sale date: Thursday 20 November 2025 at 2.30pm. Lots visible by appointment and public viewing on the morning of the sale from 10am to 1pm. Contact: Beatrice Ponzio [email protected] or [email protected]
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Sale type Voluntary sale

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Operator: Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Contact:
Beatrice Ponzio
00 37 79 32 55470
[email protected]

Sale commission: 30 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

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Exposures:
Lot no. 1
France, 1849- 1850, Nice set of 7 single or block tests incl…
Val.: €800 - €1,500
Lot no. 2
France, 1849-1850, 10c bistre OB grid, C.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 3
France, 1849-1850, 10c bistre in pair OB PC, C.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 4
France, 1849-1850, 15c vert OB étoile, C.
Val.: €200 - €500
Lot no. 5
France, 1849-1850, 20c intense black in block of 4 new sheet…
Val.: €800 - €1,500
Lot no. 6
France, 1849-1850, 20c intense black in a block of 6 new wit…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 7
France, 1849-1850, 25c dark blue new without gum in a block …
Val.: €2,200 - €3,000
Lot no. 8
France, 1849-1850, 25c blue new without gum in block of 4 bo…
Val.: €2,200 - €3,000
Lot no. 9
France, 1849-1850, 1f new carmine with gum, flaws including …
Val.: €1,600 - €2,500
Lot no. 10
France, 1849-1850, 1f carmine-brown OB grid, C. type 13 ISSO…
Val.: €300 - €600
Lot no. 11
France, 1849-1850, 1 franc carmine in strip of 3 OB endless …
Val.: €1,000 - €2,000
Lot no. 12
France, 1849-1850, 1 franc vermillon OB grille, C.
Val.: €8,000 - €12,000
Lot no. 13
France, 1849-1850, 10c bistre OB PC3383, C. TOULOUSE and tax…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 14
France, 1852, Green on yellow trial of the 10c in block of 4…
Val.: €200 - €500
Lot no. 15
France, 1853-1862, Bistre colour trial of the 20c in a block…
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 16
France, 1853-1860, 1c olive, piquage Susse, OB C.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 17
France, 1853-1862, new 5c green with gum, signed Calves.
Val.: €250 - €500
Lot no. 18
France, 1853-1862, 10c light brown type II new with gum, tin…
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 19
France, 1853-1862, 20c blue on green new with gum, rare as n…
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 20
France, 1853-1862, 20c blue on new lilac with gum, preserved…
Val.: €1,600 - €2,500
Lot no. 21
France, Italian Expeditionary Corps: 1853-1860, 20c blue OB …
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 22
France, 1853-1862, 80c carmine-pink new with gum, fine hinge…
Val.: €800 - €1,500
Lot no. 23
"France, 1853-1862, 80c new carmine with gum. Nice copy with…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 24
France, 1853-1860, 1 franc new carmine with partial gum.
Val.: €1,000 - €2,000
Lot no. 25
France, 1853-1860, 1 franc carmine in a block of 4 sheet edg…
Val.: €12,000 - €18,000
Lot no. 26
France, 1853-1860, Set of 6 letters and 1 fragment : 10c bis…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 27
France, 1862-1870, Nice set of 4 proofs with the value on di…
Val.: €800 - €1,500
Lot no. 28
France, 1862, Set of 4 letters and 1 fragment: 1c bronze (st…
Val.: €600 - €900
Lot no. 29
France, 1862-1870, 4c green, 4c brown, 30c pink, 30c orange …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 30
France, 1863-1870, 4c grey pair head to tail and 1c olive pa…
Val.: €8,000 - €15,000
Lot no. 31
France, 1863-1870, 10c bistre cut in 2 vertically and 1870-1…
Val.: €1,000 - €2,000
Lot no. 32
France, 1862-1870, 10c bistre Type 1 in a block of 4 corner …
Val.: €700 - €1,200
Lot no. 33
France, 1863-1870, 5 francs, essay without value in black on…
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 34
France, 1863-1870, 5 francs, essay without the value in grey…
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 35
France, 1863-1870, 5 francs new with gum.
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 36
France, 1863-1870, 5 francs nine with gum.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 37
France, 1863-1870, Set of 5 letters: 5 francs and additional…
Val.: €1,000 - €2,000
Lot no. 38
France, 1870-1871, 10c bistre-yellow in new pair with gum (s…
Val.: €250 - €500
Lot no. 39
France, 1870-1871, 10c bistre-yellow in a block of 4 new wit…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 40
France, 1870-1871, 10c bistre-yellow new with gum in head-to…
Val.: €1,200 - €2,000
Lot no. 41
France, 1870-1871, Proof of the 20c Type 1 of the AUGE DELIL…
Val.: €1,400 - €3,000
Lot no. 43
France, 1870-1871, 2c brown-red Report 2 in block of 4 new w…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 44
France, 1870-1871, 2c dark brick-red Report 2 OB. Very nice …
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 45
France, 1870-1871, 2c brown-red, type II, set of 2 mint, 1 p…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 46
France, 1870-1871, Lot including 3 units of the 2c brown-red…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 47
France, 1870-1871, 4c gris report 2 in pair corner of new sh…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 48
France, 1870-1871, 4c grey, 1 mint copy with gum mark and 1 …
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 49
France, 1870-1871, 5c Report 2 dark emerald green OB. Charac…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 50
France, 1870-1871, 20c ultramarine blue type I report 1 OB, …
Val.: €300 - €600
Lot no. 51
France, 1870-1871, 20c blue Type II Report 3 in a block of 4…
Val.: €1,000 - €2,000
Lot no. 52
France, 1870-1871, 20c blue Type II Report 3 in block of 4 t…
Val.: €500 - €1,000
Lot no. 53
France, 1870-1871, 20c blue Type III Report 2 new with gum.
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 54
France, 1870-1871, 40c yellow-orange new with gum, beautiful…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 55
France, 1870-1871, 40c dark blood-red OB. Nice characteristi…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 56
France, 1870-1871, 40c ochre OB GC 5083 (Constantinople, Tur…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 57
France, 1870-1871, 40c orange, lot comprising 8 OB units of …
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 58
France, 1870-1871, 80c rose in a block of 4 new with gum.
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 59
France, 1870-1871, 40c orange and 80c pink OB GC 2240, C. MA…
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 60
France, 1871-1872, Set of 2 superimposed trials in blocks of…
Val.: €300 - €600
Lot no. 61
France, 1871-1875, 15c and 10c brown on rose in pair holding…
Val.: €2,500 - €4,500
Lot no. 62
France, 1871-1872, 80c rose in a block of 4 new with gum, go…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 63
France, 1871-1872, 15c bistre new with gum in block of 4, th…
Val.: €800 - €1,500
Lot no. 64
France, 1871-1875, 25c blue (2 copies), the first OB GC 2240…
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 65
France, War of 1870, Lot of 6 documents: - Mounted balloon L…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 66
France, Maritime Post, Set of 3 letters : 1863-1870, 80c ros…
Val.: €350 - €500
Lot no. 67
France, French Offices Abroad, Set of 4 letters : 1877-1900,…
Val.: €350 - €500
Lot no. 68
France, 1876-1900, 1c black on cobalt top of new sheet with …
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 69
France, 1876-1900, 1c black on cobalt in vertical inter-pane…
Val.: €1,600 - €2,500
Lot no. 70
France, 1877-1900, 3c yellow (2 ex) OB C.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 71
France, 1900-1924, 3c type Blanc, set of 2 black printing pa…
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 72
France, 1900-01, 25c blue in a new pair with gum, spectacula…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 73
France, 1900, 50c brown and grey unperforated pair bottom of…
Val.: €350 - €600
Lot no. 75
France, 1928, Le Travail, set of 2 blue-black proofs in vert…
Val.: €1,200 - €2,000
Lot no. 76
France, 1937, Samothrace, 30c red, sheet edge, mint with gum…
Val.: €25,000 - €40,000
Lot no. 77
France, 1945-47, Italy forgeries of the green 20f, in comple…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 78
France, 1930, Air Mail, 1f50 (+5f) ultramarine perforated EI…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 79
France, 1930, Poste Aérienne, 1f50 (+5f) carmine perforated …
Val.: €300 - €600
Lot no. 80
France, 1930, Airmail, 1f50 carmine perforated EIPA 30 mint …
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 81
France, 1930, Airmail, 1f50 carmine perforated EIPA 30 mint …
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 82
France, 1936, Airmail, 50f green-yellow in a block of 4 mint…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 83
France, 1936, Airmail, 50f green in a block of 4 new sheet c…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 84
France, 1936, Airmail, 50f burelé in a block of 4 new sheet …
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 85
France, 1936, Airmail, 50f burelé in a block of 4 corners da…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 87
France, Peobliterated, Sage type overprinted 4 lines (second…
Val.: €300 - €600
Lot no. 88
France, Taxe, 1859, 10c black lithographed, mint with partia…
Val.: €8,000 - €12,000
Lot no. 89
France, Newspapers, 1869, 2c pink in pair, full sheet edge, …
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 90
France, 1940, War, 50c rose-red in mint pair with original g…
Val.: €180 - €300
Lot no. 91
France, 1940, War, 25c green Mercury type in block of 4 over…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 92
France, Colis-postaux, N°3 overprinted SPECIMEN and N°33d* u…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 93
Monaco, Precursors : Sardinia 20c blue OB C. MENTONE on frag…
Val.: €400 - €700
Lot no. 94
Monaco, Set of mint stamps (N°15*block of 4x2, N°21a* block …
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 95
Monaco, Special blocks, Moscow Olympics (8 ex), Lake Placid …
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 96
Monaco, 1914, Air Rally, Set of 4 postcards (Monaco x 2, Par…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 99
General colonies, N°23(*) in a block of 6 at the bottom of t…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 100
Algeria, Colis-postaux, No. 7A** with C.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 101
Cochinchine, 1886-1887, 5 on 25c black on pink cancel, rare,…
Val.: €350 - €500
Lot no. 102
Ivory Coast, Postal stationery, 1905, 1 franc rose on straw,…
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 103
Ivory Coast, Postal stationery, Lot of new and cancelled (c.
Val.: €1,200 - €2,000
Lot no. 104
Gabon, 1889, 25c black on green OB, fine copy, signed Brun.
Val.: €120 - €200
Lot no. 105
Indochina, 1892-1896, 40c orange, 50c pink, 75c violet on ye…
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 106
Indochine, Colis-postaux, 1891, 10c black on lilac OB, fine …
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 107
Indochina, Postal stationery, 1891, 10c black on lilac, verm…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 108
Indochina, Lot of 33 postal stationery items, early 20th cen…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 109
Morocco, Set of stamps and letters including : 1893, 10c bla…
Val.: €1,200 - €2,200
Lot no. 110
Nossi-Bé, 1889, 25 on 40c red (2nd issue) OB, signed Brun.
Val.: €120 - €200
Lot no. 111
Obock, 1892, 4 on 25c black, overprint 4 holding without ove…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 112
Obock and Côte-des-Somalis, Set of 2 stamps and a letter :
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 113
Côte-des-Somalis, Lots of classics (various views of Djibout…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,800
Lot no. 114
Port-Saïd, Tax stamps, 1921, Set of mint stamps (some variet…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 115
Reunion, 1891, 75c new pink with gum, signed Calves.
Val.: €140 - €200
Lot no. 116
Reunion, Airmail, 1937, 50c red (block of 3 including 1 with…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 117
Reunion, Batch of new and cancelled classics (c.
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 118
Reunion, Set of 2 letters and a stamp (defects) : 1885-1886,…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 119
Sarre, No. 54, 55, 57/68, 62, 67, 68 and 85, set of proofs a…
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 120
Zanzibar, 1877-1900, 5c green and 10c black (12 copies, defe…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 121
Great Britain, 1840, 1 new black penny with partial gum. Sma…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 122
Great Britain, 1840, 1 new black penny with partial gum. Sma…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 123
Great Britain, 1840, 1 black penny in strip of 6 cancelled C…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 124
Great Britain, 1840, 1 black penny 2 pairs cancelled Maltese…
Val.: €5,000 - €7,000
Lot no. 125
Great Britain, 1840, 1 black penny in strip of 4 cancelled M…
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 126
Great Britain, 1841, 2 pence new blue with partial brownish …
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 127
Great Britain, 1841, 2 pence blue pair new with gum, trace o…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 128
Great Britain, 1841, 2 pence blue in a block of 4 new withou…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 129
Great Britain, 1840, 2 pence blue in block of 4 cancelled Ma…
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 130
South Africa, 1890-1891, £5 olive, £10 brown-red (2 copies) …
Val.: €1,000 - €2,000
Lot no. 131
South Australia, 1868-1879, 3 PENCE on 4d ultramarine, overp…
Val.: €60,000 - €80,000
Lot no. 132
Cape of Good Hope, Issues from 1853 to 1861, Set of mint and…
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 133
Malacca, Taxe, 1938, $500 purple and orange new with partial…
Val.: €40,000 - €60,000
Lot no. 134
Canada: 1852-1857, 10p blue OB, tiny defect 1858, 3p red OB …
Val.: €250 - €400
Lot no. 135
France, Classical Period. Small lot of 3 stamps and 2 letter…
Val.: €500 - €1,000
Lot no. 136
France, Lot consisting of a selection of good values from th…
Val.: €2,200 - €3,000
Lot no. 137
France, Collection of mint* in 2 volumes from 1900 to 1965, …
Val.: €1,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 138
France, Set of stamps including N°257A** (very fresh, signed…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 139
France, Collection of new items between 1985 and 2014, numer…
Lot no. 140
France, New modern stamps for face value (often in the form …
Val.: €350 - €500
Lot no. 141
France, Monaco, Andorra and French-speaking countries, Lot o…
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 142
Monaco and Andorra, Collection of nine between 1985 and 2014…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 143
French Colonies, Collection of mint stamps* between 1890 and…
Val.: €2,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 144
French Colonies, Set of stamps, letters and deluxe sheet: Gr…
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 145
French colonies (from AEF to Vietnan), Set of mint stamps, s…
Val.: €100 - €300
Lot no. 146
French Colonies (Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, …
Val.: €100 - €300
Lot no. 147
Antartica, Wallis and Futuna, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Saint-…
Val.: €300 - €600
Lot no. 148
Postcards, Batch of several hundred cards, some letters, 20t…
Val.: €50 - €200
Lot no. 149
Europe, Small accumulation of mostly new stamps (France, Ger…
Val.: €100 - €300
Lot no. 150
WITHOUT RESERVATION All countries, Bulk made up of stamps of…
Val.: €50 - €100
Lot no. 151
All countries including France, Monaco, Germany, Lot of mint…
Val.: €50 - €200