FRANCE. Ballon Monté. Small complete letter written in Toulouse 19 Sep 1870 with written 'par Ballon Monté' to Paris (Tentative de retour à Paris par Ballon Monté), bearing 20c Yv.29 cancelled Lille 25 FEVR 71. It looks like this stamp does not originally belong to the letter

FRANCE. Ballon Monté. Small thin letter-wrapper bearing 20c Yv.29 (perforation has been cut off) tied by cds Paris / (SC) 18 OCT 70 with written instruction 'Par Ballon Monté' lifted off by Balloon 'Le Lafayette' with destination Issoudun (Indre), with on the back only a part of the arrival pmk

FRANCE. Ballon Monté. Small thin letter bearing 20c Yv.29 (fine) tied by type etoile from Paris / Pl. de la Madeleine 5 JANV 71, with written instruction 'Par Ballon Monté', lifted off by Balloon 'Le Duquesne', with destination Thiers 19 JANV 71

FRANCE. Ballon Monté. Lettre-Journal 'Gazette des Absents' No. 33 from 28 Jan 1871, bearing 20c Yv.37 (corner perf missing), tied by type etoile from Paris / (60) 28 JANV 71, lifted off by Balloon 'Le Général Cambronne', with destination Lanmeur 10 FEVR 71

FRANCE 1909-1970, 'Timbres de Greve' and 'Timbres de Guerre' on pages with better nos incl. Yv. 1/3, also some Italian Occupation

FRANCE 1927-1948, Airmail stamps, except Yv. 2/3, a complete unmounted mint lot on a stockpage, also included Yv.6 c/d, 8/13, 15, 20(6), etc. €8200+

FRANCE 1927-1979, used collection Airmail stamps on a stockpage including: Yv. A1/2, A6c, A15, A20(2) etc., in decent quality

FRANCE, 3 booklets including Yv. 256. Also 2 "Souvenir de la C.N.E.P." and 10 Epreuves de Luxe 1934-1949

FRANCE, Yvert block 21, 'Meilleurs Voeux'1998, imperforated, VF unmounted mint

FRANCE, Yvert nr. 4712A, 'Year of the Snake', printed with the wrong value of € 0,60 instead of € 0,63 in a miniature sheet with 5 stamps. Cat. value €800

FRANCE "AERIENNE MILITAIRE 1943", on pages with 8 stamps, 1 booklet and 3 covers in nice quality

FRANCE, Franchise Militaire, very nice collection on album pages with f.i.: Yv. FM 1/7 and Millésime 1/4, as well as some nice Parcel Post issues

FRENCH COLONIES 1860-1960, o/* on album pages with better material including f.i: General Issues Yv. 58/59, T15/17, Alexandria 18, Port Said 17/18 etc. in overall nice quality

FRENCH COLONIES 1860-1950, o/* collection on album pages incl. Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane and St. Pierre incl. some better nos

FRENCH COLONIES, SYRIA 1919-1949, mainly mint/mint hinged with many overprint varieties on stockpages

FRENCH COLONIES A/D 1888-1901, o/(*)/* on pages with better numbers, sets and ranges from a.o. Benin, Congo, Cotes des Somalis and Diego Suarez, in mixed quality, but a nice lot with a high catalogue value!