The 'Hermione' Collection of France, 1849-1950

France1862 Perforated "Empire" Issue20c. blue, "neck to neck" tête-bêche vertical pair, uncharacteristically well centred for this variety, sharp...

France1862 Perforated "Empire" IssueBalance of the Collection, 157 stamps, including 1c. single on wrapper (3), 80c. pair on covers, etc., chiefl...

France1862 Perforated "Empire" Issue20c. blue, very fresh showing misplaced perforation horizontally, used on cover front from Cannes to Paris, t...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue1c. green-bronze, contrasting with the accompanying franking by being cancelled by "Rethel/16 Janv 73" c.d....

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue1c. green-bronze, two examples, and 4c. grey in pair, in combination with "Cérès" 1871-72 15c. bistre, on 2...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue20c. blue, type I, in mixed franking with 1862 20c. blue, usual centrings, on 29 May 1867 cover to Flaviac,...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue20c. blue, type I, large colourless spot in the head, "white hair" variety, used on 17.6.1868 entire letter...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue20c. blue, type II, irregular block of three from the top right corner of the sheet, exhibiting partial imp...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue20c. pale blue, type II, block of four showing "horn" colourless flaw ("à la corne") in upper right design,...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue20c. blue, featuring "squeezed value tablet at base", very fresh used 7.9.1869 entire letter from Vienne to...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue40c. orange, plate flaw featuring colourless ring facing the nose of the Emperor, "anneau lune", cancelled ...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue5f. grey-violet, regular ...[more]

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue5f. grey-violet, good centring for this stamp showing the complete design, delicate shade, cancelled by two...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue5f. grey-violet, very well centred within balanced margins surrounding the design, infrequently vivid shade...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue5f. grey-violet, uncommonly fresh impression and centred to upper right, used in combination with 10c. bistr...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue5f. grey-violet, uncharacteristically quite well centred preserving the design completely exhibited, remark...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue10c. on 10c. bistre, never issued, quite good centring, fresh with original gum; very fine. J.F. Brun (1975...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated Issue10c. on 10c. bistre, never issued, used probably by a collector to frank an envelope to Switzerland, payin...

France1862-70 "Empire" Laureated IssueBalance of the Collection, over 100 stamps, including 1c. from the corner of the sheet with double perfs. a...

France1870 "Siège" Issue10c. bistre, "neck to neck" tête-bêche vertical pair, better centred than usually encountered with perforations just touc...

France1870 "Siège" IssueBalance of the collection containing eight used examples of 10c. bistre with a pair on cover to Roanne, fifteen 20c. blue ...

France1870 "Siège" Issue40c. orange, horizontal pair featuring misplaced perforation horizontally, original gum; thin spots of little significanc...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue1c. olive, report III, first state, marginal block of four from the left of the sheet, wide to huge margins, cancelled...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue1c. olive, report III, first state, two examples, strong impression with clear to large margins, paying the double rat...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue2c. brown-red, report I, uncommonly vivid shade, margins ranging from clear to mainly wide, used with indistinct "gros...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue2c. brown-red, report II, well margined horizontal pair cancelled by "gros chiffres" device delicately struck in black...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue4c. grey, report II, uncharacteristically large margins, strong impression and shade, on September 1871 envelope to Pr...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue10c. bistre-yellow, report I, diagonal crease before usage, large margins all around, on 7.12.1871 large cover to Lian...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue10c. bistre-yellow, two examples, good margins except for one side being cut into in one stamp, used in combination wi...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue10c. bistre-yellow, horizontal pair with predominantly wide margins, showing spectacular pre-printing fold, cancelled ...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue20c. blue, type I, report I, unusually fresh, margins varying from wide to large, on 3 January 1870 cover from Toulon ...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue20c. blue, type I, report I, extraordinary margins with portion of adjoining adhesive at base and at left, the latter ...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue20c. blue, type I, report I, horizontal pair, pastel shade, complete margins at top, being large in other respects, pa...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue20c. blue, type III, report II, clear to prevailing wide even margins, showing large colourless smear, cancelled by "g...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue30c. brown, horizontal pair, strong impression reinforced by a deep shade, margins being clear to large, each stamp sh...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue80c. rose, an extraordinary example due to the following features: great freshness, exceptionally large margins all ar...

France1870 "Bordeaux" Issue1870 "Bordeaux" Issue, assembly of seventy-one stamps, including 1c. (4), 2c. (6), 4c. (3), 5c. (6), 10c. (14, includi...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue1c. green-olive, misplaced perforation vertically, an outstanding marginal block of 12 (4x3) from the left of the shee...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue2c. red-brown, typographically cancelled on upper part of 12 June 1875 "L'Espoir" newspaper, additionally paying the r...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue5c. green-yellow, misplaced perforation obliquely, a spectacular marginal example presented in the manner of a fan. Ve...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue10c. brown on rose, tête-bêche pair contained in an irregular block of seven, exhibiting the inverted position at top ...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue10c. brown on rose, a spectacular example from the upper right corner of the sheet, with part of the rose background m...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue15c. brown on rose, error of colour, se-tenant with 10c. bistre on rose, centred as usually encountered with two sides...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue15c. brown on rose, error of colour, in a vivid colour out of the norm, slightly centred to the bottom, good intact pe...

France1872-73 "Cérès" Issue1872-73 "Cérès" Issue a selection of 142 stamps, including 1c. (9), 2c. (14 with pair with typographic cancellation on ...

France1875 Mouchon and Courdier Essays4c. green, 20c. blue and 1f. red, affixed to sheet "simplification du timbre-post projet cordier mouchon"; ...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues25c. ultramarine, type I, a delightful example of this rare stamp as a result of its outstandingly good centring ...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues20c. blue, type II, never issued, very attractively displaying a clear impression and intense shade, slightly cen...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues5c. green, type II, misplaced perforation, a spectacular gutter block of 18 (6x3), intense colour, unmounted mint...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues25c., type II, misplaced perforation vertically, a very fresh single example used on entire letter to Chalais, ti...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues25c. ultramarine, horizontal pair featuring types IIa & I on small piece, neat impression and vivid colours, quit...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues25c. ultramarine on greenish, type IIB, well centred pair with slight crease at right caused before being applied...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues25c. ultramarine on greenish, type IIB, refulgent colour being completely outstanding for this stamp, very fresh,...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues1c. black on bluish, type II, misplaced perforation obliquely, a very well centred and fresh marginal example; ve...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues1c. black on bluish, type II, se-tenant to imperforate in marginal pair from the bottom of the sheet, showing par...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues1c. black on bluish, type II, misplaced perforation, block of four, three examples unmounted mint; very fresh and...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues1c. black on Prussian blue, the ultimate example of this desirable stamp as a result of the following attributes:...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues1c. black on Prussian blue, an outstanding example from the bottom of the sheet, boasting a good colour, infreque...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues2c. brown-red, type II, misplaced perforation obliquely, single from the upper right corner of the sheet (grease ...

France1876-1900 Type Sage Issues2c. brown-red, type II, se-tenant to imperforate in vertical pair, good centring and crisp impression, very small...