Cérès 40 centimes orange and 80 centimes rose on cover from Bordeaux 14-8-1874 over Marseille to Surabaya (Dutch East Indies), very fresh and very fine. A rare destination!

15 classic covers including Yv. nr. 24 on cover Smyrne-Naples 30-6-1864 and Yv. nr. 48 on cover Bordeaux- Barcelona 26-6-1871

old manuscripts (approx. 120 ex.) from 15th(?)/16th century onwards until ca. 1850 with focus on judicial and notarial deeds, but also (marriage) certificates and administrative documents, pen and ink on paper and vellum (45x) in small box

better letters and cards, as prephilatelic No.23 Grande-Armee, with classics and ballon monté (letter by the Armée de la Loire to Amsterdam, 40 cent stamp missing corner), and some Andorre and Monaco

120, nearly all prephilatelic letters with department cancellations or to/from abroad with transit cancellation, in box