FRANCE (1876) Voltaire. 25c Ceres tied to envelope with Bv. Voltaire" cancel.
AVAILABLE AT $25
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GERMANY (1902) Schiller. Goethe. 5 pf private postal card with image of new playhouse in Frankfurt and busts of Schiller and Goethe.
AVAILABLE AT $120
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BAVARIA (1914) Troubador entertaining diners. 5 pf private postal card (N) showing scene from one of E.T.A. Hoffmann's works.!
AVAILABLE AT $75
ITALY (1921) Dante's Divine Comedy. Imperforate single. Scott No 133.
AVAILABLE AT $20
LUXEMBOURG (1930) Victor Hugo. Commemorative cancel on postcard. Les Beautés de Vianden sont pas assez connués - Victor Hugo.
AVAILABLE AT $12
FRANCE (1946) Philippe Commynes. Trial color plate proof in multicolor. Commynes wrote engaging memoirs of the 15th century and King Louis XI. Scott No B209, Yvert No 767. Hard to find!
AVAILABLE AT $15
GERMANY (1949) Goethe. Set of 3 used on registered cover with Goethe cancel.
AVAILABLE AT $25
GERMANY (1950) Goethe. Set of 3 unissued essays for semi-postal stamp
AVAILABLE AT $80
U.S.A. (1955) Electric typewriter. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 183269: "Save time...save work. Electrify!"
AVAILABLE AT $15
MONACO (1955) Elephant holding balloon. Die proof in brown signed by the engraver DUFRESNE. Scott No 340, Yvert No 427. Five Weeks in a Balloon.
AVAILABLE AT $140
MONACO (1955) Verne. "A Floating City". Die proof in black signed by the engraver GANDON. Scott No 341, Yvert No 428.
AVAILABLE AT $160
MONACO (1955) Cannon. Maxi-card with thematic cancelation. The 500 Millions of Begum (also translated as The Begum's Fortune). Foretelling long-range cannon, terrorism, and orbiting bombs! Scott No 344, Yvert No 431
SOLD
MOROCCO (1956) Campaign against illiteracy. Stage die proof in black missing all but the head of the sultan and the inscriptions in Arabic. Scott No 8.
AVAILABLE AT $175
FRANCE (1958) Diderot. Die proof in black signed by the engraver MAZELIN. Scott No B323, Yvert No 1168.
AVAILABLE AT $140
FRANCE (1960) Pierre de Nolhac. Scott No 950, Yvert No 1244. Curator of Versailles.
AVAILABLE AT $25
SWITZERLAND (1962) Quill pen. Illustrated cancel on envelope. 250th anniversary of Rousseau's birth.
AVAILABLE AT $15
COMORO ISLANDS (1962) Sherlock Holmes. Magnifying glass. Doyle. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 502.
AVAILABLE AT $20
FRANCE (1962) Edouard Eustaunie. Deluxe sheet. Scott No B363, Yvert No 1351.
AVAILABLE AT $15
FRANCE (1963) Diderot. Illustrated cancel on envelope. 250th anniversary.
AVAILABLE AT $15
FRANCE (1968) Pierre Larousse. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 1213, Yvert No 1560.
AVAILABLE AT $25
DAHOMEY (1968) Gutenberg. Press. Deluxe proof of S/S of 2. Scott No C70a, Yvert No BF13.
AVAILABLE AT $25
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CAMEROUN (1969) Negro writers. Set of 6 deluxe sheets. Scott Nos C127-32, Yvert Nos PA138-43.
AVAILABLE AT $40
NIGER (1972) Books. Set of 2 trial color proof margin strips of 5 with multicolor. International Book Year - UNESCO. Scott Nos 252-3, Yvert Nos 257-8.
AVAILABLE AT $80
NIGER (1972) Books. Set of 2 trial color proof strips of 3. International Book Year - UNESCO. Scott Nos 252-3, Yvert Nos 257-8.
AVAILABLE AT $50
BELGIUM (1972) International Book Year. Ministerial proof. Scott No 818, Yvert No 1618.
AVAILABLE AT $50
FRANCE (1973) Colette. Deluxe sheet. Scott No B466, Yvert No 1747.
AVAILABLE AT $20
EAST GERMANY (1976) E.T.A. Hoffmann. Illustrated cancel on fragment: 200 Geburstag 1976 -- In Bamberg 1808-1813.
AVAILABLE AT $12
BELGIUM (1977) Open Book, The Lamb of God, by Van Eycks. Ministerial proof with embossed seal. Scott No 993, Yvert No 1857.
AVAILABLE AT $60
FRANCE (1981) Bookbinding press. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 1739, Yvert No 2131.
AVAILABLE AT $20
FRANCE (1981) Bookbinding press. Trial color proof strip of 5. Scott No 1739, Yvert No 2131.
AVAILABLE AT $80
FRANCE (1981) PEN Club 45th anniversary. Trial color proof strip of 5. Scott No 1769, Yvert No 2164.
AVAILABLE AT $80
FRANCE (1981) PEN Club 45th anniversary. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 1769, Yvert No 2164.
AVAILABLE AT $20
BELGIUM (1982) Abraham Hans. Imperforate. Scott No 1130, Yvert No 2064.
AVAILABLE AT $10
FRANCE (1984) Diderot. Deluxe sheet. Scott No B565, Yvert No 2304.
AVAILABLE AT $50
FRANCE (1987) "Blaise Cendrars" by Modigliani. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 2057, Yvert No 2497.
AVAILABLE AT $30
URUGUAY (1990) Authors & Poets. Sheet of 4 blocks of 4 with interior labels and grey color doubled, making double images of each portrait. Scott No 1320, Yvert Nos 1299-1306.
AVAILABLE AT $100
MONACO (2002) Victor Hugo. Goat. Notre Dame. Preliminary die proof (to check engraving process) signed by the engraver LAVERGNE. The proof was approved and the stamps printed as depicted. Scott No 2263.
AVAILABLE AT $200
AUSTRIA (2017) Peter Mitterhofer. Typewriter. Black print.
AVAILABLE AT $15
GERMANY (1996) "Still Life with Guitar, Book & Vase" by Kolle. Overprinted MUSTER (specimen). Scott No 1924, Yvert No 1677.
FRANCE (1982) Balloon. Jules Verne. Red Cross. Scott No B548. Yvert No 2247. Scene from "Five Weeks in a Balloon." Trial Color Plate Proofs in strip of 5.
MONACO (1980) Colette. Pagnol. Set of 2 imperforates. Scott Nos 1227-8, Yvert Nos 1224-5.
BELGIUM (1988) Lyre. Quill pen. Book. Atomic symbols. Ministerial proof. Scott No 1296, Yvert No 2297. Royal Academy of Science, Literature and Fine Arts.
FRANCE (1982) Octopus. Submarine. Jules Verne. Red Cross. Scott No B549. Yvert No 2248. Scene from "20,000 Leagues under the Sea." Trial Color Plate Proofs in strip of 5. .
