547 Authors Poets/Ecrivains Poétes
| Lot No |
Type |
Description |
Reserve |
Estimate |
| 9421 |
MAX |
FRANCE (1941) Frederic Mistral. Maximum card with thematic cancel. Scott No 419. Yvert No 495.
| $10 |
$10 |
| 9422 |
EL |
FRANCE (1941) Frederic Mistral. Scott No 419. Yvert No 495. Deluxe Sheet with original protective paper.
| $30 |
$40 |
| 9423 |
MAX |
FRANCE (1946) François Villon. Maximum card with First Day cancel. Scott No B207, Yvert No 765.
| $15 |
$20 |
| 9424 |
SPE |
NICARAGUA (1947) Ruben Dario monument. Overprinted SPECIMEN and printed in different color than issued stamp. Scott No C287. Dario was the founder of the "modernismo" movement in Latin-American literature.
| $40 |
$50 |
| 9425 |
MAX |
FRANCE (1951) Verlaine. Maximum Card with First Day Cancellation. Scott No 667. Yvert No 909. Symbols from poetry: Satyr, fruit.
| $20 |
$25 |
| 9426 |
EL |
FRANCE (1958) Joachim de Bellay. Deluxe sheet. Scott No B322, Yvert No 1166.
| $15 |
$20 |
| 9427 |
EA |
MONACO (1970) Alphonse de Lamartine. Scenes from works. Die proof in black signed by the engraver JUMELET. Scott No 780, Yvert No 841.
| $140 |
$175 |
| 9428 |
SPE |
GERMANY (1990) Matthias Claudius. MUSTER (Specimen) overprint. Wrote poem "Death and the Maiden" which inspired Schubert quartet. Scott No 1611, Yvert No 1305.
| $15 |
$20 |
| 9429 |
EA |
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FRANCE (1993) Jean Cocteau. Die proof in black, positive and negative, both signed by the engraver. Although primarily known as a poet, he achieved his fame with a prose fantasy "Le Potomak" in 1919. Scott No B651, Yvert No 2801. Rare!
| $160 |
$200 |
AUSTRIA (2017) Emperor Maximilian I (The Last Knight). Heroic poem Theuerdank. Black print.
