Lot
1663 
France, 1870, Bordeaux, 20c blue on bluish, type 2, clear to large margins, tied by "30" rating handstamp on folded letter to St. Flour, matching "Pierrefort, 3 Avril, 71" cds alongside, recieving backstamp, Very Fine, a rare usage of a rate handstamp used as a canceling device; signed Calves and Maury, with 2018 Roumet certificate. Yvert No. 45. Maury No. 45. Scott No. 44 Estimate $750 - 1,000.