I issue lists of special offers and recent acquisitions from time to time. These are sent out on request and a few of these will be posted on this and the next pages of this website. I don't have an online shop, but if there's something of interest, please just write or telephone.
USED CLASSICS 1849-1900
Yv1 10c bistre yellow, petits chiffres cancel CV 330€ £60
Yv1a 10c bistre brown, petits chiffres 704 cancel. cut into lower margin, nice shade. CV 425€ £35
Yv2 15c green, grille sans fin, nice deep shade. Signed by Calves. CV 1,000€ £200
Yv 2 15c green, fresh and very fine quality. Mint with no gum (*), a very rare item. CV 10,000€ £1,700
Yv2a 15c bright green, grille of 1849, margin short lower left, on piece. CV 1,100€ £120
Yv3a 20c black on white, very faint petit cachet. CV 65€ £12
Yv 3a 20c black on white, grille of 1849. CV 65€ £12
Yv 3 20c black on yellow, grille of 1849. CV 60€ £12
Yv 4 25c blue, gros points cancel. CV 45€ £10
Yv 4a 25c dark blue, grille of 1849, close margin NE corner, otherwise very good. CV 70€ £12
Yv 4c TETE-BECHE. Very rare used example, repaired, but a fine-looking pair. CV 15,000€ £2,200
Yv 5a 40c bright orange, etoile cancel. Attractive. CV 575€ £80
Yv 5b 40c bright orange, very fine mint hinged *, superb margins CV 6,000€ £475
Yv 6 1f dark carmine, cut into NW corner, good spacefiller CV 900€ £50
Yv 6B 1f carmine-brown, gros points cancel. CV 1,000€ £150
Yv 9 10c bistre-yellow, gros points cancel, cut into NE. CV 700€ £75
Yv 9a 10c bistre-brown, petits chiffres 412 cancel, nice margins. Very attractive example. CV 900€ £150
Yv 10 25c blue, GP cancel. CV 40€ £8
Yv 11 1c olive CV100€ £14
Yv 12 5c green. etoile cancel, small thins that do not detract. CV 100€ £5
Yv 27 4c grey, full perfs. CV 70€ £15
Yv 35 5c pale green on blue, March 1872 cancel, nibbled perf lower left. CV 180€ £15
Yv 36 10c bistre yellow, GC cancel, pulled perf SW corner. CV 85€ £14
Yv 39B 1c olive, Report 1, large cds. CV 175€ £20
Yv 40B 2c red-brown, Report 2, Haute-Savoie cds. CV 325€ £30
Yv 42B 5c yellow-green, gros chiffres 270, full margins CV 200€ £24
Yv 43A 10c bistre (Report 1). 3 good margins, but cut into top. CV 80€ £10
Yv 44A 20c blue, Type 1, Report 1 CV 700€ £45
Yv 45C 20c blue, Type II, Report 3 CV 70€ £12
Yv 46B 20c blue, Type III, Report 2 CV 25€ £5
Yv 47 30c brown, GC cancel, 2 large margins, but the other well cut into. CV 250€ £10
Yv 47a 30c pale brown, gros chiffres cancel, full margins. CV270€ £35
Yv 48 40c orange, gros chiffres cancel 1765, wide margins. CV 130€ £25
Yv 48 40c orange, good margins. CV 130€ £18
Yv 49 80c pink, fair margins, grands chiffres cancel. CV 320€ £40
Yv 49a 80c pale pink, cds 2/4/77. CV 320€ £20
Yv 50 1c olive green, Rennes cds 11/8/76. Good perfs, some toning. CV 20€ £3
Yv 61 1c green, above average perforations and centering, 14/6/77 cds Sees (Orne). CV 100€ £22
Yv 61 1c green, well-centred with good perforations. Chalons-sur-Marne cds. CV 160€ £35
Yv 62 2c green (Type I). Well-centred copy with full perforations. Slightly unclear Paris cds, otherwise fine. CV 495€ £70
Yv 62 2c green (Type I). Well-centred, full perfs. CV 495€ £70
Yv 63 4c green, fine CDS 5/10/77. CV 80€ £17
Yv 65 10c green (Type I). Paris cancel 3/2/77. CV 20€ £3
Yv 65 10c green (Type I). Red printed matter cancel. several pulled/missing perfs at top. CV 100€ £4
Yv 68 25c ultramarine (Type I). cds. CV 60€ £25
Yv 68 25c ultramarine (Type I). CV 60€ £25
Yv 68 25c ultramarine (Type I). CV 60€ £23
Yv 76 10c green (Type II). Well-centred with full perforations. Light but indistinguishable cancel. CV 445€ £90
Yv 76 10c green (Type II). Heavyish cancel, but a good copy nonetheless. CV 280€ £70
Yv 81 75c pink (Type II) fair perforations, Argenteuil cds. CV 120€ £28
Yv 81 75 pink (Type II). Fair perfs. CV 120€ £16
Yv 86 3c bistre on yellow, good centering and perforations. CV 80€ £12
Yv 95 5f violet on lilac. Paris cds 20/1/98, well-centred, fine other than blue crayon mark above cancel. CV 140€ £15
Yv 95 5f violet on lilac. Fair copy with heavyish cancel CV 90€ £12
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