Vermot de Pas: World Stamps, 171226, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 22, 2025 - December 22, 2025

Page Size: 43 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
21	Tax: Study of French tax stamps on letters and fronts	N/A	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
22	Saint Pierre et Miquelon: Collection of letters from St Pierre et Miquelon from the Lefrancois archive.	N/A	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
23	Martinique and Guadeloupe: Colonial maritime postal history with numerous letters from the Lefrancois archive	N/A	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
24	Cartes Postales - Precurseur: Study on the beginnings of new French postcards or postcards cancelled with Ceres from 1871,	1871	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
25	Postcards - Selection of good cards : Nice selection of postcards including 5 Balloons	N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
26	Fiscal: Small lot of fiscal stamps on documents	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
27	Granville: A collection on the history and postal history of Granville in the 18th and 19th centuries	18th and 19th centuries	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
28	Granville: Amusing file containing letters, documents and postcards about oyster fishing in Granville during the 19th century.	19th century.	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
29	Marques-Postales: Set of postal marks and franchises from Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries	18th and 19th centuries	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
30	Ports-Payes - Date stamps	N/A	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
31	Lettres Classiques: Set of letters from France of the Classique period	N/A	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
37	Set of postcards of village views, landscapes, monuments, animated scenes of the Alpes-Martimes	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
38	Set of Semi-modern and Modern postcards + 1st day.	N/A	EUR 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
39	Indochina: Small lot of 62 mostly new postal stationery items from Indochina on collector's presentation pages.	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
40	Semaine de l'Aviation: Small set of cards, letters and other documents on aviation weeks	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
41	Germany: Lot of German SM letters i	N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
42	Poche de St-Nazaire: Letters from the pocket of St Nazaire	N/A	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	Unknown
43	World's Fairs: A collection of letters from the World's Fairs	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
44	Illustrators: Collection of postcards, mostly by illustrators	N/A	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
45	Saint Pierre et Miquelon: Collection of SPM cards i	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
46	China Expeditionary Corps: Set of letters	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
47	French offices abroad: Batch of letters from French offices abroad	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
48	Band: A collection of Sage, Blanc and Semeuse printed bands.	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
49	Rail: Small study of 2 rail routes	N/A	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	Unknown
50	Insufficient postage: Set of 16 classic letters with insufficient postage and corresponding postmarks	N/A	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	Unknown

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.