Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6

1850: Cover from Villers-Bocage to Flers bearing Cérès 10 c. bistre in a superb horizontal pair, a fine and fresh multiple with vivid colour and large even margins, each stamp tied by light Petits Chiffres '3632' numeral lozenge. Type 15 "VILLERS-BOCAGE-SOMME 7 AOUT 52" cds alongside, reverse with FLERS arrival cds of the next day. One sideflap missing, nevertheless an attractive cover ex Provera. Signed Calves Maury 1a = € 1'900.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 64, (June 1981), lot 1253.