Classic Errors of France from the "Lafayette" Collection

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Classic Errors of France from the "Lafayette" Collection, 1849-1850 Ceres Issue

The items linked above represent the highlights of the "Lafayette" collection of the classic stamps of France. This material was exhibited in BELGICA '99 as well as in New York in 1996. The ANPHILEX catalog termed the exhibit "the greatest ever formed of France" and it would be hard to disagree. The collector's goal was to acquire examples of every known classic era error of France in unused condition, as well as on cover where they exist. This entailed the acquisition of all of the eight unique items in the field. The largest reported multiples and finest known examples were sought. The success of the collection is in the actual completion of the task in a fashion never before accomplished and almost certainly never to be surpassed in the future.

https://www.rfrajola.com/lafayette/lafayetteindex.htm

For additional information see the article "Classic Errors Of France" by Steven C. Walske (an Adobe PDF file)

https://www.rfrajola.com/lafayette/errors.pdf

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Franco

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Rev LB Oct 2022