1951 Rimbaud First Day Cover

I recently inherited a very clean French FDC with a picture of Arthur Rimbaud. It is dated October 27, 1951. Can you let me know what it's price should be if I decide to sell it? Thanks in advance.

Hi Stan, and welcome to the forum. Nice cover, but hard to tell the value. In this case I would check Delcampe and/or ebay to see what a cover like this sold for.

Peter

Here is what ebay sellers are dreaming about selling similar 1951 FDC.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...c&_sacat=260

I am unable to link the ebay actual sold prices for similar FDC but they are considerably less if sold at all. Take a look.

I would check Delcampe pricing for the Europe picture.

Please note the distinction between addressed and unaddressed covers.

We started off all business and now a big welcome to SCF.

Here is a cover exactly like yours (addressed but not mailed,since Farcigny is a French editor of FDCs)
Catalogue value (Yvert) 50€,sold on Delcampe for 8€

Thanks to all for your replies and for the good information.

Most addressed first day covers from France of this era tend to sell on ebay in the range of $1 to $3. The one that sold on Delcampe for 8 Euros seems to have been a case where the buyer really needed it for their collection. Most dealers would not be interested in buying inexpensive covers since they cannot make a profit on them, and they are able to buy this kind of thing in large quantities for a fraction of a Euro each on the wholesale market which allows them to make the profits they need to stay in business.

Thanks for the reply and information. I guess we'll put it back in its folder and leave it for the next generation.

Or better yet, you could use it as the start of a collection of modern era (post WW 2) French first day covers. Collecting modern era first day covers is a fun and inexpensive hobby that leads to learning many things about the history of the country you chose to collect.

Will that be an archival folder?

Hi, does anyone have information on the French FDC maker Farcigny mentioned in this post? First cover made? Still active? History etc? thanks