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Lot number 3315 Quality: **

N° 1 "5c. green" + n° 2 "10c. pink" in blocks of 4, rare, vf (OBP €510)

Lot number 3316 Quality: *

N° 1, 2 and 4 "5c. green", "10c. rose" et "50c. reseda", vf (OBP €48)

Lot number 3317 Quality: **

N° 2a "10c. dark rose" and 4 "50c. reseda", vf (OBP €71.50)

Lot number 3318 Quality: 0

N° 3 "25c. blue Leopold II 1886 issue" with red Boma cancellation, type Keach 1,1, on 25 Oct 1886, off centre to the top left corner, large thinning still scarce, to be checked

Lot number 3319 Quality: **

N° 4 "50c. reseda" in block of 4 and n° 4a "dark olive" in block of 10 with sheet edge (rare), vf (OBP €1,354)

Lot number 3320 Quality: **

N° 5 "5fr. lilac", original gum without traces of hinge, position 24, very good condition, rare in this state, superb condition, luxury item, Luc Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €2,200) - see photo cover

Lot number 3321 Quality: 0

N° 5 "5fr. lilac", cancelled "BANANA 8 MAI 1887", full margins, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €540 + centring €810)

Lot number 3322 Quality: 0

N° 5 "5fr. lilac", faintly cancelled "BANANA 25 sept 1887", nice colour, position 6, certificate Luc vander Marcken + BCSC, vf (OBP €540)

Lot number 3323 Quality: 0

N° 5 "5fr. lilac", cancelled "BANANA 16 JAN 1887" in blue, cancel type 1.1, very nice centring, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, f (OBP €540)

Lot number 3324 Quality: *

N° 5a "5fr. dark lilac", mint never hinged, panel position 34, very good condition, vf (OBP €1,650)

Lot number 3325 Quality: 0

N° 5a "5fr. dark lilac", cancelled "BANANA 16 MARCH 1887", beautiful shade, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €960)

Lot number 3326 Quality: *

N° 5a "5fr. dark lilac", slightly off centre, very fresh, vf/f (OBP €1,650)

Lot number 3327 Quality: */(*)

1886, small accumulation of 11 stamps of 1886 Leopold II issue, shades, some forgeries, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3328 Quality: *

CP 1 "5fr. lilac" with overprint "COLIS POSTAUX / FR. 3,50" in black, some regummed teeth, minimal damage, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, f (OBP €2,950) - see photo cover

Lot number 3329 Quality: *

CP 1 "5fr. lilac" with overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR. 3,50", certificate Tavano, vf (OBP €2,950)

Lot number 3330 Quality: **

N° 1 and 3 "5c. green" and "25c. blue" , forgeries Lenoir perforated, vf/f

Lot number 3331 Quality: ❒

N° 3 "25c. blue" in 10 sheetlets of 10, imperforate, reprints by Lenoir, vf

Lot number 3332 Quality: **/*

N° 6/13B Complete new including not issued "25fr." and "50fr.", N° 6/10 ** rare complete, "10fr." with top crease, cert. Jean Baete for n° 12, cert. Luc Vander Marcken for n° 11, vf/to be checked (OBP €3,952)

Lot number 3333 Quality: *

N° 6 to 13 (except n° 12 "5fr. grey", full set Leopold II of 1887, mint hinged, one corner perf missing on n° 9 "50c. brown red", certificate Luc vander Marcken for n° 11 "5fr. violet" and n° 12 "10fr. ochre", fake "5fr." added, vf (OBP €3,200)

Lot number 3334 Quality: *

N° 9 "50c. brown Leopold II 1887 issue", block of 4, all with hinge, all off centre to the bottom left corner, scarce in block, vf/f

Lot number 3335 Quality: *

N° 9 "50c brown Leopold II 1887 issue",with black "SPECIMEN" overprint, one perf missing, off centre to the bottom, uncommon, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3336 Quality: *

N° 13 "10fr. yellow-ochre", well centred, nice perforation, great stamp, certificate Kaiser, vf (OBP €1,000)

Lot number 3337 Quality: *

N° 13 "10fr. ochre-yellow", off centre upwards, perforation curiosity, one missing perforation in the upper right corner, rare, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1,000)

Lot number 3338 Quality: *

N° 13 "10fr. ochre-yellow", good centring, photo certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1,000)

Lot number 3339 Quality: MIX

1887 Accumulation on Leuchtturm pages of 100 stamps of 1887 issues ("5c. green" (65x), "10c. carmine" (23x), "50c. brown" (7x), "50c. grey" (2x), "25fr. grey" and "50fr. grey" (2x)), differents shades, interesting for study, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3340 Quality: */(*)/0

1887 Leopold II issue, accumulation of 39 stamps, mainly mint, 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c grey, 25 Fr, and one 5 Fr violet with SPECIMEN overprint (in bad condition), quality to be checked, for specialist, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3341 Quality: 0

N° 11 "5fr. violet Leopold II 1887 issue", with blue cancellation of Boma on 11 AOUT 1892, off centre to the right, vf

Lot number 3342 Quality: 0

N° 11 "5fr. violet", cancelled "BOMA 24 SEPT 1892" in blue, cancellation type 1.2 according to Heim and Keach classification, offset to the left, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, f (OBP €800)

Lot number 3343 Quality: 0

N° 13 "10fr. yellow ochre Leopold II 1887 issue", with blue cancellation of Boma on 2 AOUT 1898, slightly off centre to the top, vf

Lot number 3344 Quality: 0

N° 13 "10fr. ochre-yellow", cancelled "MATADI 27 SEPT 1897" in blue, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €600)

Lot number 3345 Quality: **

N° 6 "5c. yellow green" in sheet of 150 (loose perforation in the middle), vf/f (OBP €600)

Lot number 3346 Quality: **/*

Not issued, n° 13 A **, 13 B * "25fr. and 50fr. gris", vf (OBP €250)

Lot number 3347 Quality: *

CP 2 "5fr. violet" with overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR. 3,50", partially regummed at the top, certificate Luc vander Marcken, f/to be checked (OBP €3,000)

Lot number 3348 Quality: 0

CP 2 "5fr. violet" with overprint "COLIS POSTAUX / FR. 3.50" in black on fragment of postal parcel slip, very rare, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf - see photo cover

Lot number 3349 Quality: *

CP 4 "5fr. violet" with boxed overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR. 3,50", certificate Tavano, f (OBP €1,700)

Lot number 3350 Quality: (*)

CP 4 "5fr. violet" overprinted "COLIS POSTAUX / FR. 3,50", in box without gum, small pinhole, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1,700)

Lot number 3351 Quality: **

CP 5-Cu1 "5fr. grey" with inverted boxed blue overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR.... 3,50", tiny tone spot, certificate Luc vander Marcken, f/to be checked (OBP €715)

Lot number 3352 Quality: *

CP 5 "5fr. gris" with black overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR 3,50" in box, medium centring, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €330)

Lot number 3353 Quality: *

CP 5 "5fr. grey" with overprint in box "COLIS POSTAUX/ FR. 3,50" in black, vf (OBP €330)

Lot number 3354 Quality: 0

CP5 "5fr. grey" with boxed overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR. 3,50", neat cancel "BOMA 17 FEVR 1893", certificate Luc vander Marcken, f (OBP €330)

Lot number 3355 Quality: ❒

Type 10, type 11 and type 12, Lenoir forgeries of "50c. grey" with bottom selvedge, of "5fr. violet" with bottom right corner selvedge and of "5fr. grey" with bottom right corner selvedge, vf

Lot number 3356 Quality: ❒

N° 27 "3.50fr. vermilion", imperforate sheet edge, imperforate plate proof, position 48/49, "tirage 1905", no gum as issued, rare, certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1,000)

Lot number 3357 Quality: */❒

N° 29 "10fr. green", imperforate block of 4, plate proof imperforate, no gum as issued, positions 33, 34, 38 and 39, "tirage 1898", rare, certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €2,000)

Lot number 3358 Quality: **/*/(**)

N° 14/29 Mols set (except 26B and 27A), unused without hinge (except "3,50fr."), rare in this condition, 3 highest values regummed, vf (OBP €3,318)

Lot number 3359 Quality: **/*/(*)

N° 14/25 Mols issue, all in blocks of 4, including 16A, some sheet corners, great accumulation, mostly MNH, vf/f/to be checked (OBP €1,240)

Lot number 3360 Quality: MIX

N° 14 to 25 and 26A Mols issue from "5c. vert" to "1fr. violet" (except "1fr. carmin" **/*/(*)), choice examples, all with nice perforation, vf (OBP €158)

Lot number 3361 Quality: (**)

N° 26a "1fr. carmine Mols 1900 issue", perf 15, regummed but still scarce, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3362 Quality: **/*

N° 26A "1fr. violet" in block of 4, sheet corner, 3 ** and 1 *, vf (OBP €372)

Lot number 3363 Quality: *

N° 26b "1fr. carmine Mols 1900 issue", perf 16, flat black colour (of centre), vf

Lot number 3364 Quality: *

N° 26b "1fr. carmine Mols 1900 issue", perf 16, small tone spot on 2 perfs, vf/f

Lot number 3365 Quality: *

N° 26B "1fr. light lilac Mols 1894 issue", perf 14.7, vf

Lot number 3366 Quality: **

N° 27 "' 3,50fr. vermilion Mols 1896 issue", slightly off centre to the top, vf

Lot number 3367 Quality: 0

N° 27 "3,50fr. vermillon", cancelled by the "MUSOFI" griff, very rare, vf

Lot number 3368 Quality: *

N° 27A "3.50fr. vermilion", perforated 14 1/4 x 12, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €950) - see photo cover

Lot number 3369 Quality: 0

N° 28 "5fr. dark carmine Mols 1894 issue", block of 12 (4x3), used Boma 22 FEV 1895 in blue, very scarce, vf

Lot number 3370 Quality: **

N° 28a "5fr. pink carmine Mols 1894 issue", well centred, vf

Lot number 3371 Quality: *

N° 29-V1 (Balasse) "10fr. green", perforation 14 1/4, position 10 of the sheet showing the "white water" variety, photo certificate, vf (OBP €230)

Lot number 3372 Quality: *

N° 29b "10fr. green" perforated 12x14 signed on the back SPB, vf (OBP €770)

Lot number 3373 Quality: *

N° 29a "10fr. green Mols 1908 issue" perf 12 (scarce in mint), with one toned on perf, with one pinhole, still scarce, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3374 Quality: *

N° 29b "10fr. green", perf. 12 x 14, ex - coll. Keach, small adherence, with certificate, vf (OBP €770)

Lot number 3375 Quality: 0

N° 15 (12x), 18 (12x), 21 (9x), 25a(9x+4x), "Mols 1894 and 1900 issue", used blocks, Boma cancellations, uncommon, vf

Lot number 3376 Quality: ✉

1906 N° 25 "50c. olive" on a single postage letter from Stanleyville, November 1906 to Fagnano in Italy, transit "Leopoldville 29 November" on the back, unusual destination, the sender is an agent of the Great Lakes Railway, f

Lot number 3377 Quality: PWST

1899 EP Stibbe N° 15 dated Mont n'Dirfi, 11 January 1899 to Antwerp cancelled "IBEMBO 27 FEBRUARY 1899", transit Léopoldville 18 March, Boma 24 March and Antwerp 22 April 1899, the card is written by the enclave commander Léon Hanolet, the only known document from the enclave written at Mont n'Dirfi, see Maselis Lado page 125, enormous rarity, Michaux certificate, vf. - see photo cover

Lot number 3378 Quality: PWST

1900 EP Stibbe N° 17, request flap with in box griffs "BOMA CARTE INCOMPLÈTE", written in Abba on 27 November 1900 by Danish Lieutenant Viggo Neuhausen en route to the enclave of Lado which he reached a few days later, he only stayed 5 months in the enclave, the card is cancelled with "IBEMBO 2 JANV 1901", transits Leopoldville on 2 February and arrives in Copenhagen on 6 March 1901, vf

Lot number 3379 Quality: PWST

1901 EP Stibbe N° 16, reply flap with "5c. green" additional stamp, written on 7 March 1901 at Niangara by Fernand Pourbaix, 30 days' march from Lado, cancelled "IBEMBO 14 APRIL 1901", illegible transit on 23 April and arrival Marchienne-au-Pont on 20 May 1901, vf.

Lot number 3380 Quality: PWST

1902 EP Stibbe N° 16, reply flap with in box griffs "BOMA CARTE INCOMPLÈTE", written in Dufilé by Lt. Leon Renard, 16 July 1902 bound for Bruges, trace of missing stamp, see "Lado", Maselis page 230 for comparison of the writing, very rare, f

Lot number 3381 Quality: PWST

1902 EP N° 14 with added "5c. green" written in Lado on 18 February 1902, cancelled in Ibembo on 3 April and postmarked in Namur on 22 May 1902, sent by Captain Fernand Pourbaix, very rare, Michaux certificate, vf - see photo cover

Lot number 3382 Quality: PWST

1903 EP Stibbe N° 15, written on 20 April 2003 in Djabbir by clerk Liaudet bound for Lausanne, the card is cancelled "IBEMBO 4 MAY 1903" and arrived in Lausanne on 22.VI.03 from where it is forwarded to Pully, clerk Liaudet was" Swiss and was on his way to his post in Yéi", vf.

Lot number 3383 Quality: PWST

1905 Illustrated card franked with N° 20 "15c. ochre" written by "Armand Engel" on his 2nd term at the Lado, the cancellation on the stamp is illegible, transit mark Leopoldville 17 Jan 1905 and arrival postmark Orléans 20 Feb 1905, reverse damaged, f

Lot number 3384 Quality: PWST

1910 Photo card "Maison du chef de poste Redjaf - 12-5-10", signed Dutordoir franked with a unilingual N° 51 "10c." to Brussels, cancelled "Dungu 5 June 1910", transit Buta 19 June, Leopoldville 7 July and arrival "BXL 12 AUGUST 1910", Lado photo cards are extremely rare as is the franking with a unilingual, unique, vf.