Congo

Lot number 3196 Quality: ✉

1883, Portugal, No. 42 on envelope with 'TELEGRAM' stamp (in purple), postmarked Funchal (Madeira) July 1883, with destination "Banana", handwritten 'Received by Angola', ship arrived here before 'Portugal', 'Portugal' left yesterday 17/7Bne/1883, the addressee of this telegram is Adolf Gillis who founded the 1st Belgian Factorie in Boma in 1882. With the help of Alexandre Delcommune, rare document from the preceding period. The Birth of the E.I.C., a basis of our colonial history, T.B.

Lot number 3197 Quality: *

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

Lot number 3198 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 3199 Quality: 0

N° 55 "5fr. lilac" cancelled "BANANA 18 SEPT 1887", panel position 6, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €540)

Lot number 3200 Quality: 0

N° 5a "5fr. dark lilac", cancelled "BANANA 28 Sept 1888", beautiful shade, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €960) - see photo cover

Lot number 3201 Quality: **

N° 5 "5fr. lilas", panel (perforated and with eraser) of a sheet used to print the 50 copies of the "5fr." on the central panel, the blank panel to the left of the central panel, marginal indication "feuille à 5fr. n° 000041", the only known full sheet (coll. Maselis) bears N° 000042, vf (OBP RRR)

Lot number 3202 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 3203 Quality: (*)

N° 5 "5fr. lilac" imperf., forgery on fragment, f

Lot number 3204 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 3205 Quality: *

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

Lot number 3206 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 3207 Quality: 0

N° 9a "50c. dark brown", cancelled "MATADI JANV 1982", vivid shade, vf (OBP €60)

Lot number 3208 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 3209 Quality: **

N° 10 "50c. gray", almost complete panel (48 items), right panel of a sheet of 150, marginal inscriptions "timbres-poste à 50 centimes n° 001809" in red, lower margin missing, RRR, vf (OBP €580)

Lot number 3210 Quality: **

N° 12 "50c. grey", left panel of a sheet of 150 almost complete (45 items), lower margin missing, rare, vf (OBP €540)

Lot number 3211 Quality: **/*

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

Lot number 3212 Quality: 0

CP 4 '5 Fr violet' overprint in black, framed, 'Colis postaux/ Fr 3,50' type B, cancelled. Boma 23 Oct 1888, with certificate, vf (Cat € 950)

Lot number 3213 Quality: *

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

Lot number 3214 Quality: 0

CP 5 '5 Fr grey' with overprint 'Colis postaux Fr 3,50' type B (black), cancelled. Boma 8 Feb 1895, vf (OBP € 330)

Lot number 3215 Quality: 0

CP 5 "5fr. grey" with boxed overprint "COLIS POSTAUX / FR. 3,50" in black, cancelled "BOMA" in blue, vf/f (OBP €330)

Lot number 3216 Quality: MIX

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

Lot number 3217 Quality: *

N° 26 "1fr. light lilac" colour nuance not in COB, Mols 1894 issue, perf 14.7, vf

Lot number 3218 Quality: **

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

Lot number 3219 Quality: 0

N° 28 "5fr. carmine" cancelled "Bateau-poste n° 11/9 April" in blue, fine and rare condition, vf

Lot number 3220 Quality: 0

N° 28 "5fr. carmine", D.15, n° 29 and 29a "10fr. green", perforation 14 1/4 and D.12 cancelled, vf/f (OBP €195)

Lot number 3221 Quality: *

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

Lot number 3222 Quality: 0

N° 29c "10fr. green", perforated 11x 14 1/4 cancelled "MATADI", extremely rare, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf - See cover photo

Lot number 3223 Quality: **

N° 25 "50c. olive", complete sheet of 50, combination I1 + A.2, very good condition, vf (OBP €1,100)

Lot number 3224 Quality: *

N° 30B/39B From "5c. green" to "10fr. green", complete set with Brussels overprints B1 (1fr.), B2 (40c., 50c., 5fr. and 10fr.), B 4 (10c. and 25c.) and B 6 (5c., 15c. and 3,50fr.), photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €3,645) - See cover photo

Lot number 3225 Quality: *

N° 36B "1fr. carmine" with overprint "CONGO BELGE" from Brussels in type 2 (B2), the stamp is perforated 16, rare, vf (OBP €255)

Lot number 3226 Quality: **

N° 37B "3,50fr. vermilion" with Brussels overprint "CONGO BELGE", type B2, certificate Tavano, vf (OBP €1,600)

Lot number 3227 Quality: */(*)

N° 34L "40c. green-blue" and 36L to 39L "1fr. carmine" to "10fr. green" with local overprints type 1, the 36L with hinge, the others no gum, n° 37L with certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €580)

Lot number 3228 Quality: *

N° 39La "10fr. green" with local overprint "CONGO BELGE" type 2, perforation 14 1/4, rare with this overprint, expertised by Abbé Gudenkauf, vf (OBP €825)

Lot number 3229 Quality: 0

N° 37L "3,50fr. vermilion" with local type 3 overprint "CONGO BELGE" cancelled "BOMA 22 MARS 1909", sheet position 37, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €275)

Lot number 3230 Quality: 0

N° 39L "10fr. green" with overprint "CONGO BELGE", local type 3 cancelled "BOMA 7 OCTO 1909", sheet position 42, perforated 14 1/4, rare, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, f (OBP €465)

Lot number 3231 Quality: PWST

Postal entire Stibbe Nr 24 L with local overprint Type 7, uprated by a 10c carmin Mols from 1910, sent from Stanleyville, may 5 th 1911 to Luxembourg, rare destination.

Lot number 3232 Quality: 0

N° 40/49 Mols set with typographic overprint "CONGO BELGE", various cancellations, f (OBP €175)

Lot number 3233 Quality: 0

N° 48 "5fr. carmine" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", cancelled "CONGO BELGE CONTROLE DES POSTES BOMA", rare, vf

Lot number 3234 Quality: 0

N° 49/49-Cu3 "10fr. green Mols 1909 issue" with typo "CONGO BELGE" overprint type T1 (6x) and T2 (2x), 2 used blocks of 4, cancelled Boma, with watermark (4x), vf

Lot number 3235 Quality: ZK

1909 N° 42 "15c. ochre" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", on CP ill dispatched from Irebu on 1 Dec 1909 to Brussels, vf/f

Lot number 3236 Quality: *

N° 49PB-V "10fr. vert - tirage des princes" with overprint "CONGO BELGE" from Brussels in type 2 (B2), position 17 of the sheet, variety "wheel touches frame", and part of watermark, rare combination, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €450 + variety + watermark)

Lot number 3237 Quality: 0

N° 40PT/49PT "Prince issue" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", certificate Tavano, f (OBP €980)

Lot number 3238 Quality: *

N° 44PT "40c. blue-green - Princes issue" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", certificate Lindekens, f (OBP €420)

Lot number 3239 Quality: **

N° 47PT "3,50fr. carmine - Prince issue" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", certificate Tavano, f, with small pinhole, (OBP €525)

Lot number 3240 Quality: *

N° 48PT "5fr. carmine" Princes' issue with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", block of 4 upper left corner pieces, rare, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1,140) - See cover photo

Lot number 3241 Quality: 0

1909, group of 9 stamps of the Princes issue, OPB n° 40PT (position 38), 41PT (sheet position 13), 43PT (position 17), 46PT (position 31) and 48PT (position 48) and some with faults and damages, OPB n° 40PT (position 41), 41PT (position 13), 45PT (position 36), 46PT (position 11) and 47PT (position 20) all with Lindekens certificates, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3242 Quality: **

N° 50/53 Set, vf (OBP €415)

Lot number 3243 Quality: ❒

Forgeries, 5 frame proofs "15c.", "40c." and "50c. + "1fr." and "5fr.", in black on cream paper, to be checked

Lot number 3244 Quality: **

N° 54/63 Mols modified frames complete set with 61-Cu "3fr. rouge" with watermark, vf (OBP €550)

Lot number 3245 Quality: 0

N° 62 "5fr. carmine Mols Bilingual 1910 issue", used block of 4, cancelled "Boma 19 AVRIL 1911", perf 15, scarce, vf

Lot number 3246 Quality: **

N° 68 "40c. carmined brown Mols Bilingual 1915 issue", block of 4, 1st type plate II + A2, scarce, vf

Lot number 3247 Quality: **

N° 68 "40c. carmine brown", two half-sheets of 25 items, both printings II + A.2 and II A.3 and also two different shades, very good condition, vf (OBP €1,300)

Lot number 3248 Quality: **

N° 69 "50c. brown lilac" in a complete sheet of 50, combination III.4 + B.2 "black smoke", vf (OBP €2,250)

Lot number 3249 Quality: **

Two complete sheets of "10c. carmine" perforated 14, one with overprint "DE MALINES" (N° 98) and the other with overprint of occupation of German East Africa (Ruanda Urundi N° 48), both sheets with combination of plates V.2 + B.2, vf (OBP €100)

Lot number 3250 Quality: ❒

N° 72/80 "5c. to 10fr.", imperforate without gum as issued, vf (OBP €750)

Lot number 3251 Quality: **

N° 72/80 "Red Cross", the complete set, vf (OBP €710)

Lot number 3252 Quality: **

N° 72/80 Complete set from "5c." to "10fr.", vf (OBP €710)

Lot number 3253 Quality: **

N° 85/94 "The 10 values** - récupération" + 87A ** "15c. on 50c." typo and 87B ** "15c. on 50c. unilingue", vf (OBP €385)

Lot number 3254 Quality: **

N° 85A "5c. on 40c." with overprint "CONGO BELGE" in block of 4, position 10 has the broken "C" variety, certificate Tavano, vf (OBP €1,000)

Lot number 3255 Quality: **

N° 85/94 Complete set "recuperation", mnh, the "10 on 5c.", perforated 15 and overprint "À CHEVAL", 4 stamps of the set with sheet margin and the "3fr." with watermark, vf (OBP €105 + watermark + variety + D.15)

Lot number 3256 Quality: *

N° 85A, 87A, 87B and 91A "Récupération" overprint on earlier issues overprinted "CONGO BELGE", typo, vf/f (OBP €408)

Lot number 3257 Quality: **

N° 86A, 89A and 90A, 3 values, error "Récupération" overprints on the 1915 issue, vf (OBP €435)

Lot number 3258 Quality: **

N° 86A, 89A and 90A Errors, "Récupération" overprint on "5c.", "10c." and "25c." from 1915, all corner pieces numbered, rare, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, f (OBP €435)

Lot number 3259 Quality: **/*

N° 86A, 87A, 87B and 90A, 4 values, in blocks of 4, some gum defects, f/to be checked (OBP €1,600)

Lot number 3260 Quality: **

N° 93A "1921 on 5fr. carmine" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE", certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €525)

Lot number 3261 Quality: **

N° 93A "1921 on 5fr.", overprint "CONGO BELGE", vf (OBP €525)

Lot number 3262 Quality: **

N° 93A Overprint "1921" on "5fr. carmine", overprinted "CONGO BELGE", with sheet margin, position 11, photo certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €525)

Lot number 3263 Quality: **

N° 101 "10c. on 1fr." in a complete sheet of 50 items, combinations of plates III.4 + A.5, D: 14, very fine variety of diagonally displaced overprints, vf (OBP €90)

Lot number 3264 Quality: ✉

N° 102 "25c on 40c Mols Bilingual 1915 issue" with surcharge of Boma, plate II+A2 (scarce), sent from Elisabethville to Brussels / Belgium, vf

Lot number 3265 Quality: **

N° 104 "0,25 sur 30 sur 10c. carmine de 1910", large block of 25 stamps, half sheet, each stamp bears on the back the mark of the SPB (Société Philatélique Belge) and A. De Cock (former postal museum curator), rare item, sheet positions 11 to 35, combination III.1 + 6b, D: 14, vf (OBP €4,000)

Lot number 3266 Quality: **

N° 105 "0,25 on 30 on 10c. carmine de 1915", half sheet, each stamp bears on the back the mark of the SPB (Belgian Philatelic Society), rare item, positions 26 to 50 of the sheet, combination V.2 + C, D: 14, vf (OBP €4,000)

Lot number 3267 Quality: ❒

N° 175 "75c. carmine red Native 1937 issue", imperforate bottom left corner with all margins, from sheetlet of booklet A5, very scarce item, mint without hinge, vf

Lot number 3268 Quality: ❒

N° 177 "1,25fr. red-brown Native 1937 issue", imperforate bottom left corner with all margins, from sheetlet of booklet A5, very scarce item, mint without hinge, vf

Lot number 3269 Quality: **/❒

N° 185/91 "5 Belgian kings", imperforate, certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €4,000)

Lot number 3270 Quality: **

N° 197/202 "National Parks", the set in complete sheets of 100, very good condition, uncommon, vf (OBP €500)

Lot number 3271 Quality: **/*

N° 214-cu "10c grey - Monument issue" in vertical pair with spectacular curiosity "misplaced perforation", lightly rusted, rare, f/to be checked

Lot number 3272 Quality: *

N° 215-cu "15c lilac-brown - Monument issue" in vertical pair, with curiosity "not perforated horizontally", rusted, f/to be checked

Lot number 3273 Quality: *

N° 217-cu "50c violet - Monument issue" in horizontal pair, with curiosity "not perforated horizontally", rusted f/to be checked

Lot number 3274 Quality: **/*

N° 218-cu "75c pink - Monument issue" in horizontal pair with selvedge, with spectacular curiosity "misplaced perforation", rusted, but scarce, f/ to be checked

Lot number 3275 Quality: *

N° 220-cu "1,75fr orange - Monument issue" in horizontal pair, with spectacular curiosity "misplaced perforation, rusted but rare, f/to be checked

Lot number 3276 Quality: *

N° 221-cu "2,50fr red-carmine - Monument issue" single stamp (with part of the upper neighbour), with curiosity "not perforated horizontally", rusted and with tear, to be checked

Lot number 3277 Quality: **/*

N° 221-cu "2,50fr red-carmine - Monument issue" horizontal pair with selvedge, with curiosity "not perforated horizontally", rusted, spectacular f/to be checked

Lot number 3278 Quality: **/*

N° 223-cu "5fr green-olive - Monument issue" in horizontal pair, with spectacular curiosity "misplaced perforation", rusted but rare, to be checked

Lot number 3279 Quality: **/*

N° 224-cu "10fr red - Monument issue" in horizontal strip of 3 stamps, with spectacular curiosity "misplaced perforation", with rust but still very impressive and scarce at the high value, f/to be checked

Lot number 3280 Quality: *

1941, group of 4 stamps, 226-V "5c on 1,50fr with variety "petit lac" (small lake), 225-Cu "75c on 1,75fr orange" with inverted surcharge, 227-Cu2 "2,50fr on 2,40fr" with double surcharge and 226-cu "5c on 1,50fr" with misplaced surcharge (not listed on COB), all hinged and with rust but scarce to find, to be checked

Lot number 3281 Quality: **/*

N° 228/67 Full set perforated and imperforated, with an additional 18 imperforated stamps and/or proofs, all with annulation perforation of Waterlow & Sons), very nice accumulation

Lot number 3282 Quality: **

Withdrawn lot

Lot number 3283 Quality: **

N° 295 "100fr. mask", three complete sheets in perfect condition, on which, of course, the variety is found 3 times in position 18, vf (OBP €1,500).

Lot number 3284 Quality: **/BK

BL 3A/10A Private issue, souvenir sheets recut and overprinted in tribute to the UPU, enclosed Luc vander Marcken examination report, explaining the issue, vf/f (OBP €4,100)

Lot number 3285 Quality: **

PA 9 "1,50fr. dark green", two complete sheets of 100 items in 2 panels of 50, sheets numbered 003 with panels 1 and 2 and sheet n° 004 with panels 3 and 4, superb, vf

Lot number 3286 Quality: **

N° 173, 175, 177, 177A and 178A, 5 panels of 8 'IMPERFORATED' from booklets, some with defects, VERY RARE (only 3 sets known), all with certificate (ex Karpov)

Lot number 3287 Quality: **

N° 64/67 in panels of 10 for A1 booklet, vf/f (OBP €145)

Lot number 3288 Quality: 0

TX 16 "10Fr. green" with local overprint "CONGO BELGE" type L1 and with boxed "TAXE" in blue, cancelled "BOMA" in black, vf (OBP €235)

Lot number 3289 Quality: *

1923, group of 59 stamps 10c green (22x) TX63, 15c brown-grey (22x) TX64 and 25c red-brown (15x) TX65 of the Floors issue, all overprinted "TAXES" (different types), all mint, quality to be checked, for study, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3290 Quality: 0

CP 18/23 "Full set", some short perforation, but overall very nice, vf/f (OBP €1,575)

Lot number 3291 Quality: 0

CP 18/23 "BCK 1° set" Vignettes, various cancellations, Luc vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €1,575)

Lot number 3292 Quality: **/BK

CP 43/49 Vignettes "BCK 4° set" in bloc of four, rare, certificate Luc vander Marcken, vf (OBP €4,400)

Lot number 3293 Quality: 0

1966 Official postal parcels at 15fr, 123fr and 200fr (2x) on fragment of dispatch note cancelled 24-2-66 at Léopoldville, griffs "PAR AVION/PER VLIEGTUIG", very rare vignettes on document, vf.

Lot number 3294 Quality: 0

1966 Official postal parcels at "15fr. (2x) and "82fr. (6x) on a fragment of a dispatch note cancelled 24-2-66 at Leopoldville, griffs "PAR AVION/PER VLIEGTUIG", very rare vignettes on document, vf.

Lot number 3295 Quality: 0

Lot of 16 vignettes "COLIS POSTAUX OFFICIELS", cancelled Kinshasa or Léopoldville in 1966, the lot consists of 5x "15fr", 2x "82fr", 5x "164fr" and 4x "200fr", vf (OBP RRR)

Lot number 3296 Quality: 0

1966 Official "Colis postaux" of 28, 41, 82 and 164fr. (2x) on fragment of expedition document cancelled 24-2-66 in Léopoldville, cancel "PAR AVION/PER VLIEGTUIG", vignettes are rare on document, vf

Lot number 3297 Quality: **/*/0

1886/1978 Collection in a Philac album of the ind. state of Congo, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, Burundi and Rwanda, very complete in the 1886/1940 part including N° 5 cancelled, 11 cancelled, 13 *, Mols set cancelled/* + local overprint */canceled, typo overprint */canceled numerous duplicates, blocks of 4, etc., vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3298 Quality: */0

1886/1960 Collection in 1 stockbook of the independent state of the Congo and the Belgian Congo, well-documented, very complete including the 8 "message" blocks, vf.

Lot number 3299 Quality: **/*/0

1894/1960 Collection on leaves + in stockbook, with sets, cancels, mini sheets, doubles, vf/f

Lot number 3300 Quality: MIX

1894-1995, Katanga, Belgian Congo, Zaire, Burundi, Ruanda Urundi, large accumulation in box of more than 700 items of postal history (covers, postal stationeries, incoming mails, aerograms) mixed quality (also some front), mainly Belgian Congo, some good cancellations, destinations and frankings, to be checked, but very interesting, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3301 Quality: **

1922/1925, N° 98, 114 and 124, in sheets or part of sheets, f/ to be checked.

Lot number 3302 Quality: ✉

1926/1927, small archive of about 15 covers (no stamps) sent by a young couple of settlers in Kindu, with on cover written on board of the Thysville in may 1927, to be checked.

Lot number 3303 Quality: **

1931/1947 Accumulation of different issues mostly in sheets, with landscapes, Palms, Masks, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3304 Quality: **

Complete sheets Mols bilingual 1910, "5c. green" (4 stamps missing), combination III.2 + c, "10c. carmine" III.2 + A.7, "15c. ochre" III.1a + A.8, bilingual 1915: "10c. carmine" V.2 + B2 and recuperation "5c."/"40c." II + A.2, all with perforation 14, vf (OBP €325)

Lot number 3305 Quality: 0

Accumulation of 4 picture postcards and 2 postal stationeries uprated from Boma to Antwerp, also bloc 1 ** and stamps on cards, vf.

Lot number 3306 Quality: ✉

1932/1960, accumulation of 67 covers aerograms and postcards, some interesting cancellations such as Mwene-Ditu, Lukula, Bunia, Leopoldville, Bukavu-1-G,Costermansville, Tshimbulu, Kasongo, Matadi, Nya-Lukemba-B, Goma-1D, Thsyville-A, Sakania,..., some beautiful frankings, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3307 Quality: ✉

1941, cover franked with COB n° 222 "2,75fr blue - Monument issue" sent from TSHOFA (superb strike - Keach type 8A1) Dec. 13, 1941 to Canada, with South African censor tape, via Kabinda and Elisabethville, folded, vf/f

Lot number 3308 Quality: ✉

1923/1932, accumulation of 25 covers and picture postcard all franked with Vloors and Leys issue, some good cancellation also covers by airmail, mainly to Belgium, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3309 Quality: ✉

1925 Registered letter franked with N° 98, 108, 111 and 113 sent to Czechoslovakia, nice franking and good destination, vf

Lot number 3310 Quality: ZK/PWST

1930/1960 Small lot of illustrated postcards and stationery, most having travelled, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3311 Quality: ZK

1937 N° 194/96 "Reine Astrid", the 3 values on illustrated care with special cancellation of the first philatelic exhibition in Leopoldville, the card, numbered 204 is sent to Leuven, vf.

Lot number 3312 Quality: ✉

1938, Mission Gatti in Belgian Congo, cover franked with COB n°168 "10c - Natives issue", cancelled by Mission Gatti - Congo Belge cachet Dec. 14, 1938 and sent to Houston / USA; with straight-lined mark "Certified Sent from the Base Camp of the Tenth Gatti African Expedition in the Equitorial Forest", vf

Lot number 3313 Quality: ✉

1941 Telegram from "La force publique" sent from Leopoldville on 4 March 1941 to Matadi, large round cancellation "CONGO BELGE FORCE PUBLIQUE PROVINCE DU CONGO-KASAÏ/BATAILLON DE TROUPES EN SERVICE TERRITORIAL/ETAT-MAJOR", rare, vf

Lot number 3314 Quality: ✉

1943 N° 237, 259 and 265 on a cover with letterhead "Consulate General of Portugal" in Leopoldville, sent by registered post on 2 March 1943 to Elizabethville, consulate cancellation stamped in violet on the back, vf.

Lot number 3315 Quality: ✉

1951 Lot of 3 letters from Aketi to Belgium, all franked "6.50fr. by "mask" stamps, 3 different value combinations, original, vf.

Lot number 3316 Quality: ✉

1954 N° 314 "3fr. fleurs" and 4x "1fr." revenue stamps cancelled by "O" on airmail letter despatched from Matadi on 22 Nov 1954 to Brussels, bilingual in box griffe "SURTAXE AERIENNE INSUFFISANTE / BIJTAKS FOR AIRMAIL TIME UNTOUCHABLE", rare, vf.

Lot number 3317 Quality: ✉

Accumulation of covers, illustrated postcards, picture postcars and entires, with an archive of a soldier on the basis of Kamina on mission in Ruanda Urundi 1959/60, to be studied attentively !

Lot number 3318 Quality: ❒

Colonial lottery ticket sold for 50 francs in 1938 for the printing of 15 January 1939, designers Minguet and Poortman, superb condition, ticket with watermark, vf.

Lot number 3319 Quality: ✉

1928/1939, 83 airmail letters/cards including many 1st flights to be checked carefully, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3320 Quality: ✉

1928 N° 127 "Vloors 1fr. blue" + PA 1/2 from Leopoldville "PAR AVION" 8-3-1928 to Brussels via Bordeaux, vf

Lot number 3321 Quality: ✉

1930, First raid goulette return flight "Madagascar - Elisabethville - Léopoldville - Paris", letter franked with n° 121 (2x), 128 (3x), PA 1, PA 2, PA 4 (2x), cancelled "LEOPOLDVILLE 20-3-30", registered label Léopoldville 1, vf

Lot number 3322 Quality: ✉

1931 Small business card cover franked with N° 163, PA 1 and 2 sent from Lisala on 7 December 1931 to Antwerp, unusual size and franking, vf.

Lot number 3323 Quality: ✉

1936, airmail cover franked with COB n° PA4 (5fr - Airmail 1921) and 186 (2x) "1,25fr - 4Kings issue", sent from Stanleyville Jan. 7, 1936 to Metz / France, some faults, f/to be checked

Lot number 3324 Quality: ✉

1943 Letter franked at "2,40$" sent from New York on 22 December 1943 to Leopoldville, the letter is censored on arrival in Leopoldville on 8 February 1944, gum band : Congolese censor wrapper and censor number "3", f

Lot number 3325 Quality: ✉

1944 Letter franked at "12,50fr. by PA 11 (2x) and PA 17 dispatched from Lukula on 30-9-44 to Tournai transit Leopoldville on 4-10-44, British censorship wrapper and arrival cancel at "Bruxelles 15-II-15", f

Lot number 3326 Quality: ✉

1941, airmail cover sent in postage free (SM) by a soldier from Djugu July 7, 1941 to BPM n°4 (Military filed postoffice - in Watsa - Northeastern Troops) where it arrived July 12, 1941 via Irumu, cover with faults but rare, to be checked

Lot number 3327 Quality: ✉

1941, airmail cover sent in postage free (SM) by a soldier from Wamba August 9, 1941 to BPM n°4 (Military filed postoffice - in Watsa - Northeastern Troops) where it arrived August 11, 1941 , rare cover with faults and folded but rare, to be checked

Lot number 3328 Quality: ✉

1941, airmail cover franked with COB n° 173, 177A and 178A "50c, 1,50fr and 2,50fr - Natives issue" and PA 8(vertical strip of 3) "1fr - Airmail issue" (on reverse), sent from Leopoldville Dec. 8, 1941 to Lieutenant Fitch in Cairo / Egypt (Fitch was in charge of the Mac Kenzie Military mission), scarce, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3329 Quality: 0

Circa 1930, group of 18 stamps (9x) Belgian Congo and (9x) Ruanda Urundi, with all PAQUEBOT cancellation of Kigoma, this cancellation was used for mails posted on board of ship on the Lake Tanganyika, mixed quality, f/to be checked

Lot number 3330 Quality: ❒

Cardboard leaflet from the "COMPAGNIE BELGE MARITIME DU CONGO" (CBMC), showing in tabular form the return dates for the liners on the Antwerp-Congo line for the year 1913, added illustrated postcard showing in map form the "routes to the Belgian Congo", vf/f

Lot number 3331 Quality: ZK/PWST

1925/1935, 3 cards/entires with CMB cancellations, Elisabethville, Anversville and Thysville, vf/to be checked

Lot number 3332 Quality: ✉

1936 Complete set "Floors" from 1925, n° 118 to 131 + 134 on large cover all cancelled "COURRIER DE HAUTE MER ELISABETHVILLE", Matadi date stamp of 28-12-36, curiosity: this set was demonetised since 1/1/33, vf.

Lot number 3333 Quality: PWST

1886/1962 Collection in Davo album from n° 1 to 87 unused + aerograms A1 to A5 and Ruanda-Urundi from n° 1 to 35 (except n° 3 and 4) of which n° 5 and 6 used (+/-140 items), vf

Lot number 3334 Quality: PWS

Stibbe # 29 with local overprint "CONGO BELGE" type L4, applied OBLIQUE and local overprint "10" in black applied in the centre of the stamp (error not described in Stibbe catalogue), cancelled BOMA December 7, 1910, scarce, vf

Lot number 3335 Quality: PWS

1913, Stibbe # 43 with view 29, sent from Buta October 8, 1913 to Roma / ITALY (very scarce) where it arrived December 9, via Leopoldville, vf

Lot number 3336 Quality: LIT

"Lado, Histoire postale de l'enclave" (Maselis, Schouberechts, Tavano) (FR/UK), vf

Lot number 3337 Quality: *

N° 10 "10c. Carmine" in horizontal pair with overprint "TOMBEUR", "RUANDA", the stamps bear on the back the small cancellation "J. Baete", tropical gum, vf (OBP €830)

Lot number 3338 Quality: **

N° 11 "15c. green" in horizontal pair with overprint "TOMBEUR", "RUANDA", the stamps bear on the back the small cancellation "J. Baete", tropical gum , vf (OBP €1,540)

Lot number 3339 Quality: (*)

N° 17 "10c. Carmine" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "URUNDI", on the back small in box cancellation of the CBE (Commission Belge d'Expertise), f (OBP €415)

Lot number 3340 Quality: **

N° 22 "1fr. olive" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "URUNDI", on the back small cancellation "J. Baete", tropical gum , vf (OBP €1,925) - See cover photo

Lot number 3341 Quality: 0

N° 11 "15c. green" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "RUANDA", cancelled "BPCVPK" n° 10, rare, on the back small oval cancellation of the CBE (Commission Belge d'Expertise), missing one perforation, vf/f

Lot number 3342 Quality: 0

N° 16 "5c. green" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "URUNDI", cancelled "BPCVPK 2-16", number without stamp, rare on the back small stamp, oval of the CBE (Commission Belge d'Expertise), vf

Lot number 3343 Quality: 0

N° 18 "15c. green" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "URUNDI" cancelled "ALBERTVILLE 13 NOVE 16", rare, on the back small dual cancel of the CBE (Commission Belge d'Expertise), vf

Lot number 3344 Quality: 0

N° 19 "25c. blue" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "URUNDI", cancelled "Muanza" without date (German "Prise de guerre" cancel used by Belgian troops, extremely rare on "TOMBEUR" stamp), on the back small oval CBE (Commission Belge d'Expertise) cancel, vf - See cover photo

Lot number 3345 Quality: 0

N° 20 "40c. brun carmine" with overprint "TOMBEUR", "URUNDI" cancelled "BPCVPK 2 SEP" (number without stamp) , rare, on the back small oval cancellation of the CBE (Commission Belge d'Expertise), minus 2 teeth, f