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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)