Belgian Congo

Lot number 2677 Quality: */(*)

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N° 30B/39B Mols set with "CONGO BELGE" overprint from Brussels on type B2, the "25c.", "40c." and "50c." as well as the "1fr." have hinge marks, the other 6 stamps are without gum, certificate Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €3,645)

Lot number 2678 Quality: 0

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N° 31B2 "10c. carmine" with Brussels overprint "CONGO BELGE" type B2 - Mols 1909 issue", tied by "BOMA" cachet January 1, 1909 (first day issue), great rarity, very fine, with Lindekens certificate, vf

Lot number 2679 Quality: **

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N° 31L ‘10c. carmine’, strip of 5 with right margin of sheet with local overprint of type 2 in perfect condition, positions 16 to 20 on the sheet, type 2 on 10c. catalogue value of 25% higher than type 1 listed in the OBP, overprint valuation table attached, vf (OBP €115 + 25%)

Lot number 2680 Quality: 0

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N° 37L ‘3.50fr. vermilion’ with local overprint ‘CONGO BELGE’ type 3 (L3) cancelled BOMA 22 March 1909 (type 1.10), accompanied by table of rarity of Brussels and local overprints, Vander Marcke certificate, vf (OBP €275)

Lot number 2681 Quality: **

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N° 30L ‘5c. green’, ban, strip of 5 stamps with local overprint type 4 in perfect condition, positions 46 to 50 on the sheet, type 4 on ‘5c.’, rated 25% higher than type 1 listed in the COB, overprint rating table added, vf (OBP €115 +25%)

Lot number 2682 Quality: 0

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N° 43 "25c. blue" with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE" type T1 - Mols 1909 issue", plate I2+A3 (position #30), with curiosity of overprint "A CHEVAL", cancelled in 1911, scarce, with Lindekens certificate, vf

Lot number 2683 Quality: **

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N° 44 ‘40c. green-blue’ with typographic overprint ‘CONGO BELGE’, block of 9 with complete corner piece of the sheet, positions 1/3-6/8-11/13 of the sheet, positions 11 and 12 are T2, very nice item in perfect condition, vf (OBP €230)

Lot number 2684 Quality: *

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N° 40PT ‘5c. green - Mols Princes’ with ‘CONGO BELGE’ overprint, typography position 34 on the sheet with ‘small balloon above the mountains’ variety, vf (OBP €190 + variety)

Lot number 2685 Quality: PWST

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Postal stationery #24P, 1909, 10 red on yellow - Prince 1909 issue with typo overprint "CONGO BELGE" in black, mint, with Lindekens certificate, vf

Lot number 2686 Quality: PWST

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Stibbe 29P ‘15c. orange on brown’ from the princes issue with ‘CONGO BELGE’ typo overprint, new value ‘10’, sent from Kinshasa on 24 April 1911 to Brussels, rare, vf

Lot number 2687 Quality: 0

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N° 53a ‘50c. dark olive’ with handwritten cancellation ‘DONGO 1/4/14’ in black ink and cancellation ‘Leopoldville 16 AUGUST 14’, rare, Dongo in Ubangi did not have a post office until August 1956, vf

Lot number 2688 Quality: 0

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N° 54 "5c. green - Mols Bilingual 1910 issue", with paper crease "PLI ACCORDÉON" and tied by "STANLEYVILLE" cachet in Sept. 1914, very spectacular curiosity, great rarity, vf

Lot number 2689 Quality: 0

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N° 59 "50c. olive - Mols Bilingue 1910 issue" with black-boxed postmark ‘SERVICE DES POSTES CONTRÔLE’, rare, vf

Lot number 2690 Quality: ✉

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1913, envelope franked with COB N° 57, "25c. blue - Mols bilingual 1910 issue", sent from Kinshasa July 1913 to Stromstad in Sweden where it arrived August 27, 1913, rate of April 1, 1910 for international cover "25c."/15gr, correctly franked at "25c.", uncommon destination, roughly opened, f/to be checked

Lot number 2691 Quality: ✉

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1914, envelope franked with COB N° 57, "25c blue - Mols bilingual 1910 issue", sent from Bukama (in blue) January 20, 1914 to Berlin in Germany, rate of April 1, 1910 for international cover 25c/15gr, correctly franked at 25c, sender request via Elisabethville and Capetown, with on reverse private cachet in purple "SOCIETE ANVERSOISE POUR LA RECHERCHE DES MINES AU KATANGA", vf

Lot number 2692 Quality: *

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N° 67-Cu, "25c blue - Mols Bilingual 1915 issue", in vertical pair, with paper crease "PLI ACCORDÉON", step 1 printing of the frame, step 2 printing of the centre with the paper crease, step 3 gumming, step 4 perforation (distorted), very spectacular curiosity, great rarity, consolidated with hinges, vf

Lot number 2693 Quality: ❒

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N° 78 ‘1fr. elephant’, colour proof mounted on presentation board by Waterlow of London, very rare, vf

Lot number 2694 Quality: **

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N° 85A and 87A ‘5c. on 40c. blue-green’, complete sheet corner with sheet number “476” and ‘15c. on 50c. olive’ with sheet edge, Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €240)

Lot number 2695 Quality: **

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N° 86A, 89A and 90A '1915 issue overprinted' by error of the surcharge 'Recuperation', all with sheet margin, vf (OBP €435)

Lot number 2696 Quality: **

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N° 91A ‘1921 on 1fr.’ with typographical overprint ‘CONGO BELGE’ in mint condition with no hinge marks, rare in this condition, Luc Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €255)

Lot number 2697 Quality: **

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N° 93A ‘5fr. carmine’ with overprint ‘CONGO BELGE’, typographic and ‘1921’, position 48 on the sheet, rare in this condition, Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €525)

Lot number 2698 Quality: **

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N° 93A ‘1921 on 5fr.’ with typographical overprint ‘CONGO BELGE’ in mint condition, no trace of hinge, with corner of sheet, very rare in this condition, Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €525)

Lot number 2699 Quality: 0

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N° 100Dr-Cu ‘5c. green’, Mols Bilinge from 1910 mistakenly overprinted in Boma with ‘10c.’ in vermilion, the overprint is inverted, not listed in the catalogue, the stamp is cancelled Boma 17 October 1922 in black on a fragment, vf (OBP €330 for normal overprint)

Lot number 2700 Quality: **

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N° 108/110 (6 including 1 block of 4) and 161A with ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint (red) and cancellation perforation, vf (OBP +€350)

Lot number 2701 Quality: **

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N° 150/58 "Full set" in block of 4, vf (OBP €800)

Lot number 2702 Quality: 0

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N° 176-Cu "1fr - Natives issue", with paper crease "PLIS ACCORDÉON" and tied by "Elisabethville" cachet June 3, 1937, very spectacular curiosity, great rarity, vf

Lot number 2703 Quality: **

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N° 228-Cu "5c. red", central misperforation, vf

Lot number 2704 Quality: **/0

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1938/1984 Accumulation of minisheets in map, with Kennedy (2x) **, vf

Lot number 2705 Quality: ✉

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1945 N° 265 (2x) ‘7fr. black’ on airmail letter sent from Bumba on 20-11-45, taxed ‘1fr.’ in Brussels on 27 November 1945, vf

Lot number 2706 Quality: **

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A5 "Full booklet", vf (OBP €750)

Lot number 2707 Quality: 0

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CP 18/23 First series BCK stamps, various cancellations in black and purple, Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €1.650)

Lot number 2708 Quality: **/*/0

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1886/1959 Interesting basic collection including forgeries, varieties, A5 booklet sheetlet, etc., f

Lot number 2709 Quality: */0

KB - Small flat box

1886/1937 Old circulation booklet from a Dutch philatelic club containing over 200 stamps, mainly EIC and overprinted Mols, it should be checked, vf

Lot number 2710 Quality: PWST

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1900, "BUMBA" (Heim & Keach type 1.2-DMTY) cachet tied , in blue, March 11, 1900 the postal stationery Stibbe #17 reply part, written in Isangi March 10, 1900 and sent to Zulte / Olsene / Belgium where it arrived April 25, via Boma March 31, superb strike of BUMBA cache, vf

Lot number 2711 Quality: ✉

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1960, "KATAKO-KOMBE" (Heim & Keach type 8A2) cachet tied May 15, 1960 the 1fr. and 2fr. - Madona 1959 issue and the 6,50fr. - 5 Kings issue, on airmail envelope sent to Zeebrugge / Belgium, scarce cancellation, vf/f

Lot number 2712 Quality: 0

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Mwene-Ditu 5-1-57 on revenue stamp at ‘2fr.’, ‘pension fund for workers in the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi’, rare, with additional article from BCSC N° 64 concerning this stamp, vf

Lot number 2713 Quality: ✉

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1910/1980 A lot of over 100 postal stationeries/letters from Congo to Belgium, most covers with contents, added are around thirty letters from Congo Brazzaville, vf/f, to be checked

Lot number 2714 Quality: ✉

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1912/1963 Very good lot of 125 cards/letters from all periods, non-stamped airmail, some censored, 1st class, registered letter, etc., absolutely to be checked, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 2715 Quality: ✉

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1921, n° 66 (27x) on front of large cover sent by registered post from Kambove on 5 December 1921 to Brussels, impressive, vf/f

Lot number 2716 Quality: ✉

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1922, n° 64, 100 (2x) and 102 on letter sent from Coquilhatville on 1 February 1922 to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ‘O’ demonetized griffe below n° 64 ‘5c. green’, Mols 1915 and ‘T’ tax griffe and “OIO” annotation crossed out, arrival cancellation ‘Esch-Sur-Alzette 6.3.22’, f

Lot number 2717 Quality: ✉

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1926, n° 112 (4x) and 123 (2x) on registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent by kilo on 22 January 1926 to Brussels, ‘A.R.’ letters are very rare in the Belgian Congo, vf

Lot number 2718 Quality: ✉

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1931/1932, groupe of 20 covers, "Banque Commerciale du Congo - Leopoldville" envelopes franked with red meter mark of the A2 Timbrographe machine, all sent from and to Leopoldville-1 and with arrival on reverse side (Leopoldville 2 cachet), for study, vf

Lot number 2719 Quality: ✉

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1938 N° 135 (2x), 136, 172 and 198 on a letter from Jadotville dated 27-7-38 to Brugge, N° 135 and 136 ‘STANLEY’ being demonetized, the letter “O” is stamped under each stamp and the letter is rate valued on arrival at ‘40c.’ by two Belgian “20c” postage due stamps cancelled in Bruges on 16 August 1938, vf/f

Lot number 2720 Quality: ✉

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1938, Mission Gatti (10th expedition) envelope franked with OBP N° 170 "20c. Natives issue", sent from Congo December 14, 1938 to Houston in USA, with 3 lines certification mark, scarce, vf/f

Lot number 2721 Quality: ✉

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1945/1947 Small archive from a sender in Elisabethville consisting of two letters and four airmail letters, all with various ‘PALMIERS’ postage stamps, vf/to be checked

Lot number 2722 Quality: ✉

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1946, Nos. 237, 246 and 261 on parcel label containing used shoes shipped from Nizi on 22-4-46 to Antwerp, small green Belgian customs label covered with two postage due stamps worth 2 and 3.50 francs, cancelled in Antwerp, date illegible, vf

Lot number 2723 Quality: ✉

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1946, N° 254 (3x) ‘50c. green Palms’ on parcel label marked ‘FILM’, sent from Nizi on 11 April 1946 to Antwerp, f

Lot number 2724 Quality: ✉

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1947 N° 264 ‘6fr. blue’ on airmail letter sent from Matadi on 15 July 1947 to Brussels, in box airmail stamp crossed out and large framed stamp ‘SURTAXE AERIENNE INSUFFISANTE’ (insufficient airmail surcharge fee), rare, vf

Lot number 2725 Quality: ✉

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Small lot of mail from 1941-1946, including 1st connection 25 hours, 2 postal stationary items and registered letter without postage, to be checked

Lot number 2726 Quality: ✉

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1934, Rubin return flight, annotation ‘PAR AVION’, Queen Astrid, special framed stamp of the flight in red and stamp ‘DEPART DE LEOPOLDVILLE LE 26 DECEMBRE 1934’, the letter is franked with two n° 175 ‘75c. carmine red’ and one ‘5fr. green green’ PA 4 airmail stamps, vf

Lot number 2727 Quality: ✉

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1935 Set of 3 letters with in box griff "1° liaison aérienne Bruxelles - Elisabethville Sabena 15-11-1935" (1st air link Brussels - Elisabethville Sabena 15-11-1935), including one one-way, one return and one to Madagascar, beautiful item, vf condition

Lot number 2728 Quality: ✉

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1936, airmail cover, franked with COB N° (pair) PA2, (1x) PA12, (1x) 177 and (1x) 186, sent by airmail via Imperial Airways, from Costermansville June 6, 1936 to Bouges / France where it arrived June 19, via Rutshuru and Kampala / Uganda, correctly franked, vf/f

Lot number 2729 Quality: ✉

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1937, postcard from the Antwerp Aeronautical Exhibition, franked by Belgium N° 449, PA 3, and PA 6, cancelled Antwerp 25 March 1937 and Congo N° 135, 194, PA 7 and PA 9, cancelled Stanleyville 1-10-1937, griffe of the Antwerp exhibition, vf

Lot number 2730 Quality: ZK

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Small group of 2 picture postcard published by SABENA (modern) and 4 small pictures incl. 2 with views of plane (circa 1920-1935) and 2 "private views", very interesting to consider, vf

Lot number 2731 Quality: ✉

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1916, Senegal, picture postcard franked with 10c orange-red and carmine (Yv. n° 57), sent from Dakar September 11, 1916 to Coquilhatville in Belgian Congo, via Matadi (Oct. 14), Irebu (Oct. 26) and Libenge (Nov. 12), zm

Lot number 2732 Quality: ✉

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1916, n° 66a (2x) ‘15c. green’, 1st printing ‘Cut palm trees’ (600.000 copies) on small cover sent from Uvira on 6 April 1916 to the Netherlands, on the back Congolese censorship stamp ‘CENSURE MILITAIRE/le comdt du bt’ + signature, Dutch censorship griff and British censorship wrapper, fine condition document censored 3 times, vf

Lot number 2733 Quality: ✉

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1916 N° 67 ‘25c. blue’ on letter sent from Pweto on 6 July 1916 to the Netherlands, two-line censorship mark ‘MILITARY CENSORSHIP’ - POSITION OF VUA" in blue (extremely rare!) and British censorship on the back Elisabethville 21 July and Putte 22 August 1916, vf

Lot number 2734 Quality: ✉

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1917 Original German cover sent by the Albertville military agent on 26 July 1917 to France, stamped on the back with a blue flag ‘CONGO BELGE - ALBERTVILLE’, rare, French censorship wrapper and censorship mark, vf

Lot number 2735 Quality: ✉

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1918, N° 69 ‘50c. lilac brown’ on Belgian army letterhead cover sent by registered post from Lukula on 13 February 1918 to the Netherlands, British censorship wrapper ‘OPENED BY CENSOR 677’, transited London on 5 April 1918, f

Lot number 2736 Quality: ✉

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1917, 2 registered letters, one franked with a n° 32 ‘40c.’ and the other with a n° 33 ‘50c.’, sent from Kigoma on 4 July 1917 to the patent agency in Baarle Duc, with three lines of writing on the back: ‘EST AFRICAN ALLEMAND’ - BELGIAN OCCUPATION - DISTRICT OF UDJIJI‘ and ’MILITARY CENSORSHIP", transit mark London and arrival stamp Baarle Hertog OCT 1917, vf

Lot number 2737 Quality: ✉

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1917 N° 31 and 33 on registered letter from Kigoma, 19 November 1917 to the Netherlands, on the back censorship label from Kigoma, rare, transit London 24 January 1918, vf

Lot number 2738 Quality: ✉

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1918 N° 29 and 30 on letter sent from ‘B.P.C.V.P.K.’ n° 16 on 21rst of January 1918 to the Netherlands, the letter is written and censored by the commander of the 14th regiment Ermens, cover with Belgian army letterhead, vf

Lot number 2739 Quality: ✉

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1918 N° 29, 30 and 31 on registered letter sent from Kigoma on 3 December 1918 to Liège, with large purple griff ‘CENSURE MILITAIRE’ (military censorship) on the back and postmark B 10 Dec 18, vf

Lot number 2740 Quality: ✉

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1918, n° 29 and 32 on registered letter sent from B.P.C.V.P.K. N° 11 on 10 January 1918 to the Netherlands, with censor's griff on the back, ‘SEEN BY CENSORSHIP’, dated 9-1-18 and signed, stamped ‘BASE OFFICE B 11 JAN 18’, ‘LONDON 4 MR 18’ and ‘ROTTERDAM 14-3-18’, vf/f

Lot number 2741 Quality: ✉

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1918, n° 31 ‘25c. blue occupation’ sent by registered mail from B.P.C.V.P.K., n° 10 on 16 March 1918 to London, with handwritten censorship on the back by Lt. Toussaint and transit ‘Kigoma 17 MR’, ‘BASE OFFICE D 22 MAR’ and ‘Paddington 3 JUL 18’, sent by a Belgian soldier from the cycling company of the northern brigade, vf/f

Lot number 2742 Quality: ✉

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1940, surface mail envelope franked with COB N° 171 and 178A "25c. and 2,50fr. - Natives issue", sent from Irumu December 12, 1940 to Manheim / USA, via Leopoldville-1 (Dec. 17), with straight-line mark type Fa "Passé Censure Irumu" in red, vf

Lot number 2743 Quality: ✉

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1942, surface mail envelope franked with COB N°237 and 261 "1fr and 2,50fr - Palms 1942 issue, sent from Jadotville August 24, 1942 to New York / USA, with straight-line censor mark type Ebb "Passé Censure ELISABETHVILLE" in black, superb strike, with Luc Vander Marcken certificate, vf

Lot number 2744 Quality: ✉

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1943, registered envelope, franked with COB N° 262 (1x) "3,50fr. - Palms 1942 issue", sent from B.P.M. 101 (Cairo / Egypt) August 20, 1943 to a Natives in Luozi / Belgian Congo, via Leopoldville1 (Aug. 28), signature of the sender, no indication of the language, transferred to the military censor where the violet crown cachet type MDa "PASSED BY CENSOR No 6391" was applied, postage at 3.50fr to pay the registration fee, illustrated in the book "La Force publique du Congo Belge - Mail & military censorship 1940-1945 by Th. Lindekens p. 111, mail to Natives is scarce, very fine, with Lindekens certificate, vf/f

Lot number 2745 Quality: PWST

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EP at "15c." (Stibbe N° 61) view N° 93 with Vloors N° 110 ‘25c. brown-red’ and N° 111 ‘30c. pink’, the postal stationery and the two stamps are cancelled "COURRIER DE HAUTE MER 5/5 THYSVILLE", vf

Lot number 2746 Quality: 0

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N° 112 "50c. blue - Vloors issue", cancelled "COURRIER - S/S Stanleyville - HAUTE MER" in violet, scarce, vf

Lot number 2747 Quality: ✉

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1908, picture postcard franked with Middle Congo stamp Yv. (1x) 51, sent from Brazzaville June 26, 1908 to Chatelineau / Belgium with official seal "ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO - COMMISSARIAT MARITIME DE MATADI", postcard probably carried via the paquebot of the CBMC Leopoldville (3), Ex collection Claude Delbke RDP, superb and scarce, vf

Lot number 2748 Quality: ZK

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1920/1931, 2 postcards with illustration, one written aboard the S.S. Albertville in April 1920, franked with stamps n° 64 and 67, addressed to Antwerp, and the other with a large circular cancellation ‘Leopoldville-croisières’, franked with a ‘75c.’ stamp, n° 175 cancelled with the “PAQUEBOT” griff in Antwerp, vf

Lot number 2749 Quality: PWST

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Between n° 1 and 35L, small lot of 9 unused postal stationery and 1 used stamp, vf

Lot number 2750 Quality: PWST

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1898, EP 14 sent from Tumbu-Mani on 12 March 1898 to Matadi, sought-after cancellation, rare in domestic service, vf

Lot number 2751 Quality: PWST

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1909, EP 15 sent from Lukafu on 6 July 09 to Brussels, arrival stamp 21 August 09, the sender, in accordance with instructions, handwrote the words ‘etat independant’ to write ‘CONGO BELGE’, rare, vf

Lot number 2752 Quality: PWST

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1899, postal stationery Stibbe #17 reply card with overprint "MATADI CARTE INCOMPLETE" (applied at departure), sent from Matadi January 2, 1899 to Anvers / Belgium where it arrived February 13 via Boma (Jan. 5), the Matadi straight-lined mark is more scarce than the Boma straight-lined mark "carte incomplete", vf

Lot number 2753 Quality: PWST

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1911, EP 21T, with additional postage of a "10c. bilingual 10c stamp from 1910‘, sent from Leopoldville on 18 November 1911 to Liège ’RE-SENT TO BRUSSELS", arrival stamp Liège 23 December 1911 and BXL 27 December, postage at letter rate, vf

Lot number 2754 Quality: PWST

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Fragment of an EP Stibbe N° 25, request section with additional German stamp at ‘5pf.’ with ship cancellation 'Deutsche Seepost Linie Hamburg Westafrika 29-10-11, vf

Lot number 2755 Quality: PWST

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EP Stibbe N° 37 '10c orange on cream', sent from Matadi on 12 March 1911, to Kinshasa, domestic mail, rare!, vf/f

Lot number 2756 Quality: PWST

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1944, EP N° 74 with additional postage of a stamp N° 245 ‘10fr.’, sent from Leopoldville on 11 September 1944 to London by air, handwritten annotation ‘PAR AVION SPECIAL"’, British censor stamp in red, vf