Covers W.W.I 1914/1918

Lot number 2732 Quality: BRF

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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

Starting price: 30

Lot number 2733 Quality: BRF

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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

Starting price: 100

Lot number 2734 Quality: BRF

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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

Starting price: 60

Lot number 2735 Quality: BRF

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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

Starting price: 20