watermark without frame

Lot number 1265 Quality: (*)

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N° 6 "10c. brown", beautifully margined without gum, very fine (OBP €660)

Lot number 1266 Quality: (*)

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N° 6 "10c. brown" without gum and fully margined, very fine (OBP €660)

Lot number 1267 Quality: (*)

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N° 6 "10c. brown" without gum, but fully margined and with a small tone spot on the left margin, slight thinning + creases, very attractive appearance and watermark letters, f/to be checked (OBP €660)

Lot number 1268 Quality: *

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N° 6A "10c. brown" with nice regular margins, hinge remainder in the top left corner and written on in pencil at the bottom, fresh colour, very fine (OBP €2,100)

Lot number 1269 Quality: *

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N° 6A "10c. brown" with fine margins, heavy hinge marks in the centre of the stamp, original gum and fresh colour, very fine/fine (OBP €2,100)

Lot number 1270 Quality: (*)

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N° 6A "10c. brown", fully margined, worn plate, resulting in blurred printing, particularly at the bottom of the image, watermark letters, f/to be checked (OBP €575)

Lot number 1271 Quality: (*)

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N° 6A "10c. brown", lower right corner, border line touched, f/to be checked (OBP €575)

Lot number 1272 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", plate II, three copies in different colours, including grey, brown, cardboard-like brown paper, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1273 Quality: 0

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N° 6, plate V, 8 different colours on two paper types, all stamps mounted, 4 stamps with margin, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1274 Quality: 0

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N° 6-V17 "10c. brown", plate IV, position 19, "Diagonally above the right-hand 10", ex. Yves Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 1275 Quality: 0/✉

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N° 6-V "Griffe from the right 10 through the left 10 of the next stamp", positions 75 and 76, plate III, on stamp and on letter, ex. Yves Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 1276 Quality: 0/✉

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N° 6-V "Three horizontal lines" instead of two in the top left corner, above the "10", position 30, plate III, on stamp and on letter, ex. Yves Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 1277 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", fully margined pair with two fine accordion folds, very fine

Lot number 1278 Quality: ✉

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1854 N° 6-Copper "10c. brown", on letter with contents, cancel P.25-Charleroi, dated 24 July 1854, to Charleroi, plate III, with curiosity "missing printing at the bottom", very fine

Lot number 1279 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", block of four – touched at the top, with cancel P.24-Bruxelles (14-bar), plate IV, position 123-124/133-134, very fine/fine (OBP – €300)

Lot number 1280 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", block of four fully margined sheets, plate II, positions 177/178 - 187/188, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb (OBP €300)

Lot number 1281 Quality: 0

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N° 6B "10c. brown", fully margined, vertically ribbed paper (1854), beautifully framed circular cancel, very fine (OBP €80)

Lot number 1282 Quality: ✉

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1851 N° 6 "10c. brown", fully margined on letter with contents, from P.14-Beaumont, dated 19 June 1851, to Charleroi, fine secondary postmark in red "Après le Départ", early use of the issue, very fine

Lot number 1283 Quality: ✉

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1857 N° 6, plate V, 20 February 1857, first known date of use, on a letter from P.9-Audenaerde, dated 20 February 1857, to Ghent, ex. Yves Vertommen, unique, very fine

Lot number 1284 Quality: 0

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N° 6-Cu "10c. brown", superb accordion fold, plate I, position 95, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1285 Quality: 0

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N° 6-Cu "10c. brown", superb accordion fold, plate V, position 92, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1286 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", in pair, not fully margined with lower border, with year "2 51" (complete), illegible cancel, position 91, very fine/fine

Lot number 1287 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", fully margined (with rounded top-left corner) with fine corner piece, with year "3 1854 3" (complete), cancel P.24-Bruxelles, position 200, very fine – see cover photo

Lot number 1288 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", fully margined (with defects) with a fine corner piece, with year "1854 3" (complete), illegible cancel, position 91, very fine/fine – see cover photo

Lot number 1289 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", not fully margined with lower border, with year mark "1854 3" (30% complete), illegible cancel, position 91, very fine/fine

Lot number 1290 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", fully margined (with repair to left margin) with fine lower margin, year "3 1854 3" (complete), cancel P.156-Chênée, position 200, very fine/fine – see cover photo

Lot number 1291 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", fully margined (with defects) with lower border, year "1858 6" (30% complete), cancel P.44-Furnes, position 91, very fine/fine

Lot number 1292 Quality: 0

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N° 6A "10c. brown", very fine, fully margined, with D.39-Nederbrakel cancel, very fine (COBA €35)

Lot number 1293 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown" (58x) in varied condition, a few cancels (P.102, P.89, P.127, etc.), multiple griffs, including plating material, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1294 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown" (60x) in varied condition, a few cancels (P.8, P.51, P.29, etc.), multiple griffs, including overprinted material, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1295 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", strip of 3, 8 horizontal pairs, 2 vertical pairs, varied condition, some scratches, including plating material, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1296 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", collection with 1 horizontal pair and 17 single stamps, some fine cancellations, including some subpost office cancels D.4, D.40, D.46, D.61, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1297 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", 1 vertical and 2 horizontal pairs and 36 copies, all fully margined, superb plating material, also some cancels such as P.44-Furnes, very fine

Lot number 1298 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", collection of 161 copies with some better cancels, mixed quality, for the postmark collector and plater, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1299 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", 25 copies + 2 pairs, mostly with fine margins, only cancels P.48, D.36, several neighbours, several overprints, a genuine study lot, very fine/fine

Lot number 1300 Quality: 0

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N° 6 "10c. brown", 2 strips of 3 (neither fully margined, both mounted by the consignor), 3 stamps on a fragment (one is N° 10A), cancel D.11, P.148 and P.123, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1301 Quality: *

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N° 7 "20c. blue" with fine, regular margins, slightly faded gum and a small black expert mark, f (OBP €3,000)

Lot number 1302 Quality: **

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N° 7Aa "20c. dark blue", very nicely and evenly margined, right margin present, very fresh in colour with a few insignificant spots on the gum, superb stamp with Kaiser certificate, paper remnants on the margins, very fine (OBP ++€7,125)

Lot number 1303 Quality: **/*

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N° 7Aa "20c. dark blue" in block of four with margin on the left, the bottom two stamps are mint, small margin at the top and the top right stamp is slightly damaged, very fresh and beautiful colour, for the enthusiast, Kaiser photo certificate, very fine (OBP €19,950) - see cover photo

Lot number 1304 Quality: *

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N° 7Aa "20c. dark blue" in a pair with right margin, superb colour and very nicely edged, 2 thinning marks on the margin, stamps are perfect apart from 1 hinge remainder, stamps from plate III nos. 69 and 70, very fine (OBP €5,200) – see cover photo

Lot number 1305 Quality: *

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N° 7A "20c. blue" with 4 fine margins, with overprint at the bottom and on the right, and very fresh in colour and with gum, very fine (OBP €2,850)

Lot number 1306 Quality: (*)

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N° 7 "20c. blue", without gum, upper margin and bottom left margin cut close (not cut into), to be checked (OBP €800)

Lot number 1307 Quality: (*)

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N° 7 "20c. blue" without gum with 4 fine, regular margins, retouched engraving at the bottom, described as a stamp from plate III, position 2, very fine (OBP €800)

Lot number 1308 Quality: 0

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N° 7/11A "20c. blue", plate IV, 8 different colours, 4 copies for N° 7 and 4 copies for N° 11A, beautiful margins and page margins, ex. Yves Vertommen, beautiful

Lot number 1309 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", plate III, 6 copies, 2 different colours, blue and deep blue, for the 3 different paper types (Papier Ordinaire, Mou Cotonneux and parcheminé), all mounted as shown in the scan, beautiful margins and page margins, ex. Yves Vertommen, magnificent

Lot number 1310 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", plate II, 6 copies of different colours on different paper types (Papier Ordinaire, Côtelé and parcheminé), all mounted as shown in the scan, beautiful margins and page margins, ex. Yves Vertommen, magnificent

Lot number 1311 Quality: 0/✉

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N° 7-V "20c. blue", small collection of 5 varieties, severe retouching on foliage left and right (position 81 – stamp and 82 – letter), double border lines (position 51 – stamp), diagonally perforated margin (position 58/59 – pair), large griffes from top left corner through the face (position 84 – stamp "1st and 2nd state"), griffes above "ST" of "POSTES" (position 142 – stamp), ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1312 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c blue", strip of 3, fully margined, very fine (OBP €90)

Lot number 1313 Quality: (*)/0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", 1 copy unused without gum, not fully margined with 2 wide margins, 1 copy fully margined, cancelled P.160-Roux, f/to be checked

Lot number 1314 Quality: ✉

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1851 N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined with upper margin, on letter with contents, from P.4-Antwerp, dated 2 June 1851, to Brussels, first month of issue, very fine

Lot number 1315 Quality: ✉

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1853 N° 7 "20c. blue", perforated, cancel P.57-Hasselt, dated 19 December 1853, to Gueldre (near Aix-la-Chapelle), "FRANCO" in red frame, border rate, very fine

Lot number 1316 Quality: ✉

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1854 N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined, on letter with contents, cancelled P.68-La-Louvière, dated 15 February 1854, with district postmark T (Houdeng Aimeries), to Lier, contents are an invoice enclosing the original beautifully illustrated bill of exchange, very fine

Lot number 1317 Quality: ✉

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1859 N° 7 "20c. blue", with a nice margin, but slightly damaged at the bottom right, central cancel P.58-Heer, dated 9 March 1859, to Brussels, very fine/fine

Lot number 1318 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", beautifully margined, D.12-Cruyshautem cancel, very fine (COBA €25)

Lot number 1319 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", very fine, fully margined, central cancel D.43-Oostvleteren, very fine (COBA €30)

Lot number 1320 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined, with year "2 1851" (complete), P.51-Grammont cancel, position 91, very fine – see cover photo

Lot number 1321 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined with scissor-cut in the lower margin, with year "2 1851" (completely cut from the margin), cancel P.51-Grammont, position 91, very fine/fine – see cover photo

Lot number 1322 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined, with "millésime 54 3" (complete), cancel P.51-Grammont, position 91, very fine

Lot number 1323 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", not fully margined with fine corner piece, trace of repair on back, with year mark "54 3" (complete), cancel P.24-Bruxelles, position 91, very fine/fine

Lot number 1324 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", not fully margined with a fine corner piece, with year mark "54 3" (50% visible), illegible cancel, position 91, very fine/fine

Lot number 1325 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", not fully margined with lower border, with year mark "4 1856" (complete), illegible cancel, position 200, very fine/fine

Lot number 1326 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined on fragment, ambulantory cancel "E.I" in blue, plate II, position 25, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1327 Quality: 0

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N° 7-Cu "20c. blue", beautiful accordion fold, cancel P.73-Liège, very fine

Lot number 1328 Quality: 0

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N° 7-Cu "20c. blue", beautiful accordion fold, plate III, position 102, ex. Yves Vertommen, beautiful

Lot number 1329 Quality: 0

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N° 7-Cu "20c. blue", superb accordion fold, plate III, position 185, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1330 Quality: 0

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N° 7-Cu "20c. blue", superb accordion fold, plate IV, position 81, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 1331 Quality: ✉

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1852 N° 7 "20c. blue", fully margined, on letter with contents, type 18 cancel, D.31-Looz, dated 29 January 1852, postbox "D" (Heers), to Ghent, very fine

Lot number 1332 Quality: ✉

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1852 N° 7 "20c. blue", not fully margined, on letter envelope, type 18 cancel, D.5-Beringen, dated 20 January 1852, to Brussels (forwarded in Brussels to another address in the municipality), very fine/fine

Lot number 1333 Quality: ✉

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1853 N° 7 "20c. blue", on letter with contents, from D.54-Vroenhoven, dated 20 November 1853, to "Ruremonde" (Netherlands), border rate applies (less than 30 km), plate II, position 104, reverse side arrival postmark Roeremond, "P.D." in red without frame, ex. Yves Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 1334 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue" (79x) in varied condition, multiple griffe types, including plating material, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1335 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", 32 copies, all fully margined, superb plating material, neighbours and margins, very fine

Lot number 1336 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", collection of 161 items with some better cancels, mixed quality, for the postmark collector and plater, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1337 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", collection of 161 items with some better cancels, mixed quality, for the postmark collector and plater, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1338 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", 3 horizontal pairs, 1 strip of 3 and block of four, second choice, see scan, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1339 Quality: 0

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N° 7 "20c. blue", 1 horizontal pair, 19 stamps, all fully margined, multiple colour shades, neighbours, wide margins, griffs, etc., for the specialist, see scan, very fine

Lot number 1340 Quality: **/*

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N° 8 "40c. carmine pink" with margin at top, touched at bottom against the frame line, hinge remainder on margin, but stamp mint, very fresh in colour and gum, a rare item for the collector!, Kaiser photo certificate, very fine (OBP €31,500) - see cover photo

Lot number 1341 Quality: *

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N° 8A "40c. carmine red" with very fine margins, full original gum with fairly heavy hinge, very fresh stamp and rare in this condition, very fine/fine (OBP €12,600)

Lot number 1342 Quality: 0

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N° 8Aa "40c. brick red", nicely with a margin, position 84, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb (OBP €130)

Lot number 1343 Quality: 0

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N° 8-V1 "Spijker", fully margined with beautiful margins, perforations and colour streaks, cancel P.83-Mons (8-bar), very fine (OBP €860)

Lot number 1344 Quality: 0

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N° 8 "40c carmine", fully margined with complete right-hand neighbour, several colour streaks in the margins, cancel P.4-Anvers, item in superb condition (OBP €120)

Lot number 1345 Quality: 0

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N° 8 "40c. carmine" (3x) fully margined, with cancellations P.24 and P.45, very fine (OBP €250)

Lot number 1346 Quality: 0

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N° 8 "40c. carmine", strip of 3, fully margined, repairs to left and right margins, cancel P.73-Liège, f/to be checked (OBP --€675)

Lot number 1347 Quality: 0

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N° 8A "40c. carmine red" in a vertical strip of 3, four fine cancels P.24, f (OBP €800)

Lot number 1348 Quality: 0

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N° 8A "40c. vermilion" (fully margined, slightly close), very fine central cancel P.75-Lokeren, very fine/fine (OBP €120 + COBA €20)

Lot number 1349 Quality: 0

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N° 8B-Cu "40c. carmine pink", fully margined, with extension of the right margin line and thickening of the left margin corner vertically, ribbed, very fine (OBP €315)

Lot number 1350 Quality: ✉

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1853 N° 7 "20c. blue" (fully margined with bars) and N° 8 "40c. carmine pink" with P.24-Brussels, dated 6 February 1853 to London "PD", in black frame, transit cancellation "France par Quiverain N° 1", very fine/fine

Lot number 1351 Quality: ✉

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1854 N° 8 "40c. carmine", fully margined on cover, position 75 (it is exceptional for this position to be found fully margined as the top margin is very small), plate I, from P.110-Spa (illegible), dated 15 May 1854, to Huy, ex. Yves Vertommen, superb (OBP €200)

Lot number 1352 Quality: ✉

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1854 N° 8 "40c. carmine", fully margined, with two neighbours on envelope, cancel P.119-Tongres, dated 20 July 1854, very fine

Lot number 1353 Quality: 0

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N° 8 "40c. carmine" (15x) in varied condition, multiple griffes, including overprint material, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 1354 Quality: 0

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N° 8 "40c. carmine", 3 copies, fully margined, with griffs, perforations, creases and colour spots, very fine (OBP €375)