Specialized Collections

Lot number 2764 Quality: ✉

GF - Large Format

1831 Jan van Speijk, Dutch gunboat commander - boat N° 2, commander during the Belgian uprising, on 5 February 1831 his ship drifted on the Scheldt, due to strong winds and a malfunctioning anchor, to the side where an angry crowd jumped on his ship, whereupon Van Speijk uttered the historic last words "Then I'd rather go up in smoke" and blew up the boat. In this lot you will find 3 medals, several offset prints of the Belgian uprising, a letter from Van Speijk to his niece on 19 December 1830, several prints Van Speijk, historical document, unique, vf

Lot number 2765 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1851/1859 Small study of 8 letters about Antwerp, with dates between 2 June 1851 and 1859, including two letters to London (England), vf/f

Lot number 2766 Quality: ✉/PWST

KB - Small flat box

1858/1924 A fine accumulation of classic letters, 23 items, including registered, return to sender, special delivery, special delivery, insured letter, a very fine accumulation, for the specialist in letters, very fine/fine

Lot number 2767 Quality: 0/✉/PWST

A - Album

1864/1918 Collection of the municipality of Saint-Gillis, extensive postal history with 109 items and a few stamps, very fine/fine

Lot number 2768 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1870 Field Post Correspondence Card, two copies, both with one bearing the place of dispatch Ars-sur-Moselle (France, near Metz), and with a receipt cancel Brussels 14 and 15 October 1870, two different field post cancels, very fine

Lot number 2769 Quality: 0

KB - Small flat box

1893/1945 Accumulation of firm perforations, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2770 Quality: 0

A - Album

1915 Albert I, very fine collection "Fortuin Stamps 1919", arranged alphabetically (236 stamps + 35 letters), in a clip-bound album, very fine/fine

Lot number 2771 Quality: 0

A - Album

1915 Albert I, collection of "Fortuin stamps" in Universal album, including single circle, telegraph, roulette, postman’s stamps, 583 stamps and 1 letter, very fine/fine

Lot number 2772 Quality: 0

B - Big flat box

Overijse, beautiful collection, World War II, with topics such as occupation information, purges, Eastern Front soldiers, employment in Germany, Belgians in training in Ireland, mobilisation, the German invasion in May 1940 and the liberation. Detailed explanation of the postal items, but also of documents relating to Overijse belonging to the theme, mostly beautifully laid out on A4 sheets, vf

Lot number 2773 Quality: 0

GF - Large Format

Overijse, beautiful collection, after World War II, with topics such as the study of date cancellations, secondary cancellations and labels, international returns, penalty postage, registered mail, return of mail, note slips, damaged mail, information about Overijse letterheads, administrative cancellations. Detailed explanation of the postal items, but also of documents relating to Overijse belonging to the theme, mostly beautifully laid out on A4 sheets, vf

Lot number 2774 Quality: **

A - Album

Between the 1960s and 1980s, collection of plate numbers, many complete sets with all plate numbers, but nice to complete, very fine

Lot number 2775 Quality: **

A - Album

1960/1980 Collection of plates in a stockbook, very fine

Lot number 2776 Quality: 0/✉

A - Album

Beautifully illustrated collection "Leopold I" on album leaves, ex. Frans Daneels, with 19 epaulettes, 54 medallions, 18 letters, together with commemorative stamps for the 75th year, the centenary and the 150th anniversary, magnificent

Lot number 2777 Quality: 0/✉

A - Album

A beautifully illustrated collection entitled "Leopold I in profile" on album leaves, formerly owned by Frans Daneels, comprising a few stamps (15 items) and 8 letters, including under-franked items and an acknowledgement of receipt (Chemin de Fer – Kaiser certificate), TG1/2, imperforated (corner pieces and blocks of four), specimen, etc., very fine

Lot number 2778 Quality: MIX

B - Big flat box

A fine accumulation of letters, documents and stamps, including censored mail, a telegram, Le Courrier Provisoire ("40c." and "20c."), a field post letter, 5 forerunners, a Red Cross document, an airmail letter from Shanghai, a registered letter from Tokyo, etc., splendid documents for further study, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2779 Quality: 0

A - Album

Fine collection (several hundred stamps) in album with cancellations on Albert I, a few N° 30, and a small collection of stamps with Aalst cancellations, several better cancellations, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2780 Quality: 0

KB - Small flat box

Fine collection between N° 48 and 80, approximately 1,000 stamps, various cancellations, varieties etc… for the specialist, very fine/fine

Lot number 2781 Quality: 0

A - Album

Classic collection in two albums, from epaulettes to N° 21, several hundred stamps of varied condition, mainly medallions (colour, paper, cancellations, etc.), also a few Velghe (mint), very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2782 Quality: 0

A - Album

Collection of cancellations on stamps of monarchs, from N° 30, Baudouin, Albert, several thousand stamps, in 4 albums, for the patient postmark collector, very fine/fine

Lot number 2783 Quality: **/*

E - Envelop

Nos. 13, 22, 24, 25, 27 and 57 (4 copies), all unused, check gum, some stamps have reasonable centring, very fine/fine/to be checked (OBP +€1,300)

Lot number 2784 Quality: MIX

KB - Small flat box

Collection of 55 items: picture postcards, stationery and BRF, various issues, multiple offices, very fine/fine

Lot number 2785 Quality: ZK

KB - Small flat box

Collection of 125 picture postcards (illustrations of soldiers, families, townscapes, war memorials, etc.), all with "Service Militaire", very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2786 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 1 (2 copies fully margined), N° 2 (2 copies cut with D.50), medallions "10c.", "20c." and "40c.", varied condition, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2787 Quality: **/*/0

F - Folder

No. 6 (5x), 7 (6x), 10 (2 blocks of four not fully margined, including one on a letter, two upright pairs and 6 stamps), 14 (1 letter from Pt.22 Auvelais, 6th day after post office opening, 1 horizontal pair and 6 stamps including 1 unused, check perfs) and 15 (1 letter from Antwerp, 8 stamps including 1 unused), very fine/fine

Lot number 2788 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

Annevoie, small study of the P.75, both large and small types, perforated and imperforated medallions, 9 stamps and 1 letter, see scan, very fine

Lot number 2789 Quality: ✉

KB - Small flat box

Lot of 22 letters/forerunners, with several fine items and censorship, see scan, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2790 Quality: ✉/PWST

KB - Small flat box

Collection of over 60 documents (mostly letters), some fine cancellations, various periods, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2791 Quality: 0

A - Album

PRIOR collection, black mechanical cancellations, together with an album of FDCs with red mechanical franking stamps, for the specialist, very fine/fine

Lot number 2792 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

Lot of 18 airmail letters, including USA, Poland, Madagascar, Brazil, Iraq, etc., very fine/fine

Lot number 2793 Quality: ✉

KB - Small flat box

Lot of letters and letter fragments with forerunners, classic letters, 20 items, for the specialist, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2794 Quality: 0/✉

F - Folder

Small sheet with classic stamps, from N° 6 to 74, total 38 copies, not all present, but some duplicates (such as 4 copies of N° 16), a few curiosities (colour stains, etc.), cancels such as D.11 and D.30, nice accumulation, very fine

Lot number 2795 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

Tombeek, the sanatorium "Het paleis op de Heide" (The Palace on the Heath), small collection of 6 documents, including Croix Rouge de Belgique, tourist cancellation (military postage exemption), more information with the lot, vf

Lot number 2796 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

Lot of 10 advertising letters with contents, nice accumulation, very fine

Lot number 2797 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 17, 18 (3 copies), 43 and 46 "10c. pink", 7 copies with cancellations from Hooghlede, Jabbeke, Eerneghem, Cortemarck, Meulebeke, Zarren and Ingelmunster, very fine