Congo

Lot number 3052 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 13A ‘25fr. grey’, not issued in sets of eight consisting of two blocks of four separated by an interpanel, very fine and rare, Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP ++€1.680)

Lot number 3053 Quality: (*)

E - Envelop

CP 4 ‘5fr. violet’ from 1887 with framed overprint ‘COLIS POSTAUX/ 3.50fr.’ in type B in black, off-centre to the right, Vander Marcken certificate, vf (OBP €1.800)

Lot number 3054 Quality: *

E - Envelop

CP 5-Cu 1 "5fr. grey" with inverted overprint "COLIS POSTAUX FR. 3.50" in black, in fine condition, photocertificate by Luc Vander Marcken, very fine (OBP €500)

Lot number 3055 Quality: *

F - Folder

N° 14/29 Complete set of Mols EIC stamps, including the "1fr. carmine" + the unilingual series + the bilingual series from 1910 and 1915, and the two Vloors series, all in mint condition, rare, vf/f (OBP €1.685)

Lot number 3056 Quality: */0

F - Folder

1894/1918 Mols stamp accumulation on 3 album pages, including EIC, manually cancelled, typographic, bilingual 1910/1915, Red Cross 1918, mint and used, to be examined, vf/f

Lot number 3057 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 19 "10c. carmine" in a complete sheet of 50 items, printing I.2 + A.4, good condition, very fine/fine (OBP €875)

Lot number 3058 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 25 "50c. olive" in a complete sheet of 50 items, printing I.1 + A.2, very fine (OBP €1,175)

Lot number 3059 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 33B and 39B "25c. blue" and "10fr. green" with "CONGO BELGE" overprint from Brussels (Type 2), two "overlapping" overprints on the "25c.", stamps without hinge remains, rare, vf/f (OBP €2.440)

Lot number 3060 Quality: **/*

E - Envelop

N° 30L/32L, 34L/36L + 38L, 7 values from the set with the local overprint "CONGO BELGE", including a "50c." with a double L2 overprint, 5 values ("5c.", "10c.", "15c.", "1fr." et 5fr.") with no hinge remainders, rare, vf (OBP €1.032)

Lot number 3061 Quality: *

E - Envelop

N° 36L-Cu "1fr. carmine" with a local overprint of Type 1, curiosity: "overprint slightly doubled at the base of the letters", very fine/to be checked

Lot number 3062 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 46 and 49 "1fr. carmine" and "10fr. green" with typographic overprint "CONGO BELGE", both items are unused, with no hinge remainders, rare, vf (OBP €875)

Lot number 3063 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 51 "10c. carmine" in a complete sheet of 50 pieces, very fine (OBP €250)

Lot number 3064 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

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

Lot number 3065 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 54 "5c. green", two complete sheets of 50 copies, combinations III.2 + c and IV + D.2, perforation 14, very fine (OBP €160)

Lot number 3066 Quality: **/(*)

F - Folder

Nos. 54 and 55, "5c. green" and "10c. carmine," in complete sheets, the "5c." is without gum; combination IV + D.2 for the "5c." and III 2 + A7 for the "10c.", in very good condition, perforation 14, very fine

Lot number 3067 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 55 "10c. carmine", three complete sheets of 50 copies, combinations III.1 + A.6b, III.2 + A.6b, III.3 + A.7, perforation 14 except for III.2 A6.b, which is perf 15, very fine (OBP €240)

Lot number 3068 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 56 "15c. ochre", five complete sheets of 50 copies, combinations III.1 + A.4, III.1 + A.7, III.1 + A.8, III.2 + B.1 + III.2 + B.2, perforation 14 except for III.1 + A.7, perforation 15, very fine/fine (COB ++€450)

Lot number 3069 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 57 "25c. blue", complete sheet of 50, combination II.1 + A.4, very fine (COB €300)

Lot number 3070 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 58 "40c. green-blue", two complete sheets of 50 stamps each, combinations II.1 + A.2, one with perforation 14 and the other 14 1/2 x 15, very fine (OBP €500)

Lot number 3071 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 59 "50c. olive", complete sheet of 50 stamps, combination III.2 + A.4, superb dark nuance, very rare combination without "recovery" overprint, very fine (OBP €725)

Lot number 3072 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 60 "1fr. carmine", complete sheet of 50 stamps, combination II.1 + A.4, rare, very fine (€725)

Lot number 3073 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 60 "1fr. carmine", complete sheet of 50 stamps, combination II.1 + A.4, rare, very fine (€725)

Lot number 3074 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 65 "10c. carmine" in a complete sheet of 50 stamps, combination V.2 + B.3, very fine (€50)

Lot number 3075 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 68 "40c. carmine-brown" in a complete sheet of 50, combination II + A.3, very fine (OBP €1,300)

Lot number 3076 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 68 "40c. carmine-brown" in a complete sheet of 50, combination II + A.2, perforation 14, very fine (OBP €1,300)

Lot number 3077 Quality: **

F - Folder

No. 69 "50c. lilac-brown," in a complete sheet of 50 stamps, combination III.4 + B.2, perforation 14, very fine (€2,250)

Lot number 3078 Quality: **

F - Folder

Nos. 74, 76, and 77 "15c. green," "40c. carmine brown," and "50c. reddish brown" in complete sheets of 50, perforation 14, very fine (OBP €250)

Lot number 3079 Quality: **

F - Folder

Nos. 85 and 87, "5c. on 40c. green-blue" and "15c. on 50c. olive," in complete sheets of 50, combination of "40c." II + A.2 with perforation 14, "50c." III.1 + A.3 with perforation 14, very fine (OBP €55)

Lot number 3080 Quality: **/*

E - Envelop

No. 93-V (2x) "5fr. carmine", 2 copies featuring the Balasse V2 and V3 varieties, rare, the 93-V2 has a leaf margin, very fine/fine

Lot number 3081 Quality: **

F - Folder

Nos. 96, 98, and 98a "10c. on 5c. green" and "30c. on 10c." (both types) in complete sheets of 50, "10c./5c." combinations VI + F, "30c./10c." V.2 + B.3 and (98a) V.2 + c, all 14-perforation, very fine (OBP €130)

Lot number 3082 Quality: **

F - Folder

Nos. 100, 101, and 102—"10c./5c. green," "10c./1fr. olive," and "25c./40c. carmine brown" in complete sheets of 50, "10c./5c." combinations VI + F, "10c./1fr." II.5 + A.5, and "25c./40c." II + A.2, all perforation 14, very fine (OBP €338)

Lot number 3083 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

N° 185/91 "50 years Independent State of Congo", imperforated ** in pair, very fine (OBP €8,000)

Lot number 3084 Quality: **

E - Envelop

BL 2 Tourism Congress in Costermansville, 1938, very fine (COB €210)

Lot number 3085 Quality: **

F - Folder

BL 3/10 + Ruanda-Urundi BL 1/4 "Messages", very fine (OBP €2,500)

Lot number 3086 Quality: **

GF - Large Format

PA 9 (100x) and PA 13 (50x) "1.50fr. green" in a complete sheet of 100 stamps, panels 1 and 2, and "15fr. lilac" in a half-sheet of 50 stamps, panel 2, in very fine condition, very fine (OBP ++€275)

Lot number 3087 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1936, N° 194 "Astrid - 1.25fr." on a letter posted from Kabalo on 5 October 1936 via the first Kibara–Elisabethville airmail service, with a printed postage charge of "75c." plus an airmail surcharge fee of "50c. = 1.25fr.", vf

Lot number 3088 Quality: **

E - Envelop

Carnet A 5, without staple, vf/f (OBP €625)

Lot number 3089 Quality: **

F - Folder

1915, Mols Bilingue, lot of sheetlets from the booklet: "5c." (4x), "10c." (2x), "15c." and "25c." (4x) + the two airmail sheetlets from the A5 booklet, very fine/fine (OBP +€500)

Lot number 3090 Quality: **/*

F - Folder

Between "5c. and 10c. Mols", 33 stamps including local overprints and a typographic overprint, each bearing a courtesy "TAXES" stamp + 6 Vloors stamps bearing similar types of forged or courtesy stamps, vf/f

Lot number 3091 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

CP 18/23, 1st set of BCK pictorial stamps, various cancellations in black or purple, certificate by Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1.650)

Lot number 3092 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

CP 18/23, 1st set of BCK pictorial stamps, various cancellations, very light, certificate by Luc Vander Marcken, vf (OBP €1.650)

Lot number 3093 Quality: **

E - Envelop

CP 25 ‘2fr. blue’, CBK 2nd series, four stamps including one set of three (BCK stamp sets in unused condition are very rare), 1 stamp with rust, vf (OBP ++€4.000)

Lot number 3094 Quality: (*)

E - Envelop

CP 26 "3fr. green", set of three items without gum, rare accumulation, vf

Lot number 3095 Quality: **

E - Envelop

CP 27 "4fr. lilac" in pair with full corner piece, very rare, vf/f

Lot number 3096 Quality: **/*

A - Album

1886/1980 Collection in 1 large stockbook covering the Independent State of the Congo, the Belgian Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Zaire, very complete, including N° 13, overprinted Mols, Red Cross, etc., very fine/fine

Lot number 3097 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1962 Beautiful collection mounted in an old album, very complete with numerous duplicates, including the 1939 Zoo stamp in a block of 4 ** (sheetlet), airmail with all sheet numbers, sheets from the 1915 and A5 booklets, a few letters/cards + Katanga, South Kasai, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3098 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1962 Small collection in 1 Davo album featuring stamps from the EIC, Congo, and Ruanda-Urundi, including No. 13, CP 4, CP 5, etc., very fine/fine

Lot number 3099 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1919 Fairly complete collection from the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi, including 1 Davo album featuring No. 5, overprinted Mols, Red Cross, message blocks, etc., plus Katanga, South Kasai, Burundi, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3100 Quality: */0

A - Album

1886/1980 Collection in 1 large stockbook from the EIC, Belgian Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Zaire, consisting mainly of cancelled stamps, including 2 copies of No. 13, overprinted Mols, an unused Red Cross set and Zaire very complete, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3101 Quality: **/*/0

F - Folder

1886/1962 Small collection on album pages from the EIC, the Belgian Congo, and Ruanda-Urundi, mint and used items to be examined, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3102 Quality: */0

A - Album

1886/1955 Accumulation in stockbook, have a look at cancellations, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3103 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1894/1961 Collection in 1 Davo album, Congo/Ruanda-Urundi, very fine stamps, many without hinge, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3104 Quality: **/*/0

B - Big flat box

1894/1960 Large collection of stamps from the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi on a set of black cardboard sheets, including complete series, overprinted Mols, a large number of Vloors, etc., vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3105 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

1900/1960 Lot of vintage stocks, including 8 from Congo, the Odessa tramway, the Athens tramways, Porto Gas, SNCB, etc., f

Lot number 3106 Quality: **

F - Folder

1910/1953 Set of sheets or large sections of stamp sheets, including Mols 1910, Red Cross, Ruanda-Urundi scenes, indigenous people, etc., vf/f

Lot number 3107 Quality: */0

A - Album

1916/1962 Large stockbook of unused and cancelled stamps, large quantity of stamps including Red Cross, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3108 Quality: **

GF - Large Format

Tax, set of full sheets: TX 73 "10c." (15x), TX 75 "50c." (5x), TX 78 "10c." (5x), TX 80 "50c." (5x) et TX 81 "1fr." (5x), including 9 complete sheets of n° 430 "10c. KASAVUBU", f

Lot number 3109 Quality: **/*

A - Album

A superb little history of Belgian colonisation, with illustrations of stamps and documents in a Lindner album, fine work and very interesting, must be checked, very fine

Lot number 3110 Quality: */0

E - Envelop

Mols, small collection including No. 29 "10fr. green - specimen," 33 B2 "25c. blue" local overprint, fragment, etc., + 3x Vloors from the UPU Portugal archive without overprint, f

Lot number 3111 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

Dibaya, nos. 168, 173, and 198 on a letter from Dibaya dated 8 December 1939, to Knokke, Dibaya cancellation 8A1, rare on a letter, very fine

Lot number 3112 Quality: ZK/✉/PWST

KB - Small flat box

1898/1963 A collection of around forty letters and postcards from the Belgian Congo and from Belgium to the Congo, including first flights, first-day covers, registered items, etc., vf/f

Lot number 3113 Quality: ZK/PWST

KB - Small flat box

1905/1920 Group of unused postal stationery and postcards with illustrations, both mint and used, to be examined carefully, very fine

Lot number 3114 Quality: ✉/PWST

KB - Small flat box

1906/1987 Set of 20 items, including documents, letters, postal stationery, first flight, etc., with various postage stamps, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3115 Quality: ✉/PWST

F - Folder

1942/1950 Small collection of postal items, including an envelope with a business card, airmail letters, Congolese postal stationery used as postcards in Belgium, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3116 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

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 3117 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

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 3118 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

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

Lot number 3119 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1949 Airmail letter from Malaysia, superb franking, 6 colours, addressed to Matadi and forwarded to Uvira, containing very interesting material on British military operations against Malay smugglers, vf

Lot number 3120 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1961 Belgium N° 1029 (2x) and 1068 "3.50 fr. green-yellow" and "5 fr. purple", Marchand type on a registered letter from Antwerp dated 14 July 1961, to Uvira, handwritten notes "PARTI SANS LAISSER D'ADRESSE" and "RETOUR À L'ENVOYEUR", cancellation from Uvira dated 26 July 1961 and returned to Antwerp on 15 September 1961, very fine

Lot number 3121 Quality: PWST

KB - Small flat box

1892/1920 Lot of 21 unused postal stationery items, including overprints and additional postage, very fine/to be checked

Lot number 3122 Quality: **/*

E - Envelop

N° 9B/14B Set (except the "1fr.") overprinted "Ruanda au havre", "5c.", "10c.", "15c." et "25c." are without hinge remainder, rare, value +200%, vf (OBP €1.440 with added value from **)

Lot number 3123 Quality: **/*

E - Envelop

N° 16B/20B-22B Set (except the "50c.") overprinted "Urundi au havre", the "5c.", "10c.", "25c." and "40c." show no hinge remains, rare, catalogue value +200%, vf (OBP €1,700 plus ** value)

Lot number 3124 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 30 "15c. green" in a complete sheet of 50, combination IV.2 + C.1, perforation 14, Type B overprint, very fine (OBP €125)

Lot number 3125 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 36/42, from "5c" to "1fr," in complete sheets of 50, perforation 14, except for the "25c," perforation 15, very fine (OBP €1,175)

Lot number 3126 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 48 "30c. on 10c. carmine" in a complete sheet of 50, combination V.2 + B.2, perforation 14, very fine (OBP €50)

Lot number 3127 Quality: PWST

E - Envelop

1918 Postal stationary (Stibbe N° 43) at "10c." with a supplementary "5c. green" with overprint "EAAOB-DOABB", sent from "B.P.C.V.P.K.N.", n° 10 on 5 February 1918 to the Belgian army in the field, transit mark Kigoma 6 Feb 18, no censorship, vf

Lot number 3128 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1934 Incoming mail, registered letter from Dresden on 16 November 1934 to Usumbura, impressive postage using an ambulantory cancellation and a transit mark through Dar es Salaam on 5 November 1934, vf

Lot number 3129 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1960/1981 Collection of letters from the Republic of the Congo, 12 letters including registered items and 1 from Katanga, f/to be checked

Lot number 3130 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

1963 "Protected birds", artist essays in aquarel, proposals with quotations of the author J. Van Noten, on thick papier, beautiful and rare, vf

Lot number 3131 Quality: ✉

KB - Small flat box

1964/1966 A small collection of about twenty letters sent to Belgium, various types of franked postage stamps with overprints, including one hand-decorated letter, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3132 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

N° 1094/99 ‘Papal visit’, proofs on plastic-like paper, imperforate **, vf

Lot number 3133 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 1300A ‘25 years of independence - 5fr.’, not issued in full sheet of 20, vf (OBP €2.000)

Lot number 3134 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 1300A "25 year of Independence" in sheet of 10, vf (OBP €1.000)

Lot number 3135 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 1300A ‘5fr. - 25 years of independence’, not issued in a block of four, vf (OBP €400)

Lot number 3136 Quality: **/0

A - Album

1962/2009 Collection in 6 folders, including many sets and souvenir sheets, cancelled/**, vf

Lot number 3137 Quality: **/❒

F - Folder

N° 172/87 + PA 25/33 "Flowers", both sets 15x + imperforated in sheets, vf (OBP €825)

Lot number 3138 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

N° 217/232 ‘Fish I’, imperforate **, beautiful, vf (OBP €500)

Lot number 3139 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 892/904 ‘Animals of Africa’ with WWF overprint, vf (OBP €700)

Lot number 3140 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

PA 82/90 ‘Butterfly’, imperforate ** with margin, vf (OBP €600)

Lot number 3141 Quality: 0/❒

F - Folder

1965/1974 Collection imperforate material cancelled/mint, nice theme in blocks or in block of 4, vf/f

Lot number 3142 Quality: **/0

F - Folder

1982 "Animals from Africa", accumulation with doubles from 2 series, vf/f

Lot number 3143 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1990 No. 838K (2x) "45fr. birds" with blue-green metal frame on 2 letters from Bujumbura dated 30 September 1990 to Neeroeteren, rare, very fine

Lot number 3144 Quality: ❒

F - Folder

N° 876/78 ‘Johannes Kepler’, 19 progressive colour proofs, imperforate, vf

Lot number 3145 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1970 Belgian Congo, Rep. Congo, Ruanda Urundi, nice collection in ringbinder, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3146 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1980 Collection in one album: Congo, Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Katanga, South Kasai, Rwanda and Burundi – both mint and used stamps, f/to be checked

Lot number 3147 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1972 EIC, Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Burundi, collection in 2 albums including EIC/Congo including n° 11 + 13 Mols with local overprints + typographical overprint, BL 1 and 2, message blocks nos. 64/71 printed in black and numerous used first-day covers, Ruanda-Urundi very complete and Burundi up to 1972, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 3148 Quality: **

A - Album

1886/1966 Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, Republic of the Congo, collection in old album, nice cancellations, overprints, sets, very fine/fine

Lot number 3149 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1971 Collection in 1 Davo album: Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Republic of the Congo, very comprehensive, mainly used, BL 1 and 2 mint, Republic of the Congo fairly comprehensive from 1960 to 1971, vf/f

Lot number 3150 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1916/1962 Fine collections in 1 large stockbook from Ruanda-Urundi, Katanga, and South Kasai, collection with duplicates, 1 set of unused and 1 set of cancelled stamps, including Red Cross (2x), message blocks, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 3151 Quality: **/0

A - Album

1964/1988 Collection and compilation in stockbook, Zaire and Rwanda, including the unissued set + block from 1980 **, very fine

Lot number 3152 Quality: */0

A - Album

Belgian Congo + Ruanda Urundi, nice collection in album, with "messages blocs", vf/f

Lot number 3153 Quality: **

A - Album

Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, a very fine, almost complete collection in 4 albums, very fine

Lot number 3154 Quality: **/0

A - Album

Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, an extensive accumulation comprising mainly varieties and curiosities in two stockbooks, vf/f

Lot number 3155 Quality: 0

A - Album

Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, etc., 3 albums with a lot of themes, f/to be checked