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Lot number 762 Quality: */(*)/❒

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No. 9 “1c. green – 1895 reprint”, STES RP 061 rating 3, very fine/fine (OBP €175)

Lot number 763 Quality: *

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No. 9 “1c. green”, nicely regular margins, gum not in its original condition and somewhat faded, very slight hinge remainder, fine/to be checked (OBP €735)

Lot number 764 Quality: (*)

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No. 9-Cu “1c. green”, very fine, even margins and fresh colour, small white stain beneath the “P” in “POSTES”, a lovely curiosity, very fine/to be checked (OBP €220)

Lot number 765 Quality: */(*)

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No. 9b “1c. dark green”, gum not original, nicely margined and fresh in colour, very fine/to be checked (OBP €280)

Lot number 766 Quality: (*)

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N° 9b “1c. dark green” with a margin at the bottom, thinning near the forehead and stamp not fresh, very fine/fine (OBP €280)

Lot number 767 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined pair, with circular postmark (only part legible), several griffes, lovely colour shade, very fine (OBP €320)

Lot number 768 Quality: 0

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No. 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, bright green colour, a few griffs, cancelled with P.4-Anvers, very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 769 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, heavy colour line in the lower margin, cancelled with Dca Ternat, very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 770 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, faint, almost invisible cancel, fine griffs (extension of the lower border line on the left, thickening of the left-hand side line at the top, griffe in the right-hand margin at the level of the collar), very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 771 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, fine griffs (heavy colour line in the lower margin, extension of the lower border line on the left), very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 772 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, a few faint traces of cancellation, fine watermarks, particularly in the left margin, very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 773 Quality: 0

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No. 9 “1c. green”, fully margined with a small upper margin and a right-hand margin, single circular cancel “Liège”, fine griffs including one through the left-hand 1, very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 774 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, single circular cancel “Gheel”, faint to missing printing, very fine (OBP €140)

Lot number 775 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, with cancellations P.73, Dca “St.-Ghislain”, Dca “Assche”, Dca “Malines” and EC (small) “Termonde”, some with minor defects, several colour shades (including one tending towards bottle green), very fine/fine/to be checked (OBP €450)

Lot number 776 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green”, fully margined, cut close at the top, very faint cancel D.119-Obourg, very fine/fine

Lot number 777 Quality: */(*)

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No. 9 “1c. green” (14x), varied condition including 8 fully margined and a few mounted stamps, very fine/fine/to be checked (Very high catalogue value)

Lot number 778 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green” (27), varied condition, very fine/fine/to be checked (Very high catalogue value)

Lot number 779 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green” (5x), all complete, all with EC cancellation, very fine/fine

Lot number 780 Quality: 0

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N° 9 “1c. green” (26x), second-choice paper, but with attractive colour variations, griffes and a few cancellations, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 781 Quality: *

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, original gum, heavy hinge remainder, fresh colour, regular margins, fine/to be checked (OBP €1.630)

Lot number 782 Quality: (*)

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, beautifully margined, very fine (OBP €490)

Lot number 783 Quality: *

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N° 10A “10c. brown”, 3 fine margins, but top margin slightly shorter, slight tone spot in the hair of the illustration, fine/to be checked (OBP €2.500)

Lot number 784 Quality: (*)

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N° 10A “10c. brown”, fine, even margins and fresh colour, fine/to be checked (OBP €630)

Lot number 785 Quality: (*)

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N° 10A “10c. brown”, fine, even margins, very fine (OBP €630)

Lot number 786 Quality: ✉

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1861 N° 10-Cu “10c. brown, missing colouring at the top”, on an empty letter, dated 22 December 1861, to Mons, very fine

Lot number 787 Quality: 0

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, fully margined pair, with left margin, complete lower neighbour twice, trace of upper neighbour, cancel P.8-Aubel, superb, very fine (COBA €50)

Lot number 788 Quality: 0

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, in a strip of 4 with right margin, cancelled with P.22-Braine-Le-Comte, very fine (OBP €120)

Lot number 789 Quality: 0

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, in a strip of 6 with right-hand margin, repaired crease between stamps 4 and 5, cancelled with P.24-Bruxelles, very fine/fine (OBP collector’s price)

Lot number 790 Quality: 0

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No. 10 “10c. brown”, a fully margined upright pair with the left margin, cancelled with P.57-Hasselt (8-bar), very fine

Lot number 791 Quality: 0

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N° 10A “10c. brown”, beautifully fully margined with central cancel P.1-Aerschot and expert mark, top-quality item, very fine

Lot number 792 Quality: 0

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N° 10A “10c. brown”, 2 fully margined pairs, cancelled P.29-Kortrijk and P.74-Lier, both with only 1 cancellation mark on the two stamps, very fine

Lot number 793 Quality: ✉

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1858 N° 10A “10c. brown”, fully margined pair, on a letter with contents, cancel P.103-St. Ghislain, dated 5 July 1858 (first month of issue), to Namur, postbox letter K (Badour), very fine

Lot number 794 Quality: ✉

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1861 N° 10A “10c. brown”, on letter with contents, plate VIII, fully margined, from P.96-Philippeville, dated 22 February 1861, to Flavion, with “Anthée” receipt mark, fine post box mark “W” (Villers-le-Gambon), ex. Yves Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 795 Quality: ✉

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1861 N° 10 “10c. brown”, 2 copies fully margined on a letter with contents, postmark P.138-Chaudfontaine, dated 2 October 1861, to Ghent; both stamps have been cancelled only once, very fine

Lot number 796 Quality: ✉

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1862 N° 10 “10c. brown”, two pairs on a letter without contents, cancel P.24-Bruxelles, dated 31 May 1862, to Wavre, very fine/fine

Lot number 797 Quality: ✉

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1869 N° 10A “10c. brown”, fully margined with a lower neighbour and a right margin, on an envelope from Louvain to Brussels (date of arrival 15 April 1869), very fine

Lot number 798 Quality: 0

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, cancellations D.4-Celles, D.10-Fraiture, D.32-Maldeghem (pair), D.46-Court-St.-Etienne, ambulantory cancellations, etc., multiple griffes, total 18 copies, very fine (High COBA value)

Lot number 799 Quality: 0

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, in a fully margined pair, cancelled with D.49-Santhoven, very fine (COBA €80)

Lot number 800 Quality: 0

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N° 10 “10c. brown”, fully margined, plate I, position 151, with name stamp “ATH” in a black frame, from the Vertommen collection, very fine

Lot number 801 Quality: ✉

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1860 N° 10A “10c. brown” in a pair, not fully margined, D.66-Lanklaer, dated 1860 to Liège, fine cancellation; difference from D. 99 to be investigated, very fine/fine

Lot number 802 Quality: 0

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No. 10 “10c. brown”, 1 proof, 87 stamps, 20 pairs (horizontal and vertical), block of four and strip of four, varied condition, very fine/fine/to be checked (Very high catalogue value)

Lot number 803 Quality: 0

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N° 10A “40c. vermilion”, 34 copies of varied condition, a few cancellations and cancelling marks, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 804 Quality: 0

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No. 10A “10c. brown”, 113 copies of varied condition, multiple cancellations including distribution and griffe cancellations, pairs and 1 strip of 3 and 4, margins, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 805 Quality: (*)

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N° 11 “20c. blue”, gum not original, nice even margins, slightly cut close at top right, fresh colour, fine/to be checked (OBP €525)

Lot number 806 Quality: (*)

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No. 11 “20c. blue”, without gum, nice, even margins, very fine/fine/to be checked (OBP €525)

Lot number 807 Quality: *

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N° 11A “20c. blue”, fine margins, fresh colour, original gum, slight crease in the top left-hand corner, fine/to be checked (OBP €2.500)

Lot number 808 Quality: (*)

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N° 11A “20c. blue”, very fine, even, wide margins, very fine (OBP €630)

Lot number 809 Quality: (*)

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No. 11B “20c. blue”, fine, even margins, very fresh colour, thick paper, fine (OBP €760)

Lot number 810 Quality: 0

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N° 10/11, both fully margined, fine central cancel P.152-Melle, very fine (COBA €30)

Lot number 811 Quality: 0

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N° 11A “20c. blue”, fully margined, fine central cancel P.167-Chièvre-D’Attre, superb (COBA €40)

Lot number 812 Quality: ✉

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1859 N° 11A, twice on a letter (not fully margined), cancel P.4-Antwerp, also with a dispatch mark on the stamps, dated 25 June 1859, to Ghent, postman’s mark 3 in a black circle, double inland postage, very fine/fine

Lot number 813 Quality: ✉

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1859 N° 11A, on a letter with contents, from P.45-Ghent (8-bar), dated 29 April 1859, to Brussels; this letter was posted again, N° 10A, from P.24-Brussels, dated 1 May 1959, to Brussels; a nice letter, very fine/fine

Lot number 814 Quality: ✉

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1859 N° 10A and N° 11A, both on a cover, from P.24-Brussels, dated 7 September 1859, to Leuven; the postage for the first weight category within 30 km is ‘10c.’, unless it is registered, in which case it is ‘30c.’ (which is the letter that is franked); there are no visible signs that the letter was sent by registered post, very fine/fine

Lot number 815 Quality: ✉

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1860 N° 11A “20c. blue”, 2 pairs on a letter with contents, cancelled P.10-Avelghem, dated 24 January 1860, to Brussels, handwritten “38 gr”, triple charge; for distances over 30 km the rate is 8 decimes, very fine

Lot number 816 Quality: ✉

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1860 N° 11A “20c. blue”, centre panel with visible adjacent stamp, on envelope, cancelled P.85-Namen, dated 14 April 1860, to Ixelles (near Brussels), very fine

Lot number 817 Quality: 0

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No. 10A and No. 11, both fully margined, cancel 0.III, plating: No. 10A (plate VIII, position 83), No. 11 (plate I, position 113), Vertommen specimen, (COBA €55), very fine

Lot number 818 Quality: 0

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N° 11 “20c. blue”, fully margined with two neighbours and a large corner piece, with year mark “3” (80% visible), illegible cancellation, very fine

Lot number 819 Quality: 0

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No. 11 “20c. blue”, fully margined, plate I, position 1, with margin inscription “1862”, ex Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 820 Quality: 0

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No. 11 “20c. blue”, fully margined, plate I, position 1, with margin inscription “1862”, ex Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 821 Quality: 0

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No. 11 “20c. blue”, fully margined, plate I, position 16, with margin inscription, ex Vertommen, very fine

Lot number 822 Quality: */(*)

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N° 11 “20c. blue”, 8 copies in various conditions, fine/to be checked

Lot number 823 Quality: 0

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No. 11 “20c. blue”, 111 stamps, 4 pairs (horizontal and vertical), vertical strip of 3, some sheet margins and subpost office cancels, varied condition, very fine/fine/to be checked (Very high catalogue value)

Lot number 824 Quality: 0

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No. 11A “20c. blue”, 81 copies of varied condition, multiple cancellations and overprints, pairs and 1 strip of 3, margins, etc., very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 825 Quality: *

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No. 12 “40c. vermilion”, top right-hand corner slightly cut into, original gum, but traces of hinges to conceal repairs (small tear between the “T” and “E” of “POSTES”), with Kaiser photo certificate, fine/to be checked (OBP €12.800)

Lot number 826 Quality: (*)

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, bottom of the frame touched close, with traces of gum, attractive and fresh in appearance, very fine/to be checked (OBP €3.600)

Lot number 827 Quality: (*)

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N° 12, “40c. vermilion”, lower margin cut close, dilution in the top left-hand corner, attractive appearance, to be checked (OBP €3.600)

Lot number 828 Quality: (*)

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, 3 very wide margins, top right-hand corner touched against the frame, rare stamp, fine/, ntz (OBP €3.600)

Lot number 829 Quality: (*)

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, without gum, slightly too short at top right, not cut into, rare stamp, fine/to be checked (OBP €3.600)

Lot number 830 Quality: (*)

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, fine, even margins, fresh colour, very fine (OBP €3.600)

Lot number 831 Quality: (**)

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, gum not original, very fine (OBP €12.800)

Lot number 832 Quality: (*)

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No. 12a “40c. vermilion”, gum not original and right-hand margin repaired, rare stamp, fine/to be checked (OBP €4,700)

Lot number 833 Quality: 0

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, fully margined, central oblique cancellation P.33-Dinant, very fine (OBP €90)

Lot number 834 Quality: 0

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, 3 copies, all fully margined, cancelled with postmarks P.50, P.107 (minor repair on the left) and P.45 (8-bar) with neigbours, very fine/fine

Lot number 835 Quality: 0

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N° 12 “40c. vermilion”, fully margined, cancel P.99-Quievrain, very fine (OBP €90 + COBA €75)

Lot number 836 Quality: ✉

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1859 N° 12A “40c. vermilion”, on an empty letter, from P.119-Tongeren, dated 13 May 1859, to Nancy (France), fine cancellation “Belg. Amb. Calais. G”, very fine

Lot number 837 Quality: ✉

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1860 N° 12A “40c. Vermilion”, fully margined with left-hand margin, on a letter with contents, from P.21-Boussu, dated 28 February 1860, to Clery (France), PD in black frame, on the reverse side a cancellation “Ambt. Midi 1” and an arrival postmark, very fine

Lot number 838 Quality: ✉

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1862 N° 11 “20c. blue” and N° 12 “40c. carmine pink” (4x), fold line across N° 11 and 1 of N° 12, not fully margined, from Antwerp, dated 2 June 1862, to Turin (Italy), triple charge (weight 17gr.) of “1fr. 80c.”, ‘PD’ in a black frame, handwritten ‘Inclus échantillon sans valeur’, rarely seen on international post, route via France ‘Voie de France’, this letter is included in the book ‘Foreign destination handbook’ by Dr Jan Huys and Pierre Kaiser, superb

Lot number 839 Quality: ✉

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1862 N° 11 and 12 (only N° 12 is fully margined), on an envelope, from P.186-Dour, dated 21 May 1862, to Stuttgart (Germany), PD cancellation in a black frame, with handwritten ‘par Cologne’, largely illegible red cancellation reading ‘AACHEN 22 May’ (‘Aus Belgien par Aachen Franco’), very fine

Lot number 840 Quality: (*)

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N° 12A “40c. vermilion”, 3 copies cut and worn, to be checked

Lot number 841 Quality: 0

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No. 12 “40c. vermilion”, 54 stamps and 3 horizontal pairs, varied condition but with some fully margined examples, some cancellations such as P.3, P.120, Bruxelles (name), etc., very fine/fine/to be checked (High catalogue value)