20 cents

Lot number 952 Quality: *

E - Envelop

N° 15 “20c. blue”, retouched perf at the top, original gum with heavy hinge remainder, fine (OBP €860)

Lot number 953 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 15 “20c. blue”, on fragment, cancel P.208-St.-Josse-ten-Noode, certificate by Balasse No. 3733 (27 March 1983) and Jean Baete (28 April 1978), superb

Lot number 954 Quality: 0

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N° 15 “20c. blue”, 7 copies on a fragment, cancel P.4-Anvers, fine

Lot number 955 Quality: 0

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N° 15 “20c. blue”, on fragment, cancel D.75-Annevoye, large size, not listed in COBA (only small size), very fine

Lot number 956 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

No. 15 “20c. blue”, superb colour variant in extremely light blue, with reference stamp (cancel P.6-Blankenberghe), for the specialist, very fine

Lot number 957 Quality: 0

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N° 15 “20c. blue”, in a vertical strip of 4, cancel Pt.12-Antwerp, very fine (OBP ++€62.5)

Lot number 958 Quality: 0

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N° 15 “20c. blue”, central sideways cancel P.151-Contich, very fine (COBA €50)

Lot number 959 Quality: 0

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N° 15 “20c. blue”, cancel D.90-Hameau, very fine (COBA €20)

Lot number 960 Quality: 0

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N° 15 “20c. blue”, illegible dotted cancel (only 2 digits visible “86”), with an offset of the stamp on the back, not the same as on the obverse, very fine

Lot number 961 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

No. 15/15B “20c. blue”, 5 copies with ambulantory postcancels, bar: E.III and O.I, dot: N.1, N.2 and O.3, for the postmark collector, very fine

Lot number 962 Quality: 0

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No. 15/15B “20c. blue”, 13 examples of cancels, misaligned printing, neighbours’ cancels, but above all beautiful colour shades, for the specialist, very fine

Lot number 963 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 15A “20c. blue” in almost perfect centring, a few short perforations and retouched at the bottom, very fine/fine/to be checked (OBP €742.50)

Lot number 964 Quality: *

E - Envelop

No. 15A “10c. blue”, original gum and fresh colour, fine (OBP €270)

Lot number 965 Quality: *

E - Envelop

N° 15A “20c. blue” with heavy hinge, fine (OBP €270)

Lot number 966 Quality: 0

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N° 15A “20c. blue”, with “CHARG” cancellation from “Chargé”, irregular perfs, very fine/fine

Lot number 967 Quality: 0

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N° 15A “20c. blue”, 59 individual stamps and 4 pairs, bar and dotted cancels, griffe marks, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 968 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 15A “20c. blue”, with central cancellation from P.24-Brussels (10-bar), used only between 24 January 1863 and 5 April 1864, very fine

Lot number 969 Quality: 0

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N° 15A “20c. blue”, with remarkable “ment insuf 186” cancellation, standing for “Affranchissement insuffisant 186”, Huy Post Office, no trace of other cancellations and without gum, very fine

Lot number 970 Quality: 0

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N° 15A “20c. blue”, with central double-circle cancel “Jodoigne”, dated 19 November 65, very fine

Lot number 971 Quality: 0

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N° 15A “20c. blue”, with full name cancellation “Mons” in a black frame, very fine

Lot number 972 Quality: 0

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N° 15A “20c. blue”, P.24-Bruxelles cancel (thick and with 10 bars), with a 22 mm diameter dispatch mark, dated 17 April 1863, on a fragment, very fine

Lot number 973 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 15A “20c. blue”, with the postman’s number “1” cancelled twice in a black circle; this mark should appear on the letter, not on the stamp, very fine

Lot number 974 Quality: 0

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No. 15A “20c. blue”, with margin inscription “Timbres Poste”, on two stamps, the first bearing “RES-PO” and the second “OSTE”, Plate I, positions 287 and 288, from the Vertommen collection, very fine

Lot number 975 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 15B “20c. blue” in a vertical pair, with the overprint “SPECIMEN”, very fresh in colour and with gum, very fine (OBP +€360)

Lot number 976 Quality: **

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N° 15B “20c. blue” with “SPECIMEN” overprint, exceptionally fresh in colour and with gum, fine centring, very fine (OBP €450)

Lot number 977 Quality: *

E - Envelop

N° 15B “20c.” in a horizontal strip of 3 stamps, several small hinge marks, but very fresh in colour, very fine/fine/to be checked (OBP +€510)

Lot number 978 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1863 N° 15 “20c. blue”, on a letter with contents, cancel P.167-Nechin, dated 31 October 1863, to Mons; a lovely curiosity in the cancel is that the date of the year is off centre on the cancellation, superb (COBA €40)

Lot number 979 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1864 N° 14A and N° 15, both on a letter with contents, cancel Pt.12-Antwerp, dated 30 June 1864, to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ‘PD’ cancellation in a black frame; plate information: N° 14A, plate III, position 215, and N° 15, plate I, position 255; from the Vertommen collection, very fine

Lot number 980 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1864 N° 15A “20c. blue”, cover, with “Dentelure inversée” (when the sheet is inverted and fed into the perforating machine), with cancel from Pt.87-Kortrijk, dated 21 September 64, to Ghent, with trace of ‘Timbres Poste’ in the lower perforation, Plate I, position 288, Vertommen collection, very fine

Lot number 981 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1864 N° 15 “20c. blue”, 3 copies on a letter without contents, cancelled Pt.60-Brussels, dated 10 December 1864, to Madrid (Spain), “PD” in a black frame, handwritten 7/1 (charge only), very fine

Lot number 982 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1865 N° 15-V5, “Diagonally transverse perforation”, position 138, on a letter with contents, cancel Pt.62-Bruxelles (MIDI), dated 21 June 65, to Tournay, very fine

Lot number 983 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

N° 15 “20c. blue”, multiple perfs, on 8 letters, to Rotterdam (new 1865 rate – “20c.”), Bouchain (France) and 6 domestic letters, nice accumulation, very fine/fine

Lot number 984 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

Small sheet of “20c. blue”, medallions, 23 copies, with bar cancels, 1 margin, for the plating specialist, mostly good quality, very fine/fine/to be checked