20 cents

Lot number 722 Quality: *

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N° 7 “20c. blue” with fine margins and full original gum, very fresh in colour and first hinge, very fine (OBP €3,000)

Lot number 723 Quality: *

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, beautifully margined and with original gum, stamp slightly discoloured by browned gum, very fine/fine (OBP €3,000)

Lot number 724 Quality: *

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, touched on the left against the margin line with photo certificate, fine/to be checked (OBP €3,000)

Lot number 725 Quality: (*)

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N° 7 “20c. blue”, nicely with a margin but with slight thinning, fine/to be checked (OBP €840)

Lot number 726 Quality: *

E - Envelop

No. 7A “20c. blue” with original gum and fine, even margins, a few hinge marks, but a fresh stamp, very fine/fine (OBP €2,850)

Lot number 727 Quality: (*)

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N° 7A “20c. blue” without gum, with a well-defined margin and fresh colour, very fine/fine (OBP €760)

Lot number 728 Quality: 0/✉

F - Folder

N° 7-V “20c. blue”, small collection of 5 varieties, heavy retouches to foliage on the left and right (positions 81 – stamp and 82 – letter), double border lines (position 51 – stamp), diagonally placed griffe in the margin (position 58/59 – pair), large griffe extending from the top-left corner across the face (position 84 – stamp ‘1st and 2nd state’), griffe above ‘ST’ of ‘POSTES’ (position 142 – stamp), ex Yves Vertommen, superb

Lot number 729 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

No. 7-Cu ‘20c. blue’, fully margined pair with extended lower margin and upper neighbour, accordion fold through the left-hand stamp, large offset between the margins, magnificent

Lot number 730 Quality: 0

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No. 7-Cu “20c. blue”, diagonally placed accordion fold through the image, very fine

Lot number 731 Quality: 0

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N° 7 “20c. blue”, 3 copies, all with cancel P.24-Bruxelles, three different colours, including spectacular red and foxing, superb

Lot number 732 Quality: 0

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N° 7a “20c. dark blue”, fully margined, maxi margins with no fewer than 5 neigbouring stamps, cancel P.65-Jemappes, Balasse certificate No. 3701 (28 December 1987), very fine

Lot number 733 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 7A “20c. blue”, fully margined, cancelled with P/D.136-Mechelen aan de Maas, very fine (COBA €50)

Lot number 734 Quality: ✉

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1851 N° 7, fully margined (extension of the right-hand border line upwards), on a letter with contents, cancel P.156-Chênée, dated 2 May 1851, to Louvain, postbox letter I (Vaux/Chèvremont) in a red circle, letter heading is Hauster, for the specialist, very fine

Lot number 735 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1851 N° 7 on letter, fully margined with the left margin, cancel P.68-La Louvière, dated 26 December 1851, to Brussels, very fine/fine

Lot number 736 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1853 N° 7 “20c. blue”, fully margined with a small extended lower margin, cancel P.67-La Roche, dated 21 February 1853, to Bruxelles, very fine

Lot number 737 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1854 N° 7 “20c. blue”, on an empty letter, from P.50-Gosselies (1 pair and 1 stamp, not fully margined), to England, addressed to “…Excellence Ministre de la Querre Anglais Angleterre” and with handwritten “Minister of War” in black ink, “PD” in a black frame, handwritten “E92360”, dated 15 March 1854, very fine/fine

Lot number 738 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

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

Lot number 739 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1855 N° 6 and N° 7, both fully margined, on a letter, cancelled P.4-Antwerp, dated 9 June 1855, to Eupen (Prussia), Belgium second district and Prussia first district, totalling 30 centimes. Supplementary ‘Franco’ cancellation in a red frame, but without the ‘PD’ cancellation. Plate information: N° 6 (plate III, position 94), N° 7 (plate III, position 32), further details with the lot, from the Vertommen collection, very fine (COBA €55)

Lot number 740 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1858 N° 7 “20c. blue” on letter, not fully margined, cancel illegible (8 bars – Huy postmark), dated 21 September 1858, to Malmedy (which belonged to Prussia), “PD” cancellation in black frame, illegible arrival postmark, returned from Spa, dated 22 September 1858, stamp additionally cancelled by hand, fine

Lot number 741 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

Nos. 6 and 7, both fully margined, cancelled “0.I”, plate: No. 6 (plate III, position 138), No. 7 (plate III, position 198), Vertommen specimen, very fine (COBA €55)

Lot number 742 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 743 Quality: 0

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

Lot number 744 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

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

Lot number 745 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, fully margined with a scissor-cut in the lower margin, bearing the year “2 1851” (completely cut from the margin), cancel P.51-Grammont, position 91, very fine/fine

Lot number 746 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, nicely margined but slightly damaged in the top right-hand corner, fine central cancellation D.12-Cruyshautem, very fine/fine (COBA €25)

Lot number 747 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, beautifully margined, plate II, position 120, with a superb central cancellation “O.5”, from the Vertommen collection, superb (COBA R)

Lot number 748 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, 18 copies, all fully margined with superb margins, some cancels including P.18, P.68, P.53, etc., superior plating material, very fine

Lot number 749 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 7 “20c. blue”, 19 copies, all fully margined with superb margins, some cancels including “E.III”, D.46, etc., better plating material, very fine