Congo

Lot number 2619 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1945 N° 126, 131, 132, 135 and 139 from the “Palmiers” set on a letter from Astrida dated 3 March 1945, addressed to Cape Town, with Congolese and South African censorship marks, very fine

Lot number 2620 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1946 Nos. 132, 139, 141 and 144 from the ‘Palmiers’ issue on an airmail letter sent by registered post from Usumbura on 16 November 1946 to Brussels; post from Ruanda-Urundi is very scarce, very fine

Lot number 2621 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 20c/24c-Cu ‘Leopard’s Head’ with inverted overprint ‘Pour les rapatriés’, very fine

Lot number 2622 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1961 Set of four letters with postage from various South Kasai issues, cancelled in Bakwanga for the Philatelic Club of Belgium in Brussels, including the sought-after N° 19 ‘5fr. on 1.50fr. J.O. de Rome’, added to the cover bearing the Autonomous State’s letterhead, very fine

Lot number 2623 Quality: **

E - Envelop

N° 20/22 and 23/29 All with inverted overprint, several not included in the OBP, very fine (OBP €1,000)

Lot number 2624 Quality: ✉

B - Big flat box

1960/1963 A large lot of 45 letter-cards/letters from Katanga, including first-day covers, commercial mail and items from Jadotville; a rare and highly sought-after lot, in very fine condition

Lot number 2625 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1960, 11 values from the ‘Flora of the Congo’ set, overprinted ‘Katanga’, on a large cover posted from Elisabethville on 9 October 1962 to Sweden by a Swedish member of the UN forces, very fine

Lot number 2626 Quality: 0

E - Envelop

N° 387A “75c. flowers” overprinted ‘Congo’ without the overprint of the new denomination, in a pair with an uncancelled “75c.”, a rare item, cancelled “MATADI 14-9-61”, very fine/fine

Lot number 2627 Quality: **

A - Album

1960/1971 Almost complete collection in Leuchtturm albums, very fine

Lot number 2628 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 2629 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 2630 Quality: **

E - Envelop

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

Lot number 2631 Quality: **

F - Folder

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

Lot number 2632 Quality: **

F - Folder

N° 1300A ‘25th anniversary of independence’, unissued, in a full sheet of 20, very fine (OBP €2,000)

Lot number 2633 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

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

Lot number 2634 Quality: ❒

E - Envelop

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

Lot number 2635 Quality: **

A - Album

1962/1971 Stamp collection in a slipcase, mostly complete sets, very fine

Lot number 2636 Quality: **

A - Album

1962/1972 Collection in an album, including many sets and souvenir sheets, very fine

Lot number 2637 Quality: **

A - Album

1962/1973 Collection in a stockbook, comprising complete sets and souvenir sheets, very fine

Lot number 2638 Quality: ✉

F - Folder

1962 Ruanda-Urundi N° 171 ‘50fr. mask’ and Burundi N° 13 (2x) and 23 on a large cover from the Banque Belgo Africaine, sent by registered post from Usumbura on 10 December 1962 to Brussels; on the reverse, five large cancellations (intact) from the bank; very fine

Lot number 2639 Quality: ✉

E - Envelop

1972 Letter sent by express post from Bujumbura, “P.P.” mark in black (for postage paid), registered and express labels, sent on 8 March 1972 to Lubumbashi, Zaire, large “waste” mark, very fine

Lot number 2640 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 2641 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

Belgian Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda, collection in 9 stockbooks, including “Messages” souvenir sheets (lightly coloured gum), very fine

Lot number 2642 Quality: **/*

A - Album

1886/ .... Collection in album, with overprints, Red Cross **, Zoo **, Dripple Milk **, BL 2 **, a few from Ruanda Urundi and Katanga, Zaire, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2643 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

1886/1960 Collection in 2 stockbooks, including ‘10fr.’ cancellations (thin), cancellations, overprints, sets, Rwanda-Urundi, postal items, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2644 Quality: ZK/✉

A - Album

Republic of the Congo and Zaire, 1960–1990, a superb collection in three stockbooks comprising approximately 350 items from the Republic of the Congo and later Zaire, including the significant period of inflation; it should be checked, rare, very fine/fine

Lot number 2645 Quality: */(*)/0

A - Album

Belgian Congo 1886–1960 and Republic of the Congo, collection in a Davo album, including classic issues, Mols, overprints, cancellations, ‘Druppel melk’ * + cancelled, ‘Messages’ souvenir sheets BL 3/10 ** (BL 9 with a slight crease), very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2646 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

A collection in one large album covering the Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, the Republic of the Congo and Katanga; numerous documents and first-day covers, including those from Katanga; a few interesting postmarks, including Lado, La Rochelle Pallice, Bonsa-Chela, etc.; very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2647 Quality: **

A - Album

Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, South Kasai, Katanga, collection in 2 stockbooks, mostly complete sets, very fine/fine

Lot number 2648 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

4 booklets containing remnants and many sets from the Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Zaire, etc., including 4 gold-stamped Nobutu, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2649 Quality: **/0/✉

D - Box

Belgian Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Rwanda-Urundi, stamps, souvenir sheets, sheet sections and part sheets, very fine/fine

Lot number 2650 Quality: **/*/0

D - Box

14 stockbooks (some with very few pages filled), also ideal for albums, suitable for trade or resale, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2651 Quality: **/*/0

A - Album

Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, Republic of the Congo, Katanga, South Kasai, Zaire, accumulation + duplicates in 3 stockbooks, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2652 Quality: **/0

A - Album

Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgium, compilation in a stockbook, including cancellations, ‘A Drop of Milk’, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2653 Quality: **/*/0

GF - Large Format

Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Katanga, collection on sheets, in album, box, envelopes, stockbook, many complete sets, very fine/fine/to be checked

Lot number 2654 Quality: **/*

E - Envelop

Belgian Congo PA *, Republic of the Congo **, Katanga **, South Kasai **, all reverse overprints, vf (OBP €155)