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    B.C.S.C. - AUCTION  2018_1 CLOSED
   
LOT  

DESCRIPTION

n° COB - Stibbe Min. BID
    Ruanda-Urundi    
1   1925 40c lilac + 75 c blue-gray , blocks of four, UM, with specimen overprint in red. Rare in block of 4. 65 + 69 35.00 €
2   1925 issue type Vloors, from 20 c green to 1,75 blue, UM, with specimen overprint in red. Rare. 62/75 80.00 €
    Belgian Congo    
3   1937/38 Miniature sheets 1 & 2, UM BL1 + BL2 29.50 €
4   1923 issue full set with specimen overprint, UM, Rare 106/17 85.00 €
5   1925 issue type Vloors, full set with specimen overprint in red, UM. Rare. 118/19/21/23/25/27/28 60.00 €
6   1931 issue, full set LH 168/83 2.00 €
7   1931 issue, full set LH & UM 168/83 2.50 €
8   1923 Vloors stamps : 1923 issue full set, a few stamps have some tiny defects but 10F black is in very good condition + some stamps from the 1925 issue, all LH 106/17 +119,121,123,125,127 9.00 €
9   1923/25 lot of 11 stamps from 1923 and 1925 Vloors issues, all with specimen red overprint : 5c orange, 30 c olive, 75 c orange-red (2), 3F gray-brown (4, included 1 pair), 5 F gray (3) all UM except 5 c orange, which is LH. 106,113,115,116,119 28.00 €
10   1958 issue "Five Kings", 50th anniversary of Belgian Congo, full set, UM 344/9 1.25 €
11   1956 issue "Mozart bicentenial", full set of 2 stamps, UM 339/40 2.50 €
12   1938 issue National Parks, three full sets, LH (1) & UM (2). Pristine condition 197/202 2.00 €
13   1941 issue, 5c/1,50 & 2,50/2,40 normal type + inverted surcharge, LH 26/27 + 226 Cu +227 Cu 8.50 €
    Belgian Congo - Postal Stationery    
14   1922 view postcard 30 c red-brown, view # 78 (golf) written but not cancelled + view # 96 cancelled Niangara Stibbe 62 3.00 €
    Congo Republic    
15   1963 Red Cross centenary. Imperforated Luxe miniature sheet, UM. COB : 55 euros. LX599 5.00€
16   1963 Red Cross centenary. Imperforated Luxe miniature sheet, UM. COB : 55 euros. LX499 2.00 €
17   1961 issue full set LH + 1963 issue (human rights issue, with overprint), full set UM. 415/17 + 520/3 0.25 €
18   1970 UNO, UIT, President Mobutu issues, three full sets, imperforated, some stamps with sheet margin or sheet corner. UM. Rare 722/24 + 725/6 + 745/7 3.00 €
19   1961 South Kasaï flowers set (nearly full set : only 6F/25c is missing), UM, with surcharge variety on 10/25c : ï missing in Kasaï # 3V in COB. Included some good duplicates. 1-9,9,11-12,12-13,3V 8.00 €
20   Burundi lot of 4 full sets + 2 miniature sheets, UM 41/2,49-51,112/7,161/7,BL9,BL9A 2.00 €
    Postal Stationery - Congo free State, Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi    
21   1889 postcard issue. Lot of 3 double postcard. Palmtree 5c brown and 15c c black. Stibbe 6 and 7(2, included 1 CTO). New or CTO. 2.00 €
22   1892 postcard issue. King Leopold 15c blue. Stibbe 11, new. Very good condition. Stibbe 6/7 Stibbe 11 0.50 €
23   1910 postcard issue, double postcard 15 c blue + 15 c brown, new. Stibbe 31LT (A ?) Stibbe 31LT 4.00 €
24   1910 postcard issue, double postcard palmtree 15 c blue + 15 c brown, new. Stibbe 31LL (surcharge L 3). Stibbe 31LL 3.50 €
25   1910 postcard issue, double postcard 15 c blue + 15 c brown, new. Stibbe 31TT (+ idem, only first part, new) Stibbe 31TT 1.00 €
26   1910 postcard issue, 2d half of a double postcard palmtree 15 c brown, new. Stibbe 31TT, with handstruck mark "CARTE POSTALE INCOMPLETE". Very good condition. Stibbe 31TT 1.25 €
27   1910 postcard issue, palmtree 5/10c red. Stibbe 34T, new, very good condition Stibbe 34T 1.50 €
28   1911 postcard issue, palmtree 5c green, Stibbe 38, used, sent from Kinshasa to Sheffield, England. Additional adhesive stamp 5c green bilingual issue. Very good condition Stibbe 38 1.50 €
29   1912 issue, Stibbe 43, view postcard 10 c carmine, view #71, used. (Rather stained) Stibbe 43 0.75 €
30   1921 issue, Stibbe 51a, palmtree 30+30/10+10, double postcard, new, very good condition Stibbe 51a 1.25 €
31   1922 issue, palmtree 15/5c green, Stibbe 55, new Stibbe 55 1.50 €
32   1922 issue, palmtree 30+30/10+10c red, Stibbe 60, cancelled to order (Stanleyville 14-II-23). Very good condition Stibbe 60 2.50 €
33   1922 issue, palmtree 30c carmine, view postcard, Stibbe 62 view #93, used, cancellation Luebo, to Belgium. Stibbe 62 2.75 €
34   1924 issue, palmtree 45c red on blue-green, Stibbe 65, new Stibbe 65 1.25 €
35   1927 issue, 45c green view postcard Stibbe 66, used view #28 Stibbe 66 2.00 €
36   1931 issue 60c/45c carmine red on green-blue, Stibbe 68, new Stibbe 68 2.00 €
37   1922 view postcard issue, Stibbe 52 view #15, overprint 15c/5 green, mint Stibbe 52 3.00 €
38   1922 Ruanda-Urundi view postcard issue, Stibbe 17 view #49, overprint 15c/5 green, mint (stained). Bargain Stibbe 17 1.00 €
    Covers    
39   1956 Ruanda-Urundi issue, Mozart, full set on First Day Cover 10-10-56 200/1 7.00 €
40   1960/70 Congo Republic, lot of 19 covers, beautiful and varied frankings, between 1960 & 1970, mostly to Sweden or Denmark, included exprès (1). 9.00 €
41   1960/1970 Congo Republic (18) and Katanga (1), lot of 19 covers, beautiful and varied frankings, between 1960 & 1970, mostly to Sweden or Denmark. 9.00 €
42   1942 Palmtrees issue, lot of 6 covers, included 4 airmail covers. Some spectacular frankings 10.00 €
43   1953 Flowers issue, lot of 14 items (11 covers + 3 picture postcards). Beautiful and varied frankings, included blocks of four, printed matter, internal mail, registered cover, etc 18.00 €
44   1948 issue, lot of 13 items (12 covers + 1 front of a cover). Beautiful and varied frankings, included internal mail, registered covers, etc. Mostly to Denmark, Switzerland, Italy 19.00 €
45   1923/25 Vloors issues, lot of 5 covers, beautiful and varied frankings, included internal mail 18.00 €
46   1931 issue, lot of 3 covers + front of a registered cover + 1 picture postcard (5 items), beautiful and varied frankings, to Sweden, USA, Switzerland, etc 8.50 €
47   1937 Airmail cover, first flight Air Afrique Kabalo-Stanleyville, internal airmail 1.00 €
48   1941 Airmail cover, first flight Congo-USA dec. 1941. From Léopoldville to the USA 7.00 €
49   1935 Airmail cover, first flight Brussels-Elisabethville by SABENA, very good condition 20.00 €
50   1938 & 1953 lot of two airmail covers : 100th flight Belgium-Congo by Sabena and 1st flight Brussels-Rome-Athens-Cairo-Entebbe-Stanleyville-Elisabethville by Sabena, cover from Stanley ville to Entebbe (on return flight) 2.50 €
51   1923 & 1925 Vloors issues, lot of 3 items : 2 covers and a front of registered letter. To England, Denmark & internal mail 3.50 €
52   1938 issue National Parks 4,50 F + 1,50 F on airmail cover. From NIZI 9-2-40 to Zurich (Switzerland). Transit mark Aba on reverse. Very good condition. 4.00 €
53   1907 picture postcard with 1894 issue 5c green type II (2). Boma cancellations 1907 5.00 €
54   1910 issue, 5c green, 15 c ochre (2) , 25 c blue on 4 picture postcards, to Denmark (3) or to Brazzaville (Afrique Equatoriale Française) (1) 7.00 €
    Congo Postal Stationery    
55   1889 issue 15c red, used Boma 9 Nov 1899, to Denmark,used Stibbe 5 4.50 €
56   1922 issue, lot of 3 postcards, palmtree 15c green, used with additional stamps, view # 73, 100,102 Stibbe 61 4.50 €
57   1922 issue, lot of 3 postcards, palmtree 30c carmine brown, used, view # 75, 86,93 Stibbe 62 7.00 €
58   1922 issue, lot of 3 postcards, palmtree 15c/10c carmine, new (2 - view# 3,70) & used (1 - view # 32). Very good condition Stibbe 53 7.00 €
59   1912 issue, lot of 2 view postcards 5 c green, view # 35 & 48, used Stibbe 42 3.00 €
60   1912 issue, view postcard 10 c carmine, view # 64, used, with additional stamp Stibbe 43 1.50 €
61   1915 postcard 15/5 c yellow-green, new Stibbe 55 1.50 €
62   1915 double postcard 5 c green + 5c green, new, very good condition Stibbe 46 2.50 €
63   1915 double postcard 10c red + 10 c red, new, very good condition Stibbe 47 2.00 €
64   1897 postcard 15 c blue, with boxed handstruck mark BOMA CARTE INCOMPLETE, used, Boma Cancellation 1898 + card 17 (only "réponse") Stibbe 17b 4.00 €
65   1897 Double postcard 10 c red brown + 10 c green, used, Boma cancellation 1890 Stibbe 16b 6.00 €
66   1897 lot of 3 postcards 15 c orange, used (2) & new (1) Stibbe 15 0.75 €
67   1897 lot of 2 postcards 10 c orange, used with additional stamp (1), CTO (1) Stibbe 14 B 5.00 €
68   1927 lot of 5 postcards, 45 c green, view # 1, 23, 25 45, 49, used Stibbe 66 9.50 €
69   1918 Ruanda-Urundi, lot of 5 postcards, 5 c green with overprint, new, view # 5, 10, 16, 22, 34 Stibbe 11 5.00 €
70   1922 Ruanda-Urundi, lot of 3 postcards,15c/10c red-brown with overprint & surcharge 15, new, view # 3, 42, 44 Stibbe 14 B 4.00 €
    Congo Picture postcards with stamps    
71   1894 issue, lot of 6 picture postcards with 10 c carmine, included curiosity marée blanche (white tide) 19 10.00 €
72   1894 issue, picture postcard with 5 c green, type 2 16a 2.00 €
73   1894 issue, picture postcard with 5 c green + 10 c carmine 16 + 19 2.00 €
74   1894 issue, picture postcard with 5 c green + 10 c carmine 16 + 19 2.00 €
75   1910 unilingual issue, 10 c carmine on a picture postcard, to Belgium 51 2.50 €
76   1915 issue, 10 c carmine on picture postcard (picture = elephants herd) 65a 3.00 €
77   1921 issue, 50c/25 c blue on picture postcard 90 2.50 €
78   1948 issue, 2,50 F sheet corner, UM + postcard with picture of a similar railway. Pristine condition & interesting 296 4.00 €
    Covers    
79   1953/5 Two curious airmail covers from France to Congo and back, with some explanations 6.00 €
80   1949 Airmail cover from Jadotville 26-9-49 to Brussels, with 2 belgian postage due stamps 5.00 €
81   1941 Registered airmail cover, with spectacular franking, from Léopoldville 8-11-41 to BUEA, British Cameroon. Censor handstruck mark Censure Congo Belge, Nigerian Censor mark and censor tape, censor mark of French Cameroun. Definitely rare and unusual. 30.00 €
82   1949/52 lot of 3 airmail covers + 1 postcard, each with boxed handstruck mark AVION 5.00 €
83   1931 Airmail cover from Elisabethville 12-02-31, to Brussels. Very good condition 165 + PA 2/3 10.00 €
84   1936 Airmail cover, special flight SABENA, from Brussels 23-10-36 to Elisabethville 29-10-36, and back from Elisabethville 30-10-36 to Brussels 05-11-36. Belgian & congolese stamps. Very good condition. 196/6 + Belgian stamps 9.00 €
85   1960 Two airmail covers (first flights by SABENA with Boeing Jets) Elisabethville - Johannesburg (South-Africa) & Elisabethville- Brussels, beautiful hand cancellations Elisabethville 3-4-60 1.50 €
86   1962 Airmail cover (first flight by SABENA with Boeing Jet) Athens- Léopoldville. Commemorative violet mark. Cancellation Athens 14-XII-62 on a greek stamp, to Léopoldville. Incoming mail. 0.75 €
87   1954 Commemorative airmail cover from Léopoldville to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. This cover went from Léopoldville (cancellation 28-05-54) to make the "aerial tour of Sicily". Italian stamps for the Italian part of the journey, cancelled by special handmark 12-6-54. Arrival 9.00 €
    Mols stamps    
88   1921 issue, lot of 23 stamps : 50c/25c blue (15, used, a few surcharges with no point under c), 30c/10c carmine (2, LH ; one stamp surcharge with no point under c), 1F carmine (6, used). Good condition. For searchers of shades, cancellations, perforations, etc 3.00 €
89   Lot of 9 postage due stamps, LH (8) or OG (1), all type IX (Elisabethville) 5.00 €
90   1942 19 Waterlow & sons proofs, imperforated with hole. Some sheet margins (4) or sheet corner (1). Flemish predominant except for 2, 50 F carmine. 95.00 €
91   1909 unilingual issue, lot of 8 stamps : 5c green LH, 10c carmine LH (2), 50c olive UM (1), LH (2), 50c dark olive used (2) 50,51,53,53a 3.75 €
92   Ruanda-Urundi postage due stamps, red surcharge, perf 14 x14 1/2, full set, UM Tx 15b/19b 0.50 €
93   1886/87 Congo free State, 1886 issue 5c green LH, 50c olive used + 1887 issue 50c gray LH + 1894 1F violet OG 1,4,10,26A 6.50 €
94   1894 issue 15 c ochre & 50 c olive UM 20,25 6.00 €
95   1894 issue 1F carmine perf 14 (2), cancellations Boma and Léopoldville between 85/94 5.00 €
96   1921 issue 3F red UM & 5F carmine LH 92-93 5.00 €
97   1921 issue 10c/5c green of the 1915 issue, block of 4, UM (2) and LH (2). Rare 86A 85.00 €
98   1921 issue 30c/10c carmine of the 1915 issue,UM. Rare 89A 28.00 €
99   1921 issue 50c/25c blue of the 1915 issue, block of 4, UM (2) and LH (2). Rare 90A 85.00 €
100   1921 issue 5c/40c blue-green, block of 10 (upper part of sheet) UM 85 2.00 €
101   1921 issue, 50c/25 c blue, used (57), included pairs (7), strips of 3 (3), strip of 4 (1). Some displaced surcharges, shades, cancellations, varieties, etc 90 12.00 €
102   1910 issue 10 c rose-carmine & red-carmine (shades), blocks of four UM 55 2.00 €
103   1909 unilingual issue 5c green LH (2), each with a variety : balloon above the mountains (the stamp is thinned) & long vertical black line. 50 7.00 €
104   1909 unilingual issue 5c green LH (2) or used (3) 50 0.75 €
105   1922 issue Mechelen surcharges, 5c/50c red-brown block of 10, UM 95 2.50 €
106   1909 unilingual issue, 10c carmine block of 12, UM 51 10.00 €
107   1909 unilingual issue, full set, used 50/53 6.00 €
108   1894 issue 5c blue, used (4) 14 9.50 €
109   1909 unilingual issue 5c green + 10 c carmine on a picture postcard 50/51 4.00 €
110   1909 unilingual issue 15c ochre on a picture postcard to Brussels, beautiful cancellation DIMA 25 octo 1909 52 12.00 €
111   1918 Red Cross issue, full set UM or LH 72/80 55.00 €
    Books - philatelic litterature (all books are in very good condition)    
112   Histoire postale du service Postal au Congo Belge 1886-1960, tome I (in French), by Roger Gallant, 557 pages, March 2005. A history of the Postal service in Belgian Congo, a definitive book 25.00 €
113   Arrêtes et ordonnances concernant les tarifs postaux au Congo Belge et au Ruanda-Urundi, 1886-1962 (in French), by Charles Stockmans and Roger Gallant, 135 pages, 1997. 10.00 €
114   La philatélie de transition, du Congo Belge au Congo et du Ruanda-urundi au Rwanda-Burundi (in French), by Georges Celis, 1st edition 1981. A definitive book on the years just after the independance, i.e. ca 1960-1964 12.00 €
115   Afrique Orientale Allemande, occupation belge 1916-1922, Emission de Londres, by Léo Tavano, 45 pages (in French), 2001. A definitive book on Mols stamps in this period, with black and white and colour illustrations. 12.00 €
116   Congo Belge, Emissions Mols-Van Engelen "bilingue 1910" et "récuperation", by Léo Tavano, 86 pages (in French), 2002. A definitive book on Mols stamps of the 1910 and 1921 issues, with black and white or colour illustrations. 15.00 €
117   Postal history of the enclave LADO (in English and in French), by Patrick Maselis, Vincent Schouberechts, Léo Tavano, foreword by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, 401 pages, 2009. A masterpiece !!! The definitive bilingual book on the Lado enclave and its postal history, with many illustrations or pictures in full colour. 35.00 €
118   Official Belgian former Colonies stamps Catalogue, 2016 edition. Catalogue officiel des timbres des anciennes colonies belges, édition 2016. Officiële postzegels catalogus, Belgische ex-koloniën, 2016 editie. 5.00 €
    Covers - Airmail    
119   1923/25 Vloors issues : lot of 6 covers + 1 picture postcard with Vloors stamps, with different frankings 8.50 €
120   1945/46 Two airmail covers with 1942 issue and airmail stamps. 4.50 €
121   1930 Airmail cover from Boende to Brussels, 27-12-30. Boxed handstruck mark Avion 130 + 141 31.00 €
122   1928 Registered airmail cover, from Bandundu 11-8-28, transit via Léopoldville 14-8-28 to Lyon 2-9-28, then forwarded to Marseille 4-9-28. Stamps of the Stanley 1928 issue and airmail stamps 138,141(2),143,PA1-2 5.00 €
123   1929 Registered airmail cover, from Léopoldville 12-6-29 to Brussels. 131 + 141 4.00 €