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DESCRIPTION

n° COB - Stibbe Minimum Bid
    Postage due stamps & covers    
1   In a small stockbook : 165 postage due stamps, from issue 1908 to 1957 issue, but mostly Mols stamps. Used, no gum, LH or MNH. All kinds of TAXE or TAXES cachets. 29.50 €
2   1909 issue of postage due stamps, 5c green, 10c carmine, 25 c blue type II, 40c green blue, 50c olive, all with local overprints and various taxe(s) cachets + 15c typo overprint. Used. Some rust spots on 2 stamps. TX7, 8, 10a, 11, 12, 19 12.00 €
3   Postal stationery. Belgian double postcard (King Albert I, type Houyoux) from Cureghem, Belgium, to Lisala (8 juin 1927), insufficiently franked (30c, tariff 45c). Postage due stamps of 1923 issue 5c + 10c + 15c. Rather rare. TX66, 67, 68 45.00 €
4   Cover from Charleroy, Belgium (23 VI 1913) to Elisabethville via Cape Town. Handwritten note : "A taxer à l'arrivée" (To be taxed on arrival) + large black T cachet. Postage due stamps of issue 1910 10c carmine and 1909 issue 40 c green-blue, unfortunately these were not cancelled. On reverse : arrival cachet of Elisabethville 21 juil 1913. Rare TX 21 + 32, 50.00 €
5   Cover with 1923 Vloors issue 25c red-brown (3) from Elisabethville 30.4.26 to Paris, with black T cachet but no postage due stamps + 2 postcards both with beautiful Boma cancellation 19 avril 1911 on 1910 issue 10 c carmine and postage due stamps. 110 (3), TX 32 + 34 4.00 €
6   1958 issue 3F carmine (x2) on cover from Lukolela 17.8.58 to Chicago Illinois USA, large black T and handwritten note 0,49 f or (i.e. 0.49 franc-or). American post office purple cachet (17 cents were presumably equal to 0.49 franc-or at that time). 346 (2) 6.50 €
7   Cover without franking from and to Coquilhatville, postage due stamps 1915 issue 50c lilac brown and 1F olive with Taxes cachets, large black T. TX46 + 47 45.00 €
    Free State & Belgian Congo stamps    
8   1894 issue, full set, used except for 40c blue-green (LH) 14/29 70.00 €
9   1894 issue 5c blue, 10c red-brown, 15c ochre, 5f carmine, no gum or gum adherences but beautiful items 14, 17, 28 12.00 €
10   1894 issue 25c orange (pair) + 10 F green cancellation Matadi, perf 12, used 21,29a 12.00€
11   1894 issue 10F green, perf 14 1/4 used 29 15.00 €
12   1894 issue 5c red-brown, 10c blue, 25c orange, 1F violet, LH 15, 18, 21, 26A 11.00 €
13   1894 issue 3,50F, cancellation Boma 5 oct 1903 27 40.00 €
14   1909 issue 5F carmine, local overprint, cancellation Boma 38L 20.00 €
15   1909 issue 10F green, local overprint, telegraphic cancellation Boma 16 DECE 1910 39L 27.00€
16   1909 issue local overprint 5c green, displaced L1 overprint, used + 10c carmine double L2 overprint, LH 30L,31L 8.00€
17   1909 issue local overprintL5 15c , 25c , 40c, 50c, all L5, used except 25c blue LH (2 short perfs) 32L, 33L, 34L, 35L 7.00€
18   1909 issue typo overprint 3,50F vermillion, Boma Cancellation 2 DECE 1913 47 7.00 €
19   1909 issue typo overprint full set used, except 5c green & 10c carmine, LH 40/49 35.00 €
20   Five different unusual cancellations on Mols stamps : Pania-Mutombo, Pweto, Lukungu, Bumba, Lusambo. 4.50 €
21   Beautiful cancellations (some are rare : Bolobo, Sandoa, Mushie, Poko, Kigoma… ) on 16 stamps, mostly Vloors stamps 5.50 €
22   1923 and 1925 Vloors issues, 5c orange, 15c brown-gray, 40c violet, 60c carmine, 75c gray-blue, in blocks of four (UM & LH) 2.00 €
23   1950 issue full set, used + Cover with 6,50 F from Inkisi to Chicago Illinois, USA & 1955 issue full set, used + non commercial FDC with full set (Leopoldville 26-7-55, first day of issue) 298/9 + 337/8 4.50 €
24   1952 Flowers issue, full set, used (excep 15c LH) + 1,25 F block of four used + 5 covers with beautiful frankings included 1 registered cover and 1 internal mail cover (Matadi to Matadi) 9.00€
    POSTAL STATIONERY    
25   lot of 5 illustrated postcards 1912 issue, Palmtree 10c carmine, used (5), view # 2, 11, 13, 18, 21. One card has an additional 10c stamp. Stibbe 43 6.00 €
26   lot of 5 illustrated postcards 1912 issue, Palmtree 10c carmine, used (5), view # 38, 42, 50, 69, 71 Stibbe 43 6.00 €
27   lot of 2 illustrated postcards 1912 issue, Palmtree 10c carmine, new (view # 15) + CTO Sandoa 1922 with additional stamp (view # 55) Stibbe 43 2.00 €
28   lot of 4 illustrated postcards 1912 issue, Palmtree 5c yellow-green, used (2, view # 9, 25), new (2, view # 34, 56) Stibbe 42 2.50 €
29   1922 issue illustrated postcard, Palmtree 15c blue-green, (view # 113), used, cancellation Kambove 18 aout 1922, with handstruck mark VERIFIE, because has been sent as printed matter. Stibbe 61 10.00 €
30   Illustrated postcard 1912 issue, Palmtree 10c carmine, with issue 1921 15c/50c olive stamp applied to the original, used, cancellation Elisabethville 13-1-22 Stibbe 43 2.00 €
31   Illustrated postcard 1922 issue, Palmtree 30c dark carmine, view # 94, used, cancellation Kinshasa 25-VII-22 Stibbe 62 3.00 €
32   1897 issue postcard, palmtree 15c orange, used, from Stanleyville 1906 to Copenhagen, Denmark. Spectacular (8 cachets ! In particular transit cachet of Leopoldville) Stibbe 15 6.00 €
33   1892 issue, King Leopold 15 c blue (Matadi 1893 to Helsingbord, Sweden) transit mark of Boma. Stibbe 11 18.00 €
34   1892 issue, King Leopold 10 c carmine (2) : CTO (1) + Cancellation Ibembo 1897 (1) Leo and Boma transit marks, to Copenhague, Denmark, slightly folded + tiny tear Stibbe 10 14.00 €
35   1897 issue, postcard palmtree 15c blue, used, from Bumba 1897 to Copenhagen, Denmark. Arrival mark in Copenhague and transit mark of Lisbon, Portugal + Double postcard palmtree 10c red-brown + 10c green (repaired) with additional issue 1894 5c stamp Stibbe 17b + 16b 9.00 €
36   1909 issue, palmtree 10c red, local overprint L1, CTO Kasongo Stibbe 24L 4.00 €
37   1909 issue, palmtree 10c red, local overprint L1, from Kasongo 15 MARS 10 to Meiringen, Switzerland, 1894 issue 5c green as additional stamp. Stibbe 24L 10.00 €
38   1909 issue, palmtree 10c green, local overprint L7, answer from Zollikofen, Switzerland 9-VI-10 to B. Congo, 1894 issue 5c green as additional stamp. Stibbe 22La 19.00 €
39   1910 issue palmtree 15c brown, local overprint 7, large 5, additional 1910 issue 10c green, from Ponthierville to Switzerland Stibbe 31LLA 7.50 €
40   1897 issue postcard, palmtree 15c red-orange, used, from Boma 1899 to Namur, Belgium. Additional stamp : 1894 issue 5c red-brown. Stibbe 14b 5.00 €
41   1910 issue palmtree 15c brown (answer part of a double card), from Zollikofen 9-X-09 Switzerland to Kindu. Leo- & Stanleyville transit cachets. Stibbe 17c 15.00 €
42   1910 issue palmtree 5 c red, cancellation Thysville 1911 to Tumba. Internal mail Stibbe 36 5.00 €
43   1910 issue palmtree 5 c red, cancellation Ponthierville 1911 (only on the additional stamp) to Switzerland. Additional stamp 1910 issue 5c green. Transit marks of Stanleyville & Leopoldville. Stibbe 36 5.00 €
44   1912 issue illustrated postcard, palmtree 10c carmine, view # 68, Niangara 15 Mai 1913 to Florence, Italy, forwarded to Milan. Nice Khartoum transit mark 15 Jun 13 & arrival mark Firenze. Nile route to the Mediterranean. Stibbe 43 4.00 €
45   1911 issue palmtree 10c carmine, to Meiringen Switzerland, red Ponthierville cancellation 3 juin 1912. Transit mark (Leopoldville) and arrival mark. Stibbe 40 4.00 €
46   Ruanda-Urundi 1918 illustrated postcard issue 5c green, view # 2, new Stibbe 11 1.50 €
47   Ruanda-Urundi 1922 illustrated postcard issue surcharge 15/5c green, view # 44, new Stibbe 17 2.00 €
48   Ruanda-Urundi 1922 illustrated postcard issue surcharge 15/10c carmine, view # 34, used, from Usumbura to Belgium + additional 1916 issue 15c green stamp Stibbe 18 8.00 €
    Selected items    
49   Forerunner (1884) Hertwigh's label "Inland du Congo" (COB #3), black on gray, no gum, slightly thinned and torn on upper side. With (part of) black round Issanghila 1884 mark. 250.00 €
50   1886 issue 5F violet, variety pos 38 (COB 5-V), cancellation BANANA 16 Janv 1887. One short perforation.With BCSC certificate 5-V 250.00 €
51   1887 issue 5F violet, surcharge colis postaux/Fr.3.50, used, with Pierre Kaiser certificate CP1 395.00 €
52   1923 Vloors issue 5c orange-yellow, 10c green (block of 4), 15c gray-brown (block of 4), 20c olive-green (block of 4), 25c red-brown (block of 4), all with SPECIMEN in red and small punch hole, UM 106/10 40.00 €
53   1923 Vloors issue 3F olive-brown + 1925 Vloors issue 30c olive (block of 4) and 50c red-orange (block of 4), all with SPECIMEN in red and small punch hole, UM 115, 119 123 18.00 €
54   1923 Vloors issue 25c red-brown (spectacular block of 9), sheet corner, boxed red cachet "Return to RECORD A SPECIMEN DEPT.", with SPECIMEN in red and small punch hole , UM 110 30.00 €
55   1928 Stanley issue, two full sets (large and small size), mostly used, a few LH + two covers : a registered cover from Elisabethville to Berlin, Germany and a beautiful 5 colours cover from Boma to Locarno, Switzerland. 135/49 23.00 €
56   1931 Stanley with surcharge issue, two full sets (large and small size), used or LH + horizontal pair of 2F/1,75 F on registered cover from Aba 1933 to Cairo, Egypt (arrival mark on reverse). 162/7 20.00 €
    Belgian Congo - Stamps and Covers    
57   1942 issue lot of 6 covers included a registered one + one postcard. Beautiful frankings and cancellations of Inkisi, Bolobo, etc 8.50 €
58   lot of 3 airmail covers "100 flights Belgium-Congo via Sabena" (1938) + First flight cover flight Ponthierville-Elisabethville 31-10-1936 6.50 €
59   lot of 2 airmail covers first flight Belgian Congo - USA (1941), Leopoldville to Belem (Brasil) and to Miami, Florida 4.00 €
60   Postcard with ship SS Elisabethville, sent from Antwerp 11.3.16 by feldpost to Germany 4.50 €
61   Pioneer flight cover (Raid De Looz -Corswaren-Mahieu) 22-10-35 from Leopoldville to Denmark. Transit cachet Copenhagen Luftpost on reverse 186 (x2) 18.00 €
62   Airmail cover from Costermansville 21.2.35 to Germany 9.50 €
63   Commemorative airmail cover from Brussels 23.2.35 (special "3 stars" cancellation) to Leopoldville and back (Leopoldville 26.2.35) to Belgium 6.00 €
64   Registered airmail cover from Leopoldville to Aarhus, Denmark. Red linear mark "Courrier aérien SABENA/accidenté/ ORAN 28 janvier 1937" 30.00 €
65   Airmail cover from Leopoldville 18.10.41 to Sweden. Open by censors in B. Congo and in Great-Britain (tapes). Violet boxed mark : "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER". Two archive punch holes on left side. 25.00 €
66   Post free stamps used by Indian Forces in Congo in 1962, cancelled FPO 660 15-1-62. Full set. CTO (FDC ?) COB value : 40 euros 5.00 €
67   1928 Stanley issue : two covers franked with (1) 2F brown (Cancellation Kasenyi 29.5.31, to the USA) and (2) 1,75 F blue (+ 25c Vloors) cancellation Matadi 5.5.31 to Stockholm, Sweden 110,143,144 8.00 €
68   Two airmail covers : (1) Elisabethville 7.9.35 to Germany, boxed handstamp AVION in black & (2) Coquilhatville 1.9.35 to Belgium. 8.00 €
69   1915 issue 1F olive on registered cover (Kinshasa 5 MARS 1921) to Leopoldville (internal registered mail). Arrival cachet on reverse. 30.00 €
70   1938 issue 5c violet complete sheet of 100 stamps, in 2 panes, UM 1.50 €
71   1941 issue : two censored covers : (1) from Thysville 15.2.42 to London, congolese and british censor tapes ; (2) from Leopoldville to Boston, Mass., USA. Congolese and american censor tapes. Five stamps have been cancelled with large black 0 meaning they were obsolete. Interesting 29.00 €
72   1941 issue, some used stamps + two covers : (1) censored cover from Jadotville 15.2.42 to New York, South African censor tape + black handstruck mark Passé censure Elisabethville ; (2) from Leopoldville 12.12.41 to Auburn, Mass., USA, first flight Belgian Congo - USA. 13.00 €
73   1941 issue 15 c lilac brown vertical pair, sheet corner, imperforated, UM + 2,50 carmine-red vertical pair, sheet margin, imperforated on 2 sides. 215, 221 5.00 €
74   1941 issue 2,50 carmine-red vertical strip of 3, sheet margin, imperforated on 2 sides, UM. One short perf at left side of the inferior stamp 221 3.50 €
75   1941 issue 2,75 violet-blue vertical strip of 3, sheet margin, imperforated on 2 sides, UM. Upper stamp with displaced perforation. 222 5.00 €
76   07.1941 issue 75c/1,75 F displaced surcharge, UM 225 2.50 €
77   1930 issue, full set, LH . Very good condition 150/8 18.00 €
78   1942 issue, 14 different imperforated stamps, mostly UM, with various kinds of punch holes ; obviously "from the workshop" items. 40.00 €
79   1931 issue Vloors with surcharge, full set, LH 159/161A 11.00 €
80   1931 Stanley issue, full set, used 162/7 3.00 €
    Ruanda-Urundi    
81   1942"Spitfire" issue, full set, UM 148/9 2.50 €
82   1959 African animals issue 1961 issue, full sets, UM 205/16 2.00 €
83   1949 UPU issue, 4 small miniature sheets, full set, LH, COB value : 550 euros ++, RRR BL1/4A 220.00 €
84   1942 issue, airmail cover with 6 different stamps, from Usumbura 1.10.1945 to Paris, France. Transit cachet Leopoldville on reverse 18.00 €
85   Airmail cover Usumbura 23.6.35 to Belgium. Handstruck mark PAYE and boxed handstruck mark AVION (twice). Large X handstruck mark on aerial stamps. 29.00 €
86   Airmail cover Usumbura 6.4.55 to Göteborg, Sweden. 2.00 €
87   Airmail cover Usumbura 16.11.37 to Aalborg, Denmark 5.00 €
88   Rwanda (république du Rwanda), in a small stockbook : 28 full sets between 1962 and 1967, mostly UM (a few used sets) (+ 6 covers, round the years '80) + 40 other mismatched stamps of Rwanda. 10.00 €
89   Belgian Official Catalogue, vol 2 : Former Belgian Colonies, edition 2017 ; Catalogue officiel Anciennes Colonies Belges Edition 2017 ; Officiële Postzegels Catalogus, Belgische ex-koloniën, uitgave 2017. Very good condition 7.00 €