386th Auction

1865/67, Leopold 20 centimes blue, tied by dotted “12” with adjacent “ANVERS  25 JANV. 70” to entire letter to Wiltz, Luxembourg. Very fine.

1883, King Leopold II., De La Rue archive appendix sheet with 10 imperforate colour proofs (10 c. rose, 20 c.  olive green, grey, cobalt-blue, emerald, aniline scarlet, orange and chocolate brown, 50 c. violet-blue and 1 fr.  bright purple) and a cut-down sample label in pale brown; all annotated in manuscript for the new values in the UPU colour scheme, required in the Congress of 1878. A most attractive and unique item.

Provenance: 'Severin' (Corinphila 2012)
 

1873, postcard 5 centimes violet, uprated with 5 copies 1869, 1 centimes green, tied by cds "BRUXELLES 9 MAI 1875" to Maastricht, Netherlands. Some minor toning in the perforation. A most attractive and rare franking to abroad. 

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 164

1873, postcard 5 centimes violet, uprated with Telegraph stamps 1871, 25 cents green, tied by cds “ST. JOSSE-TEN-NOODE (BRUX) 17 SEPT 74”, with adjacent large “EXPRES” handstamp, sent locally. Light stain and very minor creasing. 

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 66.

1879/80, postcard 10 centimes from "ANVERS 19 NOVE 1884" to Napier, New Zealand, with transit mark of New York and adjacent “RETURNED FOR POSTAGE” since there was no postal card rate, so letter rate had to be paid.

1882, letter card 10 centimes red with additional frankling 1869/80, 5 centimes yellow-brown and 10 centimes gray-green, from “MONTZEN 28 DEC. 1882” to Wulferstedt, Germany, with arrival mark. This is the earliest recorded use of a letter card of any country to a foreign Destination.

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 599

1871/1927, 8 used postal stationery cards and one letter card used in 1898, with 5 centimes violet card with additional 20 centimes light blue adhesive sent as registered card in 1874, 10 centimes card with company perfin “A.H.” used in 1880, also double card International Commercial Fair 1927 with red meter mark 20 centimes to USA and postal stationery card Belgian Congo 15 Centimes used in 1899, fine group

POSTAGE DUE: 1909,"TAXES" in blue on "CONGO BELGE" 3 francs 50 centimes and 1910, pictorials 5 francs, with blue cds "BOMA 27 MAI 1911"  on large registered wrapper, sent locally with 1910, 25 centimes blue & black, tied by black “BOMA 26 MAI 1911”. Most likely the wrapper contained correspondance and therefore charged at letter rate. Central light horizontal filing fold, well clear off adhesives and 5 fr. tiny corner cut, otherwise very fine. A rare high-value postage due charge. (OBP TX24,39)

1916, General issue 5 francs, tied by c.d.s. "USUMBURA 4 X 24" to registered express cover to Brussels, with arrival mark. Vertical fold not affecting the stamp. A rare express shipment to overseas.

1849, Epaulettes 10 c. brown and 20 c. blue, both with good to large margins, with small sheet margins, neatly cancelled "24", very fine

1953, European Idea 4 fr. dull brown, die proof on thin laid paper, signed by the designer, Léon Janssens and dated '1953' at lower right, fine and scarce

1927, Belgien König Albert I. 1,50 Franc im senkrechten Paar mit Stempel “ANTWERPEN 7.1.1927” auf R-Vordruckbrief “Ozean-Brief” komplett mit Telegramm vom Dampfer "Granada" nach Zürich mit Ankunftsstempel. Der Umschlag unten mit Öffnungsschnitt und kleine Randspuren, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung. Ozean-Briefe aus Belgien mit Telegramm sind sehr selten

1874, unfrankierter, kpl. Faltbrief von “ANVERS 19.JUIN.74” mit Ra1 “NON AFFRANCHI” via Preußen mit Ra1 “Porto” nach Christansund, Norwegen mit Rötel-Taxe “18” (Skilling) und Ankunftsstempel, in guter Erhaltung

1849/1940 (ca.), interesting holding in 2 stockbooks, unused and used, containing a lot of good material as 30 copies ex Mi.1-2, Mi. 34 (4), 129-42, 145-58, 235-43I (3), etc., etc.

1849/2007 (ca.),  mostly used collection with some better items in 6 Davo luxury albums 

1849/1965, unused and used collection with some better, also Belgian Congo, in album and stockbook

1849/1867, mostly used balance of Belgium, comprising 1849 10 c. brown (x4) and 20 c. blue (x10), a small number of proofs and essays, 1866 perforated 10 c. brown and 1868 30 c. brown on cover, the imperforates almost entirely four margin examples, a few small faults else quite fresh and fine.

1861/1940, used and unused collection with some better, on album pages in folder

1931, King Albert I with cap, highly specialized, unused, mint never hinged and used research collection with covers, containing a wide array of interesting items like Unadopted photgraphic essay, different proofs, imperforated stamps, se-tenants, booklet “Fyffes”, full sheets, 75c. tete-beche and tete-beche with gutter, the latter also on cover, different covers and usages etc. etc., all neatly written up on two volumnes and extra material in 3 albums, mostly good quality

1949/83, used and unused collection and stock, with varieties and covers, in 3 Davo albums and 4 stockbooks 

1642/1841 (ca.), group of 32 entire letters with some interesting usages, mostly very fine

1795/1860 (ca.), approx. 140 prephilatelic items  to and from Belgium, including better transit marks. Ex. Delbeke 

1818/42, 12 items of incoming mail including transit marks. Ex. Delbeke

1871/1860, useful lot of several hundred mostly unused postal stationery cards, with better ones like Mi.-Nr. P19, P41, P51I etc., in carton

1873/1990 (ca.), around 750 postal stationary items, unused and used, including registered mail, express, picture postal stationary Belgian Congo, German occupation, etc.

1863, Leopold three values up to 20 c.blue, unused no gum, tiny faults, still fine (Michel 10-12)

1863, 40 c. carmine, perforated 12 ½ x 13 ½, unused, with part original gum, deep colour, fresh and fine.

1865, 1 Fr. light violet, unused, without gum, typical centering for this challenging key value, fine.