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Tandala. 1921 (May 14) Cover to London with G.E.A 3c + 6c each tied by double ring dumb type datestamp (Proud D1), backstamped at Zomba (June 13) and London. This c.d.s originally read "RUO" (and was used at Chiromo, Nyasaland, 1891-93); in 1917 it was altered to "F.P.O" and used at Nyasaland Field Force F.P.O 10, the wording finally being excised completely and the dumb type c.d.s then used in 1919-21 at Tandala. A fine and very scarce cancel. Photo on Page 200. £240-280
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1918 Covers from Morogoro or Daressalaam both to the "Bureau International de la Paix" in Berne (used to forward letters to Germany) franked by I.E.F 1/2a + 1a pair or by ten 3p stamps, all stamps cancelled by violet circular "PASSED CENSOR / C / E.A", the second cover also with violet boxed "PASSED BY / POSTAL CENSOR / DARESSALAM" and an arrival backstamp, unusual. (2). £100-120
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1918-19 Covers and a card with G.E.A stamps, cancels comprise scarce "DARESSALAM" target type c.d.s (Proud D1, only recorded 17th March - 8th April 1919), Base Office B c.d.s type D6 or "REG" c.d.s type R2 (with registration label handstamped boxed "BASE OFFICE B / I.E.F", unrecorded by Proud) and double ring skeleton datestamps for Bagamoyo (with red boxed "R / BAGAMOYO" registration handstamp), Daressalaam "REG" or Tanga c.d.s. (6). £180-200
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1920 (May 5) Registered parcel tag to Wales bearing a Tanga registration label and franked G.E.A 1c vertical pair, 75c and 2r all tied by Tanga c.d.s, senders handstamp of H. Malcolm-Ross (the Valuer of Lands in Tanga), an attractive and unusual item paying the rate for a 10 1/2lb registered item (at 15c for first 10oz, 3c per additional 2oz, + 25c registration). Photo on Page 200. £150-180
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1937-65 Mint and used collection on pages including 1937 10r used, 1951 surcharge set mint, 1957 20/- mint, also issues for Seiyun, Shihr and Mukalla, Hadhramaut and South Arabia. S.G. £1,200+. (100s). Photo on Page 232. £160-200
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1880-2000 Mint and used collection on pages with a good selection of 1891-99 issues (39), Officials and parcel stamps, miniature sheets, etc. An interesting lot. (100s). £100-120
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1924 Cover to Italy with India 1a (3) cancelled at Peshawar, the reverse with Afghanistan 20pa tied by oval Cabul cancel, Perugia arrival c.d.s, cover shortened by about 5mm upon opening at left, otherwise fine, an unusual commercial cover to Europe. £80-100
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1913-c.1980 Mint and used collection on pages with numerous surcharges and overprints, many better sets including 1928 Vlone-Brindisi air set, 1931 Tirana-Rome air set, 1929 air 25q with Kingdom of Albania overprint, etc., also postage dues, miniature sheets, Greek, Italian and German Occupation issues, an interesting lot. (100s). £200-250
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1928-2004 Mainly mint collection on pages, Spanish Post Office issues including 1928 overprint set of fourteen (including express stamps, 4p and 10p line perf 14), 1935-42 40c blue; French Post Office issues including postage dues, etc. S.G. £3,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 232. £150-180
| ANTARCTICA
(Also See Lot 390) | |
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1911 Cover to "Miss Bean, The Vicarage, Addington, N.Z" with British Antarctic Expedition crest on the flap, bearing Victoria Land 1d tied by "BRIT. ANTARCTIC EXPD" c.d.s (Feb 9) applied at Cape Evans, an unused sheet of expedition notepaper enclosed, very fine. £220-260
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1955-59 Covers and cards including mail from the U.S Operation "Deep Freeze" (20) or sent from Antarctic bases during the International Geophysical Year, with cancels of bases run by Argentina (9), Belgium (2), Chile (3), France (5), G.B (9, all Falkland Islands Dependency stamps), Japan (4), New Zealand, Russia or South Africa. Also I.G.Y covers from bases in the Arctic, sent from Canada (2), Greenland (3, one from French Expedition) or Norway (5), and associated F.D.Cs, stamps and U.S rocket mail covers (2), various cachets, some flight covers, some signed. An interesting collection, stamps including French Antarctic 1956-60 50f and 100f on Maximum cards and I.G.Y sets on three covers. (67+). £300-350
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1956-80 Covers (mainly 1964-65 period) from various offices in British Antarctic Territory (35), Australian Antarctic Territory (7), Ross Dependency (11), also 1956 Royal Society Antarctic Expedition cover, 1964 cover from G.B to Stonington Island with label "Return to Sender, No Post Office Stonington Island Base, B.A.S Headquarters, Stanley, F.I", U.S Operation Deep Freeze covers (12), and covers from Japanese (2) or Belgian Antarctic Bases. (70). £100-120
| ASCENSION
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1924-33 2d Vertical pair, upper stamp with broken mainmast variety, unmounted mint. S.G. 13/a, £299. £100-120
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1934-56 Sets mounted on pages comprising 1934 set of ten and 1938-53 1/2d - 10/- (14 values, missing the 1949 1d black and green and 3d black and ultramarine, but with ten additional perforations) mint, 1956 set of thirteen used. S.G. £467. (47). £80-100
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1938-53 KGVI 1 1/2d Perf 13 1/2 black and vermilion, perf 14 1 1/2d black and rose-carmine with davit flaw and perf 13 1/2 10/- with boulder flaw, all mounted mint. S.G. 40, 40da, 47a, £1,039. (3). Photo on Page 232 £200-250
| AUSTRALIAN STATES
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1851-1912 Mint and used collection on pages with New South Wales including 1860 perf 13 6d "Registered" stamp mint (S.G. 127), 1860-72 5d and 6d with "SPECIMEN" overprints, 1871 1d and 2d Telegraph stamps unused, no gum; Queensland including 1900 Boer War Fund 2d (1/-) cancelled to order; Tasmania; Victoria including 1890 4d - 1/- postage dues mint; also some Australian Commonwealth. (100s). Photo on Page 232. £200-250
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New South Wales. 1860 6d Orange and blue imperf "Registered" stamp, watermark double lined letters, showing the major variety blue frame printed twice, used with "6" cancel, cut into at top, margins on the other three sides, very unusual and scarce. S.G. 119 var. Photo on Page 232. £150-200
| AUSTRIA
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1850-2005 Mint and used collection on pages with used definitives including 1850-54 1k - 9k, 1858-59 set with 3k black and 3k green, 1863 perf 14 2k - 15k, 1867 50k, 1908-13 10k, also 1910 Francis birthday set mint, 1931 Rotary Congress set used, 1933 WIPA 50g used, mint sets including 1932 Painters, 1933 Catholic Congress and Ski Championships sets, 1936 Dollfuss 10s, 1945 German set of 23 overprinted "Osterreich" (1rm - 5rm 18 1/2mm overprint), 1948 Costumes set, 1950 Carinthian Plebiscite Anniversary set, 1950-53 Air 3s and 5s used, etc. Also military post issues largely complete including 1915 (April) 3k - 10k used (3k, 5k on piece, 10k possibly forged cancel) and 1918 set of 14 mint; postage dues; newspaper stamps; Austrian Levant with French Currency 1903-04 50c and 4f used; Lombardy-Venetia with 1863-64 perf 14 set used, perf 9 1/2 2s unused no gum; Bosnia-Herzegovina, etc. S.G. £15,000 (approx). (100s). Photo on Page 258. £750-1,000
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1882-94 Vienna pneumatic post 10k postal stationery postcards used, a collection on pages, various types of postcard or cancellation. (45). £200-250
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Trieste. 1842-1913 Entire letters and postcards including prestamp mail, covers with imperf 1850-54 issues (7) or perforated 1858-67 issues (6), postal stationery, stampless official cover with oval framed "K.K. / POSTDIRECTION / IN / TRIEST", various cancellations including 1861 "COL LLOYD / DA TRIESTE", also three other entires with Lombardy-Venetia stamps. An attractive collection on pages. (26). £250-300
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1938-45 KGVI Sets complete mint, 2r, 10r and 15r with minor tone marks, otherwise all fine, the 2r - 25r apparently unmounted, the others mounted mint. S.G. 20/50, £1,140. (29). £200-250
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1938-82 Mint collection, mainly unmounted including KGVI 1r - 25r (15r with upright watermark), duplicated QEII with 1957 1n.p - 1r (50), 1966 definitive set (3), 1975 Womens Costumes (50), 1976 Concorde (21) and miniature sheets (7), 1980 Falconry (5), etc., and 1972-81 First Day and other covers with two 1976 commercial covers bearing Concorde sets and the first 5f War Tax stamp (S.G. T192, £85 each as stamps). Also some other Middle East. S.G. £3,500+. (100s). £240-300
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1933-94 Mainly mint issues of Basutoland and Lesotho on pages including 1933, 1938 and 1954 sets, mainly fine and lightly mounted. Also various issues for Swaziland. S.G. £1,250+. (100s). £150-180
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Stellaland. 1885 Stampless O.H.M.S covers addressed to "Captain Trotter R.A, Acting Special Commissioner for Stellaland, Vryburg", four endorsed from "J.W Harrel, Major", four with enclosed letters from Harrel at Motito. The letters concern a case of assault (April 7th); a copy of a report from Sergt Munns, Bechuanaland Mounted Police at Talroon to Major Harrel, Commandant Western Province Bechuanaland, regarding a horse claimed by Field Cornet Rooyn, and a complaint by natives that they were not allowed to water cattle at Maynards farm "Gapupu" due to the late assault case being reported (May 26); Maynard fined £1 for the Gapupu assault case, the complainants native small boy was kidnapped during the trial from the court house at Vryburg (June 29); Mr Steyn has been asked to come and explain his disloyal language, a trader refuses to pay tax, several wagons comprising a wedding cortege have been allowed to pass without paying the usual wagon tax (July 6). A remarkable group of official letters sent within Stellaland, presumably carried by mounted police, two long covers with faults (one severely torn), one cover with a little insect damage at upper edge, the others largely fine. (5 covers + 4 letters). Photo on Page 200. £800-1,000
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1885-1994 Mint and used collection of Bechuanaland and Botswana on pages including 1885 3d and 6d mint, 1888 5/- mint, 1/- on 1/- used, 1913-25 Bechuanaland Protectorate overprints on G.B with 2/6, 5/- and both definitive sets mint, 1932, 1938 and 1955 sets mint, etc, also Stellaland 3d - 6d. S.G. £2,000 (approx). (100s). Photo on Page 238. £200-250
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Revenues. 1898 Pages (3) headed "Subscriber", with signatures of 138 individuals, numbered from 58 to 195, the first page bearing Cape of Good Hope 1876-85 Revenue £5 vertical pair, £1 vertical strip of five and 2/6 block of four, each stamp initialled and cancelled crowned oval "CIVIL COMMISSIONER / 27 MY 98 / VRYBURG", the second page with £1 vertical strip of four on one side and 2/6 (3), 10/-, £1, £2 on the other similarly cancelled (28 or 31 MY, or 3 JU), the third page with two 10/- stamps similarly cancelled on 3 JU or 17 JU. Three fine pages with Cape revenues used in British Bechuanaland. (23 revenues on 4 documents). £500-600
| BELGIUM & COLONIES
(Also See Lots 260, 1066, 1241/2, 1263/5, 1278, 1688) | |
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Railway Parcels. 1915 5c - 5f Set of ten, also additional 10c, 20c and 25c with designers name at base, all handstamped violet "CHEMINS DE FER / SPOORWEGEN" and a winged train wheel, all with labels at base, fine mounted mint, all with at least one expert handstamp on reverse, most with two or three (or even four) expert handstamps or pencil signatures (all very small, some applied to the "Sunday" label). All offered "as-is" though they appear genuine, have several expert handstamps, and come from a good Belgium collection accompanied by the note "Surcharges authentique, signature en verso". S.G. P160/9, £15,000. (13). Photo on Page 238. £500-800
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1849-2002 Mint and used collection in two albums with all basic 1849-1922 definitives used including 1869 5f, 1915-22 5f "Franken" used, 1919-20 set mint including 2f purple; charity issues with 1910-11 exhibition sets mint, 1918 Red Cross Fund set used, 1921 Brussels Exhibition sheet used, 1930 and 1931 Philatelic Exhibition miniature sheets used, 1932 Cardinal Mercier set mint, 1933 Orval Abbey set mint, 1932 Infantry Memorial pair used, 1935 and 1936 Philatelic Exhibition miniature sheets mint, 1948 Edward Anseele miniature sheet mint, 1952 Koekelberg miniature sheet mint, 1957 Antarctic miniature sheet mint; all anti-tuberculosis fund issues mint; telephone and telegraph stamps; railway stamps; Moresnet; postage dues; precancels; advertising labels from booklet panes (in pairs and blocks including 1936 75c uncut se-tenant blocks); coils; "- 10%" and value handstamps; a few varieties, etc. A good collection mainly fine, most lightly mounted. S.G. £12,000++. (100s). Photo on Pages 222 & 238. £500-600
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1886-2003 Mint and used collection on pages with later issues for South Kasai and Katanga, Congo and Zaire, including 1886 5f used, 1887-94 5f grey and 10f used, 1898 3f.50 used, 1909 handstamped "CONGO BELGE" 3f.50 - 10f used, 1918 Red Cross Fund set mint, 1923-60 issues apparently complete mint with some duplication and used sets, also a good range of "TAXES" handstamps, and some later varieties including inverted overprints and surcharges. S.G. £3,500+. (100s). Photo on Page 232. £200-250
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1923-61 Mint and used duplicated range of Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi stamps in a stockbook and on pages including 1923 O.25 on 30c on 10c surcharges (5, probably forgeries), c.1939 bogus USA Air Mail surcharges, 1928 Stanley sets mint and used with additional multiples, 1931-32 surcharge sets mint and used, etc. (100s). £100-120
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1942-43 Waterlow issue, study on pages with imperforate proofs of the frame only (4) or complete stamps (39) all with punch holes from the printers archives (nine with flaws ringed in red ink), and a further 40 imperforate proofs comprising 10c - 20f with French inscription at top (18, missing 1f75) or Flemish inscription at top (19) and the single inscription 5c, 50f and 100f; perforated sample stamps in unissued colours with "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN" overprint and a small punch hole (5); also the issued sets (less French inscription 3f50, 50f) and 50c, 1f.75 blocks of four; and 1932 Red Cross Fund surcharge sets mint and used (with additional 1f25 + 100f, surcharge misplaced to left). (88 proofs + 58 stamps). Photo on Page 238. £300-400
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1942 Miniature sheets printed by the Belgian Government in London and distributed to readers of the Belgian political review "Message", the eight Belgian Congo sheets and four Ruanda-Urundi sheets (with additional 75c sheet), also the twelve reduced size sheets with U.P.U commemoration surcharges in the margins unofficially produced from remainder miniature sheets in 1950 by the Committee of Cultural Works. Superb unmounted mint, the 1942 sheets listed and priced by S.G. in a footnote. S.G.£1,820. (25). £200-250
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1902-10 Postcards to Belgium written from the Katanga province of Belgian Congo but posted through Northern Rhodesia or Nyasaland, comprising 1902 Nyasaland 2d postcard written by Costermans at Mandala, not cancelled but with Zanzibar transit c.d.s; 1909 Congo postcard with Rhodesia 1/2d pair cancelled at Ndola; and 1910 postcard with senders address on the picture side given as "L. Berort, Agent du Comite Special du Katanga, Congo Belge via le Cap" bearing Rhodesia 1d cancelled at Broken Hill. Scarce. (3). Photo on Page 200. £200-250
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1908 (Dec 5) Belgian Congo 15c postcard written from Kambove to England endorsed "via Musofi", cancelled by blue "Musofi" c.d.s with "KANSANSHI / N.W RHODESIA" transit c.d.s (both Dec 11) on the front. The office at Musofi only open for 20 months in 1908-10; the Kansanshi office open 1908-16 when it closed and moved to Solwezi. The proposed railway (and postal route) through Musofi and Kansanshi were abandoned in 1910 and altered to go through Ndola and Elisabethville when greater copper deposits were found in that area. A fine and scarce card. Photo on Page 200. £200-250
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Katanga Province Postmarks. 1896-1980s Covers and cards (326) and many stamps and pieces, postmarks in office order in three albums, alphabetically from Albertville to Tumba with a reasonable number of pre-WW2 covers noted, including 1926 Bukama to Antwerp first flight, 1936 Elizabethville to Brussels first flight, "Kamina Base Militaire" (7, four registered), "Kolwezi Telegr." c.d.s (2), 1925 Kongolo registered cover to G.B sent via Dar-es-Salaam, 1923 Likasi registered cover to Rhodesia franked 1f, 1927 octagonal Likasi telegraphic datestamp on registered cover, 1911 "5" on 10c postcard posted at Lukafu, 1914 G.E.A picture postcard written at Moliro but posted at Pweto, etc., mixed quality with some faults but many fine. (326++). £400-500
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1911-84 Covers and cards with various explanatory handstamps including "0" handstamps applied alongside invalid stamps (3), 1935 oval framed "CONSOMMEZ ILES CAFES DU / CONGO" handstruck slogan, boxed "O.A.T", etc. (55). £100-120
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1895-1975 Covers and cards (45), pieces and stamps including 1912 picture postcards of Elisabethville posted at Sakania (9), postal stationery (24) with 1897-98 cards posted at Stanley Falls (2, the first unusually to Malta, faults) and 1922 "15" on "30" on 10c postcard with variety "15" double used, 1975 Zaire River Expedition covers, etc. (45+). £100-120
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Postage Due Mail. 1913-43 Covers and cards (8) including three 1918-19 underpaid covers from Rhodesia, Mozambique or South Africa with charges collected by stamps handstamped with boxed "TAXES" all tied by Elisabethville c.d.s; 1925 postcard from Belgium with 15c postage due pair tied Elizabethville c.d.s; 1946 underpaid cover from Elisabethville to Jadotville with 3.50f postage stamp handstamped "T" etc. Also 1923 complete and partial forms advising that charges are due on unpaid mail and bearing stamps for the postage due charge, and single stamps (10) with "Taxes" handstamps. (8 covers + 12 stamps/pieces). £200-240
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Maritime Mail. 1899-1956 Covers and cards (21), stamps and pieces (56) with various Paquebot, sea post or Congo River Steamer cancels or cachets including numbered "BATEAU POSTE" c.d.s (6, stamps), etc., also 1962 Radiotelegram form with envelope. (78). £100-120
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Railways. 1911-42 Covers and cards (6), stamps or pieces (16) and railway parcel stamps (6), including Ambulant c.d.s on 1911 postcard (stamp removed); 1912 5c on 15c postcard with "CHEF DE STATION MOKAMBO" senders cachet posted from Sakania to Gwelo with Broken Hill transit c.d.s; various railway, T.P.O or station datestamps; and six 1942 1f - 10f BCK railway parcel stamps used. (28). £160-200
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World War One/Two. 1944 Tie-on parcel tag sent by registered air mail to Elizabethville Military Camp with 50c, 1f + 5f strip of three tied boxed "POSTE MILITAIRE / No 10 / CONGO BELGE" datestamps, B.P.M 10 registration label and censor cachet; WW1 cards with "VERIFIE" handstamp (2, also 1950s cover with late use of the same cachet); and WW2 censored covers (14), various labels or handstamps including large "C.R". (18). £120-150
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Air Mails. 1926-42 Covers comprising 1926 first Sabena flight from Bukama to Antwerp (2); 1934 Leopoldville to Antwerp flight by Marie-Louise and G. Hansez; 1940 Usumbura to Entebbe first Sabena flight (stamp damaged); also 1942 (Dec 4) cover carried on the special Sabena flight from Johannesburg to Douala via Elisabethville. (4). £100-120
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Crash Mail. 1937 (Jan 15) Cover from Elisabethville to Antwerp franked 5f, soiled, endorsed "courrier d'accidente Sabena". The Sabena plane crashed near Oran on January 26th killing 12 passengers and crew. £80-100
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Meter Mail. 1934-2002 Covers with meter marks of Belgian Congo, Zaire, Ruanda-Urundi, Rwanda or Burundi in two albums including 20+ proof strikes on covers or P.O forms, three pieces with proof strikes of the first type "Timbrographe" machine number A2 comprising nine values from 5c - 3.50f, covers with meters of Katanga (8) and an official 1960 letter from Katanga Posts ordering meter dies, etc., an interesting lot. (200+ covers & proofs, also many pieces). £200-240
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United Nations Forces in Congo. 1960-64 Covers from Irish (9), Tunisian, Nigerian (2), Canadian (6), Danish (8), Norwegian, Indian (8) or Swedish (9) forces, also some related ephemera, covers, etc., many philatelic but some commercial. (44+). £100-120
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Ruanda-Urundi. 1916-2001 Mint and used collection in albums including 1918 A.O set mint and all subsequent issues complete mint or used, also the four 1942-43 miniature sheets printed in London mint, and extensive later issues for the Republic of Rwanda or Burundi. (100s). £120-150
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Ruanda-Urundi. 1942-43 Waterlow issue, study on pages with imperforate proofs of the 22 values, also 30c pair and 20f frame only block of four all with punch holes, and 20f in unissued colours with punch hole and "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN" overprint; the issued set of 22 mint and complete sheets of fifty of the nine values from 5c to 75c; 1944 Red Cross Fund surcharge set mint and used. (29 proofs + 30 stamps + 9 sheets). Photo on Page 238. £150-180
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Katanga. 1960-62 Stamps and covers, study on pages including 1960 speculative provisional issue (36), various Katanga overprints on stamp issues and postal stationery (8) with 1960 fauna issue overprint inverted (2), first day and other covers (some commercial) including Belgian Congo/Katanga mixed frankings (2), postage dues with Elizabethville to Kamina cover franked 8f and charged 5f collected by 4f + 2f bisect postage dues, 1962 (Dec 12) cover from Kolwezi with late use of Katanga 8f, and Katanga stamps with "CONGO" handstamps. Also c.1920s "Abbaye de Saint-Andre" labels with illustrations of Katanga people or views (20), and the book "Du Congo Belge au Congo, Du Ruanda-Urundi aux Rwanda & Burundi, La Philatelie de Transition" by G. Celis. (232 stamps + 21 labels + 25 covers). Photo on Page 200. £200-240
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South Kasai. 1961 Covers (3) comprising May 12th cover from Bakwanga to Belgium sent prior to issue of South Kasai stamps so franked Congo 6.50f, handstamped "Etat Autonome du Sud-Kasai", with postmasters cachet; 9th October covers from Mwene-Ditu to USA bearing leopard and "V" issue 1f + 1.50f (2, faults) or from Luputa to Belgium franked Albert Kalonji 6.50f (with Belgian Study Circle Certificate), very scarce, South Kasai stamps only used for six weeks in Sept./October 1961. Also various stamps (66, six used). (69). Photo on Page 214. £180-220
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Republic of Congo / Zaire. 1960-77 Specialised study of the surcharges and overprints with essays, varieties, postal forgeries and covers, including Congo overprints; 1967 Mobutu 10c bisected on cover; 1967 4th Summit of OAU overprints with 9.60k on 50c essay overprint block of eight and sheet of 100 with overprints sloping downwards and upper left corner folded over prior to overprinting resulting in eight stamps with overprint entirely or partly on reverse and 32 stamps missing all or part overprints with the others all misplaced, 1k on 2f overprint inverted block of six, 6.60k on 1f postal forgeries (12, one missing value) on four covers; 1967 1st Congolese Games with 96k red and black overprints; 1967 1st flight BAC and 1968 Year of the Child; 1968 Kula surcharges with essays (5), 2k on blue surcharge error on stamps already surcharged 2k on gold (2, one on damaged cover), double surcharges, inverted surcharges (with 10k on cover), misplaced 10k surcharge on cover, 10k postal forgeries (4) on two covers; 1970 surcharges including misplaced surcharges (resulting in seven stamps missing surcharges in multiples with normal stamps), inverted and double surcharges (3); 1977 Hotel Intercontinental 30k surcharge and Zaire overprint inverted (2); 1977 issues overprinted Zaire and surcharged with overprints in red and black, misplaced, inverted or double, etc. A superb study, many unusual errors, some clearly issued and represented by examples commercially used on cover, also scarce postal forgeries on cover. (367 + 18 covers + sheet of 100). Photo on Page 238. £600-800
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