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1889 (Dec 26) Piece bearing 1880-87 3pf green with "KLEIN-POPO" c.d.s, a very scarce stamp used in Togo. Also 3pf green on piece with forged 1900 Klein-Popo c.d.s. Mi39, S.G. ZG2, £2,250. (2). Photo on Page 238. £200-250
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1888-99 Pieces (10, bearing twelve stamps) and single stamps (5) all with "KLEIN-POPO" cancels, comprising 1892 2m deep claret pair, 1880-87 5pf and 50pf, 1889-1900 3pf (2, both shades), 5pf, 10pf (2, both shades, one cancel in blue), 20pf (7) or 50pf. S.G. £1,800. (17). Photo on Page 238. £250-300
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1895-99 Pieces (7) and single stamps (4) all with "LOME" cancels, comprising 1892 2m deep claret (2), 1889-1900 3pf, 5pf (2), 10pf (3), 20pf and 50pf (2). S.G. £780. (11). £150-180
| Togo Stamp Issues, 1897-1919 | |
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1897-1919 Mint and used collection, complete with many additional stamps, including 1897-98 25pf (6) and 50pf (5) used, 1900 1m used (4), 2m used (2), 3m used, 5m mint and used (Steuer Certificate), 1912 10pf Lozenges watermark used (6), with shades, pieces, scarce Agu c.d.s on watermarked 10pf, etc. S.G. £3,500+. (c.275). Photo on Page 238. £450-550
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1897-1922 Cancellation study on pieces and single stamps, scarcer cancels include Kete-Kratschi (2), Kpandu (3), Noepe (3), Ho c.d.s tying 10pf bisect to piece, Nuatja c.d.s on 1m, Dahomey stamps cancelled at Anecho or Nuatja, piece with mixed Togo and Germany franking, etc. (86). £200-250
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1906-07 Cover and postcards (3), including 1907 (Apr 1) cover to Germany with 5pf pair cancelled by "NUATYA" datestamps, a superb and early use of this scarce cancel (the office opened in Nov. 1906). (4). £150-180
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1914 (Sep 14) Picture postcard of Atakpane addressed to London, the message headed "Togoland Field Force, Atakpane, Togoland", written ten days before Togo stamps were issued franked by Gold Coast 1d, cancelled a week later at Lome. British forces invaded Togo on August 8th, the Germans surrendering on the 26th with Togo Anglo-French Occupation stamps issued on Sept. 24th. Gold Coast stamps were therefore authorised for use for 46 days (Aug 8 - Sep 23) but were often accepted after this date. A very scarce card from the Togoland Field Force in this short Gold Coast stamp period. £130-160
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1914 (Sep) 3pf - 40pf and 80pf, type 1 wide setting overprint, 25pf with notched "T" variety, all fine mint. S.G. H1/7, 9, £1,135. (8). Photo on Page 238. £300-350
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1914 (Sep) 3pf - 40pf and 80pf used, type 1 wide setting overprint, the 3pf on piece with scarce Assahun c.d.s, 5pf and 25pf on pieces cancelled in Lome, 3pf a little toned, otherwise all fine. S.G. H1/7, 9, £1,255. (8). Photo on Page 238. £300-350
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1914 (Sep) 3pf - 40pf with type 1 wide setting overprint, mint and used selection comprising 3pf mint and used, 5pf used, 10pf mint and used (3), 20pf mint (2, one stained) and used, 25pf mint and used (2), 40pf mint (small edge stain), three on pieces. S.G. H1/7, £1,445. (14). £300-350
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1914 (Sep 17) 25pf and 30pf type 1 wide setting overprint both cancelled at Lome on the first day of issue, the 30pf on piece. The Lome office opened for four hours on this day before closing again on instructions from Accra, reopening a week later. Unusual. S.G. H5/6. (2). £80-100
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1914 (Sep) 1m Carmine, type 1 wide setting overprint, tied to piece by Lome c.d.s. Fine and very scarce, expert handstamps of Roumet, Bothe BPP and L. Miros with Roumet Certificate (1962). S.G. H10, £3,250. Photo on Front Cover. £1,200-1,400
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1914 (Oct 1) Surcharges with type 1 wide setting overprint, ½d on 3pf mint and used and 1d on 5pf mint (3) and used, the two used stamps both on piece, the 3pf with first day cancel, all fine. S.G. H12/13, £920. (6). £240-280
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1914 (Oct 1) ½d on 3pf and 1d on 5pf type 1 wide setting overprint, both variety thin "y" in "penny", the ½d on 3pf with horizontal crease, the 1d on 5pf with diagonal crease through left margin which just crosses the lower left corner of the stamp, both mint, 1d on 5pf with B.P.A Certificate (1951). S.G. H12/13a, £800. (2). Photo on Page 238. £140-160
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1914 (Oct 1) ½d on 3pf Brown, type 1 wide setting overprint, marginal block of six tied to piece by Lome datestamps, the left vertical pair both with variety thin "y" in "penny", fine and very scarce. S.G. H12/a, £1,260+. Photo on Page 238. £350-450
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1914 (Oct.) 3pf Brown, type 3 narrow setting overprint, fine used. Very scarce, only about 25 stamps issued. With B.P.A Certificate (2014). S.G. H14, £1,100. Photo on Page 238. £400-500
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1914 (Oct.) 10pf - 30pf, ½d on 3pf and 1d on 5pf surcharges, all with type 3 narrow setting overprint, mint and used selection comprising 20pf mint (2) and used (2), 25pf mint and used, 30pf mint (3) and used (5), ½d on 3pf mint (7, one with thin "y", one with "TOG" variety, the last heavily toned) and used (6, three with thin "y"), 1d on 5pf mint (19, five with thin "y", two with "TOG" variety, one of these creased) and used (5, one with thin "y"), mainly fine. S.G. H17/19, 27/8, £1,800. (51). £300-350
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1914 (Oct.) ½d on 3pf Brown, type 3 narrow setting overprint, marginal block of four tied to piece by Lome datestamps, one with "TOG" variety, just 117 examples of this variety possible, very scarce within a block. S.G. H27/a, £378+. Photo on Page 216. £150-180
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1914 (Oct.) 1d on 5pf Green, type 3 narrow setting overprint, mint block of six (2x3) and a marginal block of four tied to piece by Lome datestamps, both blocks containing the "TOG" variety. S.G. H28/9, £291++. (2 blocks). £100-120
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1914 (Oct 21) Picture postcard of Lome commercially used to England with ½d on 3pf pair (S.G. H27) tied by Lome datestamps, very scarce. Photo on Page 232. £150-180
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1915 (Jan 7) 3pf Brown with type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French" 15mm), tied to piece by Lome c.d.s, fine and very scarce. With Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1974). S.G. H29, £3,000. Photo on Front Cover. £800-1,000
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1915 (Jan 7) 3pf Brown with type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French" 15mm), tied to piece by a Lome c.d.s, fine and very scarce. S.G. H29, £3,000. Photo on Page 238. £800-1,000
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1915 (Jan 7) 5pf and 10pf with type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French"15mm), selection comprising 5pf used (8, seven on pieces, one with forged or backdated Lome c.d.s dated 20/10/14), 10pf mint and used (5, three on pieces), some possible forgeries. S.G. H30/1, £2,200. (14). £350-400
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1915 (Jan 7) 20pf Ultramarine with type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French" 15mm), fine used. S.G. H32, £750. Photo on Page 238. £200-250
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1915 (Jan 7) 20pf Ultramarine with type 6 overprint ("Anglo-French" 15mm), on piece, with a Lome c.d.s, fine. S.G. H32, £750. Photo on Page 238. £200-250
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1915 (May) ½d - 20/- Gold Coast issues with Accra type 7 overprint, mint and used sets, both with additional 3d white back, very fine. S.G. H34/46, £688. (26). £180-220
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1915 (May) Gold Coast issues with Accra type 7 overprint, mint and used selection including two complete mint sets, various varieties with ½d "CCUPATION" and 5/- small "F" both mint, etc. S.G. H34/46, £1,000. (73). £200-250
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1915-16 Philatelic registered covers from Lome bearing Gold Coast stamps with Accra type 7 overprints, comprising four covers to England with various values to the 1/-, and an unoverprinted Gold Coast 2d registration envelope used within Lome bearing ½d - 1/- overprints tied by Lome double ring skeleton datestamps, also an unusual cover bearing unoverprinted Gold Coast ½d - 1/-. (6). £180-220
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1915-19 Commercial registered covers from Lome to Switzerland, the first bearing Accra type 7 overprint ½d + 1d + 3d with violet Lome censor cachet and British censor seals; the second bearing London type 8 overprint 3d pair with scarce "Opened by Censor / at Lome" censor seals. (2). £150-180
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1916-30 ½d - 20/- Gold Coast set of twelve with London type 8 overprint, additionally overprinted "SPECIMEN", 2½d with small corner fault, otherwise superb mint. S.G. H47/58s, £350. (12). Photo on Page 238. £100-120
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1916-20 ½d - 20/- London type 8 overprints, mint set with additional stamps and shades including 5/- (8) and 10/- (6), ½d - 2/6, 10/- (2) and 20/- used, additional used stamps with cancels of Assahun (3) and Noepe on pieces, etc. S.G. H47/56, £1,500. (126). Photo on Page 238. £240-280
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1914 (Oct 8) 5pf - 80pf Set of seven with overprint type 1, 5pf surcharge type I, 10pf surcharge type II, fine mint, the 10pf - 30pf unmounted. S.G. 1/7, £1,518. (7). Photo on Page 238. £250-300
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1914 (Oct 8) 5pf - 80pf Set of seven with overprint type 1, 5pf surcharge type I, 10pf surcharge type II, fine used, the scarce 40pf and 80pf both tied to pieces by Atakpane datestamps. S.G. 1/7, £1,503. (7). Photo on Page 238. £250-300
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1914 (Oct 8) Overprint type 1, mint and used selection comprising 5pf on 3pf surcharge type I mint and used, type II mint (3) and used, type III mint (2) and used, type IV used (2), type V used, also types I and III se-tenant pair used on piece; 10pf on 5pf surcharge type I mint and used, type II mint (4) and used (5), type III mint (5) and used (9), also types II and III se-tenant pair mint; 20pf mint (2) and used (3); 25pf mint (3) and used (2); 30pf mint (7) and used. A good lot, with various minor surcharge and overprint varieties. S.G. 1/5, £4,770. (59). £500-600
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1914 (Dec 20) Large piece addressed to Dahomey bearing 10pf on 5pf surcharge type III corner marginal strip of three, the left stamp bisected vertically, all tied by Anecho datestamps, arrival backstamp of Porto-Novo, scarce. £200-250
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1914 (Oct 8) 20pf Ultramarine, type 1 overprint, variety 3½mm between "Togo" and "Occupation", fine mint, very scarce. S.G. 3a, £1,000. Photo on Page 238. £200-240
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1914 (Oct 8) 30pf and 40pf type 1 overprint, both with variety narrow "O" in "Occupation", fine used. S.G. 5/6, £680+. (2). Photo on Page 238. £150-180
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1915 (Jan.) 5pf on 3pf, type 2 overprint, tied to piece by 1915 (Jan 4) Anecho c.d.s, "E.A" and "Bothe BPP" expert handstamps on reverse, fine and very scarce. S.G. 8, £5,500. Photo on Front Cover. £1,200-1,400
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1915 (Jan) 5pf and 10pf, type 2 overprint, both fine used. S.G. 9/10, £1,100. (2). Photo on Page 238. £200-240
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1915 (Jan.) 10pf Carmine, type 2 overprint, unused without gum (2), one with several broken letters in the overprint. S.G. 10, £2,800. (2). Photo on Page 238. £180-220
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1915 (Jan) 20pf Ultramarine, type 2 overprint, used, probably cancelled to order, scarce. S.G. 11, £1,200. Photo on Page 238. £150-180
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1920 (Mar 25) Cover from Anecho to London bearing 5c + 10c (2) surcharges on Dahomey stamps; and various mint and used Dahomey surcharge issues to the 5f. Also a few later issues, and 1908 cover from Cotonou bearing Dahomey 1899-1905 1c, 2c + 1906-07 2c, 20c. (2 covers + c.100 stamps). £70-80
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
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1935-44 Issues with 1935-37 set perfined "SPECIMEN" unused no gum (all marginal), set mint and used with some additional stamps, 8c sheet of sixty; and 1938-44 1c - 60c perfined "SPECIMEN" (the nine values issued in 1938), set mint and used with some additional values, also ten covers. S.G. 230/8, 246/56, £850+. (160 + 10 covers). Photo on Page 194. £100-120
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1905-06 3d Postage Due with plate number in lower margin, watermark Multiple Crown CA, variety watermark inverted, fine used. Very scarce. S.G. D12w, £180++. Photo on Page 194. £70-80
| ZANZIBAR
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1879 Piece bearing 1a brown cancelled by the scarce first type "ZANZIBAR / FEB: 7" c.d.s. This first c.d.s was used between June 1878 and June 1879; although superficially similar to the datestamp portion of the second type duplex it has larger lettering and the gap between "Zanzibar" and the date is wider. Very scarce, most Zanzibar mail at this period cancelled by the diamond of bars obliterator, this c.d.s only occasionally used as a cancellation. S.G. Z1, £650. Photo on Page 194. £120-150
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1879-95 QV Stamps and pieces with various Zanzibar cancels including British P.O duplex (4), squared circles, single and double ring c.d.s, also four later India stamps. (73). £250-300
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1879-82 Pieces (5) bearing a single ½a or 4a, 1a strip of three (one torn), ½a + 4a, or 1a +2a, also 1a and 4a strips of three, single 1a, 2a (5), 8a (small thin) or 12a, all with complete or partial "BRITISH / P.O. / ZANZIBAR / B" duplex cancels, scarce on the 8a and 12a values. S.G. £1,000. (23 stamps). £160-200
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1881 (Jan) Cover to London franked ½a + 4a cancelled by "BRITISH / P.O / ZANZIBAR / B" duplex, red London Paid arrival c.d.s (Feb 2), backstamped in Aden (Jan 20). A fine cover, from Walter Thomson, then serving with the Eastern and South African Telegraph Co. Ltd., their imprint on the envelope flap. Photo on Page 242. £500-600
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1881 (Apr 7) Cover to India franked on the reverse with 1a + 2a cancelled by "BRITISH / P.O / ZANZIBAR / B" duplex and "ADEN" transit c.d.s, with Sea Post Office and Mandvi arrival datestamps, and boxed "T.P.O ENQUIRY OFFICE / BOMBAY / N. APR 26", the cancel with broken "H" in "BRITISH", known to have occurred in July 1880 thus proving this cover was sent in 1881. An unusually fine cover to India. Photo on Page 242. £450-550
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1882-84 Pieces (5) bearing a single ½a (2 pieces), ½a pair, ½a (4, one torn) + 3a strip of four or 3a (3), also pairs of the 1865 1a and 2a and 1882 1a, strips of three of the 1865 2a and 1882 1a, and single stamps comprising ½a (2), 1865 1a, 2a (2), 8a, 12a and 1r all with complete or partial "ZANZIBAR / B" duplex cancels, scarce on the 12a and 1r values. S.G. £2,350. (35 stamps). Photo on Page 194. £300-400
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