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Catalogue 222: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
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  • Lot# : 1049 Belgium

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    1849: Medallions 20 c. Plate Proof, imperforate and printed in yellow (ex Anatoly Karpov), together with Medallions Delpierre Essays (6) in greyish-black or black on various surface coloured papers from yellow to blue to magenta.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 1050 Belgium

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    1849: 10 c. grey-brown, a superb large margined example used on 1850 front of cover addressed to Hierges tied by rural 14 barred obliterator in black with 'Couvin' despatch datestamp (Dec 20) alongside in red with 'Belg. / Givet' entry marking at right. Underpaid for a letter to France and taxed with handstruck '4' décimes due marking. File fold well away from the fine adhesive, an unusual piece.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1051 Belgium

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    1849: 10 c. brown, a horizontal pair in a deep shade, large margins all round but touched only frameline at base of second stamp, used on 1849 entire letter to Iseghem tied by '120' numeral obliterators with 'Tournai' cds (Oct 17) in red adjacent. Reverse with arrival cds in red. File fold affects the second stamp but an attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1052 Belgium

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    1849: Epaulettes 10 c. brown and 20 c. blue, choice used examples, the 10 c. with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at right tied to small piece by '97' numeral of Poperinghe, 20 c. blue with large margins all round and marginal at base, neatly cancelled by '45' numeral in black. A delightful pair.rnProvenance: Collection Anatoly Karpov, April 2012, lot 10065 & 10088.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1053 Belgium

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    1849: Epaulettes 10 c. brown and 20 c. blue, choice used examples, the 10 c. with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at left cancelled '24' numeral of Brussels, the 20 c. with good to huge margins (especially at base) neatly cancelled by '4' numeral of Aubange. A delightful pair.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1054 Belgium

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    1849: 20 c. blue, a superb used horizontal strip of three, large even margins all round, neatly cancelled by '25' numeral obliterators of Charleroi in black. A delightful and scarce multiple: surely one of the finest known strips in the foremost quality attainable Mi = € 700.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1055 Belgium

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 1056 Belgium

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    1849: 20 c. blue, two single examples, overlapped at left of small 1850 cover, one very fine, the lower stamp crossed by file fold, addressed to 'Toursoin près de Lille / Ech de null valeur', and tied by '24' numeral obliterators with 'Bruxelles' cds of despatch (Feb 11) and framed PD in green at right. Circular 'Belg / Valnes' entry mark (same day) in red and reverse with Valenciennes cds and Tourcoing arrival (Feb 12). A most attractive entire. Cert. Van der Linden (2009).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 1057 Belgium

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    1849: 20 c. blue, Plate II, a magnificent horizontal strip of four with large margins all round, used on 1850 cover carried at quadruple rate to Charleroi, tied by '24' numeral obliterators with 'Bruxelles' datestamp below (June 13) struck in green. Reverse with with Charleroi arrival cds in red. A delightful and rare cover for the connoisseur. Signed W. Balasse.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1058 Belgium

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    1850 (Aug 10): Medallions 10 c. brown, two horizontal pairs, margins just clear to large, used on 1851 entire letter to France tied by '26' numeral obliterators in black. 'Chatelet' despatch cds in red at right (Oct 17) and reverse with 'Nuits / Côte D'Or' cds of receipt. File fold and acid ink in address but a not unattractive entire.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 1059 Belgium

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    1850 (Aug 10): Medallions 20 c. deep blue, four examples with large margins all round, third stamp imperceptibly touched at lower right corner and two stamps showing portions of adjoining stamps at left, all used on 1851 quadruple rate cover to Spa tied by '24' numeral obliterators with 'Bruxelles' cds of despatch (March 11) in green alongside. A remarkable and most attractive franking.rnProvenance: Collection Anatoly Karpov, Dec 2011, lot 30093.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1060 Belgium

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    1849 (Oct): 40 c. carmine-rose, a fine used example with portion of adjoining stamp at left and sheet marginal at right, used on 1851 mourning envelope to Montpellier, France tied by bold '24' numeral obliterator in black. Framed PD in black, 'Bruxelles' despatch cds in blue (Oct 21) and Valenciennes entry marking in red at right. An exceptional stamp on a most attractive cover. Cert. Michaux (2003).rnProvenance: Collection Anatoly Karpov, Dec 2011, lot 30101.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1061 Belgium

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    Catalogue# : 16
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    Franco-Prussian War 1870: Cover and card, both from Belgium to beseiged Paris; with entire letter on very thin pelure paper struck on despatch with OSTENDE cds (Oct 13) and endorsed in manuscript "Voie Aërostatique par Lille" where spheric Ballons were ready for re-use. Reverse with 'France / Ouest 3' cds in black (Oct 13) and framed 'PD' denoting full payment in lieu of an adhesive stamp. Readdressed to Calvados in gold-dusted ink with 'Paris à Caen' TPO cds (March 20, 1871) just a week before the Paris Commune, and charged '3' décimes to pay. Fascinating text: "Keratry enfin tombé des nues en Belgique..Arrivée de Gambetta à Tours..l désir d'avoir de vos nouvelles me fait confier ce mot à un ballon.." . This rare entire is twinned with a postcard endorsed 'Par Ballon Monté' from Gavre Flandre Orientale addressed to beseiged Paris franked by 1865 30 c. brown tied by dotted lozenge with 'Gand' cds adjacent (Nov 11) and 'France / Ouest 3' cds of the same day; with long cross-written message "Je viens d'envoyer à Tours une dépêche de 15 mots..le service des pigeons maintenant bien organisé pour envoyer des nouvelles à Paris..". An extraordinary pair: the only two recorded Ballon Monte's flown from Lille originating in Belgium.
    Starting bid : 12,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1062 Belgium

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    1849/63: Small group of 5 items with 1849 Epaulettes 10 c. brown pair cancelled by '42' numeral, Medallions imperf. 10 c. brown pair cancelled '56' numeral, 40 c. carmine single cancelled by '24' numeral; covers with Medallions 20 c. and 40 c. used from Bruges to Dublin, Ireland and charming 1863 entire letter franked by perf. 20 c. blue pair used from Antwerp and addressed to 'Minister Présidenten von Bismarck', in Berlin.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1063 Belgium

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    1930/90: Collection resp. lot with some hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. single values, full sets, souvenir sheets, few booklets, pre-cancels, partly some duplication, in addition a small selection of Belgian Congo, nicely arranged in a stockbook owner's cat. = € 2'000.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1064 Belgium

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    1849/1980: Collection some hundred stamps used/unused, incl.some better values, full sets, souvenir sheets etc., mainly in good condition and housed in one album.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1065 Belgium

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    Belgian Congo 1907: Cover endorsed 'Europe via Khartoum' with complete original contents written in Swedish (Feb 19) from Yei in the Lado Enclave to Hällekis, Sweden franked at 25 c. rate (= 1 Sudanese piastre) by 1900 5 c. green & black (3) and single 10 c. carmine & black tied by manuscript "Lado 21.5.07" in black ink and by four strikes of the 'retta 316' in black. WHITE-NILE / T.P. datestamp below (March 31) and reverse with Khartoum transit cds and Beni Souef Egyptian TPO (April 17) with internal docketing of receipt (April 24) on the enclosed letter. Probably written by Hugo Kjellgrenn, an NCO assigned to the Enclave in February 1906 as the missive is signed 'Hugo' at base (see Maselis 'Postal History of the Lado Enclave, page 380). An extraordinary and attractive cover of great scarcityrnrnNote: The Scandinavian contingents began to serve in the Lado Enclave after the International approbation served on King Leopold's behaviour in the Congo had begun to mount in the European press. This resulted in many of the Italians returning home to be replaced by Scandinavian Officers.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1066 Belgium

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    Belgian Congo / German East Africa 1918/22: Illustrated postal stationery cards (7) and un-illustrated cards (3), with 1918 10 c. brick-red on blued card ex Kigoma, scarce 1921 '30' on 10 c. brick red on blued card (H&G 8) used from Usumbura to Brussels with handstruck TAXE POSTALE INCOMPLÈTE in black, 1919 10 c. cards with skeleton cancels of 'Kitega' and 'Usumbura'; 1921 10 c. card up-rated with 15 c. adhesive ex Stanleyville etc.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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