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  • Lot# : 2034 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914 (4. Oct.): SANSANE-MANGU, clear strike on front of French fieldpost card "no stamps available" and endorsed on active service. Some traces of wear but very rare.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 2035 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914: 3c brown/80 Pf reddish-carmine/black on pink PORTO NOVO overprint, complete series unused with type varieties of the numerals, to 30 Pf many unmounted, 80 Pf with tropical gum and expertiser's mark.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2036 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914: 3 c. brown/80 Pf reddish-carmine/black on pink PORTO NOVO overprint, complete series used with type varieties of the numerals a missing just types IV and V of the 5c, all used ANECHO, 40 Pf and 80 Pf with expertiser's mark Brun.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2037 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914 (28. Oct.): 10c. on 5Pf. green horizontal pair and 5c on 3 Pf. brown, tied by blue ANECHO to stunning advertising cover 'PICON' addressed to PORTO NOVO. Receiving cancel (31. Oct.) on reverse. Outstanding item of this difficult issue.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2038 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914 (14. Dec): 5c. on 3Pf. brown and 10c on 5 Pf. green, horizontal pair, PORTO NOVO overprint, tied to letter by blue ANECHO (28. Oct.) to letter to PORTO NOVO. A transit GRAND-POPO from the same day as is a receiving canceller.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2039 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914 (14. Dec): 5c. on 3Pf. brown, 20Pf ultramarine and 25 Pf. orange/black on yellow, PORTO NOVO overprint, on overfranked registered picture postcard from ANECHO to GRAND-POPO. The stamps are tied by the misset date stamp 14. (Dec.) 14, the card arrived in GRAND-POPO the following day. Fine and rare card.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2040 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914 (15. Nov.): 5c. on 3Pf. brown/30 Pf. orange/black on salmon, PORTO NOVO overprint, philatelic letter franked with 10 stamps, the 10c. on 5Pf. green three copies with significant shift in overprint resulting in part overprints at top and bottom. All st amps tied by clear ATAKPAME strikes.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2041 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914: 10 C on 5 Pf green, complete half sheet with upper and right hand margins containing both large and narrow 10 in the overprint. If split a total of nine vertical and one horizontal pairs would be possibe. Furthermore there are two broken "0" varieties. Minor separation and odd hinges. Nonetheless fresh and very fine.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2042 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1915 (29. Jan.): 10c on 5 Pf. green, PORTO NOVO overprint, single franking tied to preprinted commercial letter to PORTO-NOVO by ATAKPAME 29. Jan. 14. This was due to no year slug being available at the time. A GRAND-POPO (5. Feb.) transit and PORTO-NOVO arrival areon the reverse
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 2043 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 2 (5)
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    1914 (22. Dec.):10c. on 5 Pf. green, PORTO NOVO overprint, five examples including two with varieties (broken"0" and wide spacing between "1" and "0") as correct 50c franking on registered letter to England. The Stamps are cleanly tied by a blue ANECHO the registration label is French with manuscript ANECHO. on the reverse Transit cancels LOME (24. Dec.), PLYMOUTH (16. Jan.) and an arrival Warrington. Fine and scarce letter. Certificate Eichele(2002).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 2044 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914 (8. Nov./26. Dec.): 5c on 3 Pf. brown/30 Pf orange/black on salmon, PORTO NOVO overprint, two registered philatelic letters sent by a French soldier from ATAKPAME to France, bearing a total of twelve overprinted stamps. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2045 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 2DD/6
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    1914: 10 c. green on 5 Pf. with double overprint and 40 Pf. carmine/black, PORTO NOVO overprint, on letter using French Government of West Africa, Dahomey Colonie stationery. The stamps are cancelled ANECHO (14. Dec.) in blue. The letter is addressed to ANTHIEME with an arrival mark dated 20. December. The German type canceller appears to have been misset and no month slug has been inserted as is recorded on other items from this date. The 10c. stamp has been overprinted by two different types. This variety is unrecorded in Michel. The envelope has been folded and displays waterstains. Nonetheless a most rare and remarkable cover. Certificates Kilian BPP (1980) and Bothe BPP (1983). 
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2046 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 2, 9
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    1915 (2. Mar.): 5 Pf. green with LOME overprint, together with vertical pair 10c on 5 Pf. green PORTO-NOVO overprint with different types, tied to rather aged envelope by blue ANECHO to PORTO-NOVO. Minor scuff mark on LOME overprint stamp and staining on envelope. Certificate BPA (1997)
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2047 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 2 (3), 9 (2), 10
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    1915 (7. Jan.): 5 Pf green two examples in vertical pair together with 10 Pf. carmine LOME overprint and 10c on 5 Pf. green vertical strip of three with different types PORTO-NOVO overprint, as 50c franking on registered letter addressed the Captain Renard at Dakar in the Senegal. The sender is the commanding officer DAHOMEY and dependencies who has applied his seal to close the letter. The stamps are tied except for the 10 Pf carmine by three strikes of the blue ANECHO. Transit marks GRANND-POPO (8. Jan.) and COUTONOU (9. Jan.) are on the reverse. One of the earliest uses of the "Boxing Day find" issue. A very rare letter.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2048 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 3I
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    1914: 20 Pf ultramarine, PORTO NOVO overprint, very fine used, with spacing in overprint 3 1/2mm wide. Certificate RPSL (1977). Mi = 2'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2049 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 9
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    1914: 5 Pf green, LOME overprint, very fine used, cancelled by two part strikes ANECHO. Multiple expertiser's marks on reverse. Mi = 850.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2050 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 10
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    1914: 10 Pf carmine, LOME overprint, fine used on small piece, cancelled by part strike ANECHO. Mi = 900.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2051 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914: 10 Pf carmine, LOME overprint, fine used and unused, one cancelled by part strike .....DAHOMEY. Mi = 1'900.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 2052 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 11
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    1914: 20 Pf ultramarine, LOME overprint, very fine used, cancelled by part strike ANECHO. Mi = 1'500.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2053 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1916: 1c. violet and black/5f. vilet and blue overprint TOGO Occcupation franco anglaisein horizontal strips of three bar 15c pair and single, all cancelled "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES COLLECTION DE BERNE MADAGASCAR from UPU archives of MADAGASCAR. Unique.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2055 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    Catalogue# : 37
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    1920 (16. Nov.) 50c. brown with overprint TOGO Occupation franco anglaise as single franking tied by a very crisp British type single circle AGBELUVHOE on registered letter to LONDON. The German registration label is numbered 621. On the reverse is the double oval ACCRA registered (20. Nov.) and a LONDON receiving mark (19. Dec.). A very rare letter, with only minor ageing.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2056 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914: 3 c. brown /40 Pf. carmine/black  PORTO NOVO overprint, study of one hundred twenty-four stamps many of commercial use with particular attention being paid to postmarks. A difficult to accumulate lot with many very fine copies including sone unmounted.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2057 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914/20: Stamp and postmark collection of French issues with hundreds of stamps used and unused to 5 Fr with overprinted und unoverprinted issues. A fine lot
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 2058 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914/1915: Accumulation of eight fresh and clean Fieldpost letters sent by members of the French Occupation Force from Togo, to France, Senegal, and DAHOMEY, all bar one using German cancellers including ATAKPAME and ANECHO. A most interesting study.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 2059 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914/1915: accumulation of thirteen mostly philatelic covers originating from the French area with mainly PORTO-NOVO overprints.  A highlight is a short set registered letter to Switzerland with a LOME overprint and transit cachets evidencing the journey and receipt. This lot needs to be viewed.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 2060 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914/16: Collection of forty mostly clean entires, many registered using the unoverprinted stamps of DAHOMEY, with a multitude of German postmarks such as ATAKPAME, ANECHO, SOKODE, SANSANE-MANGU, and also the altered French (Grand) POPO. There are several registered letters and destinations abroad. A very good lot.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 2061 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914/20: Collection of approximately eighty mainly postal stationery items beginning with odd unverprinted German, then a good range of German overprints, to French overprinted items including some commercial usage and registered. A difficult to compile lot with many unusual pieces.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2062 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1914/1920: Collection of over one hundred fifty French Occupation area letters and postcards with many good and better items, including censors, postmarks registered, here also with British labels as well as German, an unusual registered military letter, a registered letter to Sweden. A very fine lot requiring close inspection.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2063 Togo Franz. Besetz.

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    1915/1918: Small batch of nine french Fieldpost items all with German cachets including two receipts for registered mails. Cachets represented include SOKODE (2), ANECHO and ATAKPAME. A clean lot for the specialist.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF
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