380. Auktion

1892, German Empire 10pf. card tied by French cds "CONAKRI RIVIERES DU SUD JUIN 92", embarked as Atlantic shipmail with cds "LOANGO A MARSEILLE L.M.N°1" and arrival cds "MUENCHEN 10 JUL 92" alongside, insignificant soiling on the lower right of the card, otherwise extremely fine, very rare Conakri postmark, exceptional in combination with the German card

1862/81, Eagles 40c. orange (thinned), 80c. rose, Cérès 10c. bistre and 40c. vermilion, tied by dotted losange "GAB" or by cds "CORRESPONDANCE GABON", also Alphée Dubois 15c. blue, 25c. black on lilac rose and 30c. brown, fine to very fine, signed Calves, very scarce group

1881, Alphée Dubois 25c. yellow-brown, upper right corner missing, neatly tied by cds "LIBREVILLE 17 FEVR. 86" to small envelope from the Veuve Hugé correspondence to France, endorsement "Voie portuguaise France", reverse arrival cds "ROCHEFORT s/ MER 14 MARS 88", fine and scarce

25c. yellow-brown, some faults, neatly tied by large cds "ETABLISSEMENTS DU GABON 18 FEVR. 1885" to small envelope from the Veuve Hugé correspondence to France, reverse arrival cds "ROCHEFORT s/ MER 17 MARS 86", cover opened for display and small tear on reverse, fine and rare cancellation

25c. yellow-brown, natural paper corner crease and one short perf., neatly tied by cds "LIBREVILLE 17 AVRIL 86" to small envelope from the Veuve Hugé correspondence to France, reverse arrival cds "ROCHEFORT s/ MER 13 MARS 88", fine and scarce

25c. yellow-brown, neatly tied by large cds "ETABLISSEMENTS DU GABON 14 FEVR. 1885" to small envelope from the Veuve Hugé correspondence to France, transit cds alongside, reverse arrival cds "ROCHEFORT s/ MER 11 MARS 86", minor toning mentioned for accuracy, fine and rare cancellation

25c. yellow-brown, small faults, tied by cds "COTE D´OR ET GABON 18 JUIL. 85" to envelope from the Veuve Hugé correspondence to France, endorsement "Voie Portugaise France", transit cds alongside, reverse arrival cds "ROCHEFORT s/ MER 17 AOUT 85", fine and scarce

25c. yellow-brown, tied by a fair strike of the cds "COTE D´OR ET GABON 19 NOV. 85" to small envelope from the Veuve Hugé correspondence to France, endorsement "Voie Portugaise France", reverse arrival cds "ROCHEFORT s/ MER 20 NOV. 85", fine and scarce

1859, Eagle 40c. vermilion, well balanced margins, small thin, tied by very fine strike of the very scarce dotted diamond "ASI" (Assinie) postmark, general issues of the French colonies ued in Ivory Coast are very scarce

1881, Alphée Dubois 35c. dark violet on yellow orange paper, tied by cds "COTE D´IVOIRE GRAND BASSAM 26 AVRIL 93", very fine, rare usage of the general issues of French colonies in Ivory Coast

1915/63, collection of over four hundred (400) used stamps and over 25 covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves,  starting with a scarce assembly of the 1915 Military Occupation set "Corps Expéditionnaire Franco-Anglais Cameroun" (over 30 stamps, Mi.-Nr. 1/15), complete with duplicates, including better items such as 20c. (2), 1fr. (2), 5fr., 1916 "Occupation Francaise du Cameroun" (over 20 stamps, Mi.-Nr. 16/29), also complete set with duplicates including better items such as 1c. olive/brown (2) and 2fr. carmine/brown (3), extensive range of the following issues with some duplicates, souvenir sheet, some fine registered covers with multiple frankings, condition varies but mostly very fine, the earlier overprinted sets signed Calves or Roumet, a nice collection (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/321)

1892/1960, collection of over two hundreds (200) used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted on album leaves, starting with forerunners Sage 75c. rose imperforate tied by cds "BOKE 29 JANV 94" (Mi 34b), 1892 First Issue with some duplicates, etc.; overall condition mostly very fine, a very nice specialist assembly

1892/1967, collection of over two hundreds used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted on album leaves, including a scarce group of 1884 General Issues postage dues tied by cds "GRAND BASSAM" or "DIBOU", 1892 Sage overprinted issues, 1941 Secours National complete set tied by cds "ABIDJAN" to front of a local cover, etc; overall condition mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/210)

1893/94, small collection of over thirty stamps used, including some general colonies issues cancelled in Nossi Be; mostly very fine

1845/81, collection of over thirty (30) used stamps and seven stampless covers, starting with 1845 folded entire tied by cds "ST DENIS ILE BOURBON", circular "PP" alongside and arrival red cds "MAURITIUS POST OFFICE" on reverse, following with general issues cancelled in La Réunion, with better items such as 1859 10c. bistre horizontal pair with couché, condition varies, mostly very fine

1885/1975, Collection mounted on album leaves, hundreds of used stamps starting from the second issue, with better items such as 1885 Mi. 3 (signed Brun), a few multiples, souvenir sheet 1, postage dues, also a few covers; overall condition very fine 

1859/81, General Issues, specialized assembly of over fifty (50) used stamps and one cover, neatly mounted and mostly described on album leaves, starting with 1859 Eagles tied by postmark dotted diamond "SNC", Cérès, Sage and Alphé Dubois, including better items such as Sage 1877 75c. rose horizontal pair tied cds "DAKAR", Eagle 10c. bistre horizontal pair, touched at upper left, tied by dotted diamond "SNG" to front of an envelope (part back flap missing) to Toulon, redirected to Brest, on front departure cds "SENEGAL SAINT LOUIS 27 JANV. 65" and "CORRESPONDANCE D´ARMÉES" alongside, shipmail cds (unclear), back arrival cds "TOULON SUR MER", etc; condition varies, mostly very fine

1915/64, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and a dozen covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album pages, some duplicates, nice range of postmarks, airmail covers and multiple frankings, mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/123)