388th Auction

1696, entire letter from a member of the Armee de Flandre to the army of Marchal Catinat at Piedmont "par Paris", rated "14" sols

1749, "AM.DE.FLANDRE" clear straight-line on entire letter from Mons to Paris, rated with the single soldiers rate of "9" sols. Sent 5 days after the evacuation of French troops after the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, ending the war of Austrian succession.

1781, "T" (Tournai) on entire letter to Gand, rated "3" sols (1729 Tariff General)

1814, "ANVERS". straight-line on entire unpaid letter to Porto, rated upon arrival in manuscript "480" reis foreign rate +"40" reis local charge. Very rare with this destination during the Napoleonic period, most likely unique.

1849/50, Leopold 40 c. rose, neatly cancelled by numeral "24" in blue, stamp flawed, coloured cancellations, let alone on 40 c. values are very rare, Cert. Micheaux (2022)

1897, King Leopold II. 50 c. grey tied by cds. “BRUXELLES 19.DECE.03” to registered cover “Mandat de Poste International” to the post office in Dunkirk with arrival mark. The cover has creases at the margins, otherwise in good condition

1952, UPU 80c.-40Fr. cpl. printing sheets with 30 stamps, each mint never hinged and very fine, only very few complete sheets, let alone complete sets are known (Mi. 8.400,-)

1953, European Idea 4 fr. dull brown, die proof on thin laid paper, signed by the designer, Léon Janssens and dated '1953' at lower right, fine and scarce

1927, 5 c.-50 Fr., handstamped “SPECIMEN”, type I, cpl. set of 24, mint hinged, very fine, scarce

1928, 10 c.-20 Fr., overprinted “JOURNEAUX / DAGBLADEN / 1928”, handstamped “SPECIMEN”, type II, cpl. set of 18, the values 10, 20, 60, 80 c. and 2 and 5 Fr. mint hinged, otherwise mint never hinged, 20c. and 90c. damaged, the rest very fine, scarce

1900, 25 c. light blue/black with manuscript “LADO 30-8-07”, additionally tied by Khartum retta obliterator to postcard to Norrköpping, Sweden with alongside transit bilingual cds “WHITE-NILE -5 IX 1907 *” and arrival cds 3.10.07; the card with negligible lower right corner crease, very fine. A rare usage from the Lado enclave (present-day South Sudan)

1935, 50th anniversary 50 c.- 5 fr. imperforated with the right sheet margins, mint never hinged, very fine (COB 3500,-€)

1849/1921, mostly used stock, incl. roughly over 360 stamps ex Mi.-Nr. 1-5 in mixed quality

1854/1900, 10 covers, 9 postal stationerys and 7 piece with imperf stamps and pairs, including Ninove 271, four PD covers 1867/70 to Swisse with clear numeral cancellations, oval Moxhon Notteire on stationery from Liege 1874, plus four stampless covers from Italy 1861 ‘via di mare’, fine group.

1858/2000, mostly used and unused collection incl. multiple stamps and railway parcel stamps, with souvenir sheets No. 3, 5, 6 (2x) and 23, in album

1894/1964, mostly mint never hinged stock ex Mi.-Nr. 61-1372, incl. many complete sets, some multiple per 2-15, etc, in two stockbooks

1920/21, mint never hinged miniature sheets Mi.-Nr. 124 (folded) and Mi.-Nr. 166