INDIVIDUAL SETTING 1b (2½mm between Anglo and French, Togo with one narrow and one wide "O" and Occupation with a wide "O": 3 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, used with clear cds. "ASSAHUN 3/1 15", a rare stamp from this distinctive setting, fine, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994) 

1914, 3mm Spacing: 10 pfg. block of four with upper sheet margin (Setting 1A pos. 7-8, 17-18), showing the characteristic variety of this setting on position 8 "large spacing between G and O of TOGO thus very wide TOGO 7½mm", fine and scarce

1914, 3mm Spacing: 10 pfg. block of four from the upper left sheet corner with inverted overprint, fresh color and good perforation, used with two clear cds. "LOME 4/10 14". An extremely rare and attractive multiple, in total only one upper half of the sheet (compl. setting) was overprinted with inverted overprint, the upper left stamp with front side virtually invisible vertical crease, completely irrelevant and in no way disturbing, signed with certificate Holcombe (1992)

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 1b (2½mm between Anglo and French, Togo with one narrow and one wide "O" and Occupation with a wide "O": 10 pfg. without watermark, fresh color and good perforation, tied by clear cds. "ASSAHUN 1/1 15" to small piece (lifted for examination), a very rare stamp with less than 10 recorded, especially interesting with such a significantly tilted overprint, certificate Ceremuga (2009)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 50 pfg. horizontal pair (position 7-8), tied by clear cds. "LOME TOGOGEBIET 1/10 14" to small piece, the right stamp few pulled perfs at top, overall an attractive pair, the small imperfections of no importance, the only available multiple of this stamp, with only one unused block of four known which resides in the Royal Collection, certificate RPSL (1968)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 80 pfg. block of four from the upper right sheet corner, mint never hinged, very fine and attractive, a scarce multiple, certificate Ceremuga (2002)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 1m. fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "LOME 30.9.14" to piece, two tiny toned perfs tip, still a fine and rare stamp, signed with certificate Holcombe (1989)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 2m. fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and rare with only 40 stamps printed, signed Champion and Bothe BPP with certificate (1980)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 2m. fresh color and good perforation, with inverted overprint, unused, a very fine and rare stamp with only 20 printed, signed Bothe BPP wit certificate (1979) and certificate BPA (1980)

1914, 3mm Spacing: Half Penny on 3 pfg. with variety "small y in Penny", used with clear cds. "LOME -7.12.14", fine

1914, 3mm Spacing: One Penny on 5 pfg., block of six with right sheet margin with HAN "H 4313.10", tied by cds. "LOME -7.12.14" to small piece, very scarce with only 7 HAN possible, fine

1914, 3mm Spacing: One Penny on 5 pfg. with lower sheet margin, with variety "small y in Penny", mint never hinged, very fine, signed Kosack and Bothe BPP and Kilian BPP, with two certificates (1980, 1982)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 3 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME 7.11.14", fine, a scarce stamp with only 25 printed, signed A. Brun and Calves

1914, 3mm Spacing: 5 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME 30.10.14", fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996)

1914, 2mm Spacing: 10 pfg. tied by cds. "ANECHO 31/12 14" to small piece, minuscule toned perf tip, otherwise very fine and rare with approximately 15-20 copies existant, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994) (Gibbs 16)

1914, 2mm Spacing: 10 and 40 pfg. with additional franking tied by cds. "LOME 17.10.14" to locally adressed cover, two folds  not affecting adhesives, 10 pfg. a bit stained, 25 pfg. of additional franking corner fault, otherwise fine, rare with approximately 15-20 copies of the 10 pfg. existant

1914, 2mm Spacing: 40 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, unused, an exceptionally rare stamp, most of the already small print run of 25-30 pieces is known used, only very few unused pieces known, signed Schlesinger and certificate Behr (1998)

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 2b (2¼mm between Anglo and French and all "O"s narrow: 40 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, just one short perf at top, tied by cds. "LOME 13.11.14" to small piece, a very rare stamp with only few recorded, signed Holcombe with certificate (1988)

Reference: depicted in G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 167

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 3c - Anglo-French spaced approx. 1¾mm and three narrow "0"s in Togo : 1915, 30 pfg, fresh color, neatly used with clear blue cds. "LOME 8.4.15", utterly insignificantly shortened perf at bottom, a fine and very rare stamp with less than a handful known, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996)

1914, 2mm Spacing: 50 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, tied by part cds. of Lome to small piece, a very rare stamp with only 20 printed, all of them known used, signed Bothe BPP

1914, 2mm Spacing: 80 pfg. fresh color and good perforation, used, a very rare stamp with only 25 printed, signed Bothe BPP (Gibbs 22)

1914, 2mm Spacing: 1m. carmine, fresh color and good perforations, used with clear cds. of "LOME 29.9.14", one perf at bottom slightly thinned of no importance, a very rare stamp with only 40 issued, signed Kilian BPP and Holcome with certificate (1993)

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 3 pfg, fresh color and good perforation, tied by clear part cds. of "LOME -7..." to small piece, very fine and rare with only approx. 50 printed, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994)

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 3d: 1915, 3 pfg, fresh color and good perforation, showing first broken "O" in Togo, being the characteristic of this rare setting, used with clear blue cds. "LOME 8/4 15"., very fine and rare with only very few copies extant, signed Holcombe with certificate (1990)

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 5 pfg, fresh color and good perforation, with variety "TOGU" from position 5 within the setting of 25, unused, minimally toned, otherwise fine, scarce with only 35 printed, signed Holcombe with Opinion (1998) (Gibbs 30a)

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 5 pfg., horizontal strip of three , fresh color and good perforation, position 3-5 with position 5 showing variety "TOGU", used with clear cds. "LOME", two left stamps some light staining not affecting the variety, left stamp vertical stain, otherwise fine and scarce, copy of certificate Holcombe (1995)

Provenance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg., three singles, each fresh color and good perforation, printed from positions 15 "mixed Os", 17 "TOG corrected" and 23 "notch in the T", position 17 and 23 minimal toned, otherwise fine and scarce group, signed Bothe BPP 

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg. horizontal pair, tied by central first day cds. "LOME -7.1.15" to small piece, fine, signed Bothe BPP

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 10 pfg., horizontal strip of three, fresh color and good perforation, position 3-5 with position 5 showing variety "TOGU", used with clear cds. "LOME", left stamp small blue dot, right stamp with on front side quasi invisible corner crease, otherwise fine, certificate Holcombe (1995)

Provenance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)

1915, Sansane-Mangu: 50 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, tied by clear cds. "LOME 7.1.15" to small piece; a superb copy of this rare stamp of which only 19 examples were overprinted, signed Champion, Köhler and Bühler with certificate (1987)

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1914, Postal stationery card 5 pfg., Setting B, with overprint error "One Penny" instead of "Half Penny", used with clear "ASSAHUN 10.1.15", minor wrinkles, a very rare card, probaply unique, signed Ebel and Holcombe with certificate (1993) (Gibbs PS1 Note 1) (Higgins & Gage (1F)

1914/16, Anglo-French Occupation, collection of over twenty (20) used stamps and four covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, better items such as 1916 20sh. dark lilac/black on red paper (Mi 45), some registered covers with multiple frankings, mixed issue franking 1914 1d. with 1915 3d., 6d. and 1sh. tied by cds "LOME 17 5 17" to front of registered envelope to Switzerland, mostly very fine and attractive group, signed Calves (ex Mi.-Nr. 4/45)

1890/1919, meist ungebrauchter und gestempelter Bestand ab Vorläufer-Ausgaben mit besseren und kpl. Ausgaben, schönen Briefstücken, Plattenfehler und kleine Stempel-Sammlung auf möglichst vielen verschiedenen Wertstufen, bessere zum Teil signiert, sauber im Steckbuch, ex Sammlung Erik B. Nagel

1897/1902, collection of used stamps and two postcards, including better items such as First Issue 50pf. (Mi 6), 1900 3m. black lilac and 5m. greenish black/brownish carmine tied by cds "LOME TOGO GEBIET" (Mi 18, 19), overall condition is very fine, high values signed Bothe (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/19)

1897, 3 Pfennig mittelbraun, postfrisch, tadellos, sehr seltene Farbe, unsigniert mit Fotoattest R. Steuer BPP (2008)

1919. Kriegsdruck Kaiseryacht 5 Mark, Zähnungslöcher 26:17, im kompletten Bogen, postfrisch, vorgefaltet und zum Teil im Rand angetrennt, Marken einwandfrei, Fotoattest R. Steuer BPP (2010)

"AGBELUVHOE (TOGO) 26.3.13" typischer Abschlag mehrfach auf Kaiseryacht 20 Pfennig ohne Wasserzeichen und waagerechtes Paar 5 Pfennig mit Wasserzeichen auf R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Agbeluvhoe (Togo)" nach Laggenbeck mit Ankunftsstempel in einwandfreier Erhaltung, R-Briefe aus Agbeluvhoe sind selten (Einfeldt Nr. 2)

"ATAKPAME TOGO 28.7.07" mehrfach klar auf Viererblock 5 Pfennig aus der linken oberen Bogenecke und 10 Pfennig aus der linken unteren Bogenecke auf R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Atakpame (Togo)" nach Eisfeld mit Ankunftsstempel in guter Erhaltung (Einfeldt Nr. 1)

"HO (TOGO) 6.8.08" etwas undeutlich auf Kaiseryacht 5 und 25 Pfennig auf R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Ho (Togo)" nach Wilhelmshaven mit Nachsendung nach Essen mit Ankunftsstempel in guter Erhaltung (Einfeldt Nr. 1)

"KPANDU (TOGO) 4.1.08" klar auf Kaiseryacht 25 Pfennig auf R-Drucksachenumschlag mit R-Zettel "Kpandu (Togo)" nach Gelsenkirchen mit Ankunftsstempel. Der Umschlag vorderseitig mit kleiner Haftstelle und kleinen Eckbügen rechts, sonst in guter Erhaltung, signiert Bothe BPP (Einfeldt Nr. 1)

"NOEPE (TOGO) 31.10.07" zweimal klar auf Kaiseryacht 5 und 25 Pfennig auf R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Lome (Togo)" nach Charlottenburg mit Ankunftsstempel in guter Erhaltung, seltene Verwendung des R-Zettels von Lome in Noepe (Einfeldt Nr. 1)

"NUATYÄ TOGO 22.10.07" klar auf Kaiseryacht 30 Pfennig auf R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Nuatyä (Togo)" nach Charlottenburg mit Ankunftsstempel in einwandfreier Erhaltung, signiert Mansfeld (Einfeldt Nr. 1)

"PORTO SEGURO TOGO 1.1.07" klar auf Kaiseryacht 40 Pfennig auf R-Brief der 2. Gewichtsstufe mit R-Zettel "Porto Seguro (Togo)" nach Frankfurt mit Ankunftsstempel in einwandfreier Erhaltung (Einfeldt Nr. 1)

"SOKODE TOGO 5.8.09" klar auf Kaiseryacht 40 Pfennig auf R-Trauerbrief mit R-Zettel "Sokode (Togo)" nach Tsingtau mit Ankunftsstempel in guter Erhaltung, R-Briefe zwischen zwei Deutschen Kolonien sind immer selten (Einfeldt Nr. 2)

"TOKPLI TOGO 4.2.07" mehrfach klar in Violett auf zwei Einzelwerten Kaiseryacht 3 Pfennig und 25 Pfennig auf um ein Pfennig überfrankiertem R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Tokpli (Togo) No.7" nach Dortmund mit Ankunftsstempel in guter Erhaltung, R-Briefe mit dem violetten Stempel aus Tokpli sind sehr selten, signiert HK und Bothe BPP (Einfeldt Nr. 1, Abbildungsstück im Handbuch)

"DSP LINIE HAMBURG-WESTAFRIKA XVI. 29.5.13" (D. Thekla Bohlen) mehrfach recht klar auf waagerechtem Randpaar Kaiseryacht 3 Pfennig und 25 Pfennig auf um ein Pfennig überfrankiertem R-Brief ohne R-Zettel via Hamburg mit R-Zettel "Hamburg 1 f" nach Exin mit Ankunftsstempel in guter Erhaltung, signiert Bothe BPP (Einfeldt Nr. 2)

"DSP LINIE HAMBURG-WESTAFRIKA XXIII 23.9.13" zweimal klar auf Kaiseryacht 25 Pfennig ohne Wasserzeichen und 5 Pfennig mit Wasserzeichen auf R-Brief ohne R-Zettel via Hamburg mit violettem Handstempel "Ohne Einschreib-zettel in Hamburg 1 eingegangen/R" nach Exin mit Ankunftsstempel. Der Umschlag wurde senkrecht gefaltet, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung, seltene Variante (Einfeldt Nr. 2)

"AGU (TOGO) 21.02.13", üblicher Abschlag auf Kaiseryacht 10 Pfennig auf Brief an den Pflanzungsdirektor Woeckel in Douglashof, nicht häufige Entwertung auf Brief innerhalb der Kolonie

"SANSANE-MANGU (TOGO) 29.7.14" klar auf Kaiseryacht 3 Pfennig auf Briefstück, tadellos, seltene Entwertung, Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2013)

"STATION MISAHÖHE TOGOGEBIET 26.9.97" sehr klar rückseitig auf Krone/Adler Ganzsachenkarte 10 Pfennig mit Stempel "LOME TOGOGEBIET 5.10.97" und viel Text nach Brandenburg mit Ankunftsstempel, einwandfrei