1887 5f lilac rubber stamped with 3f50 in black mint part original gum, reverse has hinge remains and thinning where hinges removed, centre NE and short corner, not a bad example of this scarce stamp, SG 6 Cat £1600. GBP0 (ImageA)

1887-1961 Attractive mint and unmounted mint collection in hingeless Davo printed album and slipcase, a lovely lot with many sets incl 1921 surcharge set, 1923-7 Wood Carver / Elephant set, 1928 50th Anniv. Stanley Exploration set, 1931-32 surcharge set 10, 1931 set 18, 1935 50th Anniv. set, 1938 Tourism M/S, 1939 Zoological set, 1942-3 set to 100f, 1844 Red X short set, 1947-50 long set (Cat £160), 1941 set 11, 1952 Flowers long set (Cat £100), 1955 King Badouin set 4 (both types), 1959 Animals set, airs sets, TAXES handstamps, then Ruanda Urundi sets and ranges to 1961. Lovely lot for expansion. GBP0 (ImageA)

1928 (Mar) Rough multi franked cover Leopoldville to USA bearing 11 different values toed cds cancel sent registered and typed top left; Exped: LE RAY JULIEN / Societe SOGOMA / Route de Leo / Kinshasa. This former President of the African Metals Corp assisted the Allied in WW2 by having the Belgian Congo to provide raw materials to the USA. GBP0 (ImageA)

1936-38 Three Belgian Congo illustrated flight covers incl 1936 Brussels to Stanleyville then Elisabethville, 1938 Two covers with different combinations from Brussels to Leopoldville and return flight to Brussels, various cachets and arrival, departure backstamps. Attractive. (3). GBP0 (ImageA)

1941 Surcharges inverted variety: 5c on 1f50 & 2f50 on 2f40 both unmounted mint, second value is expertised on reverse. SG 242a, 244a. GBP0 (ImageA)

1942-44 Miniature sheets set of eight for pictorial values 30c, 50c, 60c, 75c, 1f25c, 1f75, 2f50, neatly mounted mint each additional perforated on left side. Very fine (7, Scott retail $700). GBP0 (ImageA)

Ruanda-Urundi: 1930 Congo Natives Protection Fund nine unmounted mint, mainly fine, SG 73/81. GBP0 (ImageA)

Ruanda-Urundi: 1942-44 Miniature sheets for pictorial values 25c, 75c, 1f & 5f, neatly mounted mint each additional perforated on left side. Very fine (4, Scott retail $400). GBP0 (ImageA)

Ruanda-Urundi: 1953 Flowers complete set of 19 to 20f unmounted mint, fine, SG 175/193. GBP0 (ImageA)

Two covers incl 1942 Elisabethville to Chicago bearing 1f25 brown pair and 1fr red pictorial defins tied 1942 CDS with trade cachet alongside then DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS NY P.O h/s applied and part PASSED CENSOR ELISABETHVILLE single line h/s in black, second censor cover LEOPOLDVILLE EAST to Indiana USA with CENSURE CONGO h/s in black and US censor 6649 tape affixed. Creases but nice duo. (2). GBP0 (ImageA)