1768-1970s POSTAL HISTORY OF LIEGE-COLLECTION. Exceptional group of mostly covers & cards. Starts with Pre-Stamp items, inc.1768 EL to Brussels with curved 'DE LIIEGE' (1767-9), 1793 EL to Paris with larger curved strike (1793-4),1795 EL to Limbourg, similar strike (after 1794), 1810 EL to Verviers with 2-line 'P.96.P / LIEGE' (1806-1814), 1817 EL to Louvain, with red 'LUIK' strike. Then 10 other Pre-Stamp items.Then continues with over 50 later Stamped covers and cards, with a wealth of historical interest. The early items bear a bewildering variety of other transit postal strikes and cachets, and receivers.Needs a closer examination by expert.Clean and nicely written-up, with some rare items(65 items ++). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS [US3] (Start Price = £409.60)
Opening GBP 409.60
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Lot No:1485
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Cat No:2
1849 Epaulettes 20c blue, 4 small to good margins, small faint tone spot just shows through, h/r, most o.g. Very scarce. [US3] (Start Price = £500.80) (Image)
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Lot No:1489
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Cat No:9
1859 Front from Brussels to Holland with imperf 10c brown horiz strip of four, one stamp has a small nick at foot, a scarce multiple, particularly on cover [US3] (Start Price = £28.00)
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Lot No:1495
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Cat No:P65
1879-82 Railway Parcel-25c green mint, a little grubby [US6] (Start Price = £28.80) (Image)
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Lot No:1505
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1891 Telegraph Stamps-Leopold II 10c,25c,50c,60c,1Fr,5Fr mint, the 60c is creased [US3] (Start Price = £17.60)
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Lot No:1510
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Cat No:93 - 150
1894 - 1914 A small collection of stamps with Sunday Delivery Labels attached. 1894 Antwerp Exhibition (2 sets, slight shade difference, 1x10c value with vertical cut to left), 1896 Brussels Exhibition (ex 10c terracota), 1912 set (133/135), 1912/14 40c green with designers name and 10c - 25c (x2) without designers name (25c x 4 shade differences). Very lightly MM to large part o.g. [US1] (Start Price = £12.00)
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Lot No:1512
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Cat No:97 Sheet x25
1896 St.Michael encountering Satan, 10c Terracotta, in complete sheet of 25 (5x10), Fresh u.m. Partially reinforced in right margin, and diagonal gum wrinkle affecting two vertican stamps at lower-left (not apparrent from front.With usual printing marks in margins.Scarce [US3] (Start Price = £54.40)
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Lot No:1515
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Cat No:109 - 116
1910 Brussels Exhibition, set of 8 values. 1c grey is UM, other values are mint, large part o.g. All have Sunday delivery labels attached. [US1] (Start Price = £14.40)
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Lot No:1519
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Cat No:151 - 153
1914 Red Cross Fund, lower 3 values mint, small h/r. 20c+20c nicely centered. (Start Price = £38.40)
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Lot No:1523
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Cat No:P196,etc
1915-21 Railway Parcel-Mint and used collection on leaves(126) including 1915-19 set to 10F mint, 1920 set to 10F mint, mainly fine [US6] (Start Price = £179.20)
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Lot No:1524
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Cat No:222-35
1918 Red Cross set(14) fresh m.m., the 5Fr has a couple of slightly pulled perfs at top, others very fine [US3] (Start Price = £228.80) (Image)
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Lot No:1527
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Cat No:313 - 321
1921 Short set of 8 values (missing 5f red-brown). 50c is perf 11½x12½, other values perf 11½. UM to mounted, large part o.g. [US1] (Start Price = £10.40)
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Lot No:1528
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Cat No:349 - 373
1922 - 1927 Full set of 25 values to 10f. UM except 15c, 20c, 35c green, 75c, 1f50, 5f & 10f which are light to lightly MM. Typical mixed centring. [US1] (Start Price = £60.80)
1935 Railway Parcels, Centenary, all values between 2f-20f, very fresh part set incl some key values, mainly l.m.m (10) [US5] (Start Price = £48.00) (Image)
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Lot No:1541
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Cat No:760 - 774
1936 - 1951 Full set of 15 values (both perf sets), plus 4f shade variety. Some values off-centre. Mainly UM. [US1] (Start Price = £42.40)
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Lot No:1543
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Cat No:729,732,747
1936-49 Unmounted blocks with adverts in gutter: 1936 10c olive - a pane of 30 with gutter margin at left & strip of 10 adverts for stamp albums, the 3rd row are tete beche; 1936 25c carmine x 20 with inverted row of 10 at left, blank central margin & adverts strip for stamp albums & an upright row of 10 at right. Also a King Leopold 1fr carmine block of 20, vertical strip of 5 at left, with interpanneau margin & then a vertical advert strip of 5 different Stamp Dealers with 15 stamps at right, the last row of 5 inverted. Not expensive stamps but impressive units, will display well! (Start Price = £42.40)
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Lot No:1545
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Cat No:795 - 797
1937 Eugebe Ysaye Memorial Fund, 2 single values and 2 MS. Lovely combination, UM. [US1] (Start Price = £25.60)
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Lot No:1548
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Cat No:815 - MS822
1938 Building (Completion) Fund, full set of 7 values plus 5f violet taken from MS. Also UM MS with date stamp for 'KOEKELBERG 21.7.1938' in margin. (Start Price = £16.80)
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Lot No:1550
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Cat No:847 - 854
1939 Ruben's House Restoration Fund, full set of 8 values, very fine used. (Start Price = £20.80)
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Lot No:1551
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Cat No:861 - 866
1939 Orval Abbey Restoration Fund, full set of 6 values, very fine used (2f.50 & 5f with h/r). (Start Price = £15.20)