1898 soldier's free-frank cover to France, endorsed "Correspondance Militaire", with "Grand-Popo Dahomey" (22 July) and "Establissements du Benin Ligne M No.1" (2 Aug), with rare blue "Delimitation Dahomey-Soudan-Tchad / Le Commissaire Francais" military cachet, plus Cotonou, Ouidah, Grand-Popo transit and Paris arrival pmks on back, some cover wear, fine (Image)

Est.$250

1899 1c-1fr "Dahomey et Dependances" Grouppe type, complete set of matching, right sheet margin singles, perforated from the Bristol cards, fine-v.f., rare set. These stamps were produced for the 1900 Paris Exhibition (Maury Euro 1,650) (Cat No. 1/15P) (Image)

Est.$300

1902 (4 Oct) free-frank military cover to France, with ms return "Le Commandt. Du Detachment du 3 Territoire Militaire a Zander", "Kandi Ht. Dahomey" departure cds, also "Correspondance Militaire Porto-Novo Benin", "Loango a Bordeaux L.L. No.3" maritime and other markings on both sides, backflap missing and minor repairs, scarce collection of markings (Image)

Est.$200

1906 5fr carmine, straw, handstamped "Ultramar" ("overseas") v.f. (Ultramar overprint was struck on stamps received from the UPU as specimens and meant to be distributed to Portuguese Colonies) (Cat No. 32S) (Image)

Est.$150

1973 Boy Scouts, two large imperforate trial color proofs of the souvenir sheet of three, both on gummed paper, with pencil annotations, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. C184aP) (Image)

Est.$150

1906 5c, 10c, 15c, 30c, 50c, 60c and 1fr, seven different, each handstamped "Ultramar" ("overseas") fine-v.f. (Ultramar overprint was struck on stamps received from the UPU as specimens and meant to be distributed to Portuguese Colonies) (Cat No. J1/8S) (Image)

Est.$250