African group including East Africa 1893 Overprints set used and 1905 New Currency Yachts No Wmk set used; also South West Africa 1897 'Deutsch-/Sudwest-Afrika' Overprints set used and 1901 Yachts No Wmk set to 1m used plus 5m (minor discolouration on back); then Togo 1897 Overprints set * plus 3pf shade * & 50pf shade used, 1900 Yachts No Wmk set * plus extra shades and 1909-19 Yachts Lozenges Wmk set *; condition generally fine to very fine, Cat €1300+ (Cat £1600+). (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Pacific Islands comprising Marianas 1900 'Marianen' Steep Diagonal Overprint set *, 1900 Yachts No Wmk set * (the 5m with minor gum aging/loss) and 1916 Yachts Lozenges Wmk 3pf & 5m *; also Marshalls 1899 'Marshall-Inseln' Overprints set used, 1901 Yachts No Wmk set to 3m **/* and 1916 Yachts Lozenges Wmk 3pf & 5m *, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat €800+ (£800+).  (42) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

CHINA: Group including 1898 Steep Overprints set * & 25pf used, 1901 Horizontal Overprints set to 3m *, 1905 Chinese Currency Overprints No Wmk set to $1½ used plus extra $½ & $1 used & $2½ mint and Lozenges Wmk $½ & $1½ used, a little postmark interest also, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat €900+ (£1000+).  (88) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

MOROCCO: 1898 Steep Diagonal Overprints set *, 1900 Overprints set * (ex 3p75c; the 1p25c & 6p25c with minor toning), 1905 Gothic Overprints No Wmk 1p & 2p50c *, 1906 Gothic Overprints Lozenges Wmk set to 2p50c *, 1911 'Marokko' Overprints set * with extra 6p25c **; also Post Offices in Turkey including 1884 '10 PARA 10' on 5pf mauve *, 1900 Overprints set to 5p used & 1908 French Currency Overprints set *; condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat €1500+ (£1700+).  (49) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

SAMOA: 1900-01 Yachts 3pf to 5mk Mi 7-19 all with 'Specimen' Overprint, above-average centring, some water-stains & aging but still with large-part o.g., Cat €1300.  (13)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOUTH-WEST AFRICA: 1904-07 stampless Feldpost group to Germany comprising cover with superb oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG-/WESTAFRIKA/30 11 04/XXXXI' d/s, three different 'Feld- Postkarte' one with very fine 'KD FELDPOSTEXPED/SUDWESTAFRIKA/ a /1.10' (no year slug) & another with superb 'DANZIG' arrival, and different PPCs of Bethanien x2 or Windhuk the last with superb regimental cachet in violet, generally fine. [Between 1904 & 1908, German forces brutally suppressed a rebellion by the Herero & Nama tribes, slaughtering as many as 80% of the Herero & about half of the Nama people. Germany formally acknowledged the genocide only in 2021]  (7)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

TOGO: 1890 German 10pf Postal Card to an officer in Germany with message headed "Ormufo (Kl Popo) 15.5.90" & with very fine 'KLEIN-POPO/16/5/90/ * ' cds, very fine 'GROSS-LICHTERFELDE KADETTEN/ ANSTALT/8.7.90' arrival cds & redirected to 'TRIER', minor soiling/toning. [On 1.3.1888, Klein-Popo was the first office opened in German Togo. On 1.1.1905, the name was changed to Anecho. Lichterfelde, a suburb of Berlin, was home to Prussia's principal military academy. Opened in 1881, the Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway was one of the first electric tramways in the world]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400