Lot 32094 – British Empire: 1914-1922 GRI, G.E.A. etc. overprints collection

Lot 32094 – British Empire: 1914-1922 GRI, G.E.A. etc. overprints collection

Large Lots and Collections
Price realised
22’000 EUR
Estimate
4’000 – 8’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 7 Dec 2022 at 18:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
British Empire: 1914-22 GRI, G.E.A. etc. overprints specialized collection of allied occupation of former German colonies by British, Belgian, French and Portuguese occupations mounted on pages in two albums, majority in mint condition. The first album has the G.E.A. overprints on British East Africa and Uganda issued in German East Africa, Urundi overprints, Kionga, Mafia, the British and French occupations of Cameroon including the good C.E.F. overprint set on German “Kamerun”, the scarce “Occupation Francaise en Cameroun” set signed Koehler. The second album showing the “Togo Anglo-French Occuption” overprint including the rare 1 Mark Michel 20II signed Bothe BPP with only 40 printed, the GRI overprints on “Deutsch-Neuguinea” including a number of the rare GRI registration labels, also Marshall islands, Samoa etc. A number of the stamps are signed by renowned experts including Pascal Scheller. Accurate viewing highly recommended as some forgeries may be found throughout.

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