West Africa & Sudan
Thursday, November 6, 2025
447 results found
Lot 1001
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1887 FORERUNNER 5pf MAUVE USED DOUALA ON PIECE: Cancelled "KAMERUN" 11 May 1887 (3 months after opening of the Agency). A fine used example. SG Z3 £400
Estimate: £50Realised: £65
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1001
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1887 FORERUNNER 5pf MAUVE USED DOUALA ON PIECE: Cancelled "KAMERUN" 11 May 1887 (3 months after opening of the Agency). A fine used example. SG Z3 £400
Estimate: £50 Realised: £65 ×
Lot 1002
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - PAIR OF EARLY COVERS WITH 1880-87 'PFENNIG' FRANKINGS: 7 Oct. 1887 env. (opened on 3 sides) from Douala to Accra franked 20pf blue and 4 Jul. 1888 env. from Douala to Stadthagen franked 2 x 10pf rose. This second cover affected by tone spots. Both covers expertised by Bothe.
Estimate: £150Realised: £160
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1002
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - PAIR OF EARLY COVERS WITH 1880-87 'PFENNIG' FRANKINGS: 7 Oct. 1887 env. (opened on 3 sides) from Douala to Accra franked 20pf blue and 4 Jul. 1888 env. from Douala to Stadthagen franked 2 x 10pf rose. This second cover affected by tone spots. Both covers expertised by Bothe.
Estimate: £150 Realised: £160 ×
Lot 1003
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 10pf POSTAL STATIONERY CARD KAMERUN TO FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Postmarked 'Kamerun' 12 Dec 1887 but written on board "SS Adolf Woermann" on 9 Dec. Card is Mi VP 14 Type B of 1886. Fine condition and expertised Mansfeld.
Estimate: £100Realised: £80
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1003
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 10pf POSTAL STATIONERY CARD KAMERUN TO FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Postmarked 'Kamerun' 12 Dec 1887 but written on board "SS Adolf Woermann" on 9 Dec. Card is Mi VP 14 Type B of 1886. Fine condition and expertised Mansfeld.
Estimate: £100 Realised: £80 ×
Lot 1004
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1890 10pf POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS TO AALEN & ERFURT, GERMANY: Card of type Mi VP14 type A of 1887. Posted 23 May 1890, cancelled 'Kamerun' and sent via "SS PROF. WOERMANN". Card has a central crease. Also 10pf card (VP14 type B) to Erfurt, cancelled 'Kamerun', also with a central crease. (2 cards)
Estimate: £150West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1004
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1890 10pf POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS TO AALEN & ERFURT, GERMANY: Card of type Mi VP14 type A of 1887. Posted 23 May 1890, cancelled 'Kamerun' and sent via "SS PROF. WOERMANN". Card has a central crease. Also 10pf card (VP14 type B) to Erfurt, cancelled 'Kamerun', also with a central crease. (2 cards)
Estimate: £150 ×
Lot 1005
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1888 PART COVER TO DRESDEN VIA LIVERPOOL: Part cover franked with pair of 10pf rose first empire types cancelled 'Kamerun' 2 Oct. 1888. Cover bears a v.fine strike of "PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET" cancel of 11 Nov. Expertised Dr. Steuer/BPP.
Estimate: £120Realised: £140
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1005
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1888 PART COVER TO DRESDEN VIA LIVERPOOL: Part cover franked with pair of 10pf rose first empire types cancelled 'Kamerun' 2 Oct. 1888. Cover bears a v.fine strike of "PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET" cancel of 11 Nov. Expertised Dr. Steuer/BPP.
Estimate: £120 Realised: £140 ×
Lot 1006
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1889 (YEAR OMITTED) CANCELS: Between 21 Jan. & 13 Aug. 1889 the year slug in the 'Kamerun' postmark was omitted. Lot contains examples on 20pf blue (on small piece) dated 15 Jul. SG Z5, 5pf mauve P. Stat. card (code 888) dated 12 Apr. addressed to Malimba, a small fishing village, and 10pf P. Stat. card to Germany, also dated 12 Apr. (2 covers & a piece)
Estimate: £200West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1006
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1889 (YEAR OMITTED) CANCELS: Between 21 Jan. & 13 Aug. 1889 the year slug in the 'Kamerun' postmark was omitted. Lot contains examples on 20pf blue (on small piece) dated 15 Jul. SG Z5, 5pf mauve P. Stat. card (code 888) dated 12 Apr. addressed to Malimba, a small fishing village, and 10pf P. Stat. card to Germany, also dated 12 Apr. (2 covers & a piece)
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1007
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - GERMANY 2nd EMPIRE ISSUES (1889-1900) USED IN CAMEROUN: Range of values to 50pf, mostly on piece cancelled KAMERUN (12), KRIBI (3 plus a pair) and VIKTORIA (3 plus a pair). Includes 25pf orange-yellow SG Z12 with earliest known date 22 Apr. 1890. Lot also inc. 1 Nov. 1891 cover to Berlin franked 2 x 20pf blue. (22 plus a cover)
Estimate: £240Realised: £300
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1007
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - GERMANY 2nd EMPIRE ISSUES (1889-1900) USED IN CAMEROUN: Range of values to 50pf, mostly on piece cancelled KAMERUN (12), KRIBI (3 plus a pair) and VIKTORIA (3 plus a pair). Includes 25pf orange-yellow SG Z12 with earliest known date 22 Apr. 1890. Lot also inc. 1 Nov. 1891 cover to Berlin franked 2 x 20pf blue. (22 plus a cover)
Estimate: £240 Realised: £300 ×
Lot 1008
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1891 POSTAGE RECEIPT FOR REGISTERED ITEM: Dated 24 Nov. 1891 from Viktoria to Mainz. Signed by agent P. Feil. Unusual survivor.
Estimate: £75West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1008
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - 1891 POSTAGE RECEIPT FOR REGISTERED ITEM: Dated 24 Nov. 1891 from Viktoria to Mainz. Signed by agent P. Feil. Unusual survivor.
Estimate: £75 ×
Lot 1009
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - POSTAL STATIONERY CARD GROUP, c.1889-99 INC. "GRUSS AUS" CARD: Group inc. privately produced "Gruss aus Kamerun" PPC franked 10pf and dated 11 Dec. 1896 sent to Kassel, 1889 10pf P. Sat. card (Mi VP21a) unused and another commercially used to Leipzig having 1 Apr. 1891 'Kamerun' cancel; 10pf P.Stat. card Mi VP 25b to Hannover (redirected Blumenthal) cancelled 'Kamerun' 12 Nov. 1895 and similar addressed to Berlin via "SMS Grille" to Kiel. Lot also includes 1899 Seepost card to Friedrichshafen endorsed from Kamerun in the content and an unused (forgery?) card. (total 7 cards)
Estimate: £240West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1009
GERMAN POSTAL AGENCY IN CAMEROON - POSTAL STATIONERY CARD GROUP, c.1889-99 INC. "GRUSS AUS" CARD: Group inc. privately produced "Gruss aus Kamerun" PPC franked 10pf and dated 11 Dec. 1896 sent to Kassel, 1889 10pf P. Sat. card (Mi VP21a) unused and another commercially used to Leipzig having 1 Apr. 1891 'Kamerun' cancel; 10pf P.Stat. card Mi VP 25b to Hannover (redirected Blumenthal) cancelled 'Kamerun' 12 Nov. 1895 and similar addressed to Berlin via "SMS Grille" to Kiel. Lot also includes 1899 Seepost card to Friedrichshafen endorsed from Kamerun in the content and an unused (forgery?) card. (total 7 cards)
Estimate: £240 ×
Lot 1010
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - THE 1875-1901 2mk 'FORERUNNER': Used quartet of the early 2mk issue. These appear to be the deep claret shade, SG Z1b (Mi 37e). Dates between 1895-1899 with fine cancels of Kamerun (3) & Kribi. Cat. £1,800. (4 stamps)
Estimate: £200Realised: £140
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1010
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - THE 1875-1901 2mk 'FORERUNNER': Used quartet of the early 2mk issue. These appear to be the deep claret shade, SG Z1b (Mi 37e). Dates between 1895-1899 with fine cancels of Kamerun (3) & Kribi. Cat. £1,800. (4 stamps)
Estimate: £200 Realised: £140 ×
Lot 1011
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - 1897 'REICHSPOST' STAMPS OF GERMANY OPTD. "KAMERUN": Lightly mounted mint set of 6 stamps plus shades (inc. all three 3pf shades) SG K1/K6 plus 3pf, 5pf, 10pf & 20pf in gutter pairs and all 6 values in unmounted corner blocks of four. (49 stamps)
Estimate: £180Realised: £130
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1011
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - 1897 'REICHSPOST' STAMPS OF GERMANY OPTD. "KAMERUN": Lightly mounted mint set of 6 stamps plus shades (inc. all three 3pf shades) SG K1/K6 plus 3pf, 5pf, 10pf & 20pf in gutter pairs and all 6 values in unmounted corner blocks of four. (49 stamps)
Estimate: £180 Realised: £130 ×
Lot 1012
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - 1897-1900 RANGE OPTD. "KAMERUN" INC. COVERS: All 6 values inc. shades with KAMERUN (later Douala) cancels and inc. 2 x 20pf unoverprinted on piece dated 14 Apr. 1897 (last day of use). Also 20 Jul. 1897 cover to Germany with mixed franking of 2 x 10pf optd. and a 20pf unoverprinted; 18 Jul. 1897 cover to London franked 5 x optd. 10pf types, having a fine 19 Aug. Liverpool Packet mark and a 1 Apr. 1898 5pf P. Stat. card to Germany uprated by addition of 5pf green optd. type. Lot also inc. a fabricated cover bearing a bisect of the 20pf blue. (16 stamps, 3 cards/covers & a forgery)
Estimate: £240Realised: £200
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1012
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - 1897-1900 RANGE OPTD. "KAMERUN" INC. COVERS: All 6 values inc. shades with KAMERUN (later Douala) cancels and inc. 2 x 20pf unoverprinted on piece dated 14 Apr. 1897 (last day of use). Also 20 Jul. 1897 cover to Germany with mixed franking of 2 x 10pf optd. and a 20pf unoverprinted; 18 Jul. 1897 cover to London franked 5 x optd. 10pf types, having a fine 19 Aug. Liverpool Packet mark and a 1 Apr. 1898 5pf P. Stat. card to Germany uprated by addition of 5pf green optd. type. Lot also inc. a fabricated cover bearing a bisect of the 20pf blue. (16 stamps, 3 cards/covers & a forgery)
Estimate: £240 Realised: £200 ×
Lot 1013
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - INWARD KAMERUN MAIL, 1894-1909 - MORE UNUSUAL ORIGINS: Group inc. 1894 P. Stat. card from Lagos, 1895 env. from India via Brindisi & Liverpool, 1897 P. Stat. card from Tenerife via Southampton and returned to Germany plus 1909 P. Stat. card from Liberia. (4 cards/covers)
Estimate: £200West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1013
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - INWARD KAMERUN MAIL, 1894-1909 - MORE UNUSUAL ORIGINS: Group inc. 1894 P. Stat. card from Lagos, 1895 env. from India via Brindisi & Liverpool, 1897 P. Stat. card from Tenerife via Southampton and returned to Germany plus 1909 P. Stat. card from Liberia. (4 cards/covers)
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1014
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - OUTWARD KAMERUN MAIL INC. INTER-COLONIAL: Group of four 10pf P. Stat. cards inc. 9 Nov. 1897 card cancelled KAMERUN (Douala) to Bonny, Niger Coast; 26 Aug. 1901 card to San Marino (redirected to Germany) cancelled DUALA; 3 Feb. 1900 card to Shanghai cancelled KAMERUN and 23 Jul. 1903 card to German PO Constantinople cancelled VICTORIA. (4 cards)
Estimate: £200West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1014
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - OUTWARD KAMERUN MAIL INC. INTER-COLONIAL: Group of four 10pf P. Stat. cards inc. 9 Nov. 1897 card cancelled KAMERUN (Douala) to Bonny, Niger Coast; 26 Aug. 1901 card to San Marino (redirected to Germany) cancelled DUALA; 3 Feb. 1900 card to Shanghai cancelled KAMERUN and 23 Jul. 1903 card to German PO Constantinople cancelled VICTORIA. (4 cards)
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1015
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - PRIVATELY PRINTED "GRUSS AUS" CARDS: Trio inc. unused 10pf card, 10pf card used 1898 from Viktoria to Berlin, and 16 Apr. 1898 5pf card used from Kamerun (Douala) to Berlin. All three cards are of the same design and feature govt. buildings and a portrait of Governor von Puttkamer (1895-1907), an example of whose 'business' card is included in the lot. (4 items)
Estimate: £100West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1015
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - PRIVATELY PRINTED "GRUSS AUS" CARDS: Trio inc. unused 10pf card, 10pf card used 1898 from Viktoria to Berlin, and 16 Apr. 1898 5pf card used from Kamerun (Douala) to Berlin. All three cards are of the same design and feature govt. buildings and a portrait of Governor von Puttkamer (1895-1907), an example of whose 'business' card is included in the lot. (4 items)
Estimate: £100 ×
Lot 1016
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - EARLY 20th C. INWARD KAMERUN MAIL: Selection inc. 1902 postcard from Funchal to Douala via Gambia & Sierra Leone, 1904 env. from India via Italy & Liverpool, 1902 P. Stat. card from Niger Coast Protectorate to Rio del Rey, 1904 S. Nigeria P. Stat. Card from Old Calabar to Douala, 1909 postcard from Germany to Plantation, 1905 P. Stat. card from SWA to Johann-Albrechtshohe, 1903 & 1908 PPCs & 1915 env. from GB to Douala, 1907 P. Stat. card from Port Said to Victoria and 1911 P. Stat. card from Mexico to Garua. (11 cards/covers)
Estimate: £400West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1016
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - EARLY 20th C. INWARD KAMERUN MAIL: Selection inc. 1902 postcard from Funchal to Douala via Gambia & Sierra Leone, 1904 env. from India via Italy & Liverpool, 1902 P. Stat. card from Niger Coast Protectorate to Rio del Rey, 1904 S. Nigeria P. Stat. Card from Old Calabar to Douala, 1909 postcard from Germany to Plantation, 1905 P. Stat. card from SWA to Johann-Albrechtshohe, 1903 & 1908 PPCs & 1915 env. from GB to Douala, 1907 P. Stat. card from Port Said to Victoria and 1911 P. Stat. card from Mexico to Garua. (11 cards/covers)
Estimate: £400 ×
Lot 1017
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - STAMPS OF GERMANY POSTMARKED "AUS WEST-AFRICA MIT HAMBURGER DAMPFER": Germany first Empire issue 20pf blue, a strip of 3 and block of 4 cancelled by a boxed "Aus West Africa/mit/Hamburger Dampfer" and 1891 10pf P. Stat. card to Kiel from Douala (Kamerun cancel) also with the same boxed cancel. Also 50pf grey-green pair (first issue) cancelled by boxed "AUS/WESTAFRIKA" cancel, and 2nd issue 10pf carmine block of four and 20pf blue block of six each having the boxed "AUS/WESTAFRIKA" cancel. Uncommon group. (19 stamps & a card)
Estimate: £400West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1017
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - STAMPS OF GERMANY POSTMARKED "AUS WEST-AFRICA MIT HAMBURGER DAMPFER": Germany first Empire issue 20pf blue, a strip of 3 and block of 4 cancelled by a boxed "Aus West Africa/mit/Hamburger Dampfer" and 1891 10pf P. Stat. card to Kiel from Douala (Kamerun cancel) also with the same boxed cancel. Also 50pf grey-green pair (first issue) cancelled by boxed "AUS/WESTAFRIKA" cancel, and 2nd issue 10pf carmine block of four and 20pf blue block of six each having the boxed "AUS/WESTAFRIKA" cancel. Uncommon group. (19 stamps & a card)
Estimate: £400 ×
Lot 1018
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - MISCELLANY INC. SHIP MAIL & MAIL RETURNED TO GERMANY: Group inc. 2pf German P. Stat. card (not known in Kamerun) uprated with addition of 3pf brown yacht type sent from Victoria to Bromberg; 1906 Gold Coast postcard franked Germany 10pf (Germania type) sent from Conakry to Victoria; 1901 PPC franked Kamerun 5pf green with Kamerun cancel and 1901 env. franked Germany 2 x 10pf carmine both carried via "SMS Habicht" to Germany. Also a trio of German 3pf P. Stat. cards, all from same sender in Offenbach am Main, sent respectively to Lolodorf, Plantation and Rio del Rey and returned to Germany. (8 cards/covers)
Estimate: £300Realised: £260
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1018
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - MISCELLANY INC. SHIP MAIL & MAIL RETURNED TO GERMANY: Group inc. 2pf German P. Stat. card (not known in Kamerun) uprated with addition of 3pf brown yacht type sent from Victoria to Bromberg; 1906 Gold Coast postcard franked Germany 10pf (Germania type) sent from Conakry to Victoria; 1901 PPC franked Kamerun 5pf green with Kamerun cancel and 1901 env. franked Germany 2 x 10pf carmine both carried via "SMS Habicht" to Germany. Also a trio of German 3pf P. Stat. cards, all from same sender in Offenbach am Main, sent respectively to Lolodorf, Plantation and Rio del Rey and returned to Germany. (8 cards/covers)
Estimate: £300 Realised: £260 ×
Lot 1019
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - TRIO OF 1889-97 CARDS, INC. "SMS HYANE", "GRUSS AUS", ETC.: Group inc. 12 Mar. (1889) 10pf P. Stat. card to Hamburg, the year omitted from the KAMERUN cancel. Expertised Steuer. Also, 13 Nov. 1889 10pf P. Stat. card to Cassel written on "SMS HYANE" and cancelled KAMERUN. Also, 12 Feb 1897 "Gruss Aus" card depicting ships franked 10pf carmine mailed to Hamburg. Both of the 1889 cards have vertical creases. (3 cards)
Estimate: £120West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1019
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - TRIO OF 1889-97 CARDS, INC. "SMS HYANE", "GRUSS AUS", ETC.: Group inc. 12 Mar. (1889) 10pf P. Stat. card to Hamburg, the year omitted from the KAMERUN cancel. Expertised Steuer. Also, 13 Nov. 1889 10pf P. Stat. card to Cassel written on "SMS HYANE" and cancelled KAMERUN. Also, 12 Feb 1897 "Gruss Aus" card depicting ships franked 10pf carmine mailed to Hamburg. Both of the 1889 cards have vertical creases. (3 cards)
Estimate: £120 ×
Lot 1020
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - TOWN & VILLAGE POSTMARK COLLECTION: 1887-1915 collection of covers, cards and some stamps from c.53 different locations (around half of all the Post Offices of that period). Organised alphabetically on display pages. Includes Abong-Mbang, Akonolinga, Akoafim (scarce short-lived PO), Bamenda, Banjo, Bare, Bibundi, Bipindihoh, Bonaberi, Bonambasi (stamp only), Buea, Dume, Ebolwoa/Ebolowa, Edea, Fontemdorf (rare local use), Dschang, Garua, Gross Batanga (written there but posted at Kribi), Jabassi, Jaunde, Johann-Albrectshohe, Joko, Kribi, Lobetal, Lolodorf, Longji, Molundu, Mora (stamp only, with faults but FDI), MundeckNgaundere (stamps only), Nyanga, Ossidinga, Plantation and Rio del Rey. All frankings of the Colonial Yacht type. (c.50 cards/covers plus 46 stamps)
Estimate: £1000Realised: £700
West Africa & Sudan, Lot 1020
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CAMEROON - TOWN & VILLAGE POSTMARK COLLECTION: 1887-1915 collection of covers, cards and some stamps from c.53 different locations (around half of all the Post Offices of that period). Organised alphabetically on display pages. Includes Abong-Mbang, Akonolinga, Akoafim (scarce short-lived PO), Bamenda, Banjo, Bare, Bibundi, Bipindihoh, Bonaberi, Bonambasi (stamp only), Buea, Dume, Ebolwoa/Ebolowa, Edea, Fontemdorf (rare local use), Dschang, Garua, Gross Batanga (written there but posted at Kribi), Jabassi, Jaunde, Johann-Albrectshohe, Joko, Kribi, Lobetal, Lolodorf, Longji, Molundu, Mora (stamp only, with faults but FDI), MundeckNgaundere (stamps only), Nyanga, Ossidinga, Plantation and Rio del Rey. All frankings of the Colonial Yacht type. (c.50 cards/covers plus 46 stamps)
Estimate: £1000 Realised: £700 ×