Sale 1203 — The Gernot Reiners Collection of Togo and Cameroon - The Anglo-French Occupation
Sale Date — Tuesday, 18 June, 2019
Category — British Togo - Individual Settings




VERY FINE AND CHOICE. GIBBS STATES ONLY FIVE OR SIX EXAMPLES EXIST OF THE 10-PFENNIG FIRST SETTING WITHOUT WATERMARK.
As this stamp was no longer for sale at the German Post Offices in 1914, there were no examples located within the Kamina or Sansane Mangu finds. Therefore, the 10pf without watermark are only known with individual settings (1b and 1c), all of which are used.
With 1996 B.P.A. certificate. Scott $5,500.00. SG £5,500


EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 10-PFENNIG WITH WIDE SETTING AND NO WATERMARK USED ON A COVER. A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXHIBITION ITEM.
The Setting 1b, and its distinctive features, are discussed in Gibbs on page 166. The 5pf stamp is a rare item in its own right, and magnified by its use with the rare 10pf without watermark and on original post card. Gibbs records only one other use on post card dated Assahun Jan. 14, 1915. Only five or six examples of the No. 37b total have been recorded per Gibbs, all used.
With 2009 Gibbs certificate. Catalogued simply as used singles, Scott $5,500.00 and SG £5,500




VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 40-PFENNIG OF THE THIRD SETTING. ONE OF THE RAREST BRITISH TOGO STAMPS OF WHICH ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN RECORDED -- THIS AS THE SOLE EXAMPLE FROM INDIVIDUAL SETTING 3a.
While listed in Scott and Stanley Gibbons as part of the Sansane Mangu overprints, this was technically not part of that find. It closely resembles pos. 25 of that setting with subtle differences that technically qualify it as an individual setting. This example is mentioned in Gibbs on page 168. The other examples known are from Setting 3b.
With 1992 Holcombe certificate. Scott $9,000.00. SG £9,000. Owing to its rarity, we feel the catalogue values are misleading. For example, the 40pf First Setting has over double the known examples, though it is priced slightly higher.










VERY FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-PFENNIG WITHOUT WATERMARK. LESS THAN TEN EXAMPLES ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST, ALL FROM THE SAME SETTING.
While closely resembling the Third Setting, the subtle differences are actually from the rare Setting 3d. This stamp is not known from "true" Third Setting as this was not part of the stamps found in Sansane Mangu, so the Stanley Gibbons catalogue is slightly misleading in that respect. Gibbs states this as "VR" which indicates not more than ten exist.
Signed Bothe. With 1990 Jakubek (befund) and 2009 Gibbs certificate. Unlisted in Scott. SG £7,000

VERY FINE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-PFENNIG WITHOUT WATERMARK FROM THIS RARE SETTING. LESS THAN TEN EXAMPLES ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.
While closely resembling the Third Setting, the subtle differences are actually from the rare Setting 3d. This stamp is not known from "true" Third Setting as this was not part of the stamps found in Sansane Mangu, so the Stanley Gibbons catalogue is slightly misleading in that respect. Gibbs states this as "VR" which indicates not more than ten exist. It is also interesting to note that the 10pf from Setting 3d is usually found with a Mar. 24 cancel, it is the 3pf typically seen with this Apr. 8 cancel in either blue or black.
With 2006 Gibbs certificate. Unlisted in Scott. SG £7,000

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 10-PFENNIG WITHOUT WATERMARK, ONLY KNOWN THIS SETTING. LESS THAN TEN EXAMPLES ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.
While closely resembling the Third Setting, the subtle differences are actually from the rare Setting 3d. This stamp is not known from "true" Third Setting as this was not part of the stamps found in Sansane Mangu, so the Stanley Gibbons catalogue is slightly misleading in that respect. Gibbs states this as "VR" which indicates not more than ten exist. It is also interesting to note that the 10pf from Setting 3d is usually found with a Mar. 24 cancel, it is the 3pf typically seen with this Apr. 8 cancel in either blue or black.
With 2009 Gibbs certificate. Unlisted in Scott. SG £7,000