Belgium

The standard "Barefoot" catalogue listing the revenue stamps of Belgium, Belgian Colonies, Luxembourg, Netherlands & Colonies, including WWII German and Japanese occupations of WWII, and some postwar Indonesia. Now sold out. We are working on a new edition , we have lots of new images and more information to add.

RAILWAY CANCELS OF BELGIUM (B.202)
by T. Jones. Belgium had both private and national railway lines, carrying railway letters, packets, parcels, and telegraphs alongside. The Railway stamps and Railway Parcel stamps of Belgium carry a wide range of straightline, circular, boxed, hexagonal and octagonal datestamps. Some of the railway lines extended into France and the Netherlands; Belgian railway stamps used on these parts of the line received appropriate cancels and thereby became "used abroad". This detailed handbook explains the history and gives a full listing of the cancels, along with basic guide to rarity.
Published 2003, 211 pages in English, with illustrations, A4 format, spiral bound, ISBN 0 9536970 1 0. This book is back in stock again and available.

BELGIAN CONGO - VAN LOOY SALE 2010
Catalogue of this auction sale, many rare items, starting with the "Inland" and "Homeward" forerunner labels of 1884, then first issues to 1918 many rare pieces, postal history, die proofs etc, 242 lots, each lot illustrated in full colour, excellent record of rare material collected over a 50 year period and not normally on the market

VAN LOOY AIRMAIL AUCTION (B.137)
2009 (25th June) Sale of the Rottie collection of airmail covers relating to Belgium (this Belgian airmail specialist died in 1955 so this material was not on the market for two generations). Nearly 2000 lots of individual covers of which half illustrated in full colour, important reference work for Belgian aerophilately. 192 pages.

VAN LOOY AUCTION of EPAULETTES (B.231)
131st Auction, 2010, the main section of the sale devoted to Epaulettes and Medallions, including 50+ die and plate proofs, total 738 lots of these two stamp issues, many illus in colour, plus some further lots of later stamps. Useful reference material.