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  BELGIE  2006 - BELGICA  INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION !!! COMPLETE ISSUE (1) !!! MNH ! PERFECT U/M - POSVARS - POSTFRIS - STAMP ON STAMP ! A VERY FINE AND GOOD STAMP ISSUE  !!! ALL STAMPS OF BELGIUM ARE INSCRIPTED IN  DUTCH  (NEDERLANDS) AND IN  FRENCH  !!! SEE ALSO :  BELGIE  - BELGISCH-CONGO - RUANDA-URUNDI - KATANGA - ZUID-KASAI - CONGO  !   (Afrikaans, Nederlands, Deutsch, English).    

  DAG VAN DE POSTZEGEL / STAMP DAY (1) COMPLETE ISSUE - MINT NEVER HINGED !!! IMPERFORATED !!! A SCARCE ISSUE ! NASIONALE SEELDAG - POSTMAN - FOR THE SPECIALIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A VERY UNIQUE ITEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! POST OFFICE DELIVERY - SEE ALSO : BELGISCH CONGO - KATANGA - RUANDA-URUNDI - RWANDA - ZUID-KASAI - ZAIRE - BURUNDI ! POSTAL HISTORY - ALL STAMPS OF BELGIUM (BELGIE) ARE INSCRIBED IN DUTCH (NEDERLANDS) AND IN FRENCH !!!

  RUANDA-URUNDI  1953 -  400 JAAR HERDENKING VAN SINT FRANCISCUS XAVERIUS (1) - POSTFRIS ! MNH ! POSVARS - MINT NEVER HINGED - S. FRANCIS XAVIER (400 YEARS) - RELIGION ! A VERY FINE AND EXCELLENT STAMP  ! ALL STAMPS OF BELGIAN CONGO ARE INSCRIPTED IN  DUTCH  (NEDERLANDS) AND IN  FRENCH  !!! SEE ALSO :  BELGIE  - BELGISCH  CONGO  - KATANGA  - ZUID-KASAI  - CONGO - RWANDA - BURUNDI  !!!   (Afrikaans, Nederlands, Deutsch, English).      

  WOMEN'S DAY - MARIE POPELIN - A VERY FINE AND GOOD MINT NEVER HINGED STAMP ISSUE !!! COMPLETE / KOMPLEET !!! SEE ALSO: BELGISCH CONGO - RUANDA-URUNDI - KATANGA - RWANDA - ZAIRE - ZUID-KASAI - BURUNDI ! ALL STAMPS OF BELGIUM ARE INSCRIPTED IN DUTCH (NEDERLANDS) AND IN FRENCH !!! (Afrikaans, Nederlands, Deutsch, English).  

  BELGIE 1994 - DOMMEL DE BEER (1) KOMPLEET - POSTFRIS - POSVARS - PERFECT U/M - MNH ! CHILDREN STORIES - TV - COMIC BOOKS - STRIP BOOKS - TEKENPRENTJIES - A LOVELY ISSUE  !!! ALL STAMPS OF BELGIUM ARE INSCRIPTED IN  DUTCH  (NEDERLANDS) AND IN  FRENCH  !!! SEE ALSO : BELGIE - BELGISCH-CONGO - KATANGA  - RUANDA-URUNDI - ZUID-KASAI  - CONGO !   (Afrikaans, Nederlands, Deutsch, English).  

  RUANDA-URUNDI (BELGISCH) 1941 - OVERPRINTED  ON STAMP OF  BELGIAN CONGO  (1) COMPLETE ISSUE ! ROYALTY - KING / KONING ALBERT  - A VERY DIFFICULT STAMP TO OBTAIN IN UNMOUNTED MINT CONDITION  ! ALL STAMPS OF RUANDA-URUNDI ARE INSCRIPTED IN  DUTCH  (NEDERLANDS) AND IN  FRENCH  !!! SIEN OOK:  BELGISCH CONGO - KATANGA - RWANDA - BURUNDI - ZAIRE - CONGO EN  ZUID-KASAI  !!!   (Afrikaans, Nederlands, Deutsch, English).  

  YOUTH PHILATELY ISSUE / JEUGD PHILATELIE UITREIKING (1) COMPLETE ISSUE - MINT NEVER HINGED !!! IMPERFORATED !!! A SCARCE ISSUE ! KUNS(T) - ART - FOR THE SPECIALIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A VERY UNIQUE ITEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEE ALSO : BELGISCH CONGO - KATANGA - RUANDA-URUNDI - RWANDA - ZUID-KASAI - ZAIRE - BURUNDI ! ALL STAMPS OF BELGIUM ARE INSCRIBED IN THE DUTCH LANGUAGE (NEDERLANDS) AND IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE !!!

2008 paperback edition with 318 pages brand new and unread. Signed by author on title page. R46 postage in SA.  Hoare is now 97 years old and lives in South Africa. Hoare was born in Ireland. He spent his early days in India and was educated in England. He served in North Africa and Italy as an officer in the London Irish Rifles during World War II, and achieved the rank of Captain. After the war, he completed his training as a chartered accountant, and qualified in 1948. He emigrated to Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa, where he ran safaris and became a soldier-for-hire in various African countries.Congo crisis - During the Congo Crisis Mike Hoare organized and led two separate mercenary groups:1960¿1961. Major Mike Hoare's first mercenary action was in Katanga, a province trying to break away from the newly independent Congo. The unit was called "4 Commando." During this time he married Phyllis Simms, an airline stewardess.1964. Congolese Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe hired "Major" Mike Hoare to lead a military unit called 5 Commando ANC (later led by John Peters) made up of about 300 men most of whom were from South Africa. His second in command was a fellow ex-British Army officer, Commandant Alistair Wicks. The unit's mission was to fight a revolt known as the Simba Rebellion. Later Hoare and his mercenaries worked in concert with Belgian paratroopers, Cuban exile pilots, and CIA-hired mercenaries who attempted to save 1,600 civilians (mostly Europeans and missionaries) in Stanleyville from the Simba rebels in Operation Dragon Rouge. This operation saved many lives. Hoare was later promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the ANC and 5 Commando expanded into a two-battalion force. Hoare commanded 5 Commando from July 1964 to November 1965.

  RUANDA-URUNDI 1934 - KONING ALBERT  HERDENKINGS UITREIKING (1) KOMPLEET - POSTFRIS ! POSVARS - MINT NEVER HINGED !!! KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM ! A VERY FINE AND GOOD STAMP ISSUE  ! ALL STAMPS OF RUANDA-URUNDI ARE INSCRIPTED IN  DUTCH  (NEDERLANDS) AND IN  FRENCH  !!! SIEN OOK: BELGIE - ZAIRE - RWANDA - BURUNDI - BELGISCH CONGO - KATANGA  EN  ZUID-KASAI  !!!   (Afrikaans, Nederlands, Deutsch, English).  

2008 paperback edition with 318 pages brand new and unread. Signed by author on title page. R60 postage in SA.  Hoare is now 98 years old and lives in South Africa. Hoare was born in Ireland. He spent his early days in India and was educated in England. He served in North Africa and Italy as an officer in the London Irish Rifles during World War II, and achieved the rank of Captain. After the war, he completed his training as a chartered accountant, and qualified in 1948. He emigrated to Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa, where he ran safaris and became a soldier-for-hire in various African countries.Congo crisis - During the Congo Crisis Mike Hoare organized and led two separate mercenary groups:1960¿1961. Major Mike Hoare's first mercenary action was in Katanga, a province trying to break away from the newly independent Congo. The unit was called "4 Commando." During this time he married Phyllis Simms, an airline stewardess.1964. Congolese Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe hired "Major" Mike Hoare to lead a military unit called 5 Commando ANC (later led by John Peters) made up of about 300 men most of whom were from South Africa. His second in command was a fellow ex-British Army officer, Commandant Alistair Wicks. The unit's mission was to fight a revolt known as the Simba Rebellion. Later Hoare and his mercenaries worked in concert with Belgian paratroopers, Cuban exile pilots, and CIA-hired mercenaries who attempted to save 1,600 civilians (mostly Europeans and missionaries) in Stanleyville from the Simba rebels in Operation Dragon Rouge. This operation saved many lives. Hoare was later promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the ANC and 5 Commando expanded into a two-battalion force. Hoare commanded 5 Commando from July 1964 to November 1965.