| | Postal history | |
| 1 | Early Missionary letter dated 7 Dec 1830, Alexandria to Beyroot | £59 |
| 2 | French Consular Mail – Entire Alex to Marseilles with 40 centimes cancelled 5080 (diamond) via Paquebots de la Mediterrane (in red) and PD (in red). Reduced rate from 1866 | £44 |
| | Second Issue, 1867-69 (Nile Post numbers) | |
| 3 | 5-para (D8), Types 104 unused, with photograph | £24 |
| 4 | 10-para (D91), used with watermark on face. ESC certificate | £45 |
| 5 | 3 x 10-para (D9a, 9b, 9c), used in excellent condition with photograph | £85 |
| 6 | 10-para (D9, Types 1-4), unused, includes Stone A Type 2 (D9A) | £83 |
| 7 | 10-para (D9f, Types 1-4), unused, includes Stone B Type 2 unbroken O, with photograph | £63 |
| 8 | 10-para (D9 Types 1-4), unused and used including Stone A 3rd State Type 2 with photograph | £111 |
| 9 | 20-para (D10 Types 1-4), unused Stone A (2 dots) with photograph | £72 |
| 10 | 20-para (D10i Types 1-4), unused Stone B (3 dots) with photograph | £65 |
| 11 | 1-piastre (D11), 37 copies unused and used, all types. Worthy of research by a student of this issue | £49 |
| 12 | 5-piastre (D 13 Types 1-4), unused, fine condition | £390 |
| 13 | 5-piastre (D13 Types 1-4), used, fine condition | £240 |
| 14 | 5-para (D8k) used, misplaced perforation | £43 |
| 15 | 5-para (D8), yellow green, mint, very fine | £19 |
| 16 | 10-para (D9j), unused, “white hole in wig” variety | £29 |
| 17 | 1-piastre (D11v), unused, “inverted watermark” | £19 |
| 18 | 1-piastre (D11m), unused, imperforate | £22 |
| | Postage Due issue 1922 (Nile Post numbers) | |
| 19 | PD30a, mint block of 12, overprint à cheval | £186 |
| 20 | PD30a, three mint singles, opt à cheval, illustrating three different positions of overprint | £42 |
| 21 | PD30b, four mint singles with upright overprint illustrating four different positions of overprint | £41 |
| | Official stamps (Nile Post numbers) | |
| 22 | O26k, used block of 6x5mills including one with only a trace of dot after M | £31 |
| 23 | O23g, mint single 2mills, part dot after M | £14 |
| 24 | O30, used single, 15 mills, only one dot (Figure 10 Printing B position 840 | £20 |
| | De La Rue 1879-82 and 1884 Provisionals | |
| 25 | Used collection (inc 3 x D32, 3 x D32d, 2 x D33, 2xD34, 3xD35, 1xD35a, 4xD36, 2xD37, 1xD37a, 3xD38, 2xD39, 4xD40. Stamps sound | £19 |
| | 1884 Colour Change | |
| 26 | Used collection (inc 3xD41, 3xD421, 5xD43, 5xD44), stamps sound | £4.00 |
| | 1888-1906 new currency issue | |
| 27 | Mainly used collection with occasional mint (inc 11xD45, 9xD46, 2xD47, 7xD48, 11xD50, 4xD43, 1xD51, 3xD52, 3xD49), stamps sound | £7.60 |
| | Second Fuad | |
| 28 | 79 mint control blocks of the Second Fuad issue (Nile Post D106-D118), many with both panes and very little duplication. Includes both Panes of D107 Type 1. Ideal for the collector wishing to study this issue | £160 |
| 29 | 500 used copies of the Second Fuad 5 mills, ideal for anyone studying the second Fuad experimentation stamp | £9.00 |
| | Second Fuad - Single proofs with Cancelled on reverse | |
| 30 | 2 mills Type 2 (D107d) | £6.00 |
| 31 | 5 mills Type 2 (D110e) | £6.00 |
| 32 | 40 mills (D121a) | £25 |
| 33 | As last, but from Palace collection | £26 |
| 34 | 100m (D1323a) from Palace colln | £39 |
| | First Issue | |
| 35 | 20pa horizontal pair (Bal 3, NP 3), imperf top and bottom, wmk upright, used, cancelled with spot-on retta between the two stamps, F-VF condition  | £80 |
| 36 | 20pa horizontal pair, wmk upright (Bal 3, NP 3), perf misplaced so centred right and high, used with ¾ 1866 CDS missing place name, F-VF | £30 |
| 37 | 20pa single, perf 13x13, wmk inverted (Bal 3e, NP 3x), all perfs sound, mint, no gum, sl hinge traces, VG condition | £140 |
| 38 | 20pa single (Bal 3, NP 3), wmk upright, centred low left, used from COSTA(tinopoli), fine condition | £30 |
| 39 | 1pi single (Bal 4, NP 4), centred high left, used, good condition | £4.00 |
| | 1884 Provisional | |
| 40 | 20m on 5pi, vert pair, surcharge à cheval bleeding almost off left-hand edge (Bal 57b, NP 40d), NH mint, fine | £22 |
| 41 | 20m on 5pi, wmk upright, surcharge inverted (Bal 57c, NP 40a), excellent mint, sl hinge trace | £22 |
| 42 | 20m on 5pi, wmk and surcharge both inverted (Bal 57d, NP 40c), prominent circular flaw on 0 of surcharge. Fine mint but sl stain on reverse | £32 |
| 43 | 20m on 5pi, four used examples of flaws on surcharge – circular holes or bites out of 2 or 0 (Bal 57i). Fine cond | £12 |
| | 1879 De La Rue | |
| 44 | 1pi rose, selection of eight examples (in Nasser Memorial stock folder): two mint, three with rettas, one Alex-A duplex, one Recommandes, one full Tanta strike 7 NOV 79 on piece | £12 |
| | 1922 Dues | |
| 45 | 2m scarlet, essay with Crown overprint upright (Bal 219b, NP E253), excellent mint example, no gum | £45 |
| 46 | 2pi orange, Crown overprint upright (Bal 222b, NP 30b), fine NH mint example | £8.00 |
| | Postmarks | |
| 47 | Vertical pair of 1pi rose DLR with good CDS of Alexandrie/Recommandes 25 AO 84. Unusual | £8.00 |
| 48 | Single 5m DLR on small piece with virtually complete strike of rare Qostantinia 6 IX 06 CDS | £5.00 |
| | Heliopolis Aerodrome | |
| 49 | Black and white PC (Cairo – Tomb of the Caliphs), with biplane flying above, franked with correct-rate 3m DLR (wrapped round card) and addressed in pencil to Metelino. Cancelled with rare Heliopolis Aerodrome CDS of 13 II 10, but no arrival mark, unusual for Mytilene | £60 |
| | Air interest | |
| 50 | 12 MAR 25, Baghdad-Cairo Air Mail cover sent registered/AR from Hamadan, Persia, to Paris with 3x1kr blue on reverse and fine boxed AR and Post Aerienne/Bagdad-Caire handstamps in black on face. Via Baghdad March 18, Cairo March 20. Slightly cut down at right but stunning | £64 |
| 51 | 5 APR 27 plain cover with typed indication First Cairo-Karachi Air Service, Air Mail label and addressed to Karachi, franked 15m+10m First Fuads (ie, underfranked) and cancelled Cairo machine. Karachi arrival on reverse. Flown only to Basra; first flight to India was 1929 | £16 |
| 52 | 4 MR 31 printed cover to A P Riffis, franked 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2). G / Port Said Traffic, endorsed By 1st Air Mail, to Khartoum. Cairo/Arrival transit and Khartoum arrival behind. Excellent | £16 |
| 53 | 4 MR 31 printed Imperial Airways First Air Mail England-Africa Africa-silhouette cover to Kisumu, franked 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus vert pair 10m Agric Exhibition, cds Cairo / D. Kisumu / Kenya behind | £12 |
| 54 | 10 JL 31 private letter hand-addressed to Austria, franked 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) with Air Mail label alongside, and cancelled B / Port Said Traffic (return address Eastern Exchange Hotel). Alex transit, and three Vienna markings on reverse, including Telegraph office and another marked Rohrpost! | £30 |
| 55 | 10 DE 31 printed Imperial Airways Air Mail Springbok cover to Cape Town, franked vert pair 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 1m, 10m Fuads cancelled Asyut. Cairo cds 23 JA 32 on 4m Fuad (added?), handstamp Premier Vol/Assiout-Cape Town. Reverse Cape Town arrival, and Arabic mentioning 8 Jan 32. | £12 |
| 56 | 23 JA 32 plain cover (Anhoury) franked three copies of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 13m and pair of 3m Fuads, Par Avion label, addressed to Bloemfontein and cancelled Port Said / R (mute Reg label behind). Reverse has Victoria West and Bloemfontein CDSs | £20 |
| 57 | 23 JA 32 plain cover with typed indication First Airmail to Cape Town, franked vert pair of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 5m/50m surcharge and 1m+20m Fuads, cancelled F/Alexandria. Reverse has Cape Town arrival | £16 |
| 58 | 23 JA 32 plain cover with handstamp First Flight, addressed to F Hendrey, Cape Town, franked vert pair of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus two copies 5m/50m surcharge (one scuffed) and 15m/200m surcharge, cancelled Alexandria / J. Reverse has Cape Town and Cape Town Poste Restante CDSs. Believed total mail 210 from all of Egypt. | £16 |
| 59 | 24 JA 32 Imperial Airways Air Mail Springbok cover to Cape Town, franked vert pair 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 5m 1931 Agric Exhibition, 1m and 5m Fuads. Aswan CDS, Par Avion label, handstamp Premier Vol/Assouan-Cape Town. Reverse has Cape Town arrival, two strips x6 Fuad 1m and two singles! | £20 |
| 60 | 2 FE 32 plain cover (Triandafillou) with handwritten Air Mail, addressed to Cape Town, franked single and vertical pair of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2), cancelled Zagazig. Boxed Unknown/Onbekend on face, Returned/Cape Town and Alex arrival on reverse on return. Not FFC, probably second! | £16 |
| | Wreck cover | |
| 61 | 17 Aug 1936, printed Air Mail envelope from Calcutta to Liverpool via Alexandria, where mailed on flying boat Scipio, which crash-landed in Mirabella Bay, Crete, on August 22, with two passengers killed. Handstamped (reverse) Damaged by Immersion /in Sea Water I.S. in black | £60 |
| | Watermark inverted | |
| 62 | 1957, 5th Anniversary of the Revolution, 10m bronze-green, block of four with inv wmk and control A/57, NH mint, pristine | £4.00 |
| 63 | 1957, as last, 10m bronze, single, inv wmk, mint NH | £1.00 |
| 64 | 1957, Revolution as last, 10m Prussian blue, block of four with inv wmk and control A/57, NH mint, pristine | £4.00 |
| 65 | 1957. Revolution as last, 10m yellow-brown, block of four with inv wmk and control A/57, NH mint, pristine | £4.00 |
| 66 | 1957, Arabi Pasha anniv, top right marginal corner block of 2, wmk inv (Bal 194a, NP 186a). NH mint, pristine | £2.00 |
| 67 | 1957, Arabi Pasha anniversary, single, wmk inverted (Bal 194a, NP 186a). NH mint, pristine | £1.00 |
| 68 | 1957, Arabi Pasha anniversary, single, wmk inverted (Bal 194a, NP 186a). NH mint, pristine | £1.00 |
| 69 | 1957, Two Poets anniversary, se-tenant set of two, top marginal block of six, with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 195a-196a, NP 187a-188a). NH mint, pristine | £3.80 |
| 70 | 1957, Air Force anniversary, se-tenant set of two, lower right control block of four (A/57), with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-10a). NH mint, pristine | £3.20 |
| 72 | 1957, Air Force anniversary, se-tenant set of two, right marginal block of four, wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a). NH mint, pristine | £2.50 |
| 73 | 1957, Air Force anniv, se-tenant set of two, left marginal block of six (3x2), wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a), left-hand blue stamp shows sign of “machine gun” variety (not the catalogued version). NH mint, pristine | £3.80 |
| 74 | 1957, Air Force anniv, se-tenant set of two, vert pair wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a). NH mint, pristine | £1.50 |
| 75 | 957, Air Force anniv, se-tenant set of two, vert pair wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a). NH mint, pristine | £1.50 |
| 76 | 1957, Afro-Asian People’s Conference, full set of three in marginal top left corner blocks of six, all with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 199a-201a, NP 191a-193a. 18 stamps, all NH mint, pristine | £11 |
| 77 | 1957, as last, top right marginal corner blocks of four, wmk inv, NH mint, pristine | £7.20 |
| 78 | 1958, International Cycle Race, lower right corner block of four with control A/57 and with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £8.00 |
| 79 | 1958, Cycle Race as last, top left marginal corner block of 9, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £16 |
| 80 | 1958, Cycle Race as last, bottom marginal corner block of 9, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £15 |
| 81 | 1958, Cycle Race as last, bottom left marginal corner block of 6, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £8.00 |
| 82 | 1958, Cycle Race as last, top left marginal corner block of 4, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £6.00 |
| 83 | 1958, Cycle Race as last, single with wmk inverted (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £1.50 |
| 84 | 1958, Cycle Race as last, single with wmk inverted (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine | £1.50 |
| 85 | 1958, Egypt-Syria Proclamation, single, NH mint, pristine | £1.00 |
| 86 | 1958, Qassim Amin, horiz pair, lower left marginal corner block of four, with eagles and Egypt wmk sideways to the left (Bal 208a, NP 200a), NH mint, pristine | £12 |
| 87 | 1958, Egyptian Industries, top two rows of 5x5 sheet with margins left, top and right, with eagles and Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 210a-214a, NP 202a-206a). NH mint, pristine | £32 |
| 88 | 1958, Cairo University, rt marg block of 6 (2x3), eagles & Egypt wmk inv (Bal 222a, NP 213a). NH mint, pristine | £32 |
| 89 | 1958 Postage Due, 2m orange, block of six (3x2) with eagles and Republic of Egypt watermark inverted (Bal 572a, NP 49a). NH mint, pristine | £12 |
| 90 | 1958 2m orange Due, as last, block of four, wmk inv, NH mint, pristine | £8.00 |
| 91 | 1958 2m orange Due, as last, single, wmk inv, NH mint, pristine | £2.00 |
| | Boy King | |
| 92 | Bar overprints: 8 sheets showing basic bar overprints in mint examples, including high values, viz, definitives to £E1, Airs to 200m, KES Airs to 200m, plus two 6m six-bar fakes and a block of four of the same stamp with Hass certificate. Total 505 stamps, Cat over £250 | £60 |
| 93 | Palestine overprints: 11 sheets, neatly written up, with all mint stamps – inc Airs, Express and Dues - showing virtually all the Palestine overprints (and stretching well beyond Boy King) to £E1. Complete all but Air 200m and KES, bars and Palestine. 64 stamps, excellent basis for expansion, cat £300+ | £60 |
| 94 | Glory box: collection of unsold Lots from Auction 42, viz, 99, 102, 104, 125, 130-135, 141-144 (including 16 “Royal” printings). Reserve in Auction 42 £56. Sold now for ESC funds | £5.00 |
| | Postal stationery essay | |
| 95 | 1985 unadopted Postal Authority Press essay for Ramadan festival envelope. 5pi red, green and blue “Moulid doll” vignette on envelope 177x125mm. Boxed rubber stamp cancelling vignette reads in Arabic “Trial without value”. Mint, clean. NP E550 | £60 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 96 | 1884, 20 paras reply card (NP2), outgoing half used from excellent Keneh 28 AV 87 CDS to Cairo postal bureau announcing change of address | £24 |
| 97 | 1899 provisional 4m on 5m postcard with two varieties – accent missing over E, and second E broken (NP9a,b). Mint, perfect condition | £18.80 |
| 98 | 1907 2m postcard (NP14), two examples in fine mint condition, both of them with real photo-postcards (ancient ruins) printed on the reverse. Most unusual | £34 |
| 99 | 1914 2m postal stationery card (NP20), uprated with 3x1m DLR felucca, cancelled Alexandria / H 12 III 14 and addressed to Ortakeuy, Turquie (two Turkish CDS on face) | £8.80 |
| 100 | 1916 3m postal stationery card (NP25), uprated with vert pair of 1m Crown opts and 4m Harrison pictorial (pencil mark), cancelled Cairo 12 AP 23, sent to Gouvy, Belgium. Message only on reverse | £8.80 |
| 101 | 1923 10m colossi postal stationery card (NP27), uprated with 3m green Second Fuad and cancelled Cairo 24 FE 32, addressed to Basel. Message on both faces | £8.80 |
| 102 | 1935, 30m Farouk yellow-green Registered envelope (NP12), uprated with 5x2m Marechal and used from Dirut 20 OC 46. Faint Cairo Delivery arrival hs, cover in less than wonderful condition as usual | £28 |
| 103 | 1937, Fuad 4m wrapper (NP9), mint, slightest of disturbance low left of the vignette | £24 |
| 104 | 1938, 1930-issue letter sheet (NP10), uprated with 10m Boy King for Registration (mute black-on-white label) and used from Moharrem Bey / Parcels of 30 JL 38. Delivery unsuccessful, so marked with red boxed bilingual Unclaimed, and returned, ending with ornate A (Alexandria) version of the Rebut a Remettre a l’Envoyeur boxed cachet of 1 SE 38. Much redirection, but fascinating | £28 |
| 105 | 1946, Farouk Marechal 4m small env with brown filigree design inside (NP 39). Mint, pristine | £48 |
| 106 | 1952, Farouk 25m Air Letter (NP 2, no wmk), uprated with 2m KES opt and 15m Marechal sent to Geneva (arrival 2 VIII 52 on face, overlying Egyptian censor mark) | £18 |
| 107 | 1954, 6m soldier-vignette Tourist view set (HG42, NP 43), “Hotel Cataracte - Assouan” in brown, uprated with 20m Soldier stamp and used to mark Cairo-Vienna first flight. Cancelled at rare Poste / Aeroport du Caire / Succursale 2.12.59 with rectangular boxed “First Flight Cairo-Vienna Dec 2 1959”; then Vienna arrival next day alongside elegant boxed Austrian Airlines Kairo-Athen-Wien 101- 3.12.1959. Egyptian censor mark alongside, no message of any sort. All marks and card in VF condition | £28 |
| 108 | 1972, 80m 1966 aerogramme (NP8, with List of Countries on reverse), uprated with 20m Egypt definitive, Heliopolis machine cancel of 22 7 72 with Arabic “Victory for Palestine” patriotic slogan. Addressed to London | £18 |
| 108b | 1973, 55m Registered Letter Sheet uprated with 1973 Post Day 30m mosque and used from Bab el Luk within Cairo 26.2.73. Neat | £6.60 |
| 109 | 1978, 100m 1971 aerogramme (NP15, UAR in vignette), neatly addressed to Germany, par machine cancel and censor mark | £8.80 |
| 110 | 1990?, 1975 10m Ramadan Festival envelope (NP56, belmabgoknis flower), uprated not only with 1pi and 3pi definitives, but also with 1989-92 10pi definitive, and 13m price crossed out behind. All cancelled Kafr Shibin / T (date unclear). Arabic-addressed to Cairo, with Postcode-box on reverse, never opened. Clean | £8.80 |
| 111 | 2006, complete issue of new postal stationery – six different envelopes, all in mint condition | £12.60 |
| | TPO cancels | |
| 112 | 1893 cover used to Chio, Turquie, franked (lower left) with vertical pair of 1mill DLR stamps and cancelled with Alexandrie-Caire / Ambulant 8 JA 93 (Smith Type TPO 2A1A). Faint arrival CDS behind | £14 |
| 113 | 1941, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked Boy King 6m and cancelled with Zaqaziq-Aga / & V.V. of 9 OC 41 – T 177 (Smith Type 7A3.4, but unrecorded there). Cairo machine arrival behind | £14.80 |
| 114 | 1941, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked Boy King 1m and 5m and cancel as last 27 SE 41, same train number. Cairo machine arrival behind | £14.80 |
| | Postal history | |
| 115 | 1882 cover, tatty and cut down at left, franked with vertical strip of four 10-para grey (one faulty), cancelled in Alexandria 7 AO 82 for Ryde, Isle of Wight. | £44 |
| 116 | 1890, 1m postal stationery envelope (NP4) uprated with DLR 5m stamp and sent from CAIRE / D 2 XII 90 to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brindisi transit and Brazilian arrival behind 1 JAN 91 | £18 |
| 117 | 1906, 2m postal stationery envelope (NP5) sent uncancelled to Railway official in Karnak (ie Luxor). Clear and most unusual Karnak cds 25 XII 06 behind. | £9.60 |
| 118 | 1916, incoming French Correspondance des Armees de la Republique postcard (addressed to Shubra, Cairo), unfranked, large blue starred circular handstamp at top right: 145 Regiment Terr. D’Infanterie / Detachment d’Arles, with Arles-S-Rhone-Gare-Du-Rhone double-ring CDS 14 * / 8-1 / 16 and Eg censor mark. Fragile | £6.80 |
| 119 | 1922, buff Avis de Reception card (1921 Govt Press printing with red diagonal stripe) sent from Matai on 4 DE 22 and returned from Cairo on 6 DE | £5.60 |
| 120 | 1923, Arabic-printed commercial cover, franked with vertical strip of 3 5m pink Crown opts for registration (mute b/w label) and cancelled Bab el Khalq / Cairo 30 VII 23, Arabic-addressed to /Beni Suef (arrival same day). Delivery attempted but eventually returned, with two Non Reclame bilingual boxes, and three CDs behind. Beni Suef 1 SE on face, and Bab el Khalq arrival next day | £24 |
| 121 | 1936, 5m Anglo-Egyptian Treaty stamp used on (slightly cut down) commercial Arabic-addressed cover from Dawawin / (Cairo) 29 DE 36 (in green) to Damietta. Stamp overlaps cover edge | £3.50 |
| 122 | 1937, incoming cover from Aden Camp, bilingual printed cover franked (behind) with 2x1a and 1/2a Aden felucca stamps, cancelled 19 MA 37. Addressed to Alex, clear Port Taufiq transit 30 MA 37 behind | £6.80 |
| 123 | 1937, incoming cover to C/o Simon Arzt” from Holland, franked with five stamps of child charity set, Port Said slogan machine cancel and neat Recu Par / Avion / Alexandria 26 DE 37 behind | £5.40 |
| 124 | 1944, Imperial Patriots Fund Board OAS envelope, from MPO KW 14 6 DE 44 to Zamalek, two censors on face, NZ Army PO CDs and Cairo machine behind | £6.60 |
| 125 | 1940, 1956. Two company-printed window envelopes with red machine cancellations: Banca Commerciale / Italiana per l’Egitto / Cairo 15m and The Shell Co of Egypt Ltd 4m. Contents remain | £5.60 |
| 126 | 1945, two red Motor Mail labels (torn on opening), used to seal Airgraph sent to Cairo from UK, cancelled with Cairo / Airgraph CDs of 24 MR 45. M / number? double-ring censor mark alongside | £28 |
| 127 | 1947, incoming to Cairo from Trinidad (9 MAY 47), franked 5c KG VI GPO stamp. Cairo machine arrival behind, Arabic crossed out on face | £5.40 |
| 128 | 1947-48, Two small covers showing different CDS of Ghazl Misr Mahalla Kobra (factory), one with Reg cachet alongside. Franked pair of 15m Marechal and single + pair of 10m Marechal. All pmks faint but undoubted. | £5.80 |
| 129 | 1954, Natibaine Nativelle advertising booklet (13x18cm), still contained in flimsy outer cover franked with three-bars 4m Marechal (printed matter rate), sent within Cairo. Complete | £4.50 |
| 130 | 1954-55? Clean cover with commercial red Imprime! handstamp, addressed to Germany and franked with 15m Defense and vertical marginal air of KG VI 2d stamps. Latter bordered and cancelled with pencil scribble as invalid; Defense stamp has indistinct Alex CDS. Return address (on flap) is Dr Oskar Schmid, Kafr el-Dawar. | £8.60 |
| 131 | 1956, colourful green printed envelope of Coutarelli Freres, cigarette manufacturers (Ancient Egyptian vignette on flap), registered (Alex black on red label) to Cairo using two passes of company’s slogan machine cancel 21 VI 56. R1 / Alex on face and Cairo Delivery CDs behind | £6.80 |
| 132 | 1959, Arabic-printed commercial envelope, franked UAR Egypt 35m definitive and Reg to Cairo. CDS is 65% unusual Suq Khodar / (P) / Rod el Farag – ie, Vegetable Market (now demolished). Pinhole in stamp | £4.80 |
| 133 | Heliopolis: Five reg env with various Heliopolis CDSs – R&P Heliopolis Bahari (Reg cachet) Boy King 5m+10m 1938; Heliopolis Liberty R.P. (AR and Reg cachet), 55m UAR definitive 1961; Heliopolis West red machine cancel on AR censored cover (Heliop Bahari reg cachet) to Beirut 1967; Heliopolis Bahari C (stamp lost) on AR-uprated 20m green ps cover HG 45 1972; Heliopolis R.A on window env with 20m+35m AR Egypt 1972 | £9.60 |
| | Stamps | |
| 134 | Horizontal pair of DLR 1m cancelled with 70 % strike of San Stefano / Hotel 28 VI 06 (HSS2) | £8.80 |
| 135 | Three DLR stamps used in Egyptian foreign offices – part-strikes of two types of Suakin on DLR 5m; Massawa on 1pi rose | £20 |
| 136 | 1969 Mahatma Gandhi 80m Air stamp, top right corner pair with cloud variety behind neck on left-hand stamp, mint NH (NP555 var) | £6.60 |
| 137 | 2005 Rotary International issue, marginal 30pi stamps grossly mis-cut so that vertical pair (with printing guides in top margin) shows four mis-matched halves of the two stamps, cut down the middle instead of between the stamps. Imperf modern variety | £18.80 |
| | Booklet stamps – station CDS | |
| 138 | 1912, DLR 5m booklet stamp (left guillotined) used on neat small Arabic-addressed cover from Cairo Station (5 JU 12) to Louxor (next-day arrival behind). Part of flap lost but face clear | £80 |
| 139 | 1937, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Fuad Postes booklet stamp (pale shade, bottom guillotined), cancelled Minya / Station 9 10 37. Cairo machine arrival behind. Neat and clean | £8.80 |
| 140 | 1938, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Fuad Postes booklet stamp (dark shade, long perfs at top), cancelled Mansura / Station 3 AP 38. Cairo machine arrival behind. Pinhole but neat | £8.80 |
| 141 | 1948, printed lawyer’s envelope (Morcos, Assiout, cut down at left), typed Arabic address (Cairo), franked horiz pair of 5m Boy King booklet stamps (long marginal perfs at bottom), cancelled Asyut / Station 4 NO 38 in blue | £8.80 |
| | Booklet stamps | |
| 142 | A Lot of three items (two envelopes, one folded letter), all franked Boy King 5m booklet stamps used between 1939 and 1944 – Fayum, Abu Matamir and Qus. Folded letter has two stamps from different booklet panes | £8.80 |
| 143 | Two small covers, used from Cairo 1938 and Fayoum 1946, each franked with a booklet 5m Boy King (Cairo trimmed at top, Fayoum trimmed at bottom, with another 5m alongside) | £8.80 |
| | Stamps used as revenues | |
| 144 | 1907, control marginal block of six of DLR 5m with control 2 in circle in left-hand margin, used to defray 3pi taz on official all-Arabic document dated 18 March 1907. Cancelled with oblique pencil strokes. Fragile and cut down at left, but remarkable document | £25 |
| 145 | 1928, certificate (19.5x28.5cm, crescent/stars wmk) issued from Ministry of Education (clear Dar el Ulum College official oval handstamp), tax paid with 2x15m Second Fuad pen cancelled. One has pinhole but otherwise clean neat document | £5.60 |
| | Rural post | |
| 146 | 1938 cover addressed to Bern in Switzerland and franked with 20m International Leprosy Congress commem, which received Rural Service / Nabro-Izbit Qattawi CDS of 8 AP 38 alongside Bihut village marking cartouche. Nabruh and Alex machine transit marks behind. Very clean | £38 |
| 147 | Two rural markings – 1938 Akhmim-Siflaq 20 AP 38 (65%) on Arabic-addressed cover franked (behind) with 5m Boy King; and Sheikh Fadl-Sharuna on folded printed agricultural report franked horiz pair of Marechal 2m for printed matter rate | £7.60 |
| | Commemorative cancels | |
| 148 | 1894 Alexandria / Exposition CDS on 3 mills on 5mills surcharged postal stationery card (NP5), properly used II V 94 with message in Greek and sent to company En Ville. Early usage of this, the first commem CDS | £18 |
| 149 | 1933 Arabic-printed small business card, with 5m, 13m and 15m stamps of International Railway Congress on plain side and 20m on printed side, all neatly cancelled with single strikes of the Congress first-day CDS 19 JA 33 in blue | £34 |
| | Express covers | |
| 150 | 1931, large OHEMS bilingual-printed cover, 26.5x21cm, franked with 4x5m Second Fuad (two of them mis-centred, sent from Shibin el Kom / I 14 OC 31 to Alexandria / R.A. (magenta strike behind) | £5.60 |
| 151 | 1934, blue cover Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked marginal vertical pair of Second Fuad 15m cancelled San Stefano / R&P 7 FE 34 with Reg cachet and red Express label alongside | £9.60 |
| 152 | 1938, Arabic-printed commercial cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked vertical pair of Boy King 15m and cancelled Abu Qurqas / R&P 7 AP 38 with Reg cachet (faint) and red bilingual Express label alongside | £9.60 |
| 153 | 1938, large Arabic-printed commercial brown cover (287x187mm), franked with vertical pairs of 5m and 15m Boy King, Arabic-addressed to Cairo. CDS Beni Suef 18 JL 38, with mute b/w Reg label and bilingual red Express label alongside. Cairo Postmen / Express Section cds behind | £9.60 |
| 154 | 1946, Arabic-printed commercial cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 40m Farouk stamp cancelled at Biba / (R&P) 25 OC 36. Clean | £8.80 |
| 155 | 1953, Arabic-printed commercial cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 22m Republic issue, horiz pair of Marechal 4m KES and single Marechal 10m KES, all cancelled Fayoum 8 JA 53 | £9.60 |
| 156 | 1955, Lawyers’ printed envelope franked with two blocks of four of 5m fellah definitives, bilingual red Express label alongside, sent from Mansura Station 21 MA 55 to Cairo. Faint Cairo Delivery / Express behind. Nice | £14.80 |
| 157 | 1955, lawyer’s letter (large oval rubber stamp), Arabic-addressed to Cairo and cut down at left, franked 40 mills Express stamp with KES opt, cancelled Bab el Khalq 29 JL 55. AR boxed cachet and ms Reg indication alongside | £9.60 |
| | Instructional markings | |
| 158 | A Lot of seven used items (three covers, three postcards, one folded letter, dated 1934-2001), all bearing instructional markings – Non Reclame, Return to Sender, Retour a l’Envoyeur, Unclaimed etc, three in Arabic only. Interesting Lot, and good 65% CDS Beni Mohammadiyat | £18.80 |
| | Gamal Abd El-Nasser | |
| 159 | 1954, Most unusual greetings card with bells/ribbon outside and Republican eagle and crescent/stars logo inside over idealised scene of river, city and pyramids. Sent from Prime Minister’s office to Suhag (envelope included) | £5.60 |
| 160 | 1970 maximum card – left-facing portrait of Nasser (as on 1969 500m) with 1970 5m memorial stamp (NP594) and two strikes of stamp’s FD cancel 6 11 70 (another behind) Clean, neat | £9.60 |
| 161 | 1970, Nasser mourning special illustrated FDC with 5m stamp and FD cancel as last 6 11 70 | £8.80 |
| 162 | 1970, cover as last, with 5m and 20m commem stamps and FD cancel | £8.80 |
| | Postcards | |
| 163 | Caire – Place de l’Ancienne Poste – b/w, excellent mint condition, showing Bristol Hotel and shady courtyard | £6.80 |
| 164 | Soldats de la Marine – Max Rudmann colour, stars/crescent divided back, soldiers at attention, F-VF | £8.80 |
| 165 | Semiramis Hotel, Cairo – upright black and white advertising card, early Semiramis “Under the same management as Shepheard’s and Ghezireh Palace Hotels”). Excellent fresh condition | £8.80 |
| 166 | Remarkable coloured upright souvenir card – Max Rudmann produced – with entwined flags of Egypt and Britain topped by stars and crescent crowned shield. At base is a small leatherette “briefcase” containing concertina foldout of ten Egyptian mini-scenes. DLR 4m stamp at top right, and this glorious piece was sent from a neat Asyut-Cairo / TPO 18 II 09 to Newmarket. Excellent condition, a stunner | £24 |
| 167 | Les Khedives d’Egypte – wonderful upright colourful card with Egyptian statues and columns surrounding portraits of seven rulers of Egypt, culminating in Abbas II (khedive 1892-1914). Single back has messages and face a 1m DLR with illegible TPO cancel of 1910. Travelled? Doesn’t matter – it’s very nice | £8.80 |
| 168 | 1917, Collection of three bilingual real photo-postcards issued in Suez 1917: Ismailieh Canal near Suez; Chelsea Bath –Suez; Red Sea (Colzum) Fortress Suez. Striking, excellent condition | £9.60 |
| 169 | 1927, Phylae Kiosk (colour, Wanderer series), neatly franked on face with 1m and 4m First Fuad, cancelled Cairo 16 FE 27, addressed to Vienna. No message | £6.80 |
| | Resealing labels | |
| 170 | 1982, incoming cover from Portugal to Cairo, resealed with two “Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAU, type 8), left | £7.80 |
| 171 | 1982, incoming cover, Sweden to Cairo, resealed with pair “Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAU, type 8), right, part-cancelled | £7.80 |
| 172 | 1983, incoming cover, Germany to Cairo, resealed with pair Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAU, type 8), behind, part-cancelled | £7.80 |
| 173 | 1998, incoming cover, Spain to Cairo, resealed on two sides with “Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAE, red), properly cancelled. Cairo machine cancel date 2.1.98 | £6.60 |
| | FDC | |
| 174 | 1955 Rotary International, colourful illustrated FDC addressed (damp-spattered) to Mehanny Bey Eid in Cairo, black on red Le Caire Reg label behind, with two other CDS. 2 / Cairo of 28 FE 55 on face | £6.60 |
| | Parcel cards | |
| 175 | 1902, Egyptian parcel card accompanying goods to Ragusa, Dalmatia, Austria. DLR 1pi blue and 5pi grey stamps cancelled Ismailia, 24 I 02 (clear CDS); then Trieste transit 29/1, and 3-heller Kingdom of Austria tax stamp applied in Dubrovnik/Ragusa on 4/2, where recipient signed the reverse. Wonderful history item | £68 |
| 176 | 1970s, two buff parcel cards (El Mahalla el Kobra to Aswan 1970, Shubra-Cairo to Edfu 1974), good condition with a variety of stamps, including tax stamps and UAR high-value definitives | £6.60 |
| 177 | 1984, two parcel cards (one yellow one green) used with Shubra Gardens CDS and utilising high-value stamps including 500m horse and £E1 flying duck | £8.80 |
| | Photographs | |
| 178 | 1939, two genuine original thin photo-paper prints (18x13cm) showing King Farouk laying the foundation stone of the Egyptian military barracks in Mersa Matrouh | £8.80 |
| | Officials | |
| 179 | 1903, No-value Official stamp used (at lower right) on small brown cover (flap lost, ink address smudged) from Caire / G.S. 16 IX 03. CDs at top right, where stamp would normally go, covers blue-black-ink fingerprint. On purpose? Authentication? Most odd | £4.80 |
| 180 | 1907, No-value Official stamp used on long brown Ministere des Travaux Publics bilingual printed envelope, cancelled Cairo 12 I 07 to Poste Restante / Cairo. Cairo crossed through and blue pencil “Pack for Smyrne” added. Fascinating | £14.80 |
| 181 | 1907, Small Minister des Travaux Publics headed notepaper sheet (Govt star and crescent watermark), detailing exam success of recipient of long brown envelope in previous Lot. Beautifully annotated with large violet delicate star/crescent departmental stamp | £18 |
| 182 | 1938, two large bilingual printed OHEMS brown envelopes of different sizes, showing two different OHEMS Registration labels – blue on green and black on red – during 1938. Cairo Delivery CDS behind | £6.80 |
| 183 | 1943, Bilingual OHMS long brown envelope, franked with five Official stamps totalling 32m, cancelled Orman 27 OC 43, with blue on green OHEMS Reg label, Official oval cachet and censor stamp on front Sent to Palestine, and Jerusalem arrival mark (faint) on reverse | £14.80 |
| 184 | 1957, Official high-value stamps on reverse of Air Mail registered official window envelope – 1938 20m plus 3x50m Officials, and 2x15m Defense, 2x50m mosque and 5m young fellah stamps. Good grouping | £6.60 |
| | Advertising material | |
| 185 | Mini-collection of seven covers and cards, all with colourful advertising designs (Galal Films, Al-Zamane factory, Norwich Union Societe l’Art Graphique etc), used 1940s, mainly with Farouk stamps | £28 |
| 186 | Pristine multicoloured advertising card (shop at left, camel and pyramids right) for “The Famous Onnig’s Jewelry in Khan Khalili”. Printed in Chicago! | £8.00 |
| 187 | 1912-1954, mini-collection of eight letters/receipts bearing beautifully engraved letterheads – Au Bon Marche, Oriental Carpets, School of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters, C.Raybaud, Fonderie Metallurgique, Jean Sallt Succ, E.Friedmann, J.Goldenberg. Striking | £9.60 |
| | Sea-related | |
| 188 | 1920, Postcard of Paquebot Lotus (M.M.) arriving at Alexandria. Message written in Marseille, sent from there 1 9 20. Interesting scene, though card has seen better days | £5.80 |
| 189 | 1934, piece of cover with four Second Fuad stamps (5m, 20mx2, 50m) and UPU 3m, all cancelled with Piroscafi Postale Italiano Ausonia | £8.80 |
| | Telegram forms | |
| 190 | Two different printings (1945, 1947) of colourful red/brown Camels and mosque” telegram form, both used in Shubra/Cairo, on 17 April and 20 July 1948 respectively | £6.80 |
| | Hotels | |
| 191 | 1895, Shepheard’s Hotel Type 1 (75%) on good clean 1pi postal stationery envelope (NP2) 6 MR 93 TIV addressed to Les Bois, Switzerland (arrival CDS behind 12 III 95) | £24 |
| 192 | 1905, incoming cover from Hull, franked 2 1/2d cancelled 383 duplex of FE 27 05, addressed to Grand Hotel Continental. Transit Caire and 90% Hotel CDS (Type 2) of 6 III 05 on reverse | £16 |
| 193 | 1905, 1889 2m postal stationery wrapper (NP2) addressed to Prussia Orientale with a near=perfect strike of Cooks office (Type 1) CDS of 15 V 05 T3 | £16 |
| 194 | 1910, 1889 1m postal stationery wrapper (NP1) addressed to Alexandria and furnished with an excellent Savoy Aswan (Type 1) CDS of 27 II 10. Very nice | £16 |
| 195 | 1912, incoming postcard (Roma – S.Pietro) from Italy to Thos Cook, Cairo, and redirected to Colombo. Two good strikes of Cooks Type 3 (incoming 1 V 12, outgoing next day), also Port Said, Cairo and Colombo. Card has horizontal fold ¾ of the way down | £24 |
| 196 | 1922, incoming cover from Paris (50c Sower, cancelled Paris 3 5 22), addressed to Works Director, Antiquities Service, at the Continental. Reverse hs Cairo machine transit and 65% Continental Type 5 of 10 V 22 | £12 |
| 197 | 1931, plain cover franked 20m Second Fuad, cancelled Winter Palace (Type 4) 24 XI 31 – 98% example alongside. Addressed to Lucerne, no backstamps | £16 |
| 198 | 1938, Continental-Savoy Cairo printed cover, franked Fuad Postes 15m and addressed (typed) to Canada. Cancelled with good clear Type 7 Hotel CDS (95% alongside) | £14 |
| 199 | 1938, Anglo-Egyptian Treaty set of three stamps on printed cover for Victoria Stamps of London, each neatly cancelled with (Cairo) / Cash / Continental Savoy Type12 cds of 22 DE 36 (First Day). Clean | £12 |
| 200 | 1942, Hotel Metropole, Alexandria, single-=page letter (two sides) on Hotel headed notepaper, dated 31 Oct 1942 and addressed “Mon cher Tony”… | £4.80 |
| 201 | 1944, plain cover franked 2m, 20m grey Boy King, cancelled Shepheard’s Type 8 of 27 JL 44 and addressed to Istanbul. Egyptian 54 censor mark and resealing label at right | £18 |
| 202 | 1956, First Day cover of Arab Scout Jamboree set, addressed to Mehanna Eid in Zamalek and sent from the Heliopolis Hotel with clear HR 2 CDS of 25.7.56 and Registration cachet alongside (No 88, one of only nine recorded). Apparently delivery difficult; several attempts recorded behind, proving that it travelled! | £120 |
| 203 | 1910-1955, two letters and two accounts all printed for the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, both accounts furnished with “Paid” receipts. Interesting | £8.60 |
| | Literature (buyer to pay postage costs) | |
| 204 | Zeheri Catalogue, 9th edition, 1972 (the last one!), good condition | £18 |
| | Revenues | |
| 205 | Mini-collection of 16 revenue stamped papers with albino (uncoloured) embossed image “waraka masriya”. Many different values represented – 2 qirsh, 3 qirsh (2), 38 (5), 42, 60, 80 200, 800, 4 groush, 8 groush, 10 groush. Five of the papers have watermarks – 1887, 1890, 1987, 1897 eagle crown, 1899. All these earlier than Feltus catalogue – a gem for the early stamped paper collector. | £48 |
| 206 | 1979-90, a Lot of 7 documents and receipts, all franked with different stamps of the Union of Syndicates for Theatrical and Cinematic Professions (Feltus pp 60, 95-97) including blocks of four and six and several pairs | £6.60 |
| | Military usage | |
| 207 | 1963, military cover (ms-endorsed bareed harby) sent unfranked from a soldier at El Arish camp to Helwan Hammamat (arrival CDS 5.6.63 behind). Face has red triangular and black octagonal military markings, both faint but undoubtedly there | £6.60 |
| | Suez stamps | |
| 208 | Four Suez Canal Co marginal blocks of four, unmounted mint, excellent appearance. Forgeries | £18 |
| | Revenues for Palestine (all documents all-Arabic) | |
| 209 | 1958, birth certificate issued in Rafah. Tax paid by 10m of Feltus’s Third Bilingual Issue (113, page 11, opt in black). Certificate (25x19cm) in poor condition but stamp and cancel fine | £9.00 |
| 210 | 1962, birth certificate issued in Gaza. Tax paid by 10m 1959 First Arabic Issue (Feltus 128, page 12, opt all Arabic in black). Two filing holes at top, otherwise clean document | £9.00 |
| 211 | 1967 certificate issued in Gaza, with three revenues – 20m (opt black) and 30m (opt red) of the 1962 Second Arabic Issue (Feltus 136-7, page 12) and 50m (opt red) of the Fourth Arabic Issue (Feltus 148, page 13). Document has suffered over the years, but still striking | £9.00 |
| 212 | 1967 certificate issued in Gaza, with 50m (opt red) of the Second Arabic Issue (Feltus 138, faulty), and 50m (opt red) of the Fourth Arabic Issue (Feltus 148). Handstamps include that of the Mukhtar of Jaffa City | £9.00 |
| 213 | 1967 Certificate issued in Gaza. Horiz strip of 3 and horiz pair of 10m (opt red) of Fourth Arabic Issue (Feltus 147, page 13). Document water-damaged, but stamps fine apart from minor fold | £9.00 |
| 214 | 1973, printed document used in Damietta. Array of 25 revenue stamps includes 5m (opt red) of Palestine First Arabic Issue (Feltus 127), together with Egyptian General Revenues: 5x20m (1964-72, Feltus 58) and 19x100m (Feltus 61). | £9.00 |
| | Palestine Resistance | |
| 215 | Three different Palestinian Resistance Al-Fatah labels, issued in 1968 | £6.60 |
| | Consular interest | |
| 216 | 1869, two black-border letters (one in mourning, the other seeking a job for a relative) written in French on paper headed Agence Consulaire de Belgique a Tanta but both written from Samanud. Dated 3 Feb and 26 April by Jean Kher and addressed to Count Zizinia, Consul, in Alex. Fascinating | £9.60 |
| | Air mail | |
| 217 | 1946, commercial registered cover franked horiz strip of 3x10m for Registration, cancelled Cairo / (R) / Par Avion 26 DE 46 (Sears page 167, nine years later than recorded). Itsa (Fayoum) and Fayum / R marks behind, undelivered, and returned to Cairo Delivery (on face) 17 JA 47 | £5.60 |
| | Stamps and FDCs | |
| 218 | 1884 Postage Dues – 2pi and 5pi rose-red fine used (SG 60-62, cat £52) | £25 |
| 219 | 1886 Postage Dues – 10pa and 2pi rose-red fine used (SG62,64, cat £15) | £6.00 |
| 220 | 1888 Postage Due – 2mills green and 1pi blue, fine used (SG66,68, cat £55) | £25 |
| 221 | 1946, Complete issue celebrating 80th anniversary of the first Egyptian stamp and Philatelic Exhibition – comprising four mint NH stamps and the two M/S, both perforated and imperforate, in mint condition (SG307-312, cat £171) | £75 |
| 222 | 1953, fine used complete first post-revolution definitive issue from 1m to £Ea, including the five redrawn agriculture stamps. Total 24 stamps (SG414-432) | £5.00 |
| 223 | 1959, fine used complete first UAR definitive issue from 1m to 500m. Total 17 stamps (SG603-619) | £4.00 |
| 224 | 1964, the last Palestine definitive issue, complete from 1m to 100m, mint NH. Thirteen stamps (SG 140-152) | £6.00 |
| 225 | 2002, attractive official year stamp folder containing 41 definitive and commemorative stamps and five M/S. Pristine condition | £13 |
| 226 | 2003, attractive official year stamp folder containing 43 definitive and commemorative stamps and two M/S in pristine condition | £13 |
| 227 | 2003, a collection of 15 different official First Day Covers in mint condition, bargain at 75p each | £11 |
| 228 | 2004, complete sets of the year’s commemorative issues, comprising 40 stamps and 5 M/S in pristine condition. Many high value | £11 |
| 229 | 2004, collection of 24 different First Day Covers of commemorative issues and miniature sheets. Bargain at 75p each | £18 |
| 230 | 2004, the latest stamp booklet, “Discover the Treasures of Egypt”, containing 30 stamps. Pristine condition | £14 |
| 231 | 2005, complete sets of all stamps and M/S issued in 2005, carefully mounted and exhibited by the official Philatelic Office in six very attractive and decorative display sheets. Scarce | £50 |
| 232 | 2005, collection of 30 different First Day Covers of commem and M/S issues. Pristine, bargain at 75p each | £22 |
| 233 | 2006, collection of ten different First Day Covers in pristine condition. Bargain at about 75p each | £7.60 |
| | TPO cancellations (in the following 36 Lots, the CDS is almost invariably more important than the cover as a whole, which may be of indifferent quality). | |
| 234 | 1895, Amb. Alexandrie-Caire 29 V 95 X (excellent strike of Type 3B1) as transit mark on 3m postal stationery card from Minet el Bassal (70%) via Alexandrie / A to Postal HQ in Cairo. | £5.00 |
| 235 | 1902, Ismailia-Caire, 22 X 02 (Type 8A7, seven bars; four months after Smith) as incoming strike on face of German postal stationery card addressed to German School in Cairo and beautifully cancelled Esslingen Bahnhof (ie Station) | £5.00 |
| 236 | 1905, Tamia-Edwa, 17 I 05 (Type 8A1, 60%, matching earliest recorded). Cancelling stamp (on face: Comptoir card: Fellahine et sa cruche) and info mark behind, with part-strike of a Beni Suef TPO and French arrival | £4.50 |
| 237 | 1906, Port-Said-Alexandria / T.P.O. 9 V 06 T1 (Type 5A1: Smith records only VI 06). 99% strike of this elusive marking on incoming card from France (5c stamps uncancelled). Excellent, elusive | £6.00 |
| 238 | 1910, Port Taufiq / T.P.O. 29 VI 10 (Type 5A2.1, Smith records no date though illustrates 1925). Excellent example incoming on French postcard (stamp lost) of Marseille complete with what looks remarkably like two feluccas off Fort Saint-Jean. Elusive | £5.00 |
| 239 | 1912, Mansura-Cairo / T.P.O. of 7 V 12 T.154 (Type 5A3; Smith gives no dates), beautiful strike cancelling 2m 1907 postal stationery card. Cairo arrival, filing holes | £5.00 |
| 240 | 1908, Port-Taufiq-Ismailia / T.P.O. 23 VII 08 T104 (Type 5A3), excellent if faint strike cancelling 2m DLR on face of Aroughetti Freres postcard (The Ophir passing through the Canal) addressed to France. Fine Port Said star and bridge transit mark behind | £5.00 |
| 241 | 1913, Maht Inshaq-Mansura 19 IX 13 T 12 (90%, 18 months later than Smith), just the more unusual of three Type 5A3 strikes on the reverse of a neat Arabic-addressed cover from Mit Fares (5m DLR) to Cairo. Others are Dumiat-Tanta (90%) and Alexandria-Cairo (small type, 85%) | £5.00 |
| 242 | 1914, Port Said-Alexandria / T.P.O. double-ring Type 5A3 dated 8 IV 14 T-4 (mini size, only 23mm, and five years later than Smith) as transit mark on incoming card (Buona Pasqua) from Ferrovia to Sporting Club, Alex. | £5.00 |
| 243 | 1916, Damanhur-Tanta / & V.V. double-ring 5 III 16 T.56 (Type 7A4, 12 months earlier than Smith). Excellent strike with some ink smudge outside the circle, on cut-down cover from Qutur to Tanta. 5m Sphinx and Qutur CDS remain | £5.00 |
| 244 | 1916, Qallin-Sherbin / & V.V. 23 OC 16 T-136 (Type 7A3, compare next for spelling and month indicator), 65% strike in grey-black on 5m Sphinx. Info strike over stained pinhole on Arabic-addressed cover (flap gone) to Cairo | £4.50 |
| 245 | 1918, Qallin-Shirbin / & V.V. 20 XII 18 T-136, 80% strike (Type 7A3), over 5m stamp and part of address, on cut-down letter franked 5m DLR to Tanta: arrival on reverse next day, overlying Damanhur-Tanta / TPO (Type 5A3, five years later than Smith) | £4.50 |
| 246 | 1919, Mina el Qamh-Sahraght / & V.V. 2 NO 19 T-57 (Type 7A3, Smith records only Dec ’20), 70% strike but some Arabic lost off edge of 3m ps card Arabic-addressed to Alex. Three good strikes on reverse include Mina el Qamh and Ismailia-Banha / & V.V. (recorded 1915-18, 70% strike) | £5.00 |
| 247 | 1920, Mansura-Dumiat / & V.V. / T.P.O. 4 JU 20 T-13 (Type 6A2, recorded only 1916), cancelling vignette on 3m postal stationery card. Fariskur and Alex/X markings also on face | £5.00 |
| 248 | 1920, Mansura-Mataria / & V.V. 13 VIII 20 T2 (Type 7A3 unrecorded by Smith, though return journey is! See 1928 below). Near-perfect strike cancelling 3m 1917 postal stationery card Arabic-addressed to Alex (arrival mark). Filing holes | £6.00 |
| 249 | 1920, Tanta / T.P.O. 13 XII 20 T.54 (unrecorded type, most like 5A1, but single town name above and sayaara in brackets below date-line). Clear 100% transit strike on reverse of 3m postal stationery card from Bilqas to Alex. Filing holes well clear. | £6.00 |
| 250 | 1923, Abu Kibir-Salhia & V.V. /T.P.O. 11 AP 23 T-194 (Type 6A1, clear 98% strike on vignette of 3m postal stationery card Arabic-addressed to Alex ( Cairo-Mansura TPO behind. Filing holes touches card vignette | £4.50 |
| 251 | 1923, Cairo-Asyut & V.V. / T.P.O. 1 JU 23 T-89 (Type 6A1, six months later than Smith). Fine strike just overlaid by Alex transit on 3m postal stationery card from Farshut (filing hole through F. | £5.00 |
| 252 | 1925, near-perfect strike of T.P.O. 24 / Cairo / E (Type 5C1.1) dated 20 JU 25 (clearly 30mm dm, larger of Smith’s two types), on folded letter in French from Mixed Courts, a blank part of which must have disappeared | £5.00 |
| 253 | 1926, Shirbin-Qallin & V.V. / T.P.O. 12 MR 26 T-215 (Type 6A1, recorded only JL ’24) as transit mark (55%) on 3m postal stationery card from clear Biala to Mansura via part-strike Dumiat-Tanta TPO | £?? |
| 254 | 1926, Fayum-Wasta-Abuksa / & V.V. 11 AP 26 T-147 (see next), info strike 65% (another on 5m First Fouad), Type 7A3.4, unrecorded by Smith. Arabic-addressed cover to Minya (poor arrival behind) | £6.00 |
| 255 | 1928, Fayum / Wasta-Abuksa / & V.V. 25 SE 28 T-147, 85% and a type unrecorded by Smith, though similar to 7A3.6. Transit mark on Arabic-addressed cover from Abuksa (excellent info mark) to Cairo | £6.00 |
| 256 | 1929, Samanud-Birket el Sab / & V.V. (type 7A3, unrecorded), cancelling 5m Second Fuad on Arabic-addressed cover to Azhar. Info strike alongside is 70%; three muddled strikes behind | £6.00 |
| 257 | 1928, Mataria-Mansura / & V.V. 28 NO 28 T-10 (see 1920 above), Type 7A3.4, unrecorded by Smith, 90% transit mark on folded letter (franked 2m) from Abu Hummus to Cairo | £6.00 |
| 258 | 1930, Kafr el Sheikh-Basyun Regulator / & V. V. 14 OC 30 T-76, 70% strike. Type 7A3, but seven years after Smith records. Most unusual marking, twice on folded letter, inc cancelling 2x1m Second Fuad which sealed the letter. Arrival marking of Shin (60%) same day | £4.50 |
| 259 | 1933, Fayum / T.P.O. 6 FE 33 T-141 (Type 5A2.4, recorded only XII ’34), beautiful 100% strike as transit on Arabic-addressed cover from Sanhur el Qiblia (rare village marking, 80%) to Azhar | £6.00 |
| 260 | 1934, Bani Suef-Lahun / & V.V. / T.P.O. dated 8 JU 34 (Type 6A1.2, unrecorded by Smith except in index). Rare marking, here 60% on front of clean brown OHEMS env Arabic-addressed Cairo. 5m Second Fuad and Cairo machine mark on reverse | £6.00 |
| 261 | 1934, Caire-Minya / & V.V. of 13 NO 34 T-167 (Type 7A3.4, unrecorded, and surprisingly late use of “French” Caire). Excellent 90% info strike in blue-green (another cancels 5m Second Fuad) in Arabic-addressed covert to Cairo | £6.00 |
| 262 | 1935, T.P.O. / Shabrakhit-Damanhur / & V.V. (unrecorded, Type 6A1.4), 85% transit strike on folded report sheet from Shabrakhit (franked 2m Second Fuad) ) via Damanhur to Cairo | £6.00 |
| 263 | 1936, & V.V. / Tanta-Zaqaziq 15 NO 36 T-226, Type 7A3.7, unrecorded by Smith. Info strike (75%) and canceller on Arabic-addressed cover (re-addressed? and poor strikes behind | £6.00 |
| 264 | 1937, Abu Kibir-Salhia / T.P.O. / No 2 of 22 MR 37 (Type 5E1.1, 30 months later than Smith), 75% info strike on Arabic-addressed cover. Reverse has two more TPOs, Cairo-Alex / & V.V. (7A3.4) and Kafr el Dawar / Abu el Matamir / & V.V. (7A3.5, unrecorded, but not very clear) | £6.00 |
| 265 | 1939, Damanhur / Abu el Matamir / & V.V. 8 MA 31 T-91 (unrecorded by Smith, but most like Type 7A3.5), three strikes (best 75%) on folded printed sheet sealed by 2x1m Boy King, never opened. | £6.00 |
| 266 | 1941, Mansura / Mit Ghamr / & V.V. 24 MR 41 T.17 (99%, as Type 7A3.5, but Arabic all in one straight line in upper half), as transit on folded sheet “franked” with Official oval from Mansura | £6.00 |
| 267 | 1946, & V.V. / Alexandria-Abu Qir 5 NO 46 T-239 (unrecorded by Smith, most like Type 7A3.7). Strikes on 10m and alongside (65%) on Arabic-addressed to Kasfareet(?) | £6.00 |
| 268 | 1947, & V.V. / Tanta-Dumiat of 7 DE 47 T-58 (unrecorded by Smith, though he has Damiat-Tanta for 1932-34. Cancelling 10m and info strike (60%) on Arabic-addressed cover to Cairo | £6.00 |
| 269 | 1952/53?, Tanta / T.P.O. 25 FE year unclear (Type 5A2.4, 1938-1952 but elusive): 60% cancel on 10m and info strike of neat cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo | £4.50 |
| | TPO cancels - accumulations | |
| 270 | Group of 25 Egyptian postal stationery postcards, all used internally, date range 1897-1942, many written in Arabic, many file-holed, but all with Egypt TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £25 |
| 271 | Group of 25 mainly picture postcards, about one third of them incoming, date range 1892-1940, all with Egyptian TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £20 |
| 272 | Group of 25 folded letters, many using stamps to seal, all used internally, date range 1919-1942, many written in Arabic, but all with Egyptian TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £20 |
| 273 | Group of 24 items, mainly covers but a couple of cards and ps items, all used internally, mainly 1940s, all with TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £20 |
| 274 | Another group as last | £20 |
| | Officials | |
| 275 | 1912, OHHS bilingual envelope, cut down at right, Arabic-addressed to Cairo and franked with 1907 5m DLR OHHS opt (SG O76) and No-Value Official, cancelled Zagazig / G of 16 XII 12. Indistinct Cairo backstamp next day | £18 |
| 276 | 1955, long Official brown envelope franked with 4x10m + 2m Service de l’Etat plus vertical pair of 10m Defense to cover registered postage to Stockholm – franked with unclear Ministry of Education pmk 9 MA 55 with Aerodrome Du Caire behind. Letter in French/English copies thanking Swedes for taking part in Egyptian Education exhibition, but covered with Swedish Retour and Address Insufficient handstamps. File holes | £12 |
| | Interpostal resealing | |
| 277 | 1881. Letter from clear duplex London SE, 4 MR 81, sealed with wax seal of Albion Ironworks and addressed Via Brindisi to Administration of Khedivial Paquebots in Alexandria, franked 2 ½ d Victoria (SG 157). Unclear Alex / Arrivee behind of 17 March, but cover apparently opened in error and resealed with three copies of small embossed blue on white Gabinetto del Direttore Generale Interpostal (Kehr 378B. Type VIA). Not tied, but astonishingly endorsed alongside: ”Opened and resealed by ..? (initials) / 17/3”. Very very rare. | £225 |
| | British Occupation of Turkey | |
| 278 | 1921, small buff envelope, roughly opened at left, Arabic-addressed to Cairo. Franked at bottom left with internal marginal 7 ½ piastres on 5d George V British Levant surcharge (SG 62), CDS of British PO, Constantinople, 25 OC 21. Much scribbled reverse carries smudged Qubba Bridge / Cairo arrival of 5 XI 21. Unusual | £10 |
| | Postal history | |
| 279 | 1880, neat grey envelope Arabic-addressed with bduh to Cairo and franked 1pi rose, cancelled with first Alexandria duplex (Smith Type VII-1, heavily struck but clear of TIII / Sep 5 / 80. Cairo / Arrivee behind same day | £30 |
| 280 | 1881, neat fawn envelope, fragile and card-strengthened, Arabic-addressed with bduh and franked 2pi orange DLR. Clear strike of Alexandrie / Recommandes 21 AV 81 (Reg-8), flap and any arrival lost | £14 |
| 281 | 1882, neat small brown-orange envelope, franked 1pi rose and cancelled with clear Alexandrie / Depart cds of 11 JA 82 (V.Ferares company oval on front). Alex-Cai TPO backstamp damaged with loss of part-flap. Clean | £12 |
| 282 | 1882, neat small grey envelope, franked 1pi rose and cancelled with 85% rare Alexandria / Station / A duplex (Sta-8) of 31 DE 82. Clear Caire / Arrivee CDS behind same day | £18 |
| 283 | 1886, white envelope franked vertical pair of 1pi blue to cover Registration (upright handstamp) from Fayoum (excellent double-ring CDS of 5 XII 86 T1) to Cairo (neat Caire.A / Recommandes Arrivee same day behind) | £10 |
| 284 | 1894, neat small grey cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked behind with 5m DLR and posted from Kena 28 VIII 94 (strikes back and front). Caire / A strike alongside two days later! | £12 |
| 285 | 1899, front only of cover from Helouan 3 II 99, franked 5m DLR for Surrey. Boxed T alongside and 12 ½ in blue pencil. Handstamp 2 ½ d F.B. struck on arrival | £6.00 |
| 286 | 1900, small white cover franked horiz pair of 5m DLR from Minia 12 JU 00 for Chio, Turquie. Faint Alex transit behind, then Turkish Smyrne CDS in green (17 June) and faint Chio arrival. Interesting | £12 |
| 287 | 1904, clean white printed cover of Societe Cooperative du Personnel du Canal de Suez / a Port-Tewfick, franked (bottom left) with horiz pair of 5m DLR for Emmenthal, Switzerland. Good Port-Tewfik strike 27 VII 04, part Alex and excellent Stalden-Station / Emmenthal double-ring of 3 VIII 04 behind. Neat cover | £14 |
| 288 | 1910, Blue Credit Foncier printed envelope, franked (bottom left) with 1pi blue for Registration (Red on white Cairo label). CDS Cairo / R 23 XII 10, perfect Qina / R/ P on Christmas Day behind. Undelivered, boxed Unclaimed behind and neat and most unusual boxed Rebut a Remettre / A l’Envoyeur / Qena on face. | £16 |
| 289 | 1911, white printed envelope of Pressley Memorial Institute / American Mission / Assiut, franked 1m DLR and posted, presumably unsealed, within Assiut. Unclear CDS 28 XII 11 | £5.00 |
| 290 | 1912, buff envelope colourfully franked with 1m, 2x2m and 5m DLR for Registration. Arabic-addressed and roughly opened at top. Akhmim (faint Reg cachet) 7 VI 12 to Cairo (arrival behind) | £5.00 |
| | Dues on cover | |
| 291 | 1896, small fawn cover, roughly opened at left, apparently posted unfranked (from overseas?) and Arabic-addressed. Port Said double-ring CDs 16 XII 96 X; and Caire / A same day T VII on reverse. Face has a large T in circle handstamp, overlaid by Caire / A cancelling 2pi orange Due and dated 26 XII 96 TX. Unusual | £12 |
| 292 | 1902, off-white envelope, bilingually addressed with bduh to Alex, Cairo 26 IX 02 CDS on face. No definitives, but all of the reverse covered by block of 30 2m Dues, with a further 16 copies overlapping the top three sides. What is it? Contents remain, impossible to remove, stuck inside cover. | £10 |
| 293 | 1926, incoming letter from France franked 1fr, Alex machine arrival behind 10 FEB 26, no deficiency markings, but 2m scarlet and 4m green (creased) 1921 Dues cancelled Alex/ Foreign Traffic 11.2.26 | £6.00 |
| 294 | 1928, Arabic-addressed cover, unfranked, posted from Cairo / M 23 AU 28, attracted boxed T and 10m 1927 due, cancelled by Cairo / H perhaps same day (indistinct cancel). All on face | £5.00 |
| 295 | 1932, incoming small printed commercial envelope from Kutch, India, flap and Indian stamps lost. Addressed Credit Foncier, Cairo, hexagonal T / Cts / 5 at top right, 8m 1927 Due affixed on face and cancelled 5 MR 32 | £5.00 |
| 296 | 1954? small cover posted unfranked in Mahalla to Cairo. 2x10m 1927-56 Dues behind. CDSs unclear | £4.00 |
| 297 | 1954, postcard from Greece to Alex unfranked, Greek handstamp and Arabic working-out of 45m due. 30m KES opt, 8m KES opt and 6m Dues (ie 44m) applied in Alex 26 AU 54. Good looking | £8.00 |
| | Mixed bag | |
| 298 | 40 Egypt-UK covers, letter size to A4, mid-Nineties virtually up to date, all franked with machine franks | £5.00 |
| 299 | 225 Egypt-UK covers, mid-Nineties virtually up to date, all sizes, all with stamps, a vast and colourful mixture of then-current definitives, commems, miniature sheets: in singles, pairs, blocks, just as received | £25 |
| 300 | 70 Egypt-UK covers once containing A4 newspaper by Air Mail, appx 1997-2000, all with stamps, a vast and colourful array of mainly definitives, up to £E2, occasional commem, occasional miniature sheet: stamps curiously often uncancelled | £12 |
| 301 | 425 UK-UK covers, mainly addressed over the last 3-4 years to one of the world’s greatest newspapers, mainly stamped, mainly selected for commem or Machin or postmark interest. Something to sift…. | £7.00 |
| 302 | Just short of 600 worldwide covers, mainly addressed over the last 3-4 years to ESC officers or one of the world’s greatest newspapers, virtually all with stamps and selected on the basis of colourful interest. No Egypt except by accident. Much to sift…. | £14 |
| 303 | Mass of stamps on piece, about half and half GB and worldwide, collected over the past four years or so. Weight about 1 3/4 lb (850gm) | £5.00 |
| | 1959, Printing experiment. First use of Postal Printing House’s new press. As United Arab States issue (SG593, NP219) but with “Printing Experiment” scroll at base. Perforated and watermarked | |
| 304 | Vermilion | £4.00 |
| 305 | Purple | £4.00 |
| 306 | Blue | £4.00 |
| 307 | Steel Blue | £4.00 |
| 308 | Rose red | £4.00 |
| | Perforated, no wmk | |
| 309 | Olive | £4.00 |
| 310 | Rose red | £4.00 |
| 311 | Bright blue | £4.00 |
| | Experimental essays | |
| 312 | 1960/1970? Experimental essay by Postal Authority Press: horizontal pair of vertical design showing face in mosaic in blue, with Arabic inscription “experiment without value” reversed at base, unwatermarked. Mint NH | £16 |
| 313 | Single, as last | £8.00 |
| | Mubarak Essays. 1980s series of essays prepared by the Postal Authority Press for a portrait stamp of President Hosni
Mubarak, printed by photogravure on gummed paper and perf 11x11 ½. No value, no inscription, never issued. NP 549 (p 71).
illustrated as a group | |
| 314 | Multicolour horiz pair, all colours present | £10 |
| 315 | As last, horizontal pair, imperf all round | £10 |
| 316 | As first, red and perf shifted 1mm to left | £10 |
| 317 | Horiz pair in blue only, perf shifted 2mm right | £10 |
| 318 | Horiz pair in orange, perf shifted 5mm left | £10 |
| 319 | Imperf single, printed in yellow only | £5.00 |
| 320 | Another as last | £5.00 |
| | Recent booklet | |
| 321 | 2004 (Jan 22), Egypt’s latest booklet – colourful “Treasures of Egypt” booklet with 30 stamps over four pages, including £E5 (Sphinx), £E5 (Nefertiti) and £E10 gold stamp (Tutankhamun). Mint, pristine | £11 |
| 322 | Another, as last | £11 |
| | Variety | |
| 323 | 1993 80p Air Mail stamp (SG1874, NP118), left marginal horiz pair with selvage, UMM, with gold badly misplaced 3mm to left, leaving Tutankhamun funerary mask with two beards. Striking error | £10 |
| | Paquebot | |
| 324 | 11.3.91, cover with Dutch 75c stamp, addressed to California, cancelled with two strikes of recent Paquebot/boxed date/Port Said CDS. Cairo APT/RCT2 CDs alongside, with handstamps of M/V Conti Finlandia and Capt J J Haanstra. Clean, neat | £3.00 |
| 325 | (date unclear) cover with GB Machin 10 1/2p, addressed to California with two strikes of Paquebot (date bridge) Port-Said (Type O-4.5). Handstamps alongside are Posted at sea aboard / P&O SS Canberra and S.S. Canberra / Paquebot / Mail, together with details of ship’s tonnage | £3.00 |
| | Maritime Postcards | |
| 326 | Spanish colour card showing Egyptian Coastguard vessel El Amir Farouq steaming to left with green/white stars and crescent flag at stern and enlarged above. Vessel details printed on reverse. Mint | £3.00 |
| 327 | Chinese colour card showing Egyptian Navy Ramadan-class missile boat, strikingly steaming head-on, pictured from above. Apparently built in UK early 1980s, armed with Otomat SSMs. Mint, pristine clean | £3.00 |
| | Israel reply coupon - Gaza | |
| 328 | International reply coupon for Israel, surcharge increasing value from 45 to 300 pruta, perfect clean strike of Israeli Gaza 3 dated 1.1.57. Excellent condition | £3.00 |
| | Crown opts used as fiscals | |
| 329 | Neat letter in English on Eg Govt wmk paper (1915-1917) from a teacher, A D D Bonner, seeking permission from Headmaster of Mansura Secondary School to give private extra lessons. 3pt tax paid by horizontal pair of 15m Crown opts (milliemat), neatly cancelled with indelible pencil X | £8.00 |
| | Municipal tax | |
| 330 | 10m black on pink Alexandria Municipal tax stamp on fragment, cancelled by part-strike of an oval hs. Unusual | £3.00 |
| | Mazar (Sinai) | |
| 331 | Unaddressed envelope bearing tabbed 5pr and 20pr Israeli coin stamps of 1950-54 issue, both cancelled with apparent Registration cachet of Mazar (Sinai) – see QC 213,217 – dated 4-11-56. A curiosity | £4.00 |
| 332 | Fragment bearing embossed 20para vignette and 10para Turkish stamp, apparently cancelled with CDS of Bir ul-Mazar dated 4 7 1333 AH (ie, May 19, 1915). See QC 217. A curiosity | £4.00 |
| | Sinai in the First World War | |
| 333 | How Egypt was defended from the Turco-German Menace, Part 97 of H H Wilson’s partwork, The Great War, published as a 10in x 13in booklet, pages 453-476 with cover photo of General Sir George Younghusband, commander of Indian and British Forces in Egypt.. Comprehensive detail, packed with maps and many many unusual photographs. Fascinating | £4.00 |
| | Banknote catalogues | |
| 334 | Encyclopaedia and Catalogue of Egyptian Money: The Egyptian Banknote, by Magdy Hanafy, 2004. Beautifully published and comprehensive first volume detailing all Egyptian banknotes between 25pi and £E100. 350pp, coloured illustrations throughout, bilingual Arabic and perfect English, a MUST for all note collectors. Mint | £18 |
| 335 | Companion volume to the last, published in 2005, detailing the 5pi and 10pi notes. 160pp, a staggering work of scholarship, beautifully executed | £9.00 |
| | Postage Dues | |
| 336 | 25 XI 01, b-w postcard (Phylae), unfranked Alex/D to Zagazig. Boxed T, but no due – because addressed to “Mr Camel Mansur, Agent Postal, Zagazig”? Purple handstamps EGYPTE and ALEXANDRIE: why? | £3.00 |
| 337 | 30 IV 13, coloured card (Alexandrie – Jardin public) sent to London franked strip of 3x1m DLR from Alex. Two strikes of small boxed T,5.C. (which country?), but no due raised in UK | £3.00 |
| 338 | 25 X 13, coloured card (Suez – Palmier a la Fontaine de Moise), franked 2m DLR for UK, cancelled Suez with Alexandria / A alongside and boxed T / 10.C., but no due raised in England. Neat | £3.00 |
| 339 | 28 MR 19, coloured card (Port Said – Jardin de Lesseps), franked 2m DLR pictorial for UK, boxed T/05 alongside, but no due raised in UK | £3.00 |
| 340 | 5 JL 23, b-w card (Egyptian Types – Native Girl), franked 5m First Fuad for London, from Abu Qir. Boxed T alongside, no due raised in UK | £3.00 |
| 341 | 11 SE 23, cover to US franked 15m in six Second Fuad stamps from Maadi, boxed T in Egypt, two NY strikes indicating Due 6c, but no due apparently raised. Interesting | £5.00 |
| 342 | 2 AP 34, colour card (Cairo – Merchants of grass), franked 5m Boy King for Brighton, boxed T and 1 1/2d I.S./ I alongside; and 1d and 1/2d Dues cancelled Brighton at top centre, avoiding message | £7.00 |
| 343 | 23 AP 38, blue incoming envelope, franked KG VI 1 1/2d from Glasgow. Cairo machine cancel, plus double-sided machine putting a hexagonal T marking on face, and message on reverse: Please advise sender that / letters should be prepaid / 1 1/2d for each HALF ounce. Black “30” mark on face, but no due raised | £5.00 |
| 344 | 22 V 38, commercial env (flag logo on flap) addressed to Hull, cancelled 20m Leprosy Congress and sent from Alexandria / Dep. 3. Validity of the commem had ceased two days before, so boxed T alongside uncancelled stamp. No due raised in UK | £7.00 |
| 345 | 15 DE 39, Printed commercial cover for Manchester, 30m Air + 5m Boy King, Air Mail label, from Alex, with pencilled T and large rough cork(?) obliteration. Beautiful double-ring M1 censor hs in purple (Andrews 4.d.1) | £6.00 |
| 346 | 13 10 61, UK 3d QEII letter-sheet misused from Port-Said / T (2) to Scotland. Boxed T alongside, and green boxed “9d To Pay/ Posted / Unpaid” handstamp on arrival. 4d and 5d UK Dues neatly affixed top centre and cancelled Greenock 16 JA 62. Neat, striking | £9.00 |
| | Definitives used as fiscals | |
| 347 | 1901, Arabic handwritten document on lined paper with stars/crescent Govt watermark (21x19cm), from a small village near Korosko (Nubia), certifying to the suitability of a woman to act as a midwife. Signed and authenticated with five intaglio seals, tax paid by 3x2 block 5m DLR at top left, all pen-Cancelled. Top left stamp has pinholes from filing, remarkable | £20 |
| | Definitives used as fiscals – booklet panes | |
| 348 | 21 Oct 1931, Arabic handwritten letter 1929 Govt wmk (Arabic; star/crescent) paper (212x170mm) from teacher seeking permission to give extra English lessons out of school hours. Tax paid with booklet pane of Second Fuad 5m, neatly obliterated by oval school handstamp in violet. File holes, fine usage | £8.00 |
| 349 | As last, letter (lined paper, 19x21.5cm) written in English October 6 (1927?), seeking permission to give extra lessons at another school in the Asyut area. Tax paid with Second Fuad 5m booklet pane, cancelled with school oval stamp and comprehensively with pencil X. File holes again | £8.00 |
| 350 | 29 Nov 1930, as last, letter in French (Govt crescent and star wmk paper, 21x30cm) with tax-paying Second Fuad 5m booklet pane cancelled with red pencil Xs: seeking permission to give extra lessons at a nearby school. Single word in bottom left corner: Approved. | £8.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 351 | 1946, 4m Marechal business card envelope (NP 37). Absolutely post-office fresh (sl pencil marks behind) | £6.00 |
| 352 | 1946, 4m Marechal envelope as last, but with filigree design inside (NP 39, wmk, diagonal, inverted and reversed), Arabic-addressed and used from Qina to Qus. Scarcest of all Eg envelopes, the only PS item with the Crown and Arabic F wmk. Extremely fresh | £22 |
| | Recent correspondence | |
| 353 | Accumulation of 36 modern covers, 1997-2002, mainly long, some window, split between stamped and machine-cancelled, all arriving in Cairo. Something to search… | £6.00 |
| | Illustrated London News graphics | |
| 354 | The Nile Expedition: General Lord Wolseley trying his camel on the Shoubrah Road, Cairo. Half of front page, Oct 11 1884 (Kassala, Soudan is lower third) | £2.50 |
| 355 | En Route to Souakim: Sketches by our Special Artist. Full front page, Jan 10 1884. Half-column on Egypt behind | £2.50 |
| 356 | Pyramids of Meroe (General Gordon’s Route) with portraits of Captain Forester Walker, Admiral Sir W Hewett and Dr Armand Leslie and obituary of Leslie, killed in Sudan. Full page, Feb 23 1884 | £2.50 |
| 357 | Sketches by an Officer of the Nile Expedition: At the Second Cataract. Full front page, No 1 1884 | £2.50 |
| 358 | City of Pigeons, near Cairo; Island of Elephantine; Inside the Enemy’s Batter, El Teb – three illustrations forming full page. Mar 29 1884 | £2.50 |
| 359 | The Excavations – Pithom-Succoth, a Buried City of the Exodus (ie Tell el Mashkutah) – three illustrations forming a full page. Aug 4 1883 | £2.00 |
| 360 | New Lighthouse on the Brothers Rocks, Red Sea – 1/3 of a page, with paragraph of explanation behind. Sept 22 1883 | £2.00 |
| 361 | Khedive and Duke of Connaught salute the Holy Carpet; and scene of chaos as it reaches the railway station. Text between the two. Oct 28 1882 | £2.00 |
| 362 | The Suez Canal – three-page supplement to issue of July 21 1883: maps (inc Port Said and Suez), De Lesseps, Lake Menzaleh, Pelusium, and a page of text. Slight damage | £3.00 |
| 363 | The Nile Expedition: Shellal, and (much larger), General View of Korosko – together 2/3 of a page Nov 22 1884 | £2.50 |
| 364 | Double-page spread on General View of Wady Halfa, from the Hospital Buildings – striking. Lower half is two (damaged) illustrations of the road to Dongola. Dec 27 1884 | £2.50 |
| | Other graphics | |
| 365 | Eleven double-sided pages from Voyage Illustre dans le Cinq Parties du Monde dealing in French with Egypt and the Middle East, including 38 drawings of Egypt ancient and contemporary (ie 1880s?). These include Mohamed Ali, Ibrahim Pacha and (full length) Soliman Pacha (Colonel Selves). Interesting | £7.00 |
| 366 | The Graphic: full page with four drawings of “Sport in Egypt – a Ladies’ paper chase on Donkeys”. May 9 1891 | £2.00 |
| 367 | The Sphere March 8 1908 – glorious double-page spread of flooded Philae temple, crammed with tourist boats. Striking scene. One of outer pages has two photographs: “How the Indian Soldier Travels” | £2.00 |
| | American University in Cairo | |
| 368 | Various student publications – one bound copy of The Bore (May 1937), two of the AUC Review (Feb and Apr 1937), and 12 copies of bilingual Campus Caravan (incorporating The Bore and AUC Review), dated between October 1937 and May 1938). Fascinating glimpse into the minutiae of university life between the wars | £8.00 |
| | American Mission College for Girls | |
| 369 | 25 copies of The Cartouche, student publication of the Cairo college, dated between January 1930 and June 1934. full of local goings-on and reflections on wider Egyptian affairs of the day. Fascinating | £8.00 |
| | Palestine | |
| 370 | Palestine 1947 registered envelope, Jerusalem to London | £2.00 |
| | Army stamps | |
| 371 | Corner pair with selvedges, mint (no gum) of SG A3 Christmas seal. Very nice looking | £10 |
| | Perfins | |
| 372 | (17) 4 different and 1 Post Card with 3 proclamation 1m and 5m perfins (VC and G) | £3.00 |
| | Sudan | |
| 373 | December 1931 First Flight Khartoum to Cape Town. Johannesburg transit mark/receiver. First Flight cachet. 4 + 1/2 piastre stamp. Vertical crease does not detract (well, slightly). | £20 |
| | Official | |
| 374 | 1944 OHMS brown envelope to Belfast with 17 mills Official stamps (2x1m, 5m, 10m). Not immaculate, but OK | £3.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 375 | 14 mint nineteenth-century postal stationery items | £3.00 |
| 376 | Stationery cover from F C Baines, Alexandria, 1907, to Rue Pillot, Roubaix, France, via Naples and SS Schleswig with Roubaix receiver | £3.00 |
| | Davis….. | |
| 377 | Envelope, 5m reddish-brown, H&G 28, unused, pristine | £30 |
| 378 | Envelope H&G6 uprated 5m (SG 63d) to pay registration fee, cachet R327 applied at Ausim 8 Oct 1910 to Giza Succursal with next-day receiver on back. Very clear postmarks and cachet. Unusual village registration mark | £6.00 |
| | Boy King – Royal perfs | |
| 379 | Misperforations – one of each of the original values, 1m,2m,3m,5m,15m and 20m, six values in all | £20 |
| | Airmails | |
| 380 | 9 JU 1942 air cover to Leeds franked 2m,15m and 30m Boy King cancelled Port Said Traffic with civil censor and air mail etiquette. Cairo roller on reverse. Colourful | £2.00 |
| 381 | Similar to last, to same addressee, franked 1m,6m and 40m Boy King cancelled Port Said Traffic 30 AU 1942 | £1.50 |
| 382 | Incoming to Cairo 24.2.28 air cover from Basra flown Baghdad-Cairo route franked 2x1 anna Iraq. Cairo receiver 26.2.28 on back | £5.00 |
| 383 | Incoming Imperial Airways printed cover registered at Bodmin 26 FE 31 franked 2 x GV 4d green to Alexandria and redirected to Minya with 2 Alex transits and Minya 7 MR 31 receiver on back | £15 |
| 384 | Incoming 1932 Imperial Airways Springbok cover franked South Africa 2d and pair of 4s airmails cancelled Pietersburg to Aswan with Caire Par Avion 12.2.32 and next-day Aswan receiver on back. Creases well away from the stamps | £15 |
| 385 | Incoming Qantas kangaroo air cover Brisbane to Alex franked Australian George V 1d green and 1/6d 2 globes and Mercury cancelled Brisbane 7 DEC 1934. Caire Par Avion cds and Alex receiver on back | £15 |
| | Maritime | |
| 386 | George V 1d Mackennal cancelled boxed PAQUEBOT and Port Said cds 25 X 11 to London. Clean | £5.00 |
| | Meter marks | |
| 387 | Modern registered cover with meter mark 27.4.95 incorporating OUTGOING REGISTRY POST AR EGYPT (the right hand side of the mark is as Type 7 Nile Hilton), franked 155m. Unusual. And another cover with different meter mark franked 260m to UK | £1.50 |
| | British Forces | |
| 388 | Christmas seal (1932), black on azure, SG A3, mounted mint with slight thin not noticeable from front | £12 |
| 389 | Christmas seal (1932), black on azure, SG A3, cancelled black retta on reverse of cover, posted EPP 4 in red with MPO Cairo on front. To London, difficult to find on cover | £85 |
| | Israel | |
| 390 | Accumulation of modern covers and cards, eight in all | £3.00 |
| | Aden | |
| 391 | Three pages of George VI comprising SG16 to 23A including both shades of the 1/2 anna green, the two Victory stamps, all lightly mounted mint, plus six values from the George VI issue, 1/2a, 3/4a, 1a, 2a, 8a and 14a, all fine used, cat. £16 plus, all nicely written up on FG Graduate sheets. | £6.00 |
| | Quaiti State in Hadhramaut | |
| 392 | The complete set of 12, SG 29 to 40 of this state within a state, all lightly mounted mint, currently cat. £17, beautifully written up on FG Graduate sheet. | £6.00 |
| | Egypt | |
| 393 | Medical: a large block of 32 x 5 milliemes ‘charity’ stamps (not too large to mount on a standard page), with five oval purple handstamps on the reverse (in Arabic)1 otherwise unmounted mint. The stamps were used to raise money for an anti-Tuberculosis campaign. | £12 |
| 394 | Postal history: a commercial (ad in Arabic) registered? internal cover posted 13.3.71 at Magheb Pasha, (Alexandria) R.P. franked 20m yellow-olive SG 777 (Mitwalli Gate, Cairo) and 35m SG779 (Nefertari as Isis) to Alexandria. Two backstamps, attractive | £2.50 |
| 395 | Circulated club books: three plus some loose pages, priced to sell at well over £120 net including French Post Offices – must be some good pickings. | £20 |
| 396 | Dopo la Partenza 20 paras blue SG 30 overprinted Dopo la Partenza in red and subsequently cancelled across the corner in black: stamp slightly creased not apparent from the front. Attractive and scarce | £10 |
| | French Post Offices in Egypt | |
| 397 | Alexandrie: 5 Francs ‘Empire Lauré’ with full strike 5080 ‘gros chiffres’. Stamp has some minor faults: 1mm tear and some creasing flattened out, but still remarkable condition (cv Dallay 2007 € 1100!) | £135 |
| 398 | Alexandrie: Postage due NP FPD1-5** UM in gutter pairs with millésimes. Scarce set, cv. Dallay 2007: €670 | £100 |
| 399 | Alexandrie: SG nrs 19, 19a, 20, 22 in UM gutter pairs with millésimes (cv Dallay € 117) | £18 |
| 400 | Alexandrie: SG 28 UM gutter pair with millésime 2 (cv Dallay € 55) | £ 9.00 |
| 401 | Alexandrie: SG 55 in UM gutter pair with millésime 4 (cv Dallay € 275) | £45 |
| 402 | Alexandrie: NP FPO 33 in horiz. pair with 33a SG38 + 38a; £100), VF mint | £30 |
| 403 | Alexandrie: NP FPO45a (SG50a £500) VF mint, signé Brun | £150 |
| 404 | Alexandrie: horiz. pair NP FPO71+71c UM | £15 |
| 405 | Caire: small cover franked 40c Empire dentelé cancelled 5119 gros chiffres + (bit weak) cds LE CAIRE –Bau FRANÇAIS. TPO Marseille-Lyon and arrival Paris on back. Back flap torn and repaired. (cv Dallay € 550) | £75 |
| 406 | Port-Said: SG 107, 109, 112 and 116 on fragments with full postmark PORT-SAID EGYPTE | £ 13.60 |
| 407 | Port-Said: NP 107b inverted overprint VF mint, signé, RR! | £95 |
| 408 | Port-Said: NP 115a (SG 119) VF used, signé Brun | £65 |
| 409 | Port-Said: SG 101 and 102 in gutter pairs with millésime VF mint (cv Dallay € 75) | £10 |
| 410 | Port-Said: SG 126a 2 gutter pairs with millésime 4 and 6 VF mint (cv Dallay € 60) | £ 7.60 |
| 411 | Port-Said: SG 174,175, 176, 178, 179, 180 and 181 in VF mint gutter pairs with millésime (cv Dallay € 230) | £40 |
| 412 | Port-Said: PPC local use unfranked T in triangle + Postage due 10 mills (SG D176) cancelled PORT-SAID EGYPTE 2-12 21 pristine! (cv Dallay € 225) | £40 |
| 413 | Port-Said: double postal card NP SFPOPC 10 VF unused with printing error ‘reserve’ instead of ‘réservé’. Correct on the reply card! | £10 |
| 414 | Port-Said: service cover local bureau with SG 166d and 167c (overprint on Levant stamps) cto. Very fine (cv stamps only £ 145) | £55 |
| 415 | Port-Said: similar envelope with 2x SG138a and 2x140b (cv £164) | £45 |
| 416 | Port-Said: Envelope 15c. NP ENV6 with number 213 sent open to Budapest, arrival on back. Scarce envelope! | £30 |
| 417 | Port-Said: Letter card 15c. NP LC7 sent open to Amsterdam, arrival on back. Pristine condition! | £30 |
| 418 | Alexandrie: wrapper franked 5c (type Sage) VF used to Germany; stamp misses few dents (cv Dallay € 50) | £ 5.00 |
| 419 | Alexandrie: Letter card 10c additionally franked 15c. NP LC6 sent to Lyon and opened but margins conserved. Arrival Lyon on reverse. Very fine! | £45 |
| 420 | Alexandrie: fragment with 80 cent Empire non dentelé cancelled by 3704 petits chiffres with cds ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE 29 SEPT 59 + big cds in red on border France-Germany (cv stamp with postmark Dallay € 150) | £30 |
| | Hotel Stationery Covers (not those with POs) | |
| 421 | Windsor Palace, Alexandria, to UK Aug 1937 | £2.00 |
| 422 | Hotel Cecil Alexandria (the blue Air Mail cachet) to New York, franked 55m (?), 3 MR 38, no arrival, but the rubber stamp of the UK Post Office advertising the All Up Rate | £3.00 |
| 423 | Summer Palace, Ramleh, to India 1918, 4x5m stamps, Censor Tape, Bombay censor mark, a bit tatty but hotel shown | £2.00 |
| 424 | Hotel Beau Rivage, Ramleh, to Sweden with 3x5m (First Fuad), CDS of San Stefano 1 JL 27, transit Alexandria, 1 VII 27 & arrival Stockholm 7.7.27 | £3.00 |
| 425 | Hotel Victoria, Assuan, FDC of Bal 74-76, CDS Aswan 26 JA 38, not addressed | £2.00 |
| 426 | Eden House Hotel, Cairo, 30 + 3m to Paris 20 SE 37, arrival Paris 23 1X 37 | £3.00 |
| 427 | George Calomaris Hotels, National Hotel, Cairo, all on env. flap, Registered Air Mail to Vienna, redirected to Augsburg, franked 66m, CDS Cairo 15 JA 30, and arrival marks. | £3.00 |
| 428 | Hotel Arabia, Zamalek, Cairo, to Calcutta, 72m, CDS Cairo 26.11.55 | £2.00 |
| 429 | Grosvenor Hotel, Cairo, CDS Cairo 15 N0 28, 10m, but with the “5d I.S.E” mark applied - no sign of Dues being collected | £2.00 |
| 430 | Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo, machine cancel Cairo 18 May 1934 to UK - this was during the Cheap” period, but this is franked 20m | £2.00 |
| 431 | Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo (diff design from previous), FDC of Bal 70-72, CDS Opthalmic. 8 DE 37, to UK but addressee details deleted | £2.00 |
| 432 | Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo, a later design, Air Mail envelope to US franked 90m, CDS Cairo 20 FEB 54 | £2.00 |
| 433 | Victoria Hotel, Cairo, to UK, franked 26m(?), CDS Cairo 19 MR 34 | £2.00 |
| 434 | Victoria Hotel & New Khedivial, Cairo, with views of the Hotel, Gardens & Dining Room, franked 15m (First Fuad) to USA (date illegible) the blue & white octagonal luggage label of the Hotels is stuck on back of envelope | £4.00 |
| 435 | Grand Hotel, Helouan Les Bains, to UK with Bal 24 & 25, cds of Medical Congress, 17 DE 29 | £3.00 |
| 436 | Ismailia Palace Hotel with 8x5m & KLM cachet, cds Ismailia 17 AP 37, to UK. | £3.00 |
| 437 | Savoy Hotel, Luxor, with 3 x Bal 74 to UK, CDS Luxor T, 15 FE 38 | £2.00 |
| 438 | Arafa Hotel, Tanta, with Bal 895 to USA, CDS 21.?. 81 | £2.00 |
| | The following 12 Lots are postcards showing the Hotels | |
| 439 | Canton Hotel, Bulkeley, to Athens with 2x5m lake, CDS illegible | £2.00 |
| 440 | Windsor Hotel, Alexandria, to Athens with Bal 25, CDS Alexandria 24.12.28 | £2.00 |
| 441 | Khedivial Hotel, Assouan, unused (in colour) | £2.00 |
| 442 | Hotel des Bains, Helouan, to UK with Bal 89, CDS Hilwan 22.4.09 | £2.00 |
| 443 | Casino Palace Hotel, Port Said, to Zagazig with Bal 80, CDS Port Said 17.VI.13, arrival Zagazig 18.VI.18. (colour card) | £2.00 |
| 444 | Eastern Exchange Hotel, Port Said, unused Gervaert card b & w. | £1.00 |
| 445 | Hotel Continental, Port Said - Boulevard du Port, unused, colour. | £1.00 |
| 446 | Hotel d’Angleterre, Cairo, unused, b & w | £2.00 |
| 447 | Hotel du Nil, Cairo, unused ‘Tucks’ Oilette | £2.00 |
| 448 | Bristol Hotel, Cairo, 3 different pictures, 2 unused, 1 to UK 1905 | £2.00 |
| 449 | Bristol Hotel, Cairo, p/c size colour illustration with description & Tariff on reverse, appears to be early 1920s | £4.00 |
| 451 | Hotel Abbas, Abasseyeh, Cairo, unused p/c showing a chadouf, with Christmas Greetings from the Proprietors | £3.00 |
| | Various | |
| 451 A | Visiting-card size cover with clear cds of Ramle Schutz 18 MR 93, franked 3m to Citta”, arrival Alexandria ??.MR 93 | £10 |
| | Auction catalogues | |
| 452 | 1977, Danson’ s Egypt, 1977 Danson’ s Sudan, 1980 MacArthur’s Egypt, all with Prices Realised | £4.00 |
| | 1993 Air Mails – Varieties in blocks of four, never hinged | |
| 453 | 2m grey, black spot in clouds, Bal 351 (pos 9) | £5.00 |
| 454 | 3m spot in clouds (defect pos 4) | £5.00 |
| 455 | 3m spot in clouds | £8.00 |
| 456 | 9m spot in clouds | £12 |
| 457 | 2m red, bird on wing, Bal 353 (pos 42) | £5.00 |
| 458 | 3m bird on wing | £5.00 |
| 459 | 4m bird on wing | £8.00 |
| 460 | 8m bird on wing | £8.00 |
| 461 | 9m variety mills with serif, Bal 339a (pos 6) in vertical pair | £12 |
| 462 | 9m unlisted variety cracked frame (pos 47, below Arabic 9), in vertical pair | £10 |
| 463 | 3m unlisted variety cracked label top left “Egypte” (pos 34) | £5.00 |
| 464 | 10m variety incomplete perforation, seen on two rows, Bal 340 | £10 |
| 465 | 1m black spot on wing + deformed “E” in three different states – pos 36 (faint spot) + pos 32, block of 10 | £5.00 |
| 466 | 1m black spot on wing + deformed “E” in three different states – pos 36 (darker spot) + pos 32, block of 10 | £8.00 |
| 467 | 1m black spot on wing + deformed “E” in three different states – pos 36 (large spot) + pos 32, block of 10 | £10 |
| 468 | 4m broken letter “N”, Bal 334a (pos 32), block of 12 | £10 |
| | Commemorative control blocks of four, never hinged | |
| 469 | A 59 Bal 230/235, Revolution set of 6 | £3.00 |
| 470 | A 59 Bal 237, Migration | £1.00 |
| 471 | A 59 Bal 238, Army Day | £1.00 |
| 472 | A 59 Bal 241, Museum | £1.00 |
| 473 | A 59 Bal 242, Nubian Monuments (block of 6) | £1.00 |
| 474 | A 60 Bal 253 - 257, Sports (2 blocks of 10, showing both panes) | £1.00 |
| 475 | A 60 Bal 247, Cairo Fair | £1.00 |
| 476 | A 60 Bal 248, Republic Day | £1.00 |
| 477 | A 60 Bal 249 Biennale Alexandria | £1.00 |
| 478 | A 61 Bal 265, Republic Day | £1.00 |
| 479 | A 61 Bal 266, Agricultural Exhibition | £1.00 |
| 480 | A 61 Bal 267, Lumumba | £1.00 |
| 481 | A 61 Bal 270, Cairo Tower | £1.00 |
| 482 | A 61 Bal 272 - 276, Army Revolution set | £3.00 |
| 483 | A 61 Bal 279, Misr Bank Anniversary | £1.00 |
| 484 | A 61 Bal 285, Education Day | £1.00 |
| 485 | A 62 Bal 290, Girl Guides | £1.00 |
| 486 | A 62 Bal 292, Mothers’ Day | £1.00 |
| | Commem varieties – inverted/reversed watermarks (never hinged) | |
| 487 | 1957, 10m, Bal 188a | £1.00 |
| 488 | 1957, 10m, Bal 190a (block of 4) | £3.00 |
| 489 | 1957, 10m, Bal 193a (block of 4) | £3.00 |
| 490 | 1957, 10m, Bal 194a (block of 4) | £3.00 |
| 491 | 1957, 10m, Bal 195 - 196a (block of 4) | £5.00 |
| 492 | 1957. 10m, Bal 197 - 198a (block of 4) | £5.00 |
| 493 | 1957, 5m, 10m, 15m, Bal 199 - 201a | £7.00 |
| 494 | 1958. 10m, Bal 202a (block of 4) | £3.00 |
| 495 | 1958, 10m & 15m, Bal 205 - 206a (block of 4) | £4.00 |
| 496 | 1959, 10m, Bal 225a (block of 4) | £3.00 |
| 497 | 1959, 10m, Bal 223a | £1.00 |
| 498 | No lot | |
| | Commems, various (never hinged) | |
| 499 | 1952, 30m, Bal 46 – brown misplaced, visible white line around tarbush | £3.00 |
| 500 | 1957, 10m, Bal 157c - within strip of 5 | £4.00 |
| 501 | 1958, 50m, Bal 215a (miniature sheet) - misplaced flag | £10 |
| 502 | 1959, 10m, Bal 228a - misplaced flag | £5.00 |
| 503 | 1959, 10m, Bal 241b - joined letters, pair | £3.00 |
| 504 | 1966, 80m, Bal 462a - “U” instead of “0” in “monastery” (block of four) | £5.00 |
| 505 | 1968, 10m, Bal 511a - “8” of “1968” omitted (block of four) | £5.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 506 | Postal stationery cover 2 Pt (Bal 6) to Cairo & cancelled “Alexandrie Exposition” 17.V.94, transit & arrival marks - fully written up. | £20 |
| 507 | Postal stationery cover 5m (Bal 9) to Zanzibar, cancelled Alexandria 12.VIII.07, underfranked but not noticed, transit Suez, French paquebot, arrival 29 AU 07 | £15 |
| 508 | Postal stationery Letter Card (Bal 1) cancelled TPO Assiut-Cairo 23.II.10, transit Cairo 23.11.10 to Strasbourg. Slight foxing, and part of card missing | £7.60 |
| 509 | Postal stationery cover 1 Pt (Bal 1) with additional franking of 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m to Strasbourg. Cancelled Tamiya 23.X1.10, transit marks of ‘Idwa (with apostrophe), TPO of Sannuris-Wasta, Cairo, all 23.XI.10. Colourful franking, and fully written up with map | £30 |
| | Consular interest | |
| 510 | Mourning cover (visiting card size) Cairo to Ramleh, franked only with “High Commissioner Egypt” from Sir Percy Loraine KCMG to Yehia Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, CDS of Bacos on reverse | £7.00 |
| 511 | As previous Lot with CDS Cairo 8 AP 36. & part transit marks on reverse | £7.00 |
| 512 | Long mourning cover, wax seal of Crown over C and cachet of "H.B.M Agency & Consulate General of Egypt” on front, also signature which could be Cromer. No franking, but cds Caire ??.III.00. Addressed to Helouan and traces of arrival mark. | £24 |
| 513 | Front of cover only with cachet of “British Vice Consulate Suez” to British Agency Cairo, no franking but cds of Suez Station 14.2.96 | £3.50 |
| | Lado enclave? | |
| 514 | De La Rue 5 mill stamp on piece used probably from Lado Enclave. See Stagg Page 16: it has the 4 ellipses in black & a retta cancel, but he does not refer to the use of Egyptian stamps, therefore rare | £15 |
| | Gaza stamps | |
| 515 | 1959 100m Nefertiti definitive surcharged control block of 4, NHM, with variety "55" vertically a cheval as well as "UAP." in place of "UAR". Also various breaks in both letters & figures. NP P68f cat $100 for a single stamp. Very desirable variety control block, beautiful stamp | £125 |
| 516 | World Refugee Year colour trial 10m slate-black NP PC5ct cat $150 | £55 |
| 517 | World Refugee Year colour trial 10m and 35 mm in imperf pairs NP PC5a & PC6a cat $400 | £120 |
| 518 | 6m Boy King double opt one faint NP P6d cat.$40 | £15 |
| 519 | 10th Ann. of Human Rights 10m NP PC3 and 35m NP PC4ct opt in brown (NP cat $200 as single). On cover front pmk Gaza T 13.5.64 | £125 |
| 520 | Five Gaza opt air stamps on cover cancelled Bethlehem 6.OC.48 | £40 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 521 | First Issue imperf. proofs on unwatermarked paper, see NP p73 cat $175 | £60 |
| 522 | 1914 Pictorials, imperf. proofs on unwatermarked paper 1m to 10m each with plate number, see NP p127 | £40 |
| 523 | 1889 Postage Due, surcharge 3m on 2pi, horizontal pair à cheval | £25 |
| | British Forces | |
| 524 | Jubilee o/p mm NP BF9 SG A10, cat £225 | £75 |
| 525 | Xmas seal SG A6a pale vermilion booklet pane less block of four from lower right | £24 |
| 526 | Postcard with WWI T Z and W TPO 30 DE 16, good strike of rare mark of the Western Desert | £20 |
| | Foreign offices | |
| 527 | GB used at Suez: 1874 GB 4d vermilion plate 13 cds good central strike SG Z56 | £50 |
| 528 | British packet agency at Alexandria DE 21 1845. Type D-1-I see Smith p58 | £5.00 |
| 529 | Stamps of Austria prepared for Turkish empire: 6 used Alexandria circa 1888, 2 unused | £20 |
| 530 | French PO: printed letter Credit Lyonnais with 5c stamp cancelled Alexandrie 1 JUIL 00 | £5.00 |
| | Rural markings | |
| 531 | Two account pages posted at rural post stations with Farouk stamps cancelled with rural marks 20 FE 50, 16 MR 50 | £5.00 |
| | Illustrated FDCs | |
| 532 | Abolition of Capitulations 1937 | £1.50 |
| 533 | 15th Ophthalmological Congress 1937 | £3.00 |
| 534 | XVI Exposition Agricole & Industrielle | £1.50 |
| 535 | Statistique Congress 30.DE.27 unaddressed front of Semiramis Hotel envelope | £1.50 |
| | Postal history | |
| 536 | Postal forwarding agent: PC 2m cancelled Port Said 10.V.06, beautiful cachet “Vella & Portelli….letters to our care are promptly delivered” | £15 |
| 537 | Postcard cancelled Port Said Traffic AP 39 with GB GVI 1½d and 10m Boy King | £5.00 |
| 538 | Cover from Brussels – Kairo 16-6-47 premiere flight, special cancel and label | £10 |
| 539 | Unaddressed cover cancelled Jeux Mediterranees 5.1-.51 | £2.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 540 | Two small ps covers, sphinx and pyramid 1m and 2m unused | £3.00 |
| 541 | 3m postcard cancelled fine Sohag 1.III.03 with fair Amb Beni Souef -Caire | £2.00 |
| 542 | 5m postcard cancelled Cairo D and fair French LIGNE N 8 FRB 04 | £3.00 |
| 543 | 4m postcard cancelled good Cairo 18.II.06 | £2.00 |
| 544 | 4m postcard cancelled good Zefta 23 V 07 and Alexandrie A 24.V.97 | £2.00 |
| 545 | 20 para postcard cancelled Tanta 18.II.88 | £3.00 |
| 546 | 3m postcard uprated with DLR 2m to UK cancelled good Alexandria D 3 IV 97 | £2.00 |
| 547 | 5m ps envelope uprated with DLR 5m to Utrecht and cancelled Kalioub 5.VII.00 | £2.00 |
| 548 | 5m ps envelope uprated with DLR 5m to Neuchatel and cancelled Moharram Bey 4 19.III.10 | £2.00 |
| 549 | 1pi ps envelope cancelled good Ezbet Zeitoun 6 I 97 | £3.00 |
| | Hotels | |
| 550 | Grand Continental Hotel Cairo envelope, good strike of hotel pmk 3-IX-17 censored and resealed | £5.00 |
| 551 | Continental Savoy Cairo Hotel 18.JU.35 good strike: 5 airmail stamps and 2m Fuad to Berlin | £5.00 |
| 552 | Unused postcard printed Simon Arzt Port Said (Egypt) with DLR 1m and 3m stamps | £3.00 |
| | Instructional markings | |
| 553 | Cover from UK to Egypt with Return to Sender elliptical mark 6 V 15, boxed Undelivered for Reason Stated and Unclaimed on back | £10 |
| 554 | Cover from UK to Egypt, Return to Sender elliptical mark ? DE 35 straight-line Adresage Incomplete and Retour | £10 |
| 555 | PC to Egypt with boxed Unclaimed + boxed Undelivered for Reason Stated good clear strikes. 8 FE 07 | £10 |
| | Maritime interest | |
| 556 | PC 2m cancelled fair French maritime mark – L.U.N. 2 8 JUIL 07 | £5.00 |
| 557 | Hendrey cover with 1m to 4m Fuad cancelled S/S Rashid backstamped 8 SEP 29 | £12 |
| 558 | Hendrey cover with 1m & 4m Fuad cancelled S/S Boulak backstamped 20 JU 29 | £10 |
| 559 | Cover to Paris 2x5m DLR cancelled with boxed PAQUEBOT no date cancel | £10 |
| | Sudan stamps | |
| 560 | DLR 1 mill with Soudan opt: block 5 by 5 plate setting 3 | £15 |
| | Egypt Essays | |
| 561 | 1971 Nasser 20m in dark blue and olive, see NP E546 2 stamps | £150 |
| 562 | No-value, child at desk, two shades of blue, 2 stamps | £50 |
| | Rare modern definitives | |
| 563 | 1973, SG 1133a var, with wmk, Michael 603xa, VF mint NH corner block of four with printing date 20 XI 76 | £25 |
| 564 | 1972, SG 1135 var with wmk, Balian 705, VF mint NH single, very rare | £15 |
| 565 | 1974, SG 1137a, var with wmk, Balian 706, VF mint NH single, very rare | £15 |
| 566 | 1977, SG 1138a, no wmk, Balian 703, VF mint NH single, Michel cat €20 | £10 |
| 567 | 1978, SG 1347, var no wmk, a new discovery (not recorded). VF mint NH single | £25 |
| | Prestige Booklet (Discover the Treasures of Egypt) | |
| 568 | 2004, mint booklet containing 30 stamps with one in genuine 22-carat gold | £15 |
| 569 | 2004, set of three FDCs, one for each of the high values (£E5 Sphinx, £E5 Nefertiti, £E10 Tutankhamun). No FDC was issued for the three panes of nine stamps | £15 |
| 570 | 2004, the 30 stamps of the booklet (3 panes of nine plus three high-values), in very fine postally used condition. Very rarely used on covers because the booklet was sold at 60 per cent over face value | £25 |
| | Sudan stamps | |
| 571 | 1948 Officials, SG 043-58, VF mint NH, complete set of 16, SG cat £75 | £30 |
| 572 | 1962, £1 Camel Postman definitive reprint without wmk. Control number 1B corner block of four, VF mint NH | £22 |
| 573 | 1962, £1 Camel Postman definitive reprint with rectangles wmk. Control 2B corner block of four. VF mint NH | £22 |
| 574 | 1990, 10pi definitive handstamp surcharged £1. Control number 9B corner block of four with two stamps having partial double surcharge. Very small creases in margin, VF mint NH. Michel cat €300 | £60 |
| 575 | 1948, Postage Dues, SG D12-15. VF mint NH complete set of four. SG cat £30 | £15 |
| 576 | 1980, Postage Dues, Steamboat 10m and 20m values with the rare Sudan Arms (rhinoceros) wmk (see note after SG D15). VF mint NH complete set of two stamps with margins. Michel cat €300 | £60 |
| | Definitives | |
| 577 | 1972-77, SG 1131-41 including the rare 1138a. Mint NH complete set of 18 (17+1), SG cat £62.30 | £32 |
| 578 | 1978-85, SG 1340-51, plus all ‘a’ and ‘b’ numbers including rare 1343ba. Complete set of 24 (16+8) inc two copies of 1350 and 1351 (shiny and matt gum). Rarely offered as such. VF mint NH | £35 |
| | Air Mails | |
| 579 | 1978-85, SG 1335-37a, plus ‘a’ and ‘b’ numbers (no wmk) including two colours of 1335b (olive-brown (shiny gum) and olive-sepia (matt gum). Set of eight (6+2) mint NH blocks of four | £14 |
| 580 | 1981, SG 1455, VF mint NH corner block of six with printing date (shiny gum) | £7.00 |
| 581 | 1985-88, SG 1567-72, plus all ‘a’ numbers including two colours of 1568 (light and dark blue) and of 1571 (yellow and orange). Set of 11 (8+3) mint NH blocks of four. SG cat £60.80 | £20 |
| 582 | 1989-91, SG 1772-9, complete set of 11 mint NH blocks of four. SG cat £44 | £14 |
| | Military post | |
| 583 | 1971, SG 1097, mint NH corner block of four with printing date 11.IV.71 | £15 |
| | Watermark varieties | |
| 584 | 1937 Farouk 10m with inverted wmk, Bal 370a, mint NH lower marginal block of six | £10 |
| 585 | 1937 Farouk 15m with inverted wmk, Bal 372a, mint NH left marginal single | £5.00 |
| 586 | 1944 Farouk Marechal 30m with inverted wmk, Bal 414b, mint NH single | £5.00 |
| 587 | 1958, Int Cycle Racing with inverted wmk, Bal 202a, mint NH control number A/57 corner block of six | £12 |
| 588 | 1962, Official, SG O686 var, Bal 626a, with inverted wmk, mint NH control number A/63 in Arabic, corner block of six | £25 |
| | Used miniature sheets: All fine used | |
| 589 | 1949, SG MS357 (two sheets), cat £10.50 | £8.00 |
| 590 | 1958, SG MS570, cat £15 | £8.00 |
| 591 | 1959, SG MS 601, cat £10.50 | £7.00 |
| 592 | 1964, SG MS 828, cat £11 | £9.00 |
| 593 | 1969, SG MS 1027, cat £7 | £6.00 |
| 594 | 1971, SG MS 1092, cat £10.50 | £8.00 |
| 595 | 1972, SG MS 1158, cat £25 | £10 |
| 596 | 1972, SG MS 1169, cat £5.25 | £5.00 |
| 597 | 1974, SG MS 1237, cat £5.25 | £5.00 |
| 598 | 1976, SG MS 1293, cat £5.25 | £5.00 |
| 599 | 1982, SG MS 1483 | £5.00 |
| 600 | 1982, SG MS 1485 | £5.00 |
| 601 | 1984, SG MS 1551 | £5.00 |
| 602 | 1987, SG MS 1668 | £5.00 |
| 603 | 1987, SG MS 1673 | £5.00 |
| 604 | 1988, SG MS 1699 | £5.00 |
| | Errors and varieties | |
| 605 | 1985, SG 1586 var, 35pi definitive with yellow colour shifted 1.5mm downward, creating double image. Mint NH lower marginal vertical pair | £10 |
| 606 | 1985, SG 1615a, Dental Conference with “985” for “1985”. VF mint NH full sheet of 50 with margins containing the error stamp, bent in the middle. SG cat £34.60 for the sheet | £14 |
| 607 | 1986, SG 1636 var, World Environment Day, stamp 3mm narrower than normal. Fine used single with normal for comparison | £6.00 |
| 608 | 1997, SG 2052 var with double black inscriptions and cartouche. Mint NH single with normal for comparison | £10 |
| 609 | 1999, 20pi Official violet with no wmk and major horiz misperf, shifted 5mm upwards so that the “20” values are at the top instead of the bottom of the stamp. Mint NH upper marginal vertical pair, upper stamp with no value! Only ten stamps in pane of 100 thus! | £30 |
| 610 | 2001, 30pi Official with no wmk and major horiz misperf, shifted 4mm downward so that “EGYPT” and “misr” are at the bottom instead of the top of the stamp. Mint NH vertical pair | £20 |
| 611 | 2002, SG 2234, 10pi definitive with major vertical misperf right in the middle of the stamp. Mint NH horiz pair | £20 |
| 612 | 2004, SG 2362, var with red colour shifted 1.5mm to the left and downward, creating a stunning double image. Mint NH marginal single with normal for comparison | £15 |
| 613 | 2005, Cairo International Fair, mint NH imperf upper marginal horiz pair, crease not apparent from front | £25 |
| 614 | 2005, Cairo ICT conference, mint NH imperf upper marginal vertical pair | £30 |
| 615 | 2005, Youth Ministry golden jubilee, 125pi value, mint NH imperf lower marginal horizontal pair, minor wrinkles not apparent from front | £28 |
| 616 | 2005, Mohamed El-Baradei Nobel prize, 30pi value, mint NH imperf upper marginal vertical pair | £30 |
| 617 | 2006, Military Academy, mint NH imperf vertical pair | £30 |
| 618 | 2001, 5pi Official with no wmk, with major horiz misperf coming right below the words “EGYPT” and “misr”. Mint NH lower marginal vertical pair: lower stamp does not have the name of the country. SG O1806 var | £25 |
| 619 | 1999, 20pi Official violet with no wmk, with major vertical misperf across the Arabic words “misr”, “official” and value. Mint NH right marginal horizontal pair | £20 |
| 620 | 2001, 25pi Official, SG O1809 var, with no wmk and major horiz misperf coming across the words “EGYPT” and “misr”. Mint NH lower marginal vertical pair: neither stamp has the name of the country clear | £20 |
| | Rural covers | |
| 621 | Generally fine selection of 50 covers & letter-sheets, several nice cartouches and mostly legible postmarks: 1936 Tanta-Nefa, 37 Tala-Kafr al-Arab al-Bahari, 38 Hawamdiyya-Shaykh Othman, 39 Dishna-Ezbet Fawzi, Sentris-Faroaniyya, Santa-Mashala, 40 Sunbat-Kafr al-Manadiyya, 42 Ramlet al-Anaguib & al-Anaguib, 45 Qurashia-Tokh, 47 Armant-al-Mahameed, 50 Shibin al-Qanater & Ezbet Mohamed Tawfiq Khalil, 51 Qalyub- Ezbet al-Mofti, 53 Hamol al-Bahari-Ezbet Abu Chahine, al-Foshn-Lahatis, Qalyub-Ezbet al-Moufti, 54 Bardis-Awald Ali, Itsa-al Minya & Nazlet al-Amoudein, 55 al-Beid Station-Ezbet Nehma, Qaha-Tura, al-Badari & al-Gharda, 56 Kara-Ezbet Amer, Manfalout-al-Hasani, Chibin al-Qanater & Tell Beni Selim, Sahragat al-Kobra & Kafr al-Ezz, 57 Sanbo-Kafr Khedr, 58 al-Badari & al-Hamamiya, Kharga-Khalawiya, 61 Abu al Choqouq-Kafr al-Sheit Charqiyya, 65 Abu al-Waqf-Chiha al-Gharbiyya and others. Good lot | £225 |
| 622 | Nice group of 40 covers: 1920 Zifta-Mit Bira, 28 Kom Hamada-Saft al-Inab, 29 Matariya-Defra, 30 Shal-shamoun-Nahama (el-Asas cartouche), 36 Bilqas-Minshat Ragheb (Kafr al-Garayda cartouche), 37 Minsha-Kirisat, 1940 Bilqas-al-Shoutot, 43 Biba-Dashtura, Zifta-Kafr Shamara (Kafr al-Daghayda), Akhmim-Arab al-Badiyya, 50 Benha-Begaza Bahari, 51 Dalas-Ezbet al-Set Nafisa, 52 Font-Ezbet Faydi Pacha, 54 Bardis-Awlad Ali, 55 Ras al-Khaleg-Kafr al-Mayasra, 57 Shaykh Fadl-Sharouna, Badari-Safadra, 58 Hawamdiya-Shaykh Othman, 59 Wasti-Ezbet Saad ad-Din, 60 Bilbes-al-Sarf, al-Manshiyya al-Charqiyya & al-Tafteesh, 65 Benha-Ezbet Aziz. Other part-legible needing expert sorting. To clear | £135 |
| | Small post offices | |
| 623 | 150 Fuad to modern covers...smaller offices including: Abnoub, Aba al-Waqf al-Balad, Abu Zahbal al-Balad, Awlad Amr, Azzai. Badari, Baqour, Bahgoura, Batanoun, Chiyyaket Rabi al-Nagger, Dacha, Daru, Deir Maws, Dillingham, Disunes, Dahl, Ikea, Ezbet Khorshed, Guhayna, Gunzur, Hadaeq al-Challal, Hawamdia, Hor, Ibchiwai, Itsa, Idfu Charq, Inab al-Madina, Kafr al-Kinana, Kafr Rabi, Kafr Saqr, Kafr al-Chawam, Kafr Kila al-Bab, Kafr Kanan, Kafr al-Saray, Khirbita, Kom al-Farah, Mahalet Marhoum, Mahamsha, Manamil Sharq, Mashtoul al-Souq, Matanya, Matobis, Mit al-Gharaqqa, Mit Assas, Miniet al-Nasr, Mishta, Morin, Qasr al-Gibali, Qus, Qalandul, Rahmania Qibli, Saff, Santa, Sirbai, Shalchamon, Sirs al-Layan, Sidfa, Shantof, Sarahgat al-Kobra, Tura, Shinta al-Hagar, Shoubra al-Damanhoria, Tura, Tala, Um al-Rahman, Zuwaf al-Sharqiyya | £130 |
| | Place postmarks | |
| 624 | Lightly-duplicated, 55 covers with postmarks, including: Abu Zaabal Prison, Arab League, Cairo Airport, Ghazl Misr (Mahala and Kafr al Dawar), Ministries (Finance, Foreign Affairs), Mogammah al Tahrir, Mogammah Qena, National Assembly, Parliament, Palaces, Presidency, Qanater Barrage, Republic Bourse, Simon Arzt, Souk Khodar Rod-al-Farag, Universities (Fouad I, Aswan and Ein Chams) and others. Good Lot | £65 |
| | Registration cachets | |
| 625 | 50 covers with handstamped cachets: Abu Kirqas, Bardis, Bashbish, Batanon, Biala, Biba, Chirbin, Dichna, Disouq, Dokki, Edku, Esna, Faqous, Gimiza, Kaha, Kolesna, Kom Hamada, Maadi, Maadiyya, Madinet al-Kharga, Manzala, Matai, Matariya, Mex, Midmar, Nekhela, Nagh Hammadi, Qusia, Roda, Sahel Selim, al-Shin, Samanoud, San Stefano, Salloum, Shawashna, Shirbin, Tanda, Timai al-Ahmadiyya, Tod, Toukh, Wadi al-Arab. Useful Lot | £48 |
| | Postal Agency markings | |
| 626 | 65 covers with branch post offices, postal agencies and Bareed Ahli. Generally fine with legible postmarks. Fuad to modern, including Abu Tig, Damanhour, Giza, Ismailia, Mansura, Minya, Tanta, Zaqaziq, Agencies include: Immobilia, Adli Street, Cherief Street, Maidan al-Gumhuriyya, Qulesna, Bab al-Louq, Mohamed Fareed, Mayani al-Gharb. Bareed Ahli: Adyta, Debark, Sabine Nashua, Midas al-Tahrir (Imbibe), Kafr Mahout | £60 |
| | Cash markings | |
| 627 | Generally fine, 40 covers, cards and postal forms (1911 on) all with Cash postmarks. Many unusual and elusive CDS inc: Attarine C.3, Bab al-Khalq, Bab al-Louq al-Badari, Bani Mazar, Baqour, Benha, 1917 Dawawin, Imbaba, Isna, Marsah Matrouh, Mallawi, Matai, Matariyya, al-Midan, Minuf, Mohamed Farid, Qism al-Nahal (Zaqaziq), Qubba Bridge, Qubba Palace, Qusiya, al-Shohada, Shubra, Sahel Selim, Sultan Hussein, Tanta, Zaqaziq ..etc. Good Lot | £40 |
| | Railway interest | |
| 628 | Fine group of 9 mostly earlier postcards- eight of railway stations, including Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Colmar Street, and a panorama of Sidi Gaber village | £32 |
| 629 | 75 covers, cards and stationary items, mostly 1923-50s, with station CDS. Good variety (Cairo, Alexandria, Asyut, Banha, Kafr al-Zayat, Mansura, Minia, Suhag, Tanta, Zaqaziq, maybe others) and pmk types including registered. Good Lot with much useful | £105 |
| 630 | Raml/Alex: 58 covers (c 1922-36) with station CDS: Alexandria, Raml, Sidi Bishr, plus Sidi Gaber, San Stefano, Bacos … etc. Interesting Reg. Cachets (Ibrahimia-Raml, Sidi Bishr, Bulkely, San Stefano, Camp Cesar. Useful Lot | £80 |
| 631 | 90 items (1895-1961) with TPO marks. Condition varies, but good Lot with some elusive postmarks/displayable. Cairo-Itay al-Barood, Cairo-Mansura, Cairo-Minia, Cairo-Port Said, Cairo-Tanta, Disuq-Fuwa, Dumiat-Tanta, Fayoum TPO, Fayoum-Roda, Ismailia-Port Said, Ismailia-Port Tawfiq, Kafr al-Shaykh-Tanzim Bassiouni, Luqsor-Shellal, Mansura-Mataria, Mansura-Tanta, Talkha-Tira, TPO 24, Tanta-Sidi Salem etc | £135 |
| | Military interest | |
| 632 | British Forces seals: 11 covers with 1pi letter stamp (3) and 1 pi carmine and black letter seal (8). Mixed condition, including a couple repaired, but most fine. Several different, crowned postage paid nos., an interesting missing perf variety and other interest. To clear | £98 |
| 633 | Nice selection of 21 British and Allied covers, cards and other items (mostly 1916-40s) generally fine or better, much suitable for display. 1916 Field service PPC (Ramleh Casino) ex “Base Army post office A”, 1917 “Base Army Post Office B” on active service with Military Post Office Alexandria B/S, 1919 registered (APO K label) ex “Army Post Office A”, 1937 MPO Abu Sueir, franked 10m Fouad army, 1937 MPO Cairo, 1940 MPO Cairo, franked 10m Faruq army on printed Active Service cover to UK with BPO E 608 B/S, 1940 printed Service cover to UK franked 4 x 10m Faruq ex E 608 (Suez), 1942 Printed “On Britannic Majesty’s” cover ex FPO 157 to lot fallahs at Ghezireh Palace, pair printed service covers at 10d and 12d rates, Privilege Air letter at 4d rate, Active service cover franked South African 4d and GB 6d ex Postage Prepaid 90, PPC showing “Headquarters, British Garrison-Alexandria, printed booklet with interesting printed matter censorship hand-stamp. Good lot. To clear | £198 |
| 634 | 30 items (covers, letter-sheets and postcards) in varied condition all British and Allied forces (1915-40s), inc 1915 active service cover Attarin to UK, 1936 MPO cover, franked 10m Fouad Army, Army form letter-sheet, with Postage Prepaid 84, 1949 returned cover with over ten back-stamps including Base post Office 4”, Suez, Fayed, Port Tawfiq and Ismailia; 1941 cover sealed with red “Examined by Unit Censor” label, 1941 with 22 Postage Prepaid postmarks plus active service, postage prepaid, unmailed letter-sheet.. etc. To clear | £72 |
| 635 | Egyptian Military pmks: Nice group of 44 covers mostly with “ Bareed Askari / Bareed Harbi” hexagonal postmarks with numerals: 2,3,4,6,9,10,13,14, 21, 22, 25,27,34,35,43. Including 11 items with large “Wehdat Bareed al Maidan” (Field Post office), plus 2 scarce 1943 diamond Active service pmks “ Khidmat al-Maidan AS 10 (with triangular military intelligence censor). To clear | £80 |
| 636 | Egyptian Militaria/Abbasiyya Barracks: 35 covers, varied condition, letter-sheets ..etc with interesting military area pmks: 1920 War Office in blue, Moaskar al-Arish, Abu Sueir, Moustafa Kamel Camp, Manqabad, Abu Sir al-Malq, Moaskar al-Galla, Ras Ghareb, Madrasat Musha (infantry school), Arish, Qantara Charq, Qosseir, 6 covers and letter-sheets linked to Abbasia Barracks, used V-mail envelope, 4 covers franked UAR military stamp. Good lot | £90 |
| 637 | Military Censorship: 29 local covers (40s-60s) from and to military areas, including Almaza, Sidi Barrani, Qantara, Arish, Qousseir, with censor handstamps, seldom-seen triangular military intelligence censor hand-stamps (some on active service covers) from 1940s including numerals 27, 88, 124, 127, 269. Mixed condition, but most fine. Unusual lot | £82 |
| 638 | Censor marks: 60 mainly incoming mails displaying different censorship marks, mostly ex Arab-Israeli conflict. Generally fine and useful | £54 |
| 639 | Opened by Censor: 50 mainly incoming covers WW II-1970s, all opened by the censor and resealed with censorship tape. Varied origins and censor marks. Generally fine | £60 |
| 640 | Censorship - Numerals: nice selection of 82 mostly opened by censor covers, bearing different censorship numerals. Generally fine. Excellent addition or good basis for expansion | £120 |
| | Postal history - franking | |
| 641 | Fuad: 45 covers, letter-sheets and cards, varied condition, 1922-7, all franked with Fuad stamps. Good variety of rates, franks, combinations, including some returned to sender. Useful | £50 |
| 642 | 32 selected Fuad covers, cards and letter-sheets, covering the three issues (some in combination), inc 15m control single A/26 on returned cover, duo commercial postcards showing rate increase 3m to 5m, 12m letter-sheet with four stamp combination, 20m large blue on small cover to Austria, Airmail cover franked 2 blocks of 5m + 20m large blue, 5m on letter-sheet to Egyptian Consul in Palestine, 15m to Egyptian Consul, Hotel Allenby, Jerusalem (nice machine transits and arrival), Air cover franked 13m + 20m Postes, local AR cover 20m blue (small) + 5m, 20m green on OHMS air cover to GB, large part parcel card with 100m (v dark shade) + 20m blue and 5m Boy King, couple of covers with Type I/II combinations, plus many interesting, inc foreign, letter-sheet, postcard and other rates. VG to pristine, with much displayable. Good lot | £124 |
| 643 | Boy King: 50 covers, varied condition, excellent array of franks, rates, combinations etc, inc six-stamp three-color comb., civil-martial combs, 11m and 12 m rates!, business card rates ..etc. useful lot with good pickings | £60 |
| 644 | Farouk Marechal: 37 covers franked with Farouk definitives, including 30m control single A/50, 10m A/47, 4, 6 & 7-stamp combinations noted, 13m + 17m and others. Useful lot | £50 |
| 645 | KES: 27 items franked with the overprinted issue, including a four colour combination, 17m + 10m martial, 22m, 50m control single…etc. | £30 |
| 646 | Three Bars: 50 covers, entires and letter-sheets all franked with three-bar stamps, some in combination with other issues. Mixed condition, but most useful | £48 |
| 647 | Commemoratives: 120 covers commem-franked. 1934 UPU 15m on RG. local card, 1946 duo covers with Aviation Conference opt (1 locally used / other (faulty) franked pair to Sudan! Rest mostly early republic and UAR, with many elusive issues including top vals, eight-stamp combination, Greetings, several AR covers.. etc | £100 |
| 648 | Dues: 36 mostly local un- or under-franked covers (1922-1967), including 21 with Egyptian postage due adhesives (some better noted). Another group of covers with boxed T’s but untaxed, un-franked and untaxed covers, and a couple franked with revenue adhesives. Condition varies, but majority useful | £135 |
| | Postal history - miscellaneous | |
| 649 | AR: 50 registered AR covers - Fuad on to more modern, including many colourful franks and franking combination, a couple with auxiliary postal forms. Generally fine. To clear | £45 |
| 650 | Postmarks/ Postal forms: 25 Q13 forms displaying different early 20th century pmks inc: Abu Homos, Beni Mazar, Batanoun, Bordin, Chine, Damanhour, Deirout, Disuq, Dessounes, Ezbet el-Zaytoun, Kafr al-Dawar, Kotour, Mahallet Roh, Matai, Mit Badr Halawa, Ras al-Barr and Cairo Postmen | £36 |
| 651 | Booklet Stamps on cover: 15 covers (1926-1955) franked with booklet stamps (Fuad 5m, Poste 5m, 5m Boy King, Defense), including: 3 Fuad Booklet stamps on Ismailia Branch cover, 1937 Express cover with booklet block of 4. Generally fine | £72 |
| 652 | Postmarks on Insurance Policies: 25 generally fine illustrated “La Nationale” policies (early 30s) with postmarks: Abu Choucha, Alexandria C , Aswan, Bahgoura, Balyana C, Bardis, Dishna C, Dikirnis, Girga, Fao, Idfu, Isna C, Luqsor C, Port Said C, Qus, Tanta CO. Insurance payments made at post office - unusual usage. | £36 |
| 653 | Express/ Postmen covers: Mixed condition, 56 express covers (none with express stamps and inc couple of EMS) and covers with Postmen backstamps. Noted Alexandria and Port Said Postmen, reg express 60m cover with six-stamp 4-colour comb., interesting express rates and pmks.. etc. Some good pickings | £76 |
| | Postal Mechanisation | |
| 654 | Mechanical Franking: 150 covers, late 30s to date, with many private mechanical marks (corporate marks, banks, insurance agencies) and rates. Most fine with legible impressions and reasonable variety. To clear | £68 |
| 655 | 50 mechanically-franked covers, with better & unusual items inc: illustrated cancellations, double impressions, envelopes with two impressions. Noted: Alexandria Municipality, American Embassy, Mobile Oil, Gezira Sporting club, WHO, BOAC, Air India, Ford (Egypt), Mobil Oil, Dar al-Hilal, Heliopolis Oasis Co., Mobil Oil, Ahram, Progres Egyptien, Midland Engineering, Phillips Orient, Egyptian Directory, Ottoman Bank, Telecom. Authority. Good lot with additional thematic interest starting at half retail | £90 |
| 656 | Slogans: 65 covers with early-to modern slogan pmks starting with the “Affix stamp upper right Corner”,1925 “Geographical Congress” on unfranked official cover, propaganda, educational, instructional, postal and other slogans. Generally fine with collectible impressions. To clear | £45 |
| | Postal history – commercial/Advertising covers | |
| 657 | Company-Printed Covers: 100 printed covers, cards and letter-sheets (1920s-60s, mostly Royal) from wide range of large companies, small businesses ..etc: Kodak, KLM, Khedivial Pharmacy, Mobil, Sugar Refineries, Chalon's, Omar Effendi, Gategno, Arwas.. etc. Generally fine. To clear | £78 |
| 658 | Institutional: 45 printed covers from non-commercial institutions, including: Armenian Patriarchate, Greek Community, Society for International Law, Astronomical Society, Sultan Hussein sporting club, convicts’ charity and others. Mostly Farouk to early 60s | £32 |
| 659 | Commercial: 55 company–printed, illustrated and advertising covers and cards, 20s-60s, including several ornate and illustrated types. Companies inc: Sphinx Newspaper, Matouk and Co, Socony Vaccum, La fluval (Fluvial Navigation), Egyptian Gazette, Jockeys’ Stores (alcohol), Ahram, Gresham, Au Monopole (Sporting Goods), Bazaar Chic, Husseinia perfume, Schering, Chevrolet, Rose al-Youssef, Mixed Courts Gazette, Canal Mineral water, Daqahlia Omnibus, Kodak, Oscar Car Park, Philips Orient and so much more. Generally fine, great thematic interest | £100 |
| | Forgeries | |
| 660 | Duplicated accumulation of many 100s of forgeries and fakes with interesting postal stationary, postage dues, definitives, Suez Canal, bar opts, modern, imperf UAR printing experiment and others. Some in complete sheets. Good reference group | £72 |
| | Maritime interest | |
| 661 | Letterheads: Rarely offered, over 50 maritime/navigational letterheads, bills, receipts, shipping policies…etc Companies inc including Adriatica, Anglo-American Nile, American Export, Deutsche Orient Lines, Ellerman /Papayanni, Khedival Mail Line, Lloyd’s , Misr Navigation, Nile Valley Fluvial, Prince Line, United Levant Lines. Further range of letterheads of Suez Canal Company, and illustrated brochure “To Sunny Egypt by the Adriatica”. Generally very good to fine. Interesting lot | £60 |
| 662 | Thomas Cook: Mostly fine collection of 40 Thomas Cook Egypt letterheads, invoices, receipts, circa 1920s-50s. Good inexpensive lot | £40 |
| | Consular documents | |
| 663 | British-Egyptian: 41 Anglo-Egyptian documents, letterheads.. etc, 1890s- 1960 ex British Consulate, Embassy, British Interests section of the Canadian Embassy, Middle East Air Attaché ... 14 are franked with British Consular adhesives with vals to £1, with consul/vice-consul ignatures noted. Generally fine with good pickings | £62 |
| 664 | British Consular Courts: 11 documents pertaining to the courts in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said. Four are consular court letterheads, the rest have court handstamps. Generally fine | £52 |
| 665 | France Consular: 57 documents related to French consulates in Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Tanta inc 26 franked with French consular adhesives, including many high val. and multiple franks, and interesting signatures. Unchecked for content. Generally fine. To clear | £84 |
| 666 | Italian Consular: 36 letterheads and documents (c 1894-1950s) pertaining to the Italian consulates in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said: 20 are franked with Italian consular adhesives (some better noted including a 5-colour franking). Four documents to do with Italian consular Tribunal . Generally fine. To clear | £64 |
| 667 | Greek Consular: 1891-modern, 71 Greek consular documents ex Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said and Tanta. Almost half franked with Greek consular stamps, many multiple franking. Good lot with great potential | £90 |
| 668 | Indian Consular (French Interests): Eight consular documents (some compound) mainly late 50s - no relations between UAR and France and the Indian Consulate looked after their interests in the UAR (and those of UAR in France). Most with both French and Indian adhesives. Unchecked for content. Interesting lot | £30 |
| | Hotels | |
| 669 | Postcards: Fine, all-different selection of 33 mostly early cards, inc several ornate and elusive showing: Khedivial, Nile Hilton, Continental (Port Said), Casino Palace (Port Said), Ghezireh Palace, Windsor, Cecil, Mena House, Semiramis, Desert Road Rest House, Ramleh Casino, Marina Palace/Savoy Hotel (Port Said), Heliopolis Palace, Heliopolis House | £75 |
| 670 | Letterheads: Nice all-different selection of 60 hotel letterheads, bills, receipts and other hotel-related items from: Kari, Carlton, Cecil, Claridge, Cosmopolitan, Gordon, Green Valley, Heliopolis Palace, Ibn Chaser, Imperial, Kraal, Leroy, National, Ravioli, al-Saiyida al-Masriyah, al-Salam (Sahel Tahta), Semiramis, Shepheard’s, Wadi el-Natrona Rest House, Windsor ..Etc | £60 |
| 671 | Baehler: 1930 letterhead “Baehler, Charles A.” a letter addressed to Emir George Loutfallah, Ghezireh Palace and signed by the Hotel tycoon. Rarely seen. Also a couple of items relating to ”Baehler Savoy Buildings” and Royal Princess Fatima Heidar | £24 |
| | Railway interest | |
| 672 | Egyptian companies: 40 unusual documents, letterheads, telegraph receipts, bills, consignment notes.. Etc from various Eg railway companies: Delta Light Railways, Ramleh Electric Railways, Wagon Lits. Mainly 1920-40s. Nice and hard to assemble group | £54 |
| 673 | State railways: Useful group, 60 items relating to Egyptian State railways including tickets, forms, letterheads, service telegraphs, map. Etc. | £45 |
| 674 | Telegraphs: About 100 Telegraphs, 19th century to modern, from State Telegraphs, Eastern and Marconi. Good variety with many better noted, including advertising types and other interesting station types and hand-stamps. To clear at less than half retail | £50 |
| | Royalty interest | |
| 675 | Estates: Charming selection of 40 letterheads, forms, bills, receipts .. etc from King Farouk’s private estates. Fine to superb and an excellent basis for a new collection | £36 |
| 676 | Portrait Letterheads: Ornate selection of 20 VF letterheads all pertaining to the Egyptian Government Employees syndicate all illustrated with a Royal portrait of Fuad or Farouk | £36 |
| | Postal history – returned to sender | |
| 677 | 60 returned-to-sender covers, entires and letter-sheets with myriad instructional markings, inc unclaimed, unknown, returned to sender… Overall fine for such much-travelled material. Good working quantity with some displayable items | £78 |
| 678 | 40 returned-to-sender covers, letter-sheets, postcards ..Etc, picked for different and scarcer returned markings, types, clear impressions, strikes on front…etc. Good lot with much suitable for display | £84 |
| 679 | Returned from overseas: Unusual accumulation of 80 Fuad-recent cards, covers and entires, all sent abroad, found undeliverable, marked with instructional markings or adhesives and returned to Egypt. Myriad instructional marks and many destinations. Some interesting foreign rates noted. Generally fine | £68 |
| | Stamps | |
| 680 | Third Issue: Unchecked used group of Third Issue stamps (both printings), including 5para x 10, 10para x 18, 20para x 12 (3 different Cassa keyhole Postmarks inc “Machalla”), 1pi x 13, 2pi x 7, 2 ½pi x 8 , 5pi x 8. Couple of interesting forgeries and some right-on-nose postmarks. Specialist checking could reward | £110 |
| 681 | 5 para/ 10 Para provisionals: Specialised selection of 35 mostly F-VF mint stamps including both vals in both perforations in Mint Blocks of four, dramatically shifted overprints of both values, Inv opts with 5para mint and 10para used, 5para with opt inv and misplaced. Inv wmks both perforations of both values. Also nice opt and plate flaws. Excellent lot, good basis for expansion | £190 |
| 682 | Watermark varieties: Clean selection of stamps in fine condition: 1879 1pi rose with wmk inv on small piece with full Suez pmk, another used with wmk misplaced, 1882 2m green, wmk inv ( FU) and another with wmk misplaced, 1914 5m wmk sideways from booklets (left and right ) FU, 5m Fuad inv wmk in FU pair and mint single, Boy King: 1m MNH marginal block of 8, 10m x mint pair, 15m block of 4, “Egypt” 10m violet in corner block of 4, UAR Egypt, 2m, 3m,10m in MNH inv wmk blocks of 4. 1957 commems: Orabi Revolution MNH marginal block of 4, Salah ad-Din MNH vertical pair, Mansoura MNH marginal block of 4, Air force/ airline MNH vertical se-tenant pair. Officials: 1938 1m inv wmk MNH block of 8, 1962 4m yellow green inv wmk in MNH block of 4. (Total 63stamps). To clear | £50 |
| 683 | Officials: Small lightly-duplicated mint and used accumulation of (few 100s) early-modern official stamps in small glassines, from No-Value to recent. Good variety with most issues represented, inc interesting No-Value stamp, DLR opts with some minor varieties, 1920s to 50m inc MNH and used blocks of 4, 1938, 1962 including 4m inv wmk MNH block of 4, and 1960s mint and used, 1970s mint, used and watermarked and on to more modern. Condition varies, but generally fine, with much useful. To clear | £82 |
| 684 | Dues: Small lightly duplicated group of dues in small glassines with some complete sets noted, 1900s-1960, most issues represented. Mixed condition, but much useful | £54 |
| 685 | For charity: Mixed lot inc a little bit of everything, stamps, covers (a couple of Rural Service noted, labels (inc ornate types and found open), letterheads, documents, PPC, revenues, ephemera, phone cards. All Egyptian. Condition varies, but fine overall (qty).Worth £100+ Please bid generously as the vendor will donate proceeds to local orphanage | £60 |
| | Postal history – oddball and unusual | |
| 686 | Postmark errors: 16 covers with minor postmark varieties, inverted numerals, omitted numerals, reversed letters, inverted slogan plus three related | £28 |
| 687 | Mailed twice: 75 covers that have been mailed twice, including local mails and official covers. Mixed condition typical of such material. The good , the bad and the ugly | £90 |
| 688 | Unusual envelopes: 30 covers ..etc, varied condition, all home-made envelopes, unusual envelopes, envelopes made from old government forms, unusual letter-sheets, covers turned inside out and then re-mailed, large insurance policies folded and mailed. To clear | £36 |
| 689 | Unusual rates: 70 items displaying unusual, scarce and odd rates: printed matter, registered cards, sent open, double and triple weight, sample rates, periodical rates, over-franking, additional 1mill rate, an insured cover... etc. Mixed condition, but good and useful | £95 |
| 690 | Enquiry/ Savings/Postage Paid: 29 covers and other postal items with interesting postmarks inc enquiry, postal savings, postal deposits, postage paid and other unusual markings. Generally fine and useful | £42 |
| 691 | GB Incoming: 47 covers (mostly 30s to 60s) incoming from G.B. Many censorship markings noted, with several opened by censor. Mixed condition | £40 |
| 692 | Overseas rates: 60 Republic period covers sent abroad, to various destinations including Saudi Arabia, Cambodia. US, Scotland, Greece …etc. Good for rate studies, franks ..Etc | £54 |
| | Perfins | |
| 693 | Revenues: excellent selection of 30 perfinned revenues on document: Shell, Credit Lyonnais and al-Charq . Good variety of perfins, values & orientations. Generally fine | £82 |
| 694 | Charq: 30 selected documents all franked with Charq perfinned revenues with many better and some suitable for display, including control singles, misperfs, multiple-franks, reversed, inv and shifted initials. F-VF. To clear | £82 |
| | Revenues | |
| 695 | Revenue-impressed cheques: 40 clean mint and used revenue-impressed bank cheques, inc some elusive and ornate types. Very elusive used examples noted (normally destroyed by the banks). Fine-superb and most suitable for display | £36 |
| 696 | Accumulation: Lightly-duplicated mint, unused, used revenues neatly sorted in small glassines, inc general revenues, consular, medical, professional, savings, mixed courts ..Etc. Condition generally fine (many 100s) | £90 |
| 697 | 1916 issue on document: 30 documents franked with the 1916 issue with all values to 100m , including nice multiples, combinations and most tied to document. Condition gen fine with several suitable for display. Good | £54 |
| 698 | Consular adhesives: Generally fine duplicated accumulation of couple of hundred mainly used consular revenues in small glassines, including values to £E168.40 with useful pickings | £27 |
| 699 | Consular revenues on document: 50 documents with Egyptian consular adhesives, many issues represented and several multiple franks and interesting combinations. Useful lot | £74 |
| 700 | Specialised revenues on document: 60 documents franked with specialised revenues: Mixed Courts (inc multiple franks and surcharges), legal (inc better), consular, Journalistic, Medical (interesting multiple franks), Cinema Professions, musical professions …etc. Good variety and generally fine. To clear at half retail | £54 |
| | Labels and cinderellas | |
| 701 | Clean duplicated stock of Eg labels (private, advertising, charity, medical, product, perfume, postal, registration, airmail, found open .. etc) neatly organised in small glassines and an envelope, much useful, many better items noted. Generally fine and colourful (many 100s) | £90 |
| 702 | On Document: Egyptian non-postal labels and cinderellas on 40 documents. Good variety inc: Hotels (Windsor, Carlton and Majestic), Lappas, Groppi, Simonds, Orosdi Back, Goganian, Platriers de Ballah, Charq, Bank Misr, Bank Zilkha, Royal Agricultural Society, and others. Good lot | £60 |
| 703 | Registration labels tied to cover: fine selection of 60 registration labels tied to cover. Fuad to modern with wide variety of postal and official labels. Colourful and useful lot | £54 |
| 704 | Labels on cover: over 100 19th century covers and letter-sheets bearing or sealed with labels, inc advertising, agricultural society, legal, municipality of Alexandria, banks, airmail, official, sealing, registration, postal and others. Generally fine | £82 |
| 705 | Economy/ re-use labels on cover: of 21 covers, letter-sheets and re-sealed part envelopes with envelope re-use label (Form No. 132). Interesting lot | £36 |
| | Regular issue/definitive stamps, proofs and colour trials | |
| 706 | 1867-69, 5pa yellow-orange, unused block of four, showing the four types (II-I / IV-III). Very fresh, well-centred, fully sound, full OG (other than minuscule gum lift on SE stamp), with usual hinge remnants and peripheral perf. reinforcements. A scarce multiple! (Nile Post D8; Zeheri 8; Balian 11m; Scott 8; SG 11, cat. £108 as singles!). Signed C. F. Hass. | £40 |
| 707 | 1872, 10pa mauve, variety “missing mouth of sphinx”, the constant and major flaw of position 24 (1 in 200 stamps), perf. 12½ x 13¼. Fine, bright and fresh, fully sound, used, with neat “ALESSAND(RIA)” cds, leaving the variety brilliantly visible! (NP D15a; Bal. 24b, cat. £44; Zeh. 15b). Very scarce! | £19 |
| 708 | 1872 (11 Oct.), outer folded letter sheet franked by 1pi rose-red LITHOGRAPH (fully sound, superbly centred), perf. 12½ x 13¼, showing var, Cracked ‘1’ at lower-right” (NP D22b; Bal 22a; var of Zeh 17i, Scott 22m, SG 27.I). Face has oval sender’s cachet and 2 strikes (1 tying adhesive) of “V.R POSTE EGIZIANE / ZAGAZIG / 11 OTT TI 1872” cds, ESC type III-2.5, but with year and accounting mark transposed! On reverse is CAIRO” cds same day/same type. Fragile sheet has a couple of surface faults, some neat repairs and strengthening inside. Signed C. F. Hass on reverse. A stamp very rarely found on cover! | £80 |
| 709 | 1872, 5pi yellow-green, perf 13¼ all round, with good colour, fully sound unused, hinged on full, original gum, an unusually well-centred example of this stamp (notorious for poor centring), with wide margins at top, left and bottom edges, perfs just touching frameline at right. The second-rarest typographed stamp of the 1872 issue, missing from all but the most advanced collections of classic Egypt — and seldom found in such fine condition! Very conservatively priced at $375 in NP and Scott, £275 in SG. More realistically valued by Balian at £318 (NP D20h; Bal. 29g; Zeh. 20d; Scott 25a; SG 34.II). Signed C. F. Hass. | £100 |
| 710 | 1874, 10pa gray, perf. 13¼ x 12½, the variety, “damaged frameline at upper-left”, position 131 on the sheet of 200 stamps, F-VF, fresh, fully sound, hinged on full original gum. A nice example of a scarce positional variety! (NP D24s at $75; Bal. 32ei at £44). | £25 |
| 711 | 1875, 1pi red, perf. 12½, the error of doubled vertical perforations (at left-hand side), F-VF, fully sound used, with a near-complete Sept. ’78 “PORTO-SAID” postmark (unlisted in NP; Balian 34e, undervalued at only £26.50). Signed C. F. Hass. | £16 |
| 712 | 1874, 5pi green, compound perforation of 12½ x 13¼. An early Impression (non-oily, all design details clear and open), a lovely example of the rarest stamp of the 1874 issue. Decently centred, with its frame clear on all sides and a jumbo margin at left. Fully sound and fresh, unused, hinged on full original gum (NP D29l at $350; Bal. 37h at £310; Scott 25d at $350; SG 41c at £300). A choice example of a truly elusive stamp, signed C. F. Hass. | £120 |
| 713 | 1879, “10 PARAS” surcharge on 2½pi violet, perf. 12½, the variety, “indented bottom outer frameline”, from position 92 of the third state of the 2pi forme (this deep indentation occurred during the second substitution of stereo 102, and was caused by pressure from the tool used in prying out the defective stereo). Fine unused, super-fresh, full original gum, with a neat paper hinge remnant (NP D31g at $75; Bal. 39b at £53; Zeh. 22n). A rare third-issue variety! Signed C. F. Hass. | £30 |
| 714 | 1902-13, 5 mills, imperforate De La Rue plate proof in black, on thin, white, chalk-surfaced card, as originally glued to a heavy, olive-buff, composite card (.105” total thickness). A block of four, representing positions 57-58, 77-78 of the NE pane of the unique 5m black proof sheet of 240 stamps. VF and fresh, fully sound but for a slight, isolated edge defect on its NW stamp, a result of having been cut from the master proof sheet. (NP page 121; Bal. 90P; Scott 48P, SG 63dP). A truly rare item of the De La Rue (“fourth”) issue, seldom offered anywhere! Signed C. F. Hass. | £135 |
| 715 | 1914, the De La Rue “Views”, imperforate plate proofs on gummed, unwatermarked paper, in horizontal pairs — the 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 10m and 20m – seven values (NP page 127; Bal 128 and part of 129; Scott 50-59P; SG 73-82P), all F-VF, Fresh MNH (some with vertical scissors cuts slightly into the central gutters, as is often seen – insignificant, and mentioned only for accuracy). A nice group of Imperforates! | £35 |
| 716 | 1922, 20m olive with the error inverted “Kingdom” overprint, lithographed at Cairo (“type I”), one of probably only 110 examples possible (two different panes existed, but it is likely that only about 10 examples survive from one of them). Fully sound and fresh, unused, hinged on full original gum. As is usual for stamps from this error sheet, there is minor, insignificant gum toning in a small dot, not visible on face (NP D86Ib; Bal 176b at £230; Scott 86a (litho); SG 106a (litho) at £225). Scarce error, signed C. F. Hass. | £105 |
| 717 | 1922, 100m gray-black with the error of double “Kingdom” overprint, lithographed at Cairo (“type I”), one of only 100 examples possible (one pane existed). Fully sound and fresh, unused, hinged on full original gum, with a partly erased, faint pencil notation on back (NP D89 Ib at $400; Bal 178b at £265.50; Scott 88b; SG 108b at £325). A scarce error, Signed C. F. Hass. | £105 |
| 718 | 1923, 50 mills blue-green “First Fuad” portrait series, completely imperforate on gummed, watermarked paper, a lovely horizontal pair, from positions 52-53 of the unique imperforate sheet of 100 stamps. Super-fresh and mint, never hinged, with wide margins on all sides! There is an invisible, horizontal fold in the white margin at top, not touching the stamp images, and certainly not a detraction. Because many of the stamps on the sheet were creased and/or torn, substantially fewer than 100 fully sound examples exist! (NP D99f; Bal 231d, valued at £531 for two singles; an unlisted variety of Zeh 90, Scott 100 and SG 119). A rare item for the “First Fuad” specialist, signed C. F. Hass. | £80 |
| 719 | 1923, 100 mills purple “First Fuad” portrait series, completely imperforate on gummed, watermarked paper, a vertical pair, mint never-hinged. Top stamp is superb, but for very tiny wrinkle (unobvious) at its bottom edge. A horizontal fold runs through the white gutter between the stamps (away from images) and the lower stamp has a (not glaringly obvious) horizontal crease (NP D100e; Bal 232b, valued £531 for two singles; unlisted variety of Zeh 90, Scott 100, SG 119). Rare item for the “First Fuad” specialist, signed C. F. Hass. | £35 |
| 720 | 1927, “Second Fuad” portrait issue 5 mills, an imperforate horizontal pair, on gummed, watermarked paper, printed in a very pale chestnut shade, type II (diagonal screen), 18mm x 22¾mm, showing an extremely faint overall “ghost image” of a double impression (2.5mm to the left of, and 0.75mm above, the main image). Fresh, VF MNH (NP D112n, greatly undervalued!; unlisted by Balian; a variety of Scott 135b and SG 156). From the Egyptian Royal Collection, with the Arabic “Qubbah Palace” backstamp Only 100 stamps existed … a “Second Fuad” rarity! | £95 |
| 721 | 1932, bilingual “MILLS 100” provisional surcharge on £E1 “First Fuad” portrait issue (SG 188 at £190; Scott 167). Only 3750 examples were surcharged! A super-fresh, fine unused example, very lightly hinged on full original gum. Signed C. F. Hass. | £55 |
| 722 | 1936, “Young Farouk” 5 mills (perforated, on gummed, watermarked paper), like the issued 5m Definitive stamp of 1937, but an essay/colour trial in bright violet, the colour of the issued 10m value (NP RPD140ct(b), substantially undervalued; Bal. 386b violet). VF MNH. From the Egyptian Royal Collection, with the Arabic “Qubbah Palace” backstamp. Only 100 existed! | £85 |
| 723 | 1937, “Young Farouk” 5 mills booklet stamp, uncut block of 12 (6x2, with margins at left and right) from the specially formatted, 60-stamp panes prepared for stamp booklets. This block is from one of the 12 uncut booklet sheets found in the Egyptian Royal Collection. Accompanied by Bileski testament (and without Arabic “Qubbah Palace” cartouche, as usual). Only 120 such “Royal” blocks existed! MNH, Pristine. | £22 |
| 724 | 1939, “Young Farouk” 200 mills violet, an imperforate plate proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint (NP D151b; Bal. 380b), with Minkus “Palm tree ad Pyramid” backstamp, “Guaranteed from the King Farouk Collection”, in blue-green, VF, lightly hinged onto a decorative Minkus “Palace Collections” guarantee card. Few of these “Palace Sale” souvenirs survive! | £10 |
| 725 | 1939, “Young Farouk” 50 piastres green and sepia, an imperforate plate proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint (NP D153a @$150; Bal. 381e). Superb and fresh. Only 400 examples existed! | £40 |
| 726 | 1949, Farouk “Maréchal” £E1 blue and sepia, completely imperforate, with centre misplaced leftward, on gummed, watermarked paper, a super-fresh, superb example, very lightly hinged, with a tiny, natural paper inclusion (with “J.H. STOLOW” guarantee backstamp). Two imperforate sheets with differing misplacement of the centre, each of 50 stamps, were found in the Egyptian Royal Collection (NP D172a, with no mention made of the misplacement; Bal. 420c at £300). A rare and seldom-offered imperforate! | £160 |
| 727 | 1951, Farouk “Maréchal” 10 mills violet booklet pane of 6 with two glassine interleaves, with the fully intact, pink-card, front cover (with imprinted text) and back cover, for the 240 mills booklet originally comprising four such panes, sewn at left-hand edge … a tiny ‘miniature sheet’, with selvage on all sides. Super-fresh, Very fine mint, never hinged, A scarce pane, especially when still with its original covers! | £22 |
| | The following seven Lots are Colour Trials for the “King of Egypt and Sudan” (“Malek Masr wal Sudan”) overprints of 1952. Each is from the Egyptian Royal Collection. All are backstamped by the Arabic “Qubbah Palace” cartouche. Only 100 examples were printed of each. | |
| 728 | 1m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial overprint in brown (issued in black as SG 373 and Scott 299). Very fine mint, never-hinged, with a small paper inclusion (NP page 187; Bal. 1m 487e). | £12 |
| 729 | 3m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial overprint in brown. A particularly sought-after stamp, as the issued 3m value, overprinted in blue, was on the 3m “Young Farouk” design (as SG 375 and Scott 301). Therefore the only way this overprint exists on the 3m “Maréchal” stamp is as a colour trial! Very fine, original gum, with a small thin at the top edge, caused by hinge removal (NP page 187; Bal. 3m 487e). | £18 |
| 730 | 10m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in green (issued in red, SG 378 and Scott 304). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant due to removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 10m 487d). | £14 |
| 731 | 10m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in brown (issued in red, SG 378 and Scott 304). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant due to removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 10m 487e). | £14 |
| 732 | 100m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial overprint in green (issued in red as SG 388 and Scott 313). Very fine, mint, never-hinged (NP page 187; Bal. 100m 488d). | £16 |
| 733 | 200m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in green (issued in red, SG 389 and Scott 314). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant after removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 200m 488d). | £14 |
| 734 | 200m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in brown (issued in red, SG 389 and Scott 314). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant after removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 200m 488e). | £14 |
| 735 | 1953, 40 mills sepia Farouk “Maréchal” with 3-bar Portrait Obliteration Overprint, without “King of Egypt and Sudan” overprint, in a F-VF mint, never-hinged block of four. A howlingly scarce stamp with genuine bars, and rarely see as a multiple! It is a sad fact that fully 99% of all examples in circulation are forgeries. This brilliantly fresh block is absolutely genuine, position-plated and signed C. F. Hass (each stamp also bears the small, blue-green “So. P. Eg.” backstamp of the Philatelic Society of Egypt) (NP D224 at $200+; Bal. 529 at £163+; SG 449 at £188+; Scott unlisted). | £80 |
| | Commemorative stamps (including Semipostals) | |
| 736 | 1925, 10m rose-pink International Geographical Congress, Cairo, the variety, Completely Imperforate, in a superb, mint, never-hinged horizontal pair, sparklingly fresh and pristine, from the first printing (on chalk-surfaced paper). The world’s supply of this lovely variety … only two imperforate sheets (210 stamps) of two different shades/printings … was found in the Egyptian Royal Collection. Given the fact that the two sheets differed, only 105 examples of this shade/printing can exist! (NP C5b; Zeh. 2d; Bal. Commemorative 2b; SG 124a; Scott 106 var.). | £105 |
| 737 | 1929, Farouk 9th Birthday Issue, the “Special U.P.U. Advance Printing” set of four (5m, 10m, 15m and 20m) in Unissued Colours, with black centre (5m) or brown centre (others). Extremely fresh unused, very lightly hinged on full, original gum. superbly centred. Only 2000 sets were printed, and very few of those remaining in circulation can match the quality of the set offered here (NP C29c-C32c; Bal. commemoratives 26b-29b at £460; Zeh. 26a-29a; SG 178a-181a at £400). Signed C. F. Hass. | £105 |
| 738 | 1934, Tenth U.P.U. Congress Commemorative/Definitive Issue, the full series of the 12 small-format denominations, 1m to 200m, an Imperforate Plate Proof of each, on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint, all of them extremely fine to superb. Only 100 examples were printed of each denomination (NP C47a-C58a at $960; Balian commemorative proof set 55b, at $765; SG 219P-230P; Scott 177P-188P). A very popular — and increasingly elusive — series! | £185 |
| 739 | 1946, 10 mills green Visit of the King of Saudi Arabia, an Imperforate Plate Proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint, pristine and superbly margined. Only 50 examples were printed (NP C97a at $150; Balian commemorative 95b at £120; Scott 256P; SG 306P). | £40 |
| 740 | 1950, 10 mills red-brown and violet Fuad I Desert Institute, the variety, Completely Imperforate, on gummed, watermarked paper, a superb single with wide selvage at left, showing a partial registration crosshair (there is a meaningless vertical fold in the selvage, 8mm to the left of the stamp image). Mint, never-hinged, and rare. Only 80 examples are known, all from the-Egyptian Royal Collection (NP C132a at $150+; Balian commem 134a at £138+; Zeh. 115a; var. of SG 363 and Scott 285. | £70 |
| 741 | 1956, Second Pan-Arab Boy Scout Jamboree Semi-postal Miniature Sheets, perforated and imperforate (NP MS9-MS10; Bal. commemoratives 170-171 at £1203.50; SG MS513-14 at £2000; Scott B13-15, footnoted at $1500). Both sheets are mint, never-hinged. The perforated sheet has a hint of a fingerprint on the gummed side, a couple of small paper inclusions and a minor diagonal crease at its SE corner (approximately a mere 6mm in from the apex); the imperforate sheet has a subtle, and really insignificant, gum bend. A much sought-after pair of sheets as only 1037 of each existed! | £325 |
| | Express stamps | |
| 742 | 1929, 20m black & red Motorcycle Postman, an Imperforate Plate Proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint, pristine and fresh, well-margined. Only 350 examples were printed! (NP EX2a; Balian 263b at £120; SG E139P; Scott E2P). | £30 |
| | Official stamps | |
| 743 | 1893-1915, ‘No Value’ chestnut Official, upright wmk, three different formats, each in a mint or MNH/unused OG block of four: 1893-1902 unsurfaced paper (sheet-marginal at top, with “Jubilee” bars, MNH); 1903-1907 chalk-surfaced paper (sheet-marginal at top, with “Jubilee”, bars, 2 stamps MNH, 2 stamps hinged on full OG); 1907-1913 chalk-surfaced paper (interpanneaux gutter at right, showing “Jubilee” bars, “pillars” and portion of “POS(TES EGYPTIENNES)” watermark, reading uphill, MNH). Three blocks in all. | £25 |
| 744 | 1907-1913 “No Value” Official, upright watermark, chalk-surfaced paper, the used horizontal pair (Nile Post O1b), one of only two such postally used pairs recorded! Cancelled at “MATAY” on “—III 14”. The documented usage of the “No Value” issue was as single stamps only, regardless of the weight or size of the mailed item. The reason for the postal usage of the stamp in multiple format is as yet undetermined, but it was a RARE occurrence! Signed C. F. Hass. | £45 |
| 745 | 1902-1907 “No Value” Official, chalk-surfaced paper, the error of inv wmk, a MNH, superb block of 12 stamps (2x6), with interpanneaux gutter at top (double “Jubilee” bars) and sheet margin at bottom (single “Jubilee” bars). A stunning multiple of one of the scarcer “inverted watermark” errors of Egypt! | £50 |
| 746 | 1907 “O.H.H.S / AMEERY” overprint on the chalk-surfaced De La Rue ‘4th Issue’ 1 mill stamp, the indented “O” variety (position 116 of each 240-stamp sheet), a lovely used block of 15 stamps (5 x 3), fully sound and cancelled by eight full strikes of a bilingual CAIRO / R.D.6 / 7–.III.14” postmark, its south-west-corner stamp showing the variety. | £28 |
| 747 | As previous lot, but the 5 mills value in a pristine and fresh, MNH, irregularly shaped block of 28 stamps, positions 16-18, 36-38, 56-58, 76-78, 96-98 and 116-118, its southwest-corner stamp showing the indented “O” variety. | £25 |
| 748 | As previous Lot, the 5 mills value in a lovely used block of 9 stamps (3 x 3), fully sound and cancelled by six part or full (unclear) strikes of a bilingual “DAMANHUR / — V 07” postmark, its southwest-corner stamp showing the indented “O” variety. | £18 |
| 749 | 1913, “O.H.H.S.” overprint, the letters O.H.H.S. in inverted commas/quotation marks on the “Fourth-Issue” 5 mills. A stunning specimen of the rarest Official stamp of Egypt, of which only about 25 examples are known to exist, all of them used, at six different places ? Bani Suwef, Mina el Qamh, Alexandria, Tanta, Sohag & Port Tawfiq (the latter three only recently documented). This example is among those known to survive from the Bani Suwef correspondence. It is neatly cancelled by a partial strike (used in 1914, but the year is not visible) of the English-language “SUWEF / P” of the postmark (NP O8, Balian 113, SG O79 (undervalued in all cases). Signed “ela” (E. L. Angeloglou), with a detailed C. F. Hass colour photocertificate. A great treasure among Egypt’s Official stamps! | £300 |
| 750 | 1923, the bilingual “O.H.E.M.S.” opt on 5m pink, the Error of Typesetting, “O.H..E.M.S”, position 38 of Setting ‘B’, VF unused, lightly hinged, full original gum. Only 500 examples were printed (NP O26d; Bal. 212b at £133; SG O115a; Scott O25a, absurdly undervalued!). A popular item, on many collectors’ want lists! Convincing forgeries are offered on the market, but this is the real thing! Signed C. F. Hass. | £35 |
| 751 | 1923, the bilingual “O.H.E.M.S.” overprint on 10m lake, the Error of Typesetting, “O.H..E.M.S”, position 38 of Setting ‘B’, VF unused, original gum (with a hinge remnant and a tiny gum lift). Only 200 examples were printed (NP O28g; Bal. 214b at £177; SG O117a; Scott O27a, absurdly undervalued!). A popular item, on many collectors’ want lists! Convincing forgeries are being offered on the market, but this is the real thing! Signed C. F. Hass. | £40 |
| | Military stamps | |
| 752 | 1935, 1 piastre blue “British Forces in Egypt” NAAFI letter stamp with red “JUBILEE COMMEMORATION 1935” overprint (SG A10 at £225; Scott M9 at $290), very fresh and fine unused, very lightly hinged on full original gum. Signed C. F. Hass. | £95 |
| | Classic postal history | |
| 753 | 1869 (22 June), a complete folded letter sheet (a business letter from one Jewish merchant in Cairo to another in Alexandria), with address and text in Italian, franked by a single 1867-69 1pi rose-red. On the face are two full, clear strikes (one tying the adhesive) of the “REGIE POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO / 22 GIUG 69 1.T.” cds (ESC type II-2, Smith scarcity rating of “Scarce”), with a blue sender’s cachet perfectly struck at lower-left. On reverse is a complete, same-day arrival cds of “REGIE POSTE EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA” (ESC type II-2, Smith scarcity rating of “Uncommon”). A lovely Second-Issue postal history item, in excellent condition, showing a combined usage of two very scarce “REGIE” markings! | £110 |
| 754 | 1869 (13 July), a complete folded letter sheet (a business letter from one Jewish merchant in Cairo to another in Alexandria), with address and text in Italian, franked by single 1867-69 1pt rose-red. On the face are 1½ strikes (a full, clear information strike and a half-strike cancelling the adhesive) of a “POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO / 13 LUGL 69 1.T.” cds (ESC type I-2.5), with a blurred strike of a blue sender’s cachet at lower-left. On reverse is a complete and clear “— VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA / 13 LUGL 69 1.T.” arrival cds of the scarce ESC type II-4, with the word “REGIE”-removed (rated by Smith as “Uncommon”), only five days after the earliest recorded date of 8th July for the use of this device. Another truly elusive item of Second-Issue postal history, in excellent condition! | £85 |
| 755 | 1870 (27 June), a small envelope, its now-missing contents apparently having caused it to be double-weight (over 10g), franked by a single 2pi blue adhesive of 1867-69, addressed in Arabic and Italian to a Jewish merchant in Alexandria. On the face are two very fine strikes (one tying the adhesive) of the elusive “V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / MINIE” cds of ESC type III-2.5 (Smith scarcity rating of “40” plus an additional rating of “Scarce” for this type), but with the date as “27 GIU 1870” — also lacking the accounting mark under the year! On the reverse are a complete transit cds of “CAIRO” (27 GIU) and an arrival cds of “ALESSANDRIA” (28 GIU), both of type III-2.5. An important Second-Issue cover with a scarce franking of a 2 piastres adhesive, and cancelled by a most unusual variety of a classic postmark! | £195 |
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