Please note that the illustrations  supplied from various sources are of varying quality; the colours should be considered only
as approximate representations of the items' true colours. The prices are the reserve price and under bids will be ignored. Bidding steps: £1-£5, 10p; £5-£20, 20p; £20-£50, 50p; £50-£100, £1; over £100, £5. |
| Egypt Study Circle Auction No 50 CLOSED September 25, 2011 |
| Stamps | ||
| 1 | 1914 pictorial issues. Imperforate horizontal pairs of 1,2,3,4,5, 10 mills in mint condition. Cat. value £180. Scarce.  | £72.00 |
| 2 | 1938 King Farouk £E1, celebrating his 18th Birthday in pristine condition  | £48.00 |
| 3 | 1939 Young King Farouk definitive 50 piastres in block of 4 with control number A/45 A/46 only in English. Mint condition  | £45.00 |
| 4 | 1952 King Farouk Military 50 piastres with overprint King of Egypt & Sudan in red. Block of 4 stamps with control A49-A/50 in Arabic & English. Mint condition  | £60.00 |
| 5 | 1953 First Post-Revolution Pictorial issue. 32m block of 4 imperf, mint. Scarce  | £42.00 |
| 6 | 1953 First Post-Revolution Pictorial issue, 19 stamps fine used, 1mill to £E1 | £9.00 |
| 7 | 2000 The latest pictorial definitive issue. Ten stamps, of which 6 are £E1 or more. In pristine condition | £9.00 |
| 8 | 2006 Prestige display of year's stamps & M/S, inc M/S celebrating 50 years of Egypt-China diplomatic relations. Displayed on 5 decorative exhibition sheets with Arabic & English subtitles  | £18.00 |
| 9 | 2009 Issue of 16 stamps each £E1.50 to mark Fifa U-20 World Cup. Issued and sold only as a limited edition sheetlets of 16 stamps. Very scarce  | £28.00 |
| 10 | 2009. Limited edition sheetlet of 16 stamps value £E1.50 to mark 4th Extra-ordinary Session of PAPU conference in Cairo in June - portraits of African personalities. Vary scarce  | £28.00 |
| Military interest | ||
| 11 | 1936 King Fouad Army Post set 3 mill (green) & 10 mill (red) with oblique perforation. Mint condition. Scarce  | £50.00 |
| 12 | 1939 King Farouk Army Post 3mill (green) & 10 mill (red) with oblique perforation in pristine condition. Scarce  | £36.00 |
| 13 | Active Service Envelope to England. No stamps, franked Egypt. Postage Prepaid dated 24 XI 41. Also a purple square stamp Passed by unit censor 932  | £10.00 |
| 14 | Active Service Envelop with 4 King Farouk 10 mill Army Post cancelled Field Post Office 1246 dated 19 OC 40 addressed to UK. Also red square Passed by Unit Censor 132  | £15.00 |
| 15 | Active Service Envelop with King GVI 10 pence stamp addressed to England, cancelled Egypt 24 Postage Prepaid with circular Passed by Censor 1888. Also a small circular Passed by Deputy Chief Field Censor and label Examined by Base Censor 63  | £15.00 |
| First-Day Covers | ||
| 16 | 2009 complete set of four FDCs each with 4 different stamps celebrating Fifa U20 World Cup in Egypt  | £20.00 |
| 17 | 2009 Complete set of four FDCs each with 4 different stamps celebrating PAPU conference in Cairo  | £20.00 |
| 18 | FDC of high value stamps (2x£E5, £E10) from booklet Discover Treasures of Egypt  | £12.00 |
| 19 | FDC of £E10 stamp showing Mask of Tutankhamun from booklet Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps  | £6.00 |
| 20 | FDC of Nefertiti £E5 stamp from Discover Treasures of Egypt booklet  | £4.00 |
| 21 | FDC of Sphinx £E5 stamp from Discover Treasures of Egypt booklet  | £4.00 |
| Postcard | ||
| 22 | No 21 by Lichtenstern & Harari addressed to Princess CHOCHAIR IBRAHIM, who was the first wife of King Fouad, at Mounira Palace in Cairo dated 1 X 06  | £10.00 |
| Stamps - First Fuad Issue | ||
| 23 | Proof of the 4m in colour of the 5m (brown), on ungummed paper, no watermark  | £3.00 |
| 24 | Proof - 5m imperf pair (brown), on ungummed paper, no watermark  | £4.00 |
| 25 | 5m, corner block of 6, u/m, NO control number  | £6.00 |
| 26 | 4m corner block of 4, mint, control number C 23  | £1.00 |
| 27 | 2m, mint, pair with control number C 23  | £1.00 |
| 28 | 5m used showing control numbers C 23, B 25, 10m used, control number C 23 (9 stamps in all)  | £1.00 |
| 29 | 4m, mint, showing re-touch to lotus (stamp 23)  | £2.00 |
| Stamps - Air Mail -full panes of 50 except where stated. CN = control number 1933 Issue (SG 193 etc) | ||
| 30 | 1m, three panes A/36, 2 panes showing varied control numbers. One pane a lighter shade of orange | £22.00 |
| 31 | 2rn (orange) CN A/37, two panes showing variation of control numbers | £20.00 |
| 32 | 3m CN A/37 | £8.00 |
| 33 | 4m CN A/36 | £8.00 |
| 34 | 5m CN A/39 | £8.00 |
| 35 | 5m CN B/39 | £8.00 |
| 36 | 6m CN A/32 | £8.00 |
| 37 | 10m CN A/39 | £8.00 |
| 38 | 20m CN A/37 | £8.00 |
| 39 | 30m CN A/38 | £8.00 |
| 1941 Issue (SG 285 etc) | ||
| 40 | 5m CN A/40, two panes showing differences in control numbers | £20.00 |
| 41 | 10m CN A/45 (ex stamps 4 and 5) | £3.00 |
| 42 | 25m CN A/40 | £4.00 |
| 43 | 25m CN A/40 A/41 A/44 (ex 3-4-5-9-10 but stamp 17 has 'cloud in sky' variety | £7.00 |
| 44 | 25m CN A/40 A/41 A/44 A/46 | £8.00 |
| 45 | 30m CN A/39 A/40 | £8.00 |
| 1947 Issue (SG 322 etc) | ||
| 47 | 2m CN A/47 | £6.00 |
| 48 | 5m CN A/46 | £6.00 |
| 49 | 7m CN A/46 | £6.00 |
| 50 | 8m CN A/46 | £6.00 |
| 1953 Issue (SG 433 and 434) | ||
| 52 | 5m CN A/53 (stamps 16-50) | £2.00 |
| 53 | 15m CN A/53 (stamps 16-50) | £2.00 |
| Second Fuad - specialised collection covering most of the rates between 1927 and 1936 | ||
| 54 | 2 mills black printed card, pmk Shubra / Cairo, VF  | £15.00 |
| 55 | 2 mills black inland folded letter  | £11.00 |
| 56 | 3 mils (1+2 mills) internal postcard, pmk Manfalut, VF  | £14.00 |
| 57 | 3 mills (blue green) internal postcard, pmk Suez  | £13.00 |
| 58 | 5 mills (Type III booklet), internal letter rate  | £13.00 |
| 59 | 15 mills (blue) internal registered letter, pmk Azhar, VF  | £17.00 |
| 60 | 25 mills (10+15 mills) registered letter plus Avis de Reception card, VF  | £23.00 |
| 61 | 20 mills (4x5 mills) internal Express rate, clean, Express in Arabic  | £14.00 |
| 62 | 2 mills, foreign printed rate until October 1931  | £12.00 |
| 63 | 4 mills, foreign printed rate from November 1931  | £13.00 |
| 64 | 4 mills (dark green), foreign printed matter rate to USA 22 1 36  | £17.00 |
| 65 | 4 mills (brown), foreign printed matter rate to UK, pmk Port Said Traffic  | £21.00 |
| 66 | 4 mills (4x1 mill), foreign printed matter rate from November 1931  | £15.00 |
| 67 | 15 mills (1,2,3,4,5 mills), letter to Germany 10 4 28  | £12.00 |
| 68 | 8 mills (3+5 mills), postcard to UK prior to 1 11 31  | £12.00 |
| 69 | 10 mills (red), postcard to UK after 1 11 31  | £4.00 |
| 70 | 10 mills (violet), postcard to UK after October 1934, colour change  | £6.00 |
| 71 | 10 mills (red), postcard to Greece, overseas rate prior to 1 11 31, VF  | £15.00 |
| 72 | 13 mills (pink), postcard to USA, overseas rate after 1 11 31, VF  | £15.00 |
| 73 | 5 mills (under-stamped), postcard to UK, plus 1d Postage Due added  | £15.00 |
| 74 | 10 mills (under-stamped), postcard to USA, plus 2 cents Postage Due added  | £15.00 |
| 75 | 10 mills (rose), letter to UK prior to 1 11 31, VF  | £15.00 |
| 76 | 10 mills (red), letter to UK prior to 1 11 31  | £15.00 |
| 77 | 15 mills (blue), letter to UK after 1 11 31, VF  | £15.00 |
| 78 | 15 mills (violet), letter to UK, colour change 1934  | £15.00 |
| 79 | 23 mills (3+20 mills), air mail to UK prior to 1 11 31, VF  | £18.00 |
| 80 | 28 mills (20+2x4 mills), air mail to UK after 1 11 31  | £18.00 |
| 81 | 20 mills (large olive), air mail to UK, reduced rate to promote service  | £18.00 |
| 82 | 40 mills air mail to UK via KLM, who added 12 mills for faster service  | £22.00 |
| 83 | 15 mills (3+2 mills plus 1pi letter-sheet issued before 1888 currency change, conversion of 1 piastre to 10 mills. Rare  | £23.00 |
| 84 | 20 mills (large blue), special air mail rate to Denmark for short period in 1934  | £21.00 |
| 85 | 40 mills (large brown), air mail to India with Karachi Cancelled handstamp because there was no air mail beyond Karachi to the destination (Colombo)  | £23.00 |
| 86 | 70 mills (2x5+3x20 large blue), air mail to Singapore BUT air mail did not begin until nine months after this date, Journey completed by sea  | £31.00 |
| 87 | 45 mills (4x10+4+1 mill), letter to Holland by air mail as far as Germany, with clear Par Avion Jusqua Allemagne struck out. Rare and superb cover  | £39.00 |
| 88 | 23 mills (20 large olive plus 3 mills), first flight Luxor to London 13 3 31, VF  | £31.00 |
| 89 | 27 mills (2+10+15 mills), special air mail rate to Iraq of 12 mills, dated 15 4 30, VF  | £26.00 |
| Fuad Printed stationery | ||
| 90 | 2 mills envelope (SEN 27), unused, pristine  | £12.00 |
| 91 | 2 mills envelope (SEN 27), used pristine white envelope  | £8.00 |
| 92 | 2 mills envelope (SEN 27), used, buff envelope  | £8.00 |
| 93 | 2 mills envelope (SEN 29), unused, pristine, colour change  | £12.00 |
| 94 | 2 mills envelope (SEN 29), used, buff envelope, colour change  | £8.00 |
| 95 | 2 mills envelope (SEN 29), orange, watermark sideways, used  | £14.00 |
| 96 | 5 mills letter sheet (SEN 28), chestnut-brown on white paper, pristine  | £25.00 |
| 97 | 5 mills letter sheet (SEN 28), chestnut-brown on buff paper  | £25.00 |
| 98 | 3 mills postcard (SPC 34), pristine mint  | £17.00 |
| 99 | 3 mills postcard (SPC 34), used, VF  | £10.00 |
| 100 | 3 mills postcard (SPC 36), pristine mint  | £17.00 |
| 101 | 3 mills postcard (SPC 36), used, VF  | £10.00 |
| 102 | 13 mills postcard (SPC 35), pristine mint on white card  | £14.00 |
| 103 | 13 mills postcard (SPC 35), pristine mint on buff card  | £14.00 |
| 104 | 13 mills postcard (SPC 35), used on buff card, neat  | £9.00 |
| 105 | 15 mills registered envelope (SRE 7), plum, pristine mint  | £31.00 |
| 106 | 15 mills registered envelope (SRE 7), plum, used with 25 mills supplement  | £22.00 |
| Second Fuad - proofs | ||
| 107 | 50m (D122a) dk centre  | £31.00 |
| 108 | 50m (D122e) dk centre  | £19.00 |
| 109 | 100m (D123a) dk centre  | £31.00 |
| 110 | 200m (D124a) dk centre  | £31.00 |
| Postage Due | ||
| 111 | 1902, small cover of flimsy paper franked with 1 mills DLR definitive (SG 58) and Arabic-addressed within Cairo. Sent from Cairo 23 X 02 VIII, it attracted a pencil T on the face and a 4m Postage Due (SG D72) of the 1889 issue cancelled Caire 24 X 02 I. Appealing  | £20.00 |
| 112 | 1918, neat printed envelope of Kafr el Zayat Cotton Company sent unfranked from Kafr el Zayat to Ebiar. Boxed T and taxed 10m (2m plus pair of 4m Dues, SG D98, D100) in Ebiar. Reverse has Kafr el Zayat-Berma / & VV (Type 7A3) of 3 AP 18 T75  | £28.00 |
| 113 | 1940, envelope 155x125mm, Arabic-addressed, stamp (perhaps re-used?) apparently fixed with gum and lost. Three boxed Ts around where it should have been, and 2m red-orange and 8m Dues (double 5m deficiency) cancelled in Cairo 7 JU 40. All on the face  | £18.00 |
| 114 | 1941, folded agricultural receipt (but also sealed with gum?) addressed to Cairo and franked 3x1 mill Boy King from El Sheikh Fadl 1 SE 41. Boxed T alongside and 6m (double the 3m deficiency) Due issued in June 1941 (NP PD 36) cancelled next day. All on the face  | £18.00 |
| 115 | 1955, long company printed window envelope with Par Avion sticker, sent from France to Egypt franked 40f. Triangle-T and 0,178 manuscript on departure, and after censor mark, 6m and 20m Dues cancelled with Alex CDS on arrival. Date appears to be 27 NO 55, but 20m Due issued 1956  | £18.00 |
| 116 | 1964, long envelope with Par Avion sticker sent from Boulogne to Cairo franked 1fr50. French T and 0,37 manuscript on face; and 12m and 30m Dues on reverse, cancelled Le Caire / Imprimes 9 I 64  | £15.00 |
| 117 | 1966, Air envelope addressed to Alexandria from Marseille, franked 0,80f. Manuscript T marks on face in French and Arabic, 30m plus 3x8m vertical strip of Dues on reverse cancelled 10 12 66 for 54m deficiency  | £15.00 |
| 118 | 1984, Air Mail Christmas series first-day registered cover from Austria, franked total of 17 Austrian schillings for Cairo. No marks on face, but reverse has manuscript T and figures, and 1984 Feasts stamp (carnation) with pen cancel. Postage Due? Or Poste Restante (addressed Post Restante / Ataba Square) fee? Intriguing  | £8.00 |
| 119 | 1984, rare usage of 1966 Postage Due stamps on cover. Long printed company envelope used registered (manuscript indication) en ville in Cairo but unfranked., provided with horizontal pair of 40 mill Dues (SG D856) cancelled at Cairo / R.D. / 3 on 29 11 84. Part machine cancel of 1 12 84 follows - why?  | £75.00 |
| Boxed O | ||
| 120 | 1934, picture postcard addressed to Austria and franked with 13 mills value of the 1933 Aviation Congress set (NP C44). Message written on January 19, last day of validity of the stamp. When it arrived in Alexandria PO for cancelling - crucially, next day - it was invalid, and received first a boxed T, which was crossed out, and then the appropriate Boxed O handstamp. CDS alongside reads Alexandria / Dep. 3 20 JA 34 11.15A. No postage due raised in Austria  | £60.00 |
| Postal stationery - mint | ||
| 121 | 1907-19 2 mills green postcard (NP SPC 14), pristine mint, but added to by Lloyd Autrichien, with pre-printed Port Said address on face and form message on reverse indicating that a particular vessel carrying despatched goods will arrive on a specific date (details to be completed by hand). Most unusual and fascinating  | £8.00 |
| 122 | 1946, Farouk Marechal, rare newspaper wrapper (NP SWR 12)mint but cut down - 180mm instead of 300mm long  | £20.00 |
| 123 | 1949 Air Mail Letter Sheet, Farouk 25 mills with Arabic watermark El Barid el Masry. NP SALS 4. Mint and crisp  | £12.00 |
| Postal stationery - used | ||
| 124 | 1894 - 1889-issue mini-envelope with 1 mill embossed vignette (NP SEN 4), cancelled with Alexandrie / Exposition cancel dated 25 V 94 TI, Egypt's first commemorative CDS, and addressed to L. Barckhausen, designer for Penasson, the Alexandria stamp printer, En Ville. Remarkable  | £30.00 |
| 125 | 1911, provisional 1mill surcharge on 2 mills mini-envelope (NP SEN 11), cancelled with Abuxa-Wasta (TPO Type 8A4) and addressed to Ministry of Finance. Very clean, neat  | £26.00 |
| 126 | 3 mills on 2 mills provisional postcard (NP SPC24) neatly used 10 X 16 from Cairo to Ebiar. Reverse has Cairo-Alex TPO 10 X 16 T33 (Type 5A2). Rare card  | £28.00 |
| 127 | 5 mills Letter sheet (NP SLS6a, unwatermarked), uprated with 5m De La Rue pictorial Sphinx (SG 77) for registration from Cairo (neat black on white Cairo label and Cairo R.D.6 CDS of 24 NO 17) to Ebiar Markaz Kafr el Zayat Gharbiya  | £16.00 |
| 128 | 1922, 1913-issue 10m Colossi Registered Envelope (NP SRE2), uprated with 5 mills Harrison (SG 90) Sphinx, registration box, and sent from Bani Mazar 2 JU 22 to Cairo  | £65.00 |
| 129 | 1938, rare 1922-issue 5m pink Sphinx letter sheet (NP SLS 9, used $100), uprated with Fouad 10m violet (SG 158) and used from fine Wahat el Dakhla (oasis) cds of 14 FE 38 to London. Message inside says two cars and 11 men just about to set off for Cairo, with hand-drawn map of potential risky route - fascinating and clean  | £65.00 |
| 130 | 1938-issue 2 mills Boy King mini-envelope with frame (NP SEN 30), uprated with 3m Fuad (SG 152) and sent from Alexandria to Lomma, Sudan. No arrival mark, but good  | £20.00 |
| 131 | 1942, rare 6 mills Boy King letter sheet (NP SLS 12, $100 used), uprated with 5m+10m Boy King stamps for Registration. CDS Misir 30 NO 42, Registration cachet alongside is spelled Mesir. Arabic addressed to Cairo, redirected to Imad el Din. Neat  | £35.00 |
| 132 | 1944, 1938-39-issue 15 mills Boy King Registered Letter envelope (NP SRE9), uprated with 10m Boy King (SG 254, on face) and sent from Qus 21 FE 44 to Cairo. Fine condition  | £48.00 |
| 133 | 1946-issue 4 mills Farouk Marechal visiting card envelope with filigree inside (NP SEN 30), CDS Shibin el Kom 12 OC 48, Arabic addressed to Ebiar Gharbiya  | £8.00 |
| 134 | 1952, Farouk Marechal 13m red postcard (SPC 42), with return-address label attached requesting book from advertisement placed by National Radio Institute, Washington. Alex CDS unclear but unusual  | £14.00 |
| 135 | 1966, mini-stationery envelope of 4 mills with minaret (NP SEN 47), no watermark, cancelled with clear special CDS of Cairo International Stamp Exhibition and dated 10 9 56. No address  | £18.00 |
| 136 | 1974, 1970-issue Arab states Air Letter Sheet (NP SALS14) uprated with 1974 Save Nubia 55m commemorative (SG 1241), Arabic Saiyida Zeinab Reg label and boxed AR on face, used en ville in Cairo alongside  | £18.00 |
| 137 | 1979, 1969-issue UAR Registered Letter Sheet (NP SRLS 1, very pale printing) uprated with 6x5pi definitives (two on face, 4 on reverse for AR (boxed handstamp on face). Used en ville in Cairo. Total eight CDS  | £18.00 |
| 138 | Registered letter sheet as last, uprated with 30m Air Mail stamp with all-Arabic Saiyida Zeinab registration label alongside. Posted en ville from El Saiyida Zenab 13 8 75. Clean  | £18.00 |
| 139 | 1982 210m Air Letter (NP SALS20), with full typed message in chatty English inside, addressed to USA from double-ring Heliopolis CDS  | £18.00 |
| Cassette envelope | ||
| 140 | 1995, used £E 2½ cassette envelope (Magdi Moukhtar C11, very pale printing), used from Mansura to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia (no backstamp). As usual roughly opened, but unusual used  | £18.00 |
| Post Office documentation | ||
| 141 | 1894, Post Office bandeau (wrapper) in which 3 mills stationery card of 1894 (NP SPC 7) was sold - marked at 20 cards for P.3. Complete, folded as originally. Remarkable  | £60.00 |
| 142 | 1947 Postal ID card issued in Alexandria with 6m and 50m (SG 253,279) and 2x5m Revenues all cancelled with Alexandrie Renseignements 10 DE 47. Id of Morsi el-Sayed, coiffeur, valid to 15 / 12/ 1950  | £32.00 |
| 143 | As last, 1947 also 56m but SG 253,331 - air mail! and pair of 5m Revenues, cancelled Cairo / E 23 AU 47. ID of Mohammed Helmy Mohammed, teacher, living in Cairo, valid to 13 7 /48  | £32.00 |
| 144 | As last, 1948 (also 56m but SG 253,342) and 2x5m Revenues, all cancelled Cairo / E 4 JA 48. ID of Zaghloul Hanna Zaki, student, valid to 27 / 12 / 1950  | £32.00 |
| 145 | As last, 1948, also 56m also SG 253,342) and 2 single 5m Revenues, all cancelled Alexandrie / Renseignements 21 MA 48. ID of William Tadros, dealer, of Alex, valid to 21 3 48  | £32.00 |
| Revenues - stamps | ||
| 146 | 1949, Feltus Fourth Citadel Issue Consular Service, one stamp each of 200 and 400 mills (page 49, Nos 433,434). Unmounted mint perfect condition- not easy to find thus  | £14.00 |
| Revenues on document | ||
| 147 | 1919, Egyptian State Railways bilingual sick leave report for Abbas Hilmy Nagi, cash counter, tax paid by 2x3 strips of DLR 5m Pictorial (SG 77), some pinholed, all pen-cancelled  | £28.00 |
| 148 | 1920, all-Arabic handwritten certificate, 3x10m Colossi (SG 78), authorised by personal negative seal in Mahallet Mousa. Unusual  | £10.00 |
| 149 | 1924, all-Arabic handwritten document with tax paid by 10m red Colossi and 20m Pictorial, both Crown opts, cancelled by Official oval. Two personal negative seals  | £26.00 |
| 150 | 1924, English letter seeking permission from head of Zagazig Secondary School to give private lessons in English to a student at home. Tax paid by booklet pane of 5m (pink Sphinx) Harrison Pictorials (SG90), cancelled in blue crayon. Remarkable  | £38.00 |
| 151 | 1924, all-Arabic printed good conduct certificate issued in Sohag, tax paid by vertical pair 15mill Crown overprints (milleima, SG 41). Red-crayon cancelled  | £14.00 |
| 152 | 1928, all-Arabic handwritten letter seeking permission to give private lessons in English from head of Asyut School. Tax paid by booklet pane of 5m First Fuad (SG 115). Cancelled by two strikes Assiut Secondary School Official oval  | £38.00 |
| 153 | 1962 Feltus First Workers Insurance issue (page 67) revenue stamp, 200mills, cancelled on application form; and Second issue (p68) 200 mills cancelled on a second form  | £9.00 |
| 154 | 1962, Arabic printed receipt with unrecorded 5-piastre revenue stamp of Theatrical/Cinematic/Musical Syndicate. AS Feltus p.95, 921-4 (see next) but larger, unrecorded value, and in red border. Document dated 20 3 1962  | £10.00 |
| 155 | 1967, Arabic typed notice with 50 mill revenue of Theatrical (Actors-) issue, 1971-77?, at base, complete with rubber handstamp overprint Pension and Subsidy Fund. Feltus p.96, No 931, rarely seen  | £10.00 |
| 156 | 1970, Zifta Savings Bank. Five savers- ID cards filled with Feltus Regional Savings Bank stamp issues (p71) in variety of colours. Over 250 stamps, no cancels, all crayon-cancelled  | £30.00 |
| 157 | 1978 Second Social Insurance Revenues (Feltus p70). Three ID cards, all pen-cancelled - 19 x £E6 stamps, 18 x £E5 stamps (block 4x3) and 24 x £E4 stamps inc two strips of seven  | £9.00 |
| 158 | 1989, typed notice on Journalists- Syndicate headed notepaper addressed to EgyptAir office in Sheraton Hotel and provided at base with single £E5 Syndicate First Issue adhesive (Feltus p.86, No 804, cancelled with Syndicate's handstamp. Nabil el-Hadidi note on reverse: never seen before on document  | £18.00 |
| Revenue stamped paper | ||
| 159 | Unrecorded 10pi paper (Feltus Pyramid issue, see p16), overprinted ANNULE, watermark 1900, used Apr 3 1916  | £12.00 |
| Consular revenues | ||
| 160 | 1926, Italian legal document on 4-lire revenue stamped paper (Regno d-Italia 1925 wmk), additionally taxed with surcharged 3 lire on 1 lira red admin stamp of Victor Emanuel, the document witnessed by Egyptian consulate in Naples (green circular and rectangular handstamps), where tax paid by rare horizontal pair of 200 mill Crown Overprint and Consular overprint stamps (Feltus page 45, No 401). Astonishing survival, excellent condition  | £450.00 |
| 161 | 1927, all-Arabic handwritten document issued by Egyptian consulate in London with five Fuad consular revenues all cancelled with ornate double-ring consular handstamp in blue. Stamps are rare Fuad small 10m rose, and large 20m, 3x100m with red opts (Feltus page 45, nos. 412, 403, 407). Folds affecting some stamps but most unusual  | £80.00 |
| 162 | 1929, all-Arabic printed document countersigned by Egyptian consulate in Marseille with 2x50m Fuad consular issue (Feltus 406) and single 200m slate-lilac Royal Crest issue (Feltus 423), minor overlaps. Circular and oval consular stamps. Clean, neat  | £48.00 |
| Hotels | ||
| 163 | 1896, Reply half of 1888 5m DLR reply stationery card (NP SPC4), much travelled with single message:
I hope this will get to you in time - unlikely, because sent first from Bicester, Oxford (Mar 6), via Middleton Stoney to Thomas Cook, Cairo,
forwarded to Ghesireh Palace Hotel (19 III 96), back to Cook's, and then re-addressed to Bicester once more.
Total of 11 CDS, two each for Cook's and Ghesireh. Astonishing  | £28.00 |
| 164 | Two 1903 postcards printed in blue advertising German Hotel in Cairo, August Gorff Bayerische Bierhalle. One shows Colossi of Memnon, gold lettering; other is a pastoral scene  | £9.00 |
| 165 | 1904, single-back photo-postcard of Tewfik Palace Hotel, Helouan, franked 2m DLR for Belgium and sent from Bacos 27 XII 04. Meirelbeke Station CDS behind  | £8.00 |
| 166 | Postcard of Wuttke painting of Al Hayat Hotel, Helouan, franked 1m DLR (SG 58) cancelled with Cairo Delivery CDS 2 VI 909 and addressed to Paris. At upper left is most unusual vignette of Khedive Abbas Hilmy portrait  | £8.00 |
| 167 | 1911, b-w photo postcard showing Bristol Hotel in Cairo. Neat and clean mint  | £5.00 |
| 168 | 1912, printed mint photo-postcard of Rossmore House English-run pension in Cairo with glowing advertisement of its attractions. Very unusual  | £8.00 |
| 169 | 1916, provisional 3m on 2m surcharged postcard (NP SPC24) uprated with DLR felucca 1m and sent from Cairo 30 V 16 to St Nyon, Switzerland. Message in pencil, chamfered Passed / Censor / 2 handstamp. Clean, spectacular  | £68.00 |
| 170 | 1930, Three colourful cards painted by W F Burger issued by Egyptian Hotels Co Ltd with Continental-Savoy Cairo, Hilwan Sulphur Springs and King David Hotel Jerusalem. Mint  | £20.00 |
| 171 | 1938, Fuad 13m red postcard (SPC 35), addressed to Continental Hotel, Leipzig, with Cataract Hotel / Aswan CDS 9 FE 38. Neatly handwritten in German  | £22.00 |
| 172 | Palestine Hotel, Montazah, 5 9 64 illustrated and unaddressed first-day cover with four stamps of Arab League Heads of State Council issue and CDS Poste / Conference au Sommet / Palestine Hotel. This Hotel CDS in use only on the one day of the summit conference  | £25.00 |
| 173 | Samuel Shepheard of Cairo by Michael Bird, 238pp, 15x21cm, 8 illustrations. Based very largely on Shepheard's letters home, many of them quoted in full. Fascinating story of his life and times including Waghorn, Mehmet Ali and Overland Route. Book very good condition, loose cover few tears and rust spots  | £25.00 |
| Stamps - Officials | ||
| 174 | 1962-63 Official stamps, 4 mills (SG O686), top right corner block of four including selvage with inverted wmk. Nile Post cat $30 each  | £9.00 |
| Rural Service | ||
| 175 | 27 JU 22 cover with Harrison 5m pink pictorial cancelled Rural Service Bilqas-Minshat Ragheb, no cartouche. Sent from Bilqas to Ebiar (both CDS on reverse)  | £9.00 |
| Royal labels | ||
| 176 | Five unused ornate royal household labels printed on thin paper, each 130 x 95mm , with portraits of Khedive Tewfik, Abbas Hilmi (2) and Fuad (2) printed in colour, apparently in Zagazig  | £8.00 |
| Parcel card | ||
| 177 | 25 JL 23, pink Parcel Card from Cairo via Alexandria to Constantinople (all showing clear CDS), red on white Cairo registration label, and stamps including 5m First Fuad, high-value100m Harrison Pictorial issue and 20m Crown overprint  | £65.00 |
| Savings Bank | ||
| 178 | 22 DE 27, single-sheet Small Savings Bank Form (blank reverse, form PO 17 R), completely and properly filled with 10x5m First Fuad stamps, all cancelled with Suhag / Cash CDS. Clean and neat  | £48.00 |
| Palestine/Gaza | ||
| 179 | (date?), 1m Marechal barred out used on tiny visiting card envelope from Gaza and addressed to Cairo and censured. Insufficient postage prepaid, and Palestine To Pay (postage due) box completed with 18 mils in manuscript. Most unusual if showing its age  | £9.00 |
| Palestine stationery | ||
| 180 | Palestine - 15 mil trilingual Registered Letter Envelope, mint, perfect condition | £34.00 |
| Egyptian military | ||
| 181 | 1963-1990, mini-collection of nine Egyptian military covers, including three on military postal stationery and one with the Soldier's Stamp properly used (1973)  | £14.00 |
| 182 | 1966, rare example of Soldier's letter sheet printed in black and white with Official eagle in circle covering cost of postage. Mint, fine condition, unrecorded in catalogues  | £48.00 |
| Advertising | ||
| 183 | 1915-1992, mini-collection of 13 colourfully illustrated printed advertising cards and envelopes, some pinholed but mainly in excellent condition. Fine variety of advertising ideas and printing methods  | £28.00 |
| Poste Restante | ||
| 184 | (date?). All-Arabic company printed envelope, franked 10m Marechal cancelled with Egypt Land of Sunshine bilingual slogan and sent to Poste Restante Hai el Arab in Suez. On arrival given a 5m General Revenue to pay poste-restante tax. All on face, but dates v. difficult  | £8.00 |
| Postcards | ||
| 185 | 1908, b/w UPU photo-postcard showing Ismailia - Bureau de la Compagnie du Canal, addressed to France and franked on face with 2m DLR. Good Port Said star & bridge CDS 27 III 08  | £8.00 |
| Railways and stations | ||
| 186 | 1906, b-w postcard (? Blank back and no message or address) showing steam train entering Beni Suef station, franked 5m DLR cancelled with Beni Souef CDS 13 IV 06. Lovely picture  | £12.00 |
| 187 | 1916-issue 3 mills postcard (Ras el Tin Palace, NP 25), Arabic addressed and posted from Mansura Station 13 II 20 via Ebiar to Kafr el Zayat. On reverse Kafr el Zaiyat-Berma / & VV (Type 7A3 TPO)  | £7.00 |
| 188 | 1937, cover with beautiful Arabic handwriting addressed San Stefano, Alexandria, franked 5m Fuad Postes and cancelled with rare Kafr el Zaiyat / (Station) cds of28 OC 37  | £18.00 |
| 189 | 1938 3 mills Fouad stationery postcard (NP SPC36, sent from Mansura / Station 11 OC 38 and addressed to Sidi Gaber. Message in Greek  | £12.00 |
| 190 | 1976, printed company commercial cover franked with 55m Definitive and sent registered within Alexandria. All-Arabic Mahattet el-Raml (Ramleh Station) Registration label below  | £8.00 |
| World War I | ||
| 191 | 1915, censored postcard (colourful village scene), franked 5m DLR pictorial for Arnheim, Holland, and sent from Alexandria / Seamen's Home (date?). Written in Dutch and censored with four red wavy lines  | £18.00 |
| 192 | 1917, censored postcard (Savoy Hotel Alexandria, in colour), unfranked but endorsed On Active Service with signature, and sent from Alexandria / D 29 I 917 to Shropshire. Chamfered Passed by / Base Censor / E.E.F censor mark in green  | £10.00 |
| Literature | ||
| 193 | 1940-41, Egyptian Touring Association Handbook, 98pp, 12x17cm. Full of information -maps, rest houses, camping, desert driving, hotel and garage list, motor taxes and regulations, traffic regulations, customs hours, etc etc, full of illustrated advertising  | £12.00 |
| 194 | 2010, Egypt Stamps Handbook, by Magdi Moukhtar Abdel-hadi of Cairo. Two volumes, over 1300 pages, all in colour including details of virtually every Egyptian stamp variety, stationery, French offices, etc. The latest catalogue and most up to date  | £80.00 |
| Censored covers | ||
| 195 | A mass of Egypt covers, both incoming and outgoing, collected for censor interest. Over 200 covers, vast majority postwar, all noted and annotated but with a great deal of duplication. Presented on loose sheets, a mass of information for someone starting/expanding a collection of censor markings | £45.00 |
| 196 | 25 MAY 44, cover addressed to Ohio with 2x10m Boy King. Received Boxed T before departure, and New York / Due 2 cents markings on arrival, but no Due stamps. Doubly censored and resealed with tape at both sides, both apparently tied by Egyptian censor handstamps. Intriguing  | £6.00 |
| 197 | 29 MAY 47, printed envelope of Egyptian Chamber of Commerce franked 4m Marechal (printed matter) and cancelled with Cairo machine roller. Addressed to Mannheim, Germany, where it received a clear circular censor mark US Civil Censorship / FFM / B. All on the face, neat and clean  | £6.00 |
| 198 | 1963, large env with corners clipped, franked 3x60m Airs plus Tower 50 mills for registered postage from Gare de Ramleh 11 6 63 to Portsmouth. Unusual hexagonal censor mark No 23 centrally placed  | £6.00 |
| 199 | 1967, envelope franked 2x30m definitives plus 2x10m commems for postage 11 6 67 to Portsmouth. Circular censor 48, followed by all-Arabic censor tape tied by Censor 6 in diamond. Unusual  | £6.00 |
| 200 | Ten covers 1960s from Mex or other Alex, all to same US address, all with censor markings | £4.00 |
| 201 | Six covers from the early 1970s (one is 1965), all to same address in USA, all with censor marks | £3.00 |
| Used stamps - an accumulation | ||
| 202 | De La Rue issue - five loose sheets with a mass of used DLRs, four para values, 1m to 5pi (2). Mixed condition, very much duplication. Appx 200 stamps | £4.00 |
| 203 | Pictorials, DLR or Harrison unchecked. Four sheets, as last, 1m to 100m (1). Appx 130 stamps | £2.50 |
| 204 | Crown overprints as last, one sheet, 1m to 20m (1). 36 stamps | £4.00 |
| 205 | Fuad issues as last, five sheets (two sheets of First Fuad), appx 250 stamps | £5.00 |
| 206 | Farouk issues as last, Boy King to Barred Marechal (handful of KES opt), eight sheets, close to 400 stamps | £7.00 |
| 207 | Post-monarchy definitives as last, 22 sheets ranging to 200 mills (6) and about 1965, appx 900 stamps | £10.00 |
| 208 | Commems as last, nine cut-about sheets as last, but inc three Agric Exhib, 24 UPU exhib to 50mm, mainly post-revolution, over 150 stamps | £3.00 |
| 209 | Air mails as last, ten sheets, single 1929, several 1933, Farouk bars and KES inc LH mint, mainly post-monarchy, appx 175 stamps | £6.00 |
| 210 | Mixed, Dues, OHHS opts (22), Officials, No-value, Revenues. Four sheets, appx 100 stamps | £3.50 |
| 211 | Mixed, working sheets with real miscellany inc perfins (3), interpostals (2), appx 75 stamps | £1.00 |
| 212 | Mixed, DLRs 1879-1906 almost complete (inc 20pa surcharge), OHHS (to 1pi), Pictorials (both printings) to 200m and 100m. Better stamps, all used, minor duplication, appx 75 stamps | £4.00 |
| 213 | Mixed definitives, DLR (2 para values) to Fuad (mainly Fuad), 20 sheets, appx 300 stamps | £3.00 |
| Mint stamps - UAR | ||
| 214 | Schaubeck printed album for United Arab Republic (1958 onwards) virtually complete with stamps for Egypt, many lacking from Palestine  | £10.00 |
| Russian Levant | ||
| 215 | Four pages with mounted used Russian Levant stamps (1864-1913, all annotated and many with SG numbers, 68 stamps, of which 32 are surcharged. Only a little duplication. Value?  | £20.00 |
| French Levant | ||
| 216 | 1902 surcharges used - 1 piastre on 25c blue, 2 pi on 50c brown/lavender, 4 pi on 1fr red/green, all excellent appearance | £3.00 |
| Thomas Cook | ||
| 217 | LL colour postcard (Cairo - Le Mosque Kait-Bey), franked DLR 4mills (SG62) for UK, cancelled Cook's CDS HTC3 8 I 12  | £6.00 |
| British military covers | ||
| 218 | 1915, unfranked cover addressed to Lady Cheetham wife of acting High Commissioner, in Gezira, from Field Post Office H.C.I on May 18, with red triangular censor 47. Readdressed via Cairo and Gizira / Cash PO to British Agency, Alex, and finally to Bacos address. Four CDS behind  | £6.00 |
| 219 | (date?) neat cover with Crowned EPP No 4 in red addressed to UK from indistinct MPO, with 1pi Postal Seal sealing flap, cancelled by distorted retta. Clean  | £5.00 |
| 220 | EPP 24 of 2 MA 42 addressed to York with officer signature and blue Censor 1888 | £3.00 |
| 221 | EPP 41 of 28 AP 42 on neat cover to Oxford with signature and violet censor 283 | £3.00 |
| 222 | EPP 69 of 2 OC 44 on green Honour envelope franked GB 10d and addressed to London. Signature and shield censor 7079(?). Clean | £4.00 |
| First day covers | ||
| 223 | 27 JA 27, plain unaddressed cover with three stamps of Cotton Congress (SG 145-147) and special Congress cancel | £2.50 |
| 224 | 31 JA 38, three stamps of Cotton Congress (SG 266-68) on plain cover addressed to England and sent from clear Abbassia Barracks CDS. Part Reg cachet alongside. Northampton arrival behind. Neat | £4.00 |
| 225 | 1957, six clean illustrated FDCs for commemoratives: SG 521,522,523,528,529,543-44. | £2.00 |
| 226 | 1970, clean illustrated FDC (Alexandria) for giant Post Day commemorative - painting -Three Women- | £2.00 |
| 227 | 1970, clean illustrated FDC for SG 1056, Pharmaceutical Industry | £1.00 |
| Postcards | ||
| 228 | 1888, 5m postal stationery reply card (NP SPC4, mint, pristine, beautiful pair | £3.00 |
| 229 | 1890, Fritz Schnellner upright b/w card, No 70, Egypt - Famille Arabe, sent to France, but stamp removed at some stag and provided with 10 French Due on arrival  | £3.00 |
| 230 | 1892, 1888 single 5m card (NP SPC 3) addressed to Holland and readdressed. CDS is faint Port Tawfiq / Suez of 8 DE 92, followed by a Due marking obliterated by one of four Dutch CDS  | £4.00 |
| 231 | 1903 UPU Egypt singe-back card Courbe de Ghirsh - Canal de Suez, not posted until much further south. Franked 10c French Somali Coast adhesive and addressed to Carthage, where it arrived 9 9 03. Remarkable  | £4.00 |
| 232 | 2 III 04, Comptoir Philatelique b/w card 379 Caire - Les Pyramides de Ghizeh, franked 2m DLR on face for France (Imprimes) and cancelled single-ring Alexandrie | £2.50 |
| 233 | 4 III 04, H.K. sepia card, 65, Egypte - Obelisque de Heliopolis franked 2m DLR on face, cancelled Alexandrie for France (Imprimes) | £2.50 |
| 234 | 1908, Lichtenstern/Harari colour card, Luxor, The Colonnades, franked 2x1m DLR for Cairo and cancelled Luqsor / Station 30 I 08 | £4.00 |
| 235 | 1913, business postcard of Apstolos Melachrinos, special director for all of Turkey, franked 10c French Levant stamp and addressed to Alexandria. CDS of French PO at Constantinople-Galata on 16 12 13, and Alex / A arrival six days later. Transit mark of French PO in Alex same day  | £4.00 |
| 236 | 1914, b/w ppc of Golden Temple, Umritsar, posted at Bombay, via clear Sea Post Office AP 26 06 and arrived at British Post Office in Constantinople May 14 06. Stamp removed - shame  | £2.50 |
| Station postmarks | ||
| 237 | 1908, Lichtenstern/Harari colour card, Luxor, The Colonnades, franked 2x1m DLR for Cairo and cancelled Luqsor / Station 30 I 08 | £4.00 |
| 238 | 1920, Env addressed in green ink to Brazilian consul-general in Alex, franked 5m Sphinx (SG77) with cds Cairo/Station (60%). Alexandria/H arrival behind, cut down at right | £3.00 |
| 239 | 1933, clean Arabic-addressed cover franked 5m Fuad (SG156) with two good strikes Luqsor/ (Station) 31 JL 33. Cairo slogan machine arrival behind | £4.00 |
| 240 | 1945, Clean Arabic-addressed Reg (pencil mark) cover, 30m Marshal and two strikes Cairo Station (70%) in greenish black | £3.50 |
| 241 | 1947, neat little cover from Convent de Marie Reparatrice (on flap), franked 15m Boy King and 2m Marechal for Montreal and cancelled Cairo Station 3 FE 47 (65%)  | £4.00 |
| 242 | 1948, Clean Arabic-addressed Reg (pencil) cover, strip of 3x10m Farouk Marshal and 3 strikes Cairo Station (60%) in black | £3.50 |
| 243 | 1951, Clean Arabic-addressed cover with strip of 10m Farouk Marshal and two strikes Cairo Station/T (65%) | £3.50 |
| 244 | 1954, Clean printed lawyer's letter typed and Reg (Mohd Bey Farid black/red label) with vertical strip of 3x10m Defense and two strikes Alexandria Station (60%). R/Cairo Delivery (50%) behind | £3.50 |
| 245 | 1955, Clean Arabic-addressed cover franked 10m Defense, two strikes T/Luqsor Station (75%). Cairo machine arr behind | £3.50 |
| 246 | Ramleh Station - two Arabic-addressed covers, one registered to Cairo with 35m adhesive cancelled Gare de Ramleh 3 3 67 (Hall type 4) and several backstamps; second has 55m registration machine CDS of Ramleh and all-Arabic Mahatta el Raml CDS (not recorded by Hall) 29 1 76. Military marking on reverse | £9.00 |
| Maritime Station | ||
| 247 | 9 3 77, Air Mail envelope franked 110m Air stamp with UAR / Alex / Station Maritime CDS. Address label (Germany) attached to face but no contents and probably never travelled  | £6.00 |
| Postal history | ||
| 248 | 30 V 96, 1pi stationery envelope addressed to Brussels and cancelled Caire / D. Remains of red wax behind and faintest of red thimble arrival marks on face | £1.50 |
| 249 | 5 XI 02, small cover (Cercle Khedivial crown/Sphinx logo on flap), franked with vertical pair of 5m DLR for Firenze, cancelled Alexandria / D. Name scratched out | £2.00 |
| 250 | 11 NOV 17, incoming cover to Madame Felix Green, Alexandria, from Hungary, franked with 25 heller blue and Alexandria / I arrival 22 XI 11 behind. Slightly weary | £1.50 |
| 251 | 2 JAN 1936, incoming covert to Felix Green from Palestine, franked 15 mills blue (Tel Aviv?). Dr Walter Kahn printed on flap, and Alex machine cancel behind | £2.00 |
| 252 | 23 AP 59, neat cover with BI (British India) on flap addressed to London franked with 55m on 100m Nefertiti provisional and 5m definitive, cancelled with Port Said Paquebot CDS. | £3.00 |
| 253 | 1960s, three colourful air covers to Germany connected to Jürgen Settgast, former head of German archaeology in Egypt. All have different censor markings | £3.00 |
| 254 | Two strikingly printed commercial envelopes - Selim Setton, BP 9254, Le Caire (black), and Stephenson & Co, The British Pharmacy - English and American Drug Stores (blue), also Cairo, each franked with a single stamp, 5m and 10m, 1928 and 1945, for postage in town | £3.00 |
| 255 | 1935-39. two neat covers with El Malaka Nazli CDS - 1935 franked in blue, 15m+20m Second Fuad with mute b/w Reg label for London; 1939 franked 5m+20m Boy King for Reg (b/w Cairo label with Cairo pencilled out) and AR (handstamp) addressed to Shoubra. Delivery attempted four times (on reverse) and then returned | £2.50 |
| French Pos in Egypt | ||
| 256 | 25 II 24, L&L sepia postcard, Dans l'Oasis, franked with two Port-Said 1921-23 surcharges, 2m on 5c and 8m on 20c (NP FPO147,151), addressed to Holland and cancelled with Port-Said / Egypte CDS. Clean  | £4.00 |
| 257 | 1930, Cover with typed address in Austria, franked with five stamps from 1925 Port Said barred and surcharged set (1m on 1c, 2 on 5, 4 on 10, 2x5 on 10, 10 on 25, NP FPO 169-172,175) plus 3Mm of 1927-28 issue, totalling 15m postage and 15m registration (red on white label with Port Said rubber stamp).. Brindisi and Italian TPO backstamps. Neat and clean  | £10.00 |
| Hotel postmarks | ||
| 258 | 1904, Cairo, Post Office/ Shepheard's Hotel (HS 5), two average strikes on pair of De La Rue 2 mill, pleasant with French arrival postmark, on colour postcard of Pyramids  | £6.00 |
| 259 | 1912, Luqsor, Winter Palace (HW 3) ), fine complete strike on 2x2 mill DLR, on Kom Ombo postcard (small insignificant tear) to France, redirected to Lugano, French transit postmark  | £5.00 |
| 260 | 1904 , Cairo, Post Office, Savoy Hotel (HAS 2), fine strike on pair of 2 mill De La Rue on postcard (Sakkara pyramid) to Scotland.  | £8.00 |
| 261 | Nile Hilton: unused promotional postcard issued by the hotel on its inauguration, showing colour painting of the hotel, with logo and printed description on the back  | £1.50 |
| French Post Offices | ||
| 262 | French PO 20c red/green - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted black ALEXANDRIE mounted mint. (SG 10; Yvert 10; Dalay 8). Cat. € 16  | £4.50 |
| 263 | French PO 25c rose/black - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 opt red ALEXANDRIE, mounted mint, well centred. Small rear paper adherence. (SG 11; Dalay 9). Cat. €8  | £2.00 |
| 264 | French PO 15c blue - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 opt red PORT-SAÏD, mounted mint, (SG109; Yvert 9; Dalay 7). Cat. € 15  | £3.50 |
| 265 | French PO Port-SaÏd April 1921 local surcharge - 15 millièmes on 4c brown, type Blanc. Mounted mint. Good centring. (SG 145; Yvert 43; Dalay 44). Cat. € 10 +  | £3.00 |
| Selection of French PO high-value Merson stamps - difficult to find well centred | ||
| 266 | Alexandrie 1902 Merson 50c brown, mounted mint (SG 32; Yvert 30) Cat. £9  | £3.00 |
| 267 | Alexandrie 1902 Merson 1 franc red, mounted mint, slight paper adherence at the back. (SG 33; Yvert 31) Cat. £ 15  | £4.00 |
| 268 | Alexandrie 1921 Merson 150 mill on 5f blue (Paris), MM (SG 64;Yvrt 60) Cat.£16  | £5.00 |
| 269 | Alexandrie 1924 Merson 150 mill & bars on 5f blue (Paris), MM (SG 79; Yvert 74) Cat. £5  | £2.00 |
| 270 | Alexandrie 1927 Merson 50 Mm orange lightly MM (SG83; Yvert 78) Cat. £12  | £4.00 |
| 271 | Port-Saïd 1902 Merson 50c brown, mounted mint (SG 133;Yvert 31)  | £2.50 |
| 272 | Port-Saïd 1921 Merson 15 mill on 50c (Paris), MM, short corner perf (SG160;Yv55)  | £3.00 |
| 273 | Port-Saïd 1927 Merson 250 Mm orange, MM, very well-centred (SG 190;Yvert 85)  | £5.00 |
| French PO postal history | ||
| 274 | French PO Alexandria - 1895 cover to Bone, Algeria, franked by France 25c Sage, and very fine Alexandrie datestamp. Envelope headed "Revue Internationale de Legislation et de Jurisprudence Musulmanes, publiée par Eug. Clavel, Avocat à Alexandrie". On the back red wax seal with initials EG, Marseille transit and faint Bone arrival. Top of envelope cropped, but scarce  | £8.00 |
| 275 | French PO Alexandria - 17 9 20, small reg cover to France, with pair of Mouchon 25c Alexandrie stamps of 1902. Registration label type 1.B. Paris arrival. Some rust staining  | £3.50 |
| 276 | 1900 small envelope to Savoie, France, franked 25c Sage 1899, overprinted PORT-SAID, with very fine French P.O. Port-Said postmark, and Annecy arrival  | £9.00 |
| 277 | French stamps used in Egypt (scarce after 1900): 10c red Sower on postcard (1910, view of Canal) & 25c blue Sower on part front (1916), with Port-Said datestamps (2 items)  | £5.00 |
| Postcard | ||
| 278 | Mansourah, Mit-hadar; Colour litho card depicting street scene. Written on the back, but did not travel. Small tear lower right does not detract. Ephtimios Freres, Port-Said  | £2.00 |
| Geographical Congress | ||
| 279 | 1925 International Geographical Congress, set of 3 stamps unmounted mint. One shortish perf on 5 & 10 mill. Small number in pencil on the backs (SG 123-125) Cat. £35  | £12.00 |
| TPOs - covers | ||
| 280 | unfranked - seven folded forms/letter, mainly official, all unfranked, and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, date range 1921-1942. Mixed but interesting | £6.00 |
| 281 | DLR/Pictorials - 10 covers/cards/forms all with DLR or Pictorial adhesives and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, frankings range 2m (printed)-10m (to Wales). Mixed but interesting | £8.00 |
| 282 | 29 X 15, folded handwritten letter, franked 2x1m+3m DLR Pictorials, clear cancel Nawasa el Ghet, with on reverse Mansura-Mit Ghamr / & VV (TPO type 7A3) and Mansura arrival. Nice  | £4.00 |
| 283 | 22 DE 23, Arabic-addressed envelope franked 5m Crown opt (Type II) and cancelled with Cairo-Alexandria / & VV (Type 7A3). Faint Minuf arrival behind  | £3.00 |
| 284 | 28 JA 24, bilingual printed company envelope Arabic-addressed to Bahgoura and franked 5m Crown overprint cancelled by Alexandria- Cairo / TPO. Flap and backstamps lost  | £3.00 |
| 285 | 1941, & VV / Minia-Suhag (Type 7A3.7, Smith records only 1942), two folded unsealed agricultural reports franked 3x1m Boy King but one has T and 6m Due affixed. Interesting pair  | £5.00 |
| 286 | Boy King - 15 covers/forms all with Boy King adhesives and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, frankings range 2m (printed)-40m (express). Mixed but interesting | £8.00 |
| 287 | Boy King - 15 covers/forms all with Boy King adhesives and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, frankings range 2m (printed)-40m (express). Mixed but interesting | £8.00 |
| 288 | Boy King - 17 covers/cards/forms all with Boy King adhesives and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, frankings range 3m (postcard)-21m (Reg letter). Mixed, interesting, superior lot | £24.00 |
| 289 | Fuad - 5 covers and a front, all with Fuad adhesives and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, but looks good with Minya-Cairo TPO & VV (front) and Mansura-Kafr Saqr & VV TPO. Mixed but interesting | £5.00 |
| 290 | Marechal - five covers all with 10m Marechal adhesives and all with TPO markings, unchecked for rarity, frankings include 2 Express, and an Asyut-Luqsor CDS in blue | £6.00 |
| TPO cancellations - selected for CDS type | ||
| 291 | Abu Kibir-Salhia / & V V (Type 7A3), 25 SE 19 T-118, 80% info strike and franking 5m DLR pictorial on neat printed cover. Very faint Mansura-Cairo / & V V (7A3) and Cairo arrival behind  | £2.50 |
| 292 | V V / Cairo Assiout (unrecorded, as Type 7A3.7, but no ampersand and spelling of Asyut differs), 6 OC 51 T-83, 85% info strike and cancelling 10m Marechal on neat printed merchant's cover (Ahmed Kalil and his son Tawfik, Merchants of Butter, Mallawi) to Cairo  | £4.50 |
| 293 | TPO / Asyut-Luqsor / & V V (unrecorded, as Type 6A1.4), 2 NO 57 T-83, 70% on face and cancelling 4x10m Defense (one damaged) on reverse for Express (manuscript) on Arabic-addressed cover to Cairo. Faint Express arrival CDS behind  | £4.00 |
| 294 | Cairo-Marg / A V V / B (unrecorded, as Type 7B1.2), 6 MA 40 T.800, 100%, presumably CTO on pristine home-made centenary cover marking 100 years of English stamps, info strike and franking 1m Boy King and 1m 1933 Airs, addressed to sergeant in Aboukir. No backstamps  | £4.00 |
| 295 | Cairo / TPO 24 / E (Type 5C1), 14 OC 39 7-P, 95%, excellent strike, one of many markings on OHMS cover used and reused. Smith records only March 39 (but illustrates August 1940)  | £3.00 |
| 296 | Luqsor-Shallal / & V V (Type 7A3.4), 21 NO 41 T-71, 85% cancelling 5m Boy King on merchant's printed cover to Cairo. Boxed T alongside, and 2m Due applied on arrival in (Cairo machine behind). Spectacular cover, Smith recorded TPO only 1933-1938  | £16.00 |
| 297 | V V / Mahalla-Baltim (unrecorded, as Type 7A3.7, but without ampersand), 15 MR 57 T-500, 80% info strike and cancelling 10m Ramses head Egypt definitive on neat letter to Cairo. Reverse has clear machine slogan cancel International Fair / Egyptian Cotton / Cairo 5-25 Apr in blue  | £4.50 |
| 298 | Mansura-Cairo / & V V (Type 7A3, dm 32mm), 26 FE 24 T-189, 100% info strike and cancelling 5m Crown opt on neat letter to Zaqaziq, sun-faded across one corner affecting one CDS. Better on back | £3.00 |
| 299 | & V V / Port Taufiq-Ismailia (Type 7A3.7), 13 JL 35 T-105, just one of eight CDS on 5m-franked cover from Sidi Gaber and addressed to Gebel-Asmar Mine, Abu Zenima in Sinai (via Suez), including & V V / Alexandria-Cairo (Type 7A3.7, Smith records only Aug 1940), and faint Abu Zenima arrival  | £6.00 |
| 300 | Zaqaziq-Aga / & V V (unrecorded, as Type 7A3.4), 21 JA 42 T.177, 99% info and cancelling registered cover to Cairo franked 3x6m+3x1m Boy King (one pinholed). Cairo Delivery CDS behind  | £5.00 |
| British military | ||
| 301 | 21 AU 48, YMCA On Active Service printed cover, cancelled EPP 25 with signature and censor mark. Addressed to Old Cairo, NZ, readdressed in Arabic, and backstamps of Cairo (machine), T/ Sidi Gaber and Sidi Bishr / R&P. Odd  | £3.00 |
| 302 | 19 ?? 54(?), plain white cover franked QEII 3d and sent from Field Post Office 218 to London. Return address on back is 37 Sqn RAF K'sar, BFPO 69  | £3.00 |
| Type X (Star and Bridge) postmarks | ||
| 303 | Aswan 29 XI 14 (nine months later than recorded), clean 75% strike on 5mills Arabic-addressed cover to Tanta. (Tanta / D behind next day) | £2.00 |
| 304 | Luqsor 16 XII 09, full faint strike on b-w card (Seti I Tomb, 2x1m DLR) to France | £2.00 |
| Paquebot markings | ||
| 305 | Port Taufiq / Paquebot (Type 4.2) - two covers, 12 NO 54, 1 FE 55 with Republican stamps to London  | £4.00 |
| 306 | Paquebot / Alexandrie, 13 MA 35, good elusive mark Type 4.1) on incoming cover originally with three Turkish stamps, now two. Pity! | £2.00 |
| 307 | Straight-line Paquebot (Type 3), good full strike off stamp used with Port Said CDS (date illegible) on GB 1d stamp, London arrival on reverse is FE 16 04. Good marking, cover a little grimy | £3.00 |
| 308 | Straight-line Paquebot (Type 3.2), cancelling GB 1d on postcard (Malta) with Port Said CDS 29 IV 10. Readdressed in Taunton for Cambridge. Good markings | £3.00 |
| 309 | Straight-line Paquebot (Type 3.2), cancelling GB 1/2d on b-w card (P&O 'Egypt') with Port Said star/crescent CDS 8 I 08 (slightly off card, 90%). Excellent clean card | £3.50 |
| 310 | Circular Paquebot / Port Said cancelling GB 1d (Geo V) on b/w card quaintly labelled Port Said - The Suez Canal, when in fact it shows Pyramids during inundation. Addressed to Sussex 1 JL 20. Message says Bought aboard and praises ship food!  | £3.00 |
| 311 | 1927, circular Paquebot / Port Said CDS on Quis Separabit cover (flap), franked vertical strip of 3x1d Edward VIII for UK by Airmail. Clean and neat  | £3.00 |
| 312 | 1929, shipping line cover addressed to Ibrahimieh, franked GB 1 1/2d, cancelled with fine Marseille-Gare / Bches de Rhone wavy-line machine Paquebot canceller of 17 II 1929. Two Egypt arrival marks. Good clean cover | £4.00 |
| 313 | 17 JL 49, circular Paquebot / Port-Said on Orient Line (flap) envelope addressed to Australia and franked with six Farouk Marechal stamps totalling 127 mills. Air Mail label and censor mark. Striking  | £4.50 |
| Non-Egypt Paquebots | ||
| 314 | 1927, excellent colour card (White Star Line - Triple-screw RMS Olympic), GB 1 1/2d stamp with fine New York NY17 straight-line machine Paquebot cancel Jul 26 1927. Written in Arabic, addressed to Paris | £4.00 |
| Maritime mail | ||
| 315 | 1932, plain cover franked vert pair of 10m 2nd Fuad, addressed to Bologna and cancelled double-ring ... postale Italiano / ...speria of ... Ago 1932. Redirected to Chamonix, with Bologna arrival 10.8.32 | £3.00 |
| 316 | 1940, envelope fragment (lower half, no stamps) addressed to Alex with fine large red double-ring anchor mark Marine Francaise / Service a la Mer and black CDS Dakar-Naval 5 Janv 40. Alx machine arrival | £2.00 |
| 317 | 1940, slightly tatty plain cover addressed to Folkestone, no stamps, cancelled excellent two-line Received From / H. M. Ships. Folkestone machine arrival 11 Sep 40, readdressed to Wimbledon | £2.00 |
| 318 | 1943, small env franked KG VI 3d, endorsed On Active Service and addressed to Alex. Stamp and blue-on-white Reg label cancelled FPO 515 10 AP 43, over blue tombstone From H.M.Ships cachet. Backstamps of BAPO 4 and Alexandria R.A. Dirty but interesting  | £4.00 |
| 319 | 1943, On Active Service cover addressed to Alex, faint From HM Ship[s cachet with faint FPO 186 30 (both over officer's endorsement) JU 43, Alex arrival the same day | £2.00 |
| Cassette cover | ||
| 320 | 1993-issue £E2½ cassette cover (NP SCE 2) cancelled with large boxed Arabic in black, and then used by the Post Office for internal registered mail. Arrival mark behind is 5 6 2007  | £3.50 |
| Air letter sheet | ||
| 321 | 1964-issdue 80m Air Letter Sheet (NP SALS 5), properly used to Mogadishu, Somalia, from illegible CDS and then censored. Arrival mark behind is 5 1 1967. Cat $25 used | £4.00 |
| EEF/Palestine | ||
| 322 | Mixed bag of 27 used EEF/Palestine used stamps, including three pairs, with range of overprints. Totally unsorted as to value or variety of overprint. Something for the detail-hunter  | £11.00 |
| Postal stationery | ||
| 323 | Postal stationery - 1pi letter-envelope of 1890 (HG 3, Nile Post 3), unaddressed and cancelled to order with Cairo / D of 25 I 97. Unusual  | £4.50 |
| 324 | 5m pink embossed envelope of 1922 (HG 22), with English-language watermark inverted, with extra 5m First Fouad, used Bulkeley 4 MR 36 to Hampshire. Reverse used for listing names  | £2.50 |
| 325 | Boy King 4m visiting card envelopes (NP SEN35a, wove paper), two examples, both wmk vertical, both wove paper, both Arab0c-addressed to Alex, both contain cards, different shades  | £6.00 |
| 326 | 1953, First Fellah visiting card envelope with 4m green vignette, HG 38, Nile Post 42, fresh mint, sl hinge remains behind.  | £4.00 |
| 327 | 1955, Second Fellah visiting card envelope (NP SEN43a), Arabic-addressed to Giza and cancelled Wahat el Kharga / (Cash). (date?)  | £8.00 |
| Modern postal stationery - mint | ||
| 328 | 2005 Egypt Post issue, Avis de Reception envelope, 175x125mm in green, red and blue with Arabic All Postal fees paid at centre top, pristine  | £4.00 |
| 329 | As last, but 230x115mm, pristine  | £4.00 |
| 330 | Size and colour as last, but Registration envelope for internal use. Green box reads Registration number; and red lettering is Registered envelope. Excellent condition  | £3.00 |
| Postcards | ||
| 331 | Good single-back card of Alexandrie Bourse, franked 2m DLR for France (Carte Postale replaced with handwritten Imprimes on the reverse) and cancelled Muharrem Bey 13 IX 04  | £3.00 |
| 332 | Three mint b-w photocards all showing Egyptian State Railways engines in action. Ink numbers on the reverse are 150, 154 and 204 - significance? Unusual  | £12.00 |
| 333 | Wonderful mint photo-postcard in b-w showing the interior of a railway station with large bilingual sign with arrow To Cairo above heads of two uniformed rail officials in tarbushes  | £8.00 |
| 334 | 1908, Khardiache Freres b-w postcard No 154 - Alexandrie-Station Seffer,
used to France (Imprimé) with 2m DLR cancelled Bacos 23 X 08. Striking  | £12.00 |
| 335 | 1929, b-w photo-postcard, no publisher evident, of Hopital Papayoannou - Cairo. Addressed to Switzerland but posted in cover. Long message in German  | £6./00 |
| 336 | B-w mint photo-postcard of Egypt's first President, General Naguib, in military uniform. Arabic rubber company handstamp in violet on reverse, bend at lower le does not detract  | £5.00 |
| 337 | 1922, Cairo Postcard Trust sepia card showing Mansoura - Mit Hadar, addressed to Dijon and franked on face with 2x1m Felucca and 2m Crown Overprint, all cancelled Mansura 15 DE 22. Port Said / E transit behind, with handstamp of sender, poste Restante Mansourah. Stunning  | £8.00 |
| 338 | Castro Brothers, Cairo, b-w mint postcard, Heliopolis, showing Basilica, and, in foreground, Grande Boucherie & Charo... / Anglais. Divided back  | £3.00 |
| 339 | L. Scortzis & Co, Cairo, b-w mint postcard, Alexandria - In the Mahmoudieh Canal  | £2.50 |
| 340 | 1975, bizarre Israeli colour postcard of the Suez Canal at Kantara, bilingual on face, trilingual behind, addressed to Belgium and cancelled Herzliyyah roller 30 5 75. No sign that it was ever stamped  | £4.00 |
| 341 | 1905, b-w single-back photo-postcard showing sunken ship with message from Alexandria: A wreck of an Italian just outside here. Addressed to Bournemouth and franked 2x2m DLR with single-ring Alex cancel of 16 II 05, reverse also has double-ring handstamp of S.Y Argonaut of London, 15 MAR 1905. Most unusual  | £12.00 |
| 342 | Mint b-w photo-postcard, divided back, showing Post -Office, Port-Said. No publisher evident, hinge remains behind. Excellent condition  | £4.00 |
| Hotels etc | ||
| 343 | Seamen's Home Type 2 cancel of 27 V 14 on sepia Al-Azhar University postcard addressed to Liverpool and franked with horizontal pair of DLR 2m pictorials (SG 74). CDS 55% with Alexandria / V bridge type same day  | £4.00 |
| 344 | Double sepia postcard of Pyramids Postcards of Cairo, showing, side by side, Semiramis Hotel and Hilton Hotel, with guillotine guidelines on reverse. Mint, remarkable  | £6.00 |
| Stamps | ||
| 345 | 1934 UPU set, low values complete to 200m, all used, all in good condition, some with hinge remains  | £3.00 |
| Stamp booklet | ||
| 346 | 2004, Egypt's most recent and controversial booklet, Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps. Mint and complete, pristine  | £12.00 |
| Savings Bank | ||
| 347 | Postal Administration Savings Bank form No 17 R , provided front and back with a total of 30x5m First Fuad stamps, all cancelled Cairo / Children's / Savings Bank 9 BO 27 9-10A as per regulation for receipt into savings account. Sl tears at edge, but unusual document  | £21.00 |
| Postal markings | ||
| 348 | Neat 1888 5m response postal card (Nile Post 4), written in French to Vienna, with Farmacia Schutz oval cachet and excellent strike of Ramle / Schutz 2 NO 13 (Ramle book type SC3, 12 years later than recorded). Reply section unused.  | £12.00 |
| 349 | 8 FE 33, Arabic-addressed envelope franked 15m blue Second Fuad cancelled with small-town Mishla CDS. Registration box alongside also reads Mishla. Tala / R&P on reverse  | £4.00 |
| 350 | 1934, Arabic-addressed envelope franked vertical pair of 5m Second Fuad, cancelled clear Abu Zaabal / Quarries. Reverse: Alex Govt Exhibition slogan and Cairo Station CDS  | £5.00 |
| 351 | 15 OC 42, Arabic-addressed cover franked 1m+20m Boy King for Registration to Cairo, cancelled small-town Gidaiyida. Faint Reg box alongside reads Godaieda. Clean  | £4.00 |
| 352 | Asyut - two covers, 1945 and 1960 (latter with excellent machine slogan Happy Days and Nights in Cairo but no stamp on face), with Arabic addresses and different examples of Asyut Station CDS.  | £4.00 |
| 353 | 31 AU 48, Arabic-addressed cover franked 30m Marechal for Registration (manuscript) to Cairo, cancelled small-town Gheit el Enab  | £4.00 |
| 354 | 2 JL 53, arrival mark of small-town Gabaris on reverse of Arabic-addressed envelope franked (on reverse) with barred 30m Marechal. From Dawawin and returned  | £4.00 |
| 355 | 1961 visiting card envelope with 4m UAR mosque lamp stamp (SG 606), Arabic-addressed, cancelled with clear Cairo city / of Mosques / and Pyramids slogan of T / Port-Said 19 3 61  | £3.00 |
| 356 | 4 AU 61, Arabic-addressed envelope franked 5m+2x30m UAR definitives for Registration to Cairo (b/w mute label), cancelled by Masiaf / Baltim, very rare small-town marking.  | £8.00 |
| Postal history | ||
| 357 | 28 AP 54, Air Mail envelope from Sam Sullam company addressed to Blackburn and franked 15m barred Farouk and sent from T / Cairo. Rubber stamp Imprimes on face, but Air Mail indicator barred through in red. No backstamp  | £3.00 |
| 358 | 10 FE 48, envelope sent from passenger/crewman(?) aboard RMS Tripolitania addressed to Bombay bank and franked 5+50+100m Marechal stamps for Registration and Air Mail from Port Said / R 1. Centre top is an enigmatic handstamp that appears to read Not A (vailable?) ... but Aeroport Farouk and Bombay Delivery (14 Feb) on reverse  | £8.00 |
| Literature | ||
| 359 | Peter Smith, Egypt, Stamps and Postal History: A Philatelic Treatise, 1999. Not a catalogue, but quite simply The Bible for Egypt collectors. Now out of print and not easy to find. Excellent condition with previous owner's signature inside cover  | £95.00 |
| 360 | Gen - four fortnightly issues, published in Cairo for British Forces (Feb 1, 15 and July 1 1942, June 5 1943). Readers Digest format with features, anecdotes, pin-up photos, cartoons etc. Each 64pp, 8inx5in, pictorial wrappers. Fine condition  | £12.00 |
| First-Day Covers | ||
| 361 | 21 DE 58, Golden Jubilee of Cairo University, two different unaddressed illustrated FDCs with 10m stamp (SG 586) and clear first-day cancellations T / Cairo University  | £4.00 |
| 362 | 1991, Cairo stamp exhibition commem stationery envelope with 10pi vignette (NP SEN 57).mint  | £2.00 |
| 363 | 1991, Cairo stamp exhibition, 10pi envelope (NP SEN 57), unaddressed with 10pi stamp (SG 1831) alongside and cancelled with special Exhibition handstamp  | £3.50 |
| 364 | 1991, Cover as last but Exhibition miniature sheet (SG MS 1818) with special cancel alongside v fine  | £4.00 |
| 365 | 1993, Official FDC for 5pi orange-yellow Official stamp (SG O1806) of 1991-2991 series, cancelled, accurately, 1 2 93  | £3.00 |
| 366 | 11 5 2009, Egypt Post Creative Forum 150pi stamp (Magdi 1689) on illustrated unaddressed FDC with special cancel  | £1.50 |
| 367 | 14 5 2009, Suzanne Mubarak Peace Movement 150pi stamp (Magdi 1690) on unaddressed illustrated FDC with special cancel  | £1.50 |
| 368 | 15 6 2009, XV Non-Aligned Summit 150pi stamp (Magdi 1707) on unaddressed illustrated FDC with special cancel  | £1.50 |
| Stamps | ||
| 369 | Officials: 1991-2001 issue, 75p dull brown (Magdi 139) UMM in left marginal block of 5x2 showing progressive reduction in ink application towards left. Only 8-9-10 properly inked. Remarkable variety  | £8.0 |
| 370 | Air Mail: 1993, 80pi Tutankhamun Mask (SG 1874, NP A118a, Magdi 194a, with gold colour badly misplaced giving the mask two beards. Lower marginal UMM pair. Latest cat $75 each  | £20.00 |
| 371 | 2007-08, recent controversial sponsored issues - vertical UMM pairs of Marsa Alam (Magdi 1657) and Madinet Makadi (Magdi 1673, misdescribed), both with tabs  | £8.00 |
| Definitives | ||
| 372 | Issue of 1867; LMM block of four 5 paras thus including all four types, nicely centred, immaculate. SG 11 catalogued £35 each as singles  | £80.00 |
| 373 | 1878 Provisionals, 5 paras and 10 paras on 2.5 piastres violet, the pair LMM, cat. £17. 5 pa has rounded corner and slight foxing on reverse but not visible from front.  | £8.00 |
| 374 | 1878 Provisionals, 5 paras and 10 paras on 2.5 piastres violet, the pair good used; both are perf. 12.5 x.13.5, 10 paras centred to right, SG 42e and 43e, cat. £23  | £10.00 |
| 375 | 1922 Proclamation of the Monarchy issue known as Crown Overprints, complete set of 13 inc both 15 mills and both 100 mills, SG 98-110 mostly good used, catalogued at £75  | £25.00 |
| 376 | First Fuad issue 1923-4 complete set of 12 good used SG 111 to 122 cat £29  | £10.00 |
| 377 | 1953-56 SG 414-434 full set of 22 inc both 10m and air stamps good used, cat £12  | £4.50 |
| Postage Dues | ||
| 378 | 1884 issue 10 paras value LMM with watermark impressed on face, SG D57x cat £48 (with wmk on reverse), probably type1,difficult to find  | £25.00 |
| 379 | 1884 issue 2 x 5 piastres LMM unchecked for types SG D61 cat £14 each  | £12.00 |
| 380 | 1889, DLR, I piastre imperf. proof pair NP PD17c cat $50 each as singles  | £45.00 |
| 381 | 1889, DLR on ordinary paper, set of 4 values, SG D 71-74 mounted mint, cat £20 plus  | £8.60 |
| 382 | Issue of 1889, DLR on chalky paper, two sets of four, one LMM, other good used. SG D71-74 cat over £30  | £13.60 |
| 383 | Issue of 1921-22. Full set of 6 SG D98-D103 LMM cat £28, Harrison printings  | £13.00 |
| 384 | Issue of 1922; set of four Crown Opts LMM, the 2pi has opt inverted with crown to the right. SG D111 to D114a. Cat. £24 plus nbsp; | £12.60 |
| 385 | 1958-59 Complete set of 7 values SG D573-D579 LMM. Cat £31  | £14.60 |
| 386 | 1965 Complete set of five values lightly mounted mint SG D852 to D856, cat £12.  | £5.00 |
| 387 | Used polychrome postcard (Bedouin on the Nile near Luxor) franked 2m DLR cancelled Suez bridge & star 17 XI 08 to Paris; under-franked 2m (imprimé rate) so boxed T and French 10 centimes due applied in Paris  | £10.00 |
| 388 | Issue of 1958, 20 mills value on reverse of cover cancelled Caire T Imprim's 25 Aug 1958 with Cairo roller in blue and boxed trilingual Refus-. Cover opened for display, front has manuscript and boxed T. In addition five of the seven values of this issue, separately cat over £24  | £22.00 |
| 389 | Issue of 1958, cover sent unfranked Cairo to Tanta? with boxed T and trilingual Refusé on front. On reverse, 20 mills due SG D578  | £10.00 |
| Officials | ||
| 390 | Issue of 1958, set of two SG O571-2 with Issue of 1962-63 SG O685-693 full set of nine, all LMM. Extra copies of two values, 14 values in all. Cat. £50 plus.  | £10.00 |
| Hotel postcards | ||
| 391 | Mint Lehnert/Landrock colour (No 2215), French Gardens and Majestic Hotel, Alex  | £2.00 |
| 392 | Mint colour by C. Andreopoulos, Port Said (No 31) of Boulevard Eugénie, showing Eastern Exchange Hotel on the left  | £2.00 |
| 393 | Shepheard's; 1930 real photo sepia postcard, A lookout in the Desert Lehnert & Landrock franked on business side pair Second Fouad 4 mills green, posted from the hotel and cancelled type HS 7 Feb 14 1930 to England.  | £10.00 |
| 394 | 1911 Louis Levy colour card 13 Assouan - Vue prise du Cataract Hotel franked 4m DLR cancelled Savoy Hotel Assouan 27 I 11 with Cairo D Transit next day to Hoxton , London  | £8.60 |
| 395 | 1974 Real photo pc Le Caire - Panorama de les Pyramides by Photocelere franked SG 419 and 424, CDS Cataract Hotel Aswan, sent airmail to Sweden with cartouche Par Avion Jusqu'a (the latter part in Arabic) and civil censor .  | £6.00 |
| TPOs | ||
| 396 | German sepia postcard of desert camel riders franked DLR 1m and 3m SG 58 and 61, superb Aswan bridge and star 17 I 08 with Shellal-Luqsor TPO, same date, to Brunswick, Germany  | £4.50 |
| French Post Offices | ||
| 397 | Postal stationery envelope NP SFPOENV5 for use in Port Said with 046 in green beneath flap; cleaner on back than front but not easy to find  | £3.50 |
| French Military | ||
| 398 | Black and white postcard by Edition Artistique P. Coustoulides, Alessandrie, No. 2 Consuls Square, Alex,
unfranked (French military post free?) with cachet Marine Français Service - la Mer posted Port Said 6 SEP 1917 to St. Raphael, Var,
France, written in French  | £7.60 |
| Airmail | ||
| 399 | First flight? Cairo to Vienna by EgyptAir. SG 1172 cancelled at Cairo Air Port 5 9 76 with Wien receiver, very clean, philatelic as sender is Sieger  | £2.50 |
| 400 | First flight Springbok cover by Imperial Airways franked 70 mills second Fuad cancelled Aswan 24 JA 32 to Nairobi with Capetown transit and Nairobi receiver on reverse  | £12.00 |
| 401 | Map cover by Imperial Airways for first flight England-Africa franked 27m chestnut air stamp CDS Cairo A 4 MR 31 to Khartoum, receiver on back Sudan Air Mail Khartoum 3 days later.  | £12.60 |
| 402 | Clean air cover Cairo to Denver, Colorado franked 110m SG 1104 cancelled Cairo August 1971 with civil censor and tri-coloured airmail etiquette  | £2.50 |
| 403 | 1927 deep violet 27m airmail stamp; SG 132, marginal pair LMM, cat £44 as singles  | £25.00 |
| 404 | 1927 airmail stamps; SG 132 and 133 (x2) LMM, middle stamp has a variety in form of a brown hairline between the two feluccas. Cat. £35.50 ignoring the variety  | £20.00 |
| 405 | 1927 to 1929 airmail issues; SG 132 (x2) and SG 133 (x3) all fine used, cat £60 plus  | £27.00 |
| 406 | 1933 Air cover Sidi Gaber to Cambridge with bilingual airmail etiquette franked SG 133 and 148 for 28 mills airmail rate. Alex transit and Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense crest on flap  | £3.50 |
| 407 | 1957 Airmail set of 12, SG 322 to SG 333 very LMM, Cat. £14.50.  | £ |
| 408 | 1972 airmail cover Cairo to Denver, Colorado franked110 mills SG 1130 Aida Opera 1971 with tri-coloured airmail etiquette. Stamp cat. £3.50.  | £5.00 |
| Tourist Year | ||
| 409 | May 1969 African Tourist Year set of 41 lightly mounted mint SG 980 to SG 1020 Flags of the African nations, cat £41. Examples  | £22.00 |
| Stamps - Cancelled back: Second Fuad in excellent condition | ||
| 410 | 4 mills NP D 110c | £9.00 |
| 411 | 5 mills NP D 11e | £4.00 |
| 412 | 10 mills NP D 113d | £7.00 |
| 413 | 20 mills NP D 119d | £15.00 |
| 414 | 50 mills NP D 122e | £9.00 |
| 415 | 100 mills NP D 123d | £13.60 |
| Stamps - Cancelled back: Farouk Marechal single stamps | ||
| 416 | 1 mill NP D 155d | £4.00 |
| 417 | 2 mills NP D 156b | £4.00 |
| 418 | 4 mills NP D 158d | £4.00 |
| 419 | 10 mills NP D 160e | £4.00 |
| 420 | 15 mills NP D 162c | £4.00 |
| 421 | 20 mills NP D 164d | £4.00 |
| 422 | 22 mills NP D 165b | £4.00 |
| 423 | 40 mills NP D 167b  | £8.00 |
| Stamps - Cancelled-back definitive | ||
| 424 | Boy King 200 mills Cancelled on reverse NP D152a UM | £9.00 |
| Stamps - Cancelled-back commemorative | ||
| 425 | Visit of King Saud of Saudi Arabia NP C97a  | £40.00 |
| Stamps - Farouk Marechal imperforate unmounted mint pairs (vertical) | ||
| 426 | 13 mills NP D 161a  | £30.00 |
| 427 | 15 mills NP D 162a  | £30.00 |
| 428 | 17 mills NP D 163a | £20.00 |
| 429 | 20 mills NP D 164a | £15.00 |
| 430 | 30 mills NP D 166a (horizontal)  | £12.60 |
| 431 | 40 mills NP D 167a | £22.50 |
| 432 | 50 mills NP D 168a  | £22.50 |
| Stamps - Boy King control blocks (pf = perforate margin, for lower values) | ||
| 434 | 1 mill A37 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 435 | 1 mill A40 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 436 | 1 mill A40 B40 A41 UM | £1.00 |
| 437 | 1 mill B41 A42 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 438 | 1 mill B41 A42 MM | £1.00 |
| 439 | 2 mills A37 A39 B39 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 440 | 3 mills A37 UM | £1.00 |
| 441 | 3 mills A38 A39 MM | £1.00 |
| 442 | 3 mills A41 A42 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 443 | 4 mills A37 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 444 | 4 mills B43 MM pf | £1.00 |
| 445 | 5 mills A37 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 446 | 6 mills A40 UM (control at right) | £2.00 |
| 447 | 10 mills A38 A39 UM | £1.00 |
| 448 | 10 mills A43 UM | £1.00 |
| 449 | 13 mills A37 UM pf | £1.00 |
| 450 | 15 mills A37 MM pf | £1.00 |
| 451 | 15 mills A39 UM | £1.50 |
| 452 | 15 mills A39 A40 UM pf | £1.50 |
| 453 | 15 mills A39 A40 A43 UM pf (lightly toned) | £1.00 |
| 454 | 20 mills A37 UM pf | £1.50 |
| 455 | 20 mills A39 UM pf | £1.50 |
| 456 | 20 mills A38 A39 UM | £1.50 |
| 457 | 20 mills A39 A40 A42 A43 block of 6 UM (lightly toned) | £1.50 |
| 458 | 30 mills grey A38 MM | £1.50 |
| 459 | 30 mills grey A38 A44 MM | £2.00 |
| 460 | 30 mills olive A46 MM | £1.50 |
| 461 | 50 mills A39 MM | £2.00 |
| Stamps - Farouk Marechal barred unmounted mint control blocks | ||
| 462 | 3 mills A/44 NP D 215 | £3.00 |
| 463 | 4 mills A /51 A/52 NP D 216 | £3.00 |
| 464 | 13 mills A/50 NP D 218 | £4.60 |
| 465 | 15 mills A/44 A/46 NP D 219 | £3.00 |
| 466 | 200 mills A/48 A/50 NP D 227  | £15.00 |
| 467 | 50 PT A/49 A/50 A/52 D 228 (horiz pair)  | £20.00 |
| Stamps - Farouk barred Air Mail control blocks | ||
| 468 | 20 mills A 52 NP A60 UM | £4.00 |
| 469 | 30 mills A52 NP A61 | £6.60 |
| 470 | 2 mills (A66 in Arabic ciphers) NP A66 (a) UM | £2.00 |
| 471 | 3 mills A 48 UM NP A67 | £2.00 |
| 472 | 8 mills (A46 in Arabic ciphers) UM NP A69 | £6.60 |
| Stamps - booklet pane | ||
| 473 | 1953 Soldier booklet pane of 6 NP SB18a VF used  | £10.00 |
| Stamps - British Forces | ||
| 474 | Xmas seal 3 mills bleu marginal block of 4 UM (NP BF6)  | £15.00 |
| 475 | Xmas seal 3 mills vermilion marginal block of 4 UM (NP BF10) | £3.00 |
| 476 | EGYPT PREPAID 6 fragments various countries  | £4.00 |
| Stamps Other | ||
| 477 | Suez Canal 'souvenir sheet' UM  | £3.00 |
| 478 | Crown ovpts 1 mill vertical pair 2 flaws NP D 78III b+c UM  | £12.00 |
| 479 | Boy King 5 and 15 mills UM horiz. pairs inverted watermark (NPD138a + D144a) | £6.00 |
| 480 | Boy King 15 mills Control block A39 A40 inverted watermark UM (hinge in margin)  | £20.00 |
| 481 | Farouk Military 1 mill in imperforate corner block of 4 UM NP D 158a  | £30.00 |
| Postal history | ||
| 482 | 1909 5 mills carmine OHHS opt on cover from Zoological Gardens to Croydon, England tied by two neat Giza cds (June 27) and blue Official Handstamp at lower left. Alexandria (June 28) transit CDS on reverse with Croydon (July 4) arrival. Rare usage. Slightly soiled at edges otherwise fine  | £90.00 |
| Interpostal on cover | ||
| 483 | Remnant of Assiut Interpostal Type V-b (Kehr 232) affixed to Post Office form No. 27, dated April 4 1878 from Assiut PO. It lists six letters found in the wrong delivery mail sack arriving from Alexandria. The form lists the origin and destination of each letter and is signed by the Assiut Post Office commissioner and struck with 'Post Khedivie Egiziane Siut' dated 6 April 1878 in blue. The letters in question should have been destined for England, Rome, Trieste, Corfu, Sira(?) and Paris. The torn Interpostal was the method of attachment of this form to the bundled misdirected items of mail. Extremely rare and a very fine item. Ex-Wolfsbauer, Dennis Clarke  | £690.00 |
| Commemoratives paying correct rate | ||
| 484 | 10 AP 25, 10 mills Geographical Congress used on commercial postcard to Switzerland, cancelled with clear Alexandria CDS  | £15.00 |
| 485 | 23 AP 25, 5 mills and 10 mills of Geographical Congress used on commercial cover to Paris from clear Port Said / H CDS  | £15.00 |
| Stamps | ||
| 486 | 1872 1pi Typo, watermark inverted, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3 (SG 31var , NP D17i), very fine used  | £10.00 |
| 487 | 1872 1pi LITHO, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, (SG 27, NP D22), very fine used  | £13.00 |
| 488 | 1906 1m, watermark inverted (SG 58var, NP D45a), very fine used | £3.00 |
| 489 | 1906 2m, watermark inverted (SG 59var, NP D64a), very fine used | £4.00 |
| 490 | 1906 5m, white hole of P of POSTES (SG 63var, NP D50b), very fine used | £17.00 |
| 491 | 1914 5m, watermark inverted (SG 77var, NP D57a), very fine used | £11.00 |
| 492 | 1914 5m, damaged G of POSTAGE (SG 77var, NP D57h), very fine used. | £26.00 |
| 493 | 1914 5m, booklet stamp, wmk sideways to the right, (SG 77a, NP D57k), very fine used | £2.00 |
| 494 | 1922 5m crown overprint type II, reversed watermark, (SG 102var, NP D82b), very fine used | £8.00 |
| 495 | 1922 10m crown overprint type I, reversed watermark, (SG 103var, NP D83d), very fine used | £5.00 |
| 496 | 1922 100m crown overprint, reversed watermark, (SG 108var, NP D89), very fine used | £4.00 |
| 497 | 1923 5m,10m,15m Fouad, reversed wmk, (SG 115-117, NP D95a, 96a, 97a), very fine used | £8.00 |
| 498 | 1927 2m, King Fouad TYPE I (SG 149, NP 107), very nice used | £1.00 |
| 499 | 1937, 15m Farouk boy inverted watermark,(SG 256var, NP D144a), unmounted mint | £1.00 |
| 500 | 1944, 1m King Farouk Military issue mirror printing variety, (SG 291var)  | £10.00 |
| 501 | 1953, Nefertiti 100m, watermark inverted, (SG 429var, NP D207a), very fine used | £10.00 |
| 502 | 1953, King Farouk obliterated complete set of 10 in blocks of four (SG438-447), UM  | £30.00 |
| 503 | 1955 5m block of four including extra dot variety, (SG 507var, NP C158b), unmounted mint | £3.00 |
| 504 | 1955 5m Arab Postal Union Congress, centre of Arabic number five filled (SG 507var, NP C158f), unmounted mint | £5./00 |
| 505 | 1955 37m Arab Postal Union Congress, centre of Arabic number five filled (SG 509var, NP C160b), unmounted mint | £5.00 |
| 506 | 1957 10m Rameses II (SG542var, NP D242a), inverted watermark, pair, unmounted mint | £4.00 |
| 507 | 1957 Anniversary of revolution, two values in blocks of four, inverted watermark, (NP182a, NP183a), unmounted mint | £20.00 |
| 508 | 1957 10m vertical pair gun on plane variety, (SG 545a var, NP C189a), unmounted mint | £3.00 |
| 509 | 1958 10m Kasem Amin (SG 563var, NP C200a), wmk sideways to left (inv), block of four, UM | £15.00 |
| 510 | 1959 Petroleum 10m extra dot variety. arabia reads garbia (SG 594var, NP C220d), unmounted mint | £3.00 |
| 511 | 1959, set of 17 plus £E1 overprinted (SG603-619, 634), 3 top values marginal control, unmounted mint  | £11.00 |
| 512 | 1959 Nefertiti 55m on 100m, misplaced overprint U missing, (SG 588var, NP D252b), marginal unmounted mint  | £10.00 |
| 513 | 1959 Flag orange colour watermarked printing experiment, unmounted mint  | £10.00 |
| 514 | A quantity of 1000 used stamps  | £15.00 |
| Miniature sheets | ||
| 515 | 1958, Flag miniature sheet (SG MS570), unmounted mint | £3.00 |
| 516 | 1959, Transport miniature sheet, (SG MS601), unmounted mint | £2.00 |
| Air Mail | ||
| 517 | 1941 5m stamp, watermark inverted, (SG 285, NP A24a), unmounted mint | £5.00 |
| Officials | ||
| 518 | 1907 2m green, indented O variety, (SG O74var, NP O3a), unmounted mint | £30.00 |
| 519 | 1914 2m green, mirror surcharge variety, (SG O84var, NP O11var), UM  | £10.00 |
| 520 | 1926 15m misperforated, (SG O146var, NP O48b) unmounted mint  | £10.00 |
| 521 | 1926 20m misperforated, (SG O147var, NP O49b) unmounted mint  | £7.00 |
| 522 | 1993 25pi UM strip of 10 stamps showing 2 normal, 1 half colour missing eliminating value and inscription, 7 completely blank stamps. (NP O121var)  | £80.00 |
| Postage Dues | ||
| 523 | 1921 2m scarlet inverted watermark, (SG D99var), mint | £5.00 |
| 524 | 1921 10m lake watermark pointing down (SG D103var, NP PD26i), very fine used | £4.00 |
| 525 | 1927 2m misperforated, (SG 174var, NP PD32d), unmounted mint | £2.00 |
| Perfins | ||
| 526 | Perfins, a group of 12 used stamps  | £6.00 |
| Postal stationery cards | ||
| 527 | 1899 4m DLR used from Cairo to Paris (NP SPC11)  | £5.00 |
| 528 | 1900 4m DLR used from Alexandria to Zurich (NP SPC11)  | £5.00 |
| 529 | 1907 2m on 3m +prepaid separated reply, unused, (NP SPC13)  | £10.00 |
| 530 | 1916 3m+3m prepaid reply, unused, (NP SPC26)  | £10.00 |
| Postal stationery envelopes | ||
| 531 | 1892 24mm black surcharge on 2pi orange, unused envelope  | £5.00 |
| Postal history | ||
| 532 | 1867 Used Abroad French post office entire from ALEXANDRIE (20 Jan 67) to MARSEILLE, franked 40c, cancelled 5080 and PD  | £70.00 |
| 533 | 1900 Greek postcard (Bacchus Theatre - Athens) sent from Cairo to Paris franked Egypt 1888 2m green pair  | £8.00 |
| 534 | Hotel MINERVA cover to Greece franked 3 x 10m Farouk soldier on reverse  | £9.00 |
| 535 | 1935 PAQUEBOT PORT SAID cover to England  | £8.00 |
| 536 | 1950's censored four colour franking cover from Cairo to Greece franked Farouk Marechal (1m,2m,4m, 10m x2)  | £4.00 |
| 537 | 1950's censored cover Cairo-Greece franked Farouk Marechal opt(2m,40m)  | £4.00 |
| 538 | 1955 PAQUEBOT censored cover to England  | £8.00 |
| 539 | Marine mixed franking cover (Greek and Egyptian stamps) from ship T.S.C.S NAVARINO to Germany canc. ALEX STATION MARITIME  | £20.00 |
| 540 | National Bank of Egypt cover to Greece, 22m Farouk soldier + censor mark  | £4.00 |
| Postmarks | ||
| 541 | Used Abroad GEDDA on 20pa blue  | £10.00 |
| 542 | Used Abroad WADI HALFA on 1881 1pi blue  | £10.00 |
| 543 | Used Abroad WADI HALFA on 1884 pair 5pi surcharged 20pa green  | £15.00 |
| 544 | Used Abroad SAWAKIN on 1879 1pi rose  | £10.00 |
| 545 | Hotel postmarks SAVOY, PYRAMIDS, SHEPHEARD'S, CONTINENTAL, CATARACT, SAN STEFANO on 10 stamps  | £5.00 |
| 546 | RETTA cancel on DLR, Farouk boy and soldier. Six stamps  | £3.00 |
| 547 | 1914 5m, cancelled RURAL SERVICE, four used stamps  | £2.00 |
| 548 | Railway and TPO postmarks on DLR (9 stamps and pair), 1914 pictorial (3 stamps), Farouk boy (3 stamps), a total of 17 stamps  | £3.00 |
| Quarterly Circular - Bids will be received for the following 33 individual copies at a reserve of £1 each; bids of £25 or over for the full group (treat as Lot NO 549X) will take precedence | ||
| 549 | 1988 December, No 148 | £1.00 |
| 550 | 1989 March, No 149 | £1.00 |
| 551 | 1989 June, No 150 | £1.00 |
| 552 | 1989 December, No 152 | £1.00 |
| 553 | 1990 March, No 153 | £1.00 |
| 554 | 1990 Sept-Dec, No 155-156 | £1.00 |
| 555 | 1991 September, No 159 | £1.00 |
| 556 | 1991 December, No 160 | £1.00 |
| 557 | 1992 March, No 161 | £1.00 |
| 558 | 1992 September, No 163 | £1.00 |
| 559 | 1993 March No 164 | £1.00 |
| 560 | 1993 June, No 165 | £1.00 |
| 561 | 1994 March, No 168 | £1.00 |
| 562 | 1994 June, No 169 | £1.00 |
| 563 | 1994 September, No 170 | £1.00 |
| 564 | 1995 June, No 173 | £1.00 |
| 565 | 1996 June, No 177 | £1.00 |
| 566 | 1996 September, No 178 | £1.00 |
| 567 | 1996 December, No 179 | £1.00 |
| 568 | 1997 June, No 181 | £1.00 |
| 569 | 1998 March, No 184 | £1.00 |
| 570 | 1998 June, No 185 | £1.00 |
| 571 | 1998 September, No 186 | £1.00 |
| 572 | 1999 June, No 189 | £1.00 |
| 573 | 2000 June, No 193 | £1.00 |
| 574 | 2001 March, No 196 | £1.00 |
| 575 | 2001 June, No 197 | £1.00 |
| 576 | 2001 December, No 199 | £1.00 |
| 577 | 2002 September, No 202 | £1.00 |
| 578 | 2003 March, No 204 | £1.00 |
| 579 | 2003 June, No 205 | £1.00 |
| 580 | 2003 September, No 206 | £1.00 |
| 581 | 2003 December, No 207 | £1.00 |
| 582 | No Lot | |
| Stamps - the following ten lots are all listed for the first time in the new 7th edition of the SG Middle East catalogue: | ||
| 583 | 1974, SG 1137ab, with watermark. VF mint NH, lower corner block of four with printing date 28 VI 76, very rare | £35.00 |
| 584 | 1993, SG 1874a Type II, very rare. VF mint NH left lower corner block of four | £35.00 |
| 585 | 1994, SG 1917a, rare colour variety. VF mint NH left lower corner block of four with block of four of SG 1917 for comparison | £8.00 |
| 586 | 2001, SG 2020ab, perf 11 - and different colour, rare. VF mint NH block of four | £5.00 |
| 587 | 2001, SG 2021a Type II, rare. VF mint NH right lower corner block of four, with similar block (SG 2021 Type I) for comparison | £7.00 |
| 588 | 1999, SG 2025a, Queen Nefertiti perf 14½, also a lighter colour shade, very rare. VF mint NH right lower corner block of four | £30.00 |
| 589 | 1999, SG 2032b (No 2020 but with wmk), rare. Two right lower corner blocks of four with different shades (brown and pinkish). SG cat £16 | £7.00 |
| 590 | 1999, SG 2033 (No 2022 but with wmk), rare. Left upper corner block of four with a slight downward shift of horizontal perf | £5.00 |
| 591 | 1999, SG 2034 (No 2031 but with wmk), rare. Left lower corner block of four with slight shift of vertical perf to the left. SG cat £20 | £11.00 |
| 592 | 1999, SG 2034a (No 2032 but with wmk), rare. Left upper corner block of four with lighter colour shade. SG cat £32 | £15.00 |
| Stamps - rare modern definitives | ||
| 593 | 1977, SG 1138a, no wmk, Balian 703. VF mint NH single. Michel cat €20 | £12.00 |
| 594 | 1985, SG 1343ba with wmk. VF mint NH left marginal block of four, rare | £10.00 |
| 595 | 2001, SG 2023a, var with perf 11 instead of 13 x 13 -, darker colour shade and larger inscriptions. VF mint NH right lower corner block of four | £10.00 |
| Stamps - Officials | ||
| 596 | 1991-99, SG O1806-14, including the newly listed O1807a (10p brown) and O1808b (20p ultramarine). VF mint NH complete set of 13 stamps | £6.00 |
| 597 | 1999, SG O1807a, the newly listed 10p brown. VF mint NH right lower corner block of four | £4.00 |
| 598 | 1999, SG O1808b, the newly listed 20p ultramarine. VF mint NH left lower corner block of four with printing date | £4.00 |
| 599 | 2001, SG O2183a-89, the newly listed set of seven but on unwatermarked paper (limited printing). VF mint NH blocks of four. SG cat £18 | £9.00 |
| Stamps - year issues | ||
| 600 | 2009 complete: 50 stamps and 1 miniature sheet, VF mint NH | £25.00 |
| 601 | 2010 complete: 28 stamps and two miniature sheets, VF mint NH | £15.00 |
| Stamps - modern issues | ||
| 602 | 2002, SG 2234-43, including the newly listed 2238a. The last definitive set of ten stamps with multiple reprints that have distinctly different shades - three of the 10pi value, 2x25pi, 2x50pi, 2x£E1, one of 110pi (2238a), 2x150pi, so total number of stamps offered is 22. VF mint NH, beautiful assortment. SG cat £24 | £20.00 |
| 603 | 2006, 50th Anniversary of Egypt-China diplomatic relations, set of two se-tenant stamps, official FDC and scarce miniature sheet. VF mint NH | £30.00 |
| Sudan stamps | ||
| 604 | 1962, £1 Camel Postman definitive reprint without wmk, lower marginal block of four. VF mint NH | £9.00 |
| 605 | 1962, £1 Camel Postman definitive reprint with rectangles wmk, lower marginal block of four. VF mint NH | £9.00 |
| 606 | 1991, eighth definitive set, complete, 16 stamps in official folder. VF mint NH, Michel cat £60 | £12.00 |
| 607 | 1991, Officials, eighth definitive set, 16 stamps overprinted S.G in Arabic. VF mint NH, Michel cat €275 | £15.00 |
| 608 | 2003, ninth definitive set, complete, 14 stamps (50-500 dinars), VF mint NH. Michel cat €232 | £15.00 |
| 609 | 2003, as last, but imperf miniature sheet combining the 14 stamps. Rare, only 1,000 issued. VF mint NH | £30.00 |
| Stamps - Egypt errors and varieties | ||
| 610 | 1995, the newly listed variety SG 1874a Type II with vertical perforation shifted to the right and cutting through the 8 of 80p and with double image. VF mint NH right upper corner horizontal pair | £22.00 |
| 611 | 2001, the newly listed Official SG O2189, £E1 value with major horizontal misperf, shifted 5mm downward, cutting across head of eagle emblem and placing Egypt and misr at bottom instead of top of the stamp. VF mint NH left marginal vertical pair | £10.00 |
| Prestige booklet - Discover the Treasures of Egypt | ||
| 612 | Set of three very beautiful FDCs, one for each of the high-value booklet stamps £E Sphinx, £E Nefertiti, £E10 Tutankhamun mask). No FDC was issued for the three panes of lower-value stamps | £12.00 |
| Used Egypt stamps in fine condition | ||
| 613 | 2004, the withdrawn Telecom stamp, SG 2371a | £6.00 |
| 614 | 2007, the complete year, 27 stamps including two distinctly different shades of the scarce Marsa Alam stamp and three miniature sheets | £14.00 |
| 615 | 2008, complete year, 24 stamps and one miniature sheet | £9.00 |
| 616 | 2009, complete year, 50 stamps and one miniature sheet | £20.00 |
| Stationery postcards - Egypt | ||
| 617 | 14 VI 92, 5m postcard surcharged 3 milli-mes (1891, NP SPC5) addressed to Marseille and cancelled clear Alexandrie / six bars. Message in Greek, Marseille arrival 19 Juin behind  | £3.00 |
| 618 | 11 II 01, 4m postcard (1899, NP SPC11) addressed to Germany with Alexandrie/ D CDS. Company message in French, Bodenbach arrival on face 22.2  | £3.00 |
| 619 | 12 I 03, 3m postcard (1894, NP SPC 7), addressed to Beni Suef with Caire CDS and clear Beni Souef arrival same day on face. Message in Italian  | £4.00 |
| `Stationery postcards - consular offices | ||
| 620 | 3 3 89, Austrian UPU 5Kr postcard surcharged 20 para with perfect Austrian Alexandrien thimble CDS. Address and message scrawled in red crayon in Arabic. Vert fold does not detract  | £35.00 |
| 621 | 28 I 91, Italian UPU 10c postcard written in Italian and addressed to Cairo. Caire / A clear arrival CDS  | £3.00 |
| 622 | 15 DEC 00, French 10c postcard with number 040 on greenish card, overprinted Port-Said in red (1900-1903, NP SFPOPC7) with clear double-ring French PO CDS, Egyptian PO Port-Said next day, and arrival mark of Suez one day later on reverse  | £12.00 |
| British military covers | ||
| 623 | 18 Dec 1936. Cover pmk. MPO Abu Sueir to GB. Civil Abu Suwer pmk. 18 Dec. on back. With original enclosed Christmas card of No 4 Flying Training School, RAF Abu Sueir  | £10.00 |
| 624 | 27 July 1938. Cover pmk. MPO Moascar to GB. 1piastre Letter Seal on back  | £8.00 |
| 625 | 11 Feb. 1936. Opened-out cover to GB pmk. MPO Alexandria with two 1piastre green letter seals. (vertical & horizontal creases clear of seals)  | £7.00 |
| 626 | 9 May 1938. Cover pmk. MPO Abu Sueir (date error 57 instead of 38) to GB. Crest of No 4 Flying Training School on flap. Civil Abu Suwer pmk. 9 May 1938 on back  | £4.00 |
| Postcard | ||
| 627 | Tuck's colour post card no.9274 The Khedives Special train. Unused  | £9.00 |
| British Forces | ||
| 628 | 1935 Jubilee stamp S.G. A10 ultramarine lightly mounted mint  | £38.00 |
| 629 | Postal Concession notice 1 March 1936, faint centre fold  | £4.00 |
| 630 | Page 185/6 from Zeheri Catalogue with copy of the Postal Concession notice for 1 Mar 1936 in French  | £5.00 |
| Simon Arzt | ||
| 631 | Unused 5 mills carmine postal stationery card with on message side a printed advert for Egyptian Cigaret Manufactory, Simon Arzt etc  | £7.00 |
| 632 | 1910 moonlight colour card of Canal De Suez. On rev franked pair 2 mills DLR Sphinx stamps tied Port Said cds 8 X 10 to UK. With superb blue circular cachet Port Said - Simon Arzt Store  | £6.00 |
| 633 | 1911 B&W card of Marseilles. On rev franked pair 2 mills DLR Sphinx stamps tied Port Said cds 2 XII 11 to UK. With purple circular cachet Port Said - Simon Arzt Store  | £5.00 |
| 634 | B.W card produced by Simon Arzt. On rev 10 mills Fuad stamp tied Port Said cds 2 DE 33 to UK. With pink 4 line cachet When in Port Said Visit / The Simon Arzt Store / Now Open On / The Quay Front  | £7.00 |
| 635 | 1934 B&W picture card of liner at sea. On rev franked 5 & 30 mills air stamps tied Port-Said Simon Arzt cds 13 DE 34 with Bombay arr cds 20 Dec  | £15.00 |
| 636 | 1934 env. (on rev. Lloyd Triestino MN Victoria) franked 8 & 20 mills air stamps tied Port - Said Simon Arzt cds 13 DE 34 by air to UK. On rev Alexandria transit cds  | £15.00 |
| 637 | 1936 contemporary B&W photo card of store. On rev franked 2 x 5 mills Fuad stamps tied Port Said cds 5 No 36 to Austria. As franked at Empire rate there is a manuscript Postage Due charge T 11 c
 | £12.00 |
| 638 | 1939 P&O env by air to UK with mixed reign franking 1 & 3 mills Fuad, plus 2, 4 & 5 mills Farouk stamps all neatly tied Port Said Simon Arzt cds 31 MA 39  | £7./00 |
| 639 | 1948 P&O env franked 17 & 30 mills Farouk stamps tied Port Said Simon Arzt (Caisse) cds 15 MR 48 by air to UK  | £18.00 |
| 640 | 1957 printed decorative card for Mother's Day, with 10 mills red Mother's Day stamp SG 522 tied on First Day of Issue Port Said Simon Arzt (Caisse) cds 21 MR 57  | £6.00 |
| Stamps | ||
| 641 | Egypt 2004-2009, starting at Boy Scouts Camp-Statistics Congress), nearly complete ... 97 mint plate blocks of four and one strip of five, 109 different values, 392 stamps in all. No 2007-2008 Tourism issues | £80.00 |
| 642 | 2004 - booklet Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps - mint, excellent | £6.00 |
| 643 | 2004 - booklet's first page, with 2x£E5 and the £E10 Tutankhamun Mask stamps as a single sheet (known to Michel as Block 81). Never stitched, and not from the booklet) | £5.00 |
| 644 | 2004 - National Bar Association, the complete sheet, mint NH | £18.00 |
| 645 | 2002 - Egyptian Art (pharaonic) definitive series, values ranging from 10pi to £E5, corner pieces | £8.00 |
| Postcards | ||
| 646 | 100 postcards of Port-Said, mixed publishers & colour/b-w, most not postally used, some duplication | £20.00 |
| 647 | 100 postcards of Port-Said, mixed publishers & colour/b-w, most not postally used, some duplication | £20.00 |
| 648 | 100 postcards of Alexandria, mixed publishers & colour/b-w, most not postally used, some duplication | £20.00 |
| 649 | 50 postcards Suez Canal area, mixed publishers & colour/b-w, most not postally used, some duplication | £12.00 |
| 650 | Alexandrie, 24 detachable phototype post cards, LC Series 6, b-w cards in red covers, complete with interleaving  | £7.00 |
| 651 | Port Said, 12 detachable views, Vitta & Cie 1925 edition, b-w cards complete in red/white covers  | £5.00 |
| 652 | Port-Said, Ismailia and Canal de Suez, 12 Views, Cairo Postcard Trust Series 649A colour cards, complete in blue/brown covers  | £5.00 |
| 653 | As last, first and last cards removed, no covers (10 cards remaining) | £3.00 |
| British consulate | ||
| 654 | 1936, beautiful little mourning cover (visiting card size with black border) Cairo to Ramleh, franked only with High Commissioner Egypt large handstamp in blue, must have been from Sir Percy Loraine, addressed to Abdel Fattah Yehia Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Zizinia. CDS of Sidi Gaber and Bacos on reverse  | £10.00 |
| 655 | 1900, massive long mourning cover, 23x10.5cm, with wax seal of Crown over C on reverse and cachet in blue of H.B.M Agency & Consulate General of Egypt on face, also signature which could be Cromer. No franking, but cds Caire ??.III.00. Addressed to Tewfik Palace Hotel, Helouan, and traces of arrival mark  | £18.00 |
| 656 | 1896, front only of cover only with cachet in violet of British Vice Consulate Suez to British Agency, Cairo, no franking but very early cds of Suez Station 14 FE 96  | £7.00 |
| Postal stationery | ||
| 657 | Postal stationery Letter Envelope (NP 1) cancelled TPO Asyut-Cairo / TPO 23 II10 (type 5A3 but Assiut spelled differently), transit Cairo 23 II 10 to Strasbourg. Slight foxing, almost complete message retained (German). Fully written up with map  | £8.00 |
| Lado enclave? | ||
| 658 | De La Rue 5 mill on small corner piece of envelope used probably from Lado Enclave. See Stagg p16: cancelled by retta, with four unboxed-O (ie invalid) handstamps in black around it. Stagg writes of Sudan or Congo stamps, but does not refer to use of Egyptian stamps, so rare  | £15.00 |
| Interpostals - mint unless stated | ||
| 659 | Type IV, Kehr 108a Alessandria on white, 3rd retouch, off-centre (to indicate the spacing of seals on printing stone)  | £2.00 |
| 660 | Type IVa, Kehr 109a, Atfe on buff  | £3.00 |
| 661 | Type IVa, Kehr 125, Ismailia, 3rd retouch  | £3.00 |
| 662 | Type IVa, Kehr 138, Metelino red on white  | £7.00 |
| 663 | Type Vc, Kehr 274 Alessandria, on lilac-rose, vertical marking (string or handstamp?)  | £3.00 |
| 664 | Type Vc, Kehr 286, Dongola gray-brown on white, off-centre. Scarce  | £8.00 |
| 665 | Type VI, Kehr 377D, Direzione indigo on buff, Die I  | £3.00 |
| 666 | Type IX, Kehr 731, Alexandrie  | £2.00 |
| 667 | Type IX, Kehr 782, Minia  | £2.00 |
| 668 | Type IX, Kehr 785, Port-Said  | £2.00 |
| Literature | ||
| 669 | F W Benians, Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947, card back, A4, 148 pages of detailed listings published by the NPS in 1978. With author's handwritten dedication to John. Excellent near-mint condition, still the only guide to EPPs  | £12.00 |
| 670 | Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, English-Arabic Dictionary of Accountancy, 1978, A4, hardback, 210pp, excellent condition and listing, many of the phrases (English, Arabic phonetics, Arabic script) found on stamps  | £4.00 |
| 671 | David Roberts, Ancient Egypt, American University of Cairo, 1986, six colour reproductions (on card, 34x24cm) from his famous nineteenth century collection - Philae, Temple of Luxor, Simoom in the Desert, Temple of Philae Portico, Colossus fragment, Abu Simbel. Excellent condition  | £6.00 |
| Postcard | ||
| 672 | Tuck's Oilette - An Egyptian Beauty. Egypt The Sphinx No 7200 Series, 1905, illustrated by Nofal (p.43) and described as rare. Near pristine condition, remarkable  | £4.00 |
| Jewish mourning cover | ||
| 673 | 1946, large (21x13cm) folded mourning sheet with wide black borders announcing the funeral of Rashmin I Schonwald from the Ashkenazy Synagogue, Cairo, franked 30m Farouk KES opt (why?) and addressed merely to Barclay's Bank. Interior annotated Legal in red crayon  | £12.00 |
| Commemoratives - varieties, almost all illustrated by Balian | ||
| 674 | 1952, SG 411, 10m Revolution, Bal 151y, spots over the head, position 36, left marginal single, MNH  | £2.50 |
| 675 | 1954, SG 510-12. Jamboree set three blocks of 4, 35 mills contains var Bal 169x, dot before Alex, position 44, all MNH  | £8.00 |
| 676 | 1957, SG 521, Railways, right marginal block of four showing Bal 178x, dot over smokestack position 25, MNH  | £4.00 |
| 677 | 1957, SG 528, Gaza, showing Bal 185b, cracked label, lower right corner strip of 5, variety on position 47, MNH  | £4.00 |
| 678 | 1957, SG 535, Revolution, showing Bal 192x, white spot in arrow, position 10, top right corner block of 4, MNH  | £3.00 |
| 679 | 1957, SG 543-4, Poets, showing Bal 196x, white spot in position 24, left marginal strip of 4, MNH  | £3.00 |
| 680 | 1957, SG 543-4, Poets, showing Bal 196y, hair retouch position 13, top marginal block of four, MNH SG 543-4  | £3.00 |
| 681 | 1957, SG 545-6, Bal 197, Air Force, white spot between P and T in Egyptian, uncatalogued, lower marg pair, MNH SG 543-4  | £2.00 |
| 682 | 1957, SG 545-6, Bal 197-8, Air Force, uncatalogued dots over and under both 10 mills, position 41-46, corner block of 4 MNH  | £3.00 |
| 683 | 1958, SG MS 570, Revolution. min sheet showing Bal 215a, red colour misplaced vertically displaying white line at top of flag, MNH, cat £16 without variety  | £8.00 |
| 684 | 1958, SG MS 570, Revolution. min sheet showing Bal 215a, red colour misplaced horizontally, displaying white line at right of flag, MNH, cat £16 without variety  | £8.00 |
| 685 | 1958, SG 582-3, conference and opt version, Bal 218-9, two matched blocks of 4 with control, showing same variety in position 6, dots under C and E, MNH  | £6.00 |
| 686 | 1959, SG 589, Bal 224, Youth Conf, dot under Arabic gomhouria, not catalogued, posn 41, left corner block of 4, MNH  | £3.00 |
| 687 | 1959, SG 593, Yemen AR, 10m showing Bal 228a, misplaced red placing flag clear 2mm to left, top marginal single, MNH  | £4.00 |
| 688 | 1959, SG 627 Museum, left bottom corner pair showing Bal 241x, extra Arabic letter posn 46, MNH  | £2.50 |
| 689 | 1960, SG 642 Football, showing Bal 255x, dot inside ring posn 25, plus control A/60 B/60, rare. Single, MNH  | £2.50 |
| 690 | 1965, MNH SG 869 Biennale, showing Bal 431x, hair in bob variety posn 6, horiz pair, MNH  | £4.00 |
| Commemoratives - inverted/reversed watermarks (all UMM) | ||
| 691 | 1957, SG 533, Revolution10m bronze-green, Bal 190a (block of 4, rt marginal) | £2.00 |
| 692 | 1957, SG 536, Revolution 10m yellow-brown, Bal 193a (block of 4, top left corner) | £2.00 |
| 693 | 1957, SG 537, Arabi Revolution, Bal 194a (block of 4, left marginal) | £2.00 |
| 694 | 1957, SG 543-4, Poets, Bal 195a-196a, block of 4, lower marginal | £2.50 |
| 695 | 1957, SG 545-6, Air Force, Bal 197a-198a (block of 4, left marginal) | £2.50 |
| 696 | 1957, SG 547-9, 5m, 10m, 15m (Bal 199a-201a), two right, one left marginal blocks of 4 | £4.00 |
| 697 | 1957, SG 550, Cycling, Bal 202a (block of 4, lower marginal) | £2.00 |
| 698 | 1958, SG 560-1, UAR commemoration, 10m+15m, Bal 205a-206a (blocks of 4, both lower marginal) | £2.50 |
| 699 | 1959, SG 590, Hilton Hotel, Bal 225a (block of 4, left marginal) | £2.00 |
| Commemoratives - control blocks of four | ||
| 700 | SG 624, Bal 238, Army Day with A/59 control number, UMM | £1.50 |
| 701 | SG 635, Bal 248, 2nd Anniv of the Republic Day with A/60 control number, UMM | £1.50 |
| Miniature sheets | ||
| 702 | 1959, 7th Anniversary of the Revolution, MS 601, pristine unmounted mint, SG cat £14 | £3.50 |
| 703 | 1965, 13th Anniversary of Revolution, Nasser massive portrait in eagle-printed selvedge, not really a miniature sheet but from sheet of six, SG 851, UMM, slight pencil mark behind, SG cat £8.50 | £2.00 |
| 704 | 1966, Post Day, MS 873, pristine unmounted mint, SG cat £5.75 | £2.00 |
| Mint stamps - commemoratives | ||
| 705 | 1927 Cotton Congress, three values SG 145-7, pristine UMM, SG Cat £5.75 | £2.00 |
| 706 | 1928 Medical Congress, SG 176-77, lightly hinged mint, excellent appearance | £1.00 |
| 707 | 1938, 1951, Farouk's weddings: SG 265 (sl hinge trace) and 367, UMM, both excellent. Cat £8.50 | £2.00 |
| 708 | 1944-45 royal trio, Fuad/Farouk/Ismail, SG 290,302,303, pristine UMM | £1.00 |
| 709 | 1945, Arab Union, SG 304-05, and 1946, Arab League Heads of State, SG 315-321, pristine UMM | £1.50 |
| 710 | 1946, 80th Anniv Egyptian stamps, SG 307-10, pristine UMM | £1.00 |
| 711 | 1949, UPU 75th anniversary, SG 359-361, hinged mint, excellent appearance | £1.00 |
| 712 | 1949, Agri and Industrial exhibition, SG 352-56, pristine UMM | £1.50 |
| 713 | 1950 Fuad/Ismail institutes, SG363-63, pristine unmounted mint | £1.50 |
| 714 | 1952, Abrogation of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, SG 404-6, LH mint, excellent appearance | £1.50 |
| 715 | 1955 2nd Arab Postal Union, with overprints, SG 507-09, pristine UMM | £1.50 |
| 716 | 1956-57, Port Said 1956 - Defence stamp and overprinted version, SG 519-520, pristine UMM | £1.00 |
| 717 | 1959, 7th Anniv of Revolution, SG 595-600, pristine UMM, SG cat £8.75 | £2.00 |
| 718 | Mixed bag, UMM unless stated: SG 139 (bend, marks behind), 178 (sl hinge trace, 179 (hinge), 262 (marks on back), 269 (sl hinge trace), 307-9, 313, 347, 348 (CTO, corner arc), 351, 362, 366, 408, 500-01, 523, 587 (bend). 19 stamps excellent appearance | £4.50 |
| Mint stamps - definitives | ||
| 719 | 1927-27 Second Fuad, all lightly hinged: 2 3 (brown and green) 4 (brown and green), 13 and 20 large blue, all excellent appearance | £1.50 |
| 720 | 1937-44, Boy King, all lightly hinged: 1,2,3,4,5,10,13,15,20 blue values, excellent appearance | £1.50 |
| Mint stamps - Airmail | ||
| 721 | 1933-38, lightly hinged mint, excellent appearance: 1,23,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,20,30,40m (hinge remains), all excellent appearance | £6.00 |
| 722 | 1953-56, 5m and 10m (SG433-34), pristine unmounted mint | £1.00 |
| Used stamps | ||
| 723 | 1925, International Geographical Congress, three vals SG 123-125, ll cancelled with Port-Said / J of 23 AP 25. 15m centred to right, but lovely set. SG cat £33  | £13.00 |
| 724 | 1926, provisionals, surcharges on Agricultural Congress set: 5,10,15m, SG 135-37  | £2.50 |
| 725 | 1926, Int Navigation Congress, SG 138-40, all Port-Said CDS. SG cat £7+  | £2.50 |
| 726 | 1927, International Cotton Congress, SG 145-47, all cancelled Port-Said  | £1.50 |