| | First Issue bisect | |
| 1 | 1866 2pi. bisected on small piece with blue Cairo date stamp of 29 July, fine, ESC certificate.  | £100.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 2 | 1900 picture post card franked 1892 3m. maroon sent within Cairo, v.f. | £25.00 |
| 3 | 1893 5m.⁄2pi. postal stationary envelope from Cairo to Germany uprated 1888 2m. green 1892 3m. maroon, v.f. | £30.00 |
| 4 | 1898 cloth envelope inscribed "Samples" sent registered from Cairo to German East Africa, franked 1884 1pi. and 1888 5m., fine, unusual sample rate and destination | £40.00 |
| 5 | 1915 censored commercial envelope from Alexandria to Lille, France franked 1884 1pi. blue with address crossed through and framed "Retour a L´Envoyeur" hs with French hs on reverse, ‘Lieu de Destination Envahi," indicating interruption of mails (due to World War I), v.f. | £20.00 |
| | Parcel cards | |
| 6 | 1923 rose-coloured parcel post card to Denmark franked 1921-22 Harrison 100m. and 10m. + 20m. Crown overprint with "Alexandria Douane" date stamp, two corners of card missing | £18.00 |
| 7 | 1925 parcel post card to Turkey franked First Fuad 20m., 10m., 5m. + 100m. Crown overprint, sender´s address panel removed at left, otherwise fine | £15.00 |
| 8 | 1930 parcel post card to New York franked Second Fuad 100m. and 50m., v.f. | £10.00 |
| 9 | 1929 parcel post card to New York franked Second Fuad 50m. x 2 + 15m. blue, v.f. | £10.00 |
| 10 | 1929 parcel post card to the United States franked Second Fuad 50m. x 3, vertical fold through card and perfs. between stamps | £10.00 |
| | Booklet interest | |
| 11 | 1938 Farouk 5m. two booklet panes of 6 with control #A⁄38 and A⁄38 A⁄39, fine | £22.00 |
| 12 | 1939 Farouk 210m. combination booklet, unexploded, stitched left, all panes with A⁄38 control no. with "Farouk A-38" written in pen on front cover, otherwise fine | £120.00 |
| | Hotels interest | |
| 13 | 1955 registered airmail cover from Cairo to the U.S. franked 1953 200m. Republic definitive + 37m. x 2 and 10m. 1955 Arab Postal Union Congress commemoratives with "Heliopolis Hotel TR" date stamp, rare, v.f. | £100.00 |
| | 1954 Postal stationery view cards (unused except as noted, very fine) | |
| 14 | Hotel Semiramis, in green | £15.00 |
| 15 | Ile et Temple de Philae, green | £15.00 |
| 16 | Mosquée du Sultan Hassan, Le Caire, green | £15.00 |
| 17 | Vue du Nil au Caire, green | £15.00 |
| 18 | Vue du Nil - Le Caire, green | £15.00 |
| 19 | Les Barrages du Delta, brown | £15.00 |
| 20 | Ile et Temple de Philae, brown | £15.00 |
| 21 | Vue du Nil au Caire, brown | £15.00 |
| 22 | Mosquée du Sultan Hassan, Le Caire, violet | £15.00 |
| 23 | Sphinx et Pyramide, violet | £15.00 |
| 24 | Le Nil et Pont el Galâ, Le Caire, blue, used to New York, uprated with 37m. 1955 Arab Postal Union Congress commemorative, very fine | £25.00 |
| | Gaza⁄Palestine covers | |
| 25 | 1953 censored, registered envelope from Moascer El Arish to Sudan unusually franked with 1953 Farouk bar overprinted 20m. and 15m. definitives without Palestine overprints, fine | £25.00 |
| 26 | 1952 censored, airmail cover from Gaza to California franked 1948 50m. Palestine overprinted airmail, v.f. | £20.00 |
| 27 | 1954 censored, airmail cover from Gaza to Saudi Arabia, franked 30m. + 5m. bar and Palestine overprinted airs, v.f. | £20.00 |
| 28 | 1954 reg airmail cover from Gaza el Gidida to Saudi Arabia franked 200m + 3m bar and Palestine overprinted airs, v.f. | £20.00 |
| 29 | 1958 envelopes from Gaza and Khan Younis franked 1955 5m. and 15m. Palestine overprinted airs, v.f. | £12.00 |
| 30 | 1958 envelope from Gaza franked 1955 Palestine overprinted 5m. airs x 2, stained on reverse | £8.00 |
| | Mint Egypt postal stationery | |
| 31 | 1890 5 millièmes letter sheet (SLS 2), pristine mint | £4.00 |
| 32 | 1890 1 piastre letter sheet (SLS 3), mint pristine | £4.00 |
| 33 | 1921 2 millièmes vermilion small envelope (SEN 21) with wmk Egyptian Postage inverted. VF unused | £8.00 |
| 34 | 1946 Farouk Marechal 4 millièmes small envelope (SEN 37), flap Knife B, VF unused | £5.00 |
| 35 | 1955 4 millièmes Republican farmer small envelope (SEN 43) with green border around vignette, VF mint | £4.00 |
| 36 | 1965 4 millièmes minaret small envelope with UAR and 1965 (SEN 45), VF mint | £6.00 |
| 37 | 1993-99, five mint cassette envelopes (2x£E1 Mohamed Ali Mosque, 3x £E2 ½ Sayeda Nafissa Mosque), showing shades), plus 1991 Cairo Stamp Expo 10pt envelope | £10.00 |
| 38 | (1953) letter sheet (NP SLS15, $30, Magdi L15 $250) showing 10m Defense stamp (SG 419) affixed over Marechal 10m vignette, which has been cancelled with large violet X handstamp on 1944 letter sheet after fall of the Kingdom. Photogravure by Survey Department, wmk Al Barid al Masry. Mint, perfect condition, VERY rare | £80.00 |
| | Egypt Revenues | |
| 39 | 1938 Consular Service, 200m and 400m values of Third Citadel Issue (Feltus 431,432 page 48), fine used | £10.00 |
| 40 | 1949 Consular Service, block of four of 200 mills Fourth Citadel Issue (Feltus 433, page 49), fine used | £10.00 |
| 41 | 1962, triple-folded ID card of Armenian citizen of Alexandria, with photograph, tax paid by strip of 3x£E1 Consular Service stamps of Feltus´ Long Eagle Issue (no 465, page 51) properly used. VF | £8.00 |
| 42 | 2005-2010, Consular Service modern high values, too late to be recorded by Feltus: 5850p, £E192.40, £E422.40, all fine used | £10.00 |
| 43 | 1939-49 and 1959 Egyptian Tax revenues: 200m, 500m and £E1 from First Issue (Feltus p.5), £E2 from Third Issue (Feltus p.7). Four nicely used stamps | £10.00 |
| 44 | Syndicate of Attorneys: 100m from 1935 Arabic issue (Feltus p.77), 150m unrecorded; 50m from 1936 Crescent Scales Issue (Feltus p.78); 1200m blue unrecorded (prominent flaw in base inscription); 150m and 200m unrecorded. All used, much to ponder | £10.00 |
| 45 | Syndicate of Attorneys 1958-1990. 10 used stamps from Feltus pages 79-80, with five smaller stamps unrecorded: tall five from 1958-1970 UAR issues | £10.00 |
| 46 | Syndicate of the Education Professions: ten used stamps, top five from 1950-74 issues (Feltus pp.81-82); 250 and 500m from 1980 Fifth Issue, £E1 and smaller stamps unrecorded | £10.00 |
| 47 | Syndicate of the Engineering Profession: ten used stamps, first from the 1959-61 First UAR issue (Feltus p.84); others from First (1975) and Second (1975-77) ARE issues (Feltus p.85) | £10.00 |
| 48 | Syndicate of the Engineering Profession, nine new issues from 1999 to 2012, too recent to be covered by Feltus | £10.00 |
| 49 | Syndicate of the Scientific Professions (Feltus p.94), block of four of 1 millième, single of 10 millièmes, UAR issues too late to be recorded by Feltus | £10.00 |
| 50 | 2012 Lawyers´ Syndicate, £E2 bock of six misperforated, UMM. Spectacular | £10.00 |
| 51 | 2000-2015, two modern Cigarette Tax labels, one reading Taxable, the other Duty Paid | £5.00 |
| 52 | 2015, Cigarette Tax "Taxable" label (as last) affixed to imported cigars already provided with tax label in country of origin | £5.00 |
| 53 | Syndicates of Attorneys and Lawyers: mixed selection of 15 different Revenue stamps, ancient to modern | £10.00 |
| 54 | 1941, Petrol Rationing stamps, 1-litre, different colours for February, April, June and July use in Cairo only | £10.00 |
| | Hotels interest | |
| 55 | Shepheard´s Hotel. 31 MR 94, 5 mills stationery envelope uprated with 2m and 3m DLR (SG 59,61) and addressed to Austria-Bohemia. Type HS1 CDS, with Ligne N Paq Fr No 7 and Marseille Etranger transit marks and Reichenberg arrival (reverse). Colourful spectacular | £58.00 |
| 56 | 25 XII 98, De La Rue 1 mill small stationery envelope (NP SEN 4, wmk upright), uprated with 1m DLR stamp (SG 58) with rare Shepheard´s HS4 CDS and addressed to Berlin | £50.00 |
| 57 | 18 II 04, colour card, Le Caire - Vue Panoramique, franked with horiz pair of DLR 2 mills for Innsbruck (arrival stamp), cancelled Shepheard´s Type 5 | £5.00 |
| 58 | 9 III 08, colourful embossed postcard (orange-seller) franked 4 mills DLR for United States, cancelled by clear Shepheard´s Type 6 CDS | £25.00 |
| 59 | 18 VIII 17, slim colour postcard (Marcket near the Sultan Hassan Mosk) franked with 5m+10m DLR stamps for Kings Lynn and cancelled with Shepheard´s Type 7 CDS. Pencil message censored by chamfered Passed by ⁄ Base Censor ⁄ E.E.F. in red | £25.00 |
| 60 | 5 NO 38, small plain envelope franked 40m Air for registration to Germany, cancelled Shepheard´s Type 8 CDS with clear Registration cachet alongside. Cairo transit and fine Radebeul 1 CDS behind. Clean, neat | £35.00 |
| 61 | Continental Hotel. 16 I 08, printed hotel stationery franked pair of DLR 1pi blue for registration for Germany, cancelled with HC2 CDS and excellent Registration cachet alongside. Cairo transit and Berlin arrival behind | £32.00 |
| 62 | Cataract Hotel. 24 II 10, 3 mills postal stationery envelope (SEN 10) uprated with DLR 3m+4m for Germany, clear cancels of hotel´s Type 4 CDS, Cairo transit behind. Colourful and neat | £18.00 |
| 63 | 17 II 33, Continental printed envelope franked with 1+10m Airs (covering printing), 2x1m+15m Fuad for 28 mills rate. Addressed to J R Danson (1893-1975, ESC member 32) | £28.00 |
| 64 | Cataract Hotel. 23 II 14, colour LL postcard Bisharin Camp franked with DLR Pictorials 4m+10m (SG 76,78) cancelled with Cataract Hotel Type 1 in blue, with blue hotel registration cachet alongside. Addressed to Berlin, unusual and rare | £39.00 |
| 65 | 17 JA 32, deckle-edge sepia photocard of Assuan showing both Savoy and Cataract hotels, franked with 27 mills Air (SG 133) for Zurich (Pare Avion label). CDS is Cataract Type 3. Faint transit marks on face | £15.00 |
| 66 | Semiramis Hotel. 08 VIII 61, b⁄w photocard of Camel and Pyramids, sent to France with clear Semiramis machine in red, with Garden City transit and censor mark | £6.00 |
| 67 | Savoy Hotel, Cairo. 1(3?) II 05, single-back colour card (The Sphynx and Pyramid), franked 2x2mills DLR for London, cancelled by Savoy Hotel CDS Type 2 | £5.00 |
| 68 | Luxor Winter Palace. 21 I 10, 5 mills postal stationery letter card (SLS 2) uprated with 2m+3m DLR stamps for Germany, cancelled with hotel Type 2 CDS, Asyut-Cairo ⁄ TPO and Cairo ⁄A transit behind, full message inside | £28.00 |
| 69 | 25 DE 53, Upper Egypt Hotels printed envelope franked with 10 and 30m barred Farouk stamps to complete 40 mills Express rate to Cairo, cancelled with hotel Type 5 CDS. Faint but undoubted Cairo Delivery ⁄ Express CDS behind at 11am next day | £18.00 |
| 70 | Cook (Cairo). 16 AP 47, plain envelope franked marginal block of four of Interparliamentary Union and marginal 2x2m Airs for registration within Cairo from Cook´s Office (Type 10) CDS plus faint Registration cachet). Cairo ⁄ RO and Cairo Delivery backstamps. | £20.00 |
| 71 | 16 AP 47, Post Office registration receipt (Form P No 2) for the previous lot, item 381, with same Cook´s cancel | £8.00 |
| 72 | 10 MA 50, Thos Cook & Son printed envelope franked 100m+2m+5m for air mail and registration to Mombasa. Cook´s Reg cachet accompanies various handstamps, and reverse sealed by clear and complete wax seal of T.C. ⁄ CO ⁄ Cairo, with Cairo transit and Registered ⁄ Mombasa arrival mark | £38.00 |
| 73 | San Stefano Hotel. 15 VIII 06, single-back b⁄w card (Cairo, General View of the Native Quarter), franked 1+3m DLR for Germany with clear hotel Type 3 CDS. Long message on face, Badenweiler arrival CDS 21⁄08 | £10.00 |
| 74 | Nile Hilton. 18 7 64, unaddressed hotel air mail envelope with stamps for African heads of state conference held in the hotel, cancelled with two special commemorative cancels from the conference post office | £20.00 |
| 75 | 5 10 64, as last, pair of stamps of conference of non-aligned states held in the Hilton, with two special commemorative postmarks (one unrecorded) and Nile Hilton Type 2 CDS alongside | £20.00 |
| 76 | 29 XII 95, small cover franked with 2+3+5mill and 1pi DLRs for Switzerland from Caire ⁄ D. Basle arrival on reverse, together with New Hotel return address. Colourful | £14.00 |
| 77 | Hotel National (demolished 1985), 1931 b⁄w photocard, C. Ballis copyright in "Moderne Cairo" series, franked3m+2x5m Fuads for Austria, faint Heliopolis datestamp | £6.00 |
| 78 | Windsor Palace, Alexandria. 2 MA 40, hotel printed envelope franked with single 20m Boy King, endorsed Express, and addressed to "uncle" Prince Mansour Daoud in Zamalek, letter telling of safe arrival despite car problems. Alexandria CDS, faint Cairo express delivery mark behind | £15.00 |
| | Station markings | |
| 79 | 28 MA 41, Arabic-printed envelope addressed to Cairo, franked 6m Boy King and cancelled with clear and unrecorded Asyut ⁄ Station CDS | £6.00 |
| 80 | 11 JA 41, plain envelope, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked Boy King 1m+5m (booklet stamp) cancelled with clear strike of Station ⁄ Luqsor | £6.00 |
| 81 | 8 JL 46, Savoy Hotel, Luxor, printed envelope Arabic-addressed to Caro and franked with neat block of four of 10m Marechal for 40 mills Express rate (Arabic indication).Clear cancel of Luxor Station, with faint unrecorded Cairo Delivery ⁄ Express Service transit and Imad el Dine arrival on reverse | £6.00 |
| 82 | 1 FE 46, Assiout Orphanage printed envelope addressed to Asyut, franked 10m Marechal cancelled by Luxor Station as last. On reverse faint unrecorded Asyut Station and Asyut Reservoir arrival mark | £6.00 |
| | Perfinned stamps and covers | |
| 83 | 13 JL 32, Credit Lyonnais ⁄ Alexandria printed envelope addressed to Istanbul, franked with vertical pair of Fuad 10m (SG 157) perfinned CLA and cancelled F ⁄ Alexandria. Qantara and Haifa transit CDSs on reverse | £15.00 |
| 84 | 14 SE 40, Reinhart & Co ⁄ Alex printed envelope rom Alex addressed to New York and franked 2x4m Boy King plus 40m Fuad (SG 251, 165), all perfinned R & Co. Censor label, readdressed in New York, and three-line handstamp Supposed to Contain Matter ⁄ Subject to the Provisions of ⁄ Executive Order 8389 as Amended crossed through | £18.00 |
| 85 | SG 55 - Societe Anonyme du Behera - SB | £6.00 |
| 86 | SG 63 - Reinhart & Co - R & Co Ltd - Alexandria ⁄ F 11 V 12 | £15.00 |
| 87 | SG 74 - Reinhart & Co - R & Co Ltd - Alexandria | £12.00 |
| 88 | SG 79 - Societe Anonyme du Behera - SB - Alexandria | £5.00 |
| 89 | SG 257 - J Rolo & Co - JRC | £20.00 |
| 90 | SG 387 - Vacuum Oil Co - VO Co | £6.00 |
| 91 | SG 533 - Vacuum Oil Co - VO Co | £8.00 |
| | Egypt Varieties on Cover | |
| 92 | 10 AU 38, Arabic addressed envelope from Karmuz, registered (cachet alongside) and readdressed to Moharrem Bey. Franked with 3m+10m of 1933 Airs plus pair of the 1 millième value, the lower stamp showing variety "second E of Aerienne deformed" NP A3c (constant on the 32nd stamp of every other pane with control A⁄36) | £25.00 |
| 93 | 2 DE 45, small cover addressed to Poste Restante Baghdad via Misr Air Works, handstamped Imprimes and with Par Avion and Reg labels and instructions (carried out) to return if undelivered in two days. Franked with 5m and 3x25m of 1941 Airs, with one stamp showing "cloud in the sky" variety (NP A26a, 17th stamp of every other pane of 50). Addressed by and to Victor Anhoury, stamp dealer | £25.00 |
| | Egypt stamp Varieties | |
| 94 | 1879, 10 pa on 2 ½ p violet provisional surcharge, used with inverted surcharge (NP D3m, $75; Magdi 31a $75) | £30.00 |
| 95 | 1959, 7th Anniversary of the Revolution, 10m Transportation (SG 598, with violent centre misplaced upward by almost 2mm. Used stamp, variety not recorded by major catalogues | £15.00 |
| 96 | 2010, 130 years of the Egyptian Gazette newspaper - 30p stamp misperforated 2mm to the right. Unrecorded | £4.00 |
| | Egypt stamps - control blocks | |
| 97 | 1937-1946 Boy King Issue. Control blocks of four 30 mills A⁄45 (SG 276), similar (SG 277); 40 mills A⁄39 B⁄39 (SG 278); 50 mills A⁄42 (SG 279). UMM | £16.00 |
| | First Day ⁄ Souvenir covers | |
| 98 | 29 JL 37 (day of issue), small bilingual printed cover of the Egyptian Irrigation Club, Malakal, Sudan, franked 20m Boy King from clear N⁄ Cairo CDS to Malakal. Sudan Air Mail ⁄ Malakal arrival 2 VIII 37 behind. Neat | £12.00 |
| 99 | 1 FE 38 (day of issue), plain cover with Telecommunications Conference set of three and special conference cancellation, mute Registration label, addressed to UK, no backstamp | £14.00 |
| 100 | 21 MR 38 (day of issue), plain cover with Leprosy Conference set of three sent from Alexandria with Alexandria ⁄ (Delivery) arrival mark behind next day | £10.00 |
| 101 | 1 MR 49 (day of issue), printed cover (with date changed) for Agriculture and Industry Exhibition, unaddressed, with all five stamps cancelled by special Exhibition handstamp | £15.00 |
| 102 | 24 OC 49 (stamps issued Oct 9), plain cover with full set of UPU Anniversary issue cancelled Cairo with Giza Succursale arrival CDS four hours later | £10.00 |
| 103 | 27 DE 50 (day of issue), Air envelope franked with full set of University anniversary issues plus 2m Marechal and addressed to Switzerland with mute Registration label. Aeroport Farouk transit and two Basel arrival CDS | £10.00 |
| 104 | Suez Canal FDC, 5.8.2014, set of three £E2 se-tenant to recorded parallel building of Suez Canal, but centre stamp illustrated Panama Canal. Withdrawn from post offices and hurriedly replaced by 3 new stamps. Only 497 available after recovery | £60.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 105 | 1880, plain cover, franked with De La Rue 1 piastre rose (SG 47) addressed to Paris with Cairo ⁄ Depart CDS of 14 AO 30 with French Paquebot transit marking in red | £5.00 |
| 106 | 1881, entire outer sheet with Cairo ⁄ Depart CDS of 3 AV 81, used en ville to Credit Foncier in Cairo, franked with the rare De La Rue 10 paras (claret) issued in January 1881 (SG 50). Stamp in excellent condition | £290.00 |
| 107 | 1895, registered cover franked with 1pi blue and 3m DLR (SG 54m, 61), cancelled with three clear strikes of Ramle ⁄ Bulkeley 25 ⁄SE 95 on Ramleh tramway line. Addressed En Ville, good Alexandria ⁄ A same day on reverse | £20.00 |
| 108 | 1897, cover franked with 2-piastre DLR (SG 55) for Registration from Ghouria ⁄ Caire (4 V 97) to Chicago. Caire ⁄ R transit, London Registered oval transit in red, Chicago arrival violet on reverse | £9.00 |
| 109 | 1901, small cover franked 5m DLR (reverse) and Arabic-addressed to Ikingi Mariut el Zawya station from Alexandria ⁄ D 8 VI 01. Fine transit strike of Mex ⁄ Alexandria on reverse, cut open at right | £5.00 |
| 110 | 1913, wrapper franked with 2+5m DLR stamps for registration from Abou el Akhdar addressed in Arabic to Mustafa Bey Rashid in Saida Zeinab, Cairo | £8.00 |
| 111 | 1927, printed advertising envelope of Bieres Bomonti & Pyramides company franked with 5m First Fuad, 10m Second Fuad, addressed to Germany, and provided with Industries Association violets seal as well as Lloyd Triestino CDS for the Helouan postal boat on 5 II 27.. No legible back markings | £15.00 |
| 112 | 1927, plain cover franked with 5m+10m of Cotton Congress issue (SG 145-46) sent from Cairo machine cancel of 22 FEB 27 to Paris, no arrival mark | £8.00 |
| 113 | 1931, printed cover of the Helwan Chemical and Bacteriological Laboratory, franked with 10m+2x20m Fuads for registration to Germany, cancelled with fine strike of Helwan les Bains in blue of 16 JA 31 with blue Reg cachet alongside. Clear Leipzig arrival on reverse six days later | £10.00 |
| 114 | 1931, printed cover of Victor Hadjes & Co, Cairo, franked with 120m value of Agriculture⁄Industry Exhibition (SG 183) and 15m Fuad (SG 160) for Germany. Alexandria transit mark behind | £8.00 |
| 115 | 1935, plain cover franked with 27m Air (SG 133) from Cairo machine canceller 15 May addressed in Arabic to Prince Al Sharif Abdel Hamid in the royal palace in Baghdad. Pencil T ⁄ 15 tax mark on face translate to handstamp Baghdad ⁄ Due with handwritten 8 fils on arrival, and redirected back to Cairo, arriving Ezbet el Zeitoun 23 May | £15.00 |
| 116 | 1947, small air cover with TWA bicolour bilingual label, franked with 15+30m of Contemporary Art Exhibition (SG 335,336) with Cairo ⁄ T CDS 16 AP 47addressed to Switzerland. PO Box return address. Neat | £8.00 |
| 117 | 1947, registered air mail cover sent to Ceylon, from Alexandria ⁄ R.13 on 25 JU 47 embellished with5x 10m Evacuation, 2x Parliamentary Conference, plus 20+30m definitives. Colombo arrival 1 July | £10.00 |
| 118 | 1948, printed postcard sent by Al-Masry newspaper to remind subscriber that subscription is due for renewal. Franked 4m printed matter rate with ornate Cairo cancel of 24 DE 48 in blue | £5.00 |
| 119 | 1955, as last, card from Al-Ahram newspaper franked with vertical strip of 3x2 mills of barred-out King of Egypt and Sudan Air stamps cancelled T.D ⁄ Cairo 15 MY 55 | £6.00 |
| | Instructional markings | |
| 120 | 25 JA 29, large company printed cover returned to sender as undeliverable with rare and recently discovered Rebut a remettre ⁄ a l´Envoyeur ⁄ Fayoum handstamp (REB-7, recorded only 1927-28). Franked 3x5m Fuad for Registration Cairo to Fayoum, with Fayum-Roda ⁄ &VV tpo marks (Type 7A3, recorded only 1922-25) back and front | £24.00 |
| 121 | 11 SE 29, similar to last, lawyer´s letter franked 5+10m Fuad for Cairo-Mansura registration, but undelivered and returned with excellent strike of rare Rebut a Remettre a l´Envoyeur ⁄ Mansura on the face | £24.00 |
| 122 | 1930 lawyer´s cover franked Fuad 15 mills (SG 160) for registration from Cairo ⁄ RD 20 to Alexandria 20 MA 30. On arrival repaired with two Type 6 "Found Open" labels authorised by red Alexandria ⁄ A ⁄ Postmen CDS. Found to be undeliverable (annotation behind) and returned from boxed Alex Rebut a remettre a L´Envoyeur cachet of 1 JL 30. Returned to Cairo two days later | £24.00 |
| | TPO markings | |
| 123 | 1893, 1pi postal stationery envelope (SEN2, wmk upright), cancelled with excellent strike of Alexandrie-Caire ⁄ star and crescent ⁄ Ambulant TPO marking (Type 2A3.1 of 5 IV 93. Addressed to Hamburg, arrival CDS behind. Clean, neat | £15.00 |
| 124 | 1910, Oilette postcard (Egypt - An Arab Caravan), franked pair of 2m DLR (SG 59) from Idfu (26 X 10 via smudged Aswan-Luqsor ⁄ TPO (Type 5A3) same day and Cairo ⁄ A to Cornwall | £6.00 |
| 125 | 1921, used entire (agricultural report) sealed with Harrison 2m Pictorial cancelled Abu el Matamir, Arabic-addressed to Damanhur (arrival CDS) via Damanhur-Abu el Matamir ⁄ & VV (Type 7A3) of 27 AU 21 | £8.00 |
| 126 | 1921, much travelled entire form from Mansura franked with 2m Pictorial, then returned via 2x1 mills cancelled Aga-Zaqaziq ⁄ & VV (7A3, 24 OC), also picking up a Mansura-Mit Ghamr⁄. &VV (7A3) en route. Much to ponder | £8.00 |
| 127 | 192 Arabic-addressed cover franked 3x5m pink Sphinx cancelled Dilingat-Damanhur ⁄ & VV (7A3, 5 OC 22), so presumably registered on the train?). Damanhur arrival on reverse timed AM same day! | £9.00 |
| 128 | 1923, small cover Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked with 5m Crown overprint cancelled with Mina el-Qamh-Sahragt ⁄ & VV (7A3, 19 JL 23), again registered on the train(?). Faint backstamps of Banha ⁄ Station and Banha-Mit Ghamr (7A3) | £9.00 |
| 129 | 1931, dealer´s printed postcard franked 3m Fuad cancelled Rashid and sent to Gamaliya, Cairo, via Idfina-Alexandria ⁄ & VV ⁄ TPO line 11 AP 31 (Type 6A1.1, five years later than recorded) | £9.00 |
| 130 | 1932, 3 millièmes postal stationery postcard (SPC 30, with smaller lettering), Arabic address to Cairo, cancelled with Fayum ⁄ TPO CDS (5A2.4, 24 JA 32, ten months earlier than recorded) | £19.00 |
| 131 | 1933, small cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Fuad, cancelled with Mansura-Kafr Saqr ⁄ & VV ⁄ TPO (28 OC 33, as Type 6A1.2). Registered on the train? Clear Mansura arrival behind | £8.00 |
| | Egypt postcards, mint and used | |
| 132 | 1899, single-back three-view colour card of Le Caire avec La Citadelle (seemingly at river level!), franked 2x2m DLR and sent from Port Said 9 V 99 to Royal Artillery captain in Punjab to announce safe arrival. Sea Post CDS over strikes stamps, Campbellpore arrival CDD 22 MY | £6.00 |
| 133 | 1910, colour advertising card for Garavopoulo cigarette manufacturers (idyllic Nile scene) franks DLR 1+2m from Cairo to Port Said, where clear star and bridge CDS of 8 X! 10. Neat and clean | £6.00 |
| 134 | 1911, b⁄w divided back card (Alexandrie - Caserne anglais), sent to France, franked on face with DLR 4m cancelled Muharrem Be y ⁄ 4 of 2 VII 11. Reverse smudged | £5.00 |
| 135 | 1912, b⁄w card (Alexandrie - Place Mohamed Aly), long message, but franked only 2m DLR for Belgium (original CDS unclear, may be TPO0. Alex transit, and 10c Belgian Due affixed on arrival in Anvers | £8.00 |
| 136 | 1912, LL colour card Egyptian Types & Scenes - A marriage procession) franked 2m DLR on the face cancelled Cairo 8 VI 12. Brief message behind | £8.00 |
| 137 | 1922, upright mint photocard of Khedivial Mail RMS Boulac, used on the Egypt-Cyprus mail service. The vessel was built in 1909 as the Balantia, and scrapped in Italy in 1935. Back shows some age but unmarked | £25.00 |
| 138 | 1930s, b⁄w photocard of Ras-el-Bar lighthouse, near Damietta. Aerial view, building clear | £7.00 |
| 139 | 1930s, b⁄w photocard of Ras-el-Bar lighthouse, near Damietta. Distant view across water, small yacht at left | £7.00 |
| | Egypt postal stationery - used | |
| 140 | 1905, 3 mills postal stationery card (SPC 7 of 1894) uprated with DLR 1 mill stamp for Frankfurt, sent from Louxor ⁄ (Station) on 15 II 05. Frankfurt arrival 22 Feb, long message in German | £8.00 |
| 141 | 1954, Farouk 6 mills postal stationery postcard (SPC 39 or 41?) with one of two 13m Farouk bars stuck over the stamp vignette to make the 26 mills registered postcard rate within Cairo. Used from Bab el Luq 14 JA 54 | £18.00 |
| 142 | 1958, Farouk 10 mills postal stationery letter sheet (SLS 13) uprated with 3x10 Republican stamps (SG160), one of them covering the original stamp vignette, plus 5m on the reverse, to make the registered rate within Cairo from Bab el Luq (26 JL 58). Several CDS behind including scarce Cairo ⁄ Delevary ⁄ Registered | £24.00 |
| 143 | 1985, 1975 10 mills Ramadan postal stationery envelope (belmabgoknis flower, SEN 56) uprated with 1p+2p definitives as sold over post office counter (and with original 13m Arabic crossed through on reverse). Used from Tanta 20 OC 85, addressed to Mustafa Amin, head of Al Akbar newspaper in Cairo | £5.00 |
| | Rural Service | |
| 144 | 1932, neat cover franked 5m Fuad, cancelled Rural Service ⁄ Marg-Gizirit el Alag 25 JA 32 (Murphy X200.101, p.97), with village cartouche of Syriakous alongside. Excellent strike of Marg behind | £8.00 |
| | Taxed with Postage Dues | |
| 145 | 1922, rough paper cover sent from Mina el Qamh 26 AU 22 but franked only 5m Harrison pink Sphinx. On arrival in Zaqaziq eight hours later the cover received a 10 millièmes postage due (double the deficiency), which was then cancelled with a boxed T (which should indicate that the tax was still outstanding?) | £15.00 |
| 146 | 1951-58, three pencil-written covers all despatched without the benefit of postage stamps - from Tanta, Shibin el Kom and Sidi Gaber. Two received 20m postage dues on arrival, the third 2x10m dues. The Tanta cover was given a boxed trilingual "Refused" cachet in addition | £14.00 |
| | Stamps | |
| 147 | 1867 Penasson issue 8 forgeries | £4.00 |
| 148 | 1872 Bulaq issue set of 10 forgeries | £6.00 |
| 149 | 1888 Postage Due set of 5 forgeries | £4.00 |
| 150 | 1884 Postage Due 20 paras (SG D58), postmarked (WA)DI-HALFA; small thin | £5.00 |
| 151 | 1898 Postage due SG D75 (NP PD19f) ovpt â cheval VF mint | £10.00 |
| 152 | 1924 Officials: full set SG D 123⁄130 VF mint | £20.00 |
| 153 | 1925 Geographical Congress set of 3 UM | £18.00 |
| 154 | 1926 Agric & Industr. Exhibition set of 6 VF mint (small hinge remains) | £20.00 |
| 155 | 1927 Fuad 500 mills, Type II Control block A29; VF mint (mere traces of 2 hinges, one in margin, hardly visible) | £165.00 |
| 156 | 1926 Navigation Congress 10 mills with plate flaw ‘single dot´ (NP C15c) VF used | £5.00 |
| 157 | 1933 Aviation Congress ; set of 5 VF used | £18.00 |
| 158 | 1933 Airs full set (SG 193⁄213) VF mint (some with hinge remains!) | £20.00 |
| 159 | 1933 Airs 1 mil horiz. Pair ‘cancelled´ on reverse | £12.00 |
| 160 | 1938 King Farouk´s Birthday SG 272 UM | £85.00 |
| 161 | 1953 Airs 15 mils with wmk inverted UM | £3.00 |
| 162 | 1953 SG 438-454 (exc. 449!); all in UM corner pairs with control (NB 3 higher values have pen scribbles in margin!) (two high values illustrated) | £35.00 |
| 163 | 1957 SG 533, 535, 536 and 537 all in UM vertical pairs with inverted wmk | £8.00 |
| 164 | 1959 SG 619 imperforated UM horizontal pair (NP D269a) | £90.00 |
| 165 | 1961 4 mils misplaced perfs (NP D272a) UM | £10.00 |
| 166 | 1982 Plate flaw ‘missing 2´ NP C952a UM | £7.00 |
| 167 | British Forces SG A10 VF mint (very light hinge traces) | £80.00 |
| 168 | 1959 Printing experiment 5 stamps with watermark UM | £30.00 |
| 169 | As last,3 stamps without watermark UM | £12.00 |
| 170 | As last, 3 vertical imperforated pairs UM | £70.00 |
| 171 | Suez Canal souvenir sheet | £2.00 |
| 172 | French PO Port Said strip of 3 Napoléon Lauré on piece, nicely cancelled 5080 (2x) | £25.00 |
| 173 | Gaza⁄Palestine: SG 32-50 full set UM | £65.00 |
| | Egypt year sets - The following seven lots are UM year sets incl. all commemoratives + minisheets | |
| 174 | Year set 1973 SG 1189-1218 complete UM | £25.00 |
| 175 | Year set 1974 SG 1219-1246 complete UM | £28.00 |
| 176 | Year set 1982 SG 1468-1497 complete UM | £18.00 |
| 177 | Year set 1982 SG 1498-1530 complete UM | £15.00 |
| 178 | Year set 1997 SG 2015-2068 (exc. 2020-2034!) all UM | £18.00 |
| 179 | Year set 1998 SG 2069-2098 complete UM | £15.00 |
| 180 | Year set 1999 SG 2099-2136 complete UM | £18.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 181 | Postage Due 1958 & 1962 SG D573⁄9 + D730⁄5 all UM | £20.00 |
| 182 | Official 1958 & 1962 & 1967 SG O571⁄2 + 685⁄93 + 918⁄29 all UM | £20.00 |
| 183 | 1969 African Tourist Year SG 980-1020 UM | £25.00 |
| 184 | 1969 Definitives SG 1039 - 1047 UM | £18.00 |
| 185 | 1977 Tutankhamun SG 1154-1157 + MS1157 all UM | £20.00 |
| | Postal History | |
| 186 | Bunch of 10 covers (mostly with Fuad stamps) with various cancels (often more than one per cover) ‘unclaimed´, ‘return to sender´, ‘refused´, ‘unknown´ and ‘rebut´. Interesting lot! | £15.00 |
| 187 | Bunch of 10 covers, different mixed frankings of 1953 definitives and barred Farouk stamps; generally good condition | £12.00 |
| | Hotel interest | |
| 188 | 1 pi envelope with WINTER PALACE 6 III 07 to Germany (type HW1) | £10.00 |
| 189 | PPC WINTER PALACE 28 II 48 to Switzerland | £7.00 |
| 190 | Hotel envelope, 2x 1 piastre SHEPHEARD´S 25 MR 98 to Germany (type HS1b) | £12.00 |
| 191 | PPC franking 28 mills by Air to Holland CATARACT HOTEL 6 MR ?0 (type HCA3) | £9.00 |
| 192 | Double censored R-cover from CONTINENTAL-SAVOY (CASH) 28 SE 42 to Bombay | £30.00 |
| 193 | 1948 Ibrahim Pacha: curious FDC window envelope sent Registered SIMON ARZT 10 NO 48 to Indonesia (arrival SEMARANG on reverse) | £10.00 |
| 194 | PC 5 mills from CAIRE I III 93 to Hamburg with 2 stamps of METROPOLE HOTEL | £10.00 |
| 195 | Luggage label CATARACT HOTEL ASSOUAN | £3.00 |
| 196 | Luggage label CATARACT HOTEL ASSOUAN | £3.00 |
| 197 | Luggage label CONTINENTAL SAVOY CAIRO | £3.00 |
| 198 | 1928 R-cover from Port Said to Switzerland from HOTEL CENTRAL PORT-SAID | £5.00 |
| 199 | PPC CATARACT HOTEL unused | £3.00 |
| 200 | 1912 PPC from Hamps(hire?) to LUQSOR WINTER PALACE via Alexandria and Luqsor | £4.00 |
| 201 | 1939 R-cover from WINTER PALACE LUQSOR to Genève, redirected to Versailles (with interesting contents: archaeology); backstamps CAIRO R.D.(11), Genève and Versailles | £45.00 |
| | Various | |
| 202 | 1925 R-cover to Aussig (near Prague) 10 + 20 Fuad 1 backstamp PRAHA 15.iv.25 | £5.00 |
| 203 | 1937 R-cover with SG 165 to Germany | £4.00 |
| 204 | 1927 Air cover with SG132 to Calcutta (backstamps Karachi, Calcutta) | £12.50 |
| 205 | 1932 Surcharge 50m⁄50pi on large R-cover to Paris. Vertical fold to ‘shorten´ the cover | £10.00 |
| 206 | 1953?) Air cover to Belgium with 2 stamps with ‘double bars´ overprint (fabrication?) | £6.00 |
| 207 | Air cover to Germany cancelled CAIRE IMPRIMéS 3 31 MR 58 | £4.00 |
| 208 | 1970 Air R-cover to Germany (vert fold away from stamps) with curious postmark CAIRO R.D. GOV.COUNTER 1 | £3.00 |
| 209 | French PO Port-Said PPC franked 10 cent. To Paris | £3.00 |
| 210 | Gaza Revenues; small document with 2x 20 mils (Feltus 143) | £7.00 |
| | Postal Stationery | |
| 211 | 1911 envelope 1 mill on 2 mms + 2x 1m Fuad (NP SEN11) | £6.00 |
| 212 | 1955 2 M on 1 mm from Alex to Port Said (NP SEN18) | £12.00 |
| 213 | 1921 NP SEN 21 + 2 m Fuad to Italy | £4.00 |
| 214 | 1937 NP SEN 29 from DUMIAT | £4.00 |
| 215 | 1953 NP SEN 42 unused; pristine! | £8.00 |
| 216 | 1955 NP SEN 43a fine used | £4.00 |
| 217 | 1928 R-envelope (NP SRE4) Harrison! Sent by Express; bit roughly opened and with light horiz. crack but very scarce!! | £45.00 |
| 218 | 1888 5 mills postal card illustrated on reverse!! VF used | £25.00 |
| 219 | 1931 PC 3 mills green VF unused (NP SPC33) | £7.00 |
| 220 | 1948 Air letter sheet Pristine! NP SALS2) | £7.00 |
| 221 | 1914 Letter sheet 5 mm (NP SL8b) unused; some aging inside | £9.00 |
| 222 | 1907 Double card 2⁄3 mms VF unused (NP SPC13) | £7.00 |
| | 1954 Stationery Viewcards - The following seven lots are 1954 viewcards; all in green and pristine! | |
| 223 | 'Assouan´ | £7.00 |
| 224 | 'Plage' Alexandrie´ | £7.00 |
| 225 | Le Nil en Pont al Gal´ | £7.00 |
| 226 | Jardin de Nouzha´ | £7.00 |
| 227 | Vue du Nil - le Caire´ | £7.00 |
| 228 | Vue du Nil au Caire´ (with Feluccas) | £7.00 |
| 229 | Place Soliman Pasha´ | £7.00 |
| | Great Bitter Lakes covers | |
| 230 | Cover with Egyptian 55m definitives block of 4, used to UK with Agalampus cachet and large censor mark | £6.00 |
| 231 | Cover with Egyptian 55m Air Mail block of 4, used to UK with Agalampus cachet and large censor mark | £6.00 |
| 232 | Cover with Egyptian 20m Arab Week block of 4, used to UK with Agalampus cachet and large censor mark | £6.00 |
| 233 | Cover with GBLA Canal⁄Games strip tied and used to UK with Agalampus cachet and large censor mark | £10.00 |
| 234 | Cover with GBLA First Anniversary stamp used to UK tied with Agalampus cachet | £8.00 |
| 235 | Cover with GBLA 50c Regatta stamp used to UK tied Agalampus cachet with large censor mark | £8.00 |
| 236 | Cover with GBLA 100c Regatta stamp tied and used to UK with Agalampus cachet and large censor mark | £8.00 |
| 237 | Cover with GBLA 100c Regatta stamp tied and used to UK with Agalampus cachet and large censor mark | £8.00 |
| | Postal stationery - unused | |
| 238 | 1932 King Fouad 1m orange Postal Stationery Wrapper, NP SWR7 | £10.00 |
| 239 | 1932 King Fouad 2m black Postal Stationery Wrapper, NP SWR8 | £10.00 |
| 240 | 1941 King Farouk 4m green Postal Stationery Wrapper, NP SWR11 | £15.00 |
| 241 | 1946 King Farouk 2m orange Postal Stationery Wrapper, NP SWR12 | £20.00 |
| 242 | 1911 Pyramid & Sphinx 5m carmine Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, NP SLS4 | £20.00 |
| 243 | 1912 Pyramid & Sphinx 1pi blue Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, NP SLS5 | £20.00 |
| 244 | 1914 Sphinx 5m carmine Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, no watermark, NP SLS6a | £15.00 |
| 245 | 1914 Statues 10m blue Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, watermarked, NP SLS7 | £12.00 |
| 246 | 1922 Sphinx 5m pink Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, watermark reading upwards, NP SLS9 | £25.00 |
| 247 | 1930 King Fouad 5m dark brown Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, NP SLS10a | £15.00 |
| 248 | 1930 King Fouad 5m light brown Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, NP SLS10 | £15.00 |
| 249 | 1941 King Farouk 5m red-brown Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, NP SLS10 | £20.00 |
| 250 | 1944 King Farouk 10m violet Postal Stationery Letter Sheet, NP SLS10, unused (but stuck down) | £8.00 |
| | Presentation folder | |
| 251 | XVIth Universal Postal Congress (Tokyo 1969) Presentation folder containing unmounted mint issues including 1964 Definitives, Dues, Officials and Commemorative sets and sheets from 1967, 68 & 69 including Tourism set of 44 | £25.00 |
| | 1954 Tourist View cards - The following 21 postal stationery cards are all in fine unused condition unless otherwise stated | |
| 252 | Exposition pictorial card in purple, NP SPC43, unused | £10.00 |
| 253 | Le Nil et Pont el Gala pictorial card in purple, NP SPC43, unused | £10.00 |
| 254 | Place Soliman Pacha pictorial Postal Stationery Card in purple, NP SPC43, unused | £10.00 |
| 255 | Pont de Kasr el Nil pictorial card in purple, NP SPC43, unused [small stain top right] | £8.00 |
| 256 | Hotel Semiramis pictorial card in purple, NP SPC43, unused | £10.00 |
| 257 | Vue du Nil pictorial card in purple, NP SPC43, unused | £10.00 |
| 258 | Vue pres des Barrages du Delta pictorial card in purple, NP SPC43, unused | £10.00 |
| 259 | Jardin de Nouzha pictorial card in brown, NP SPC44, unused | £10.00 |
| 260 | Les Barrages du Delta pictorial card in brown, NP SPC44, unused | £10.00 |
| 261 | Jardin de Nouzha pictorial card in blue NP SPC45, unused | £10.00 |
| 262 | Assouan pictorial card in blue NP SPC45, unused | £10.00 |
| 263 | Vue pres des Barrages du Delta pictorial card in blue NP SPC45, unused | £10.00 |
| 264 | Université du Caire (corner view) pictorial card in blue NP SPC45, unused | £10.00 |
| 265 | Exposition pictorial card in blue NP SPC45, unused [reverse with marks] | £8.00 |
| 266 | Place Soliman Pacha pictorial card in green NP SPC46, unused | £10.00 |
| 267 | Mosquée du Sultan Hassan pictorial card in green NP SPC46, unused | £10.00 |
| 268 | Les Barrages du Delta pictorial card in green NP SPC46, unused | £10.00 |
| 269 | Vue pres des Barrages du Delta pictorial card in green NP SPC46, unused | £10.00 |
| 270 | Pont de Kasr el Nil pictorial card in green NP SPC46, unused | £10.00 |
| | Egyptian PO labels | |
| 271 | Full sheet (20) of Form 51A "Found Open or Torn and Repaired at the Office" | £4.00 |
| 272 | Registration Labels- UAR, Green on White, Nos 766-810, a full sheet of 45 but divided between labels 20 and 25 | £3.00 |
| | Booklet Stamps | |
| 273 | Farouk, Boy King, 5m, Control A⁄40, a full sheet of 60 for booklets (part illustrated) | £15.00 |
| 274 | Farouk, Boy King 6m, Control A⁄42 A⁄41, block of 12 (6x2) for booklets | £4.00 |
| 275 | Farouk, Boy King 15m, Control A⁄40 A⁄38, block of 12 (6x2) for booklets | £4.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 276 | Two covers (to Syria 1933 and Palestine 1937), both correctly franked at 20 mills but including 1933 Air Mail issue which was not valid for surface mail. No postage due collected | £4.00 |
| 277 | TPO cover to UK, CDS of Luqsor 17 DE 30 with TPOs of Asyut-Luxor & VV and Cairo-Asyut & VV. Reverse illustrated | £4.00 |
| 278 | TPOs. Postal stationery card 1899, 4m to Berlin, with CDS Saff 2 XII 04 and Matania 2 XII 04 and TPO of Bani Suwef-Cairo same date | £7.00 |
| 279 | First Flight Cover, Imperial Airways to Basra, registered with 27m Air and Cotton Congress set, CDS Alexandria 4 AP 27 and Alex black on violet label | £4.00 |
| 280 | Registered letter to Jerusalem 14 DE 37, correctly franked 40m with Ophthalmology set and El Malaka Nazli CDS. Arrival Jerusalem (behind) 16 DE 37 | £2.00 |
| 281 | 6 IX 98 small cover, Port Said to London, franked 2 1⁄2d, readressed to Ireland. Good PLEINE MER cachet | £20.00 |
| 282 | Cover Alexandria-Germany with 3xFirst Fuad cancelled VAPORE D´ALESSANDRIA, with arrival stamp used in Trieste (?) | £8.00 |
| 283 | Bundle of mixed covers, mostly 20th century, some better than others | £4.00 |
| | French Post Offices | |
| 284 | 1900s French PO Alexandrie, 40c, 50 and 1f all fine used | £2.00 |
| 285 | 1900s French PO Alexandria, various issues: six mint stamps, five used | £3.00 |
| 286 | 1900s French PO Alexandria, various issued, six used stamps | £8.00 |
| 287 | 1905 French PO Port Said, 5 centimes pair plus 15 centimes used on piece | £2.00 |
| 288 | 1900s French PO Port Said, various 1 mint plus nine used (including block of four) | £6.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 289 | 1879 De La Rues - 20pa, 1pi, 2pi, 5pi, all with inverted watermarks, used | £5.00 |
| 290 | 1926 brown Air Mail stamp, used on first day (July 29). On Port Said piece | £1.00 |
| 291 | 1931 Agriculture and Industry commem set, used on first day with exhibition CDS. On piece | £1.00 |
| 292 | 1933 International Railway Conference, 13m value used | £2.00 |
| 293 | 29 JL 37 Boy King investiture definitive set - 1,2,3,4,510,13,15,20m CTO with Suez CDS on envelope (?) piece | £1.00 |
| 294 | 1947 Fine Arts set, all four stamps in control blocks used 22 March with Expo CDS | £1.00 |
| 295 | 1947 Air Mail set, 2 mills to 200 mills, nice used. 12 stamps | £1.00 |
| 296 | 1947 Air Mail set with bilingual "Palestine" overprint, 2 mills to 200 mills, mint. 12 stamps | £1.00 |
| 297 | 1960s UAR, three miniature sheets with FD cancels, plus one mint | £1.00 |
| 298 | 1947, 30th Interparliamentary Union conference, Cairo, Royaume d´Egypte souvenir book with 61 stamps on four stockbook pages: definitives, dues, commems, official, Express | £5.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 299 | 8 AU 38, small cover franked 5d flown from Edgecliff, NSW, to Kent to mark start next day of thrice-weekly flying boat service via Qantas and Imperial | £2.00 |
| 300 | 14 DE 42, postcard franked 13m Fuad from Cairo to Beirut, message in Hebrew, Free French and Egyptian censors. Picture side (Cairo, The Citadel) damaged | £2.00 |
| 301 | 1941, 6 mills Boy King on small envelope with Field PO 130(?), square censor mark 291 | £1.00 |
| 302 | 1946, King of Saudi Arabia visit commem on plain cover with Cairo ⁄ Sale of Stamps 10 JA 46 CDS | £1.00 |
| 303 | 1945, Italian PoW mail to Parma marked "Postage Free" with P⁄W Middle ⁄ East 200 and 305 P⁄W CAMP ⁄ date ⁄ REGISTRATION OFFICE handstamps | £1.00 |
| 304 | 1967, Solidarity with Palestine commem on plain FDC with commem cancel 22 6 67 | £1.00 |
| 305 | 1903 b⁄w postcard Egypt - Labourer Berber (Comptour Philatélique - Alexandria) franked DLR 3m for Paris (Carte Postale replaced by Imprimés) sent from Ibrahimia ⁄ Alexandrie | £1.00 |
| | Photograph | |
| 306 | Copy photograph (7in by 5in) of flying boat Scipio at Alexandria with sailing vessels behind | £2.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 307 | 1872 5pi used, perf. 12 ½ | £11.0 |
| 308 | 1872 5pi used, perf. 12 1⁄2 x 13 | £8.00 |
| 309 | 1874 5pi used, perf. 12 ½ | £5.00 |
| 310 | 1874 5pi used, perf. 12 1⁄2 x 13 ½ | £50.00 |
| 311 | 1935 Jubilee overprint, mint | £60.00 |
| | Classical period postcards | |
| 312 | 1914 b⁄w card showing Post Office at the Marine Hotel, Ras-el-Bar. Message from Hotel Courteille to Villa Maria in "Gezira Land", franked 2x1m DLR (SG 58), bridge Ras-el-Bar CDS of 9 VI 14, full Gizira ⁄ Cairo arrival CDS. Remarkable | £12.00 |
| 313 | 1910-20, mint b⁄w postcard showing three images of the Marine Hotel, Ras-el-Bar. Pristine | £10.00 |
| 314 | 1920-30, mint b⁄w postcard showing interior of Simon Arzt Port Said store thronged with items for sale. In publisher´s spot on reverse, When in Port Said ⁄ Visit the Simon Arzt Store. VF | £20.00 |
| 315 | 1905, coloured advertising card of Dimitrino & Co, Cairo, Egyptian cigarette manufacturers, franked 10c in Swiss stamps and used from Basel 3 I 05 to Paris | £15.00 |
| 316 | 1911, colourful card showing the old Ramleh Station in Alexandria, franked on face with 4m DLR (SG 62) for France, and cancelled with clear Ibrahimia ⁄ Ramleh CDS 25 XI 11 | £9.00 |
| 317 | 20 Jan 1938, original b⁄w photo card marking Farouk´s wedding to Farida showing happy couple set inside a royal crest. Long message in French on reverse, but not passed through the post | £20.00 |
| 318 | 1930, deckle-edge photocard of Rue Cherif Pacha in Alexandria, showing the Pharmacie Moraitis on the corner of Rue Sesostris. Edition Sp. Grivas, unused and VF | £6.00 |
| 319 | Raphael Tuck "Oilette" series ‘Railways of the World´ for the Egyptian Government Railways: The Khedive´s Special railway engine, in full colour. Mint, pristine | £10.00 |
| 320 | 1920s, Ed Laurens (Alexandria cigarette manufacturers) series of b⁄w photo advertising cards - The Sacred Lake in Thebes, mint VF | £5.00 |
| 321 | As last, Promenade de Ramleh, Alexandria, mint VF | £5.00 |
| 322 | As last, Sphinx and Pyramid of Cheops, mint VF | £5.00 |
| | Egypt Revenues | |
| 323 | 1927, £E1 Consular Service stamp, used, Feltus 426, page 47, "Royal Crest Issue" | £6.00 |
| 324 | 1955, £E1 Consular Service stamp of 1927, as last, used on Egyptian passport page of 1955 | £8.00 |
| 325 | 1956, £E2 Consular Service stamp, used, Feltus 444, page 49, "Republican Issue" | £6.00 |
| 326 | 1957, £E1 Consular Service stamp of 1956 "Republican Eagle" issue (Feltus 443, page 49, used on Egyptian passport page | £8.00 |
| 327 | 1955, Cigarette Tax stamp - Republic of Egypt Issue, Duty Paid (Feltus 299, page 38) | £8.00 |
| 328 | 1943, Match Tax stamp, the Last Kingdom Issue - 60 stamps - Feltus 365, page 42 | £10.00 |
| 329 | 1974, Playing Card tax stamp , the first A.R.E. issue, Feltus 386, page 44 | £6.00 |
| 330 | 1941-1962, Petrol Ration stamps, not covered by Feltus. Mini-collection of five blocks for use in Cairo and Minia (18 stamps) | £30.00 |
| 331 | 1973, Syndicate of Commercial Professionals, Feltus 701, page 80, The First Issue, 10 millièmes stamps with large eagles watermark | £10.00 |
| 332 | 1975, Syndicate of the Engineering Professions, Feltus 783, page 85, The Second A.R.E. Issue, 100 millièmes value in full sheet of 50 stamps, no watermark | £10.00 |
| 333 | 1988, Union of Syndicates of Theatrical and Cinema Acting Professionals. Too late to be recorded by Feltus. 100 millièmes value in full sheet of 50, no watermark. Fragile sheet but complete | £10.00 |
| 334 | 1919⁄20, unrecorded label of the Syndicate International Ouvrier de l´Istme de Suez ⁄ Port-Said, face 10 PT, believed to be a Greek fund-raising effort. Stamp both cancelled and Annullee. Interesting | £10.00 |
| 335 | 1951, Sudan Consular Service Revenue: 50PT Camel Post type with overprint PASSPORT in violet (Feltus 27, page 100). Used | £20.00 |
| | Hotels interest | |
| 336 | 1909, striking b⁄w photocard of Port Said Continental Hotel - La Verandah - franked with strip of 4x1m DLR for London, Port Said CDS 27 V 09 | £6.00 |
| 337 | Early 20th century letter in French on headed notepaper of Eden Palace Hotel, Cairo, with heading showing same scene as contemporary b⁄w postcard (2 items) | £15.00 |
| 338 | 1928, b⁄w photocard showing Mena House Hotel Veranda with Pyramids in the background. Mint, VF | £6.00 |
| 339 | 1930, b⁄w mint photocard showing Heliopolis House Hotel Terrace. Lehnert & Landrock Succ Ernst Landrock copyright | £6.00 |
| 340 | 1930⁄40, b⁄w photocard showing Mena House Hotel Swimming Pool, Copyright as last, mint VF | £6.00 |
| 341 | 1940⁄50, three-colour advertising postcard for the Pension Suisse in Suez "No upsetting extras". Mint | £6.00 |
| 342 | 1950, b⁄w photocard of Hotel Beau Rivage in Alexandria with bouquet, franked 20m for UK from Sidi Gaber 5 Oct , with message "the summer crowds have gone, so the beach is lovely" | £6.00 |
| 343 | 10 II 07, 1 millièmes postal stationery envelope (SEN4, with inverted watermark), uprated with 1piastre DLR blue stamp and cancelled with Grand Continental Hotel post office Type HC2 for Frankfurt. Cairo transit behind. Neat VF | £15.00 |
| | First Day ⁄ Souvenir Covers | |
| 344 | 29 JL 37 (day of issue), Coronation of King Farouk, illustrated cover with Boy King 1,2,3,4,5 millièmes stamps cancelled Parliament ⁄ R&P, self-addressed to Oriental Philatelic House, mute Reg label, RA1 Cairo Delivery next day on reverse | £20.00 |
| 345 | 15 OC 37 (day of issue), Abolition of Capitulations set on illustrated cover, registered from Parliament ⁄ R&P, self-addressed as last, Delivery arrival mark same evening | £20.00 |
| 346 | 8 DE 37 (day of issue), Ophthalmological Congress issue on b⁄w illustrated cover with Congress special handstamp. Hand addressed to UK, no arrival mark | £20.00 |
| 347 | 8 DE 37 (day of issue), as last but illustrated envelope printed in colours, printed UK address same as last but never sealed or travelled | £20.00 |
| 348 | 1 FE 38 (day of issue), printed FDC for Telecommunication Congress with full set and special Congress handstamp and Congress Registration cachet alongside. Hand-addressed in Egypt but never sealed or travelled | £20.00 |
| 349 | 2 FE 38 (stamps issued Jan 26), printed FDC for Cotton Congress with full set and special Congress handstamp. Unaddressed | £20.00 |
| 350 | 21 MR 38 (day of issue), printed FDC for Leprosy Congress with full set and special Congress handstamp. Unaddressed | £20.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 351 | 2010, £E1 stamp intended to mark success of Egypt´s Mobinil telecommunications company, but target not reached and stamp never never issued. Right marginal, UMM | £10.00 |
| | Egypt stamps - forgeries | |
| 352 | 1900-10 The famous forgeries of Salama, Alexandria - Second Issue, 5 paras in full sheet of 7x6, UMM | £12.00 |
| 353 | As last, Second Issue, 20 paras in full sheet of 7x6, UMM | £12.00 |
| | TPO cancellations | |
| 354 | 17 I 06, b⁄w postcard (Louxor, Tombs of Abdel Kerim), franked with pair of DLR 2m (one damaged) and addressed to Italy. Two TPO cancels - Luqsor-Asyut (Type 8A1c) and Bani Suwef-Cairo (8A1a, latest recorded) | £8.00 |
| 355 | 4 FE 24, Arabic-addressed envelope franked with 5 millièmes First Fuad cancelled with excellent strike of El Fayum-Qalamsha ⁄ & VV (as Typoe7A4, but with European FE for month indicator) | £8.00 |
| 356 | 7 SE 38, Air Mail cover to France with return address Kafr Saad, franked with 6x5m Fuad plus 3x1m Boy King for total of 33 millièmes, excellent strike of Dumiat-Tanta ⁄ & VV (as Type 7A3.4, but 3.1 diameter against recorded 2.8mm) | £8.00 |
| | Illustrated ⁄ advertising envelopes | |
| 357 | 1933, printed envelope with machinery vignettes of Hagop Agopian Armenian factory n Rue Saptieh, Cairo. Franked 5m Fuad and sent from Cairo ⁄ (Station) 17 JL 33 to Madabegh Street in Cairo via Cairo machine slogan transit marking. Pinholes but clean, neat fine | £8.00 |
| 358 | 1951, printed envelope of George Kyriacou, manufacturer of Egyptian cigarettes, embellished with Chesterfield pack on flap. Colourfully franked 92 millièmes for registered Air Mail, cancelled Alex 12 DE 51 with Aeroport de Farouk transit and Paris arrival. Censored | £8.00 |
| 359 | 1953, Alexandria stamp dealer Constantin Tsirimonis used an illustration of the Ferial overprint error to illustrate his cover, sent "printed matter" to USA with 10m Marechal and 2m bars in June 1953 | £8.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 360 | 1922, postal stationery 10 mills Colossi Registered envelope (SRE 2) uprated with Harrison 5m pink Sphinx stamp and sent from Basyun 21 JU 22 (Registration cachet on reverse) to Cairo. Slight scuffs and pin-rust spots, but striking | £10.00 |
| 361 | 1928, large printed envelope from postcard printers Lichtenstern folded and stuck down (what remains is 26x15cm), with multiple stamps including five from the Statistical Congress (one lost) and nine Fuad definitives. Registered for Germany from Cairo ⁄ R&P 23 JA 28, with arrival CDS on reverse | £10.00 |
| 362 | 1941, small military cover franked 10d KG VI cancelled with Basra(?) machine 20 OC 41 addressed c⁄ Thos Cook Baghdad and readdressed to Cairo, with Cooks CDS Type 10 of 13 Nov. Several Baghdad markings, several censors including resealing label. Lots to ponder | £18.00 |
| 363 | 1947, printed company air mail cover franked Marechal 10+22m for Zurich, but received a pencil "15" and on arrival Swiss Postage Due attached over original machine posting date. No backstamps | £10.00 |
| | Various | |
| 364 | 1940, Egyptian State Railways half-fare permit (available for third-class tickets only) with holder´s photograph pinned into opening page. Complete, contains 12 tear-off vouchers, none used. Folds to 9x6.5cm. Most unusual, VF | £12.00 |
| 365 | 3-5 April 1914, advertising label to publicise a grand sporting event in Chatby Stadium, Alexandria, to mark the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Olympic Games. 5x7cm | £8.00 |
| 366 | 1948 Air Mail labels for the private Egyptian airline Saide (1947-1952) issued to mark its inaugural service, flying Cairo-Alex and also to Athens and Rome. Full mint sheet of 16 labels, full gum on reverse | £15.00 |
| | First Issue (1866) proofs | |
| 367 | Five-para proof, unwatermarked, in good condition barring sl stain. Good margins, excellent appearance | £3.00 |
| 368 | 10pa as last, diagonal cut at top just touches top left corner | £7.00 |
| 369 | 5pi as above, showing Nile Post variety D6a, incomplete "5" at lower left (only on positions 81-100) | £18.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 370 | 1925, Geographical Congress, Egypt´s first commemoratives, set of three (SG 123-25) fine used, all with Port Said ⁄ J CDS of 23 AP 25 | £15.00 |
| 371 | 1926, set of three surcharges on Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition set (SG 135-37). Fine used | £5.00 |
| | Swedish Troops in Sinai | |
| 372 | 1978, Swedish UN battalion serving as peacemakers. Printed cover addressed to Sweden with sender´s address label on face, franked with full 140m Sadat issue marking fourth anniversary of Canal crossing ()SG 1326. Cancelled with clear El Qantara ⁄ Sharq ⁄ R CDS of 23 1 78 | £10.00 |
| 373 | 1927, similar to last, but marked Par Avion, return address label behind, and stamp is cancelled Balouza (ancient Pelusium), where the Swedes were based. Date appears to read 38 7 6 - odd | £10.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 374 | 1pi postal stationery letter sheet (SLS 1), cancelled with Assiut-Cairo ⁄ TPO 23 II 120, with transit mark Cairo ⁄ A same day for Strasbourg. Sender´s handstamp on reverse. Message in German inside. Fully written up | £10.00 |
| 375 | 1900 long mourning cover with wax seal of Crown over C and cachet of HBM Agency and Consulate General of Egypt on front, also signature that could be "Cromer". No franking, but CDS Caire ?? III 00. Addressed to Tewfiq Palace Hotel, with arrival CDS on reverse | £12.00 |
| 376 | 1896 front of cover only with cachet of British Vice Consulate Suez, addressed to British Agency Cairo. No franking, but CDS of Suez ⁄ Station 14 FE 96 | £6.00 |
| | Literature - NB, it may be necessary to charge for postage on the next few lots | |
| 377 | Egypt: The Rural Postal Service, 2010 publication by Mike Murphy and Ibrahim Shoukry, 190 A4 pages identifying and listing all known Rural Post markings. Hardback | £15.00 |
| 378 | As last, but with card covers | £10.00 |
| | Classic period L´Orient Philatelique originals - postage may be charged Rather than devoting a single line and a single lot number to each magazine, we list here all those available - starting price £1 each; condition excellent, pristine in the majority of cases - and ask members to make their bids according to issue number and⁄or date, for instance:L´OP 17 July 1933 £2.00. This should make life easier for everyone. NO LOT NUMBERS FOR THESE MAGAZINES | |
| | The 54 copies immediately available are : L´OP 5 (July 1930) - 8 (Apr 1931) - 9 (July 1931) - 10 (Oct 1931) - 11 (1932 Almanac) - 12 (Apr 1932) - 13 (July 1932) - 14 (Oct 1932) - 16 (Apr 1933) - 17 (Jul 1933) - 20 (Apr 1934) - 21 (Jul 1934) - 24 (Apr 1935) - 25 (Jul 1935 - photocopy) - 26 (Oct 1935) - 27 (Jan 1936) - 29 (Jul 1936 - sl damage not affecting text) - 30 (Oct 1936) - 31 (Jan 1937) - 41 (May 1939) - 42 (Jul 1939) - 43 (Sept 1939) - 44 (Nov 1939) - 46 (Apr-Jun 1940) - 48 (Oct 1944) - 49 (Jan 1945 - filing holes) - 54 (Apr 1946) - 55 (Jul 1946) - 56 (Oct 1946) - 57 (Jan 1957) - 58 (Apr 1947 - no cover) - 59 (Jul 1947) - 60 (Oct 1947) - 62 (Apr 1948) - 63 (Jul 1948) - 64 (Oct 1948) - 65 (Jan 1949) - 66 (Apr 1949) - 67 (Jul 1949) - 68 (Oct 1949) - 69 (Jan 1950) - 71 (Jul 1950) - 72 (Oct 1950) - 73 (Jan 1951) - 75 (Jul 1951) - 76 (Oct 1951) - 77 (Jan 1952) - 78 (Apr 1952) - 79 (Jul 1952) - 80 (Oct 1952) - 81 (Jan 1953) - 82 (Apr 1953) - 83 (Jul 1953) - 84 (Oct 1953) | £1.00 each |
| | Literature - postage may be charged | |
| 379 | Book Egypt from the Postal Concession until Suez, 1932 to 1941, Part I. Until 1st May 1941 by John Davis. Just published, bargain at reserve | £35.00 |
| | Military Post Offices | |
| 380 | Military cover franked Fouad 10 mills Army Post Stamp (APS) cancelled in blue at MPO Abu Sueir, back-stamp civilian Abu Suwer 24 MA 39 in black, to Salford. Grubby and roughly opened | £3.00 |
| 381 | Early censored MPO military cover franked 4 x Fouad 10m APS for airmail to Kenya, cancelled MPO Abu Sueir in black 21 NO 39; two censors and boxed T (tax not collected), unusual (prohibited) destination, clean and neat. | £8.00 |
| 382 | Three military covers franked Fouad 10m APS cancelled with three different MPO Alexandria date-stamps, one on San Stefano Club Ramleh postal stationery. All clean | £12.00 |
| 383 | Real photo postcard (of tented beach at Alex) franked Fouad 10 mills APS cancelled clean MPO Alex tall letters 22 AU 36 to Portsmouth | £4.00 |
| 384 | First day of Fouad 3m APS cancelled MPO Abu Qir on 1 DE 36 on clean cover to Hayes, Middlesex. Very clean. High (stupid) catalogue value. Bargain | £12.00 |
| 385 | Military cover franked Fouad 10m APS cancelled MPO Moascar CDS 19 on 6 MR 38 to Salisbury. | £4.00 |
| 386 | Official Military Cover sent Cairo unfranked with MS Certified Official" to RAF Aboukir, back-stamped, MPO Cairo 29th, MPO Alex 30th, and MPO Abu Qir same day. Quite unusual and immaculate. | £6.00 |
| 387 | Military real photo postcard of Alexandria tented camp franked 10m Fouad APS cancelled MPO Alexandria 16 AU 36. PC published by N. & G, Chrissanthou of Alex & Cairo. Unusual. | £6.00 |
| 388 | Military cover franked Fouad 10m APS cancelled MPO Mersa Matruh CDS 14 to Kensington, London. Clean but date unclear. | £6.00 |
| 389 | Military cover franked Fouad 10m APS cancelled at MPO Port Said unusually NOT a first day cover dated 4 FE 37 to Kensington. Scarce as such, few covers recorded. | £6.00 |
| 390 | EPP 5 and M.P.O. Cairo 4th August 1933 on front of cover to Surrey. Back has Postal Seal cancelled black retta and flap pre-printed with Crown and leaves surrounding snake⁄rod medical symbol and In Arduis Fidelis | £8.00 |
| 391 | M.P.O. Cairo: four (of six) different types of this date-stamp on four covers bearing Fouad Army Post stamps, one of which is the 3 millièmes, all to U.K and each has postmark clear of stamp. To clear. | £20.00 |
| 392 | M.P.O. Mersa Matruh; Neat strike of this MPO on 12th April 1935 cancelling 10m Fouad APS to Newcastle. Cover has fold away from stamp and date-stamps. | £8.00 |
| 393 | M.P.O. Mersa Matruh: Unfranked cover sent internally initially within the military postal system (very unusual) dated 4thJuly 1936 with clean strike of this MPO on reverse. Also M.P.O. Alexandria next day, and civilian Ismailia Camp on the 6th July. Addressed to Royal Engineers at Moascar. Must have been posted in Alex - an enigma. | £8.00 |
| 394 | Booklet Cover. This is a cover numbered A 1234 together with a sheet of interleaving, from a NAAFI booklet of Letter Stamps with the five panes of stamps removed. Unusual. | £2.00 |
| 395 | Letter Stamp, no. 6 on a pane of 20, on reverse of a cover sent Marsa Matruh (note spelling) to Tunbridge Wells on 31 OC 35. Letter stamp is cancelled civilian bilingual Alexandria A, while front has civilian bilingual Marsa Matruh date-stamp, same date. Bill Andrews´ write up: "A military sub-post office was opened at Mersa Matruh in November 1935 but it had no Crown Canceller or retta obliterator. Prior to this date letters bearing seals passed through the Mersa Matruh civil post office and were despatched in Alexandria. No postage due charge was made although, contrary to regulations, there was no Crown Cancel or obliterator" | £12.00 |
| 396 | Presentation Cover: Crown Cancel 6, originally allocated to Cairo, was transferred to Alexandria on 1st November 1935. When the change to Army Post stamps took place in 1936, 24 cover sets were presented to various VIPs. All are addressed to Miss Mary Lloyd. MPO Alex, tall letters. Letter stamp SG A9 (Hobbs´ 7th issue) cancelled red retta on reverse. | £6.00 |
| 397 | M.P.O. Alexandria; having been transferred from Cairo to Alex, Crown Cancel 6 on front of cover franked on reverse with Letter Stamp SG A9 (Hobbs´ 5th issue) cancelled with black retta, to Chatham. MPO Alex has tall letters, 4th December 1935. | £8.00 |
| 398 | Military Post Office Alexandria, (in full) on front of cover with Crown Cancel 3 to Ashton-u-Lyne, 13th November 1936. On reverse Letter Stamp SG A9 (Hobbs´ 7th issue) cancelled black retta 19 x 19 | £8.00 |
| 399 | M.P.O. Cairo; scarce double rate cover with Crown Cancel 6 (twice) in red one cancelled by M.P.O. Cairo to London, opened out for display. On reverse top right corner pair of Letter Seals uncancelled. | £16.00 |
| 400 | Christmas Seal of 1934 (corner missing as posted), cancelled smudgy retta, with Egypt Postage Prepaid 22 in red on front together with M.P.O. Cairo 17 DE 34 to Edinburgh | £10.00 |
| 401 | Letter Stamp (position 9 on pane of 20) on reverse of cover to London with on face Egypt Postage Prepaid 3 of Moascar in red together with M.P.O. Moascar type II in black dated 2 JL 33 6-7 P | £10.00 |
| 402 | Letter Stamp of fifth series cancelled 17 x 15 retta in black with Crown Cancel 20 of Cairo struck in red on front together with M.P.O. Cairo 30 DE 35, to Kent | £8.00 |
| 403 | Letter Stamp of seventh series (2nd comb.) cancelled black retta 15 x 17 dots, on reverse of cover to Plymouth; front has Egypt Postage Prepaid 22 (the short-lived one after transfer from Cairo) and M.P.O. Alexandria (tall letters) in black 5 FE 36 at 9.30A | £10.00 |
| 404 | Postal Seal (position 10 on a pane of 20) cancelled 9 x 9 dot retta in black on reverse of cover to West Ham, London, with on front Egypt Postage Prepaid 6 of Cairo and M.P.O. Cairo CDS 9 dated 6 JA 33. Very clean and tidy | £15.00 |
| | Postcards - mint | |
| 405 | Eight sepia postcards (from a set of 12) all unused from Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo with scenes from Memphis and Sakkara. Scenes inside Old Kingdom tombs shown in some detail. Original cover - Series No. 112 | £6.00 |
| 406 | Eleven unused real photo postcards of scenes around Cairo published by Zogolopoulo Frères, Cairo with original packing somewhat tattered | £8.00 |
| 407 | Souvenir of Alexandria: book of 23 unused monochrome postcards of Alex, c.1920, one card having been used. Still has cover and interleaving. Produced by Cairo Postcard Trust | £12.00 |
| 408 | Souvenir of Cairo: book of 23 monochrome postcards from around 1920, one card having been used from an original book of 24. Produced by Cairo Postcard Trust. Still has original cover and interleaving | £12.00 |
| 409 | Four unused real photo postcards issued by Lehnert & Landrock, two of Memphis alabaster sphinx and head of colossal statue of Rameses II, one of Sakkara inside the tomb of Mereruka, and one of the Blue Mosque. As new despite being from 1920s | £3.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 410 | 1953, 1941 letter sheet (SLS 12) reissued with Farouk 10m vignette obliterated with a large handstamped "X" and a 10m sepia Defence Republican solder stamp stuck over the vignette and X. Nile Post (SLS 15) cat $300 reports "only a few examples have been recorded". Here mint, pristine, excellent condition | £75.00 |
| | Covers with Farouk barred out | |
| 411 | 4 JL 53, Air Mail cover Cairo to Czechoslovakia with Dokki return address, franked 3x6m, 3x4m plus 2m for 22m rate, censor marking | £4.00 |
| 412 | 15 JL 53, plain cover Caire ⁄ Etranger to New York, then readdressed to Virginia, franked stripe of 4x13m, plus 34m Boy King and 7m Air for rate of 62 mills. Red handstamps Imprimes and Par Avion, no backstamp | £6.00 |
| 413 | ?? JL 53, printed company air envelope, Caire Etranger to Germany, franked 2x20m, 4m, 3m for 47 mills rate. Censored, no backstamp | £4.00 |
| 414 | 15 SE 53, printed company air envelope, Cairo to Germany, franked 2x15m, 2x6m, 4m and 2m for 48m rate, censored, no backstamp | £5.00 |
| 415 | 20 OC 53, Registered National Bank of Egypt ⁄ Port Said cover, Port Said to London with Bank sealing tape behind, franked 4x17m, 22m,2x1m for total rate of 92mills. Mute Reg label, censor, Aerodrome du Caire transit behind | £5.00 |
| 416 | 20 DE 53, Colour postcard of Tutankhamun portrait, Cairo to Germany, franked with 3x10m Marechal plus 7m Air for 37mills rate | £6.00 |
| 417 | (date?), 1953, printed company air envelope, Cairo to Berlin French Zone, franked 5x10m Marechal plus 2m for 52 mills rate. Doubly censored, opened and resealed, no backstamps. | £5.00 |
| 418 | 6 FE 54, National Bank of Egypt ⁄ Minieh printed envelope registered for Minya-London (Cairo transit behind) and franked 2x30m, 2x10m, 3x4m for total rate of 92 mils, censored | £6.00 |
| 419 | 18 MR 54, plain cover (bookseller´s handstamp on reverse), endorsed "Air Mail" from Heliopolis to Daily Mail in London, franked with remarkable array of 13x4mills stamps for correct 52 mills rate. Censored, no backstamp | £6.00 |
| 420 | ?? AP 54, Orient Line printed envelope (flap) with Calcutta return address, Paquebot Port Said CDS to London with Indian Air Mail label, franked 10m, 15m, 20m and 7m Air for 52 mills rate, no backstamp | £4.00 |
| 421 | 19 OC 54, bilingual printed company envelope, Alexandria-Switzerland, franked with 2x20m barred Marechal, 2m, plus 5m Air without bars. Censored, no backstamp | £4.00 |
| 422 | (date?), bilingual printed company envelope, endorsed "Par Avion", Sidi Gaber to Austria, franked with 5x10m plus 3m for apparent 53 mills rate. Censored, no backstamp | £5.00 |
| | ‘Mixed franking´ post-Revolution | |
| 423 | 28 MR 53, National Bank of Egypt ⁄ Soliman Pasha, Cairo printed envelope, red bilingual handstamp "Air Mail", addressed to London, franked with 8x6m Boy King barred out, plus 4 mills Republican issue to make up 52 mills rate. Censored, no backstamp | £5.00 |
| 424 | 29 OC 53, company printed air envelope with tricolour Air label on reverse, addressed from Caire ⁄ Arrivee to Stuttgart, and franked with 7m barred Air, 3m barred KES Air, control corners of 2 and 8m KES Airs, together with 2x1m and 10m Republican issues, totalling 32 mills. Spectacular. Censored, no backstamp . | £6.00 |
| 425 | 30 NO 53, bilingual company printed envelope endorsed "Par Avion", Cairo-Stockholm, franked with 30m barred Air, 4m and 6m bars, plus pair of Electronics Exhibition commems for total rate of 60 mills. Censored, no backstamp | £5.00 |
| 426 | (?) DE 53, large plain cover with bilingual "By Air Mail" handstamp, addressed Caire ⁄ Arrivee to Zurich, franked with block of 4x10m Marechal, pair of 5m Air barred, 17m barred, and Republican 30 mills for total 97 mills. Censored, no backstamp | £5.00 |
| 427 | 2 DE 54, printed company envelope (flap) endorsed "Air Mail" from Port-Said to Gouda, franked with2x5m KES barred Airs, plus 40m and 2m Republican issues for 52 mills rate. Censored, no backstamp | £4.00 |
| 428 | National Bank of Egypt ⁄ Assiut printed envelope, Registered (mute label) for London with Bank sealing strip behind, and franked 2x3m, 2x4m, 10m barred Farouk plus 1mills Republican stamp to complete 79 mills rate. Censored, Cairo transit behind | £5.00 |
| | Paquebot covers - Farouk barred out | |
| 429 | 3 AU 53, Port-Said to UK, small envelope, return address MV Prometheus, franked 2x15+17m barred Marechal for 47mills rate | £5.00 |
| 430 | 26 AU 53, Port-Said to Holland , small Blue Funnel Line envelope (printed flap) with barred Marechal 20+22m and barred 5m Air for 47 mills total | £4.00 |
| 431 | 20 FE 54, Port-Said to UK, small envelope, return address SS British Skill, franked barred 2m and barred 50m KES Air for 52 mills rate | £5.00 |
| 432 | 28 MA 54, Port-Said to UK, Air envelope with return address TSS Strathmore, franked barred 2+50m for 52m rate | £5.00 |
| 433 | 5 OC 53, Port Taufiq to New York, English Coaling Co envelope (printed flap), mixed franking, pairs of barred 50m, 1m fellah, 10m Defence for total 122mills rate. All-Arabic censor label, plus 59 (circle) and 2 (hexagon) censor stamps | £4.00 |
| | Air Mail covers - Farouk barred out | |
| 434 | 25 ? 53(?), Port Said-France, sepia card of the Sphinx, franked 20m barred Marechal and 7m barred Air for 27m rate, censor mark | £4.00 |
| 435 | 24 AU 53, Alexandria-Sweden, printed envelope of Alex Cotton Trading Company, franked 2x15+22m barred Marechal for 52m rate, all-Arabic censor liable plus 68 (circle) in violet and 2 (hexagon) censor marks | £4.00 |
| 436 | 26 DE 54, Cairo-Germany, b⁄w mosque photo-card. mixed franking, 5m Air, 2+3m barred KES Airs, 4+17m Marechal, 4m fellah, 2x1m second fellah, for total rate of 37 mills, censor mark | £5.00 |
| 437 | 13 JA 55, Maadi -France, Air envelope, mixed franking, 20m barred Air with 32m mosque for 52m rate, censor mark | £5.00 |
| 438 | 23 JA 55, Ismailia-France, Air envelope, mixed franking 50m barred KES Air with 2m second fellah for 52m rare, censor mark | £5.00 |
| 439 | 8 FE 55, Cairo Foreign Traffic-New York, mixed franking, 15m Air, 40m barred Air, 30m mosque for 85m rate, censor mark | £5.00 |
| 440 | 28 MAY 5(5?), Cairo-Austria, printed company Air envelope, mixed franking, 2m barred KES Air with 50mmosque for 52m rate, censor marks | £5.00 |
| | De La Rue Stamps | |
| 441 | De La Rue First group 5 pa pale brown with upright watermark mint (NP D32d) | £2.00 |
| 442 | De La Rue First group 20 pa cobalt blue with upright watermark mint (NP D36a) | £32.00 |
| | Romanian Shipping Line | |
| 443 | 26 VIII 933, "posted on board" - postcard printed with Austrian address (scarce destination) and franked with 5 lei in Romanian stamps, two CDS of Bir Amb Maritin ⁄ Constanta Alesandria. Pencil message | £10.00 |
| 444 | 22 X 932, "posted on board" - printed government envelope, registered to Palestine. Franked 20 lei from Bucuresti and provided with neat Reg label. Reverse has clear Bir Amb Maritin ⁄ Constanta Alexandria and Haifa Registered oval arrival | £10.00 |
| 445 | 4 IV 35, postcard (Alexandria Corniche) franked with 2x5m Fuad for Romania and cancelled Alexandria ⁄ Dep 3, with pencil T alongside. On board mail ship provided with CDS Bir Amb Maritin ⁄ Constanta Alexandria in error; should have been stamped Alexandria Constanta. Interesting | £10.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 446 | 30 VII 18, 10m Colossi stationery envelope paying registered postage to Khartum from Qina, with Registration cachet alongside. Bilingually addressed to the Governor-General of Sudan, many backstamps including Registered ⁄ Shallal-Halfa TPO and Erkowit, location of Governor´s summer residence | £10.00 |
| 447 | 25 XII 01, 5m postal stationery envelope from Cairo addressed in Arabic top Deputy Governor General of the Sudan Jackson Pasha. Reverse CDS of Wadi-Halfa Camp and Khartum | £5.00 |
| 448 | 22 IV 01, 5m postal stationery envelope from Tanta addressed in Arabic to Sir Wingate Pasha, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army and Governor-General of the Sudan. Flap lost, Cairo transit backstamp | £5.00 |
| | Mint Egypt Stamps | |
| 449 | 1914, First pictorial definitive issue (De La Rue). Part set of six imperforate pairs: 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m carmine 10m deep blue, all with "wide star and crescent" watermarks. UMM, pristine | £80.00 |
| 450 | 1938, Complete set (nine stamps) of Official issue imperforate on thin card with "Cancelled" in Arabic on the reverse. Pristine | £70.00 |
| 451 | 1921, Second pictorial definitive issue (Harrisons), 1 mill lower right block of four with two dots omitted in upper Arabic word at right (millièmes) in position 100. Scarce in such pristine condition | £80.00 |
| 452 | 1923, Fuad first definitive portrait issue, block of four of the 5m brown imperforate with "small crescent and stars" watermark. Scarce | £65.00 |
| 453 | From the Palace Collection: 1939 Boy King definitive set, 15 stamps from 1m to £E1 with very marked oblique perforations including the 50p and the £E1. Pristine condition, scarce | £220.00 |
| 454 | 1939, Boy King 3 mills in top right corner block of four with inverted watermark. UMM | £10.00 |
| 455 | 1944, Farouk Marechal issue, 10 millièmes lower left corner block of four with control A⁄44, UMM | £3.50 |
| 456 | As last, 17 mills, lower right corner block of four with control A⁄48 A⁄50, UMM | £5.00 |
| 457 | As last, 22 mills, lower left corner block with control A⁄43, UMM | £5.00 |
| 458 | As last, 30 mills, lower left corner block with control A⁄50., UMM Block complete, scan lacking UMM | £5.00 |
| 459 | As last, 40 mills, lower right corner block with A⁄47 A⁄48 control, UMM | £6.00 |
| 460 | As last, 50 mills, lower right corner block of four with A.47 control, UMM | £7.00 |
| 461 | 1980, horizontal strip of four upright stamps of President Mubarak, incomplete printing from an essay showing misalignment, misperforation and colour shift, UMM. Remarkable | £40.00 |
| 462 | 2014, Egypt´s most recent definitive issues, with the following values: 50p (green), £E1 (off-white), £E3 (light mauve) and £E4 (light orange), all UMM | £10.00 |
| 463 | 2014, Reissue of the three "commercial" stamps with new values - Utopia (Marsa Alam), Madinat Makadi (Hurghada) and Sahel Hasheesh (Old Town Hurghada), all UMM | £16.00 |
| | Palace collection | |
| 464 | 1937 Boy King definitives with oblique perforations. 1,3,4,5,10,15,20 blue, 100 and 200m. Cat $110. Nine stamps, pristine mint | £50.00 |
| 465 | 1952, King of Egypt and Sudan overprint on 30m Marechal (SG 384⁄5), but with overprint in colour-trial brown not black. Mounted in card officially certified in Manitoba. Only one sheet of brown colour trial existed | £32.00 |
| | Royal stationery | |
| 466 | Mint envelope printed in green with royal crest and Arabic lettering of "Yachts of His Majesty the King". Fine condition | £10.00 |
| | TPO cancellations | |
| 467 | 1 JU 20, small envelope, Arabic-addressed, franked with 5m Pictorial and cancelled with two strikes of Tanta-Se el Hagar ⁄ & VV (type 7A3, early date recorded is November 1920). Reverse has unclear Alex-Cairo TPO | £4.00 |
| 468 | 20 JU 20, 5 millièmes postal stationery envelope (NP SEN 16) addressed to San Stefano and cancelled with Cairo-Asyut ⁄ &VV (type 7A3). Reverse has Sidi Gaber transit and San Stefano arrival next day | £6.00 |
| 469 | 10 MA 21, small envelope franked 5m Pictorial, Arabic addressed, from Ityai el Baroud. Reverse has a different Ityai el Baroud, Shabrakhit-Ityai el Barud ⁄ & VV (type 7A3, recorded only December 1921) and Suez arrival | £6.00 |
| 470 | 11 JA 24, 3m stationery card (NP SPC 25), Arabic-addressed, sent from clear Manfalut CDS via Cairo-Minya ⁄ &VV (type 7A3) to Alexandria ⁄ H next day, Filing holes filled behind not affecting CDS | £6.00 |
| 471 | 3 OC 37, cover franked 20m Fuad for Beirut cancelled Alexandria-Cairo ⁄ TPO (type 5A2.6), with transit mark of Kantara behind, and Beirut arrival another day later | £8.00 |
| | Egypt´s most recent booklet | |
| 472 | 2004, Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps, complete booklet of four panes, one containing 2x£E5 stamps and one of £E10 - Tutankhamun gold mask), three of nine stamps at regular postage rate of 30pi. Only 20,000 booklets printed, here mint, pristine | £18.00 |
| 473 | 22.1.04, First Day Cover of the booklet´s major pane, showing high-value stamps each with individual commemorative handstamp. No FDCS were issued for the other three panes. Pristine | £18.00 |
| | Various | |
| 474 | ADEN - 1961 Commercial airmail cover from Crater to UK, franked with 25c, 35c & 70c QE II pictorial Aden stamps of British Protectorate. Very attractive and sadly topical | £7.00 |
| 475 | SUDAN - 4 Nov 1951, Commercial Air Mail cover from Khartoum franked with 5 piastres & 5 mills post-independence pictorial issue | £3.00 |
| 476 | Cairo Philatelic Office - 1969 Official Registered cover, sent in Franchise to Jean Boulad d´Humieres in Switzerland, with several cachets of different shapes of the Postal Authority and the Philatelic Service, and Cairo Airport transit on reverse | £3.00 |
| 477 | TPO - 1901, Crescent-and Star ⁄Caire-Alexandrie Ambulant postmark (Smith TPO-2A3.1) on colour lithographed postcard (view of Cairo) from Farchout to France, franked 5mill, with Beni Souef-Caire Ambt. postmark as well | £8.00 |
| 478 | Registration Labels: Selection of seven covers all with different Registration Labels, 1962 - 1978. One of them, R 1351, 1972, was previously unrecorded type by ESC. Part of the correspondence of the Philatelic Society of Egypt with its member Boulad d´Humieres in Switzerland. The backs of the envelopes are covered with Egyptian stamps | £10.00 |
| | Italian PoW Mail | |
| 479 | 1942 Italian PoW letter stamped "Prisoner of War Post ⁄ Postage Free, and overstamped P⁄W Middle ⁄ East 82. Camp 304 | £10.00 |
| 480 | 1943 Italian PoW letter stamped P⁄W Middle ⁄ East 184. Camp 308 | £8.00 |
| | Star⁄Bridge cancel | |
| 481 | 1908 2 mills DLR postal stationery postcard cancelled with fine strike of Port Said star-and-bridge CDS of 31 XII 08. Central crease, not visible from front | £7.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 482 | 1922-23 O.H.E.M.S. Officials, full set mint unmounted (apart from 10m lake). 50m has tone spots on reverse; 15m "milleimat" has brown mark on reverse. Ten stamps | £50.00 |
| 483 | 1923-24 definitive set, 1m to £E1 with various shades, mint, 21 clean stamps | £80.00 |
| 484 | 1925 International Geographical Congress (SG 123-5, NP C4-6), very fine mint (5m,10m UM) | £20.00 |
| 485 | 1926 King Fuad 58th Birthday (SG 136, NP C13), unmounted mint, tone spots behind | £25.00 |
| 486 | 1926 Port Fouad overprints (SG 141-4 cat £1700+, NP C17-19, 20a) fine used. 15 mills, top left corner, position 1, shows arc for overprint registration; 50pi has perforation variety 14x14x14¾. All have 1998 ESC certificates | £750.00 |
| 487 | 1927-37 definitive set, 1m to £E1, including 1-3-5-10m values as Type I, mint, 30 clean stamps | £150.00 |
| 488 | 1938 Farouk 18th Birthday (SG 272, NP C82), unmounted mint but oil stain top centre | £35.00 |
| | Egypt Modern Errors and Varieties | |
| 489 | 1997, Official 25p value with no watermark with major horizontal misperforation shifted upward 1 cm. VF mint NH upper marginal vertical pair showing the upper stamp with no denomination and the lower one has it at the top instead of the bottom of the stamp , fascinating! | £20.00 |
| 490 | As last, but lower marginal vertical pair with extra denomination in the margin of the sheet, VF mint NH | £20.00 |
| 491 | 2014, EuroMed Postal £E 4 stamp with multiple colour shifts upward (red, violet and turquoise) creating several double images (logo, map and inscriptions), fascinating. VF mint NH right marginal single with normal for comparison | £20.00 |
| 492 | As above but left marginal single, VF mint NH | £20.00 |
| 493 | 2015, Arab Summit £E3 stamp with major horizontal misperforation shifted downward 1 cm, only one sheet known to exist. VF mint NH lower marginal vertical pair with the lower stamp has no "Egypt & Misr" and the upper stamp has "Egypt & Misr" at the bottom instead of the top of the stamp | £25.00 |
| 494 | As above but upper marginal vertical pair with extra "Egypt & Misr" in the margin of the sheet, VF mint NH | £25.00 |
| 495 | 2013, 61st Anniversary of 23 July revolution stamp with double printing of red and black inscriptions. VF mint NH single with normal for comparison | £15.00 |
| 496 | 2015, 4th Anniversary of 25 January revolution stamp with major vertical misperforation shifted 14mm to the left and horizontal misperforation shifted 4mm upward, fascinating! VF mint NH vertical pair with normal for comparison | £25.00 |
| | Sudan stamps - The following 25 varieties are listed for the first time in the new SG North-East Africa catalogue | |
| 497 | 1985, 1962 definitive handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £5 on 10PT in black, both normal and INVERTED, VF mint NH, SG 410a | £30.00 |
| 498 | 1985, as last but surcharge in blue, left upper corner block of four, VF mint NH, SG 410aa | £40.00 |
| 499 | 1985, As last but surcharge in blue & INVERTED, Upper marginal block of four, VF mint NH and very rare, SG 410aa variety | £50.00 |
| 500 | 1985, 1962 definitive handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £5 on 20PT in black. VF mint NH control number 7A corner block of four. Very rare, Michel cat €1000+. SG 410b | £60.00 |
| 501 | 1985, as last but surcharge in black & INVERTED. VF mint NH right upper corner block of four. Very rare, Michel cat €1000+. SG 410b variety | £65.00 |
| 502 | 1985, as last but surcharge in blue, VF mint NH control number 8B comer block of four. Very rare, Michel cat €1000. SG 410ba | £60.00 |
| 503 | 1985, as last but surcharge in violet & INVERTED. VF mint NH control number 8B corner block of four. Very very rare, Michel cat €1000+. SG 410bb variety | £70.00 |
| 504 | 1985, 1962 definitive handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £10 on 10PT in black. VF mint NH right lower corner block of four. Rare, Michel cat €1000, SG 410c | £55.00 |
| 505 | 1985, as last but surcharge in black & INVERTED. VF mint NH left upper corner block of four. Very rare, Michel cat €1000+. SG 410c variety | £65.00 |
| 506 | 1985, as last but surcharge in blue. VF mint NH control number 9A corner block of four. Rare, Michel cat €1000, SG 410ca | £60.00 |
| 507 | 1985, as last but surcharge in blue & INVERTED. VF mint NH right upper corner block of four. Very rare, Michel cat €1000+. SG 410ca variety | £65.00 |
| 508 | 1985, 1962 definitive handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £10 on 20PT in black & INVERTED. VF mint NH corner number 8B block of four. Very rare. SG 410d variety | £70.00 |
| 509 | 1985, 1962 definitives handstamp-surcharged in Arabic in red (very rare), £5 on 10PT, £5 on 20PT (INVERTED), £10 on 10PT and £10 on 20PT in fine used condition with ''Khartoum'' cancel once in English and once in Arabic. SG 410ab, 410bc, 410cb & 410db | £60.00 |
| 510 | 1985, 1962 Officials handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £5 on 10PT in black. VF mint NH control number 3A 2A 2A corner block of four. Rare. SG O410a | £50.00 |
| 511 | 1985, as last but surcharge in black & INVERTED. VF mint NH control number 3A 2A corner block of four. Rare, SG O410a variety | £55.00 |
| 512 | 1985, 1962 Officials handstamp-surcharged in Arable £5 on 10PT in blue. VF mint NH control number 3A 2A corner block of four, rare. SG O410aa | £50.00 |
| 513 | 1985, as last but surcharge in blue & INVERTED. VF mint NH control number 3A 2A corner block of four, rare, SG O410aa variety | £55.00 |
| 514 | 1985, as last but surcharge red (very rare). VF MNH right lower corner block of 4, SG O410ab | £60.00 |
| 515 | 1985, 1962 Officials handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £5 on 20PT in blue, normal (VF mint NH right marginal single) and INVERTED (fine used with ''FASHER'' cancel), very rare, SG O410ba | £45.00 |
| 516 | 1985, 1962 Officials handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £10 on 10PT in black VF mint NH control number 7A, corner block of four, rare, SG O410c | £50,.00 |
| 517 | 1985, as last but surcharge in black & INVERTED. VF mint NH control number 3A 2A corner block of four, rare. SG O410c variety | £55.00 |
| 518 | 1985, as last but surcharge blue. VF MNH control number 7A corner block⁄4, rare SG O410ca | £50.00 |
| 519 | 1985, as last but surcharge in blue & INVERTED. VF mint NH control number 3A 2A corner block of four, rare. SG O410ca variety | £55.00 |
| 520 | 1985, as last but surcharge red (very rare). VF MNH right lower corner block⁄4, SG O410cb | £60.00 |
| 521 | 1985, 1962 Officials handstamp-surcharged in Arabic £10 on 20PT in black (normal & INVERTED) and in blue (normal & INVERTED) in fine used condition, very rare, SG O410d & da | £60.00 |
| | Egypt booklet first-day covers | |
| 522 | 2004, prestige booklet 'Discover the Treasures of Egypt. Set of 3 beautiful FDCs, one each for high-value booklet stamps (£E5 Sphinx, £E5 Nefertiti & £El0 Tutankhamun mask). No FDC issued for the three panes of nine lower-value stamps | £15.00 |
| | Sudan stamps | |
| 523 | 1993, 1991 definitive set handstamp-surcharged with new currency, dinar, VF mint NH complete of 5 stamps, rare, SG 510-514, cat £69.75 | £32.00 |
| 524 | 2002, Complete year of 5 sets, VF mint NH, SG 604-618, cat £210 | £40.00 |
| 525 | 2003, Officials, set of 4 stamps, VF mint NH, SG O623-626, cat £60 | £20.00 |
| | Picture postcards | |
| 526 | B⁄w card "New aristocratic quarters of Ghezireh", no publisher, franked NP D46 for Paris, cancelled Cairo 05 II 06 | £2.00 |
| 527 | B⁄w card "Cairo - Mosquée Sidi-Zenab Giuntini", published Comptoir Philatelique d´Egypte, Alexandrie, franked NP D46 for Paris, CDS Cairo Station 22 XII 04 TII | £2.00 |
| 528 | B⁄w card "Alexandrie - Vue generale du Port Vieux", published Lichtenstern & Harari Commissions-Agents Cairo, franked NP D46 for Paris, cancelled Cairo 14 X 04 II | £2.00 |
| | First day covers | |
| 529 | 1959, FDC Afro-Asian Youth Conference, NP C215 | £1.00 |
| 530 | 1951 FDC, Inauguration Institute Fouad 1er du Desert, NP C132, extra franking on reverse, addressed to UK | £1.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 531 | Four covers from the Polish contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Suez Canal area (ismailia) in 1976, all travelled back to Poland, with fancy coloured cancellations on the face | £5.00 |
| | Mint Cassette Envelopes | |
| 532 | £1 Mosque Qait Bey, 184x113mm, pointed flap, base line on reverse | £6.50 |
| 533 | £1 Mosque Qait Bey, 185x125mm, pointed flap, base line on reverse | £6.50 |
| 534 | £1 Mosque Qait Bey, 158x127mm, pointed flap, no base line on reverse | £6.00 |
| 535 | £1 Mosque Qait Bey, 161x126 mm (chartreuse), pointed flap, no base line on reverse | £6.00 |
| 536 | £1 Mosque Mohamed Ali, 162x126mm, white "pound", pointed flap, no base line on reverse | £6.00 |
| 537 | £1 Mosque Mohamed Ali, 162x124mm, masking flaw, pointed flap, base line on reverse | £6.50 |
| 538 | £1 Mosque Mohamed Ali, 154x124mm, light green, triangular flap, no base line on reverse | £5.50 |
| 539 | £1 Mosque Mohamed Ali, 155x125, dark green, triangular flap, no base line on reverse | £5.50 |
| 540 | £2 Mosque Al Azhar, 185x113mm, no highlights, pointed flap, base line on reverse | £6.50 |
| 541 | £2 Mosque Al Azhar, 183x117mm, square flap, base line on reverse | £6.00 |
| 542 | £3 ½ Head of Princess, 163x125mm, brown ochre, pointed flap, base line on reverse | £5.50 |
| 543 | £3 ½ Head of Princess, 160x126mm, yellow, pointed flap, no base line on reverse | £5.50 |
| 544 | £3 ½ Head of Princess, 159x121mm, violet grey, pointed flap, no base line on reverse | £5.50 |
| 545 | £4 Queen Meryt-Amun, 162x125mm, orange, pointed flap, base line on reverse | £5.00 |
| 546 | £4 Queen Meryt-Amun, 159x126mm, milky blue, pointed flap, no base line on reverse | £5.00 |
