| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| Egypt De La Rue stamps | |
| 001 |
1879/92: Two fine unmounted mint examples from the early Fourth Issue: 2 piastres yellow-orange (NP D38) and 5 piastres slate (D 44)
 | £10.00
|
| 002 |
9 AO 81, 10 paras lilac rose (NP D34) in fine used block of four from Mahalla, with blue CDS
| £10.00
|
| 003 |
1884 provisional surcharge 20 para on 5 piastres, fine used with inverted overprint (NP D40a)
| £30.00
|
| 004 |
1893 Officials (No-Value stamp): Block of four with plate number 1, NP O1, wmk upright, unmounted mint
| £15.00
|
| 005 |
1889 Postage Dues surcharged in black, fine block of four showing two flaws – first “l” of millièmes slanting (“drunken l”, NP PD20e);
and as part of Arabic lettering “alif and ein” missing (PD 20d). Mint block hinged on one stamp only
| £50.00
|
| 006 |
28 IV 05, 10 piastres mauve (NP D52), in fine used block of four with Cairo Station postmark
| £10.00
|
| 007 |
1914-15 Officials. 2 mills green block of four with plate number 1 and var “no stop after S” (NP O11a) in posn 20 (first printing).
Also posns 39/40 have unrecorded opt flaw with thin black ring over perfs. UMM, corner selvage fold does not detract
| £30.00
|
| 008 |
1915 Officials (overprint with hamza): 2 mills green, block of four with overprint inverted (NP O15c), unmounted mint
| £50.00
|
| 009 |
1915, used 5 piastre stamp (NP D44), single used with fine part-strike of scarce CDS Soldiers and Sailors Institute, Alexandria
| £8.00
|
| 010 |
6 XII 15, provisional surcharge 2 mills on 3 mills Pictorial. Two used (SG 83) with two unsurcharged on cover from Cairo to Nice, ie 10 millièmes.
But one surcharged stamp ignored by canceller. Why?
| £35.00
|
| 011 |
18 IV 16, Provisional surcharge stamp (SG 83) as last, used in conjunction with 1,3,4 mills Pictorials from Belgian Legation in Cairo
(faint cachet behind) to Paris. Cancelled Cairo / H
| £35.00
|
| 1951 Mediterranean Games | |
| 012 |
Oct 5-20 1951, the first Mediterranean Games, held in Alexandria – 12-page official guide and booklet in French, 14x20cm, excellent condition
with foldout plan of stadium and coloured advertising label on reverse. Also tickets for three events – weightlifting, football and swimming. Remarkable
| £30.00
|
| Perfinned postcard | |
| 013 |
27 1 88, De La Rue 20 para postal stationery card (SPC1) sent from Gordon College, Cairo (retta cancel) via Alexandria to Coventry Machinists Co in UK
(received Feb 6).
Card is perfinned at lower left with two-lines: & Co / NOT NEGOTIABLE. Most unusual to see Egyptian postal stationery with perfin usage. Some adhesion
behind but otherwise stunning
| £30.00
|
| Perfins | |
| 014 |
Mini-collection of 16 De La Rue stamps with perfins, including two Soudan overprints. All used
| £10.00
|
| 015 |
Accumulation of 19 older and modern perfinned stamps
| £10.00
|
| 016 |
De La Rue 2 millièmes stamp with ESS / CL perfin, one of the most rare of Egyptian perfins with only nine examples recorded to date
| £25.00
|
| Royalty interest | |
| 017 |
25 5 08, incoming postcard from Napoli, charmingly written on board the Norddeutscher Lloyd vessel Schleswig, by ten-year-old Princess Fewkia,
one of Farouk’s step-sisters, to her father, Prince (later King) Fuad in Cairo. Addressed simply: SR Le Prince Fouad, Caire, Egypte. Stunning
| £30.00
|
| Commemorative varieties | |
| 018 |
1929 Prince Farouk Birthday issue. Complete set of four, mint but hinged, with brown centre (NP C29-C32). Only 2000 sets published.
With normal for comparison
| £80.00
|
| 019 |
1958, Sixth Anniversary of July 23 Revolution – complete mint unmounted sheet of 25 stamps in selvedge with watermark inverted. Nile Post (2003)
catalogues each se-tenant strip of five stamps at $75
| £60.00
|
| 020 |
1963 Ramadan Festival, 4 millièmes, used vertical pair with Arabic date 1913 instead of 1963 on upper stamp (NP C318a)
| £15.00
|
| Hotels interest | |
| 021 |
1894, De La Rue 2 mills postal stationery wrapper uprated with 3+5m DLRs and cancelled with Mena House Hotel CDS, addressed to Bern April 24.
Unusual CDS and unusual franking on such a wrapper
| £80.00
|
| 022 |
1987, used card printed by Muller Straub Aarau, Souvenir du Caire, showing Pyramids, camel rider, Nile, franked with 2+3 mills De La Rue definitives
and sent from Hotel Bavaria in Cairo to Sanbor and redirected to Podeusz, Austria
| £20.00
|
| 023 |
11901, used postcard showing Helouan’s New Thermal Sulphur-Baths, sent from Helwan to Rorscharch. Six days in transit
| £20.00
|
| 024 |
Jan 7 03, GB 1/2d card detailing gold mining interests uprated with 1/2d stamp and sent within Southport, but then redirected to Grand Hotel
Helouan, where arrival 14 Jan 03. Remarkable
| £8.00
|
| 025 |
1904 Hotel August Gorff advertising postcard sent from Cairo to Alexandria. Written in Greek
| £20.00
|
| 026 |
1905, B/w postcard of Grand Hotel Liverpool in Cairo, franked with pair of DLR 1m stamps for Italy with Caire CDS 17 X 05. Excellent condition
| £8.00
|
| 027 |
1905, three-view postcard of Helwan printed by H Freytag and sent from Cairo December 18 to Maryville New York. Arrived January 5
| £20.00
|
| 028 |
16 IV 09, printed cover of Winter Hotel, Helouan-les-Bains, franked with pair of 5m DLR adhesives for Duisburg, Germany. Neat and clean, no backstamp
| £10.00
|
| 029 |
1910, Postcard for Cairo – Restaurant and Brasserie “Bavaria”, proprietor F Schuller. Mint card printed by E Diemler
| £20.00
|
| 030 |
1910, Postcard for Cairo – Hotel du Nil, proprietor Rud. Fleischmann. Mint card printed by E Diemlet
| £20.00
|
| 031 |
1910, Mint b/w postcard showing group of well-dressed guests on the terrace of the Helouan Pension Antoine. No publisher’s name
| £18.00
|
| 032 |
1911, incoming postcard from Venice to Hamburg American Line HQ in Cairo, redirected to Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor, and again to
Continental Hotel in Cairo. In transit on PO line Port-Said Cairo. Striking, eight CDS in all
| £8.00
|
| 033 |
1928, sepia b/w photocard postcard showing the Bristol Hotel in Cairo, next door to Sednaoui department store. No publisher, mint card, excellent
| £8.00
|
| 034 |
21 AU 49, incoming humorous postcard from Hotel du Parc in Switzerland addressed to guests at the Hotel Desert House in Ikingi Maryut near Alexandria.
Remarkably, arrived in only seven days
| £8.00
|
| 035 |
16 JL 54, b/w photocard of Hotel des Roses, Marsa Matrouh, Arabic written to Maadi and franked with 10 millièmes Republic commemorative (SG 493). Unusual
| £8.00
|
| 036 |
34 JL 56, printed cover of Hotel Riviera Palace, Marsa Matrouh, franked with 10m Republic definitive and addressed to Glym, Alexandria.
Sidi Gaber arrival, letter on hotel notepaper written in Greek
| £8.00
|
| 037 |
22 2 59, Opening of Nile Hilton FDC with single 10m commemorative stamp with flaw “white dot on the O of Hilton” (position 11, every second pane, NP C216a)
| £10.00
|
| 038 |
30 JU 32, Cover and two page letter from S Bloom, Jewish proprietor of Central Hotel (near Continental), pleading for his rent to be lowered in hard
times and giving several examples of neighbours’ woes. Heart-rending
| £15.00
|
| 039 |
14 SE 47, Shepheard’s Hotel printed envelope plus two-page letter, franked Farouk Marechal 22m (SG 301) from Hotel PO (Type 7) to Hotel Hajjar in
Souk el-Gharb, Lebanon. Sealed behind with hotel advertising label
| £24.00
|
| Postal stationery mint | |
| 040 |
1914 DLR Pictorial issue postcard, 2 millièmes green, yellowish paper, mint, good condition (NP SPC20)
| £8.00
|
| 041 |
1914 DLR Pictorial issue postcard, 4 millièmes red, mint, good condition (NP SPC21)
| £8.00
|
| 042 |
1938-1943, three Boy King visiting card envelopes, 2,3,4 millièmes (SEN 30,34,35), all in mint good condition
| £20.00
|
| 043 |
1944, Farouk Marechal 10 millièmes postal stationery Letter Sheet (NP SLS 13, wmk A), in perfect mint condition
| £30.00
|
| 044 |
1969, Registered Letter Sheet, 55 mills, with printing variety “JAR” for “UAR”, (NP SRLS1), min, good condition
| £15.00
|
| 045 |
1985, Unadopted essay for Ramadan Festival postal stationery envelope depicting Moulid Doll. 5 piastres, rubber-stamped in Arabic: Trial without
Value (NP E550), mint excellent condition
| £20.00
|
| Postal stationery used | |
| 046 |
3 IX 93, provisional postal stationery, 5 mills on 2pi envelope (without hamza, NP SEN 7), uprated with 2x1m (SG 58) plus 3 mills
(SG60) DLR stamps, sent from Grand Hotel des Bains in Helouan (faint cachet behind) to Stuttgart
| £38.00
|
| 047 |
9 MR 94, De La Rue postal stationery Envelope-Letter (NP SLS3) sent from Continental hotel (Type 1 CDS) to Mannheim, Germany March 18
| £8.00
|
| 048 |
31 JA 24, 1-piastre De La Rue postal stationery Letter Sheet (ONOTO wmk, so NP SLS5, cat $125 used) uprated with 5 millièmes Crown
Overprint stamp and sent from Cairo / C to Stuttgart. Long letter in tiny handwriting.
| £60.00
|
| 048A |
13 JL 26, 10 mills De La Rue postal stationery Registered Letter (NP SRE3) uprated with First Fuad 5m and used from Zifta (Reg cachet
alongside) to Alexandria. Arrival handstamp on reverse next day
| £25.00
|
| 049 |
16 AP 41, Farouk 5 mills postal stationery Letter Sheet (NP SLS 11, cat $100), used En Ville (R / Parliament to Mounira) and uprated with
Boy King 5m plus 6x1m for registration. Cairo Delivery CDS behind. Letter sheet now sealed
| £28.00
|
| Shipping interest | |
| 050 |
Khedivial Mail Line schedules – single sheet Alex-Greece/Turkey, Syrian coast and Cyprus Oct 1914, plus four-page folded tariff of fares
and itineraries Cyprus, Palestine and Red Sea Oct 1934. Good condition
| £18.00
|
| 051 |
Misr Navigation, 24 OCT 1938, printed company cover from Alexandria to Geneva franked with Fouad 13m and Boy King 20m and cancelled on
board with scarce shipping line CDS Misr Steamship and Navigation Co “S/S El Nil”. Geneva arrival on reverse 24 NO 38
| £28.00
|
| 052 |
Much as last, but 20m Fuad and 13m Boy King stamps, and CDS of Misr Navigation’s S/S Kawsar in green. No arrival markings
| £20.00
|
| Palestine - Gaza | |
| 053 |
1948 Farouk Air issue overprinted with bilingual Palestine, complete set of 12 (NP PA 1-12), unmounted mint
| £20.00
|
| 054 |
1948 Postage Dues, complete set of seven (NP PPD1-7), including extra rare 4 mills with magenta overprint (PPD 2c), unmounted mint
| £20.00
|
| Revenues and Fiscals | |
| 055 |
1949 Petrol tax (kerosene), one-half litre for use in Cairo – three black labels uncut
| £10.00
|
| 056 |
27 2 49, block of four green labels for 4 litres of petrol, mint, no gum
| £18.00
|
| 057 |
1951-1992. Lot of four Stella Egyptian beer labels
| £10.00
|
| 058 |
1954, Match Tax revenue: the first Torch issue (Feltus page 43), opened for display on Anchor safety match booklet d
| £10.00
|
| 059 |
1957, certificate from the Hellenic Community in Alexandria registering the burial of one of its members, legalised with a 50 mills
General Revenue and a most unusual 20-drachma Death Certificate revenue used only in Alexandria. Remarkable
| £12.00
|
| 060 |
December 1963, block of four orange labels for five litres of petrol for use in Minya, mint, no gum
| £18.00
|
| 061 |
December 1963, block of four pink labels for ten litres of petrol for use in Minya, mint, no gum
| £18.00
|
| 062 |
Group of 30 interesting and assorted Consular Service revenue stamps
| £15.00
|
| 063 |
Various syndicate issues – fascinating group of 37 different
| £10.00
|
| 064 |
1990, cover from Kafr el Sheikh to Giza part-franked with Health Insurance 5pi Revenue stamp instead of definitive
| £8.00
|
| Salt Tax receipts | |
| 065 |
Collection of 19 Salt Tax receipts, each with a different CDS and three “signatures” by witness signet rings, all dated Feb-March 1897.
Individual bids will be accepted for £8.00 or more, but a bid for the whole group might outweigh the individuals. Towns are Achmoun 9 III 97,
Abou Hommos 13 MR 97, Koddaba 10 III 97; Teh-el-Baroud 16 FE 97, Dalangat 27 II 97, Kena 18 II 97, Neghila 23 II 97, Beni-Souef 5 II 97,
Teh-el-Baroud 16 FE 97 with rectangular handstamp, Ghizeh 14 MR 97, Santah 26FE 97, Esneh 16 FE 97, Benha 17 FE 97, Manchia 6 MR 97,
Chebrekhit 22 FE 97, Assiout 2 III 97, Badrechein 24 II 97, Chibin el Kom 23 II 97, Kafr Sakr 12 II 97
| £120.00
|
| TPO markings | |
| 066 |
21 X 04, Arabic-addressed cover from Manfalut to Asyut franked 5m DLR with transit mark on reverse of Caire-Suhag, as Smith type 8A1a, but unrecorded
| £15.00
|
| 067 |
21 III 18, incoming postcard from Richmond, Surrey, addressed to El Taufiqia (Beheira) then redirected to Ibrahimia / Ramleh in Alexandria, with transit
TPO Cairo-Alexandria 8 AP 18 T35 (Smith 7A3)
| £8.00
|
| 068 |
16 JL 32, Cover from Disuq / T to Cairo with & VV / Tanta-Damanhur transit TPO of 16 JL 32 T 61 (Smith &a3.7, five years earlier than recorded)
| £6.00
|
| 069 |
24 AU 32, Cover from Samalut to Heliopolis using two different TPO lines: Cairo-Asyut / Service Ambulant (Smith 4A1) and Cairo-Minia
(7A3, ten years later than Smith recorded). Heliopolis arrival next day
| £8.00
|
| Hospital interest | |
| 070 |
Hotel hospital: 2 X 15, On Active Service postcard sent to London from Grand Hotel Helouan, complete with rare and colourful rectangular
Convalescent Hospital cachet
| £40.00
|
| 071 |
1 XI 15, On Active Service postcard sent to Liverpool from Grand Hotel Helouan with hotel’s double-ring oval cachet
| £30.00
|
| 072 |
27 IV 11, photo postcard from Hilwan to Germany. Subject of the photograph could be a doctor or hotel owner?
| £10.00
|
| 073 |
1930-35, Original photoprint postcard showing a ward in the American Missions Hospital in Assiut
| £6.00
|
| Station markings | |
| 074 |
1905, Two clean used covers of Suez (Suez Docks and Port Tewfik), franked with 2m or 3m stamps and sent on same day from
Suez / (Station) via Alexandria to same addressee in Paris
| £10.00
|
| 075 |
1947, 4m Marechal visiting-card envelope (NP SEN 37/38) Arabic addressed to Cairo and sent from Zagazig Station CDS, date unclear.
No arrival mark, neat
| £8.00
|
| 076 |
6 AP 61, cover from a lawyer in Kafr el Zayat to a colleague in Cairo franked UAR definitives 2x1mill (SG 603) plus 2 x 4mill (SG 606),
cancelled with good Kafr el Zayat / Station CDS
| £10.00
|
| Postal paper | |
| 077 |
28 AU 55, Postal Identity card issued to Zaki Bey Athanasiou at Cairo, with 2x40 mills Republican issue (SG 427) paying the fee
alongside a 30 mills revenue stamp. Excellent clean condition
| £20.00
|
| 078 |
June-July 1956, Farouk 25 mills Air Letter (1949, NP SALS4) reused as postal form. A vast quantity of air letters was found in
the postal HQ after declaration of the revolution, Farouk’s portrait was cut out and the paper used, in this case for a complaint
to Cairo from the Matai Post Office
| £18.00
|
| 079 |
1971, uncut paper sheet printed to be formed into the reduced-rate soldiers’ post envelopes (NP SEN53) reused (on reverse) as a
Post Office registration form, complete and pristine. Used in Cairo 17 April 1974
| £8.00
|
| 080 |
2017, Egypt’s last issued International Reply Coupon, as sold at the Post Office for £E25. One mint copy, one used in Heliopolis PO April 1 2018
| £8.00
|
| Postal history | |
| 081 |
21 OTT 1871, small cover from Samanud to Cairo franked with 1pi Second Issue stamp (SG 14). Same-day arrival (behind, where part of flap is lost)
| £38.00
|
| 082 |
24 JA 84, Arabic-addressed cover to Constantinople franked with De La Rue 1pi rose cancelled Alexandrie / Depart. Arrival mark six days later.
Astonishing clean cover with beautiful markings
| £26.00
|
| 083 |
29 AV 90, Alex-Cairo cover franked with DLR 5 mills (SG 63) and cancelled with striking Alexandria / Minet el Bassel / star and
crescent CDS. Next-day arrival. Very pretty
| £20.00
|
| 084 |
1900, printed cover from Grand Hotel Helouan colourfully franked with assortment of DLR adhesives (1, 3x2, 3 mills, SG 58,59,61)
addressed to Vienna (arrival behind)
| £8.00
|
| 085 |
1906, 1917, two telegraph receipts from Nikhela 7 Oct 17 and Fashn 9 Jan 1906
| £8.00
|
| 086 |
11 X 14, b/w postcard (Village women carrying water from the Nile) from a soldier from Manchester, franked with DLR 4m pictorial (SG 76) and
cancelled Heliopolis. Pencil message
| £5.00
|
| Metered mail | |
| 087 |
3 MAR 22, National Bank of Egypt printed envelope addressed within Cairo and franked with Moss machine mechanical franker at 5 mills value
| £10.00
|
| Postcard | |
| 088 |
1910?, mint coloured postcard of Medinet el Fayoum, undivided back
| £10.00
|
| French Post Office | |
| 089 |
21 Fevr 22, cover from Alexandria franked with French PO 15 mills surcharge on 50g stamp, perfinned with CLA (Credit Lyonnais Alexandria),
addressed to Estampes in France and arrived March 1
| £10.00
|
| Rural Service | |
| 090 |
9 JU 30, cover franked 5m Fuad from Fuwa to an agricultural inspector in Qabrit near Disuq, transit mark of recently discovered Ashghaal
Tawaafa CDS of Disuq-Qabrit (see Murphy/Shoukry p. 48) on reverse
| £20.00
|
| 091 |
1931-1951m Group of two covers and two Official entires, all cancelled with Rural Service cancels and village cartouches
| £22.00
|
| Postage Dues on arrival | |
| 092 |
7 AU 52, air letter sent from Alexandria to Denmark but underpaid with Farouk Air 20m and received blue-pencil “79” on arrival.
Tax paid with strip of 3x25 + 4x 1 Danish Porto (postage due) stamps. Unusual
| £40.00
|
| 093 |
26 2 60, Danish aerogram form used from Alexandria to Denmark, franked with UAR 10 + 35m definitives. Taxed on arrival with
2x 5 + 2 x 1 porto due stamps. Most unusual
| £30.00
|
| Instructional markings | |
| 094 |
1950, 1961, two used covers with total of three different Egyptian instructional markings, plus two from Syria
| £8.00
|
| Booklet stamps used | |
| 095 |
13 SE 22, small cover from Bulkely addressed to Cairo, franked with single Harrisons’ 5m booklet stamp (SG 89, expanded
perfs at top). Cairo machine arrival behind 6.30 next morning
| £10.00
|
| 096 |
21 MR 23, registered Arabic-addressed cover from Samalut to Cairo with Reg cachet alongside, franked by two horizontal pairs of
Harrisons’ 5m lake booklet stamps (SG 89, trimmed at right). Clear Cairo / RA2 arrival behind l
| £14.00
|
| 097 |
4 JA 24, registered cover from Fayoum (black on white mute Reg label) to Director of Prince Youssef Kamal’s office. Franked with
strip f 3x5m (SG 89) booklet stamps, trimmed at bottom
| £14.00
|
| 098 |
24 DE 2?, postcard of Breakwater sent from Port Said / D to Paris, franked with vertical pair of Harrisons’ 5m booklet pane stamps
(SG 89, trimmed at bottom)
| £10.00
|
| 099 |
26 OC 29, doctor’s cover addressed to Bavaria and franked with 3x Fuad 5m booklet stamps (SG 56, trimmed at bottom) with clear Cairo / (Station) CDS
| £10.00
|
| Newspaper post | |
| 100 |
December 1924, complete copy of El-Dilal all-Arabic journal issued in Alexandria and sent to Beni Souef with handwritten subscription
note / address attached by stamps – 1m for postage and 10 mills for registration (Alex Reg label), all in First Fuad stamps.
Remarkable survival part illustrated
| £15.00
|
| Zeppelin visit | |
| 101 |
Graf Zeppelin D-Z 127 flight over Cairo April 11 1931. Three original printed snapshot photographs taken on the morning of the visit
| £20.00
|
| Wartime covers | |
| 102 |
(date?) Envelope of the Ottoman Red Cross Prisoners of War Commission with printed Franc de Port (ie, postage paid) and red handstamp
endorsement below, addressed to PoW No 416 in Ras el Tin with handwritten marking describing it as Gizeh Political Prison. On reverse a
large “Opened by / Censor / P.W. 26” label. Fine condition, most unusual
| £38.00
|
| 103 |
1942, small buff cover opened for display, franked 3m Boy King, cancelled Cairo 24 5 42 and addressed to 44 RTR, MEF. On the face are a
manuscript “Missing believed PoW”, violet oval cachet of the Desert Purchasing Organisation / Cairo, Deputy Chief Field Censor crowned
cachet, Egyptian and British “Return to Sender” cachets, a GHQ No 1 MEF Certified Missing cachet and several manuscript endorsements.
On the reverse are Base Army Post Office and FPO 138 cancels. A significant and scarce cover
| £40.00
|
| 104 |
19 Feb 1943, small cover carried free with US Army Postal Service APO cancel and IS Army “Passed by Army Examiner” cachet. Contents
remain mentioning aftermath of tank battles of Alamein and Tobruk. Interesting and excellent condition, Interesting contents,
Dennis Clarke write-up
| £30.00
|
| 105 |
1944 buff cover addressed to DAG (Royal Greek Army), ALS SMQ, NEF. Ismailia transit mark and deputy Chief Field Censor on face, but
carried free so no adhesive. Reverse has cancel of BAPO 4 (29 AU 44) and offset Egypt machine cancel of same day.
| £30.00
|
| Intercepted mail | |
| 106 |
(date?) neat clean cover franked block of four of Boy King 2m and addressed to member of Polish Forces MR 254 in Egypt. But cancelled
with perfect strike of Dienstelle Feldpost Nummer 18561E swastika/eagle cancel, rare on Egyptian stamps. Also marked with two-line
Verificato per Censura Italian military censor. No backstamp, seized by the enemy and never delivered? Very unusual and strange
| £44.00
|
| The Postal Concession | |
| 107 |
Mint single with trace of hinge (does not detract) of the Postal Seal from position 16? of pane of 20. Latest Gibbons catalogue £95
| £30.00
|
| 108 |
Three covers all franked on reverse by Postal Seals to Brighton, Rochester and London, all with MPO Cairo (CDS No.7), two with Crown Cancel 6,
other with 5 (all Cairo). Addressed to London, one cover has an additional ‘slogan’ postmark Worthing, Sussex “The telephone saves Time and Money”,
having been redirected to London. Postal Seal rated £6 used, x 5 on cover
| £25.00
|
| 109 |
Accumulation of 13 vermilion Christmas Seals, all used on piece (mostly card), all cancelled black retta, but including seven marginal copies,
two pf them corners. Not sorted for shades (of which two are listed). Latest Gibbons’ prices £50 vermilion, £38 pale vermillion
| £40.00
|
| 110 |
1935 Vermilion Christmas Seal on reverse of cover dated MPO Alexandria (tall letters) 15 DE 35 with Crown Cancel in red Egypt Postage
Prepaid 17 to Orpington, Kent. On cover rated x 5 by Gibbons
| £30.00
|
| Egypt booklets | |
| 111 |
1930, 210 mills composite booklet complete with two panes of 5m, one of 10m and one of 15m Second Fuad, all with A/30 controls,
stitched left, pristine with interleaving (SG S812, NP SB11)
| £200.00
|
| 112 |
1951, 240 mills booklet, complete with four panes of 10 mills Marechal and interleaving, stitched left, no control numbers (SG S817, NP SB16)
| £140.00
|
| 113 |
1940, complete pane of 60 of 5m Boy King, originally intended for booklet production, control A/40 at lower left, perforated through right
(ie centre) margin. Unmounted mint, but divided horizontally at centre
| £20.00
|
| Farouk Marechal control blocks | |
| 114 |
1953-54 Farouk “Marechal” with bars: mini collection of controls, with 1m A/52, 3m A/44 and 10m A/51 in blocks of four, plus 15m lower
pane strip of 10x2 A/44 A/46 A/48 A/49 A/51 and 20m A/46 A/49 A/50 A/51 A/52. All UMM, total 52 stamps
| £24.00
|
| Farouk Marechal six-bar controls | |
| 115 |
1953-54 plain Marechal stamps without overprint given six bars: 1m A/52 (NP D213), 3m A/44 (D215), 13m A/50 (D218, bars a cheval).
All pristine MM
| £36.00
|
| 116 |
1953-54, King of Egypt and Sudan Marechal opt stamps given six bars: 2m A/50 A/51, 4m A/51, 13m A/50, 17m A/48 A/50 A/51,
20m A/49 A/50 A/51, 200m A/48 A/50. The 4m, 17m and 20m are recognised by Magdy, but not by Nile Post. All excellent UMM
| £65.00
|
| Cancelled-back and varieties | |
| 117 |
Cancelled-back, 1944-51 Marechal issue: 1 mill, 17 mills, 20 mills imperf on thin card all with English Cancelled.
Three stamps, excellent condition
| £36.00
|
| 118 |
Cancelled-back, 1944-51 Marechal issue: 2, 4, 5, 10, 15 mills imperf on thin card all with Arabic Cancelled.
Five stamps, excellent condition
| £50.00
|
| 119 |
Cancelled-back, 1944-51, Marechal issue: 17 mills value in massive and scarce block of eight with Arabic Cancelled on back,
enormous margin at top and left, excellent condition. See QC 268
| £180.00
|
| 120 |
Marechal 1 mill, horizontal pair, inverted watermark, (NP D155c), hinge remains, sl rust spot
| £12.00
|
| 121 |
Marechal 4 mills, horizontal pair, imperforate, with massive left margin (NP D158b), UMM
| £20.00
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| 122 |
Marechal 100 mills single, printed on gummed side of paper, minimal hinge remains. Not recorded by NP, while
Magdi 158a records only 75 copies
| £150.00
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| Proofs, essays | |
| 123 |
1895, Winter Festival, De La Rue typographed, perf 14, wmk crescent and star sideways to right, unissued, Nile Post C1-3.
Beautiful UMM, two of them left marginal
| £220.00
|
| 124 |
1922, Harrison imperf essays: 5m red-brown, star/crescent wmk facing right, left marginal pair, gummed, UMM excellent (NP E227)
| £25.00
|
| 125 |
1922, Harrison imperf essays, 5m red-brown as last but unwatermarked (NP E227a) right marginal single, full gum, UMM but sl spotting behind
| £25.00
|
| 126 |
1922 Harrison imperf essays: 15m blue, star/crescent wmk, left marginal pair, UMM, pristine, NP E233
| £30.00
|
| 127 |
1922 Harrison imperf essays: 15m blue and 20m green, printed on thin card, UMM (NP E233a, E235). See footnotes on NP page 33
| £30.00
|
| 128 |
1923-24 Harrison imperf colour trial: 5m red-brown, issued colour, wmk crescent/star pointing down, gummed, right marginal
block of four (NP D95ct(c)), mounted mint
| £25.00
|
| 129 |
As last, left marginal block of four, pristine UMM
| £30.00
|
| 130 |
As last, imperf horizontal par, gummed, tiny hinge indication
| £12.00
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| 131 |
1923-24 Harrison colour trials: series on thick unwatermarked paper, imperforate and ungummed, as NP D9ct-D98ct, missing only
5m red brown. That is, 1m orange (lower marginal) and dark brown, 2m pale black and red-brown (lower marginal), 3m red-brown,
10m dark rose and brown (upper marginal pair), 15m brown, 20m red-brown. Total ten stamps, cat $460
| £180.00
|
| Austrian Consular Post in Egypt | |
| 132 |
Receipt for a registered letter in Italian with superb Alexandrien datestamp of the Austrian Post-dated 18 10 81, the letter
addressed to Trieste. The receipt also bears a magenta cachet of the Corvette Zrinyl K.K. Kriegs Marine, apparently at Alexandria
between September 2 and Nov 1 1881.Ex Kurt Wolfsbauer from his renowned exhibit. Sold at Harmers in 2005, price then £295
| £240.00
|
| 133 |
An entire letter and outer wrapper of a second letter, both from the Austrian Consular Post at Alexandria. The entire, dated
28.2.66, has a superb strike of the Type 1 datestamp in black and blue crayon 15 (soldi) indicating posted unpaid; on the reverse,
a Trieste receiver in blue dated 5.III.66 (six days transit). The outer is franked 15 soldi light brown of the Austrian Levant 1861
issue cancelled with Type 1 said to be 28.10.71 (not clear) and Trieste receiver on reverse
| £80.00
|
| Italian Consular Post in Egypt | |
| 134 |
Outer wrapper of a letter from Cairo to Venice franked Second Issue 1pi to pay for Cairo to Alexandria, where it was handed to
the Italian post to receive a 40 centesimi Italian stamp for Alexandria to Venice. On the front the Egyptian stamp is cancelled
Cairo 20 MAG 70 with the Italian Alessandria d’Egitto Poste Italiane next day while the Italian stamp is cancelled with the
‘killer’ 234 in a lozenge of dots. The reverse has the Egyptian V.R. Poste Egiziane Alessandria 20 MAG 70, a Verona transit and
Venezia receiver 26 MAG 70. Fragile but a rare combination
| £550.00
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| First issue | |
| 135 |
10 piastres slate with perforation 12 ½ x12 ½ x13 x12 ½ (SG 7c, NP D7m), unused without gum, showing constant flaw in white
hole joining lines below P.E at lower right. Stunning example of truly rare stamp, complete with detailed Charlie Hass certificate (1997)
| £140.00
|
| 136 |
Proofs. The full proof set of seven values (5 para to 10 piastres), imperforate on unwatermarked paper (NP page 73, valued at $175),
two low values and two high mounted mint, but nice clean set
| £46.00
|
| Sheets of stamps | |
| 137 |
1882, 5 para pale brown, two unmounted mint left-hand panes of full sheet of 240, with lower left single removed.
Plate number 1, De La Rue current number 1, watermark wide star and crescent upright, so 1882 issue (NP D32, SG 44).
Good survival, cat $600 as singles. Too big for A4 scanner
| £160.00
|
| 138 |
1884 colour change, 10 para green, two unmounted mint panes, very fragile, from full sheet of 240, with upper left single removed.
Plate number 1, DLR current number 2, wmk wide crescent and star upright (SG 52, NP D41). Some selvedge lost, strengthened behind.
Too big for A4 scanner
| £40.00
|
| 139 |
1939, 40 mills Farouk in full sheet of 100 but for two stamps removed from top right, control A/42 B/42 A/43 (SG 278, NP D149),
unmounted mint. Too big for A4 scanner
| £120.00
|
| 140 |
1937-44, Boy King complete UM sheets of 100 stamps: 1 mill control B/41, B/41 A/42, 2 mill A/37, A/37 A/39 B/39 A/40,
3 mills A/41, 4 mills B/43, 5 mills A/40, 6 mills A/42, 10 mills A/43, 13 mills A/37, 20 mills A/39 A/40 A/42 A/43 (top row lost).
Total 11 sheets, 1090 stamps. Not illustrated
| £100.00
|
| 141 |
1937-44, Boy King complete 3 mills sheet of 100, control A/41, selvage all round, wmk upright, guide hole(?) punched at bottom.
oo big for scanner, part illustrated
| £5.00
|
| 142 |
1937-44, Boy King complete 4 mills sheet of 100, control B/43, final printing, selvage all round, wmk upright, guide hole(?)
punched at top. Too big for scanner, part illustrated
| £5.00
|
| 143 |
1947, Air Mails, 3 mills (SG 323, NP A29), full sheet of 50 with complete selvedge, UMM and control A/47
| £12.00
|
| 144 |
1952, Air Mails, 1947 issue with King of Egypt and Sudan overprint (SG 392-403, NPA40-51). Full UMM sheets of 50
(most lacking top/side selvedge): 2 mills A/47 B/47, A/47 B/47 A/48; 3 mills A/47 A/48; 7 mills A/46 A/47; 8 mills A/47 A/48.
Total five sheets, 250 stamps. Sample illustrated
| £40.00
|
| 145 |
1957, mint unmounted sheets of 50 of all three overprinted Al Azhar Millenary issue (SG 525-27, NP C174-76). 15m divided horizontally
at centre. Original (never issued) A/42 control neatly barred out in red and replaced with new Arabic control and date on stamp face.
Note pinholes for accurate alignment in stamps 5 and 50 (not 20m). 150 stamps. Striking
| £35.00
|
| 146 |
1957, complete mint unmounted sheets of 50 of all five Tomb of Aggressors issue (SG 532-36, NP C181-85), all with bilingual
control number A/57. 250 stamps
| £25.00
|
| 147 |
1958, Egyptian Industries, issued in a mini-sheet (5x5) of se-tenant stamps in horizontal rows (SG 565-69, NP C202-06).
Pristine unmounted sheet with control A/58
| £8.00
|
| 148 |
1963, complete mint unmounted sheets of 50 of all three of the air definitive issue (SG 7641-43, NP A 80-82, all with
bilingual control number A/62. 150 stamps
| £20.00
|
| 149 |
1976, Suez Canal Crossing, 110 mills massive stamp (SG 1297, NP C777), issued in a sheet of six single stamps. Pristine unmounted
mint sheet with printing number and date 4 X 76, cat £57. Too big for scanner
| £8.00
|
| 150 |
1977, 25th Anniversary of the Revolution, 110 mills large stamp (NPP C800) issued in sheet of six with Egyptian eagle between.
Pristine unmounted mint sheet with printing number and date 20 VII 77. Too big for scanner
| £10.00
|
| 151 |
2009, two unmounted mint sheets, 2009 4th Extraordinary Session of PAPU Plenipotentiary Conference in Cairo and 2009 Fifa
Under-20 World Cup. Both sheets 16 stamps and nine commemorative labels. Part illustrated
| £10.00
|
| Crown overprints | |
| 152 |
Harrison 5mills pink with Crown overprint completely offset on its reverse. Mounted mint
| £8.00
|
| Crown overprints on cover | |
| 153 |
(date?), small envelope franked 3x10m Crown opt plus 2x 15m Crown opt (milleimat) for Zurich. Marginal pink Alex Reg label alongside,
but CDS illegible. Very attractive
| £24.00
|
| 154 |
27 1 24, plain envelope (flap lost) addressed to Paris and franked with single and pair of 5m pink Crown opts. Spectacular near full CDS of Minia
| £15.00
|
| 155 |
13 FE 24, neat cover to Athens franked for registration with vertical pair of 15m Crown Overprint (milleima), cancelled Sidi Gaber / R&P,
with Registration cachet alongside. Sealing wax behind
| £15.00
|
| Civil censorship | |
| 156 |
1940s to 1960s, a diverse range of over 90 covers, both outgoing from Egypt and incoming from several different countries.
Many are written up on album sheets while others are loose. Wide range of censor labels and markings, some original documentation,
and an excellent range for further study. Part illustrated
| £160.00
|
| Air Mails | |
| 157 |
Mar 12 1925, Baghdad-Cairo airmail cover sent registered and AR from Hamadan to Paris with 3 x 1kr blue on reverse and fine
strikes of framed “AR” and “Poste Aerienne/Bagdad-Caire” handstamp in black, via Cairo March 20. Cut down slightly at right but striking
| £150.00
|
| 158 |
21 MA 34, small cover addressed to Kent from Sidi Gaber, endorsed Air Mail and franked with 2,6,7 of 1933 Airs for total of 15 mills,
reduced concession rate (see Sears, page 61)
| £20.00
|
| 159 |
28 AU 34, Air Mail envelope addressed to Nijmegen, Holland, from Port Said and franked 2,4,6,8 mills of 1933 Airs for total 20 mills,
reduced concession rate
| £15.00
|
| 160 |
10 DE 36, neat cover from Hinaidi franked 21 fils for RAF HQ Cairo, manuscript instruction “Per Misr Airwork / Air Mail”, reverse
handstamps of Baghdad and Cairo / Par Avion
| £25.00
|
| Official stamps | |
| 161 |
1893, “No-Value” stamp in right marginal block of four with control number (1), UMM
| £12.00
|
| 162 |
Small stockbook crammed with Officials, mainly but not all used, from 1893 “No-Value” stamp (about 30 examples) via
(OHHS/OHEMS opts to Miry (full set to 50m), 1926-35 (about 80 inc used blocks of four), 1938, 162-63, and mass of modern Eagles. Est 650 stamps
| £35.00
|
| 163 |
100 covers with Official stamps, mainly 1960 to 2000 period. Huge range of cancels and postal markings.low reserve
Not illustrated
| £30.00
|
| 164 |
1972-85 Officials issue (SG O1161-77, NP P93-102). Staggering compilation perfect for research, with literally hundreds of stamps
in full mint sheets of 100 including successive printing numbers, together with documents backed with large used blocks of this
fascinating long-lived issue: 80 mills, three sheets, 2x70 mills, 2x60m, 3x55m 3x50m, 3x30m, 9x20m, 10x10m, and an amazing 40 sheets
of the 1m. Total 75 sheets, 7,500 stamps, plus used, plus 12-page QC report on the study. Not illustrated
| £220.00
|
| Hotels interest | |
| 165 |
22 I 05, sepia photocard of imposing single-storey house (anyone recognise it?) franked pair of DLR 2m for Maidstone and cancelled Cataract HCA1b
| £5.00
|
| 166 |
15 III 08, colour card of wall carving, franked 2m DLR on face for Lyon (no message), cancelled back and front with Luxor Type HL2a (blue)
| £5.00
|
| 167 |
28 XI 08, colour card (Simoom), franked SLR 4m for Berlin, cancelled with clear Grand Continental Hotel CDS Type HC3 with Cairo / A transit mark
| £6.00
|
| 168 |
23 V 14, colour cartoon card (Kasr el Nil) franked DLR Pictorial 4m for Bremen and cancelled with Shepheard’s CDS Type HS7
| £5.00
|
| Seamen’s Home | |
| 169 |
1906-49, small collection of three covers and six cards, all addressed to UK with frankings cancelled with Seamen’s Home,
including elusive Type IV of 10 II 31 on OHMS cover with large oval RAF Shipping Office / Alexandria cachet.
| £70.00
|
| Palestine | |
| 170 |
A4 clean stockbook crammed with Egypt Palestine overprints, Farouk bars, Airs, UAR and Egypt issues for Egyptian Palestine (Gaza),
perhaps complete, masses and masses of stamps, mainly UM, excellent condition, perfect starter group. Sample illustration only
| £120.00
|
| Modern oddities | |
| 171 |
1987, Arabic-addressed Air Mail envelope within Cairo, but “franked” with 5p general revenue stamp instead of normal definitive.
Competition entry unopened
| £6.00
|
| 172 |
25 MA 88, small cover addressed to California, franked with 2x5p definitive, 15p commem, and the full set - 2,8,10,20 and
40 mills - of the last (1965) Postage Dues. Aware that these dues were rare on cover, the late Samir Fikry sent them to his wife.
Philatelic Bureau CDS, but breathtaking
| £24.00
|
| Groups of covers | |
| 173 |
100 covers or cards, all franked with various “King” stamps, wide range of values, cancels and overseas destinations. Not illustrated, low reserve
Not illustrated
| £30.00
|
| 174 |
28 Postal Organisation / Philatelic Office Cairo printed covers, mainly sent to England. Wide range of types and postal markings to study.
Sample illustrated
| £5.00
|
| 175 |
100 post-Revolution cards and covers, wide range of stamps, cancels and overseas destinations. Low reserve
Not illustrated
| £25.00
|
| 176 |
Bundle of 50 post-Revolution covers addressed in Arabic. Wide range of stamps, cancels and markings. Sample only illustrated
| £10.00
|
| 177 |
Accumulation of over 50 post-Revolution covers addressed to France. Lots of airmail envelopes and wide variety of commems and
definitives, a few uncancelled. Sample only illustrated
| £10.00
|
| 178 |
Group of 22 covers of the 1950s, all to the same address in Sweden on printed enveloped from the International Statistics
Agency in Alexandria. Good range of adhesives. Sample only illustrated
| £10.00
|
| 179 |
Bundle of appx 100 covers and cards, mainly to overseas destinations, with a wide range of post-Revolution stamps,
cancels and markings. Sample only illustrated
| £15.00
|
| Instructional markings | |
| 180 |
5 X 20, colour card (Victoria monument) written aboard SS Sergei, franked 2m DLR, addressed to London and cancelled at
Hai el Arab / Port Said. Boxed T alongside together with Port Said / D transit mark. No tax raised
| £6.00
|
| 181 |
24 NO 49, air mail cover franked strip of 3x10m Farouk Marechal and addressed (handwritten) to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
But missent to Belfast, New Zealand, where it received a pair of transit marks, back and front, and marked “NOT Belfast, New Zealand.
Endorsement on reverse reads “Delivered Northern Ireland 13.12.49”. Most unusual
| £20.00
|
| 182 |
21 11 66, plain cover franked 35m for postage and registration from agency postmark within Cairo. Three attempts at delivery
by regulation, then returned to sender with trilingual Returned to Sender cachet
| £5.00
|
| 183 |
10 5 81, Arabic-addressed cover franked 55m for postage and registration locally but undelivered despite three days of attempts.
Returned to send from El Sabtiya with two bilingual Non Reclame cachets
| £5.00
|
| Rural Post covers | |
| 184 |
1938-1948, Miscellany of seven Rural Post covers and agricultural inspection reports, various adhesives, condition mixed
| £4.00
|
| Aswan Reservoir | |
| 185 |
1900-01, one cover, one front and three cards all addressed to UK and all with early Assouan Reservoir CDS, together with
1902 historic sepia photocard of work on the dam itself. Interesting selection
| £12.00
|
| Egyptian postal history | |
| 186 |
1889-1915 Postage Due, used, with greater part of Franca handstamp across face, along with part of cds
| £8.00
|
| 187 |
7 III 14, neat small City Line cover addressed to England and franked with 2m and 3m of DLR Pictorials, both with 1 control
number and instruction behind “Please send stamp to Father”. Cancelled at Port Said / D
| £6.00
|
| 188 |
26 IV 15, colour card (Village near Pyramids) to UK franked with 3x1m DLR Pictorials, long message in tiny handwriting
| £5.00
|
| 189 |
2 MAY 1929, unsealed printed company envelope, franked 2m from Cairo to Port Said via Cairo machine roller cancel.
On arrival received rare Facteurs / Port Said CDS, faint but undoubted
| £12.00
|
| 190 |
22 MAR 33, small cover addressed to Paris, franked with two pairs of Fouad 5m from top and bottom sections of a booklet pane
(see trimmed perfs). Cancelled with Alex machine roller, Paris arrival a week later
| £8.00
|
| 191 |
30 JA 34, small cover with Par Avion sticker addressed to London and franked 20m+8m 1933 airmails, cancelled Port Said.
On reverse Alex transit and part-strike of Arzt advertisement: “When in Port Said… now open on the Quay Front”
| £6.00
|
| 192 |
24 JA 39, Thos Cook Port Said printed cover addressed to Hamburg, franked 30+2m Boy King and 8m 1933 Air for total 30 mills.
Cancelled Station / Port-Said. Par Avion label, no backstamp
| £6.00
|
| 193 |
23 MR 49, long air mail envelope franked with cutouts from the 1949 Agriculture and Industry Exhibition miniature sheet,
together with 2x10m+5m Marechal for Air Mail to US. New York registered mark behind. Vertical folds away from stamps
| £10.00
|
| 194 |
2 1 65, Cairo Hilton printed envelope covered in definitive and commemorative stamps (total 90 mills) for UK, cancelled
Hilton CDS Type HN2. Letter remains
| £6.00
|
| Small-town CDS | |
| 195 |
11 JA 29, Balyana / R&P, Fuad 15m, Baliana Reg cachet, Suhag / R behind
| £4.00
|
| 196 |
8 MA 36, Mahallet Abu Ali in blue, 5m Fuad, Gabriel Boulad note
| £3.00
|
| 197 |
12 NO 37, Mazghuna, 10m Fuad, Mazghouna Reg cachet. Cairo / Station), Gizeh / Registration / A and Orman / RA behind
| £4.00
|
| 198 |
5 HA 53, Kafr Kila el Bab (also Mahalla el Kobra, Santa), stamp lost
| £3.00
|
| 199 |
5 MR 58, Caire / Syndicat des Gornalistes, 15+20m Republican definitives registered
| £3.00
|
| 200 |
26 MR 63, Manshiet Smouha, MS plus three stamps, red/black printed Reg label
| £3.00
|
| 201 |
10 1 81, Miniyit el Murshid, pair of 70m definitive to USA
| £4.00
|
| 202 |
5 6 81, Suhag / T / Madinet Nasser, 20m definitive local
| £4.00
|
| 203 |
9 8 81, Shabur, 20m definitive local
| £3.00
|
| 204 |
23 8 81, Shubra / D / el Khima, 5m definitive local
| £3.00
|
| 205 |
23 9 93, Helmiet / el Zaitun / R&P, 5x30m definitives, registered and censored
| £3.00
|
| Registered covers, select | |
| 206 |
17 FE 36, small envelope with Air sticker, franked with single 100 mills 1933 Air to cover postage and registration to UK.
Alex b/w Reg label on face, Harrow Reg arrival
| £18.00
|
| 1934 UPU Cairo stamps on cover | |
| 207 |
2 JU 34, Credit Foncier printed envelope franked with 2x 15m+5m for registration to London, with large red Cairo label.
Cancelled Cairo / R, but flap lost so no arrival
| £12.00
|
| 208 |
10 JL 34, colour card (Pyramids of Gizeh) franked 13m for Paris, cancelled Cairo / D
| £6.00
|
| 209 |
14 NO 34, company printed envelope addressed to Germany, franked 20m, cancelled Alexandria / Dep 3, no backstamp
| £6.00
|
| 210 |
26 DE 34, plain cover addressed to Zurich, franked 3m uprated by 1m Fuad, clearly never sealed, cancelled Alexandria / Depart, no backstamp
| £6.00
|
| Royalty interest | |
| 211 |
6 MR 38, large printed envelope (22x18cm) with Khassa de Sa Majeste le Roi barred out and replaced by Administration des Biens Prives
et des Palais Royaux. Franked with strip of 3x15m+5m Boy King for registration to Albert Berthel, art dealer, in London. Indication of changing times?
| £10.00
|
| Presidency interest | |
| 212 |
1960, large “Season’s Greetings” official government Christmas card with printed inner leaf from President Gamal Abdul Nasser. Fine mint and rare
| £24.00
|
| 213 |
17 4 77, large cover (50x19cm) printed in blue for Arab Republic of Egypt / President’s Cabinet / Public Relations Department,
addressed to USA and franked with 3x5m definitive plus 2x110m Unesco commems cancelled with spectacular Presidency of / The Republic /
Public Relations / Department CDS. US marks indicate safely delivered
| £8.00
|
| Postal Agency markings | |
| 214 |
1963-64, accumulation of four covers, all franked 35 mills for registration and postage and cancelled by postal agencies (ie, sub-post offices)
in Belqas, Matariya, Mit Ghamr and Cairo. An area rich for research
| £8.00
|
| Paquebot ship cards | |
| 215 |
24 IX 11, b/w card of HMT Rewa, franked GB 1d, cancelled by boxed Paquebot with Port Said cds alongside. Addressed to London with long message
| £5.00
|
| 216 |
24 SE 26, b/w card of passenger and troopship Nevasa, British India Steamship Company, franked with GB 1 1/2d adhesive, Paquebot / Port Said cds
| £6.00
|
| 217 |
29 NO 55, colour card of P&O liner Himalaya, franked 20+10mills definitive for New Zealand. Air Mail sticker but no message
| £6.00
|
| Paquebot-mark groups | |
| 218 |
Port Said – 1902-13, three covers (one with Baluchistan Infantry symbol on flap) and eight cards, all franked 1d for England, with variety of
three Paquebot lozenges, early placed off the stamp, later definitely on the stamp. Interesting group. Part illustrated
| £15.00
|
| 219 |
Port Said – 1919-32, two neat covers and a neat card all ad4ressed to UK and cancelled with early small-lettering Paquebot/Port Said CDS
| £8.00
|
| 220 |
Port Said – 1950s-60s, eight covers with variety of mainly post-revolution adhesives, all addressed to UK and cancelled with
later Port Said / Paquebot CDS
| £12.00
|
| 221 |
Port Taufiq – 1931-32, two neat covers to Ceylon and UK (latter franked 4 1/2d for Air Mail), neatly cancelled with Paquebot
lozenge over stamps and Port Taufiq / F.T CDS alongside
| £6.00
|
| 222 |
Port Taufiq 1956-60, five covers with variety of post-Revolution stamps, to UK (one Bombay), all cancelled with good Port-Taufiq/Paquebot large CDS
| £8.00
|
| 223 |
Suez 1902-06, two cards franked GB 1d, one for England, other for India and redirected, both with Suez cds, alongside boxed (India)
and unboxed (UK) Paquebot markings. Unusual l
| £8.00
|
| Shipping interest | |
| 224 |
Mar 1901, b/w card of Ismailia to Munich with Kais. Deutsche / Marine-/Schiffspost / No 29 CDS. SS Andalusia en route from Wilhelmshaven
(dep Mar 7) to Tstingtau, China (arr Apr 30) carrying relief crews and returning relieved crews to Germany during the Boxer Rebellion. Scarce
| £30.00
|
| 225 |
23 MY 1907, one-penny GB Registered letter stationery (stamp vignette reported damaged) from Bwlch y Cibau, Wales, tracking Colonel Sandbach
(who was returning from the East aboard SS India) in Brindisi (May 27) via London (May 24), Lecce (illegible) and on to Port Said (June 3).
Good write-up included s
| £24.00
|
| 226 |
13 II 11, colour card of Camposanto, Genoa, franked GB 1d for Portland, Maine with scarce Alexandria / B alongside two lozenge
Paquebot markings. Long message
| £6.00
|
| 227 |
23 5 30, Printed business envelope from Alexandria to Liverpool with Lloyds Triestino vessel “Vienna” cancel on Fuad 25m blue. No backstamp
| £16.00
|
| 228 |
6 SE 30, small cover with 3+2x1mills Fuad stamps addressed to Suez and cancelled with Khedivial Mail Line / SS Talodi in violet. Backstamps
Port-Sudan 6 Sep, Shallal-Halfa / TPO 13 Sep, Suez 15 SE 30. Neat and clean
| £16.00
|
| 229 |
6 DE 36, Air Mail cover franked 2x 1 1/2d GB for London, cancelled with Paquebot lozenge with Port-Taufiq / F.T. alongside, and
ornate Alexandria / Foreign Traffic behind
| £6.00
|
| 230 | NO LOT |
|
| 231 |
19 JU 52, plain cover to Liverpool, franked Marechal 2+10+15, first two with King of Egypt overprints, Paquebot / Port Said CDS, and
Devonshire return address. Striking
| £6.00
|
| 232 |
8 5 60, printed cover of Norwegian America Line, franked with 30+45m definitive and addressed to UK with Alexandria / D6 cds
| £5.00
|
| 233 |
20 AP 63, air envelope franked for England with 60m Air stamp and Port Taufiq / Paquebot CDS. Clean, neat, no backstamp
| £4.00
|
| 234 |
(date?), clean cover with 10 1/2d GB Machin, addressed to USA, Paquebot / Port Said cds and several printed references to SS
Canberra Paquebot Mail. Clean and near, no backstamps
| £4.00
|
| 235 |
11 3 91, clean cover with Dutch 75ct stamp cancelled latest Paquebot / Port Said cds and addressed to USA. References to
MV Conti Finlandia and Captain Maanstra. Cairo A PT / RCTP CDS 12/3, US marks on reverse
| £5.00
|
| 236 |
Oct 1991, souvenir of ESC visit to Cairo 91 – Peter Andrews’ own envelopes posted from cruise ship Ra II, with local definitives
and Sitmar Travel violet handstamp: seven self-addressed covers, three mint Ra envelopes
| £8.00
|
| 237 |
27 7 33, Lloyd Triestino cover (piroscafo Esperia) on flap from Naples to San Stefano, carried by M/N Victoria (handstamp).
Alexandria and San Stefano / Traffic CDS on arrival. Also, b/w photocard of Lloyd Triestino shipping office in central Alexandria
| £12.00
|
| 238 |
1967, Colour card of Adriatica Line Paquebot Esperia (ex Ausonia), sent from Italy to Cairo 1957 with clear civil censor mark.
Faint Cairo receiver on face has slogan Alexandria, Pearl of the Mediterranean
| £4.00
|
| Misr Navigation Company | |
| 239 |
1938, two first-class tickets issued by Banque Misr (France) and Misr Shipping for passages between Marseille and Alexandria
on the Misr Navigation Co. vessels El Nil and the Kawsar respectively
| £16.00
|
| Posta Europea | |
| 240 |
Posta Europea 1862 entire from Mansura (type III cachet) to Alexandria, rated 2pi
| £20.00
|
| 241 |
Posta Europea 1863 entire from Samanud (type III cachet) to Cairo, rated 1.20pi d
| £20.00
|
| 242 |
Posta Europea 1862 entire from Tanta (type III cachet) to Cairo, rated 1pi
| £20.00
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| 243 |
Posta Europea undated entire from Tanta (type III cachet) to Cairo, rated 1pi
| £15.00
|
| 244 |
Posta Europea 1861 entire from Zagazig (type III cachet) to Cairo, rated 1.20p
| £20.00
|
| 245 |
Posta Europea 1864 entire from Mansura (type V cachet) to Alexandria, rated 2pi, also with Alexandria type VI cachet
| £25.00
|
| Egypt booklets | |
| 246 |
King Farouk 1937 120 mill booklet, pink cover, panes with controls (A/38 A/39), complete, minor toning, SG SB14 cat £450
| £100.00
|
| 247 |
King Farouk 1937 120 mill booklet, pink cover, complete, minor toning SG SB14 cat £450
| £90.00
|
| 248 |
King Farouk 1939 210 mill booklet, blue cover, right hand stitching, complete, minor toning, SG SB15 cat £800
| £160.00
|
| 249 |
1954 Defense 240 mill booklet, pink cover, left hand stitching, complete, fine, SG SB19 cat £325
| £65.00
|
| Air interest | |
| 250 |
1910, 13th November PPC (Aeroplane over the Pyramids) franked 3m (faults), with two strikes of the Heliopolis Aerodrome cancel
| £100.00
|
| 251 |
1925, 6th October Air Mail cover from Alexandria to Baghdad (backstamp) franked 10m
| £5.00
|
| 252 |
1926, 10th March Air Mail cover from Cairo to Baghdad (backstamp) franked 42m incl. 27m Air (first day)
| £5.00
|
| 253 |
1926, 28th November Air Mail cover from Zurich to Alexandria (receiver on front) franked 85r, with 'SCHWEIZER AFRIKAFLUG' cachet
| £50.00
|
| 254 |
1927, 10th February Air Mail cover from Nairobi to UK (Cairo transit), franked 70c, endorsed 'By First Experimental Mail
Flight from Kisumu to Khartoum' and with red circular '1st KENYA - SUDAN AIR MAIL' cachet dated 15 Feb 1927
| £40.00
|
| Great Bitter Lakes Association | |
| 255 |
1969 Great Bitter Lake cover to UK, franked 80c, Cairo cancels, civil censor mark and M/S AGALAMPUS cachet in violet
| £8.00
|
| 256 |
1969 Great Bitter Lake cover to UK, franked with GBLA 80c Regatta "stamp", Cairo cancel, civil censor mark and M/S AGALAMPUS cachet in violet
| £8.00
|
| 257 |
1969 Great Bitter Lake cover to UK, franked with GBLA 100c Regatta "stamp", Cairo cancel, civil censor mark and M/S AGALAMPUS cachet in violet
| £8.00
|
| Postal stationery soldier/view | |
| 258 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with green view of 'Pont de Kasr el Nil - Le Caire', fine unused, NP SPC46
| £10.00
|
| 259 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with green view of 'Les Barrages du Delta', fine unused, NP SPC46
| £10.00
|
| 260 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with green view of 'Mosquee du Sultan Hassan - Le Caire', fine unused, NP SPC46
| £10.00
|
| 261 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with purple view of 'Vue pres des Barrages du delta', fine unused, NP SPC43
| £10.00
|
| 262 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with purple view of 'Vue du Nil - Le Caire', fine unused, NP SPC43
| £10.00
|
| 263 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with purple view of 'Hotel Semiramis', fine unused, NP SPC43
| £10.00
|
| 264 |
1954 6m Soldier Postal Stationery Card with purple view of 'Exposition', fine unused, NP SPC43
| £10.00
|
| Booklet panes | |
| 265 |
King Farouk, Young Portrait, 5 mill red-brown, booklet pane of 6 with A/38 A/39 control numbers, mint hinged, some trimmed perfs, NP SB13a
| £8.00
|
| 266 |
King Farouk, Young Portrait, 6 mill yellow-green, booklet pane of 6 with A/41 control number, mint hinged, some trimmed perfs, NP SB15a ys
| £6.00
|
| 267 |
King Farouk, Young Portrait, 6 mill yellow-green (shades), 2x booklet panes of 6, right & left margins, mint hinged, some trimmed perfs, NP SB15a
| £10.00
|
| Postal stationery – registered | |
| 268 |
1922 10 mill carmine Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, uprated and used in 1924 from Bilbes, NP SRE3
| £15.00
|
| 269 |
1929 15 mill dark blue Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, uprated and used in 1930 from Cairo to UK with El Malika Nazli cancels, NP SRE5
| £20.00
|
| 270 |
1934 15 mills plum Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, fine, NP SRE7
| £25.00
|
| 271 |
1933 15 mills plum Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, uprated and used in 1935 from Cairo to UK, NP SRE7
| £20.00
|
| 272 |
1939 15 mill red-violet Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, NP SRE8
| £25.00
|
| 273 |
1945 30 mill yellow-green Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, NP SRE12
| £15.00
|
| Interpostals | |
| 274 |
Selection of forty (40) different Interpostal Seals, all unused, mainly type VIII in vermilion
| £5.00
|
| 275 |
Selection of forty (40) different Interpostal Seals, all unused, mainly type VIII in vermilion
| £5.00
|
| Censor markings | |
| 276 |
21 X 16, light cover franked 20m for registration to Denmark and cancelled Cairo / RD6 with black on white label. Chamfered
passed / Censor / 1 in black, resealed with Opened by Censor label by Censor B in blue, arrived London November 5, Hellerup
November 11 and Copenhagen November 12
| £6.00
|
| 277 |
30 10 40, incoming, commercial printed window envelope franked 2fr50 from Vichy France October 21, resealed in Egypt
with bilingual Opened by Censor label and strike of censor 66 (Mr N Elimelek). Port Said / Traffic CDS on reverse October 30
| £6.00
|
| Egypt Air Mails | |
| 278 |
25 MA 53, air letter to Copenhagen franked Farouk barred 2x10m+30m and Farouk King of Egypt and Sudan opt 2m, from Alexandria Station.
22 mills the UPU rate, plus air surcharge of 15 mills per 10g
| £5.00
|
| Suez Canal Company | |
| 279 |
6c pale green, variety, with portion of printer’s watermark. A fresh unused (without gum) fully sound example with four nice margins from
position 56 (transfer type II, showing a large part of the “L” of the LA + F monogram of Lacroix Freres (Zeh 2va, SG 2va, NPSC2b
(cat $300 in 2003). Stamps with watermarks are rare. Signed C F Hass, with 1998 Hass sale card
| £100.00
|
| 280 |
20c blue (Zeh 3, SG3, NP SC3), mint never hinged, marginal, sheet position 85 with beautiful even margins top, bottom and right and wide
selvage at left. Super-fresh, fully sound (tiny selvage thin 3mm from stamp). Stunning. Signed CF Hass
| £40.00
|
| 281 |
1c black, mint, gummed but hinged, fine margins, good appearance, sold as is
| £55.00
|
| 282 |
20c blue, 40c red, both mint, gummed but hinged, good appearance, fine margins, sold as is
| £40.00
|
| Egypt Paquebots / Ship Mail | |
| 283 |
27 IX 04, b/w card of General Elliott’s Monument in Gibraltar, franked 2 x GB ½d and addressed to Dorset, cancelled
Port Said with clean straight-line PAQUEBOT cachet (1899-1904). Message from SS Arcadia says “this is my monument”
| £10.00
|
| 284 |
9 I 05, stunning colour card of Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Schleswig, franked 2x2m DLR for USA and
given clean Paquebot marking on both stamps as well as Alexandrie transit. Bridgeport machine arrival Jan 28
| £10.00
|
| 285 |
11 JL 07, b/w postcard of Marseille franked with South Australia 1d and addressed to Newmarket from SS Ortona en route to Sydney.
Star and bridge Port-Said CDS with perfect single-line Paquebot cartouche (1905-19) and eventually Newmarket arrival July 18. Fine condition
| £16.00
|
| 286 |
21 SE 14, Sepia photocard of MS Paparoa, sent from the vessel to Cornwall, franked with GB 2 x ½d and cancelled
Port Said / Paquebot 30 SE. Uncensored, though war already broken out
| £7.00
|
| 287 |
13 MR 26, Paquebot / Port-Said cds on two Turkish stamps on piece and on single Australia 1 1/2d
| £4.00
|
| 288 |
Long straight-line Paquebots marking straddling strip of three 5m pink Crown Overprint stamps
| £4.00
|
| 289 |
Vapore d’Alessandria two-line marking on vertical strip of three of 5m First Fuad
| £4.00
|
| 290 |
30 DE 35, 90c French stationery card (Eiffel Tower), written from the passenger post-ferry SS Champollion, addressed to Germany
and cancelled with clear Paquebot / Alexandrie CDS. Clean and neat
| £8.00
|
| 291 |
8 JU 38, small envelope bearing handstamp “British Governor” on flap, addressed to Essex and franked KG VI 1 ½.d.
Stamp cancelled with straight-line PAQUEBOT cartouche, with information CDS of Port Taufiq alongside. Unusual marking
| £8.00
|
| 292 |
20 JU 39, b/w photocard The Suez Canal, addressed to France and franked with 40c Peace issue (French internal rate for message
of five words only Nov 38-Nov 39) franked with Port Tawfiq / Paquebot (used from 1939) – unusual because many French ships had
post office on board. Very clean significant card
| £20.00
|
| 293 |
3 DE (1950s). B/w card of the TSS Empire Brent, addressed to France, franked with KG VI 2 ½d cancelled with a retta, with Egyptian censorship alongside.
Message remarks on leaving Glasgow, and vessel “not half as nice as the one we came on from India”
| £8.00
|
| 294 |
23 7 52, Deutsche Seepost Linie / Hamburg Ostafrika D, perfect strike on Fuad 3m on piece
| £4.00
|
| 295 |
Swedish American Line’s Gripsholm: series of cards (one with map) and covers from the vessel’s Mediterranean cruises in 1934
(2 covers, 1 card) and 1935 (1 cover, 1 card), all with memorable handstamps “posted on board … between Suez and Aden” for instance, and
culminating in 1960 Med cruise with cover addressed to member of Danish UN force in Palestine, with Paquebot/Alexandrie cds and Gaza arrival.
Clean group, fascinating. Six items
| £20.00
|
| Egypt postal history | |
| 296 |
1 III 14, an Arabic-handwritten business invoice with Qina / Cash CDS, in blue on original pale brown paper, with modern red ink
comments on copy version
| £4.00
|
| 297 |
17 4 73, large envelope from Phil Soc of Egypt to Menne Larsen in Denmark, franked with strip of 4x50m Ras el Tin for registration,
cancelled by clear Cairo R.D /Special 2 CDS
| £3.00
|
| 298 |
22 5 92, small envelope with 10pi commemorative, cancelled by scarce Wadi Abbadi CDS, with University / City Asyut / R arrival behind
| £3.00
|
| Postal paper | |
| 299 |
25 12 61, Post Office form 28 Q, receipt for parcel sent from Hamburg, Germany, including all taxes and custom duties. 12 x 21cm
| £4.00
|
| 300 |
1 11 72, Form number as last, but variant now 12 x 16cm
| £5.00
|
| 301 |
7 5 77, Form 28 Q again, but now all in Arabic from Idfu Post Office, 15 x17cm
| £5.00
|
| 302 |
28 8 73, All-Arabic postal form No 2 L, a paper “parcel card” recording the very first parcel sent from Edfu “wakil” (Agent)
(see Lot 299, top left), to London. Table of charges on reverse, 16 x 17.5cm
| £6.00
|
| Perfin cover | |
| 303 |
18 II 15, printed Thomas Cook cover with printed address in Bombay, franked with 5m Pictorial perfinned T C / & S and cancelled
Cairo. Violet Passed by Censor / 3 / Bombay on arrival, and large Bombay GPO / Delivery mark behind for Feb 27
| £28.00
|
| Modern Rural covers | |
| 304 |
Selection of 27 modern (ie, mainly 1970s) covers used internally, all provided with varied all-Arabic Rural Service CDS either
outgoing or incoming, and a wide range of recent definitives and commemoratives. All Arabic addressed
| £20.00
|
| Seaman's Home | |
| 305 |
Alexandria / (Port) / (Seamen’s Home) [Murphy Type I] 20.XII.08 on PPC to Belgium
| £4.00
|
| 306 |
Alexandria / Seamen’s Home [Murphy Type II] 2.VIII.11 on PPC to Belgium
| £5.00
|
| 307 |
Alexandria / Seamen’s Home [Murphy Type III} 5.VIII.26 on PPC to Antwerp
| £5.00
|
| 308 |
Alexandria / Seamen’s Home large Registered cover (35x14cm; vertical fold) with Reg cachet
SEAMEN’S HOME OFFICE. CDS 1.IX.28 to Brussels
| £35.00
|
| 309 |
Alexandria / Seamen’s Home [Murphy Type IV] 6.VIII.31 on PPC to Belgium
| £5.00
|
| 310 | Seamen’s Home [Murphy Type V] 20 SE 33 on PPC to Brussels
| £5.00
|
| 311 |
Seamen’s Home [Murphy Type V] 21 DE 53 on Air cover sent as printed matter to London
| £8.00
|
| 312 |
Seamen’s Home [Murphy Type V] 16 JL 51 on Air cover to USA
| £5.00
|
| Postal History | |
| 313 |
(‘Royal Interest’) Registered cover of DAIRA KHASA DU KHEDIVE 26.X.11 to London
| £5.00
|
| 314 |
Paquebot cover (The Orient Pacific Line) with 1d Victoria 10 IV 02 from Port-Said via Alex to Canada (horizontal fold does not detract)
| £15.00
|
| 315 |
STATION MARITIME ALEXANDRIA 3 different postmarks on 2 PPC and Air cover
| £10.00
|
| 316 |
Deutsches Demokratisches Republik stamp “Helft Agypten” on cover to USA
| £3.00
|
| 317 |
(Nice!) PPC from Aswan via TPO ASWAN-LUQSOR 17.III.08 to St Petersburg
| £5.00
|
| 318 |
Hotel interest!) 20 para postal card sent 7 OTT 87 to Germany with special handstamp HOTEL DU NIL / H.FRIEDMANN / CAIRE (EGYPTE) (scarce!)
| £40.00
|
| 319 |
Cover correctly franked 5x1 = 5 mills (special tariff for Austria) sent from Cairo 17 V 14 to Vienna
| £5.00
|
| 320 |
Tatty cover (repaired) franked 2x2 piastres DLR (4th class) from Alexandria / Depart 28 FE 84 to Zifta. Unusual!
| £10.00
|
| 321 |
Air cover from Port-Said / Simon Arzt 13 OC 37 to India. Backstamps Alexandria and Cawnpore 18 OCT 37
| £4.00
|
| 322 |
December tax: Registered airmail cover to Switzerland; 230 mills for postage + 1m charity tax
| £15.00
|
| Gaza Covers | |
| 323 |
Registered printed commercial cover franked 45 mills (SG 14 + 22) 26 SE 50 from GAZA (Reg cachet alongside) to England
| £12.00
|
| 324 |
Air cover franked 21 mills (SG3, 2x4, 7) 3 AU 57 from KHAN YOUNIS / R. to England
| £10.00
|
| 325 |
Registered cover franked 75 mills (SG 2x11, 35m not taken into account!?) sent 6.2.58 from GAZA, Reg cachet alongside, to Geneva
| £12.00
|
| 326 |
Air cover franked 10 mills (SG 88 + 3x 93) sent 7 V 55 from GAZA / T. to Cairo
| £8.00
|
| 327 |
Registered cover (correctly!) franked 135 mills) (SG 100,105,113/4,3x 112) sent by Air 13.1.62 from NEW GAZA, Reg cachet alongside, to New York. VF
| £12.00
|
| 328 |
Registered cover franked 75 mills (SG 5x4 + 100) sent 3 MR 58 from KHAN YOUNIS/ R, Reg cachet alongside, to Switzerland (various backstamps!)
| £15.00
|
| 329 |
Air cover franked 60 mills (SG 123,125,2x131) sent 20.10.63 (late!) from GAZA / T. to Germany
| £5.00
|
| Egypt Stamps | |
| 330 |
1941 Air 10 mills in mint (never hinged) block of 4 with misperforation
| £3.00
|
| 331 |
1914 Official stamp 2 mills: mint block of 4 with ‘Abklatsch’ overprint set-off on the reverse
| £3.00
|
| French Post Offices | |
| 332 |
ALEXANDRIE French Maritime Cachet d'Escale. 26 April 1867. Cover to Lyon posted at the docks and receiving the octagonal postmark for
Paquebot Français Ligne V, No.3 (Salles 888) from the postal agent on board paquebot SAID to Marseilles. 40c Napoleon stamp cancelled
by the ship's anchor lozenge. Backstamps: "Lyon à Marseille" TPO, 2 May and Lyon arrival 3 May. Black PD and green oval sender's cachet.
The stopover postmarks of Ligne V (d'Egypte) are very scarce. (€ 300 +) See Salles Vol. 2, p. 229 & Grech "French P.O.s in Egypt" Vol.1, p. 141.
Rare item
| £80.00
|
| 333 |
Port-Saïd - 12 August 1903. Postcard to France (Arab women) franked 5c Type Blanc, yellow green, of French P.O., cancelled by small Type 84
CDS. UPU rate for postcards with less than 5 words. Precedes UPU use of "Imprimés" annotation on such cards. Dunkirk arrival 20/8.
| £5.00
|
| 334 |
Port-Saïd - 20 May 1906 - Superb strike of French PO's new CDS Type 04.A (introduced March 1906) here unusually cancelling an Egyptian
stamp 1 mill. De La Rue, on unused postcard of Moses fountain at Suez. Philatelic, but beautiful presentation.
| £6.00
|
| 335 |
Port-Saïd - 40c orange, Sage Overprint of 1899 issue. Fine used. Very well centred. Two corner perfs lightly creased but do not detract.
Clearly shows variety "one left dot" on Ï of Port-Saïd. Yvert 13/ SG 113. Cat. € 20+.
| £4.00
|
| 336 |
Port-Saïd - 1 Franc Merson Redrawn Design, issued October 1902. Off-centre as usual, but very fresh. Mounted mint. Yvert 32/ SG 134. Cat. € 16.
| £3.00
|
| 337 |
Forgery. Alexandrie - Probably fake "wide 6 Mill." typographical surcharge on genuine used 15c Mouchon orange, from the emergency Local Surcharges
of April 1921. Genuine stamp is catalogued at over €140, priced here as a very good forgery. Yvert 40.a/ SG 42.a. Supplied with it, for size-comparison
of "6", is a genuine 6 Mill. lithographic surcharge on 15c yellow shade.
| £14.00
|
| 338 |
Forgery. Port-Saïd - 60/ MILLIEMES fake surcharge and pmk on genuine Merson 50c, good centring. For the November 1921 Local Surcharges (Joffre issue).
Yvert 67/ SG 172. Rare genuine surcharged stamp cat over € 400. Good as a space-filler.
| £6.00
|
| 339 |
Forgery. Port-Saïd - 150/ MILLIEMES fake surcharge and pmk on genuine Merson 50c, normal centring. From the November 1921 Local Surcharges (Joffre issue).
Yvert 68/ SG 173. Rare genuine surcharged stamp cat over € 500. Good appearance.
| £15.00
|
| 340 |
Ferdinand de Lesseps - "Aperire terram gentibus" - 1805-1884, with French and Ottoman flags. Embossed colour card, publisher Plentl Mary
Mill Graz-Cairo, No.292. Unused, rare
| £3.50
|
| 341 |
Heliopolis: Airmail cover from Paris, 3 January 1947 (with 22F Marianne de Gandon) addressed to Mlle Huguette Empain in Sharia Sesostris
(today Sizustris). Cairo transit 5 January, Heliopolis arrival 6th. She was the grand-daughter (1925-1965) of the Baron Empain, founder of Heliopolis.
Her father was the Baron's eldest son Jean. A short biographical note is attached to this lot for information. Three months after this letter, in
April 1947, the Government expelled her from Egypt for having insulted an Egyptian military officer during a reception at the Heliopolis Palace Hotel.
She never returned. A rare historical item for anyone interested in Heliopolis.
| £15.00
|
| Literature – buyer’s invoice will be adjusted for postage and packing | |
| 342 |
King Fouad - "Egypt, The First Portrait Issue - A Compilation Since 1928", by John Sears. Published by the author. 1997. A4, 127
pages, soft cover. Gathers all the information on this subject from the ESC records, illustrating types, varieties, reprinting early articles. Very fine
| £20.00
|
| 343 |
"Armies in East Africa, 1914-18", by Peter Abbott. Illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri. Osprey Publishing. 250 x 185 mm. 48 pages in soft cover, 8 colour
plates showing the various armies (German, British, Belgian, South African, Portuguese) and numerous B/W photographs
| £7.00
|
| Postal History | |
| 344 |
Egypt 3 Mill brown Postal Stationery card (Balian 36), with added King Fouad 10 mills violet (Balian 292), to USA. Cancelled
CAIRO - ASYUT & V.V. TPO, 13 mill UPU rate. Long handwritten message on the back, dated 1 May 1937. Cairo transit machine mark 2 May 1937
| £4.00
|
| 345 |
British Barracks, Abbassia cancelling 5 mill Fouad on Cairo postcard, 12 April 1928, with “1 D" to pay. One penny red postage due (1914) applied
on UK arrival
| £5.00
|
| 346 |
Registered cover from Société Philatélique d'Egypte to Jean Boulad d'Humières (ESC 16) and former PSE president, in Switzerland. Franked with
Balian 702 and six copies of 709 on the back (200 Mills). Cancelled 5 April 1973 with rare perfect strikes of "Cairo RD Special 4" date-stamp, black
registration marking and other cachets. Note that the time on the central date-stamp has been corrected by hand. A very attractive item and special for
the PSE archives.
| £6.00
|
| 347 |
Postage Due 2 mills green of 1893 used at Maadi, 21 DE 1894, with boxed T mark.
| £3.00
|
| 348 |
Avis de Reception - Boxed AR cancelling 1884 De la Rue 1 piastre ultramarine. )
| £4.00
|
| David Roberts postcards | |
| 349 |
Four colour postcards illustrating views of the Holy Land from Roberts' travels in Egypt and the Levant in 1839. Nazareth, Hebron, Haifa, St. Jean d'Acre.
| £4.00
|
| 350 |
Different lot of four colour postcards illustrating views of the Holy Land from Roberts' travels in the area in 1839. Acre, Mount Tabor, Eilat, Jericho.
| £4.00
|
| Revenues | |
| 351 |
1938 I mill General Revenue (Feltus 21), 1000 copies used mainly in strips of three on cut-out card pieces. Huge range of postmarks and
shades, good for study
| £5.00
|
| 352 |
Palestine Court fee revenues. 35 used examples covering range of values and colours
| £20.00
|
| Egypt variety | |
| 353 |
1980 Cairo International Fair 20m commemorative (NP C876) in full sheet of 50 with printing information in selvage. Row 4/stamp 10 has variety
C876a, “Missing Arabic inscription lower right corner”. Unmounted mint sheet, NP cat value $82 in 2003
| £12.00
|
| French PO in Port Said | |
| 354 |
SG numbers 107 type a, 109 pale blue, 110, 111, 112, 127, 130, 131 used and 10c used on postcard. Cat value (SG 2004) £48
| £5.00
|
| Egypt FDCs | |
| 355 |
First-day covers of 1937 15th Ophthalmological Congress, 1938 Royal Wedding (plus mounted mint stamp), 1938 Telecoms Congress, 1938
Leprosy Congress (plus used set), 1944 Death of King Fuad, 1948 Saide. Nile Post cat $83 (2003)
| £10.00
|
| Censored covers to Maspero Freres | |
| 356 |
17 JU 18, plain handwritten cover from the Hurghada Club to Maspero Freres, Cairo, franked 5m Pictorial with Port Taufiq / D cds and
rectangular Passed / Censor / B in blue
| £6.00
|
| 357 |
27 JL 18, printed cover of Wills & Co, franked 5m Pictorial with handwritten address Maspero Freres, Cairo. Port-Said / A cds and
Passed / Censor / A in black on face, clear Cairo arrival behind next day
| £6.00
|
| 358 |
31 JL 18, long registered cover (folded) to Maspero Freres from Port Said, franked 2x10m Colossi, with faint Registration cachet alongside
and chamfered Passed / Censor / 1 on face. Back sealed with two large red wax blobs
| £7.00
|
| Triangular stamps on cover | |
| 359 |
18 2 63, FDC of Agriculture Ministry anniversary used for registered Seamail to Calcutta, franked with Post Day 20+10m and two
triangular 40+20m semipostals together with 10m TV Festival and Suez evacuation (with overprint) on reverse, for total rate of 120 mills.
Egyptian censor and Indian arrival mark. Unusual
| £6.00
|
| 360 |
20 9 63, cover marking 38th World Shooting Championships in Cairo used to UK National Rifle Association, franked with two triangle stamps
(table tennis 5m and shooting 10m) with 40m definitive to complete 60m air rate
| £5.00
|
| Thematic collections | |
| 361 |
Two folders crammed with international stamps on the theme “The world of Islam”, the first half-dozen pages concentrating on how Arabic
writing and calligraphy developed, the second (stockbook) not annotated but taking account of all aspects of Islamic life, illustrated by
literally hundreds of stamps and postcards from unexpected places as well as the Arab world. An enthusiast’s collection to build on.
Sample page illustrated
| £55.00
|
| 362 |
Two stockbooks concentrating on the theme of “science”, following up the last lot with Arab contributions to science, but then branching off
into all aspects of maths and technology. Close to 400 stamps, virtually all mint, to conjure with. Sample page illustrated
| £25.00
|
| Postage Dues | |
| 363 |
17 10 1956, Air cover from Paris to Cairo franked 40F, with T 0,17 alongside. Egyptian censor, and on reverse are 12 and 8m Dues cancelled
with scarce Cairo West cds
| £10.00
|
| 364 |
20 FE 59, small cover unfranked addressed to Cairo, delivery attempted and on third day 20m Due cancelled with Caire / T. Imprimés/ (1)
| £6.00
|
| Air covers | |
| 365 |
3 NO 35, small cover to England franked with 40m Air and cancelled Alexandria. Endorsed in pencil KLM Cairo-Amsterdam. No backstamps
| £6.00
|
| Postal History | |
| 366 |
1898-1900, neat pair of commercially printed covers, both to same address in France, both franked with 2x 5m DLR, from good strikes of Alex
and Cairo respectively
| £6.00
|
| 367 |
12 VI 02, neat blue envelope franked 1pi DLR blue, beautifully addressed, receiving tidy London NW thimble mark six days later
| £4.00
|
| 368 |
8 IX 06, commercial printed cover franked 2x 1pi blue DLR and addressed to Germany. Fine CDS of Hildburghausen on reverse
| £4.00
|
| 369 |
24 I 20, Reg cover from architect to Greece, franked with strip of five DLR 5m pictorials plus a single cancelled Ibrahimia Ramleh / RP
(Reg cachet alongside), with Alex transit and Athens arrival. Gold wax on reverse
| £5.00
|
| 370 |
14 JUN 23, commercial printed cover for Geneva, franked with very lovely strip of three Harrison 5m Crown overprint Pictorials cancelled by
Cairo machine roller. No backstamp
| £6.00
|
| 371 |
2 IV 30, handwritten envelope franked 15m Fuad for registration within Alexandria (black on white Reg label alongside), addressed to the Estate
of His Excellency Prince Mohamet Aly Ibrahim. Arrival mark next day on reverse.
| £4.00
|
| 372 |
6 APR 30, neat typed cover to Minnesota franked Fuad 15m and cancelled with clean Cairo machine
| £4.00
|
| 373 |
6 AP 30, printed cover of brush manufactory, registered En Ville, franked 3x5m Fuad, black on white Reg label, and faint arrival stamp next day on
reverse. Striking
| £4.00
|
| 374 |
8 AP 30, printed commercial envelope franked Fuad 5m + 20m for Registration and AR from Abu Kibir / R&P (Reg cachet alongside) to Cairo. No backstamp
| £4.00
|
| 375 |
22 MA 30, small air cover franked only with 27m brown Air Mail stamp from Cairo to London. No backstamp
| £4.00
|
| 376 |
10 MR 32, Bibby Line cover (flap), franked 1m Fuad in addition to 27m brown Air stamp for Port Said to London. Alex transit behind
| £4.00
|
| 377 |
4 SE 34, printed cover of School for Girls / American Mission / Zagazig addressed to London with air sticker and endorsement, and franked with
3m and 20m of UPU series together with 10m Air, all cancelled Zaqaziq / (T)
| £4.00
|
| 378 |
3 JA 37, small cover from Shibin el Qanater / P & R to UK by air, franked with generous spread of Fuad stamps: 2xEd 471m 3x2m 2x10m for total of
28 mills. No backstamp
| £4.00
|
| 379 |
Express. 13 FE 44, handwritten cover addressed to Alexandria franked with red/black Express stamp plus 1+13m Boy King for total 40 mills, with
early Express label alongside. CDS is B / Port-Said, arrival Alex / Delivery / Express 9 ½ hours later. Vertical fold away from stamps
| £12.00
|
| 380 |
1953? Small cover to Scotland franked with 3,4,10 and 30m barred Farouk issues and bilingual BOAC air sticker alongside. No backstamp
| £5.00
|
| 381 |
15 12 2007, long envelope addressed completely in Arabic and covered in stamps in apparent attempt to supply all available in current stocks.
All markings in Arabic
| £4.00
|
| Stamps miscellany | |
| 382 | Accumulation on cards and in envelopes of small mass of stamps, mainly mint and Hawid-protected,
essentially in and after the beginning of the Republic, though some much earlier noted. Unsorted, lucky dip bag. Clean for the most part,
probably 150 stamps
| £5.00
|
| Greetings cards | |
| 383 | 1958 stamp. Christmas card from Cairo stamp dealer Sfakianos to his client friends, 1m UAR Egypt
fellaha cancelled by his business stamp
| £4.00
|
| Picture postcards | |
| 384 | CMS Medical Mission (Gaza). The Old Mission Hospital, which was crumbling. Apparently published
by CMS, who claimed copyright. Mint, excellent
| £4.00
|
| 385 | Relief carving of Cleopatra in the Temple of Denderah. Sent to Scarborough franked DLR 4m with
Bulkley and Alexandria / A markings 14 XII 07
| £4.00
|
| 386 | B/W coloured humour card – “Mind your nose, gov’ner” on visit to Ostrich Farm. Sent to France from
Cairo on 22 II 07, excellent condition
| £4.00
|
| 387 | CM b/w photocard No 121: Supply-Caravan crossing Wahdi el-Mehza (Sinai). Scarce card
| £8.00
|
| 388 | Mosque bleu, upright b/w card, LL Cairo 88, mint, good condition
| £3.00
|
| 389 | Colour single-back card of Richter & Co, Napoli, labelled Backchich!! And used from Naples to
Potsdam with strip of five Italian 2c stamps, one damaged. Arrival 14 I 99
| £4.00
|
| 390 | Café arabe au Caire, upright single-back colour card of Lichtenstern & Harari, franked 2x2m DLR
for London from part-strike of Cooks Feb 04
| £4.00
|
| 391 | Sidi-Daniel Mosque, b/w Alexandria 100, mint, thin blue card
| £2.00
|
| 392 | Water carrier, Upper Egypt. Egyptian Gazette upright colour card, mint, first-class condition
| £4.00
|
| 393 | Rifai and Sultan Hassan minarets, b/w LL Cairo 235, mint
| £2.00
|
| 394 | Colourful midnight in the desert scene, CH Serie 732 No 1, franked strip of 4x1m DLR for London,
cancelled Ibrahimia with Alex transit 8 XII 11
| £4.00
|
| 395 | Jeunes femmes arabes Kardashian 24, charming b/w picture of four young girls, single back, franked
2x2m DLR for Rhode Island 22 XI 06
| £4.00
|
| 396 | General View, sepia Lehnert and Landrock Cairo 1001, franked 10m First Fuad, used to Vienna Feb 1925
| £3.00
|
| 397 | Port Said from the Breakwater, sepia Lehnert and Landrock 1327, franked 10m First Fuad and
used to England from Port Taufiq 10 DE 26
| £3.00
|
| 398 | Beautiful colour card with ear-ring girl and silver crescent, single back but no publisher.
Addressed in Cairo Christmas Day 02, but 2x1m DLR stamps ripped off. Sad
| £3.00
|
| 399 | Restaurant en Pleine air, KK /Scenes et Types No 87, colour card in excellent condition, franked
4m DLR for London, cds unclear, 30 IX 12
| £4.00
|
| 400 | Porteur de l’eau, LL upright card, mint, excellent condition
| £4.00
|
| 401 | Tuck’s Oilette colour card, A stopping place on the Nile, sent from Cambridge to /South Wales with
message spot usurped by glued-on cartoon of baby and teething powder. Inside joke. Excellent condition
| £5.00
|
| 402 | Tuck’s Oilette, bright colour card of three Girls of Araby, Young Egypt 9791, mint, fine condition
| £4.00
|
| 403 | Tuck’s Oilette 9021, colourful card of Donkey Boys outside Cairo Railway Station. Single back,
mint, very fine
| £4.00
|
| 404 | Tuck’s Oilette, Peasant Girl No 3479, originally painted by Greek artists V Vassilion, looking
aloof out of the picture. Pinholes top and bottom unfortunately, otherwise mint and excellent
| £4.00
|
| 405 | Tuck’s Oilette, No 9274, The Khedive’s Special engine developed by Egyptian Railways. Used within UK
| £5.00
|
| 406 | Tuck’s Picturesque Egypt series 4338, Market on the Nile, Cairo. Sepia card, divided back, mint, excellent
| £4.00
|
| Business postcards | |
| 407 | 18 8 27, Cairo lawyers’ printed card sent to Germany, franked vertical pair of First Fuad 5m,
machine cancel
| £3.00
|
| 408 | 13 3 33, printed card addressed to Glasgow School of Accountancy seeking guide book.
Franked 2x5m Fuad, cancelled Alexandria / Dep 3
| £3.00
|
| 409 | 29 SE 35, bilingual printed Benha merchant’s card, Arabic handwritten message, franked First
Fuad 3mills, internal rate
| £4.00
|
| 410 | 21 12 47, BOAC printed card sent from Import Section, Almaza Airport, telling Cairo car mart
that package of spare parts had arrived. Handwritten address, franked 2x2m Marechal. Illegible cds
| £3.00
|
| Definitive FDCs | |
| 411 |
Airmail: 10 11 88, 25p, NP A104, with mint examples of A104 and A102 (18 ½p)
| £6.00
|
| 412 |
Airmail: 1 3 93, 55p + 80p, NP A117-118
| £3.00
|
| 413 |
Goddess Silakht: 10p 25 3 0-1; 25p 23 6 99; 30p 11 6 01, NP D372-4. Three FDCs23 5 93
| £4.00
|
| 414 |
1993-94 issue: two FDCs, one combination with £E1 + £E2 (NP D363-4, dated 1 4 93), second with high-value £E5 (NP D365, dated 1 8 93). NP cat $27
| £9.00
|
| 415 |
As last, single cover with £E1 and £E2, 1 4 93
| £4.00
|
| 416 |
1989-92 Arabesque issue: high-value stamps, £E1, 8 2 90, NP D352) and £E2 (1 12 89, NP D353) on two FDCs, NP cat $22.00
| £7.00
|
| 417 |
Four covers: 5p 15 12 90; 10p with error in date - 1 10 89 for 10 1 89; 20p 1 2 90; combination cover 30p and 50p, cancel 15 2 90, as
Magdy, where NP gives 5 2 90. NP D344, 345, 347, 348 and 350
| £8.00
|
| 418 |
As last, smaller versions, three covers: 10p 20 11 90; 30p 1 8 91; 50p 11 7 92 (NP D 346, 349, 351
| £5.00
|
| 419 |
1993-94 Ancient Heads: four covers (two designs) with 15p 1 11 93; 15p + 5p 1 2 93, 25p 10 3 93 (not 94) and 55p 1 7 93. NP D354, 356, 359, 361
| £5.00
|
| 420 |
1997-98 issue: three covers – 5p 21 5 97; 25p from 1993-94 issue (? But clearly dated 10 11 98), and 75p 25 3 97. NP 366, 360(?), 368
| £5.00
|
| 421 |
25p from 1993-94 issue, but with FD cancel of 10 3 98 instead of 1994 (D 359?)
| £2.00
|
| 422 |
Combination cover with 5p + 15p from 1993-94 issue, dated 1 2 98, NP 354, 356
| £2.00
|
| 423 |
10p of 1989-1992 issue with pale blue ground and FDC date 1 10 89 instead of 10 1 89
| £2.00
|
| 424 |
1 2 93, long FDC issued by Cairo Philatelic Bureau bearing blocks of four of 5p and 15p of 1993-94 Ancient Heads issue. Addressed to Netherlands
| £3.00
|
| Commemoratives on cover | |
| 425 |
7 DE 37, beautiful clean cover addressed to Germany labelled Imprimés, and franked with 5m Anglo-Egyptian Treaty commemorative
(valid only to March 22). No backstamp. Odd
| £6.00
|
| 426 |
7 JA 55, Postcard of musicians from Ancient Egypt wall painting addressed to UK and franked with 37m of Arab Postal Union issue
(NP C160, issued Nov 1 1955). So seems that correspondent, offering New Year greetings for 1955, meant 1956!
| £5.00
|
| On Active Service | |
| 427 |
Small plain cover endorsed “On Active Service” and addressed to London. Received neat and unusual Attarine / Alexandria CDS for
27 SEP 15, and Alexandria / V transit mark next day (also set off on the face). No other marking
| £6.00
|
| 428 |
17 OCT 41, flimsy air envelope addressed to Transvaal and franked South Africa 6d and 4d. Cancelled by APO 30, which according to
pencil note on cover, was captured by the enemy
| £6.00
|
| Postal stationery | |
| 429 |
9 XI 91 T4, excellent Caire / D strike on 5m card (NP SPC3) to Switzerland. Lucern arrival
| £3.00
|
| 430 |
18 VIII 87, beautiful 20 para postal stationary postcard sent from Alexandria to Cairo, where received neat Caire.A arrival mark next day
| £12.00
|
| 431 |
1888, mint 5m + 5m reply card (SPC4). Excellent condition
| £2.00
|
| 432 |
1891, mint provisional 3m on 5m reply card (SPC6). Sl smudging
| £3.00
|
| 433 |
27 IV 08, 1pi postal stationery envelope (NP SEN2b, blue-grey), updated with DLR 3m+4m stamps for a rate of 17 mills to London.
Cancelled Port Said star and bridge, clean and neat but for stamper’s smudge on face. Part machine strike behind reads May 4
| £5.00
|
| Printed paper | |
| 434 |
(no date), top margin cut off Ottoman-period pre-Feltus government printed paper, double foolscap size, printed with 7-piastre value
and embossed with government albino seal, together with large blue trilingual cachet of Alexandria Court of Appeal and another faint circular
cachet impossible to read. Fascinating fragment
| £5.00
|
| Postal markings | |
| 435 |
16 AV 89, clear strike of Damiette / star and crescent on 5m stationery postcard addressed in Arabic to Tanta. Corner lost
| £3.00
|
| 436 |
24 I 91, Italian 10c postal stationery card, message in Italian, addressed to Cairo with spot-on Cairo / A arrival CDS
| £2.00
|
| Egyptian stamps | |
| 437 |
Mass of more than 150 Egyptian definitives, airs and commems, 1930s-40s, in excellent condition, inc 3 ms for 1959, 1965, 1966.
All very neat NH mint (majority) or hinge remains. Little duplication, excellent lot to build on
| £8.00
|
| Censor interest | |
| 438 |
(date?), Westinghouse printed air mail envelope with company name obliterated, franked Boy King 20+2 mills, not cancelled, marked
Personal and addressed to Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington. Passed by ONI Naval Censor. No backstamps
| £4.00
|
| 439 |
13 MR 43, Banque Misr printed envelope franked 4x5+2m Boy King for Tehran from Cairo / V. Opened and resealed by Egyptian censor and Censor
87 (Mrs Musgrave-Thomas), but also by Russian(?) and Anglo-Soviet-Persian Censorship. Arrival April 10
| £6.00
|
| Hotels interest | |
| 440 |
18 12 59, Cover from Nile Hilton to Zurich, franked 45m for air mail printed paper rate. No clear backstamp but seems to have travelled
| £4.00
|
| 441 |
Memorabilia – mini collection of 15 hotel matchbooks, all except Nile Hilton (old) and Egotel Luxor mint with full complement of matches.
Contains Marriott (2), Movenpick 2, Cecil 2, United Arab Airlines 2, Aswan Oberoi, Hyatt, Eastmar, Nile Hilton (modern), Ramses Hilton
| £9.00
|
| Postal history | |
| 442 |
16 FE 84, small cover franked 1pi rose (SG 47) for Ambleside, cancelled with clear Port Said / Depart CDS, flap torn, but part Ambleside
CDS on reverse 20 FE
| £6.00
|
| 443 |
12 VI 00, small envelope franked 2x5m DLR for postage from Minia to Chios, Turkey. Backstamped Alex / A, Smyrne in blue and faint Chios. Unusual
| £4.00
|
| 444 |
4 JL 02, 5m ps envelope (NP SEN6), uprated with 5m DLR for Germany and cancelled with clear Alexandria / Station CDS. Arrival mark
behind, central fold does not detract
| £4.00
|
| 445 |
19 III 24, neat Official folded letter addressed to Cairo from Banha (Banha Station mark behind), neatly sealed on three sides according to
regulation with bilingual black on pink Egyptian Government label
| £3.00
|
| 446 |
65 SE 25, lawyer’s printed envelope franked with 10+15m First Fuads for Registration and AR within Cairo. Various notations behind, but
Refused (trilingual box) and returned next day
| £4.00
|
| 447 |
12 JL 26, printed commercial envelope remarkably franked 2m First Fuad for Dar es-Salaam (no sign of it having not been sealed). On arrival
found to be undeliverable and returned with array of four “return to sender” markings. Dar arrival August 4 on reverse
| £6.00
|
| 448 |
20 OC 27, Clean registered Arabic-addressed cover franked 15m First Fuad from Tala / R&P with Reg cachet, to Cairo R&P and finally Azhar
| £4.00
|
| 449 |
13 VI 36, neat incoming registered cover from Belgium, readdressed Alex-Cairo with array of CDS behind, culminating in Cairo Delivery / RA1
| £4.00
|
| 450 |
26 SEP 39, Commercial printed envelope franked 4m Fuad with slogan machine cancel for Germany, “just” sealed. Boxed T alongside but
no tax raised on arrival
| £4.00
|
| 451 |
16 OC 39, cover addressed to UK Par Avion franked with three blocks of four of the Boy King 5m for a total of 60 mills, sent from Alexandria
with Cairo machine on reverse
| £3.00
|
| 452 |
1 FE 43, plain cover franked 1m Boy King and 20m Air for postage and registration from (R&P) / Qasr el Eini (Reg box alongside) in Cairo.
Reverse has Cairo transit and Cairo / Postmen delivery mark two hours later
| £5.00
|
| 453 |
1950? Two neat clean air letters (1944 SALS1 and 1949 SALS4 with Arabic watermark), both sent to same address in London, both with censor marks. Neat pair
| £4.00
|
| 454 |
UAR period, date unknown. B/W picture postcard of piece of art (can be identified?) from a Cairo exhibition, mentioned in message for France.
Marked Avion, franked 60m Air Mail + 2x10m UAR definitives, but cancelled only with three strikes of an Expres (single S) single-line handstamp. Unusual
| £4.00
|
| 455 |
UAR period, date unknown, Nile Hilton air mail envelope franked 60m in Republican definitives (loosely secured) for Switzerland, but cancelled
only with triple wavy lines. Censor mark, but no other. Odd treatment
| £4.00
|
| 456 |
19 8 60, printed company air mail cover addressed to New York, franked 100m+30n+5m with pink Reg label. Censored, and transit Cairo and Cairo
Airport with New York arrival Aug 22
| £4.00
|
| 457 |
1960-66, range of seven small envelopes with different frankings and postmarks, four containing original visiting cards. Mixed condition
| £4.00
|
| First Day, Souvenir covers etc | |
| 458 |
9 AU 46, plain envelope with Cairo Citadel Evacuation (SG 313) and day of issue Philatelic Bureau CDS
| £1.00
|
| 459 |
9 NO 46, full set of Arab League Congress (SG 315-27) on plain card stuck to plain envelope, all cancelled with day of issue Philatelic Bureau CDS
| £2.00
|
| 460 |
15.3.58, plain cover with 3m UAR Egypt definitive (SG 555) and FD cancel
| £1.00
|
| 461 |
As last, smaller envelope
| £1.00
|
| 462 |
16 4 58, small visiting card envelope with marginal 4m UAR Egypt definitive (SG 556) and FD cancel of Port Said
| £2.00
|
| 463 |
32 6 58, Air Mail envelope with 1m UAR Egypt definitive (SG 553) and Cairo FDC cancel
| £1.00
|
| Printing Experiment | |
| 464 |
1959, first anniversary of UAR/Yemen proclamation, printed in single colour as first production of Postal Printing House new press. Here deep rose
red, perforated and unwatermarked (NP page 270), mint NH
| £3.00
|
| Postmark cutouts | |
| 465 |
1925-38, remarkable collection of 22 cutouts, clean and perfect, of commemorative datestamps for the various exhibitions and congresses
celebrated by Egypt. Also two congress Registration cachet cutouts and an Egyptian Government sealing label. Ex Ibrahim Chaftar
| £5.00
|
| Egyptian military | |
| 466 |
1958, unfranked cover sent from Abu Shusha to Cairo. Received pencil T en route, arrived Cairo 25 AUG green roller canceller, followed by 20m
Due next day, and eventually small trilingual REFUSED handstamp. Contents remain
| £3.00
|
| 467 |
1964, unfranked barid harby cover, Arabic addressed, with hexagonal Unit 42 CDS and violet military censor. Machine arrival Sidi Gaber behind. Unopened
| £2.00
|
| Taxed and Postage Due | |
| 468 |
19 VIII 07, upright b/w card, Fille Fellah, unfranked for France. Port Said CDS, boxed T and French arrival, no dues
| £3.00
|
| 469 |
28 MR 19, colour card Port Said, Jardin de Lesseps, franked with 3m DLR Pictorial for Chester, cancelled Port Taufiq / D but received
boxed T / 05 en route. No tax raised in UK
| £4.00
|
| Postcards | |
| 470 |
Sepia – Le Caire – Rue Arabe. Cairo Postcard Trust Serie 201 4717, divided back, mint
| £2.00
|
| 471 |
Sepia – Alexandrie – Ramleh Terminus, showing double-decker coach. Spiro Grivas/Lehnert & Landrock, divided back, mint
| £8.00
|
| 472 |
Sepia – Café Arabe – Suez. MAF 18, divided back. Message describes “an Arabic Church”, not posted
| £2.00
|
| 473 |
Sepia – Egypt – Sakkas, watersellers. BB 34, divided back, mint
| £2.00
|
| 474 |
Sepia photocard – Interior of Azhar Mosque. Lehnert & Landrock 40, divided back, mint
| £2.00
|
| 475 |
Sepia photocard – Cairo – Davies Bryan’s Buildings. Cairo Postcard Trust 1206-3, divided back, mint
| £2.00
|
| 476 |
B/w – Cairo – Native Quarters. Cairo Postcard Trust Series 597, divided back mint
| £2.00
|
| 477 |
B/w – Cairo – Panorama. BB 95, divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 478 |
B/w – Ismailia – L’Eglise Grecque. Costi Damilacos, 9815, divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 479 |
B/w – Assouan – La Rue de la Gare. LL 7, divided back, on green car, mint
| £1.00
|
| 480 |
B/w – Rosette – Mosque Cheikh Momandur. Comptoir Philatelique 437 (Kardiache photo), single back mint
| £2.00
|
| 481 |
B/w – Cassara Bazar – Suez. CA2, divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 482 |
B/w photocard – Queen Victoria Statue. Boy King 3m+Marechal 10m for Holland from Port Tawfik / D 24 SE 47
| £1.00
|
| 483 |
B/w photocard – Port Said – The Boulevard Fouad 1. Oriental Commercial Bureau, divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 484 |
Colour – Waterseller and female water bearer (Egypt). Shurey’s Publications, mint, corner bend
| £2.00
|
| 485 |
Colour – ‘Saka’ - Porteur d’eau. DJL 300, divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 486 |
Colour – Monument of Ibrahim Pacha. Carto-Sport Rudmann 59800, divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 487 |
Colour – Danse Soudanaise. Lichtenstern & Harari 503, single back, mint
| £2.00
|
| 488 |
Colour – Le Caire – Rue Bab-el-Charieh. Comptoir Philatelique 2037 (Lekegian photo), single back, sl staining behind
| £1.00
|
| 489 |
Colour – Caire – Credit Lyonnaise. Cai 130 – 54641. Divided back, mint
| £1.00
|
| 490 |
Colour – three mint UAR cards of the Eastern Publishing Company showing romantic scenes – feluccas, pyramids and Cairo street
| £2.00
|
| TPOs – scarce single-town markings | |
| 491 |
17 VII 10, postcard from Zuglio, Italy, with fine transit marking of Port Taufiq / T.P.O. (Type 5A2.1) for final delivery to destination
(Suez receiving mark 17. VII 11)
| £15.00
|
| 492 |
15 V 09, unusual destination, b/w photocard (Sphinx, Alexandria), franked DLR 4 mills from Alex to Shanghai. Fine transit mark of Suez / T.P.O.
(Type 5A3.1), not illustrated by Smith
| £45.00
|
| 493 |
31 DE 28, small cover franked Fuad 5m to Mustapha Barracks, Alex, sent from Cairo roller with arrival T.P.O. 19 / Alexandria (scarce Type 5E1) on reverse
| £20.00
|
| 494 |
11 DE 24, long envelope (full lawyer’s letter remains) franked 5mills First Fuad (unsealed) for Cairo from Alexandria. Clean strike of T.P.O. 24 /
Cairo / E (Type 5C1.1) behind. Earliest date recorded
| £16.00
|
| 495 |
23 OC 25, neat folded lawyer’s letter-envelope, franked 2m First Fuad (unsealed) sent to Cairo from Mansura Station, with clean part strike
of T.P.O. 24 / Cairo / E (Type 5C1.1) behind
| £12.00
|
| 496 |
22 AP 26, printed business envelope with full set of Agricultural/Industrial exhibition, sent from Zifta to Cairo with clear strike on reverse
of T.P.O. 24 / Cairo / E (Type 5C1.1), even later date than last
| £25.00
|
| 497 |
22 AU 35, small blue envelope (letter remains) sent from Sidi Gaber (5m Fuad) to Cairo, receiving transit mark of T.P.O. 24 / Cairo / E
(as Type 5C1.1 but dm 27mm instead of 30mm, not recorded by Smith), and Dawawin arrival on reverse. Earliest recorded for this variant
| £16.00
|
| 498 |
11 AU 36, printed bank letter from Alex (5m Fuad) to Cairo, receiving transit mark of T.P.O. 24 / Cairo / E (as Type 5C1.1 but dm 27mm instead
f 30mm, not recorded by Smith), on reverse
| £13.00
|
| Literature: Philately and/or Military related. Note that postage costs may be levied | |
| 499 |
Egypt: various authors writing about exhibition at National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, 1950, A5, 214pp, softback, very good
| £3.00
|
| 500 |
Stamps of Egypt 1952-1957, Egyptian Postal Administration, 1957, 17x25cm, 32pp plus enclosure, softback, very good
| £3.00
|
| 501 |
Objective: Egypt, Gregory Blaxland, 1966, 15x22cm, 319pp, hardback with dust jacket, very good
| £3.00
|
| 502 |
Den Danske FN-styrke I Gaza (Danor Unef 1956-67), E Menne Larsen, 1979, in Danish, A5, 48pp, softback, very good
| £4.00
|
| 503 |
As above, English summary 1979, A5, 32pp, softback, very good
| £2.00
|
| 504 |
Canadian Military Post Offices to 1986, Baily & Toop, 1987, A5, 96pp, softback, very good
| £4.00
|
| 505 |
Guide to Postcodes, Egyptian Post Office, 1985 (in Arabic), 17x24cm, 96pp, softback, very good
| £3.00
|
| 506 |
Philatelic Atlas of the Ottoman Empire, by Andreas Birken, A4, 334pp, trilingual listing of all post offices in the Ottoman empire with maps
showing their positions. Softback, pristine condition
| £30.00
|
| 507 |
Consular …. In Egypt by Themis Dacos, A4, 93pp, stuffed with photographs detailing the history of the communications carried out by
the Greek consuls in Egypt. Softback, pristine condition
| £28.00
|
| 508 |
Postal History of the Holy Land 1459-1949, Zvi Alexander, 1998, display to the Royal, A5, 16pp no illustrations, softbound, pristine
| £1.00
|
| 509 |
Gibbons Middle East Catalogue 19, 6th edition, 2005, A4, 392pp, softback, good
| £3.00
|
| 510 |
The Military Museum and the History of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Ministry of Defence, no date, A4, 64pp, many illustrations, softback, very good
| £4.00
|
| General Egypt books | |
| 511 |
(no date), The Land of the Pharaohs, by Samuel Manning and James Balkie 135x210mm, 212pp, “new edition” taking into account recent
archaeological discoveries of 1880. Many illustrations, hardback, excellent condition
| £4.00
|
| 512 |
27 MA 90, souvenir of ESC Cairo visit to London for Stamp World 90, with image of Penny Black on papyrus, Egyptian definitives
for 1p+3p cancelled by Cairo Philatelic Bureau and 15p “two Queens” Machin. No 38 of 50 only prepared
| £2.00
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| 513 |
Communications in Egypt, by Rene Francis, 120x260mm, no date (1950s?), 56pp detailing advances in Egypt’s river, road and rail travel
and looking on to progress in the air. Many b/w illustration, softback, VG condition
| £5.00
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| 514 |
Men of the Desert Air Force by Charles Bowyer, 1964, 16x24cm, hardback with dust jacket, 256pp, many b/w photos.
A snapshot of The History of the RAF. Very good condition
| £6.00
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| 515 |
Suez, the Seven-Day War, by AJ Barker, 1964, 14x22cm, 218pp, many photos and maps, hardback, no dj. History of events leading to, during
and following Operation Musketeer, the “war” that changed the face of modern warfare, Good condition
| £4.00
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| 516 |
Lehnert & Landrock’s Guide to Egypt, by Hermann Ziock, 11.5x17cm, 1965, fat little hardback of 366 pages, many drawings, maps apparently all
presented, detailed as you would expect. Good condition
| £3.00
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| 517 |
The Crossing of Suez: The October War (1973), by General Saad el-Shazly, 1980, 15x22cm, 230pp, hardback with dust-jacket. A military
memoir of a crucial event for Egypt, written by the head of the armed forces at the time
| £6.00
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| 518 |
Too Rich: The High Life and Tragic Death of King Farouk by William Stadiem, 1992, 16x24cm, 409pp, many photographs, hardback with dust-jacket.
Intriguing story of the king who failed when faced with an impossible task of leadership. Good
| £6.00
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| 519 |
The Lion in the Sand: The British in the Middle East, by Gerald Butt, 1995, 160x240mm, 215pp, several b/w illustrations, hardback with dust jacket, pristine
| £3.00
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| 520 |
Defense Foreign Affairs Handbook on Egypt, by Gregory R Copley, 1995, 135x215mm, 156pp of information for national security professionals as a
detailed view of the framework in which Egypt exists. Softback, pristine
| £4.00
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| 521 |
Letters from Egypt by Lucie Duff Gordon, reprinted 1997, A5, personal account of an Englishwoman sick with TB making her way virtually alone for
seven years in Upper Egypt. Softback, good condition
| £4.00
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| 522 |
Ploughing Sand: British Rule in Palestine 1917-1948 by Naomi Shepherd, 1999, 16x24cm, 290pp, some historic photographs, hardback with dust jacket.
Watching Israel take shape and the Arabs lost their chance for statehood under British rule. Excellent condition
| £8.00
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| 523 |
Middle East Movers: Royal Engineer Transportation in the Suez Canal Zone 1947-1956, by Hugh Mackintosh, 2000, 150x210mm, 70 well illustrated pages
of personal reminiscence of life during the “undeclared war”
| £3.00
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| 524 |
Victoria College: A History Revealed, edited by Sahar Hamouda and Colin Clement, 2002, 16x24cm, 324pp including several Appendices, many photographs,
hardback with dust-jacket. AUC-published detailed history of one of the country’s most highly-regarded schools
| £10.00
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| 525 |
Sophia Poole: The Englishwomen in Egypt, edited by Azza Kararah, 2003, 15.5x24cm, 256pp, hardback with dust=jacket. Story embellished with her own
writing of a lady determined, in the mid-1840s, to learn all the secrets of the harem. Pristine condition
| £6.00
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| 526 |
Alexandria Past, Present and Future by Jen-Yves Empereur, (no date, 2004?), 12.5x17.5cm, 160pp, softback pocket guide surfed with historic and modern
photographs in b/w and colour. Pristine
| £4.00
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| 527 |
A Child from the Village, by Sayyid Qutb, 15x23cm, 150pp, 2005, softback. Fascinating tale life in the village (in this case Musha, Asyut, but could
be anywhere in Egypt). Between 1912 and 1918. The writer was condemned to death by Nasser’s courts
| £4.00
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| 528 |
From Pharaoh’s Lips: Ancient Egyptian Language in the Arabic of Today, by Ahmad Abdel-Hamid Youssef, 2005, 125x195mm, 131pp of amusing and
thought-provoking language links with cartoon illustrations. Softback, excellent
| £3.00
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| 529 |
Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun, by Agnieszka Dobrowolska and Jaroslaw Dobrowolski, 2006, A4, 192pp crammed with colour and b/w
photographs including a remarkable two-page aerial shot. AUC Press, celebrating 100 years of astonishing architecture. Softback, pristine
| £9.00
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| 530 |
Cairo, The Family Guide by Lesley Lababidi and Lisa Sabbahy, 15x21cm, 2010, softback, 350pp, many maps, American University-backed guide to
everything an expat needs to know to live in Cairo, from laundry to houseboats. Pristine
| £6.00
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| 531 |
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany’s Bid for World Power 1898-1918, by Sean McMeekin, 458pp, 2010, 16x24cm hardback with dust
jacket, many plates and maps. Impeccable history of a troubled period for the Middle East and world communications
| £10.00
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| 532 |
The Valley of the Kings: A Site Management Handbook, by Kent R Weeks and Nigel J Hetherington, hardback in dust jacket, AUC published still in
cellophane wrapper so other details unknown. An attempt by a top US archaeologist to control tourist access that is threatening to damage the royal
burial places beyond repair. Excellent pristine
| £12.00
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| 533 |
Khan al-Khalili, a novel by Nobel winner Naguib Mahfouz, 14x22.5cm paperback, American University Press 2015. Story of a middle-class family
trying to survive 1942’s troubles by keeping out of the way in the area where Mahfouz grew up
| £6.00
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| 534 |
Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds, edited by Franck Goddio and Aurelie Masson-Berghof. 2016, 25.5x29cm, 272pp, softback crammed with colour and b/w
illustrations. Catalogue of the British Museum exhibition telling story of Goddio’s excavations of the cities lost under Alexandria’s coastline.
Stunning is the only word. Pristine condition
| £24.00
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| 535 |
All About Postal Matters in Egypt, by Willard Fiske, 155x215mm, reprint in 1977 by Harry Hayes and John Alden of 1897 original.
A brave first attempt to detail Egyptian postal information in 24 pages. Softback, pristine condition
| £6.00
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| 536 |
Egyptian Postal Guide 1932, photocopied professionally on to A4 pages. A few preliminary pages, then full PO listing from page 497-600
followed by Sudan and some appendices. Excellent condition, absolutely invaluable information
| £35.00
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| 537 |
Egyptian Postal Guide, date unknown. Photocopied as original, in double normal-sized pages, full Post Offices listing from page 435 to 511.
Masses of detail – but when?
| £20.00
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| 538 |
GPO Cairo, Alterations to be made to the Egyptian Postal Guide No 47, 1935. As last, photocopied on to A4 page. Infinite detail in
spiral-bound complete report of 23pp
| £3.00
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| 539 |
Egyptian Government Postal Administration Annual Report, 1935, as above, complete report copied in 61 pages of immense detail
| £4.00
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| 540 |
The 20th Century Stamps of Egypt, by Ernest Kehr, 1942, A5, 48pp, truly detailed examination of Egypt’s philatelic production with a
great effort to explain as well as merely list. Softback parting, contents very good
| £4.00
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| 541 |
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 9th edn, 1944, 155x245mm, 528pp detailing every rock, shoal, inlet, lighthouse and beachside building, a
boon for those hoping to track down a mystery postmark. Hardback, excellent condition
| £5.00
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| 542 |
Note Historique sur les timbres-poste en Egypt, 1946, 135x195mm, published to mark the centenary of the first Egyptian adhesive.
60 pages, many b/w illustrations, softback, good condition
| £4.00
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| 543 |
The Egypt Flight: LZ127 – Graf Zeppelin, by Fred Blau and Cyril Deighton, 1981, A5, 80pp examining every detail of the Egypt flight.
Packed with illustrations, crucial aid for air enthusiast. Softback, pristine
| £10.00
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| 544 |
(no date), The Stamps of Egypt, by RER Dalwick, A5, 32pp, covering stamps, postmarks, forgeries etc up to the time of the British Protectorate.
Well-illustrated, softback, good condition
| £3.00
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| 545 |
(No date), Les Timbres français Perfores, by Georges Lebland, 135x210mm, detailed listing in 16 pages. Softback, pristine
| £2.00
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| 546 |
Egypt Archiva Stamps Catalog 1925-61, by K Hagopian, 1984, A5, 28ppm simplified listing of Royal misperforates in b/w, spiral bound, VG condition
| £2.00
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| 547 |
Soldiers of the Nile: A Biographical History of the British Officers of the Egyptian Army 1882-1925, by Henry Keown-Boyd, 1996, 150x220mm, 223pp,
hard-back with dust jacket, pristine. Massive listing of names and positions of those sending and receiving mail
| £6.00
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| 548 |
Queen Elizabeth II: A Jubilee Portrait in Stamps, 2002, 26x24.5cm, 112pp, hardback with dust jacket. British Library publication marking 50
years on the throne and illustrating in dozens of photographs the events of those years and how her portrait changed on GB adhesives.
Excellent condition, untouched
| £16.00
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| 549 |
Directory of Overprinted British Postal Orders, by John Gledhill, 21x30cm, 136pp, 6 colour plates, softback, pristine. Postal Order Society
detailed catalogue with historical introduction
| £10.00
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| 550 |
Egypt Early Airmail 1910-1936, by Lucien Sami Toutounji, 2013 A celebration of the exhibit presented with Large Gold at Lisbon 2010, augmented
by yet further treasures, all illustrated in colour in 160 A4 pages. Spiral bound, exhilarating, pristine
| £15.00
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| 551 | Postmen at War: A History of the Army Postal Services from the Middle Ages to 1945,
by Colonel E T Vallance, 2015, A4, 287pp, softback, pristine. Lavishly supplied with photographs, maps, tables and graphs, with
Egypt providing early (1882, Suakin) and late (Western Desert) chapters
| £10.00
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