Egypt Study Circle Auction 61
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Lot
Description
Reserve
The following three lots are kindly donated, to be sold for Circle funds, by Jack Graham (ESC 541) from Oregon, a long-standing colleague who wishes his material to go to a good home with a fellow member
‘PYRAMIDS’ THEME
001
 Collection of Pyramids cds Types 5 (arc in upper segment; 1912-38, 14 covers, six cards, one Reg cachet) and 6 (straight-line, 1937-54, 15 covers, one card, inc two Reg cachets and three scarce Cash cds), developing into Mena House covers and memorabilia, then various Allied camps at Mena (Aus/NZ/SAf/Ind) 14 cards/covers of both wars including several evocative cards (and astonishing 1915 letter with eye-witness account of Turks attacking across Canal at Ismailia) and then into archaeological interest. Mainly mounted, all fascinating

£300.00
COOK’S AND NILE TPOS
002
 1895-1907, mainly mounted collection of early Nile TPOs, following Cook’s and railway service up-river illustrated by TPO markings for Asyut-Aswan, Girga-Aswan, Luxor-Aswan and Luqsor-Shallal on cards and covers, with Luxor Hotel and Ghesireh Palace (1m wrapper followed dahabieh Cheops to Luxor-Edfu-Aswan), Cooks memorabilia and Nile Service brochures for 1889 and 1891, State Railway postcards, illustration of Postal Steamer Nefert-Ari, and 1883 request from British Occupation Army to borrow a Cook’s steamer for VIP visit to Pyramids. Eight covers and 20 cards, including Cooks Nile Steamboat Services (1895, 1898) used to US and UK

£300.00
RICHTER POSTCARDS
003
 Four glorious cards by Richter & Co, Napoli, three pristine mint (Cairo Citadel, Cairo Pyramids, and Port-Said); fourth used with 2m DLR to Milan showing Step Pyramid and labelled Mitrahineh (Memphis). Beautiful

£45.00
ROYAL WEDDING
004
 1938, Royal Wedding … Farouk 18th Birthday £E1 stamp in right marginal block of four. Pristine perfect condition with original gum, unmounted (SG 272, cat £250 each)
£750.00
ROYAL COLLECTION
005
 1933, Royal misperforates from the collection of Fouad and Farouk. Air Mail complete set of 21 stamps, 1m to 200m, with staggeringly oblique perforations, full gum behind, unmounted mint, perfect condition (NP A3-23)
£520.00
006
 1938, Royal misperforates as last, complete set of nine Officials with oblique perforations. Unmounted, perfect condition (SG O276-284)
£145.00
GERMANS IN MERSA MATRUH
007
 1941 Spectacular Feldpost boxed palm-and-swastika overprint on Egyptian Boy King stamps during German occupation of Mersa Matruh, unmounted mint. Rare. Overprint in red in 1 mill (SG 248).
£40.00
008
 As last, overprint black on 2 mills (SG 249)
£40.00
009
 As last, overprint red on 5 mills (SG 252)
£40.00
REVENUES – CIGARETTE TAX
010
 1894-1900, mini collection of eight revenues, various colours and values in names of C.Caravopoulo, Salapata, Zireh, L.Engelhardt, Liapoulo Freres, Ombos, Ph F Boulad, G&I Caravopoulo. Unusual
£30.00
011
 1920, Second Obelisk Issue, dull lilac, mint single, imperf at left (Feltus p.34 No 282)
£10.00
012
 1920, As last, neat clean mint block of four imperf at left (Feltus p.344 No 282) reports multiples unknown
£30.00
013
 1941, Feltus’ Foreign Cigarettes Overprint issue, blue, with brown filigree, opt Duty Paid / Foreign Cigarettes, used (Feltus page 37, no 293)
£15.00
014
 1955, Republic of Egypt issue, maroon with orange filigree, Duty paid (p.38, no 299)
£10.00
015
 1960, UAR issue, blue with pale blue filigree, Duty paid (Feltus p.39, No 302)
£18.00
016
 1960, the UAR issue (large), maroon with orange filigree, Duty paid (p39, no 303)
£10.00
017
 1972, A.R.E issue incorporating UAR eagle in design, not recorded by Feltus
£10.00
018
 1975, the Large A.R.E. issue, Duty paid, purple, (page 39, no 305)
£10.00
019
 1977, the Small A.R.E. issue, Duty paid, purple with green and pink filigree (page 39, No 307)
£8.00
020
 1980, the Third A.R.E. issue, Duty paid, purple with grey filigree (page 39, no 309)
£8.00
REVENUES – MATCH TAX
021
 1943, Feltus’ Last Kingdom issue, 60 matches, violet with black signature, perfect condition (page 42, no 365)
£15.00
REVENUES – PLAYING CARD TAX
022
 1988, Third ARE issue, emerald green duty stamp similar to 1980 issue but with new black signature. Unrecorded by Feltus (1983), mint full gum
£15.00
REVENUES - MISCELLANEOUS
023
 1938-40, Revenue stamp of Greek Consulate in Alexandria, used on birth and death certificates
£8.00
024
 1940, Medical Syndicates Union, printing essay for first issue, 4 mills orange, in block of four unmounted mint with gum on reverse, no wmk (Feltus p.88, no 832)
£20.00
025
 1947, King Fuad 10 mills label in red supporting hospital building fund, remarkable lower half of sheet with three margins (see Feltus page 200-201)
£15.00
026
 1960, Fourth Issue Medical Syndicate, 50m scarlet red (Feltus page 90, no 849, wmk stethoscope), in full sheet of 20 (4x5) with wide margins all round, control number A/60 (Arabic) at lower left and Arabic number 86 at top right
£45.00
027
 1963-64, charity labels for society aiding poor and hungry in winter, block of four 10-mills fund-raising labels (Feltus p.202), cancelled with red crayon “laghy” in Arabic
£5.00
028
 1965, 5m emerald green postal tax stamp for liberation of Palestine/Gaza, unmounted mint with margin (Feltus page 13, no 149)
£10.00
029
 1968, Postal Authority printing essay (inscribed “without value”) in blue for unissued stamp intended to support children’s education, unmounted with gum, no wmk
£15.00
REVENUES ON DOCUMENTS
030
 1945-46, four receipts/mandates all provided with Mixed Court Attorneys lawyers pension fund issue, Two as Feltus p.77 No 642 with 100m opt; two others with unrecorded 150mm surcharges
£20.00
031
 1969, translation certificate issued by Royal Greek Foreign Ministry in Athens and authenticated by UAR consulate. Fees paid with eight overlapping strips of 5x10m UAR Long Eagle revenue (Feltus 447) plus 2xUAR 500m (Feltus 473) and single 100m general revenue. Spectacular. Part illustrated only
£70.00
032
 1977, invoice for studio equipment from Budapest with fees paid by total of 23 overlapped revenue stamps: consular service, 5x40m, 5x60m, 5x300m, plus 3x£E1 Ramses issue and 5x25m general revenues (Feltus 450,452,458,471,71). Spectacular. Part illustrated only
£60.00
033
 1979, list of names of Italian tourists issued by ARE consulate in Rome, each one given a $USD2 Unesco Nubian Monuments revenue (Feltus 479) – 49 in total. They are attached on both sides in blocks of 10, 5x2, with margins on three sides, indicating that they may have been printed in this manner. Never before seen. Part illustrated only
£80.00
034
 1996-99, two visa pages from Egyptian passports, both with Tutankhamun mask consulate revenue stamps, one of £E192.40 value, other of £E422.40
£15.00
REVENUES – PALESTINE AUTHORITY
035
 2009, birth certificate of Palestinian Authority Interior Ministry in Rafa, fees paid by a mixture of Palestinian $US5 green revenue stamp and Egyptian small eagle £E11, all authenticated and approved by Egyptian authorities. Most unusual
£20.00
UNDERCOVER MAIL
036
 1969-71, collection of ten covers sent from occupied land (Palestine) to Postmaster in Nicosia, Cyprus, to circumvent mailing restrictions. All covers franked with Israeli stamps, from the following towns: Jerusalem (3), Deir el Balah (2), Gaza, Rafa, Bethlehem, Khan Younis and Ramallah. Part illustrated only
£38.00
OFFICIAL LABELS
037
 1918-22, Egyptian State Railways official label, unused
£8.00
038
 1929, First African Games, held in Alexandria, two different unmounted labels (see Feltus p.199)
£20.00
039
 1930, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs circular resealing label in green, unmounted
£12.00
040
 1948-49, three assorted exhibition labels – Citex Paris, Bepitec, Imaba
£18.00
SALAMA FORGERIES
041
 Second Issue, 5 paras in full sheet of 42 stamps, gummed on reverse
£15.00
042
 Second Issue, 10 paras in full sheet of 42, gummed on reverse
£15.00
043
 Second Issue, 20 paras in full sheet of 42, gummed on reverse
£15.00
044
 Third Issue, 10 para in full sheet of 42, gummed on reverse
£15.00
FORGERIES – PRINTER UNKNOWN
045
 1927, 5 mills brown Postage Due (SG D177) in full sheet of 50 stamps with margin. No watermark, and no gum on reverse
£10.00
046
 1921/22, 4 mills Harrisons pictorial (SG 88) in full sheet of 50. No watermark and no gum
£10.00
047
 1922, Crown overprint 3 mills in full sheet of 50 (SG 100)
£10.00
048
 1922, Crown overprint 4 mills in full sheet of 50 (SG 101)
£10.00
POSTAL STATIONERY FORGERIES
049
 Date? Remarkable series of eight postal stationery forgeries , based on 1914 or 1922 Pictorial series, all in red on cards and envelopes, but for 10m blue Colossi and 50m purple on large envelope. Who made them remains a mystery
£25.00
BRITISH FORCES
050
 1932-35 Christmas seals, 3 mills vermillion (SG A6), NP in full sheet of 20, unmounted with margins all round. Fine condition
£50.00
051
 1934-35, 1 pi Letter Stamp in block of 10 (5x2) (SG A7), all cancelled with retta strikes
£15.00
052
 As last, in unmounted block of four
£15.00
053
 1932, NAAFI Postal Seal, 1pi in block of six, cancelled with retta strikes
£15.00
054
 1932 NAAFI Letter Seal, 1pi in lower marginal block of eight with retta cancels
£10.00
PRINTED ESSAYS
055
 1970, no-value essay of Aswan Kima Factory, not issued, full sheet of 35 stamps mint with full margin, no wmk. Part illustrated only
£25.00
SUDAN
056
 1898-99, 10pi Military Telegraph stamps in complete sheet of 60 with full margins (SG T16), single fold, excellent condition. Part illustrated only
£65.00
057
 1965, pristine b/w bilingual Automobile Club of Egypt road map of Sudan with railways, principal/secondary roads, 46x53cm. Excellent. Part illustrated only
£30.00
PELLEGRIN MAP POSTCARDS
058
 1919, Series of beautifully printed colour cards showing provinces and areas of.. Egypt in detailed maps. All in good condition. No 2 – Environs d’Alexandrie
£12.00
059
 As last, No 3 – Environs due Caire
£12.00
060
 As last, No 4 – Pyramides de Guizeh
£15.00
061
 As last, No 7 – Province de Beherah
£12.00
062
 As last, No 8 - Province de Gharbieh
£12.00
063
 As last, No 9 – Province de Dakahlieh
£12.00
064
 As last, No10 – Province de Charkieh
£12.00
065
 As last, No 11 – Provinces de Menoufieh & Kalioubeh
£12.00
066
 As last, No 15 – Province de Fayoum
£12.00
067
 As last, No 25 – Egypte
£12.00
MAXIMUM CARD
068
 1908, colour card, painting of Nile evening scene with felucca, franked 5m DLR (SG 63) cancelled Hilwan and addressed to Paris. Arrival five days later
£28.00
HOTELS INTEREST
069
 1930s Luxor Winter Palace Hotel advertising card, Nile and hotel in sepia (card 12x9cm), excellent condition, sl adhesion behind
£5.00
070
 1960 surprising accordion-cards advertising brochure jointly for Semiramis Hotel (demolished 1975) and successor Shepheards (closed in 2000), 10x16.5cm opening out into two folded colour postcards for each hotel
£10.00
SOLDIERS’ CIGARETTE FUND
071
 18 MAR 16, printed postcard illustrated with a grateful Tommy acknowledging gift from Weekly Dispatch Tobacco Fund. Franked 5m Pictorial, addressed to London from a Driver serving in Sidi Gaber
£8.00
CIGARETTE ADVERTISING
072
 1930s Simon Arzt label advertising Extra Mild cigarettes for his Port-Said establishment. Richly coloured in gold and scarlet, 9 x 11cm, mint condition
£10.00
073
 1936, Alex Livanos advertising label (10x13cm) advertising his Egyptian cigarettes with stores in Cairo and Alexandria. Ancient Egypt theme, mint
£10.00
PALESTINE ON COVER
074
 1948, small clean cover, Arabic addressed from Gaza to Qubba Bridge franked with Farouk 20 mills Palestine opt, censored on arrival
£8.00
RAILWAY TIMETABLE
075
 1911 timetable poster for Lower Egypt rail company, detailed for Mansourah-Dekernes-Matarieh (Lake Menzaleh)-in French, illustrated with map, printed by L J Vaneri Freres of Mansura. 30x45cm, folded and quite fragile. Part illustrated only
£30.00
MEDITERRANEAN GAMES
076
 October 1951, official guide in French map of Alexandria, 12pp, 14x20cm, to the first Games in Alexandria, complete schedule of all events, fold-out map of the stadia. Games advertising label (Feltus p.199 top right) on reverse. Excellent condition
£40.00
LETTERS FROM ASSASSINATED SIRDAR LEE STACK
077
 7 March 1908, typed letter in English signed by L O F Stack, Miralai and Sudan Agent, who later became Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar (head) of the Egyptian Army but was assassinated by gunmen in a Cairo street in November 1924. This letter, from the Sudan Agency of the War Office, seeks a free Cairo Tramways pass for a staff member and (with the next) seems a trivial episode in a glittering military career
£35.00
078
 17 March 1908, Lee Stack, now described as Director of Intelligence as well as Sudan Agent, typewritten English letter to thank a colleague for arranging the free tramways pass
£30.00
EGYPT AND SUDAN WAR OFFICE The following eight lots comprise official War Office correspondence, with many rare markings
079
 17 Sept 1895, foolscap letter in English to Public Works Department from Head Quarters, Egyptian Army, War Office, Cairo
£18.00
080
 20 Oct 1901, English typed and handwritten correspondence dealing with transfer of employment of a staff member, continues over page. Nice strikes of Director of Stores / Egyptian Army and Adjutant General / Egyptian Army
£18.00
081
 30 June 1903, all-Arabic correspondence to and from Recruiting Department signed by E.S (?)Herbert, deputy to General Argonaut(?). Continues over page
£18.00
082
 21 July 1904, all-Arabic letter to the Egyptian War Office from the Khedivial Guard (wonderful handstamp) seeking a list of properties for General Argonaut(?)
£18.00
083
 15 Jan 1906, typed letter in English from India to Under Secretary of State for Public Works in Cairo
£8.00
084
 6 Aug 1908, letter typed in English – continuing correspondence about the Cairo Tramways pass, mentioned in Lots 077 and 078, written by Kamaikam Assistant Adjutant General, Egyptian Army
£18.00
085
 30 July 1914, Arabic letter with French response seeking sick leave for an Antiquities Department employee needing an operation for a tumour on his neck. Approval signed by Georges Daressy, head of antiquities
£18.00
086
 22 April 1917, completed printed form presumably following up the last (above). Daressy making application for employee with same name, now seeking a month’s time off work to be spent in Egypt
£18.00
EGYPT STAMPS AND VARIETIES
087
 1926 surcharge issue: 10 mills on 100 mills, Nile Post D 104a, vertical pair with wmk inverted, MNH
£15.00
088
 1933, Cairo International Aviation Congress, complete set of five unmounted mint, SG 214-218 cat £100
£40.00
089
 1958 Egyptian Industries mini-sheet of five by five se-tenant, with inv wmk, SG 565-569, unmounted mint
£50.00
090
 Four stamps showing printing flaws: 1961, UAR glass lamp 4m misperf (Magdi p226, 294), UM; 1978 pharaonic column definitive 35m with yellow shifted down (Magdi p.240, 377a); 1980 Cairo Int Fair 20m with Arabic value omitted (Magdi p.246, 829a), fine used; 2005, aircraft production, 150pi, enormous horizontal perf shift not recorded by Magdi (p.430)
£40.00
091
 1933 Air set, 1 mill block of four with printing error, second E of Aerienne deformed. Unmounted mint
£16.00
POSTAL LABELS Etc
092
 1924 Motor Mail – Egyptian Overland Desert Mail label for mail travelling east, neat block of nine, MNH
£10.00
093
 1924 Air Mail – first Egyptian label, bilingual Arabic and French, horizontal block of eight, MNH
£10.00
094
 1931 Air Mail – second Egyptian label, bilingual Arabic and English, horizontal block of eight, MNH
£10.00
PALESTINE / GAZA
095
 1955-56, Sultan Hassan Mosque republican definitive series bilingually overprinted for use in Palestine, all missing final “E” of overprint (NP P48a-52a, cat 2003 $25 each), unmounted mint
£40.00
096
 1962, business card envelope sent from New Gaza to Manial in Cairo, franked with 4 mills Ramadan festival UAR/Palestine adhesive. Censored on arrival
£40.00
POSTAGE DUES
097
 1938, incoming cover from Leeds to Heliopolis franked 2x 1 1/2d KGVI. Received hexagonal T marking and 2+10m Dues (SG D173, D180) on arrival
£15.00
098
 1958-59 complete set of seven Dues with wmk Eagle-Republic Egypt. SG D573-578, cat $30. Unmounted mint
£20.00
099
 1959, unfranked envelope from Abu el Shuquq to Cairo, received boxed T and 8+12m Dues (SG D179, D181) on arrival
£12.00
REVENUES
100
 1881, unrecorded double-foolscap-sized folded Khedivial government revenue stamped paper, embossed with tughra but no watermark, issued from Alexandria court to Cairo court. Impeccable condition
£25.00
101
 Savings Bank revenues – 1963-65 regional issues, 1970-71 First Postal Savings issue, 1973-80 Second Postal Savings issue (Feltus pp71-72). Lot of 15 stamps
£30.00
102
 1969, three covers locally used from Cairo and/or Mallawi, all franked with tax stamps instead of definitives
£8.00
103
 2019, Lawyers’ Syndicate, newly issued self-adhesive revenues, three (5, 20 and 100 pounds) for the Court of Cessation, Ramsis, the fourth (£E10) for the 8 October Elementary Court, Giza
£24.00
104
 Misr Petroleum perfin with distinctive Three Pyramids punctures, on 200 mills Engineering Syndicate first UAR issue (rouletted, no watermark) – see Feltus p84, no 756
£20.00
POSTAL HISTORY – CORONA VIRUS
105
 2020, plain cover with modern barcode registration sent from Cairo on March 15 to Beirut, delayed in transit at Cairo airport and eventually returned with blue boxed Arabic cachet reading “Return to Sender. No service” (see QC 273, p.26). Arrived back with sender May 17
£35.00
106
 2020, A5 manilla cover similar to last, sent from Cairo to Hamilton in Canada on March 15, returned to sender with blue “No service” cachet May 5
£40.00
POSTAL HISTORY
107
 11 9 1936, All-Arabic letter and cover written on board Societe Misr de Navigation Maritime SS el Nil, cancelled with faint company cds, posted in Alexandria and arrived Fayoum next day
£25.00
108
 28 6 37, much travelled registered air mail cover from Cairo Parliament to Paris, redirected to Majestic Hotel in Vichy, franked with 2x10, 2x15 plus 3 mills Fuads. Eventually returned to sender and resealed with OHEMS green/black registration labels instead of “found and resealed”. Most unusual
£25.00
109
 1939, small cover incoming from Rangoon to Shubra, franked with Indian 1 anna, and similar ½ and 1-anna with Burma overprints. Reverse had faint Recu par Avion / Alexandria handstamp
£8.00
110
 5 Sept 1946, Express cover from American Red Cross office in Cairo to Naguib Bey Badar in Alexandria, franked with 4x10m Marechal
£10.00
111
 1949 Airmail letter sheet wmk ‘Extra strong’ (NP SALS3, $20) from Kafr el Zayat (date?) to England. Censored, neatly typed address and return address, but otherwise no message contained
£5.00
112
 1951 Air Mail cover incoming from Southern Rhodesia. Addressed to Cairo, with most unusual Arabic instructional marking “Passed by Censor Department”. Next to stamp, in Arabic handwriting, “Post bag”. Unusual
£15.00
113
 1956, Egyptian Education Bureau long envelope franked with green Washington machine 3cents for Roxbury, Mass, where received 10 centimes Due cachet and redirected to Cairo. Censored in Egypt and received strip of 3x6m Dues, damaged on opening. Fascinating
£18.00
114
 1982, incoming official unfranked registered air mail cover from Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic, Ministry of Communications office, addressed to Philatelic Bureau at Cairo Post Office, Ataba Square
£6.00
EGYPTIAN MILITARY MAIL
115
 1950, military post cover containing a five-page letter in Arabic from an Egyptian soldier of the Second Division Artillery Unit on the front line with Israel at El Arish Camp. Addressed to Rod el Farag in Cairo, and censored with two military cachets
£10.00
116
 1954, all-Arabic cover (contents remain) sent from Moascar El Arish to Zaqaziq, unfranked, with triangular military censor in violet on face, unit marking and Zaqaziq arrival on reverse.
£8.00
117
 1964, all-Arabic cover (contents remain), barid harby endorsed, from Egyptian soldier in Yemen with unit marking and censor on face and 23 10 64 arrival behind
£8.00
118
 1965, all-Arabic cover (contents remain), barid harby endorsed, from Egyptian soldier in Yemen. No unit marking but triangular military censor in violet and clear Cairo arrivals behind for September 1965
£8.00
119
 1965, postcard-sized b/w Egyptian Army propaganda greetings card showing two tanks. Form on reverse completed in Arabic.
£8.00
THOMAS COOK MAIL
120
 10 XII 93, 5 mills postal stationery envelope addressed care/of Thos Cook and Son’s Assiut office by Express post. Louxor postmark, arrived next day via Guerga
£10.00
121
 10 I 03, b/w postcard of Paris, Place de la Bastille, franked with 6x1c and 2x2c French stamps and addressed care/of Cook’s office in Cairo. Cooks handstamp Type 2 as receiver
£8.00
122
 31 XII 03, colour card (Cairo, Rue Sick el Selah) franked 3m from Louxor to Thos Cook office in Cairo and received Cook’s handstamp Type 2 on arrival next day
£8.00
HOTEL INTEREST
123
 1892, 5 mills postal stationery envelope sent from Cairo to Hotel Metropole, Geneva (hotel cachet on face) and redirected to Wurttemberg
£7.00
124
 21 XII 95, 2 mills business card postal stationery envelope uprated with vertical pair of DLR 5 mills sent from Shepheards (Type 3 postmark) to St Cloud, France (neat arrival cds December 30)
£10.00
125
 13 FE 04, horizontal b/w postcard of The Hall, Ghezireh Palace Hotel, franked with 2 x 2m DLR stamps and addressed to Marseille. Ghezireh / Cairo CDS
£10.00
126
 1906, pristine upright colour card of Wuttke painting of Shepheards entrance printed by Rommler & Jonas of Dresden
£7.00
127
 1908 pristine horizontal b/w postcard (LL series) showing the entrance of the Savoy Cairo Hotel on Kasr el-Nil Street
£8.00
128
 1910, mint horizontal sepia card (BB series) showing entrance to Shepheards with guests and staff
£7.00
129
 1912, pristine upright b/w card (LL series) showing entrance of Shepheards Hotel
£7.00
130
 1909, b/w horizontal card showing the Bar of the Continental Hotel, Port Said, used to Marseille from the French PO with Port Said 10c stamp cancelled May 17
£10.00
131
 1910,1914, two unused horizontal cards showing Ghezireh Palace Hotel at time of Nile flood
£10.00
132
 1910, mint horizontal b/w card: Terrace of Eastern Exchange Hotel, Port Said, with a Parisian Orchestra and “cool breeze”
£10.00
133
 3 11 12, French Port-Said 10c postcard sent from French PO cds to Prague with oval Hotel Continental/Port Said cachet. Wonderfully clean and neat
£10.00
134
 20 III 14, printed envelope of Villa Vanda, Helouan, franked with 1pi blue for Valpaiso, Indiana. Part Cairo / A transit mark behind
£15.00
135
 24 XII 15, colour card of Winter Palace Hotel, sent On Active Service to Wolverhampton. Luxor cancel in blue overlies faint rectangular Convalescent Hospital cachet
£25.00
136
 6 DE 37, incoming Air Mail envelope from Switzerland addressed to Shepheards Hotel and redirected to Continental. Freibourg, Caire / Par Avion and Shepheards cds Type 8 on reverse and Continental Type 7 on face
£10.00
137
 1939, printed cover (hotel on flap) and six-page letter in French on hotel notepaper from Hotel Metropole, Alexandria, to Heliopolis
£8.00
POSTCARDS
138
 1904, used b/w card of Fioravanti & Chiminez store front in Port Said (printed by Garzini and Pezzini, Milano). Franked 3m+1m DLR for Ancona
£6.00
139
 1910, excellent b/w undivided back card showing Khedive’s palace in Gizeh, home of the Egyptian Museum, 1890-1902
£6.00
140
 1912, pristine b/w GS card of Alexandria Khedivial Club, mint, printed in England
£6.00
141
 1912, colour horizontal card of Luna Park, Heliopolis (Carte postale Universelle), very animated, pristine
£12.00
142
 1912, coloured horizontal card of Luna Park, Heliopolis (Carte postale Universelle), sl staining behind
£12.00
143
 Kosseir. 1913 original printed photograph postcard at 9x13cm, labelled Societe Egiziana del Fosfati, Kosseir – Il Markaz. Pristine mint
£10.00
144
 1924, incoming colour card showing Palace of Industry of British Empire Exhibition, franked with GB 1 1/2d associated commemorative and cancelled Earls Court. Addressed to Shubra, then redirected to Sofar in Syria (now Lebanon)
£10.00
145
 Three b/w postcards of Ras el Bar – 1956, mint, no caption, children on breakwater; 1961, no caption, seafront, full message in French; 1967, Marine Hotel, Ras-el-Bar, franked 40+10m with full message to Turkey.
£8.00
MANSURA POSTCARDS
146
 1912, b/w horizontal card by L J Venieri et Frere with LL imprint, No 10 - Mansourah railway station, pristine
£5.00
147
 Venieri-LL card, b/w horizontal, No 14 - Faculty of Fine Arts and Government school, pristine
£5.00
148
 Venieri-LL card, b/w horizontal, No 13 - Police Station, pristine
£5.00
149
 Venieri-LL card, b/w horizontal, No 1 – Ophthalmic Hospital, pristine
£5.00
150
 Venieri-LL card, b/w vertical, No 21 – Water reservoir tower, pristine
£5.00
151
 Venieri-LL card, b/w vertical, No 5 – Local Government headquarters, pristine
£5.00
152
 Venieri-LL card, sepia horizontal, No 13 – The locks on the Bahr Saghir (little Nile), pristine
£5.00
AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT
153
 29 Aug 1919, Official entire from Antiquities Department in Cairo to the Minister of Public Works seeking permission to replace the cord used to raise the Egyptian flag on the Museum facade. Signed by archaeologist James Quibell, museum director 1914-23
£10.00
154
 April 1974, US Department of State document signed by Henry A Kissinger, Secretary of State, and sent for legalisation of signature. Authenticated by Egyptian consulate-general with selection of Egyptian revenues paying the tax on reverse. Spectacular
£30.00
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
155
 11 December 1885, certificate issued by Israelite Community in Alexandria (green oval cachet), authenticated by Austro-Hungarian Consulate (circular blue cachet) and signed by the vice-consul
£25.00
156
 30 9 87, folded paper 21x12cm handwritten to provide a receipt for the Khedivial Paquebot company, tax paid with a Turkish revenue by the company’s agent in Jaffa and cancelled with his seal
£20.00
157
 6 Aug 1913, flimsy but complete copy of a typed letter from Egyptian Army recruiting kamaikam to Army Financial Secretary detailing documentation for a class C translator at £E73 a year. Arabic sealing label states “Use this label to close the letter and write the address. Take care not to damage the letter on opening”
£18.00
158
 3 Nov 1938, three-page all-Arabic invitation brochure published by Egyptian Masonic Lodge No 206 “Ahl el-Samah”
£12.00
159
 8 Oct 1947, certificate of vaccination against cholera given to an Armenian citizen, Zakar Igidbashian, in Suez. Tax paid with10x2mills Medical Syndicate revenues. Most unusual
£20.00
160
 1948, March 6, invitation of Habib Lotfallah, of the Ghesireh Palace family, to his wedding to Jacqueline Cardinal in Alexandria. Mint, clean
£15.00
161
 1977-78, 12-page Ministry of Health international vaccination certificate proving that an Armenian citizen in Cairo is covered against smallpox and cholera. Spectacular use of Egyptian and Swiss revenue stamps. Unusual
£20.00
162
 Apr 29 1987, official document confirming a signature by Egyptian consulate in Vaduz, with taxes paid by mixed use of Egyptian and Lichtenstein revenue stamps. Excellent condition
£14.00
PERFINS ON COVER
163
 1929 Vacuum Oil Company printed cover used en ville (Cairo) franked with the company’s VOCO perfin on a Fuad 5 mills adhesive with Cairo machine cancel
£15.00
164
 1938 cover from Credit Lyonnais bank, Cairo, addressed to Paris and redirected. Franked with 20m Boy King with the bank’s CLC perfin. French machine cancels on reverse
£15.00
165
 1939, Socony Vacuum Oil company printed window envelope addressed en ville (Cairo) and franked with 2m Boy King bearing company’s VOCO perfin. Clean cover
£15.00
POSTAL STATIONERY ESSAYS
166
 1936, Original real photo essay for first-day postal stationery cover marking the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, printed on matt card 20x15cm
£50.00
167
 1985, postal stationery printing essay, 5 mills envelope intended for Ramadan commemoration, “El Moulid doll”. No-value essay 125x177mm, handstamped in Arabic “Trial without value”. NP E550, cat $100. Pristine clean
£10.00
GB ARMY POST FDCs
168
 Neat small cover, franked Army Post 3 mills large stamp and addressed to G Seymour Thompson (ESC member No 1) in UK. Cancelled clearly MPO Abu-Qir 15 JA 36, almost a full year before official first-day cover date. See note in Nile Post p.633. Mystery
£20.00
169
 As last, cover franked with 10m large carmine Army Post, addressed to Stratford and cancelled with MPO Cairo on 1 MR 36, the accepted first-day of issue
£15.00
SUDAN
170
 Jumbo lot: 14 evocative b/w postcards, excellent condition; 1997 registered cover from Wad Medani franked with currency change-over surcharge stamps (one damaged); 1954 700mills postal order counterfoil cancelled Omdurman; snapshot photo of Sergeants’ Court tennis in Khartoum; 1960 receipt with definitive instead of revenue; colour card to Heliopolis franked 3pt cotton picker

£20.00
171
 Postal stationery – 1921 small Camel Post 2 mills on laid paper, mint, perfect
£12.00
172
 1954, small cover with 2m jabiru, 3m giraffe, creamy white laid paper, mint, perfect
£10.00
173
 1969, small cover with 10 mills girl picking cotton, mint, perfect
£7.00
174
 1969, as last, FDC (Khartoum 1 Dec) unaddressed mint, perfect
£7.00
SUDAN REVENUE PAPER
175
 3 8 1911, Sudan revenue stamped paper, folded foolscap issued by Markaz Berber court, no watermark but large negative seal on face and small personal signature seal at base of handwritten text
£20.00
INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS
176
 1957-2002, Small collection of five reply coupons: London type 40 mills used 1957; Vienna type 120 mills unused (not recorded); Beijing type £E4 used 2002; latest issue £E8 unused; Arab Postal Union 30 mills used 1975
£18.00
BOOKLET STAMPS USED ON COVER
177
 1905-1931, Small collection of stamps on five covers or documents: 1905 cover Armant-Cairo, 5m DLR (SG 63), TPO behind; 1915 cover Cairo-Ebiar, 5m DLR (SG 77); 1925 good conduct certificate issued Port Said with full pane of 5m First Fuad (SG 115); 1930 Air Mail cover Cairo-France with strip of three 5m Fuad (SG 156); 1931 Express cover Cairo-Hotel Beau Rivage, Alexandria, with 3m Fuad (SG 156) alongside 15m non-booklet
£30.00
PALESTINE UNDERCOVER MAIL
178
 August 1970, small Air Mail envelope franked with Israeli stamps and addressed to GPO Nicosia, Cyprus. Sent from Beit Sahur, near Bethlehem, territory occupied by Israel, in an attempt to overcome ban on external mails
£7.00
RURAL POST – PALESTINE SLOGAN
179
 June 1960, cover franked UAR 10m definitive and sent from Rural Service / El Rahmaniya-Kafr el Sheikh Hassan (latest recorded by seven years). Cairo machine arrival carries rare propaganda slogan: In memory of a million displaced Palestinians, 15 May 1948
£15.00
RURAL POST
180
 28 NO 19, cover from Biba to Cairo with DLR Pictorial 5 mills cancelled Rural Service / Biba-Shantur, with Shantur cartouche alongside
£10.00
EXHIBITION CDS
181
 14 AP 36, plain cover franked 5m Fuad and addressed to Director of Misr Bank in Fayum, cancelled with commemorative CDS reading XVe Exposition/ Agricole et / Industrielle / Le Caire. Fayum arrival cds same day
£18.00
TPO POSTAL MARKINGS
182
 1916, Official entire from Bani Suef to Qena cancelled with Cairo-Assiut TPO line 1 X 16 T-88 (Smith 5A3)
£5.00
183
 1938 Official entire from Aswan to Luqsor closed with Postal Admin b/w label and cancelled with unrecorded TPO type Cairo-Asyut 9 FE 38 T-90
£5.00
184
 1942 printed business cover from Naqada to Cairo cancelled with Asyut-Luqsor & VV TPO line (Smith 7A3.7) of 2 DE 42 T-89
£5.00
185
 1942 cover from Luqsor to Naqada redirected to Cairo and cancelled with & VV Luqsor-Shallal TPO line (Smith 7A3.7) of 22 MR 42 T-89
£5.00
186
 1925 Official entire from Asyut to Cairo sealed with b/w Govt label and cancelled with Cairo-Asyut / & VV / TPO of 4 MA 25 T-83 (Smith type 6A1.6, but three years earlier)
£5.00
187
 1938 small cover from Cairo to Fayum franked 5m Boy King and cancelled with & VV / Fayum-Cairo TPO line of 15 NO 38 T-461 (Smith type 7A3.7, but one year later)
£5.00
188
 1917, Official entire from Bani Suef to Tanta with Official oval, sealed with w/b Govt label and cancelled with Asyut-Cairo TPO line of 4 III 17 T-8 (Smith 5A2 but three years later)
£5.00
189
 1936, private used cover from Alexandria to Fayum. Four backstamps include unrecorded TPO type Alexandria-Cairo 27 V 36 T-6
£5.00
190
 1938, cover from Dumiat to Fayoum, cancelled with Dumiat-Tanta / & VV TPO cancel of 24 AP 38 T-050 (Smith 7A3.4 but six years later)
£5.00
191
 1939, merchant’s printed cover from Bilqas to Banha. Five backstamps include unrecorded type T.P.O. / Shirbin-Qallin 25 JL 39 T-214
£5.00
192
 1933, cover from Mahalla to Minya cancelled with TPO line Mansura-Tanta / & VV 19 JU 33 T-52 (Smith 7A3.4)
£5.00
193
 1916, Official entire from Giza Survey Department to 5th Circle of Irrigation, Qena, sealed with w/b Govt label and cancelled with TPO Wasta-Cairo / & VV 26 JL16 T-148 (Smith type 7A3, where undated)
£5.00
194
 1947, Official en ville Asyut cover, unfranked, addressed to High Court and cancelled with Cairo-Asyout TPO line 16 10 47 T-80 (as Smith 7A3.4 but Asyout instead of Asyut)
£5.00
195
 1926, cover from Mahalla to Paris with beautiful handwriting and two TPO markings: Mahalla-Kafr el Sheikh 27 MR 26 T-395 (Smith 7A3, but three years later); and Shirbin-Qallin 27 MR 27 T-214 (Smith 6A1, but two years later)
£5.00
196
 1943, business card cover franked Boy King 3m from Abu Kibir to Zamalek in Cairo, cancelled with TPO line Abu Kibir-Salhia 29 SE 43 T-196 (Smith 7A3.4)
£8.00
197
 1936 cover from Giza to Fayum with Fayum-Cairo TPO line transit 18 FE 36 T-181 (Smith 7A2, but seven years later)
£5.00
198
 1924 private cover from Attarine in Alexandria to Naqada. Four backstamps include Luqsor Station, Qus and Asyut-Luqsor & VV / TPO line 10 JU 24 T-83 (as Smith 6A1, but unrecorded by Smith or ESC)
£5.00
199
 1916, tatty cover from Akhmim to Naqada via Qus, Sohag and Luxor Station. Cancelled with Asyut-Luqsor / & VV TPO line 11 AU 16 T-80 (Smith 7A3)
£5.00
200
 1927, cover from National Bank, Luqsor, to Naqada cancelled with unrecorded TPO line Asyut-Luqsor / & VV 12 JU 27 T-83 (Smith 7A3.4)
£5.00
201
 1914, piece with pair of DLR 5m pictorials cancelled with Baltim-Biala / & VV TPO 20 VIII 14 T-21 (Smith 7A4, but one year earlier)
£4.00
202
 1931, King Fouad fragment cancelled with unrecorded TPO type Port-Taufiq-Ismailia 11 JL 31 T-102
£4.00
TALAAT HARB TPO COVER
203
 1903, colourful printed ink company cover incoming from Genova addressed to SE Mohamed Talaat Bey Harb in Cairo, founder of the Bank Misr and the Mahalla textile works. Reverse carries transit TPO Ismailia-Caire of 30 IX 03 (Smith 8A7 but one year later)
£25.00
PoW CARD TO RURAL STATION
204
 1917, PoW card from Ras el Tin camp in Alexandria, message in Arabic for prisoner named Spiro Manoly, PoW 720. Directed to Matai via Birket el Sab, and given Alexandria-Cairo transit TPO and Rural Hurin-Kafr Nafr arrival cancel as well as Passed by Censor No 18 cachet
£30.00
ITALIAN LIBYA
205
 1936, incoming postcard (Grand Berenice Hotel, Benghazi) to Villa Yola In Helouan, franked with one Italian Libya stamp and two for Italian Cyrenaica overprinted for Libya
£10.00
MARITIME INTEREST
206
 1930, b/w company photo postcard of Lloyd Triestino vessel SS Vienna (built 1911, 7156 tons). Pristine
£6.00
207
 13 1 2011, large colourful postcard written aboard Nile cruise riverboat Ra 1, franked with 125p definitive and £E1 “new born baby” revenue stamp addressed to Moscow. Message in Russian. Repaired across centre
£10.00
FDC BROCHURE-MAP
208
 1991, stunning folded brochure opening out into detailed map of Giza Zoological Gardens, Printed to mark zoo’s centenary, and “franked” with special-issue souvenir miniature sheet cancelled with first-day cover CDS . Excellent condition
£5.00
EGYPT STAMP VARIETIES
209
 1915 Pictorial 3m definitive with bilingual 2m surcharge, NH mint horizontal pair with left stamp showing variety “second E of millièmes broken” (posn 49), Bal 139, NP D53c
£10.00
210
 1941 Air, two NH mint singles, 25m showing “cloud in sky” variety under left value tablet (Bal 399b, NP A26a/e). Both colour varieties, reddish purple and slate purple, as Nile Post.
£8.00
211
 1944 Farouk Marechal definitives, 1-4 mills in NH mint marginal or corner blocks of four (2m and 4m with controls A/48 and A/44,1mm watermark inverted), all showing horizontal or vertical misplacement of perforation, with white margin appx 2.5mm showing. 16 stamps
£8.00
212
 1944 Farouk Marechal, NH mint vertical strip of five with King of Egypt and Sudan opt; perforation misplaced to left so white margin of 3mm shows at right.
£4.00
213
 1955 Postal Union Congress with overprint, 5m lower left corner block of four, NH mint, showing variety “3 dots over Arabic at right of globe” on stamp 1 (Bal164a, NP C158b)
£6.00
214
 1957 Commems marking air force and airline anniversaries, full marginal strip of five NH mint se-tenant 10m adhesives with centre example showing “machine-gun on wing” variety (Bal 197c, NP C189a)
£5.00
215
 1957 10m new definitive (Ramesses head), lower marginal block of four with perforation shifted so that Egypt/barid is cut through at right and large purple margin at left (NP D245b)
£6.00
216
 1959 100m Nefertiti definitive NH mint single surcharged 55m with overprint a cheval vertically so that original value not obliterated (Bal 586a, NP D252a).
£6.00
217
 1959 500m Nefertiti definitive NH mint single, showing striking variety “red badly misplaced, bleeding cheek” (Bal 605a, NP D269b). Superb example with red lips on pale cheek.
£30.00
EGYPT WATERMARK INVERTED
218
 1927 Postage Due, 20m in NH mint horizontal pair with wmk inverted (Bal 326a, NP PD 40a).
£6.00
219
 1947 Withdrawal of British Troops, NH mint top left corner marginal block of four with Arabic A/47 control and green Egyptian flag slightly misplaced vertically (Bal 116a, NPC116a)
£5.00
220
 1953 Air, 15m in NH mint lower marginal vertical pair, with watermark inverted (Bal 515a, NP A53a).
£5.00
221
 1958 Definitives inscribed UAR Egypt: NH mint 2m right marginal block of four with inverted overprint (Bal 580a, NP D246a)
£4.00
222
 1958 Sixth Anniversary mini sheet, top row of five se-tenant stamps with upper and side margins, NH mint but pencil marking in margin. Watermark inverted (Bal 210 etc, NP C202 etc)
£10.00
223
 1960 World Refugee Year commemorative, NH mint 10m vermilion as top right corner single with watermark inverted (Bal 251a. NPC24a1)
£4.00
EGYPT MINT STAMPS
224
 1952, Marechal King of Egypt and Sudan overprint, complete set of 18, 1m-£E1 (NP D173-D191), all MNH pristine
£40.00
225
 1964, Nubian Monuments 50m miniature sheet, unrecorded variety without any black printing (central vignette without any detail), fully gummed MNH, with normal for comparison (NP MS 20)
£20.00
EGYPT MINT STAMPS - the following 13 lots are lightly hinged mint, good appearance
226
 Miscellany of early Dues as seen, inc 5pi with impressed wmk, block of four of 2pi; 11 stamps
£4.00
227
 1898/1904 Dues, 3m on 2m surcharge, 15 stamps inc block of four and pair without hamza, pair with hamza
£3.00
228
 Dues of 1921-22 inc 2m block of four, various Crown opt examples; 17 stamps
£3.00
229
 Mini collection of 1927-1956 Dues, 23 stamps
£3.00
230
 1952 Dues with King of Egypt & Sudan opt, two copies of full set, 14 stamps
£3.00
231
 1965, Egypt’s last Dues, complete set twice and 14 stamps in total
£3.00
232
 Officials, miscellany from 1893 No-value to OHHS opts of 1922. 13 stamps on two cards
£3.00
233
 1952, 1938 Officials set with King of Egypt and Sudan opt, complete set of nine unchecked for wmk
£5.00
234
 1959 and 1962-63 Officials, complete sets including high-cat 200m and 500m, unchecked for wmk. 20 stamps
£8.00
235
 1966-68 Officials, two sets missing 10m red-violet, ranging up to 500m high value, 21 stamps
£5.00
236
 1972-85 Officials, full set including several shades. 17 stamps
£4.00
237
 1926-1952, all the Express stamps, 20, 26 and 40m, plus three copies of 40m with King of Egypt & Sudan opt. Seven stamps
£4.00
238
 Army Post/ Forces Seals issues between 1933 and 1936, including three pairs of carmine, one of green Letter Stamp, total 19 stamps
£5.00
EGYPT POSTCARDS
239
 B/w mint card, undivided back (1900?), showing Egyptian soldiers at ease, titled “Egyptian quarters at Abbassiez”. No printer but series number 7658. Mint, fine
£8.00
240
 Colour card in good condition, “Oasis d’Heliopolis, villas” – must have been early after 1906 as villas really out in the desert. Lichtenstern & Harari No 360, divided back. Mint, fine
£12.00
COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIRS
241
 1999, A.R Egypt National Postal Organization blue cloth-covered folder (opens to 22 x 19cm), with eight transparent strips holding apparently complete 1999 NH mint issues including four miniature sheets, definitives and gold and silver Mubarak stamps. Total 36 stamps
£4.00
242
 2019 souvenir folder marking Philatelic Society of Egypt 90th Anniversary. Leatherette wallet (25x19cm) holding neat block of four (NH mint) of commemorative stamp and FDC with special cancel
£5.00
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
243
 1955, cord-bound album 28x20cm presenting official souvenir record of rebuilding of 1902 Zifta Barrage on the Nile, complete with nearly 50 b/w stuck-in photographs (16.5x12cm) of work in progress through to the opening ceremony. Complete series of captions all-Arabic. Interleaving damaged and some child’s scribble, but photos in excellent condition
£15.00
244
 1940s?, cord-bound album 28x19cm of some 50 printed b/w photographs on thin card representing official record of a major event at Kasr el-Nil Barracks in Cairo, home to the British Army from 1882 to 1946. Military/religious/civilian ceremony inside the barracks photographed by Atelier Weinberg, but no captions or explanation. Photos and book in first-class condition
£15.00
245
 1938, cord-bound album 28x19cm of some 50 printed b/w photographs on stout card representing official record of the consecration of All Saints Cathedral in Cairo, demolished to make way for 6 October Bridge in 1978. Miles Lampson (Lord Killearn), in Egypt 1936-46, standing head and shoulders over others. Ceremony photographed by Atelier Weinberg, but no captions or detail. Photos and book in first-class condition
£15.00
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
246
 1 1 95, plain cover unaddressed, unsealed, with top left corner marginal 100 mills green of August 1994 Official set cancelled with Gaza / 1 CDS. At top right is good strike of undated cds Gaza-Jericho First Day of Issue.
£8.00
247
 18 2 95, plain cover addressed to Gaza with Jericho return address. Franked with 2x20 mills and one 50 mills of September 1994 Monuments issue, all cancelled with Rafah CDS. No other markings
£8.00
248
 22 9 96, small envelope addressed to Germany franked by single and top right corner single of 100fils Istanbul Stamp Exhibition series, cancelled with single-ring Gaza / 5 datestamp. No backstamp, unopened, clean cover
£8.00
ISRAEL IN SINAI
249
 18 6 68, bilingual colour postcard of “Israel soldiers at the Suez Canal” franked with Israeli 0.10 adhesive cancelled with clean trilingual Qantara handstamp but unposted
£10.00
ISTANBUL TO BASEL 1916
250
 21 4 16, Turkish 20 para postal stationery envelope registered from Pera addressed to Basel and uprated with a fantasy of ten low-value Ottoman stamps ranging from 1892 to 1916, all of them overprinted or surcharged, including Occupation of Sinai overprint. Red Turkish seal on reverse, with Stamboul transit, Basel arrival and personal handstamp. Remarkable
£28.00
CYGNUS CRASH MAIL 1937
251
 2 DE 37, printed envelope of March of Time documentary maker addressed to company’s London representative and sent from Continental Savoy Hotel Cairo. Cover was among mail carried by Imperial Airways Short S23 flying boat Cygnus, which crashed on take-off at Brindisi stopover, with six crew and seven passengers killed. The mail was recovered from the sea, with stamps washed off, and on arrival in London given a rectangular handstamp DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER in black. On reverse, dyed pink by contact with other mail, given Post Office “Found open or damaged” label. Stunning crash survivor
£35.00
‘DISCOVER THE TREASURES OF EGYPT’ BOOKLET
252
 2004, Discover the Treasures of Egypt on Stamps – Egypt’s latest and probably final stamp booklet. Contains three pages of pictorial stamps of different values covering Ancient Egypt, Modern Egypt and Religions of Egypt. 30 stamps in all including high-value issues for Tutankhamun (gold leaf), Nefertiti and Sphinx. Complete and mint
£12.00
253
 Booklet as above: set of four first-day covers detailing the three high-value stamps – Tutankhamun mask in gold leaf, Nefertiti and Sphinx – each with individual handstamp. Fourth FDC carries all three stamps. Pristine condition
£14.00
DEFINITIVE FDCs
254
 15 1 82, Philatelic Bureau long envelope addressed to London and franked with 30m and 80m definitives plus 60m Air, all with first-day cancels
£4.00
255
 1989-1998 selection of 25 variously designed mint unaddressed FDCs covering definitive issues for this decade, including 1993 high values. Priced to go
£10.00
256
 1 2 93, Philatelic Office long envelope franked with blocks of four of 5p (NP D354) and 15p (D357) sent to Netherlands with Post Office markings
£3.00
257
 15 12 2007, private long AR cover franked with selection of ten current definitives, being 416-425, covered with markings. Spectacular
£4.00
258
 7 10 2013, Egyptian illustrated unaddressed FDC with small 50pi and large £E1,3,4 new definitives covered by two large rectangular first-day cancels. Too late for both NP and Magdy
£6.00
COMMEMORATIVE FDCs
259
 1965-82, 14 Philatelic Bureau envelopes (13 long) addressed to US, UK, 12 carrying blocks of four of new issues
£5.00
EGYPTIAN SMALL-TOWN CDSs
260
 Collection of appx 100 small packets, each containing a stamp on piece with the name of a small-town post office. No Cairo, Port Said, or Suez etc, just the smaller towns. Each envelope is handwritten with the town name in Arabic and English – a boon for the off-the-beaten track collector
£35.00
261
 As last, but a massive accumulation of more than 600 complete covers posted from small-town offices. Some are 1930s, but majority stem from 1985 Eveready competition in which entrants had to send in footballers’ photos snipped from the newspaper – seems it took Egypt by storm, even in the remotest villages. Some duplication, but much to sort. Priced to go at
£50.00
262
 As last, a similar lot
£50.00
REGISTERED ENVELOPES
263
 1918-35, series of 12 clean registered covers, mainly with Fuad stamps, in which CDS and Registration cachet show different spellings: Mazghuna/Mazghouna, Abu Kibir/Abu Kebir, Ibyar/Ebiar, Dikirnis/Dekernes, Sentris/Sitris, Sannuris/Sennoures, Qaha/Kaha, Ousim/Ausim, Biba/Beba, Tewfikia/Taufiqia, Minsha/Mancha, Sidi Gaber/Sidi Gabir
£15.00
264
 1922-38, series of 11 clean registered covers, all with Reg cachets, mainly Fuad adhesives (three are uprated 5m postal stationery): Mahalla, Abu el Gharr. Nikhela, Hoche Issa, Abu Kibir, Sentris, Shabas, Kolosna, Disuq, Itsa (Fayoum), Nediba
£10.00
265
 7 JU 27, clean cover Arabic addressed to Badari, franked First Fuad 15m, clear EL DIWEIR Reg cachet and CDS on face, Badari behind
£4.00
266
 23 DE 31, clean cover Arabic addressed to Dumiat, franked 3x5m Fuad, clear IZBIT EL BORG Reg cachet and CDS on face, Dumiat / R behind
£4.00
267
 18 DE 37, clean printed cover of Qurein merchant, Arabic addressed to Shubra, franked 15m Fuad, clear TALL EL KIBIR Reg cachet and Cash CDS in blue on face
£5.00
268
 16 JU 38, clean cover Arabic addressed to Cairo and redirected, franked 15m Boy King, clear KUFUR NIGM Reg cachet and CDS on face, no backstamp
£4.00
THIRD ISSUE
269
 Five-para Third Issue, neatly and centrally cancelled by Poste Egiziane / Porto Said on 5 FEB 1875
£8.00
POSTAL HISTORY
270
 (date?) Queen Victoria halfpenny newspaper wrapper addressed to Cairo and cancelled with rare P / NPD killer handstamp. No other marking, so no date. Wrapper now sealed and secured. Unusual
£12.00
271
 (date?), plain buff cover Arabic addressed, franked with 5m Fuad and cancelled with large double-ring undated FAYOUM IRRIGATION CIRCLE. Filing hole. No clue to date
£10.00
272
 (date?), small cover addressed to Shetland Islands, franked 15m Boy King and cancelled with clear retta handstamp. Machine censor marking, but no other clue to date
£6.00
273
 (date?) small envelope with Arabic-typed address for Cairo, franked with 1971 UAR cotton industry adhesive (NP C611, March 6), cancelled with personal intaglio seal. No backstamp, only date clue is stamp’s issue
£7.00
274
 10 FE 80, mourning cover franked 1pi rose DLR addressed to Cairo and cancelled with scarce Alexandria duplex Type VII-2. Post Egiziane / Cairo behind
£14.00
275
 17 JL 80, 20para postal stationery postcard addressed to Cairo and cancelled with scarce Alexandria duplex Type VII-1. Caire / Arrivee behind
£14.00
276
 31 DE 83, small envelope damaged on opening, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked (behind) with vertical pair 1pi rose DLR for registration, and cancelled SUEZ / CAISSE. Oval Raccomandato cachet on face and Caire.A / Recommandes Arrivee behind
£8.00
277
 18 OC 85, small envelope franked 1pi blue and addressed to Sussex. Cancelled with SUEZ / DEPART, with Port-Said / Arrivee transit, Crawley and Handcross cds on reverse
£8.00
278
 11 JA 88, neat small envelope, Arabic addressed, franked (behind) with DLR 1pi blue cancelled clear BENI MAZAR with excellent info strike on face. Caire.A arrival with bars behind
£12.00
279
 7 AV 88, buff cover Arabic addressed, franked vertical pair of 5m DLR cancelled clean NACHART GHEDID with Alexandria arrival same day. Flap lost
£8.00
280
 1 JA 92, 1pi postal stationery envelope uprated with 5m DLR for registration from scarce REKKA CDS to Cairo (same-day arrival behind)
£10.00
281
 4 XI 96, 5m postal stationery envelope Arabic addressed to Alexandria, cancelled by excellent strike of rare MAHMAL EL-ZOGAG handstamp. Alex/A arrival same day
£10.00
282
 27 VI 96, 5m Arabic-addressed postal stationery envelope cancelled with KANTARA CDS, Caire / A arrival behind same day
£7.00
283
 4 IV 98, long cover addressed in fine Arabic to Mansura, franked behind with vertical pair of 1pi DLR blue for registration, cancelled Caire / R. Mansura arrival behind
£8.00
284
 30 XI 99, front only of 5m stationery envelope (wmk inverted), addressed to Cairo and cancelled with scarce BATRA cds
£3.00
285
 5 JA 99, 5m postal stationery envelope, neatly addressed to Netherlands consul general in Cairo, cancelled with scarce ABOU HOR (just north of Aswan) CDS. Caire arrival two days later
£10.00
286
 29 AV 00, 5m postal stationery envelope, neatly addressed to Henri Chamnilleau(?), proprietor of the Khedivial Hotel and postmarked scarce SAKHA. Alexandria / A arrival same day
£10.00
287
 17 VIII 00, 1pi postal stationery envelope uprated with 2x 1pi blue DLR for registration to London from Alexandria (Reg cachet alongside). Registered / London arrival oval seven days later
£8.00
288
 18 V 05, b/w postcard (Alexandria. Eglise anglaise et Rue Cherif Pacha) franked 5m DLR for Kent, cancelled rare TARH with Alexandrie transit same day
£8.00
289
 17 VIIII 10, folded typed lawyer’s letter addressed En Ville, franked 1m DLR and cancelled with fine ALEXANDRIA / DOUANE CDS. Filed holed but neat and clean
£16.00
290
 14 XII 13, small cover franked 1pi blue for France, cancelled Alexandria / C in blue. No backstamp
£4.00
291
 25 II 14, small cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 5m DLR cancelled with scarce LAKANA CDS. Alex-Cairo TPO and Damanhour backstamps same day
£8.00
292
 18 V 15, printed envelope of Maspero Freres, Cairo cigarette suppliers, addressed to the company in Cairo and franked with 1m and 4m of 1914 Pictorial series. Rare cancellation is DERR, in Lower Nubia halfway down Lake Nasser. Triangular Sudan Censor 51 alongside, backstamps Shallal-Halfa and Cairo-Asyut TPOs. Unusual
£10.00
293
 18 FE 33, long envelope addressed to /London, franked vertical pair of Fuad 15m plus 5m for registration from rare cachet and CDS of IDFU EL SHARQ / EL RIDISIYA / BAHARI. No backstamp
£8.00
294
 28 JL 33, plain cover franked 5m Fuad for Cairo, cancelled clear blue HAMUL / (MINUFIA). Rare CDS
£8.00
295
 25 MR 39, plain cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo and franked 5m Boy King, cancel is WAHAT EL DAKHLA, repeated on face. Dawawin / T and Cairo arrival. Oasis covers rare.
£10.00
296
 23 DE 58(?), company printed cover (see flap) franked 2 x 10m + 35 m UAR Egypt definitives to cover postage, registration and Advice of Receipt between Cairo and Giza. Astonishingly, straight-line Avis de Reception handstamp was used: very late date for this marking normally seen in early 20th century
£12.00
297
 2002, dates unclear: two covers from WADI EL GADID oasis, both Arabic-address to Cairo and franked 10pi definitive. One has PARIS as CDS first line, other has ASMANT, with MOUT / T transit mark
£10.00
STAR AND CRESCENT
298
 29 AV 90, small cover franked 5m DLR, addressed to Cairo and cancelled with excellent strike of Alexandrie / Minet-e-Bassel / star and crescent. Alexandria / A and Caire / A handstamps on reverse. Clean neat
£10.00
PARCEL CARDS
299
 1980s-1990s, 18 parcel cards, all shapes and sizes, card and paper, in usual scruffy condition, absolutely covered in current Official stamps of all values. A mass to research, or at the very least to soak off dozens and dozens of stamps. Bargain at
£8.00
300
 1930s-1940s, small collection of Parcel Post markings on revenue stamps cut out from parcel cards. Perhaps 90 pieces
£4.00
REVENUES ON COVER
301
 1980s, accumulation of 30 Air Mail covers posted within Egypt, all franked in part or to make up full franking, with revenues – general, medical, courts, all sorts. Some duplication
£8.00
REVENUES – HOTEL
302
 17 AU 83, delightful note on headed notepaper of Dr Victor Fanous, giving medical all-clear to Mr Mahesh Poohoomull, tax paid by vertical pair of 1979 10m blue Medical Syndicate revenues (Feltus 869) and cancelled with his handstamp: Dr V Fanous / Nile Hilton Cairo
£8.00
AIR MAILS
303
 2 JU 23(?), small cover endorsed Air Mail Baghdad-Cairo, franked with 1923 Iraq 6 annas stamp with ornate double-ring CDS EXCHANGE LE CAIRE BAGHDAD. No backstamp
£8.00
304
 26 DE 46, printed envelope of C S Rofe, Cairo, with Air Mail vignette printed in black, franked 22m Marechal, 5m Air and 30m Saide overprint for Prague, cancelled Cairo / D. A. No backstamp
£4.00
305
 29 FEB 1948, Envelope from Hampstead franked KGVI 2 x 2 ½, 2 x ½d for Alexandria. On arrival received Recu par / Avion / Alexandria in blue on reverse
£4.00
306
 31 MA 49, Air envelope addressed to Paris, franked 2x30m+10m Marechal, cancelled Alexandria / R.13. On reverse transit of Cairo / R.D. / Foreign (16) and R.D. / Aeroport Farouk, both in blue as is censor on face. French arrival June 3
£5.00
EGYPT INTERPOSTAL
307
 1868, Type 4a – Kilometro 83, ie, a station 83km south from Port Said on the Suez Canal. Good condition, near full gum
£4.00
DECEMBER TAX
308
 16 12 76, lawyer’s printed envelope Arabic-addressed within Cairo, but franked 85 mills Air stamp to cover registration and AR. Additional 1 millième stamp added only during December as levy on registered mail to aid poor and infirm in winter. No backstamp
£10.00
EGYPT OFFICIALS
309
 1915, DLR 2m green with bilingual OHHS overprint inverted. Unmounted mint (NP O15c)
£12.00
310
 27 5 59, long buff printed official envelope, addressed to Chicago, franked with 2x15m plus 20m Official stamps, cancelled POSTES / MINISTERES / 2. Official oval and censor circle alongside. No backstamp
£4.00
311
 12 12 73, official printed white envelope, franked with 55m Official for registration to our former chairman, Major ELG MacArthur, in Surrey. Cancelled R (1) / CAIRO AIR PORT with censor mark alongside
£5.00
312
 11 5 76, official printed brown envelope, Arabic addressed and franked with 55 mills Official stamp cancelled with red cds TAX ADMIN / POST OFFICE / CAIRO / R. Backstamp in black, POST / R.D. / SHARE RAMSIS
£4.00
313
 22 5 76, plain envelope registered to The Times newspaper, franked with 7x55m Official stamps and cancelled in red CITADEL CAIRO / C (2)
£4.00
314
 18 2 82, Philatelic Bureau long envelope addressed to London, bearing new Official issues of 30, 50 and 80 mills, all given First-day cancel. No backstamp
£4.00
EGYPT DUES ON COVER
315
 11 SE 58, plain cover addressed to Alexandria and “franked” behind with Egypt 1m fellaha, cancelled by large retta of four diamonds per side. On arrival in Alexandria, provided with 3x6m 1958 Dues, double the 9 mills deficiency
£8.00
316
 (date unclear), long Air cover addressed to Finland and franked with a strip of 3x100m 1978 definitives. Even before leaving Egypt, 2 x 10m of the country’s last Dues (1965) were affixed. All stamps cancelled with red Cairo R.D. CDS. No backstamp
£12.00
ROYAL INTEREST
317
 Upright b/w postcard – Ismail Pacha, ruled 1863-79. Printed G.K., single back, mint
£6.00
318
 Upright b/w postcard – Abbas Hilmi II, ruled 1892-1914. Comptoir Philatelique, franked DLR 3m, sent from Cairo to Paris
£6.00
319
 Upright colour postcard, coat of arms of khedivial Egypt (1867-1914). EFA series, divided back, mint
£7.00
320
 Set of ten upright postcards reprinted by M.H.A. showing Muhammad Ali (1) and then various military and civilian portraits of Fouad and Farouk, each with tughra at top right. Mint, spectacular
£10.00
321
 13 JA 42, small envelope Arabic-addressed from Alexandria to Cairo, “franked” only with crowned stars and crescent insignia. Alexandria / D cds alongside
£5.00
EGYPT CENSORED COVERS
322
 Approx 100 covers, all dates, all types, all with a censor marking of some type or other – military, civilian, incoming, outgoing – totally unsorted apart from seeking a censor mark. Something to search – don’t tell the vendor if you find real gold!


£10.00
EGYPT TPO MARKINGS
323
 Much like the last, 24 covers and eight cards, unsorted assortment, all carrying TPO markings of one sort or another
£4.00
PLEINE MER MARKINGS
324
 1886 20 lepta Greek small Hermes head, imperf, with clear diagonal unboxed Plein Mer marking and pen cancel; and horizontal pair of Turkish 1892 10 paras with clean Pleine Mer in squared border struck horizontally
£8.00
FOREIGN OFFICES
325
 Horizontal pair of 40 centesimi Italian stamps overprinted ESTERO (c 1875) for use in offices abroad including Alexandria, neatly 'killed' with the lozenge 234 of Alexandria
£8.00
326
 Austrian stamp 15 soldi with portrait of Franz Joseph neatly cancelled Alexandrien at the Austrian consular post office, type 1 date-stamp
£8.00
STAMP ACCUMULATIONS
327
 Over 400 mint stamps in blue stock book. Plenty of 4th issue Pictorials with values to 200m (2), Crown overprints to 100m, First Portraits to 100m and 200m, Second Portraits to 200m, 1966-68 officials in UM corner blocks of four to 100m and 500m. Quite a bit of duplication but high catalogue value
£50.00
328
 Extensive used accumulation of over 3,300 stamps in turquoise stock book, mainly from 4th issue Pictorials to early Revolution. Lots of high values throughout and plenty of postmark interest including stock cards of identified cancels. 500m Second Portrait issue x2, £1 young King x7, 1953 £1 in used control block of four and page of postage dues noted. Huge catalogue value. Well worth inspection
£50.00
ILLUSTRATED BUSINESS POSTAL HISTORY
329
 Printed advertising envelopes collection of 137 envelopes, 10 postcards and 20 invoices or trade cards in blue album. A large number have printed illustrations relating to their business or organisation. Mainly first half twentieth century with a wide range of stamps, cancels, international destinations, censor marks and labels. The first eight pages are written up and the rest are in plastic cover pages
£180.00
SUEZ CANAL HISTORICAL
330
 Canal Maritime de Suez, Secretariat General, printed headed notepaper dated 26 August 1863 with letter written by a clerk and signed by Ferdinand De Lesseps. The front is shown in the scan with part of the back showing De Lesseps’ signature
£150.00
LABELS
331
 Officially sealed labels: full sheet of 20 of Smith type 6 (1926) with ‘TROUVÉ’ mis-spelled. Selvedge on three sides showing the imprint, fourth side used to staple it into booklets. Scarce in full sheets
£25.00
332
 Officially sealed labels: full sheet of 20 of Smith type 14, ‘R.A.E.’ in black. Unusually, selvedge on all four sides, the left side showing staple holes where it was removed from the booklet. Scarce in full sheets
£25.00
COMPLETE SHEETS
333
 1980 Cairo International Fair 20m in full unmounted mint sheet of 100 with missing Arabic inscription variety on row 4, stamp 10. NP C876a, where sheet valued at $100. Part illustrated only
£15.00
REVENUES
334
 Revenues. 1938 1 mill revenue (Feltus 21). 1,000 examples in strips of three and 100 more singles or pairs used on pieces cut from official cards, huge variety of postmarks and shades that would make a good study. Also 47 x 3m postal stationery postcard cutouts with a good range of cancels
£10.00
STAMP BOOKLET
335
 2004 Egypt’s last stamp booklet ‘Discover the Treasures of Egypt on Stamps’. Contains 30 postage stamps including high value Tutankhamun (gold leaf), Nefertiti and Sphinx. Complete and fine mint.

[Two identical lots supplied]

£20.00
ILLUSTRATED TICKETS
336
 Illustrated tourist tickets for Cairo landmarks from 2019 comprising Giza Plateau (Pyramids & Sphinx), Coptic Museum, Cairo Tower, Al-Azhar Park and Grand

[Two identical lots supplied]

£2.00
BRITISH POST OFFICES IN EGYPT
337
 British Post Offices in Egypt. 32 Queen Victoria stamps with B01 (Alexandria/Cairo) or B02 (Suez) cancels. Most are seconds or damaged but at least seven are in good condition (1x1d, 1x4d, 2x6d, 3x1/-). Huge catalogue value.
£60.00
SOUTH AFRICAN STAMPS WITH EGYPT CANCEL
338
 South African stamps cancelled in Egypt: 43 stamps from Second World War period all with Egyptian cancels
£5.00
AIRMAIL STAMPS COLLECTION
339
 Peter Andrews’ principal Egyptian airmail stamps collection in two green Merton albums. Starting with first issue and including the Zeppelin set, lots of control blocks, several varieties, four FDC covers and runs up to 1995. Mainly unmounted mint in plastic mounts but also lots of used sets. Does not include 1933 issue or Palestine issues. High catalogue value

£120.00
CONSULAR MAIL
340
 1919 manila env. printed “Vice-Consulat Royal Hellenique a Suez” franked 2x5mills stamps tied Suez cds 19 MA 19. To Royal Greek Consulate General, Calcutta, with violet “Passed Censor, Bombay”. On rev. violet cachet of Greek V-C at Suez
£9.00
CIGARETTES
341
 1952 printed env. Salonica Cigarette Co., Alexandria, to Belgium. Date bar inverted
£5.00
342
 Cigarette tax stamps for Anglo Egyptian Cigarette and Tobacco Co, Cairo: 1 off ? mill/10 cigs red perf 1900 issue Feltus no 255; 1 off ¼ mill/50 cigs green imperf 1899 issue Feltus no 248a
£10.00
343
 Decorative env. for A Chelmis & Co, “Pearls of Egypt Cigarettes”, Cairo, franked 5 mills Sphinx stamp tied Cairo 4 MR 17 to Glasgow, plus ? mill/ 25 cigs yellow imperf 1899 issue cigarette tax stamp printed “Ange Chelmis, Caire” Feltus no 247
£15.00
BRITISH FORCES
344
 1954-1956 a series of seven ppc and three Forces Letter Sheets from a civilian working for the British army in the Canal Zone, to UK. Nine of them franked GB QE2 Wilding stamps (1 used in Cairo with Egypt stamps) going through the Field Post Office with machine cancel or hand pmk. From El Kirsh, two from Cyprus. Fascinating two-year record of GB stamps used abroad just before the Suez crisis
£12.00
POST CARDS
345
 Five unused different views of Port Said Post Office, including one without the porch
£2.00
346
 30 different of Port Said, incl. b/w, colour, photo types, some used. A real mixture.
£6.00
SIMON ARZT
347
 b/w ppc of the New Store, next door to Thos Cook & Son, with above the building an advert for Longines & Tavannes watches, unused c. 1933
£2.00
348
 Card as above, but Bondfix Series produced by Thomas of Fleet St., London. Tipped-in colour. Unused
£2.00
349
 1895 customised postal stationery card 5 mills 1888 issue, with on the reverse printed advertising for Simon Arzt (part damaged) with Type 2 shield. Port Said cds 3 1 95, transit octagonal French “Ligne N, Paq. Fr. No 1, 4 JANV 95” (Caledonien), arrival cds Utrecht 12 JAN 95
£7.00
350
 Advertising stationery card, featuring Simon Arzt portrait, view of the old store etc. franked 5 mills DLR tied Port Said cds 7 VI 97, with arrival cds Baden Aargan 13 VI 97 (Switzerland)
£15.00
351
 Card as above, but Port Said cds 9 XI 97, with Heidenheim AD Brenz cds 10 NOV 97
£15.00
352
 Cigarette tax stamps with Simon Arzt imprint: ? mill/20 cigs blue typo imperf 1899 issue. Feltus no 246
£5.00
353
 As above but, horizontal pair
£10.00
354
 Promotional cachet. Dark blue large oval with SIMON ARZT in the centre Type C2. 5 mills 1888 postal stationery card, Port Said cds 2 VIII 96, Berlin arrival cds 8/8. 96
£7.00
355
 Promotional cachet 22mm dia in red, Type C5a “Egyptian Cigarettes, Simon Arzt, Port Said” on b/w ppc, franked pair of 2m green DLR stamps tied Port Said cds 5 VI 07 to Cardiff
£5.00
356
 Superb 4-line cachet in red Type C11 “When in Port Said Visit, The Simon Arzt Store, Now Open on, The Quay Front” on reverse of envelope. Port Said cds 21 SE 33 ties 8+20 mills airmail stamps, to UK
£4.00
357
 1933/39 franked env. to UK. One at 28 mills airmail rate, the other at 15 mills surface rate. On different P & O envelopes with Port Said, Simon Arzt normal cds
£10.00
358
 Messageries Maritimes printed env. Franked with seven Egypt airmail stamps totalling 28 mills, per airmail to Wills West House, Taunton, School. Simon Arzt normal cds 27 OC 37
£7.00
359
 Attractive illustrated First Day Cover for Anglo Egyptian Treaty, franked by the set of three stamps all neatly tied by Simon Arzt (CAISSE) cds 22 DE 36, posted locally
£6.00
360
 12 loose Egyptian airmail stamps cancelled by Simon Arzt cds, some of each type
£1.00
361
 15 items forming a “starter collection” of Simon Arzt material. Envelopes, ppc, a front & a stamp! With cachets & pmks. Mixed condition
£2.00
PRISONER OF WAR MAIL
362
 WW1 Italian PoW. in Egypt. Envelope with large double oval cachet Prisoners of War Camp, Ras-el-Tin, Alexandria to Port Said with arrival cds 18 XI 16. Circular cachet Passed by Censor, No 7 and green oval cachet Passed by Censor, No 13
£30.00
363
 WW2 envelope to a German PoW in Egypt at Camp 304 (Helwan). Berlin 36 cds 11-2-42, brown Geoffnet censor tape tied Berlin cachets. Allied censor tape Prisoners Of War Censorship, Middle East applied in Cairo with framed cachet P/W Middle, East 080
£25.00
364
 WW2 drab coloured post card with printed instruction Card To Be Used For Notification Of Capture Only, written by Italian PoW 10 11 1942 to family in Venice. Framed violet cachet P/W Middle East 123. Circular Rome censor 701/1
£12.00
365
 WW2 pale green PRISONER OF WAR postcard of American origin. Addressed to Cremona, with Red Cross cachet in red at Roma, and machine cancel Ufficio Censura POSTA ESTERA 1. Also on front, framed US cachets Passed by Censor P W and violet PWC-100. Written by Italian PoW 16 6 43
£20.00
366
 WW2 Italian PoWs in Egypt: two folded letter sheets and two post cards to Sardinia or Italy from camps 307, 312 and 312 and one envelope Zamalek (Cairo) to PoW at Camp 306 (Fayid). Various Allied and Italian cachets
£15.00
MONOGRAPH
367
 The Simon Arzt Story. a must-have if you are interested in Simon Arzt. A comprehensive detailed historical and philatelic discussion 42 pages
£6.50
DUES ON FOREIGN MAIL
368
 NP PD15+17+18 affixed 3 times (9 stamps) on cover franked by UK SG170/174 (?) from ? on 29 12 99 to Alexandria (04.01.00) then redirected to Cairo (06 01 00) and Louxor (08 01 00). Cover cut on 3 sides. Addressee "Miss Lucy Guiness" may be https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Guinness-606

£250.00
369
 NP PD16 pair on cover from Budapest 26 01 00 to Alexandria (04 02 00) – one Hungarian stamp damaged

£30.00
370
 NP PD16 on picture postcard from Manchester 01 08 05 franked by UK SG 215-218 (?) to Suez 0 08 05
£20.00
371
 NP PD16 for payment of poste restante fees on picture postcard from Reading 02 02 06 franked by UK SG 215-218 (?) to Cairo 08/ 02 06 + TPO PORT- SAID-CAIRE 08 02 06
£25.00
372
 NP PD16 on picture postcard from MESSINA 05 07 09 to Cairo 12 07 09
£20.00
373
 NP PD20 on Perlberg's illustrated postcard (The temple of Karnak) used for franking and not taxed anywhere – from Alexandria to Switzerland according to handwritten text on 11 09 09, but CDS illegible

£20.00
374
 NP PD16 on picture postcard from Trieste (Austria) 23 08 11 to Alexandria 28 08 11
£20.00
375
 NP PD15+17 on US 2 cents postal stationery cover with flag machine cancel from North Abington Mass. 24 04 11 to Cairo. ALEXANDRIA- CAIRO /T.P.O./FOREIGN MAILS 08 05 11 on postage due stamps and on reverse
£50.00
376
 NP PD15 on picture postcard from Fonzaso (Italia) 23 06 13 to Alexandria 28 06 13
£20.00
377
 NP PD15+17 affixed twice on front of cover franked UK SG 219 (?) cancelled AYLSHAM 28 09 05, Port-Said 04 10 05 and Cairo 6 10 05
£10.00
FOREIGN DUES ON EGYPTIAN MAIL
378
 Cover to Switzerland franked Fuad 2nd portrait issue NP D113+116 cancelled MAADI 14 03 28 taxed by Swiss postage due Zumstein 48 cancelled UZWIL 20 03 28
£15.00
379
 AIr cover “Service des Antiquities” franked Farouk military issue NP D155+156+163+165 cancelled CAIRO W 14 05 46 sent to Nancy (France). Taxed by French dues (wheat sheaf type) Yvert & Tellier 67+73 x3 cancelled NANCY 18 05 46 - paper thinned at lower right corner on cover face
£20.00
FOREIGN DUES ON EGYPTIAN MAIL FRANKED WITH FOREIGN STAMPS
380
 Picture postcard (Pompeii) sent to Paris franked by two 5c green stamps King Victor Emmanuel III (1906) (one damaged on right corner), with French PO cancel and T in triangle of Alexandrie 10 06 0? Alongside. French due Yvert & Tellier Taxe 31 cancelled by mute triangle of Paris. Strong vertical fold & corner creases
£25.00
381
 Picture postcard (Caire tombeaux des mamelouks) franked UK SG 219 (?) - PORT-SAID /*/ 20 04 09 cancel alongside. French due Yvert & Tellier Taxe 29 cancelled SERIANS 28 or 29 04 09
£25.00
OFFICIAL MAIL
382
 Large cover (225x180 mm) printed "Ministry of Justice – Office of the Judicial Ddviser" to "Vice president of Cour d'appel mixte Alexandrie" + contents, franked by Official NP O1 cancelled CAIRE / 31 V 02 VII
£20.00
383
 Stampless official cover On His Britannic Majesty’s Service from British Consulate in Alexandria to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London – cancel Alexandrie 11 IV 05 XI
£15.00
FIRST WORLD WAR
384
 Picture postcard with handwritten caption in French "Campement de soldats australiens aux Pyramides Hiver 1914-1915" (Australian soldiers’ camp at Pyramids Winter 1914-1915) – sent to Genève and redirected to Vevey, Switzerland. Franked pair of NP D54 cancelled CAIRO F 31 VII 15 9 30 AM with rectangular "Passed Censor B"
£20.00
SECOND WORLD WAR
385
 Cover franked by NP D140 block of 4 – cancelled 2 SE 39 11 00 A / ISMAILIA /T and sent to Beirut with censor mark and tape. Machine cancel Beyrouth 4 X 39 on reverse
£2.00
MARITIME POST
386
 Picture post card (Port-Said – Quai François Joseph) address to New York, text dated 20 3 1991, franked by 5h and 10h Austrian stamps (60th birthday of François-Joseph 1), cancelled "PRAGA OSTERR LLOYD" without date – transit mark Port-Said 21 III 11 5.30 AM
£20.00
HOTELS, COOK’S, ARZT
387
 1894, Shepheard’s CDS on viewcard to Germany
£10.00
388
 1902, Shepheard’s CDS on viewcard to Germany
£8.00
389
 1903, Shepheard’s CDS on viewcard to Holland
£8.00
390
 1910, printed Shepheard’s cover and CDS used to Germany
£8.00
391
 1901, two 5m stationery postcards with Grand Continental Hotel Cairo CTO CDS
£3.00
392
 1906, Grand Continental CDS on viewcard to Belgium
£8.00
393
 1907, Grand Continental CDS on viewcard to Belgium
£5.00
394
 1907, stationery letter-envelope with Grand Continental Hotel CDS to Paris
£6.00
395
 1908, 5m stationery envelope with Grand Continental Hotel arrival CDS
£6.00
396
 1906, Savoy Hotel, Cairo, CDS on viewcard to France
£3.00
397
 1906, Savoy Hotel, Cairo, CDS on viewcard to Assouan
£3.00
398
 1907, Savoy Hotel, Assouan, CDS on viewcard to USA
£3.00
399
 1911, Continental Hotel CDS on viewcard to Turkey
£6.00
400
 1937, Continental Savoy Hotel CDS on viewcard to Italy
£8.00
401
 1947, Continental Savoy Hotel CDS on airmail cover to Switzerland
£5.00
402
 1907, Cataract Hotel CDS on viewcard to France
£5.00
403
 1907, Cataract Hotel CDS on viewcard to USA
£5.00
404
 1910, Cataract Hotel CDS on viewcard to France
£5.00
405
 1929, Cataract Hotel CDS on viewcard to Italy
£5.00
406
 1936, Cataract Hotel CDS as arrival mark on window envelope from England
£8.00
407
 1898, Ghesireh Palace Hotel CDS CTO on 1m small stationery envelope
£10.00
408
 1900, Ghesireh Palace Hotel CDS on viewcard to Germany
£8.00
409
 1906, San Stefano Hotel CDS on viewcard to Scotland
£5.00
410
 1897 cover from USA to Alexandria, redirected by Cook’s Tourist Service to Cairo
£12.00
411
 Date?, Cook’s Tourist Service CDS on stationery mini-envelope to Shepheard’s Hotel
£8.00
412
 1899, Cook’s Tourist Service CDS on postal stationery card to Geneva
£8.00
413
 1911, Cook’s Post Office CDS on viewcard to USA
£5.00
414
 1911, Cook’s Post Office CDS as arrival mark on viewcard from France
£6.00
415
 1929, Cook’s Post Office on cover to Abbassia, Cairo
£12.00
416
 1950, Cook’s printed envelope with Cook’s Post Office CDS to Sudan
£5.00
417
 1950, Cook’s printed envelope with Cook’s Post Office CDS to Sudan
£5.00
418
 1904, Luxor Hotel CDS on stationery mini-envelope to Switzerland
£5.00
419
 1904, Luxor Winter Palace CDS on viewcard to Sweden
6.00
420
 Date? Luxor Winter Palace CDS on viewcard to Belgium
£5.00
421
 1959, Nile Hilton FDC
£3.00
422
 Date? Printed Simon Arzt postal stationery card, unused
£5.00
423
 1934, Simon Arzt CDS on cover to Guernsey
£5.00
424
 1935, Simon Arzt CDS on viewcard to London
£3.00
425
 1936, Simon Arzt CDS on viewcard to Tasmania
£5.00
426
 1936, Simon Arzt CDS on viewcard to England
£5.00
427
 1936, Simon Arzt CDS on cover to England
£5.00
428
 1936 Simon Arzt CDS on cover to Australia
£5.00
429
 1937, Simon Arzt CDS on viewcard to London
£5.00
430
 1938, Simon Arzt CDS on viewcard to Germany
£3.00
431
 1938, Simon Arzt CDS on cover to England
£3.00
432
 1939, Simon Arzt CDS on cover to England
£3.00
433
 1941, Simon Arzt CDS on viewcard to England
£3.00
434
 1949 Simon Arzt Caisse CDS on viewcard to England
£6.00
435
 1964 Shepheard’s meter mark on card to France
£5.00
436
 1967 Shepheard’s meter mark on card to Belgium
£4.00
437
 1968 Shepheard’s meter mark on card to Italy
£5.00
438
 1962 Semiramis meter mark on card to USA
£5.00
FRENCH POST OFFICES
439
 French PO Alexandrie Paquebot cover to Paris franked 80c Napoléon lauré, cancelled ‘ancre’ (weak), ALEXANDRIE 31 JAN 72, ALEXANDRIE PAQ. FR. X No 10 (backstamp Marseille à Lyon 7 févr 72)
£30.00
440
 French PO Alexandrie Sage 5c. + 1 fr on piece
£9.00
441
 French PO Alexandrie SG 519 (cat £250), VF mint signé
£40.00
442
 French PO Levant with PAQUEBOT ALEXANDRIE
£8.00
443
 French PO Port Said SG 108 (cat £60) VF used
£8.00
444
 As last, SG 114 VF used
£8.00
445
 As last, SG 116 (£23) VF mint
£5.00
446
 As last, SG 117 (£75) VF used
£8.00
447
 As last, SG 131 millésime 3
£7.00
SALT TAX STAMPS
448
 Egypt salt stamp £E5 Feltus 205
£5.00
449
 Egypt salt stamp £E5 Feltus 212
£5.00
PAQUEBOT
450
 Egypt 1935 Paquebot air cover to Holland cancelled POSTAGENT BATAVIA – ROTTERDAM 8.vi.35
£25.00
REGISTERED LUGGAGE LABEL
451
 Egypt 1925 luggage label registered to Switzerland from Cairo 6 AU 25
£15.00
HOTEL INTEREST
452
 Egypt postcard “Hotel Cataracte”, pristine
£10.00
453
 Egypt Shepheard’s Hotel sent by KLM 22 NO 36
£8.00
454
 Egypt registered cover with 1mill extra charity tax charge on December R-covers with foreign destination
£15.00
POSTAL STATIONERY
455
 Postcard 4 mm NP SPC18 vf used
£4.00
456
 Postcard 2 mm NP SPC20 mint
£5.00
457
 Postcard 4 mm NP SPC 21 mint
£7.00
458
 Postcard 4 mm NP SPC 21 vf used
£7.00
459
 Envelope 2/1 mm NP SEN 18 vf used
£10.00
460
 Envelope 2 mm NP SEN 14 vf used
£5.00
461
 Envelope 2 mm NP SEN 29 pristine
£12.00
462
 Envelope 2 mm NP SEN 29 vf used
£4.00
463
 Envelope 2 mm NP SEN 30 vf used
£5.00
464
 Envelope 4 mm NP SEN 37 mint
£5.00
465
 Envelope 4 mm NP SEN 38a pristine
£12.00
466
 Envelope 4 mm NP SEN 42 pristine
£5.00
467
 Registered envelope 55 mm (with broken U)
£4.00
MISCELLANEOUS
468
 Austrian Post office Alexandria: 6 stamps VF used
£25.00
469
 Egypt SG 40c vf used plate flaw split obelisk (stamp has rounded SE corner)
£5.00
470
 Registered local cover franked 15 mills 3x1 and 3x4 mills (very late use!)
£10.00
HOTELS
471
 Cover Luqsor Winter Palace Hotel 6 III 07 to Germany (HW1)
£12.00
472
 Air cover Nile Hilton Hotel 20.3.83 to Germany (HN2)
£6.00
473
 Censored Air cover Cook’s Post Office to India (HTC5)
£8.00
MISCELLANEOUS
474
 Wrapper 3 mills (SG 150)
£5.00
475
 Egypt 1946 min. sheet VF mint
£22.00
476
 Egypt 1946 Arab League Congress on cover with date 28 MA 46 (issued 9 November!?) curiosity
£5.00
477
 Air cover franked SG456 (4x) + 461 (2x) on very fine cover to USA
£7.00
POSTAL STATIONERY
478
 Zefta Star and Crescent postmark dated 25 AO 86 on 20 paras brown postal stationery card written and addressed in Arabic to Alexandria with Alexandrie A same day receiver on the back. A little grubby but all there and the strikes are good. H&G or SEN 1.
£10.00
479
 Aswan bridge and star cancellation dated 30 XI 12 sent from the Cataract Hotel Aswan (ms on reverse) to Germany on one piastre postal stationery envelope with ‘stamp’ in grey-blue rather than ultramarine. This is H&G or SEN 2b, clean and neat.
£6.00
FROM THE FAROUK PALACE SALE
480
 Boy King misperforations, a group of six different values, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m, 15m and 20m, all unmounted mint. Scarce.
£50.00
HOTEL INTEREST
481
 Unused B & B postcard of the Gesireh Palace Hotel, c1910.
£4.00
ANCIENT EGYPT
482
 Accumulation of 33 mostly unused postcards, all depicting some aspect of the ancient civilization; for the historian.
£10.00
483
 Colour postcard of the entrance to the Great Pyramid at Giza sent within Cairo with 2m De La Rue cancelled ‘Pyramids’ to Cairo E dated March 1911.
£4.00
INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS
484
 Second Fuad 15 mills registered cover from Midan to Alex undelivered and with REBUT A REMETTRE A l’ENVOYEUR A cachet of Alex dated 1-JA-32. On reverse is Alex postmark.
£10.00
485
 A similar registered 15 mills second Fuad cover, this time from Alex to Cairo but once more returned to sender with UNCLAIMED though notified regularly boxed cachet (readable but not as clear as last, but scarce), hence the price difference.
£6.00
486
 Second Fuad 2 mills franking a letter 19. APR 29 Cairo to Alex re-addressed then returned to sender evidenced by boxed trilingual UNKNOWN and INTROUVABLE plus Arabic equivalent on the reverse together with 23rd April T.P.Q. Cairo and Alex roller receiver dated 20th April. Interesting.
£6.00
STAMPS
487
 Five circulated club books, all Egypt, with a large selection of both mint and used stamps, must be a bargain at
£15.00
488
 First Fuad, complete fine used set of 12 SG 111 to SG 122. Cat. £29 in 2009. Useful if you are missing any.
£8.00
POSTAL HISTORY
489
 Three airmail concession covers franked 4xFarouk Army Post stamps; two to England, other to Northern Ireland, all cancelled at B.P.O. E.602 (without dot between E and 6). Two have box Army censor Benians type Army A3. Clean and neat.
£5.00
490
 British Forces Letter Seal on reverse of cover from Mamura (faint) with Crown Cancel No.13 to Devonport 1934
£3.00
491
 Two British Forces Letter Stamps (green) on reverse of cover from Moascar (should be a retta) to Bradford on Avon Wiltshire; front has M.P.O. Moascar and Crown Cancel No. 1.
£5.00
492
 Incoming postcard from Panama (Pen stocks for hydro-eletric station) addressed in Cairo to an H.R.H. Prince Immannuel of Jerusalem (whoever he was) with one centavo stamp remaining overprinted Canal Zone, other stamp missing, cancelled Basobisto with nice Alexandria-Cairo T.P.O. Foreign Mails transit dated 17 XI 12, interesting?
£2.00
493
 1975 First flight? by Egyptair Kairo – Wien (Vienna) franked 110 mills pyramids airmail cancelled 14 Cairo Air Port. On the back is address of sender Hermann E. Sieger (who wrote the Zeppelin catalogue).
£5.00
494
 American Forces airmail cover franked US George Marshal 20 cents cancelled ARMY & AIRFORCE POSTAL SERVICE dated 12 Aug 1970 09223 A.P.O. sent to London. Scarce.
£10.00
ERRORS AND VARIETIES
495
 1997, 25p Official value with no watermark and major horizontal misperforation shifted upwards 1cm. VF mint NH upper marginal vertical pair showing upper stamp with no denomination and lower with value at top of stamp instead of at bottom
£10.00
496
 As last, but lower marginal vertical pair with extra denomination in sheet margin. VF mint NH
£10.00
497
 2014, Euromed Post £E4 stamp with multiple colour shifts upwards (red, violet, turquoise) creating several double images (logo, map, inscriptions). VF mint NH right marginal single with normal for comparison
£10.00
498
 2015, Arab Summit £E3 stamp with major horizontal misperf, shifted downward 1cm. VF mint NH lower marginal vertical pair with lower stamp lacking “Egypt & Misr” and upper stamp with “Egypt & Misr” at bottom instead of top. Only one sheet of 50 known
£15.00
499
 As last, but upper marginal vertical pair with extra “Egypt & Misr” in sheet margin. VF mint NH
£15.00
500
 2013, 61st Anniversary of 23 July Revolution stamp with double printing of red and black inscriptions. VF mint NH single with normal for comparison
£10.00
501
 2013, Ramesses II £E3 definitive (violet background) with background colour partially omitted. VF mint NH full strip of ten stamps with margins (second row of pane of 50), fascinating. SG 2587, cat £7.75 for normal stamp, which is added for comparison.
£100.00
502
 2014, withdrawn se-tenant set for New Suez Canal with error middle stamp showing Panama Canal. Only 4080 sets sold according to QC article, very rare. VF mint NH strip of three
£45.00
POSTAGE DUE
503
 1898, bisected (lm) with unbisected 2m on piece with cancel date 2 V 98 Alexandria. SG D71a, cat £500 on cover according to SG North-East Africa catalogue second edition 2017
£150.00
SUDAN STAMPS
504
 1997, SG 487 £S8 definitive surcharged 35 dinars but surcharge double. SG 569, VF mint NH single with normal for comparison, SG cat £ 15 for normal stamp, error stamp unpriced
£35.00
505
 2003, SG 479, 125p definitive surcharged 100 dinars in Arabic in both black and red (rare), SG 619 and 619a. VF mint NH singles, SG cat for both £115
£40.00
SUDAN ERRORS AND VARIETIES
506
 2005, Merowe Dam Project, safe Archaeology, 400d value with error of face value 300d instead of 400d. VF mint NH left lower comer block of four including error stamp, fascinating. SG 664fa, cat. £236 for the block
£90.00
507
 2008, SG487 definitive £S8 stamp surcharged 2 SDG in red: single and single with surcharge inverted, VF mint NH, SG 683 and 683b, cat £65 for both stamps
£30.00
508
 1985, 1962 20pt definitive stamp with no watermark handstamped surcharged £S5 in Arabic in black. VF mint NH irregular block of 11 stamps with position 15 showing inverted surcharge, fascinating. Michel cat €2750 for 11 normal stamps. SG 410b
£150.00
509
 1985, 1962 20pt definitive stamp with no watermark handstamped surcharged £S10 in Arabic in black. VF mint NH irregular block of 16 with right, left and lower margins and surcharge inverted on all stamps except position 33 where surcharge omitted. Fascinating, SG 410d
£220.00
STAMPS AND POSTMARKS
510
 SMIRNE postmark on 5 stamps. 1pi 1867 used 20p 1867 used, 1 Pi 1872/5 used, 2pi 1872/75 used
£10.00
511
 BAIROUT on 1 pi 1867 used
£30.00
512
 VOLO 1 pi 1867 used
£35.00
513
 SCIO 1pi 1867 used
£40.00
514
 DARDANELLI 1pi 1867 used
£15.00
515
 DARDANELLI 2pi 1872/5 used
£15.00
516
 CONSTANTINOPOLI 20 pa 1867 used
£5.00
517
 COSTANTINOPOLI 2 pa 1872/75 used
£5.00
518
 COSTANTINOPOLI 5 pa 1872/75 used
£5.00
519
 COSTANTINOPOLI 2pi 1872/75 used
£5.00
520
 METELINO 20pa 1872/75 used
£20.00
521
 METELINO 1 pi 1872/75 used
£20.00
522
 MASSAWA 1 pi 1872/75 used
£25.00
523
 MASSAWA 2 1/2 pi 1872/75 used
£25.00
524
 MASSAWAH 20 pa DLR used
£25.00
525
 MASSAWAH 20 pa DLR used
£25.00
526
 GEDDA 2pi 1872/75 used
£15.00
527
 GEDDA 1pi DLR used
£15.00
528
 (K)HARTUM 2 pi Type V-4n
£50.00
529
 SUAKIM 2pi 1872/75
£20.00
530
 KASSALA 1pi 1872/75 used
£30.00
531
 DJEDDAH 20pa DLR used
£20.00
532
 RUSSIAN PO Alexandria 2pi “785” used
£50.00
533
 BRITISH PO Alexandria 2 X ½ “BOI” used
£15.00
534
 UFFIZIO NATANTE 1pi COSP 1878 used
£30.00
535
 UFFIZIO NATANTE 20 pa ALES 187? Used
£15.00
BRITISH FORCES IN EGYPT
536
 Xmas seal 3 Mills A4 used
£12.00
537
 Flying Boat Capella at Luxor Winter Palace Hotel. Mint. History of FB Capella can be found here
£10.00
POSTCARDS
538
 2 CPPC's. 'Chameau en Désert' used to Lancashire franked 4mm cancelled CONTINENTAL CAIRO 8.III.10 and 'Violiers sur le Nil' to London 4mm pictorial cancelled CAIRO 11 AU 1(7).
£4.00
539
 50 x PPC's and CPPC's including views and sights (but excluding ancient monuments and ruins). Varied selection some used some unused all different in and around Cairo.

£5.00
540
 50 x PPC's and CPPC's including views and sights including various views of Cairo but with emphasis on the pyramids and sphinx. Varied selection some used some unused all different

£5.00
541
 50 x PPC's and CPPC's including views and sights including various views of Cairo, the desert, Aden paquebot and Alexandria (but excluding ancient monuments and ruins). Varied selection some used some unused all different

£6.00
542
 50 x PPC's and CPPC's including views and sights including various views of Alexandria, villages, step pyramid, the desert, camels, sheep and goats (but excluding ancient monuments and ruins). Jerusalem used in Egypt. Varied selection some used some unused all different

£5.00
543
 2 PPC'S. Souvenir card used 1903 and a very unusual embossed card "Camel Riders on the Sinai" by Fix & David, Cairo used Aden Paquebot but stamp removed.

£3.00
544
 2 incoming CPPC's from Istanbul showing scenes of Haiki and Constantinople respectively. Franked with 10c Ferdinand 1905 issue for Crete postmarked Austrian PO Constantinople 12th and 5th May 1814 respectively.
£3.00
545
 48 x PPC's and CPPC's including views and sights including various views of; the Nile and boats, Alexandria, the pyramids, Cairo, camels, the sphinx (but excluding ancient monuments and ruins). Varied selection some used some unused, all different

£5.00
STAMP CARDS
546
 2 stamp cards. One showing the camel postman with a flag top right and 5para De La Rue bottom left by Stengel & Co Dresden & Berlin serie 12 with caption La Poste en Egypte. The other is embossed with stamp mostly De La Rue and postal stationery. Both used but stamp removed.
£5.00
REGISTRATION LABELS
547
 Selection of Registration labels unused OHEMS, OHMS and UAR (14) and selection of resealing labels (6 unused, 2 used). Revenues - 10pi Singer Sewing Machine Co blk 4 & pr. Said by Sandafayre to be rare!

£10.00
POSTAL STATIONERY
548
 Collection of postal stationery, from PC H&G1 through to H&G38 with gaps, some mint, some used, a bit of duplication here and there, varied condition, plus 3 more modern issues used. (56 items)

£25.00
549
 Interesting complete letter from Mrs Hamersley, wife of El Miralai Hamersley Bey, to Mrs Lloyd Edwards in Wrexham. Letter is dated 1 March 39 and the CDS on the envelope is ARISH with same date. Arish is in Sinai. Sadly the stamp has been torn off. Backstamp Alexandria 2MR39.
£6.00
FORGERIES
550
 Forgeries. Interpostal seals Tel-el-Barud, Bedrechein, Bouah, Goddaba and Mallaoui. 1978 1m blue, Irregation Wheels, Feyoum, SG1340, mint blk 18 (6 x 3) plus margin with additional forged perforations through design. Postage dues. 1888 2mm green in sheets of 50 (5x10), 2 full sheets and about 2/3 rds sheet, sadly a bit crumpled. Also half a sheet of spectacular printers waste. 1927 2mm orange, two sheets of 50 (10x5) plus one sheet imperf. Also 4mm green 80+ singles perforated and 8mm purple seven and a half sheets of 50 (5 x 10) all perforated. All dues are without gum.

£5.00
PRINTING EXPERIMENT
551
 Printing experiment flags, strip of 5 in bright yellow, vertical blk 3 with margin on two sides in claret, horizontal pair in dull blue and pair in azure.
£3.00
POSTA EUROPEA
552
 Posta Europea cover from Cairo.1851.Type II. Complete letter with date, in Arabic
£40.00
553
 Posta Europea cover from Alessandria. Type VI. Complete letter with date, in Arabic
£35.00
554
 Posta Europea cover from Mansura.Type III.Complete text with date, in Arabic
£25.00
555
 Posta Europea cover from Michalla.Type V. Complete text with date 1864, in Arabic
£35.00
FRENCH POST OFFICES
556
 Cover from Alexandrie to Lyon.1871.Single rate.Good strikes of 5080 in a lozenge of dots and usual cds "Alexandrie Egypte" 14 Avril 71.On back TPO cds with "Marseilles a Lyon. Special 20 Avril 71" and cds arrival "Paris 3 Mars 71"
£20.00
557
 Cover from Alexandrie to Paris.1873.Triple rate (strip of three 80c, no defect). Strikes 5080 in a lozenge of dots. Manuscript "Via Brindisi".Special cds "PAQ.ANGL.ALEXANDRIE 23 FEBR 73" and, in red, cds with "PAQ.ANGL.BRIND. A MOD.3 MARS 73" on back arrival cds PARIS 3 MARS 73
£40.00


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