Egypt Study Circle Auction 62
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AUCTION 62 - JULY 2021 - LISTING OF LOTS
Lot
Description
Reserve
AIRMAILS
001
 12 Jan 1927. Registered cover pmk. Continental Savoy, Cairo, addressed to Calcutta, flown on Imperial Airways 1st flight from Cairo to Basra. B/s Bowbazar, Calcutta on 24 Jan.   
£25.00
002
 1 April 1929. Cover pmk. Alexandria, flown on Imperial Airways 1st flight from Cairo (B/s 3 April) to Karachi (B/s 6 April). Franked with 27m airmail stamp & two 4m stamps.   
£15.00
003
 21 Sept. 1929. Cover posted at Helwan les Bains to England. 27 m airmail stamp. Flap of cover has ‘flying camel’ crest of RAF 45 Squadron which was based at Helwan. (Small tears at top edge).
£7.00
004
 30 Nov. 1933. Cover pmk. Alexandria, addressed to New York, flown by Imperial Airways to England where endorsement ‘Air Mail’ was cancelled with 2 red bars. Franked with 27m brown airmail stamp & two 3m stamps.   
£7.00
005
 18 July 1938. Cover pmk. Alexandria, addressed to Imperial Airways Pilots School, England, flown by Imperial Airways. Bears rectangular airmail cachet of Hotel Cecil, Alexandria, on front & back. 15m & 13m stamps. (Central vertical crease).   
£7.00
AIRMAIL EXPRESS
006
 6 August 1945. Cover endorsed ‘par expres’, posted at Cairo, addressed to Ramleh. B/s Sidi Gaber(?) 8 Aug. Front bears scarce circular handstamp ‘Misr Airlines Air Mail.’ Ex-Stanley Horesh; he has stated on the cover’s album page that only 2 other examples of this handstamp have been recorded by ESC. Franked 40m. (In 1945 Misr Airlines were given a contract for carrying internal mail).
£30.00
AIRMAIL WW2 FORCES
007
 7 April 1942. Cover pmk ‘Egypt 54 postage prepaid’ addressed to South Africa. Censor cachet. Franked South Africa 4d & 6d war effort stamps. (Small tear at top edge)   
£6.00
008
 26 Aug.1943. Cover pmk ‘Egypt 99 postage prepaid’ addressed to South Africa. Censor cachet. Franked South Africa 4d & 6d ‘bantam’ war effort stamps.   
£6.00
CENSORED WW1
009
 1 March 1918. Registered cover pmk. Cairo RD6, addressed to Bureau International de la Paix in Bern, Switzerland. Censor seal & censor cachets. Franked 20m.   
£7.00
SUDAN - OVERPRINTED ITEMS
010
 Postal card 5m (NP SSPC2) not used but cancelled HALFA / 7 I 98 T1   
£1.00
011
 Postal card 5m, surcharged 4 Millièmes (NP SSPC4), cancelled WADI HALFA / 4 V 99 addressed Ministry of Public Works Cairo, arrival CAIRE / 9 V 99 I, No message   
£25.00
012
 Postal card 5m surcharged 4 Millièmes (NP SSPC4), cancelled KHARTOUM / 23 XII 904 III to Sireuil, France, no arrival  
£25.00
013
 Postal card 5m surcharged 4 Millièmes (NP SSPC5), Réponse part not used to reply but for message, cancelled HALFAYA / 26 V ?1 to Paris. Transit WADI-HALFA / CAMP / 27 V 1901 and TPO BENI SOUEF-CAIRE / AMBT / 31 V 01 TII   
£100.00
014
 Postal card 5m surcharged 4 Millièmes (NP-SSPC4), cancelled OMDURMAN / 11 I 904 III to Gladbach, Germany. Arrival mark illegible   
£50.00
015
 Postal card 5m surcharged 4 Millièmes (NP SSPC5), Réponse part cancelled PARIS 25 R. DANTON /12 /12 – 1 /02 to Wadi Halfa (Camp). Transit ALEXANDRIA / A / 19 I 02 VII + TPO AMB.BENI SOUEF/ CAIRE /? I 02 TII with arrival WADI-HALFA, date not clear. Tear on the word “Egyptian” under “Soudan” on the address   
£150.00
016
 Letter sheet 5m (NP SSLS1), cancelled HALFA / 31 III 98 T4 to Halfa. No text   
£1.00
017
 Envelope 5m (NP SSEN3 – cancelled WADI HALFA / 24 SE 97 TII - to Cairo – arrival CAIRE / A /28 IX 97 I
£15.00
018
 Envelope 5m. NP SSEN3), cancelled BERBER SPS (?) / 24 VII 9 00, to Egypt. Transit WADI HALFA/ S.P.S. / 2 ? VII 00 TII + unclear TPO BANI SOUEF–CAIRO / AMBT 2 ? ?? 00TII  
£50.00
019
 Envelope 5m (NP SSEN3, cancelled WAD-MEDANI / 20 IV 02, to Cairo. Transit KHARTOUM / ?? ?? 02 TIII + TPO AMB BENI SOUEF / CAIRE / 2 V 02 TII   
£50.00
020
 Envelope 1p (NP SSEN4, cancelled light ATBARA / 10 AO 98, to Calcutta. Transit WADI HALFA/ S.P.S. / 12 VIII 98 + CAIRE 16 VIII 98 + SEA POST OFFICE / C / AU 21 / 98   
£20.00
FOREIGN POST OFFICES IN ALEXANDRIA
021
 Folded letter cancelled French PO ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE / 22 JUIL 57, to Marseille. Handwritten tax 20  
£10.00
022
 Folded letter franked with Italian stamp (Victor-Emmanuel II 40 centesimi ), cancelled dotted rhombus with 234 with ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO POSTE ITALIANE /6 MAG / 73 alongside. To Turin, arrival mark TORINO / II / MAG / 73 / 7M, no text, thin and fragile paper  
£20.00
023
 Folded letter franked with Italian stamp (Victor-Emmanuel II 5 centesimi overprinted ESTERO), cancelled dotted rhombus with 234 and ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO POSTE ITALIANE /27 MAG / 77 alongside. To Turin, arrival mark TORINO / I / GIU / ?   
£20.00
FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE STAMPS ON EGYPTIAN MAIL
024
 Cover franked with Pictorial NP D57 cancelled " ALEXANDRIA / S / 15 JA 21 4.30(?) PM. To Zurich, postage due stamps Zumstein catalogue 31 & 34  
£10.00
025
 Picture postcard, "AIGRETTE – Bateau de service de la Compagnie du Canal de Suez", (Suez Canal Company service boat), franked with Pictorial NP D54 and cancelled with unclear PORT SAID-CAIRO / TPO / 30 1 14 T3 30.3. To Paris  
£10.00
VARIOUS POSTAL HISTORY ITEMS
026
 Picture post card franked by two Sudan 2 milll stamps but cancelled CAIRE / 26 (?) XII 99 VI. Addressed to Baroness Leon LAMBERT in Brussels … the text in French says "With special and exceptional authorization of the General Director of Posts this card received the cancellation of the Cairo Post Office on Sudanese stamps. With my best wishes for the New Year, Leon MASKENS, Cairo December 31st 1899."
NB, Baroness Leon LAMBERT (born ROTSCHILD, 1863-1916) was the wife of the founder of the bank LAMBERT (https://tinyurl.com/e3rmw8v7). In 1904 a Leon MASKENS was Agent and General Consul of Belgium in Cairo (tinyurl.com/2b4hdhms page 7)   
£5.00
027
 Trade postcard franked with pair of GB stamps, Edward VII (SG 215?), cancelled with framed PAQUEBOT + PORT-SAID / * / 5- III 12 4 PM. To Switzerland , arrival HERSOGENBUCHSEE / 11 III 12.-5. Picture side is text of the timetable of SS MONGOLIA. Numerous creases  
£10.00
VARIOUS CINDERELLAS
028
 Advertising card showing Grand Continental Hotel – no date  
£10.00
029
 Lithographed picture postcard showing coat of arms of Egypt – German publisher Paul KOHL in Chemnitz  
£10.00
030
 Embroidered picture postcard with caption SOUTH LANCASHIRE / EGYPT / PRINCE OF WALESS(?) VOLs   
£10.00
031
 Entry card for the Cercle Suisse du Caire dated 1922  
£20.00
ADVERTISING CARDS PRINTED WITH EGYPTIAN STAMPS
All the stamps are printed on the card
032
 African tobacco advertising card, size 45 x 63mm, showing Second Issue stamp NP D11, part Illustrated.  
£10.00
033
 Chocolate Antoine Bruxelles advertising card, 67 x 102mm featuring Second Issue stamp NP D10  
£10.00
034
 Chocolate Victoria Bruxelles advertising card, size 30 x 60mm – showing King Fouad First portrait issue stamp NP D96  
£10.00
EGYPT STAMPS AND VARIETIES
035
 20 Oct 2020, £E4 stamp issued for CAPMAS with mistake in the spelling of Egypt – EYGPT. This stamp was later withdrawn from all post offices in the country. Full mint sheet of 50 stamps. Part Illustrated.   
£300.00
036
 As above, the withdrawn stamp on its First Day Cover  
£40.00
037
 As above, the withdrawn stamp in a block of six  
£30.00
038
 3 April 2021, Golden Parade of the Pharaohs issue, full sheet of 22 stamps at £E5 each showing an ancient pharaoh, plus an £E5 miniature sheet, plus a se-tenant strip of three stamps, all UMM  
£40.00
039
 039 Pharaohs Parade – commemorative presentation pack including all stamps on First Day cover plus brochure (only 1500 printed). Already sold out at all post offices after only ten days  
£70.00
040
 1926 surcharge issue: 10 mills on 100 mills, Nile Post D 104a, vertical pair with wmk inverted, MNH  
£8.00
041
 1933, Cairo International Aviation Congress, complete set of five unmounted mint, SG 214-218 cat £100   
£28.00
042
 1958, Egyptian Industries sheet of 5x5 se-tenant stamps (NP C202-206), full sheet with inverted watermark, UMM  
£50.00
043
 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)   
£28.00
1867 FORGERIES
044
 Five forgeries from the 1867 Second Issue  
£10.00
FROM THE PALACE COLLECTION
045
 Konrad Bileski card with mounted 2 mills Postage Due of 1927 (SG D173), with clear Saray el Qubbah rectangular handstamp on reverse  
£10.00
ROYALTY INTEREST
046
 Series of five incoming postcards addressed to Princess Fewkia Fouad, daughter of Ahmed Fuad, later Sultan and then King, when she was a child. One card ”from Papa” signed with initials A.F., another addressed to Prince Fuad’s hairdresser  
£60.00
INSURED REGISTERED COVER
047
 1935, Insured and Registered cover from Cairo to Baveno in Italy, franked with King Fouad 15+200 mills stamps and with five wax seals  
£120.00
NO-VALUE STAMP ON COVER
048
 1905, Small cover franked only with No-Value Official stamp and sent from Dawawin / Cairo to the Armenian Boghos Agopian Bey, lawyer in Tanta National Court  
£20.00
049
 1912, Printed Official OHHS cover of the Cairo School of Medicine, posted to Khouzam Effendi at Pharmacy Tardy in the Mousky with No-Value Official stamp and 5 mills DLR overprinted O.H.H.S.  
£45.00
050
 1913, Official cover Registered from San Stefano to the Armenian Boghos Bey Agopian, lawyer in the Alexandria Mixed Courts. Franked with No-Value Official stamp and DLR 5 mills with OHHS opt  
£45.00
EXPRESS COVER
051
 1929 Express cover from Cairo to Asyut, franked with first Express stamp, 20 mills green, with Express cachet alongside. Beautiful, clean, and arrived next day   
£35.00
POSTAL HISTORY – CORONA VIRUS
052
 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). Returned to sender May 17   
£20.00
053
 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   
£20.00
ABOLITION OF CAPITULATIONS
054
 12 IV 37, A commercial postcard printed in Switzerland to mark the Montreux conference that resulted in the abolition of capitulations. Franked with two surcharged Swiss stamps and sent from Montreux to Lugano. Picture side shows long-suffering Egyptian(?) soldiers and the phrase “The most important decision in the history of Egypt begins today”. Excellent condition   
£20.00
DAMAGED IN THE MAILS
055
 1952, Cover to Cairo from Paris censored with military “Found Open” tape, used for only a very short period   
£10.00
056
 1959, Incoming air mail from Djibouti with half the cover missing and sealed on both sides with official label on which is printed “Found torn, closed officially”. Censored on arrival   
£15.00
057
 1963, Registered cover from Imbaba to KitKat sealed with part of a page from the Imbaba registration book instead of Found Open labels. And then it was returned to sender because of insufficient address   
£15.00
‘FOUND OPEN’ LABELS
058
 1963, Cover from El Horreya to Heliopolis sealed with four Type 9 UAR Found Open labels   
£10.00
059
 1978, Book padded bag from UK to Cairo sealed with four small Type 11-13 UAR Found Open labels   
£10.00
060
 1988, Incoming cover from Hong Kong to Alexandria sealed with Type 14 RAE rouletted Found Open labels   
£10.00
061
 1989, Cover from Thailand sealed with four Type 10 RAU Found Open labels   
£10.00
062
 2001 Cover from Croatia to Deirut sealed with seven Type 14 rouletted Found Open labels and 2 Registered labels   
£10.00
063
 2006 Cover from the National Bank in Sharm el Sheikh to Deirut sealed with four Type 15 (Dechiree) found Open labels   
£10.00
064
 2007, Cover from Sevres, France, to Zagazig sealed with two Type 16 (Dechiree) Found Open labels on glossy paper   
£10.00
065
 2007, Official Registered cover from Beni Mazar to Al-Azhar University, Asyut Branch, sealed with two Type 17 Dechiree Found Open labelss   
£10.00
066
 2007, Cover from Gdansk to Shebin el Kom sealed with modern Type 1 (narrow letters) Found Open tape   
£10.00
067
 2008, Registered cover from Doha to Qalioub sealed with modern Type 2 Found Open tape (medium letters)   
£10.00
068
 2021, Registered cover from UK to Cairo sealed with latest Found Open tape reading “Checked by Customs Authority”   
£15.00
POSTAL HISTORY
069
 1915, Postcard from Qena to Mallawi franked with DLR Pictorial provisional 2 mills on 3 mills (SG 83) with a 1m DLR felucca to make up the 3m rate. Rare usage   
£40.00
070
 3 MR 27, plain cover with full Navigation Congress set of three stamps (SG 138-140, Dec 2 1926), with commemorative cancel of Premier Salon d’Automobile d’Egypte. Excellent, unusual   
£30.00
071
 1943, Cairo Airgraph form written in Arabic from Glasgow, sealed with overland route Motor Mail labels   
£18.00
072
 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   
£8.00
073
 The Royal Yacht Mahroussa on a used postcard addressed from Mersa Matrouh to Mustafa Bey Rashid in Gianaclis, Alexandria   
£20.00
074
 1956, Egyptian Education Bureau long envelope franked with green Washington machine 3 cents 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   
£10.00
POSTMARK INTEREST
075
 1974-86, Postcard (to USA) and Air Mail cover (to Cairo), both cancelled with unusual ATOMIC ENERGY / POST handstamp canceller   
£14.00
076
 1991, printed large envelope of the Egyptian Commercial Chamber in Port Said, franked 45 piastres for postage and registration to Qasr el Eini, cancelled with CDS of Bazar des Gros des Legumes et Fruits / Port Said, with Reg and postcode (Suq el Gomla) cachets alongside. Addressed to President of the Ministry of Commerce   
£10.00
BOOKLET STAMPS ON COVER
077
 1918-56, Six covers franked with booklet stamps including a block of four. Also a full booklet pane of Fuad 5m on typed good-conduct certificate   
£30.00
078
 1939, 1943, Two locally used covers (Tanta to Khoronfish, Suhag Station to Cairo), franked respectively with Boy King 5m and 6m booklet stamps   
£15.00
DUES ON COVER
079
 1912 Oilette series postcard from Helwan to Paris franked 3 mills DLR. On arrival charged 5 centimes and 5c Due applied   
£40.00
080
 1923, cover from Paris incoming to an Armenian citizen in Alexandria. Taxed on arrival with 10+2 mills Postage Dues including Crown overprint on the 10 mills   
£60.00
081
 1928, Postcard from Athens to Mazarita, Alexandria, under-rated and taxed on arrival with 4 mills Postage Due stamp (SG D175)   
£12.00
082
 1969, Incoming Air cover under-rated by France machine cancel, censored on face and taxed on arrival in Alexandria with two Dues from Egypt’s last issue, 2 mills (SG D852) and 40 mills (SG D856)   
£20.00
REVENUES – PLAYING CARD TAX
083
 1960? UAR issue, not recorded by Feltus. Intended for local use (Arabic overprint mahalli at left, with signature of Customs head at right), affixed to box that held cards   
£15.00
084
 1974? Feltus’ First ARE issue (page 44, his number 386)   
£12.00
REVENUES – MATCH TAX
085
 1943 Feltus Last Kingdom Issue (his number 363, p.42), Duty Paid 60 matches   
£12.00
086
 Date? First republican issue, not recorded by Feltus. Battered condition, but three bars obliterating the crown beautifully printed. Most unusual   
£18.00
087
 1954, Feltus First Torch Issue (p.43, his no 375), Duty paid 60 matches. Feltus says colour unknown, here clearly violet   
£12.00
REVENUES - CIGARETTE TAX
088
 1998-2019, Group of three cigarette tax revenue stamps, each on a packet of the popular Cleopatra cigarettes   
£12.00
GENERAL REVENUES
089
 Group of 11 modern revenue stamps (2005-08) with flaws and misplaced frames etc   
£30.00
090
 Jumbo lot of revenues… 72 different syndicate revenue stamps plus18 documents (birth certificates, ID card, receipts, cheques etc) all duty paid via various revenues. Good lot for revenue enthusiasts to study. Part Illustrated.   
£50.00
091
 1941-1968, Group of 15 Petrol Ration revenue stamps, all different, entitling holders to buy kerosene for cooking (Feltus pages 203-4)   
£45.00
092
 1948-2005, Group of five used covers, all Arabic addressed, franked with revenue stamps rather than definitives. One, with both, was given a T in pencil   
£10.00
093
 Group of 15 Palestinian resistance fund-raising and propaganda stamps, all different   
£40.00
094
 1958-90, Ministry of Health labels to raise money for children’s’ charities, 37 all different.   
£48.00
OFFICIAL FORMS
095
 23 OC 29, Birth certificate issued by Royal Egyptian Consulate in Paris, with duty paid by horizontal pair of 100mills Fuad Consular Service stamps (Feltus 407, p.45), signed by the consul, Ramses Chafey, with fine consular handstamp.   
£38.00
096
 1977, invoice from Elektroimpex of Hungary approved by Egyptian Consulate in Budapest and tax paid with a massive total of 23 revenue stamps (Consular Service Long Eagle Issue 40 mills+60 mills+300 mills, Feltus p50, nos 450, 452, 458) plus 1965 Ramses issue (3x£E1) and tax 5x 25 mills. Spectacular   
£60.00
ADVERTISING ETC LABELS
097
 1932, Simon Arzt Extra Mild cigarettes advertising label, 8x8cm, mint   
£20.00
098
 1930-55, Group of five cigarette advertising labels, for the following companies: Alex Livanos, Carvelllis Freres, Soussa, Melkonian   
£40.00
CASSETTE POST ENVELOPES
099
 1993, Essay of Sayeda Nefisa Mosque £E2.5 envelope, printed both sides and slightly battered   
£12.00
100
 1994-99, Accumulation of seven mint Cassette Post envelopes   
£15.00
101
 2003-04, as last, group of six unused Cassette Post envelopes, all cancelled with single-line Arabic overprint laghi & masalhy, ie Cancelled and so available for official Post Office use   
£15.00
POSTCARDS
102
 1908, b/w Alexandria, Casino Rosette   
£8.00
103
 Mansura 1912, four pristine b/w postcards by L J Venieri et Frere with LL imprint: Faculty of Fine Arts and Government school, Police Station, Water reservoir tower, Local Government headquarters, plus sepia from same publishers, Locks on the Bahr Saghir (little Nile)   
£15.00
104
 1922, sepia card of Italian cement manufacturing factory, Alexandria   
£8.00
105
 1923, not postcards but two b/w postcard-sized snapshot photographs of British troops on the Suez Canal at Port Said   
£14.00
106
 1932, b/w, street decoration for King Farouk’s birthday, Alexandria  
£14.00
107
 1935, b/w tented Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria under black clouds   
£10.00
108
 1937, vertical b/w, Street decorations for Farouk’s Coronation, Cairo   
£14.00
109
 1937, b/w ophthalmic hospital in Matariya (Daqahlia). Reverse notes “free for poor people”   
£8.00
110
 Christmas 1942, b/w printed photocard, 64th General Hospital, Victoria College Alexandria   
£12.00
111
 1942, b/w photocard, Windsor Hotel, Alexandria   
£5.00
GAZA / PALESTINE INTEREST
112
 1948, Arrival of Egyptian Troops in Gaza (SG 348), plain cover with First-Day cancel 1 / Cairo of 16 JU 48, and inside it a block of four with dead-centre cancel of 1 / Cairo 15 MA 48, a month earlier. How could it happen?.   
£10.00
SINAI INTEREST
113
 1988-2007, Group of five used covers from Sinai, all cancelled with various towns of the peninsula, including El Salam, El Arish, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tor Sinai and South Sinai Office   
£10.00
PERFINS ON EGYPTIAN STAMPS
114
 1914, Societe Anonyme de Behera printed cover franked with DLR Pictorial 5 mills punctured with company’s S.B. perfin, sent from Qostantinia to San Stefano. Reverse has two TPOs – Sherbin-Qallin and Dumiat-Tanta   
£45.00
115
 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   
£8.00
116
 1933, Banco Italo-Egiziano printed cover with Fuad 2 mills and 3 mills both beautifully punctured B I / E, Sent en ville within Alexandria, but refused and returned to sender   
£25.00
117
 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   
£8.00
TPO MARKINGS
118
 1900, Colour postcard of Alexandria and its beach, franked 2m en ville for Alex and cancelled with Ramle-Alexandria TPO 23 VI 00 T1 (Smith 8A7, earliest recorded)   
£10.00
119
 1904-42, Selection of ten covers and one postcard, all with various TPO cancels (part illustrated)   
£40.00
120
 1908-38, Group of seven covers and four postcards with a selection of TPO cancellations, including one unrecorded type (part illustrated)   
£40.00
121
 1956, Company Arabic-printed cover from Manzala to Cairo, damaged and sealed with red selvedge from sheet of Registered labels instead of Found Open label   
£12.00
122
 1962, Cover from Kom Ombo to Abbassia cancelled with CDS of TPO line El-Luqsor-El-Shallal 7 JL 62 T-89   
£10.00
MACHINE FRANKING
123
 1943-54, Group of five used covers all with different types of mechanical machine frankings, various values   
£10.00
MODERN INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS
124
 2005-08, Four covers with various tick-boxes for postman to complete reason for non-delivery, plus spectacular pointing finger instruction to Return to Sender   
£10.00
POSTAL STATIONERY ESSAYS
125
 1936, Original real photo essay for first-day postal stationery cover marking the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, printed on matt card 20x15cm   
£20.00
CLASSICAL POSTAL STATIONERY
126
 1929, Registered postal stationery embossed 5m letter sheet (NP SLS8), with wmk Egyptian Postage, uprated with Fouad 20m adhesive, sent from Cairo to Abbassia with black on white Reg label   
£18.00
127
 1932, 3 mills Ras el Tin Palace card (small lettering, NP SPC30), sent from Sanhur el Qiblia to seeds dealer in Cairo. Reverse has transit mark of TPO line Fayum-Wasta-Abuxa (as Smith type 7A3.7, but line unrecorded)   
£33.00
128
 1933, 3 mills Ras el Tin Palace card (with small lettering, Nile Post SPC30) from clear Dumiat CDS to a seeds dealer in Cairo   
£28.00
129
 1933, 3 mills Ras el Tin Palace card (small lettering, NP SPC30), sent from Sanhur el Qiblia to seeds dealer in Cairo. Reverse has transit mark of TPO line Wasta-Abuxa (Smith type 7A3.7)
£33.00
130
 1940, King Farouk 15 mills Registered postal stationery envelope without box-frame around stamp vignette (NP SRE 10, $250 used). Uprated with Boy King 1+5 mills stamps and sent from Abu Tig to Deirut
£48.00
131
 1941, 5mills Boy King letter sheet (NP SLS 11 with Arabic wmk Al Barid al Masry, colourfully uprated for postage with 1m Boy King and for Registration with 15m Boy King, used en ville in Cairo
£20.00
132
 1941, Registered used 5 mills Boy King letter sheet (P SLS 11), uprated with Boy King 6+10mills stamps, used from Azhar to Doqqi (clear CDSs)
£25.00
133
 1948, 6 mills Boy King letter sheet uprated with 4 x 1mill Boy King and with the lettering above the vignette reading Al mamlaka al Masriya (Kingdom of Egypt) rather than Al dawla el Masriya (not recorded in Nile Post, but see QC 259, p.274, where all is explained). Addressed to the Survey of Egypt in Giza
£40.00
134
 1941 6 mills letter sheet (Al-Dawla al-Misriya, NP SLS 12) in mint, fine condition   
£45.00
135
 1949 Farouk Marechal 10m stationery letter sheet (NP SLS 13) used from Heliopolis and uprated by two further 10m Farouks for registration
£20.00
MODERN POSTAL STATIONERY
136
 2006, Prepaid PO stationery cover for Registration and Avis de Reception, very unusually properly used from Shashour to the Ministry of Social Security in Kasr el Eini, Cairo, uprated with three definitive stamps.
£8.00
137
 2000-04, Two different printings of prepaid PO stationery covers for Registration, both unused, one bearing Laghi & Masalhy cancellation so that the cover could be put to official use
£8.00
RAILWAYS INTEREST
138
 1915-55, Group of four used covers, all internal use, each with a different postmark of SOHAG / STATION   
£10.00
RURAL POST – PALESTINE SLOGAN
139
 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   
£8.00
RURAL POST
140
 1909, Registered cover from Nabaroh to Ibrahim Effendi Naguib, lawyer of the widow of Zulfikar Pasha in Falaki Street, Cairo. Cancelled with unrecorded Service Rural CDS of Nabaro and village cartouche of Behout
£50.00
141
 1913 cover from Rahmania to Sheik Rizk Hassanein in Bab el Khalk, Cairo, cancelled with Rural Service Rahmania-Kafr el Sheikh Hassan, three years later than recorded
£35.00
142
 1918, Cover from Basyun to Mustafa Bey Rashid in Cairo, cancelled with Rural Service Basyun-Kafr el Dawar and cartouche also Kafr el Dawar
£25.00
143
 28 NO 19, cover from Biba to Cairo with DLR Pictorial 5 mills cancelled Rural Service / Biba-Shantur, with Shantur cartouche alongside   
£8.00
144
 1938, Fuad 2 mills visiting card stationery envelope sent to hotel El Montazah el Kobra in Cairo, cancelled Rural Service Zagazig-Kafr el Hosr 11 2 38, two years earlier than recorded   
£30.00
145
 Fuad 2 mills visiting card stationery envelope sent to Hotel El Montaza El Kobra in Cairo with cancel Rural Service Samallut-Ezbet Abdalla el Khawaga   
£25.00
INCOMING MAIL FROM SUDAN
146
 1955-72, Group of five covers, one aerogramme and two postcards, all incoming to Egypt from Juba, Malakal, Farka, Sennar and Khartoum   
£10.00
SUDAN CURRENCY CHANGE
147
 1990-2001, Eight unmounted stamps, all with variety of handstamp surcharges   
£15.00
148
 As last, ten unmounted stamps in marginal blocks with new values surcharged by hand   
£10.00
149
 2018-19, Similar to previous, six unmounted stamps with various surcharges and attempts at obliterating previous values   
£10.00
150
 Similar description to last, but six different stamps similarly treated   
£10.00
ROYAL WEDDING
151
 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)   
£600.00
ROYAL COLLECTION
152
 1938, Royal misperforates from the collection of Fouad and Farouk. Complete set of nine Officials with oblique perforations. Unmounted, perfect condition (SG O276-284)   
£90.00
POSTAL STATIONERY
153
 1940, 5 mills Boy King stationery letter sheet (NP SLS 11) uprated with Boy King 1m+15m for postage and registration from Maadi to Giza
£35.00
154
 1942 6 mills Boy King stationery letter sheet (NP SLS 12) with Arabic al-dawla al misriya (Government of Egypt) above stamp vignette, uprated with 15 mills Boy King for postage and registration en ville in Cairo. Cairo Postmen transit mark
£35.00
155
 1944, 6 mills Boy King stationery letter sheet (unrecorded by Nile Post, but see QC 259, page 274), Arabic over vignette reading al-malakeya al-misriya (Kingdom of Egypt). Uprated with 4+40 mills stamps used en ville in Cairo from Helmeya to Mousky. Cairo Delivery backstamp
£45.00
HAND-PAINTED STAMP ARTWORK – ISSUED STAMPS
156
 1972, United Nations Day issue, 55 mills value showing flooded Temple of Philae to publicise Unesco campaign to save flooded Nubia, hand painted essay by Ibrahim el Tahtawi, 13x14cm (SG 1185)   
£50.00
157
 1972, Stunning hand-painted essay in black ink on tracing paper, 15x20cm, showing the head of Pharaoh Khafre, eventually issued as the £E1 value of the 1972 ARE definitive set (SG 1141). Note handwritten notation altering £E5 value to £E1   
£60.00
MATCH TAX STAMPS – UNRECORDED
158
 As the Fourth Kingdom Issue, Duty Paid 30 matches (Feltus page 41, No 338, but with 30 matches opt). Essay?   
£35.00
159
 As Fourth Kingdom issue (see last), but unrecorded value of 100 matches in blue. Essay?   
£45.00
CIGARETTE TAX STAMPS
160
 1920, Feltus’ Second Obelisk Issue in mint block of four (page 34, no 282)   
£45.00
161
 As last, single mint stamp   
£15.00
162
 1894-1910, Group of 11 different and different sized Cigarette stamps, including Simon Arzt   
£45.00
CONSULAR STAMPS
163
 1936, King George V Consulat Service £50 sterling revenue in block of four with spot-on cancel of British Consulate-General, Alexandria 8 DE 36   
£90.00
164
 1939, Two certificates issued by the Greek Consulate in Alexandria, each with a different consular revenue stamp paying the duty   
£30.00
FRENCH OFFICES ERROR SURCHARGE
165
 1921-23, Change of currency from centimes to milliemes at French PO necessitated surcharged values. Here the 3m on 3c (lightly mounted mint) and 15m on 2c claret (UMM) have received Alexandria surcharges on stamps of Port-Said in error. SG 38b (£120 mint) and 46a (£100), Yvert 36b and 44a. Amazing showpiece   
£100.00
S.A.I.D.E. FLIGHT
166
 1948, Full sheet of 16 Air Mail label, SAIDE greeting card all in Arabic but showing stops of the flight in English, business card. Fascinating souvenirs   
£40.00
POSTCARDS
167
 1912, B/w photo mint postcard of Heliopolis Luna Park, together with complementary pass to the park, augmented with a “pass to attractions”. Given to Youssef Bey Kamal (personal)
£100.00
168
 1910-20, Two quaint advertising postcard based on oil paintings by F Reiis (?) for the Gutterman silk sewing company   
£25.00
169
 1930s-40s, Sepia card showing Victoria College, Alexandria – A party of Scouts. Published by P C Furard, Paris   
£25.00
170
 1930, Two mint coloured cards painted by W F Burger for the Egyptian Hotels Ltd of Cairo: Semiramis Hotel veranda on the Nile, and Continental Savoy Hotel in Opera Square   
£20.00
PELLEGRIN MAP POSTCARDS
171
 1912-19, Colourful miniature postcard maps of areas of Egypt produced by F. Pellegrin. All single back, all mint, generally excellent condition. No 7. Province de Behera   
£12.00
172
 No 8. Province de Gharbieh   
£12.00
173
 No 13. Moyenne et Haute Egypte   
£12.00
174
 No 15. Environs d’Assouan   
£12.00
175
 No 16. Province de Guizeh   
£12.00
176
 No 17. Province de Beni-Souef   
£12.00
177
 No 19. Province de Minieh   
£12.00
178
 No 20. Province d’Assiout   
£12.00
179
 No 21. Province de Guirgueh   
£12.00
180
 No 22. Province de Keneh   
£12.00
181
 No 26. Nubie   
£12.00
182
 Date? Delightful album containing 23 postcards with interleaving, multiple images of people and places in Cairo and its environs. Unfortunately too well bound to open for copying   
£45.00
BACK OF THE BOOK MATERIAL
183
 1920-24 Hellenic Red Cross in Egypt, 2 different 1-piastre fundraising labels   
£20.00
184
 1939-44, British Army in Egypt, Christmas advertising label   
£30.00
185
 1946-52, Egyptian Royal Family charity societies, six different fundraising labels (see Feltus page 201)   
£48.00
186
 1917-18 Palestine Revenues – Turkish revenues handstamped EEF, values 2 para and 10 para. Unmounted, spectacular   
£35.00
187
 1910, Sealing label of German Consulate in Alexandria, mint   
£25.00
188
 1928, Brasserie Bomonti, Alexandria, label from bottle of Bomonti Pilsner beer   
£20.00
SYNDICATE / REVENUE STAMPS USED
189
 1944-54, Group of five certificates and a mandate from the syndicates of attorneys, mixed court, Islamic law court … 11 examples of revenues, including two Mixed Court surcharges unrecorded by Feltus (see his pages 77-78) (part illustrated)   
£30.00
190
 1957 application form seeking to establish a new newspaper (Al Rawy al Mesawar) in Cairo by the millionaire businessman Kamar al Zaman Barada. Duty paid by Syndicate of Journalists £E5 revenue stamp (Feltus no 804, page 86)   
£40.00
191
 1959, Record statement from Francois Fadoul, owner of the Cairo commerce newspaper, duty paid with 10 x 5m first issue Syndicate of Journalists stamps (Feltus no 802, page 86). 35x36cm, part illustrated   
£15.00
192
 1963, Accountant’s receipt issued in Cairo, duty paid by 5m value of Syndicate of Accountants and Auditors 1964 book and scales revenue issue (Feltus p.74, no 601)   
£15.00
193
 1967, Electricity receipt with duty paid in Gizira by horizontal pair of unrecorded 50-piastre stamps of the Electrical Administration (Lines and Meters issue, Feltus p.61))   
£50.00
194
 1967 as last, with duty paid by tall £E1 stamp of Lines and Meters issue (Feltus p61, no 527)   
£45.00
195
 1979, Application form for Italian tourist group to enter Egypt (names on the reverse), duty paid with 24 copies of the second Nubian Monuments Consular Issue $2 revenue stamps plus 20 500 mills of the 1973 A.R.Egypt consular revenues (Feltus 477)   
£40.00
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REVENUE
196
 2008, Palestinian Authority birth certificate issued in Rafah completed with mixture of rare use of Palestinian MOPIC $5 revenue and £E11 Egyptian consular revenues, small eagle issue
£25.00
RAILWAY TIMETABLE
197
 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   
£20.00
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
198
 1901 Egyptian Army handwritten document 17x20cm certifying that one A Wellburn was fit for action. Covering note with Adjutant-General / Egyptian Army seal, advises that he must repay cost of stamped paper   
£25.00
199
 1953 Kingdom of Egypt ID card, duty paid by 2x5m general revenue plus 1945 General ID Card stamp (Feltus p.57, no 501) of 100 mills   
£35.00
200
 UPU postal ID card issued in 1954 to Hussein Ali el Hadidi of Cairo, taxed with 2 x 40 mills republican definitives (SG 427) plus 30m General revenue)   
£25.00
MEDITERRANEAN GAMES
201
 October 1951, official guide in French,12pp, 14x20cm, to the first Games in Alexandria, complete schedule of all events, fold-out map of the stadia and Alexandria map. Games advertising label (Feltus p.199 top right) on reverse. Excellent condition
£25.00
202
 Group of interesting Games documents: Ramleh Tramway pass for the duration showing a map of all tramways lines; complementary pass card to the stadium signed by the Egyptian Olympic President, Ahmed Demirdash el Tony, in favour of Colonel Shafik Abdallah; and three mint Games tickets with counterfoils for athletics, weightlifting and swimming events
£90.00
LETTERS FROM ASSASSINATED SIRDAR LEE STACK
203
 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   
£20.00
204
 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   
£20.00
EGYPT AND SUDAN WAR OFFICE
The following eight lots comprise official War Office correspondence, with many rare markings
205
 17 Sept 1895, foolscap letter in English to Public Works Department from Head Quarters, Egyptian Army, War Office, Cairo   
£10.00
206
 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   
£10.00
207
 30 June 1903, all-Arabic correspondence to and from Recruiting Department signed by E.S (?)Herbert, deputy to General Argonaut(?). Continues over page   
£10.00
208
 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(?)   
£10.00
209
 15 Jan 1906, typed letter in English from India to Under Secretary of State for Public Works in Cairo   
£10.00
210
 6 Aug 1908, letter typed in English – continuing correspondence about the Cairo Tramways pass, mentioned in Lots 203 and 204, written by Kamaikam Assistant Adjutant General, Egyptian Army   
£10.00
DUES ON COVER
211
 1939 cover from Glasgow to Cairo, taxed on arrival with machine tax mark on reverse, then postage due stamps of 2+10 mills (SG D173, D180)
£25.00
REVENUES ON COVER
212
 1970-87, Three local covers all franked with revenue stamps instead of definitives   
£10.00
AUSTRIAN POST OFFICE
213
 Date? Austrian Post Office complete entire with good backstamp dated Mai 22, but condition not the best with acidic ink and other wear and tear   
£10.00
KHEDIVIAL OPERA HOUSE
214
 1971, Black and white eight page art brochure 20x14cm detailing performances of Tosca and Aida and explaining the course of the opera, in March/April. Among the last shows at the Opera House, which burned down at the end of May and was later demolished   
£20.00
BRITONS WORKING IN EGYPT
215
 45-page publication titled List of Senior British Officials in the Egyptian Government in January 1934, covering all employments from Ministry of War to assistant school teachers. Not an official publication though printed by the Government Press in Cairo and packed with useful information, 28x18cm
£50.00
SINAI POSTMARKS
216
 Gemsa, 29 IV 25, on an unfranked preprinted postcard from one Jan Martyn giving notice to the Administration of the Technical Drilling Association in Vienna of a change of role and giving his address as Egyptian Central Oilfields, Gemsa. Four CDS – Gemsa 29 IV 25, Alex same, but Suez and Port Taufiq appear to be April 21. Very odd, very rare CDS
£25.00
217
 Gebel el Tor 12 MA 21 (error for 27), on a Post Office inquiry card asking about the apparent non-delivery of a registered item sent from Gizira / Cairo. Query raised on May 2 1927, and reply (“delivered safely”) is returned with Gebel el Tor CDS of 12 MA 21 (error). Rare CDS.
£18.00
BOER WAR PRESS CENSOR
218
 28 VI 00, Cairo to Johannesburg. Franked 3x5m De La Rue from Caire CDS, Suez and Aden transit marks. In South Africa opened and resealed with black on pink V.R. / Opened Under Martial Law label, tied with Johannesburg / Z.A.R cds of September 4 and with triangular violet Passed / Press / Censor alongside
£12.00
OFFICIAL ENTIRE
219
 7 VIII 17, Much-travelled document recording the Sheikh’s return from sick leave, starting with the Ministry of Education in Cairo, with a total of eight CDS - Dawawin / Cairo, Cairo / H, Damanhur, Cairo / S, Fuwa, Damanhur and Fuwa once more – along with two Official ovals and white on black Government sealing label. Remarkable
£12.00
ZEPPELIN FANTASY
220
 ’10 AP 31’, long envelope apparently preprinted for Zeppelin journey and addressed to Jerusalem, apparently franked with six singles of the 100/27m Zeppelin surcharge stamp, but in miniature size, all cancelled with Zeppelin CDS for 10 AP, accompanied by red Pyramid Zeppelin Egypt trip handstamp. Pure fantasy. But a delight to see. Pristine mint condition. The statue’s face is that of a modern Egyptian – presumably C S Nicolaides, the perpetrator?   
£15.00
POSTAL STATIONERY
221
 1892, 5 mills bilingual surcharge on 2 piastre orange embossed envelope of 146x111mm (MP SEN 8), wmk inverted, clean example, mint   
£4.00
222
 1911, 1 mill surcharge on 2 mills green embossed visiting card envelope (NP SEN 11), used en ville in Cairo, no backstamps   
£7.00
223
 1914, 5 mills carmine embossed envelope, 146x111mm (NP SEN 16), unrecorded watermark inverted, clean example, mint   
£20.00
224
 1916, 3 mills Ras el Tin card, orange (NP SPC 25), used from Cairo-Tanta TPO 13 AP 21 to Alexandria, with Alex / A and Cairo-Alexandria / TPO transit marks
£3.00
225
 1921, 2 mills vermilion embossed visiting card envelope with Egyptian Postage wmk inverted (MP SEN 21), with 2m Crown overprint added (not cancelled) for postage Alexandria to Liverpool 30 DE 22, no transit markings   
£4.00
226
 1932, 2 milliemes dark grey Fuad embossed visiting-card envelope, vertical watermark (NP SEN 27), addressed to British Consul, Port Said, neat, no backstamp   
£4.00
227
 1946, 6 mills Farouk Marechal postcard (NP SPC 42), preprinted with an Alexandria postbox address but not used. Unusual   
£6.00
228
 1954, 6 mills Defense definitive vignette on view-card series, Place Soliman Pacha, Le Caire, with sepia view (NP SPC 44). Mint, pristine   
£10.00
STAMP VARIETIES
229
 1984, Los Angeles Olympic Games miniature sheet (NP MS 40), badly miscut 2cm to right so that the two values in Arabic and English appear side by side. “T” guide marking for blade operator clearly visible in lower right corner. Mint, pristine, unrecorded   
£40.00
230
 2006, 30p Week of Arab Universities commem (Hadi 1609), right marginal single with unrecorded colour shift giving rainbow effect, with normal for comparison   
£10.00
POSTMARK INTEREST
231
 Piroscafi Postali dell’ Egitto, faint but undoubted marking on fragment of 1879 20-para postal stationery card. Not perfect, but a very rare marking   
£60.00
232
 Esna, near-complete Type V-4n on 1pi 1872-75   
£40.00
233
 Hartum, Type V-4n on 2 ½ pi 1872-75   
£40.00
234
 Sawakin, 12 I 98 on DLR block of four 5-piastres   
£35.00
235
 B01, British PO Alexandria, on GB 3d (trimmed) and 4d stamps   
£20.00
236
 26 JA 89, 5 mills postal stationery card, Arabic-written and addressed, sent from Mansura to excellent strike of Damiette star and crescent cds   
£6.00
237
 21 VI 95, United States 2c preprinted postal stationery card franked Madison (Wisconsin) and addressed to Institute of Egypt. Alexandria arrival, and on reverse superb Amb Alexandrie-Cairo TPO cancel type 3B1. Clean, neat
£4.00
238
 9 I 10, fine b/w postcard of a striding Russian Grenadier sent from Paris to the French Institute in Cairo and furnished back and front on arrival with superb handstamps of the Alexandria-Cairo / T.P.O. / Foreign Mails handstamp (TPO type 5D1)
£6.00
239
 31 DE 35, printed cover of Boulad and Ackaouy, lawyers, franked 3x5m Fuad for registration to Damanhour. Returned as undeliverable, but Gabriel Boulad has written on the face: See cancellation behind – blue Damanhour – rare. Backstamps include two Alex R.A. for return journey
£4.00
240
 4 AP 38, clean registered cover franked 15m Boy King for Cairo. Clean cancel of Kafr el Battikh (plus Reg cartouche), two illegible transit marks and clear Cairo Delivery
£4.00
241
 7 JL 38 cover franked 5m Boy King plus 10m Fuad for internal postage and registration, despatched from clear strike of Shobak Ikrash with Cairo receiver behind   
£4.00
242
 6 JA 41, clean cover franked 3+5m Boy King for Leeds and cancelled with clear strike of Mandara (company handstamp on reverse), with circular censor mark alongside   
£4.00
243
 1 JA 52(?), colourful Lehnert and Landrock postcard of Pyramids and camels, with 1914 DLR 4 mills affixed to make a fine maxicard, but then spoiled by using questionable cancel of Alexandria / Egypt with flat bottom typical of “touristic” fabrications. Reverse unsullied.   
£6.00
244
 20 AP 55, commercial printed cover franked with 10m Defence definitive for Alexandria, and posted from clear strike of Embaba / Madinet el Ummah   
£4.00
245
 27 9 84, Air letter franked with vertical pair of Tutankhamun Mask 80p for postage to UK university from National Research Centre in Dokki. Cancellation simply Research. Striking   
£4.00
POSTAL HISTORY
246
 16 XI 95, Black and white card of National Hotel, Cairo, made colourful with franking of 1,2,3,5,1pt De La Rues and addressed to Rottweil (arrival CDS on reverse)
£10.00
247
 15 II 08, spectacular AR cover, defaced by mathematics(!), registered from Roda-Edwa TPO (Type 8A1, recorded only 1901-05) with 2x5m DLRs for postage and registration, and two more for AR. Clear backstamp of Edwa same day and Cairo arrival next day
£8.00
248
 7 V 12, Attractive multicolour cover registered from Akhmim to Cairo and cancelled with 1,2,2x5m De La Rue dues   
£4.00
249
 16 XII 20, Company printed cover spectacularly franked with 1914 Pictorials – 1,2,2x4 plus second 4 for total of 15 mills to London. Black on white Reg label and Alex / R.3 CDs. No backstamps   
£5.00
250
 31 JL 24, plain cover, Arabic addressed to Manfalut (arrival CDS), franked with 15m of 1923 Pictorial set and cancelled with CDS of Mir (Reg cachet alongside)
£4.00
251
 Oct 28 1925, small cover to Ramleh franked GB Geo V three halfpence cancelled with commem postmark for Wembley Stadium Torchlight Tattoo. Reverse has CDS of Port Said, Sidi Gaber and Ibrahimia / Ramleh
£4.00
252
 27 JA 31 to Djibouti, Registered and AR cover from Alexandria architect franked with three pairs of 5m Fuad plus 15m for total 45 mills and addressed to the Governor of French Somalia. Reverse has Port Said / (R) and Djibouti (Feb 3) CDS
£4.00
253
 22 DE 31, printed cover for Count Blucher’s Estate, franked 20m Fuad and addressed to Marseille. CDS is Idfu el Sharq / El Ridisiya / Bahari, echoing company address. Aswan-Luqsor TPO transit, and neat Marseille arrival behind
£4.00
254
 16 MA 34, to Nyasaland. Small cover with Avion label, franked with 5+10m Airs and Fuad 50m. Reverse has clear strikes of Cairo machine, Blantyre transit and Limbe arrival
£5.00
255
 1 DE 37, Commercial printed cover, franked Fuad 15m for postage and registration to Cairo from Mahras (Reg cartouche alongside). Cairo Delivery behind
£4.00
256
 5 JU 41, Company printed cover addressed to London, franked 47m for Air Mail, machine censor – and on reverse a large label of support for the war effort in Union Jack form
£5.00
257
 7 JU 42, folded printed notice, 12x6.5cm, addressed to Bacos, with 2m and 1m Boy King adhesives in opposite corners cancelled D (6) / Alexandria. Charming   
£4.00
258
 Two Air Mail covers - 18 NO 48, franked 32 mills for registration from Alexandria (in blue), circular civil censor on face with Cotton Growers Association label in blue, one Budapest transit/arrival CDS on face and two behind. 17 DE 48 franked 19 mills, Alex in blue, censor mark and Cotton Association label in blue and upside down. Budapest arrival 30 December. No backstamp
£5.00
259
 3 FE 53, striking small cover with Air label addressed to UK, franked with two horizontal pairs, 3m and 13m, of Farouk Marechal with Egypt and Sudan overprint. CDS is R.1 / Ismailia, censor mark and no backstamp. Neat, clean   
£6.00
260
 1 SE 58, Air cover franked 50m for Bratislava, cancelled with Masg Masr / Kafr el Dawwar / (1), from Egyptian rayon manufacturing company. Cairo machine cancel with slogan in blue on reverse, Bratislava arrival CDS
£4.00
261
 1960S local cover franked with UAR Egypt definitives (so probably 1968-71 but dates not clear) totalling 55 mills for postage, registration and Avis de Reception: (see red typing) from Cairo to Giza. Typed instruction augmented with straight-line AVIS DE RECEPTION handstamp much better known from early years of the century. Remarkable survivor   
£6.00
262
 1995, two covers from smaller settlements in the recently developed Wadi el Gidid – Air covers addressed internally and cancelled with Paris and Asmant CDS. Novel
£5.00
RURAL SERVICE
263
 Postmark cutouts – three cards with a total of 47 Rural Service or Service Rural postmark cutouts, date range appx 1910-1930. All different, all genuine   
£20.00
264
 19 JL 28, Small buff envelope, cut down at right, franked 5 mills Fuad local rate and sent from Siflaq rural station (cartouche) via Rural Service / Akhmim-Siflaq parent office to Asyut. Transit backstamp of Akhmim / Traffic 5PM same day. This Rural CDS recorded 25 DE 23 to 13 AU 40
£6.00
265
 20 OCT 38, Arabic-addressed cover franked 5mills local rate from postal station Taftish el Rahamna via Rural Service / Faraskur-Ghoneimia and Fariskur parent office to Cairo (part arrival cancel behind). Taftish el Rahamna otherwise unrecorded, RS cancel recorded 7 NOV 18 to 3 APR 44.   
£6.00
266
 26 12 42, Small cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked with 6 mills Boy King local rate and cancelled with excellent strike of Rural Service / Basyun-Ezbet Abu Sheleib (recorded 4 10 39 to 13 12 48). Basyun and Cairo machine transit strikes   
£6.00
267
 1 4 59, Arabic-addressed cover to Cairo most unusually franked with UAR anniversary 10 mills commemorative, local rate. No village cartouche, but travelled via ornate Rural Service / Mahallit Abu Aly – Ezbet Soliman Bey Wahbi cancellation (recorded 25 2 39 to 15 4 59). Contents remain   
£6.00
EXPRESS POSTCARD
268
 26 AP 25, printed card franked with First Fuads, 3m for internal postage plus 2x5m for registration from Shubra Cairo (Reg cachet alongside) to Abu Tig. Reverse has Cairo / R.A. 2, Cairo / Station (date figures inverted), and Abu Tig arrival 27 AP 8-9AM
£6.00
POSTCARDS
269
 Military uniform – b/w upright, single back, Under-Brigadier of the Egyptian Police. CDS on face (but stamp lost) of French PO in Port Said 1914?   
£8.00
270
 Military uniform – b/w upright photo card, young man with swagger stick and puttees, marked on reverse: Remembrance from Mohamed el Hassan Mohamed to the sergeant Neeil(?). No postal markings   
£6.00
271
 Machine mixte de l’Etat Egyptien, Locomotive 535, photocard of Edition F.Fleure, mint   
£6.00
272
 Egyptian State Railway “flier” No 500, six coupled bogie express (outside cylinder), published Knight Press of Bavaria No 1395, mint   
£6.00
273
 Fayoum Light Railway Locomotive No 3 photocard. Detail on reverse includes 4-4-0-T   
£6.00
274
 Two b/w horizontal photocards of what appear to be same Egyptian warship, The Ramadan 564, one of them dated July 1981, where it is described as a vedette, ie, a vessel of the maritime police intended for sea surveillance   
£10.00
275
 Cairo Citadel, fully embossed upright card of Fix & David of Cairo, mint condition but for message on reverse: Wishing you a right jolly Christmas, & a prosperous New Year 1904-1905   
£6.00
FDCs AND COMMEMS ON COVER
276
 9 DE 26, all three stamps of International Navigation Congress issue (SG 138-40, FDC, on plain cover stamped First Day but only later addressed to Aberdeen. Not posted   
£12.00
277
 29 JL 45, small buff cover FDC for the Arab Countries Union pair (SG 304-05), but with pair of 25m Airs added to cover Registration and Air Mail to London. CDS is Cairo / R.D.   
£5.00
278
 29 JL 45, much as last, but cover white, address typed, and Reg label pink instead of red. Air stamps are singles   
£5.00
279
 23 AU 48, printed air mail cover marking first SAIDE flight, with both surcharged stamps (SG 249-50, FDC) plus 20m without surcharge for registration to Manchester. Reg label and Reg cachet plus censor oval and blue CDS on small cover. No backstamps   
£4.00
280
 23 AU 48, As last, Air cover and stamps as last (FDC), but no CDS – stamps are cancelled by application of registration cachet. No backstamps   
£6.00
281
 5 OC 51, all three stamps of Mediterranean Games issue (SG 569-71, FDC), addressed to Alexandria Bourse and with Bourse CDS, but unposted   
£12.00
282
 28 MA 58, Official Egyptian FD cover with 5m+15m Air stamps overprinted PALESTINE bilingually (SG Gaza 86a-b), unaddressed but cancelled with Rafa Palestine / R CDS   
£10.00
283
 20 FE 36, All five stamps of Agricultural and Industrial exhibition (SG 240-44, but late for FDC) on colourful registered cover to London
£8.00
284
 9 JA 37, all three stamps of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty issue (SG 245-47) sent Registered from Safaga to Bremen (late for FDC). Reverse has Qena / (T), Cairo / R.D. (2) and Bremen arrival   
£4.00
285
 24 DE 37, all three stamps of Ophthalmological Conference issue (SG 262-64, but late for FDC) on Registered cover from Imad el Din / R&P to Argenteuil
£4.00
286
 29 JA 38, three Boy King stamps on printed envelope of International Telecommunications Conference, souvenir-cancelled with conference special pmk – dated 29 JA, three days before the conference opened   
£4.00
STAMP ACCUMULATION
287
 Extensive used accumulation of over 3,300 stamps in turquoise stock book, mainly from 4th issue Pictorials to first decade of 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
SUEZ CANAL HISTORICAL
288
 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
289
 Officially sealed labels. A full sheet of 20 of Smith’s type 6 (1926) with ‘TROUVÉ’ mis-spelled. Selvedge on three sides showing the imprint, the fourth side being used to staple it into booklets. Scarce in full sheets.   
£25.00
290
 Officially sealed labels. A full sheet of 20 of Smith type 14, ‘R.A.E.’ in black. Unusually it has selvedge on all four sides, the left side showing staple holes where it was removed from the booklet. Scarce in full sheets.   
£25.00
REVENUES
291
 Revenues. 1938 1 mil revenue (Feltus 21). 1,000 examples in strips of three and 100 more singles or pairs used on pieces cut from official cards, with a huge variety of postmarks and shades that would make a good study. Also 47 x 3m postal stationery postcard cut-outs with a good range of cancels.   
£10.00
STAMP BOOKLET
292
 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 SUBMITTED.   

£12.00
293
 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 SUBMITTED.   

£12.00
ILLUSTRATED TICKETS
294
 Illustrated tourist tickets for Cairo landmarks from 2019 comprising Giza Plateau (pyramids & Sphinx), Coptic Museum, Cairo Tower, Al-Azhar Park and Grand Mosque.

TWO IDENTICAL LOTS SUBMITTED.   

£2.00
295
 Illustrated tourist tickets for Cairo landmarks from 2019 comprising Giza Plateau (pyramids & Sphinx), Coptic Museum, Cairo Tower, Al-Azhar Park and Grand Mosque.

TWO IDENTICAL LOTS SUBMITTED   

£2.00
STAMPS AND POSTMARKS
296
 COSTANTINOPOLI 5 pa 1872/75 used   
£5.00
297
 COSTANTINOPOLI 2pi 1872/75 used   
£5.00
298
 MASSAWAH 20 pa DLR used   
£25.00
299
 KASSALA 1pi 1872/75 used   
£30.00
300
 DJEDDAH 20pa DLR used   
£20.00
301
 UFFIZIO NATANTE 1pi COSP 1878 used   
£30.00
302
 20 para mint no gum (1867)   
£20.00
303
 2 pi mint no gum 1867   
£20.00
304
 1 pa 1894 used MASSAWA 1877   
£25.00
305
 1PA 1874 used KASSALA v (and inverted v ) on piece   
£30.00
306
 5 pi 1874 mint (perf 12 1/2p)   
£15.00
307
 Fouad 1 used 100, 200 + £1   
£15.00
308
 3m XMAS SEAL black used   
£15.00
POSTAL HISTORY
309
 1903 Nile ppc to France per TPO. Franked pair 2 mills SG 59 tied HAWAMDIA cds 5 II 03 TIV, Beni—Souef, Caire TPO 5 II 03 X and Tourcoin, Nord arr cds 19 2 03.   
£10.00
310
 1904 Cairo mosque ppc to France from Fayum per TPO. Franked 2 mills SG 59 (Imprimés rate) tied Tamia cds 2 XI 04, with transit cds Fayum 2 XI 04, to France “par Edwa”. Tamia-Edwa TPO 8A1 2 XI 04 TI and Beni Suwef-Cairo TPO 8AIa 2 XI 04. Early TPO marks.
£15.00
311
 1904 Belgian postcard to the Fayum per TPOs. “Heyst” colour ppc franked 10 cent stamp with tab SG 83 tied Brussels Depart cds 4 OCTO 04, to Tamiah “par Edwa”. Wasta Abouxa TPO 8 A7 10 X 04. Edwa cds 10 X 04 and Edwa – Tamia TPO 8 AI 11 X 04, all 3 clear cancels.
£15.00
312
 1914 parcel card form to Switzerland. Franked 10 pi SG 64, 10 mills SG 78 and 4 mills SG 62 all tied Douane Alexandria / RP cds 5 V 14. Registration label, Remboursement etiquette, Swiss customs label, Trieste dated transit mark. On reverse Cormondreche (Neuchatel) arr cds 14 V 14. Colourful franking and attractive.   
£80.00
313
 1912 parcel card form used to Budapest. Franked strip 3 x 2pi stamps SG 55 tied Caire Douane Colis Drawback cds 23 11 12. Registered label, customs etiquette & Trieste dated transit. On reverse Budapest arr marks 912 MAR 1. Full of character.   
£85.00
314
 1914 Mary Post Card used. Brown Pyramids scene ppc. Franked 4 mills SG 76 tied Port Said cds 18 XII 14 to Ireland. Message says correctly, posted “the day the new Sultan of Egypt is proclaimed under the British Protectorate”.   
£10.00
315
 1918 “Kingstonian” wreck cover. Envelope to Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Stamp washed off, Cairo cds 25 III 18. Endorsed “Torpedoed in Great War”. The “Kingstonian” sailed from Alexandria with troops on 11 April 1918 & was sunk off Sardinia by U-boat 68 the same day   
£55.00
316
 Collection of 7 postal stationery 2 mills envelopes featuring Cleopatra 1914/20 issue. 1 unused, 3 used locally & 3 used to abroad.   
£7.00
317
 1931 Cyprus commercial envelope to Egypt, with Rural Service arrival cds. Franked pair ¾ pi KGV stamps tied Limassol cds 1 JA 31. On reverse Giza T cds, Pyramids cds and fine Service Rural Giza Konaiyisa 30mm cds 5 JA 31
£20.00
318
 1941 British forces censored cover within Egypt. “On Active Service” stampless envelope with Egypt 20, Postage Prepaid cds 19 AU 41. Purple square Passed By Unit Censor 524 and signed. Opened By Censor label (A.F.W. 3424). Endorsed from “Mex Camp, Alexandria” to No 2 BPFC RASC MEF.   
£6.00
319
 1946 TWA postcard from Saudi Arabia. Trans World Airline colour ppc featuring the Sphinx and Pyramids. On message side: text in French & English. Written 3/15/48 with the message “---will be mailed from Dhahran, Arabia” to Houston. Franked Saudi Arabia stamps 5g orange SG338a and ? g red SG 348 both tied faint Dhahran cds.
£10.00
320
 c.1950 TWA postcard unused. Trans Worlds Airlines colour ppc featuring Sphinx, Pyramid & camel. Text on message side in French only.
£5.00
321
 1951 TWA postcard to Kansas City. Trans World Airline colour ppc featuring Swiss street scene. On message side: text in English & French, written at Cairo 22 Nov 1953. Franked 2 mills SG 439, 30 mills SG 448 & 40 mills SG 427 cancelled by red three-line handstamp in Arabic. Circular civil censorship cachet.
£10.00
322
 1952 Express letter stamp on cover to Folkestone. 40 mills Express stamp overprinted SG 404, 2 mills & 10 mills stamps SG 415 & 419 all tied faint Alexandria cds. Correct 52 mills airmail card rate.   
£5.00
TPOs - all Cairo – Alexandria TPO route
323
 Alexandrie- Caire TPO (18 DE 84 T IV) Type 2A1 SCARCE. Letter from Lyon France dated 12 Sep 1884 to Cairo, transiting in Paris on 13 SE 84. Franked two 25 centime stamps
£50.00
324
 Alexandrie – Caire TPO (8 JA 93 T V) Type 2A1a SCARCE. Letter posted to Chio, Turkey, with TPO as primary cancellation. Franked 2x1 mills DLR stamps. Poor arrival cancel behind   
£50.00
325
 Caire- Alexandrie TPO (29 VIII 03 I ) Type 2A3.1 (star and crescent). Stationary letter (NP SEN 2a) posted from Cairo (Cairo Station CDS) to Glasgow
£30.00
326
 Alexandrie- Caire TPO (22 III 97 TII) Type 2A4. Stationary postcard mailed to Heilbronn, Germany, with TPO as primary cancellation   
£30.00
327
 AMB Alexandrie-Caire TPO (20 V 00 II) Type 3 B 1 (month Roman). Postcard mailed from Hungary to Cairo. No arrival CDS aside from TPO.   
£15.00
328
 AMB Alexandrie-Caire TPO (5 JU 04 II) Type 3 B 1 (month European). RARE. Postcard mailed from France to Cairo. No arrival CDS aside from TPO   
£40.00
329
 Alexandria – Cairo TPO (17 JU 17 T24) Type 5A2 (month Europea), variety & Arabic saayra in brackets. Folded official letter posted from Alexandria (CDS) addressed to the Mixed Court of Appeal.in Cairo. Official oval handstamp in lieu of postage and sealed with official governmental seal
£15.00
330
 Alexandria-Cairo TPO (15 FE 43 T ??) Type 5A2.5 (new variant for this route) Letter posted from Alexandria to Port Said, with arrival CDS. Franked 6 mills Boy King stamps. Faint but legible TPO CDS.
£10.00
331
 Alexandria-Cairo TPO (18 VII 36 T 0?) Type 2.6 (variant, month Roman, Arabic saayra no brackets). Letter posted in Alexandria (CDS) to Aden great bazar (Suq el Kibir). Banha Station, CDS, Kantara CDS. Aden Camp arrival CDS.
£25.00
332
 Alexandria-Cairo TPO (8 SE 15 T24 Type 5A3 (month European, scarce variant) Stationary postcard mailed from Mahalla (CDS) to Cairo. No arrival CDS.
£20.00
333
 Alexandria-Cairo TPO (27 I 08 T24) Type 5A3 (month Roman). Stationary postcard posted from Kafr eL Dawar (CDS) to Cairo   
£10.00
334
 Cairo-Alexandria TPO (6 V 10 T19) Type 5A3 (month Roman). Postcard mailed from Port Said (CDS and 2x1mill DLR stamps on verso) to Alexandria (arrival CDS)   
£10.00
335
 Alexandria-Cairo TPO (Foreign Mails) (17 VI 12 T34) Type 5D1. Postcard mailed from Lower Edmonton UK (CDS) to Cairo   
£5.00
336
 Alexandria–Cairo & VV TPO (14 IX 16 T24 ) Type 6A1.2. SCARCE. Folded official letter posted from Alexandria (CDS) addressed to the Mixed Court of Appeal.in Cairo. Official oval handstamp (faint) in lieu of postage and sealed with official government seal.
£25.00
337
 Cairo-Alexandria TPO (5 II 08 T33) Type 7A3 (30 mm variety). Postcard posted from Mansoura (CDS on verso) to Bruxelle, Belgium. Franked behind with 2 mills DLR stamp.   
£5.00
338
 Cairo-Alexandria TPO (22 FE (3)7 T33) Type 7A3.4. Letter posted from Giza (CDS) to Shebin El Kom. Transit CDs Cairo and Shebin El Kom. Rural Service / Shebin El Kom-Mit El Moz” cancel to final destination .
£5.00
339
 Cairo-Alexandria TPO (28 OC 41 ) Type 7A3.5 (uncommon, faint CDS hence low reserve). Letter posted from Alexandria (CDS) to El Tod (arrival CDS). Transit Itay El Barud CDS
£3.00
340
 Alexandria-Cairo TPO (13 AP 42 T20) Type tA3.7 Letter posted from Fuwa (CDS) to Cairo (CDS). Franked 6 mills Boy King
£5.00
341
 Alexandrie-Caire (12 IV 08 VIII) Type 8A1a. Postcard mailed from Lincoln, UK (CDS) to Cairo , no arrival CDS aside from TPO   
£20.00
HOTEL INTEREST
342
 PC 5 mills from Ghesireh Palace Hotel (Murphy HG1) 21 XII/ 94 to Darmstadt, Germany VF   
£8.00
343
 Censored mourning cover from Continental Hotel (Murphy HC4) 3.XII.17 to Switzerland VF   
£10.00
344
 PC “Mena House Hotel” unused pristine   
£10.00
345
 PC from Mena House Hotel, (postmark AHRAM 12.III.10 to Italy VF   
£10.00
346
 Cover sent in envelope from Mena House Hotel Caire 14.I.97 to Germany (backstamp HALLE (SAALE) 21.I.97 (light toning)   
£10.00
347
 Cover from Shepheard’s Hotel (Murphy HS8) 11.MR.47 to Switzerland   
£6.00
348
 Cover from Luxor Hotel (Murphy HL1) 22.III.95 to Germany (backstamp MÜNCHEN) cover has very light fold   
£10.00
349
 PPC from England to Luqsor Winter Palace (2 arrival marks Murphy HW2) arrival Luqsor 3.III.10   
£4.00
350
 PPC from Luqsor Winter Palace (Murphy HW4) 8.I.27 to Belgium   
£4.00
351
 PPC from Ghesireh Palace Hotel 2.III.05 to Holland   
£3.00
352
 PPC from Winter Palace Hotel Luqsor (Murphy HW6) 26 FE 54 (latest date Murphy 22 FE 54!)   
£8.00
353
 PPC from Mena House 6 II 09 to Cataract Hotel (Murphy HCA 1c), arrival 8 II 09 (Card written and addressed to hotel employee )   
£6.00
354
 PPC sent from Hilton Hotel (Murphy HN5) to Holland   
£8.00
355
 Air cover from Hilton Hotel (Murphy HN2) to Switzerland   
£4.00
356
 PC 5 mills from Ghesireh Place Hotel (Murphy HG1) to Germany   
£8.00
357
 PPC from Austria (5,XII.05) to Cairo redirected via Cook’s (11.XII.05) to Cataract Hotel and redirected to Shepheard’s Hotel (arrival 14.XII. 05)
£8.00
358
 Air letter from Cook’s (Murphy HTC10) to Switzerland   
£5.00
359
 Registered cover from Simon Arzt (Caisse) 4 JA 51 to UK featuring commemorative stamps of 1950   
£4.00
360
 Cover sent from Baroda (India) via Cook Cairo (Murphy HTC10) redirected to Semiramis Hotel (both sides!)
£6.00
HOTEL POST
361
 PC EGYPT HOTEL P.O. – SHEPHEARD’S 1902 01 21 HSp5 on Viewcard to Germany   
£8.00
362
 PC EGYPT HOTEL P.O. – SHEPHEARD’S 1903 08 12 HSp5 on Viewcard to Holland   
£8.00
363
 6 items 1901/1908 PC Grand Continental Hotel Cairo HCn2.
£20.00
364
 2 items PC 1906/1907 Savoy Hotel Cairo HSv2 and HsvA
£5.00
365
 PC 1911 03 02 Continental Hotel HCn4 to Turkey3   
£6.00
366
 PC 1937 03 09 Continental Savoy Hotel HCn7 to Italy   
£8.00
367
 1947 03 13 Continental Savoy Hotel HCn7 to Switzerland   
£5.00
368
 3 items PC Cataract Hotel 1907/1910HCt1 to France and USA
£12.00
369
 PC Cataract Hotel 1929 02 03 HCt3 to Italy   
£5.00
370
 Ghesireh Palace 1898 01 28 HGP1   
£10.00
371
 2 items Cook’s Tourist Service to Shepheard’s Hotel and Switzerland 1899 CDS Type 1
£15.00
372
 5 PC Cook’s Post Office 1911/1950 CDS type 3
£25.00
373
 Luxor 1904 12 17 HLx2 to Switzerland on prepaid cover   
£5.00
374
 PC Winter Palace 1927 02 27 HWP4 to Sweden   
£6.00
375
 PC Winter Palace HWP6 to Belgium   
£5.00
376
 9 PC and covers Simon Arzt 1935/1949 PPO-5.05 and 5.06
£30.00
377
 3 Meter Marks Shepheard‘s Hotel 1964/1968 HSp1
£10.00
378
 Meter Mark Semiramis Hotel 1962 02 01 HSm4   
£5.00
379
 4 items Nile Hilton Hotel
£6.00
POSTAL HISTORY
380
 Prepaid cover 1892 06 09 TAD Minet El Bassal to Dresden, Germany
£10.00
381
 PC 1902 from Cairo to Dresden, Germany
£5.00
382
 PC of Marseille, 1905 TAD Port Saïd Griffe Paquebot to England
£7.00
383
 PC 1911 02 11, from Port Saïd to Postdam
£5.00
384
 2 covers 1961
£5.00
385
 BT Post Day 1966   
£7.00
386
 BT Post Day 1967   
£7.00
387
 Cover 1931 22 07, Alexandria to Strasbourg, France, censored
£7.00
388
 Luxor Winter Palace Cover 1937 25 03 to Heliopolis
£5.00
389
 Cover 1945 21 12, Cairo to France, TAD Cairo Foreign Traffic
£7.00
390
 Registered Letter 1946 to France
£5.00
391
 Registered Letter 1946 to France
£5.00
392
 Registered Letter 1954 Meter Mark National Bank of Egypt
£8.00
393
 Registered Letter 1955 Meter Mark National Bank of Egypt
£8.00
394
 Cover 1955 TAD Paquebot Port Saïd
£8.00
395
 Meter Mark Derkade Commerce Registred Letter 1956 Port Said
£8.00
396
 Meter Mark Port Said 1956 on PC
£7.00
397
 2 items Continental -Savoy hotel letterhead envelopes, 1936 and 1954 for Switzerland and Italy
£5.00
POSTAL HISTORY
398
 Forwarding Agent BRIGGS & Co.Letter from Bombay (text complete)18 June 1844 to London via Alexandria 21 JY 1844. Perfect blue oval handstamp of forwarding agent.Manuscript ' Via Marseilles'. On back faint 'Purifié Lazaret Malte' (two purification cuts) and arrival cds 2 AU 1844. Signed by expert Jamet.   
£120.00
399
 Greek Post Office in Alexandria. Letter from Alexandria to Athens, 10+20 lepta clearly cancelled 13 NOEM 75.On back arrival cds Athens 15 NOEM.   
£70.00
400
 Letter from Alex. to Trieste with good' COL VAPORE D'ALESSANDRIA '. Manuscript ' Col Vapore Diretto' 1864 (manuscript date inside) On back, red arrival mark, a red box with ‘Trieste’   
£50.00
BOOKS
ITEMS DONATED BY JOHN SEARS, TO BE SOLD FOR CIRCLE FUNDS
NB, Many of these are bulky or heavy; if not sold in the room there may be delays and postal charges
401
 1982 hand-painted upright essay for 3-piastre commem marking 50 years of EgyptAir. Sketch by Abdel Khadr el-Hosseni is 8.5x16cm, beautifully mounted in wooden frame of 22.5x29cm   
£12.00
402
 1982 hand-painted upright essay for 6-piastre commem marking 50 years of EgyptAir, with issued stamp (SG 1478) below. Sketch by Mahmoud Roushdy is 8.5x16cm, beautifully mounted in wooden frame of 22.5x29cm   
£12.00
403
 1980s? Hand-painted horizontal cut-out essay for unissued 23-piastre commem showing all four Presidents of Egypt since overthrow of Farouk: Naguib. Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak. Sketch by Wahib Farag is 32x27cm, beautifully mounted in wooden frame of 46x41cm
£25.00
404
 Peter Smith, Egypt, Stamps and Postal History: A Philatelic Treatise, 2010. 874pp, hardback. Simply, THE book! Excellent condition   
£100.00
405
 Joe Chalhoub (with Charlie Hass), The Nile Post: Handbook and Catalogue of Egyptian Stamps, 2003. 784pp, hardback with dust jacket and as much detail as you can handle. VG condition   
£100.00
406
 Magi Abdel-hadi, Egypt Stamps Handbook, 2010, 2 vol, 1350 pages, hardback. All colour catalogue, immense detail with all plate flaws enlarged. Excellent.   
£80.00
407
 Samir Fikry, Postal History of Egypt to 1900, 1996. RPSL hardback based on his Large Gold exhibit, fully illustrated, much of the exotica of early Egyptian philately. Excellent   
£30.00
408
 Themis Dacos, Consular … in Egypt, 1994. Softback, 94pp, published in Greek and English, tells the story of the little-explored consular post serving the sizeable Greek community in Egypt. VG   
£15.00
409
 Peter Feltus, Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue Stamps, 1982. 309pp, outdated but not yet surpassed.. the crucial guide to revenues up to the dates of its publication. VG   
£15.00
410
 Peter A S Smith, The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt, 1983. Well known key to TPOs, now outdated but not yet surpassed. Paperback, excellent condition   
£6.00
411
 Mike Murphy and Ibrahim Shoukry, Egypt – The Rural Postal Service, 2010. 192pp, hardback. Examples of all known Rural markings, with comprehensive listings of early/late dates. Excellent   
£15.00
412
 John Firebrace, British Empire Campaign and Occupations in the Near East, 1914-1924, A Postal History, 1991. 460pp, hardback with dust jacket. Monumental First War tome, a must for the military postal historian. G-VG   
£45.00
413
 John Firebrace, 19th Century Wars in Egypt and the Sudan, 1997. Hardback, 216pp, straight from the pages of his collection of the Napoleonic, 1882 and Sudan campaigns   
£20.00
414
 Laurence Kimpton, Airmails Across the Middle East 1918-1930, 2015. 329pp, softback, signed copy. Crammed with illustrations and research of the pioneer flights that opened up the route across the desert. Excellent pristine condition. Out of print   
£40.00
415
 A John Revell, The Stamp Booklets of Egypt, 1997. A real oddball – appears to be a photocopy of Revell’s handwritten book, neatly kept and filed in a paper binder. Complete at 132 pages, the full story of the fascinating items. Long out of print
£8.00
416
 Andrew Humphreys, Grand Hotels of Egypt, 2011. Hardback with dustjacket, absolutely stuffed with information every Hotel collector should have at his fingertips.. Photos, cards, drawings, invoices, bills, every dot and tittle. Excellent condition   
£15.00
417
 Michael Sacher, The Postal Markings of Mandate Palestine 1917-1948, 1995. RPSL hardback with dust jacket, 522pp. The collated writings of Sacher, who spent a lifetime working on various aspects of the Mandate postal system. G-VG   
£20.00
418
 Murray Heifetz, O A T and A V 2 Markings, 1997. 123pp, softback, described as a work in progress, but brings together all knowledge of the beguiling air markings at the time   
£5.00
419
 Richard Stock, The Camel Postman 1898-1998, 2001. 80pp, spiral bound softback. Marking the centenary of an outstanding postage stamp design, brings together a series of personal articles backed by half a hundred from the Sudan Study Group. Excellent condition   
£6.00
420
 Pierre Louis Grech, 1910: Heliopolis Grande Semaine d’Aviation, 2010. Softback, 46pp plus pages of postcard illustrations relating to the flights and two appendices. Excellent condition.   
£14.00
421
 Rony Van Pellecom, Peter Grech, Alain Stragier, Ramleh Alexandria 1863-1929, 2010. Softback, 152pp, Development and postal history of Alexandria’s eastern suburb, with maps, postmarks, advertisements, cuttings over many years of detail. Excellent condition   
£14.00
422
 John Sears, The Air Mails of Egypt (1910-1945). Photocopies of 64-page entry at Stampex 1995 that won he British Aerophilatelic Award. Good condition   
£6.00
423
 Egyptian Postal Guide, 1932. Photocopy, spiral bound, of all Post Office listings in Egypt and Sudan, about 100 pages. Boon for TPO and small-office collectors   
£10.00
424
 William C (Bill) Andrews, The Royal Air Force Cairo-Baghdad Air Mail Service 1921-1927, 2000. Hardback, 68pp. The story of the RAF pilots who led the way across the deserts of the Middle East to carry mails to and from Baghdad. Copy No 2 of ten presentation copies but not signed   
£8.00
425
 Peter Wingent, Movement of Aircraft in Imperial Airways African Route 1931-1939 ((1991). Softback, 211pp, infinitely listing all services, dates and aircraft used during the period under review.   
£6.00
426
 Peter Wingent, Aircraft Movements on Imperial Airways Eastern Roue, 2 vols, 1927-37 (1999) and 1937-39 (2005). Spiral bound paperback, 350pp, infinite detail, plus a few cover illustrations, of all schedules and the planes involved.
£10.00
427
 Wing Commander Roderic Hill, The Baghdad Air Mail, first published 1929. This updated paperback (2005) has 252pp of mainly personal reminiscences of a pilot who for two years carried the mails with the RAF. Excellent condition   
£5.00
428
 Rupert Prion, Flying: The Golden Years, A Pictorial Anthology, 1991. 144pp, hardback with dust jacket. The story of the very early years of flying in pictures and words – when even crashing was fun. VG   
£5.00
429
 Jan Morris, Riding the Skies, Classic Posters from the Golden Age of Flying, 1989. 142pp, hardback with dust jacket, crammed with page after page of classic flying posters, each detailed and explained. Good condition. VG   
£5.00
430
 Mike Dovey & Keith Morris, Paquebot Cancellations of the World and more…, 2010. 350pp, softback, described as completely revised, updated, redesigned and expanded fourth edition. Literally, everything you could possibly want to know. Excellent condition   
£20.00
431
 Albert T Madella, The Cyprus Sea Post Office, 1906-1932, 2003. 150pp, hardback with dust jacket. Personal and deeply researched history of the service, including full descriptions of postal markings and appendices detailing contract with Khedivial Steamship Co. Excellent   
£6.00
432
 Edwin Drechsel, A Century of German Ship Posts 1886-1986, 1987. Hardback with dust jacket, 114pp packed with detail of the ships, the shipping lines and their infinite postal markings. Excellent   
£6.00
433
 William H Miller Jr, Picture History of the Italian Line 1932-1977, 1999. 133pp, softback, massively illustrated review of the vessels that plied their trade across the Atlantic and down to South America. Good   
£5.00


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