Egypt Study Circle Auction 66
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AUCTION 66 - MAY 2023 - LISTING OF LOTS
Lot
Description
Reserve
Literature – be aware of postage costs
001
 Helio-Vaugirard beautiful book in French, "L'Egypte des Pharaons et le Timbre-Poste," by Fernand Bisson de la Roque, published in 1950 from the "Iris" series on Philately and Art.  Complete with 12 full pages with proofs and photograph of object shown on stamp design plus one colour photograph of Nefertiti signed. Cover worn but contents in excellent condition. Does not include sheetlets.  
£300
REVENUE DOCUMENTS
002
 A group of 50 different revenue documents from 1930's to 1980's some with heavy usage of revenue stamps for different contracts showing Sednaoui, Al Chams, Charkieh, and many others starting at an attractive low price.   
£30.00
Egypt philatelic history
003
 1865, Post Office Regulations (dated January 1865) to be set into place for the inauguration of the Egyptian Post Office from January 1 1866. Card-backed booklet of 22 pages, 17x24.5cm, printed (how?) entirely in hand-drawn Arabic and presumably handed out for information to all the country’s post offices in advance of the new service. Pages as-new and complete, covers rather battered – a true piece of history   
£500
004
 1945, Catalogue of the Stamp Exhibition organised by the Alexandria Philatelic Association from Aug 25-28. Booklet with card covers, 17x24cm, 14pp, bilingual French/Arabic, listing all entries (167 frames, inc 42 non-Egypt), full regulations, committee, etc Excellent condition  
£25.00
005
 1946, Series of three magazines detailing the First Cairo Philatelic Exhibition of Feb 28-Mar 8, which won for Ibrahim Chaftar the title of Bey. Attended by Farouk, and final report carries several photos including Chaftar presenting the King with the gold medal. Trilingual, Bulletin, Prospectus and Report detail all entrants with multiple handwritten notations. Excellent condition  
£45.00
Postal stationery
006
 1953, Specimen for postal display, 35 mills mosque stamp NP D 203 affixed over Farouk stamp obliterated with handstamped “X” on registered envelope NP SRE13, complete with stamp so SRE 14. NP says “only a few examples have been recorded” (cat $300). Excellent pristine mint  
£120.00
VIP gift souvenir FDCs
007
 28 11 22, special Tutankhamun Centenary FDC with sheet of four centenary stamps and souvenir FDC contained in large beautifully printed card folder with the Gold Mask, and that contained within a magnificent Egypt Post leather folder with metal corners. The whole thing in a plasticised carrier bag produced as a souvenir edition to be given to VIP dignitary. Staggering   
£100.00
008
 27 9 22, similar to the last, but produced for bicentenary of discovery of the Rosetta Stone, internal card folder containing £E10 commemorative stamp and £E10 miniature sheet tied with pentagonal first-day cancel. Other details as above – leather case, impeccable printing, plasticized souvenir carrier for handing over to distinguished guest recipient. Staggering  
£100.00
Egypt stamps and varieties
009
 British PO in Alexandria (1860-78), B01 canceller clear on Victoria 1867 5 shillings red stamp (SG126)  
£40.00
010
 1872-74, Third Issue 5 para, vertical tête-bêche pairs in block of four, pencil mark behind 13 ½ x 12 ½, cancelled with clear strikes of Poste Khedive Egiziane / Massawa 3 MAG 1873. NP D23b  
£180.00
011
 1879,1884, De La Rue high values, 2x5pi stamps (SG 49,56, cat £86 each), hinged mint   
£40.00
012
 1882, De La Rue 10para bluish-grey (SG 51) with inverted watermark, used at Zaka….  
£15.00
013
 1922 Crown overprint, 100 mills slate black (wmk crescent and star), unmounted mint, NP D881   
£60.00
014
 British Forces in Egypt, 1935 Jubilee Commemoration 1935 overprint, mint, light hinged  
£140.00
015
 1923-24, King Fouad First Portrait issue, seven values unmounted mint (NP D91 etc), 1-50m, each stamp marked with retouches and flaws (unrecorded by NP) on enlarged diagrams. Most unusual  
£18.00
016
 1944, Anniversary of death of King Fouad, 10 mills (NP C92), block of four pristine UNM with unrecorded flaw of white box on king’s nose, stamp 2   
£12.00
017
 1958, Egyptian Industries lower marginal se-tenant strip of five UMM with control A/58 and wmk inverted. NP 202a-206a, cat $15 each in 2003   
£22.00
018
 1993, 15pi Sphinx definitive (modified design, UMM block of four, NP 357), plus imperf essay block of four of original design with missing colour   
£18.00
019
 2002, Snefru Pyramid £E1 definitive (SG 2237a), single UMM stamp plus three more with various printing flaws   
£10.00
020
 2004, Small Arabic-addressed cover used en ville in Cairo from Zeitoun to Gezira, franked with 30pt stamp marking Egypt’s 2010 World Cup football bid with remarkable mis perforation across stamp centre. Most unusual   
£10.00
021
 2015, £E3 Amenhotep son of Hapu definitive, two UMM stamps showing colour shades, plus five more with printing varieties  
£10.00
022
 Oct 2020, major design flaw on World Statistics Day £E5 commemorative, with EGYPT spelled as EYGPT. Error repeated on printed FDC as well as on FDC special cancel  
£25.00
023
 As last, lower left corner strip of three stamps with full selvedge, UMM   
£16.00
024
 3 Apr 2021, Golden Parade of the Pharaohs. Spectacular commemorative presentation pack (25x33cm) including all 22 £E5 stamps on first-day cover plus miniature sheet and strip of three on FDC. Plus brochure. Only 1500 printed, and sold out at Egyptian post offices in ten days.   
£20.00
Egypt postal stationery inc SPECIMEN
025
 9 AV 87, 20 para De La Rue, reply half of first prepaid reply card (NP SPC2), returned from Teh el Baroud to fine Alexandria arrival CDS. This card very difficult to find used   
£25.00
026
 1926, complete grey parcel card with 20m and 100m of Fouad First Issue paying duty, issued in Alexandria for Chelles in France   
£38.00
027
 1931, 3 mills Ras el Tin Palace dark green (NP SPC32) postcard, excellent mint with diagonal SPECIMEN overprint across face   
£120.00
028
 1932, 3 mills King Fouad green (NP SPC34) postcard, excellent mint with diagonal SPECIMEN overprint across face   
£120.00
029
 1932, 13 mills King Fouad red (NP SPC35) postcard, excellent mint with diagonal SPECIMEN overprint across face   
£120.00
030
 1934/44, 4 mills grey-green King Farouk (NP SPC38) postcard, excellent mint with diagonal SPECIMEN overprint across face   
£120.00
031
 1939, 5 mills red-brown on white King Farouk (NP SLS11) letter sheet with Arabic watermark, pristine mint unused   
£120.00
032
 1941, 6 mills green on white King Farouk letter sheet, as NP SLS12 but with vignette reading al mamlaka al masriya (unrecorded in NP but see QC 259, pp.274-76). Uprated with 15 mills for registration from Azhar to Zifta 30 JU 43. Fine clean example   
£140.00
033
 1922, 10 mills carmine Colossi (NP SRE3) De La Rue registered envelope, uprated with vertical pair of 10m First Fuad with mute black on white Reg label from Faggala to Vienna 10 AP25. Excellent clean example   
£30.00
034
 1965-1984, Accumulation of ten mint postal stationery Air Letter forms, six uprated with definitives as sold over Post Office counter. All in perfect condition, folded only once   
£20.00
035
 1969, Registered Letter sheet (NP SRLS 1-1a), four forms showing three striking shade varieties and another uprated with definitives as sold, illustrating the “broken U” appearing as a J. All clean mint   
£20.00
036
 1969 to 1974, four used Eagle of Saladin postal stationery 10 mills envelopes (SEN44), all without filigree, all uprated with various colourful definitives back and front   
£20.00
Painted essays for stamps and revenues
037
 1964, Artist essay for “Egyptian Cotton, Finest Cotton” publicity label on card 11.5x16cm, painted by Ibrahim el-Tahtawy with Postal Authority notes on reverse, together with marginal block of 2x5 of the issued label, UNM   
£60.00
038
 2005, Artist essay for Health Insurance revenue on card 18.5x22cm. Painted for £E4 face value, but published stamp was £E5 after instruction to alter the value handwritten on reverse  
£60.00
039
 1967, unadopted painted essay for UAR of 4 mills showing Mohamed Ali Mosque, 18x21cm. Very similar design released with 100 mills face value as part of AR Egypt definitive set in October 1972 (Magdy 333)  
£40.00
040
 1970 President Nasser memorial issue 20m in green, water colour on light card with Arabic notes, 13x16cm, together with cover bearing blue 5m issued stamp (NP 594) used Alexandria 1971   
£40.00
041
 1978, pharaonic definitive series, hand painted design for 3pt value, carved head (15x19cm), but unadopted at that value. Issued instead as 11pt stamp (Magdy 374)   
£40.00
042
 1978, Egypt air mail series, hand painted essay for Sakkara Pyramid and temple which was adopted at essay’s 115m value (Magdy 137) and then reprinted 15 months later with 185m face value. Painting 18 x 25cm  
£40.00
Hotels interest
043
 1958, incoming air letter from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, addressed to Cité Continental Oriental Philatelic House (on Continental premises). Received on reverse an unrecorded Hotel Continental Savoy / Cairo registration? handstamp of 24 ?? 1958, thoroughly obliterated in red pencil  
£15.00
Booklet stamps
044
 1921 to 1948, a range of booklet stamps on six covers used within Egypt, from DLR Pictorial to Farouk Marechal  
£20.00
Postal History
045
 1939, Photo postcard of Australia/New Zealand war memorial in Port Said franked 3m Boy King and sent from Port Said to Cairo   
£8.00
046
 6 SE 50, “Urgent” Air Mail cover, multi-franked from Bombay to Alexandria including commemoratives, censored on arrival and judged to be 46c short of postage. Taxed by 2x 10m Dues at Sidi Gaber  
£28.00
047
 1954, Printed Matter. 14x20cm bilingual pamphlet/catalogue printed to advertise sale of surplus British forces stores, vehicles etc at NAAFI depot, Fanara. Franked 2x2m fellah. Neat   
£8.00
048
 1958, Poste Restante tax: incoming censored cover from California to Alexandria with 4x1m General tax stamps plus single 1 fellah definitive paying tax due on reverse. Most unusual   
£8.00
049
 1970, Poste Restante: registered cover from Moharram Bey in Alexandria to Shubra, franked at 55 mills for postage (correct rate), taxed on reverse with 10m General revenue instead of postage dues  
£8.00
050
 1976, December tax: registered cover from Chibin el Kom to the Prime Minister’s office, franked correctly at 55m, with 1 mill Step Pyramid as tuberculosis fund tax  
£8.00
Resealing tape
051
 2022, Postal Authority resealing tape on cover incoming from Belgium, reading “Opened for Customs tax fee”   
£15.00
052
 2023, Postal Authority resealing tape on cover incoming from UK, reading “stamp correspondence”  
£15.00
Air interest
053
 11 DE 33, First Imperial Airways Flight cover Egypt-Siam, clean with bilingual Air Mail label, registered from Port Said to Bangkok, franked at 99 mills with 9,40 and 50 of the 1933 Airs issue. Striking red circular handstamp   
£35.00
054
 23 8 48, first SAIDE flight. Two covers from Cairo to Athens and Rome, each franked with two surcharged stamps plus Farouk air 20m   
£25.00
055
Air France trilingual labels (Sears 13), printed 1935. Block of 3x7 unmounted, plus small cover with label franked 62 mills from Cairo to Germany   
£10.00
056
 SAIDE bilingual Air Mail labels in block of 2x8, unmounted mint perfect condition. Sears 19, 1948   
£15.00
057
 2014, postcard (Italian cemetery) from El Alamein with very odd CDS date – 30 2023??, addressed to Italy but returned to sender with Italian PO label attached  
£8.00
Postal markings
058
 1888-1933, accumulation of 14 various receipts – telegraph, registration, sick report, caisse d’epargne certificates, foreign postal money order, requisition of payment. Interesting group of different cancellations  
£10.00
059
 1936-1998, large group of 13 covers and a telegraph form all sent at express rate with CDS and/or delivery markings. Interesting variation  
£20.00
060
 1961-1984, group of six covers all sent with different markings from Alexandria Ramleh tramway station, interesting lot for Ramleh collectors including one with all-Arabic registration label   
£15.00
Sinai / Canal Zone cancels
061
 Jumbo lot of 13 covers, five receipts and one postcard with various cancels – Abu Suwer, Port Taufiq, Suez, Port Said, Ismailia, Ras Ghareb, El-Salam (North Sinai), Hay el Arbayin Talet (Suez), Rafa (North Sinai), Atef Sadat (Port Said), Barid Rafa. Interesting lot  
£10.00
TPO markings
062
 Mixed lot of ten covers and cards all with TPO datestamps: Minya-Cairo 1928, 1933, Abu Kebir-Abu Hammad 1938, Minia-Sohag 1939, Asyut-Luqsor 1923, 1945, Alex-Idfina 1933, Zagazig-Aga 1938, Fayum-Roda 1922, Dumiat-Tanta 1915  
£38.00
063
 Mixed lot of 12 covers and cards, all with TPO markings: Girga-Wahat el Bahria 1947, K.Saqr-Sadaqa 1921, TPO 19 Alex 1929, Dumiat-Tanta 1939, Zagazig-Aga 1941, Mahalla-Baltim 1943, Mataria-Abu Kebir 1929, Cairo-Asyut 1926, 1935, Cairo-Assiut 1920, Asyut-Cairo 1940, Samanud-Zifta 1937   
£38.00
Cassette envelopes
064
 2004-07, group of eight unused cassette post envelopes, seven of them with official handstamp notifying cancelled for official use (two types)  
£20.00
Rural Post cancels
065
 1918-1956, Group of seven covers used in the Rural Service  
£20.00
Instructional markings
066
 1936-1962, group of four covers all with instructional markings of one sort of another -1938 boxed Rebut a Remettre, 1958 straight-line Avis de Reception, 1962 trilingual En Voyage, 1962 boxed Unclaimed   
£10.00
067
1962, instructional slogan, all-Arabic boxed on en-ville cover from Central Cairo to Suq Rod el Farag reading “ Avoid polluted sewage waste water to prevent bilharzia”   
£28.00
068
1982, instructional marking, all-Arabic boxed on registered cover from Sidi Gaber to the Ciro office of the Governor of Alexandria, Mohamed el Mahy, reading “Inspected by Captain Mohamed Youssef, Explosives Specialist”   
£20.00
Revenues
069
 1953, Egyptian ID card issued in Minet el Basel, Alexandria, with duty paid by 10 mills General Revenue and 100 mills 1945 Identity Card Revenue (Feltus 501, page 57)   
£30.00
070
 1948-89, accumulation of 16 cheque forms, all shapes, colours and sizes, all provided with embossed duty value vignettes and most with revenue stamps on reverse (Feltus page 23) covering kingdom-republic-UAR-ARE, many different banks and configurations   
£20.00
071
 1958, UNM marginal block of four Amusement Tax revenues, 80 mills value of first UAR issue (Feltus 515, page 60), rouletted, no watermark   
£30.00
072
 1958, Syndicate for Theatrical, Cinematic and Musical Professions – the Musicians issue, complete set of four, from 10m to 500m, all used (Feltus p.96, 926-929)  
£10.00
073
1965-2000, group of five covers all successfully franked with revenue stamps instead of postage issues.  
£10.00
074
 UAR period, 1959-70? Feltus’ Fourth Issue Medical Syndicate, crudely perforated and with stethoscope wmk, four UMM blocks of four overprinted by private pharmacy Matouk Frères of Damascus and surcharged 14.5, 15, 25.5 and 27pt with opt flaws   
£10.00
075
1985, Syndicate of the Scientific Professions – single marginal 25m mint stamp with perforation shift (not recorded by Feltus)   
£10.00
076
 1988-2010, group of eight various Consular Service used revenue stamps  
£10.00
077
 1 10 2003, printing date on selvage of Medical Syndicate 10pt revenue in full sheet of 10x10 stamps, UMM   
£10.00
078
 29 8 1920 good conduct all-Arabic certificate issued by Egyptian Army from the Citadel, with tax paid by 3pt surcharge on No-Value stamp. Colourful Staff Officer cachet   
£7.00
079
 2007-2021, Educational Improvement raising fund revenue – three unmounted mint corner pairs with various printing details on selvage   
£10.00
080
1990-2000 Nasser Bank revenues – three unmounted stamps of two issues  
£10.00
Printing essays
081
 1959, essays for UAR-Yemen union on gummed paper with “Printing Experiment” replacing dates, no value, first production of Postal Printing House press. Lower marginal block of four, with watermark, rose-red  
£15.00
082
 1970, essays for Aswan Kima Factory, various colours, five perforated and two imperf on gummed paper, no watermark, unmounted mint   
£25.00
Interpostal seals
083
 1890, Type XI. Three unmounted seals, two of them showing different shades and another misplaced in printing showing parts of two seals   
£10.00
UPU Postal ID card
084
 Issued by Cairo / E information office on January 2 1944 with Farouk 6+50m stamps paying the fee and 2x5m general revenues the tax  
£10.00
Station markings
085
 1912-1981, group of 15 station markings on three telegraph forms and seven covers, including Zagazig 1912, Mansura 1916, Assiut 1918, Tanta 1943, Minia 1945, Sohag 1948, Suez 1950, Cairo 1953, Asyut 1962, Banha 1967, Sidi Bishr 1978, Banha all-Arabic 1985, Aba el Waqf 1990, Qaliub 1993   
£20.00
086
 1920-1947, four covers and a telegraph receipt, all cancelled with station postmarks – Assiut (telegraph, blue) 1920, Sohag (2 covers) 1940, Alexandria (registered) 1944, Cairo (registered/AR) 1957   
£15.00
087
1926-37, two covers and a card with Station CDSs – Mansura, Minya, Tanta. Plus 1980s Air Mail envelope with CDS of Mali / Masr Mahata   
£10.00
Historic maps
088
 1798, Naval Action at Aboukir, printed in one colour (19.5x14.7cm on sheet 27.8x21.8) showing the positions of the French and British vessels at the battle of Aboukir bay. Engraved by Sid. Hall, of Bury St, Bloomsbury, and published 1823 by Henry Coulburn & Co and M.Bossange & Co   
£25.00
089
Date 18th century?, colour map of Lower Egypt, vertical fold otherwise excellent, drawn by J.Assherton, engraved by J.Shury and published by Thomas Tegg of Cheapside, 25x30cm   
£15.00
Photographs
090
1929, series of three small snapshot photographs of the flag procession and opening ceremony of the first Pan African Games, held in Alexandria. Plus white on green advertising label   
£10.00
Jewish community
091
 1885, certificate issued in Alexandria on behalf of the Communita Israeliatica and authenticated with the ornate seal of the Consul of the Austro-Hungarian Empire  
£25.00
Palestine
092
1951, taxed cover from Cairo to Gaza franked 10m Marechal and cancelled with Alex Mediterranean Games slogan machine, given large T in pencil, all-Arabic censor label and handstamps, and suppled on arrival with strip of four 6 mills 1927-32 Dues with bilingual Palestine overprint (NP PPD3)  
£10.00
Sudan
093
 1938, clean sepia postcard, Gordon College Khartoum, used to Alexandria without any sort of franking, written in Armenian   
£8.00
Antiquities interest
094
30 6 1903, Antiquities Department certificate in Arabic confirming that a farmer is allowed to build a house on land that has no antiquities interest. Signed by Gaston Maspero  
£20.00
Censor covers
095
Miscellany of 12 various covers, including OAS, multi-censors, airgraph, field post, mainly 1916-18 but some later. Mixed bag worth investigating   
£25.00
Italian military
096
1916, two printed Italian military postcards from the “war zone”, covered in handstamps, censor marks and date stamps, both addressed to Port Said  
£18.00
Express covers
097
1948-1952-195, three Arabic-addressed covers franked at 40 or 60 mills all furnished with Express markings including red “mastaagil” strip   
£15.00
Russian Levant
098
 1907, Colour postcard of St Sepulchre, Jerusalem, sent via Port Said to Zurich with ROPIT cds and stamp folded over card  
£20.00
EGYPT STAMPS – Second Issue
099
1867, Second Issue, 20 para green (NP D10), four used examples, one of them showing clearly what is described as an unrecorded “candle variety” with an apparent “wick” curling left from the top of the obelisk. Not immediately apparent on three more examples  
£10.00
100
 1867, Second Issue, 1 piastre (NP D 11 a-b). Two examples: Type II used at Tanta with nearly complete extra letter in lower label; and a Type I used stamp with merely a trace of the extra letter remaining. Fascinating pair   
£40.00
101
 1867, Second Issue 1 piastre (NP D11), three used examples with accompanying notation “1 piastre candle variety”. See particularly centre stamp  
£6.00
Third Issue cover
102
11 MAR 79, envelope, franked 2pi with long oval RACCOMANDATO alongside, sent from Cairo and Arabic-addressed to Mirza Abd el-Gawad. Three wax seals behind, flap lost, contents remain. Cairo arrival mark 12 MAR. Striking registered usage  
£30.00
Third Issue
103
31 DIC 73(?), 5 para, perf 12 ½ according to pencil mark on back, slight thin, used at Suez with most unusual blue CDS, ESC Type III-5, ex John Gilbert   
£30.00
Forgeries
104
1867, 5pi in vertical UMM pair – but too good to be true: the forger ignored the four types and produced two identical images  
£20.00
105
1867, 1pi with clearly forged cancellation, sewing-machine perforated all round  
£4.00
Fuad stamp issues
106
1927-27 ”Second Fuad” issue, envelope described as containing hundreds of five-mills Second Fuad, unsorted, ideal for scholarship (“research”)   
£5.00
107
1927-37 Second Fuad much as last, a card covered in five-mills stamps including a pane of six, together with many slips of paper describing Type and Die numbers (not necessarily in original positions). Apparently subject to damp at some stage, so this is a gamble: what can be recovered?  
£2.00
108
1927-37 200 mills in vertical pair with oblique perforations, pale centre UMM (NP D124e)   
£25.00
109
1927-37 stock card with 25 stamps from 1m to 100m, used or LMM, all showing unrecorded variety of white dot on Fuad’s collar  
£8.00
Crown overprint on Dues
110
1922, 2pi Postage Due with Crown overprint unusually upright (NP PD30b). Small study of four unused stamps showing variations in placing of the overprint   
£10.00
Fuad postal stationery card
111
13 mills red on buff card (NP SPC35), used to Germany from Alexandria 3 MR 39, correct rate outside British Empire  
£2.00
Fuad postal stationery envelopes
112
2 mills Fuad 1928 dark grey embossed vignette visiting card envelope, vertical wmk (NP SEN27), Arabic-addressed from Douane / Alexandria (date?) to Port Said  
£2.00
113
2 mills dark grey embossed visiting card envelope, vertical watermark (NP SEN27), uprated with Second Fuad 2m for foreign matter printed rate from October 29 1931. Posted from Alexandria 12 DE 32 to London  
£2.00
114
 2 mills 1928 dark grey embossed visiting card envelope, vertical watermark (NP SEN27), uprated and over-franked with Second Fuad 5m for foreign matter printed rate. Posted from Cairo Station 10(?) JA 35 to France  
£2.00
115
2 mills orange embossed visiting card envelope, vertical watermark (NP SEN29), addressed within Cairo from machine cancel 9 JAN 39. Vf neat   
£2.00
Second Fuad mail illustrating postage rates
116
2 mills black on printed card used within Cairo. Pmk Shubra / (Cairo) 14 MR 31. VF  
£3.00
117
2 mills black, folded inland letter, Arabic-addressed from Cairo 1930   
£2.00
118
3 mills (2+1), internal postcard from Manfalut 26 JA 28 via Qusia to Nazali Ganoub. VF   
£3.00
119
3 mills blue-green internal postcard rate from Suez 25 FE 36 to Cairo   
£3.00
120
5 mills (Type III booklet stamp) from Alexandria 12 NO 36, internal letter rate  
£3.00
121
15 mills blue, internal registered letter (Azhar pmk 2 NO 31 and cachet). Qubba Palace arrival  
£4.00
122
2 mills black, Cairo 13 NOV 27 to Sweden, foreign printed rate to October 1931. No backstamps   
£3.00
123
4 mills, Alexandria to England, foreign printed rate from November 1931  
£3.00
124
4 mills dark green, foreign printed rate to USA, Port Said 22 JA 36  
£4.00
125
 4 mills brown foreign printed rate to UK, addressed London from Port Said Traffic   
£5.00
126
 4 mills (4x1mill) Sidi Gaber to France 28 JL 34, foreign printed rate from Nov 1931  
£3.00
127
15 mills (1,2,3,4,5m), letter from Cairo pharmacy to Germany 10 APR 28   
£3.00
128
 8 mills (3+5m), postcard rate to UK before 1 Nov 31, posted Cairo 21 DE 28   
£3.00
129
13 mills (pink), postcard Simon Arzt to Illinois 13 OC 35, overseas rate after 1 11 31  
£3.00
130
5 mills (understamped), postcard from Port Said 18 X 29 to UK, 1d Due on arrival   
£3.00
131
 15 mills blue, letter rate to UK after Nov 1 1931, posted Port Said Traffic 19 FE 32. VF   
£4.00
132
 15 mils violet, letter to UK from Alexandria, received 15 Mar 1937, after 1934 colour change   
£3.00
133
 28 mils (20+2x4), Airmail letter rate from Alexandria 1 FE 36 to UK after 1 11 1931   
£4.00
134
 20 mills (large olive), Airmail to UK from Cairo 27 Mar 31. Reduced rate to promote service   
£4.00
135
 40 mills Airmail to UK from Alexandria 8 JU 36. Via KLM, which added 12 mills for faster service   
£5.00
136
 15 mills (1pi letter sheet + 2+3m) used by Cairo philatelist to Seymour Thompson 1934, rare late use of postal stationery printed before 1888 currency change. Long philatelic message inside (illegally), in French   
£5.00
137
40 mills (large brown), Airmail to Colombo from Cairo 18 JA 33, but stopped at Karachi because no onward service   
£5.00
138
70 mills (3x20+2x5m) from Cairo 5 MA 33 to Singapore, but Airmail service started only nine months later. Journey completed by sea  
£5.00
139
23 mills (20m lar39olive + 3m), First Flight Luxor to London (and on to Wales), 13 MR 31. VF   
£5.00
140
 40 mills (2x20m), printed First Flight cover Assiout to London (Wales in fact) by Imperial Airways 14 MR 31. Backstamps Recu par Avion / Alexandrie and Anglesey  
£5.00
141
27 mills (15+10+2m), from Port Said Traffic to Basrah 15 AP 30, special Airmail rate to Iraq of 12 mills  
£5.00
Fuad general postal history
142
 16 II 28, cover of Anglo-American Hospital, Ghezireh (flap), franked 25 mills (5m with diagonal screen, vertical pair of 10m with upright screen) for Registration from Qasr el Dubara (Reg cachet) to London   
£2.00
143
28 JA 31, business cover franked 24 mills from Alexandria to Basra, endorsed By Air Mail in red ink at top left as required. Basra arrival 30 JAN  
£3.00
144
28 FE 32, Credit Lyonnais printed envelope to Switzerland, franked at 40 mills (2x20m large blue) with Cairo pink Reg label. Rapperswill arrival behind with large bilingual “Return in 8 days” cachet  
£3.00
145
 May 1932, lightweight Turf Club (flap) envelope franked 4 mills (2x2m), unsealed and cancelled by Cairo machine. Addressed to RAF Balloon Centre, Salisbury. Neat, clean  
£3.00
146
3 MA 32, small cover from ESC member Victor Anhoury to ESC member Glynn Grylls franked colourfully with 35 mills (2x13+2,3,4m) for registration from Port Said (b/w mute label with “Port Said” hand-added)  
£3.00
147
 25 JA 33, cut-down and opened-out cover from Ismailia to France franked 20m (large olive)  
£2.00
148
27 AP 33, mourning cover franked 20 mills (large blue) cancelled Cairo machine for Belgium. Clean, neat  
£3.00
149
 21 SE 34, Company window envelope franked 35 mills (20m large blue + 15m) for registration from Alexandria (black on red label) but destination unknown. No backstamps  
£2.00
150
 6 FE 35, large buff envelope Cairo to Scotland, franked 28 mills (5x5+3x1m) with black on white Cairo Reg label. Newton Stewart arrival CDS behind   
£2.00
151
 23 FE 35, mourning cover franked 20 mills from Continental Savoy / Cairo to Germany. No other markings
£2.00
152
 1 II 36, small cover addressed to USA, franked 20 mills (4x5m), but one stamp patently reused and given a boxed T. No backstamps and no apparent Due raised   
£3.00
153
 17 VII 36, printed cover (flap) addressed to Kent from Alexandria, endorsed Air Mail in red pencil and franked 28 mills (5x5+3m). No other markings  
£2.00
Farouk Birthday
154
1929, mint and used sets (NP C29-32), all mounted on one sheet for display (8 stamps)   
£3.00
Literature - be aware of postage costs
155
1948, four successive copies of The London Philatelist (Nos. 666-669), all complete and each containing a section of the research of Dr Gordon Ward (ESC 59) on the 1927-36 issue. No 669 also contains a detailed report of am ESC display to the Royal   
£3.00
156
 John Revell, The Stamp Booklets of Egypt, handwritten, photocopied and self-published for ESC members in 1997. A4, spiral bound, soft covers, stupendous  
£12.00
157
 Leon Balian, Catalogue: The Stamps of Egypt, 536pp, 18x25cm, hard back with dust jacket, stamps in colour, 1998, good condition   
£8.00
158
 Mike Dorsey, Maritime Mail Cancellations of Great Britain, A4, soft cover, 144pp, published by TPO and Seapost Society 2015. Scuffed but complete and neat  
£6.00
Wreck of the SS Cairo
159
 The steamship Cairo ran ashore entering the port of Alexandria on 5 March 1905. Mail bags were recovered and salvaged: each letter was handstamped in violet ink with SAUVÉ DU NAUFRAGE DU "CAIRO"/ SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF S.S."CAIRO" Several envelopes found open were re-sealed with an Interpostal seal, with the Alexandria cds struck alongside to indicate its sole purpose in the repair and sealing of damaged wreck mail.  
£150.00
British Post Office, Suez
160
 Cover posted from Suez to London, franked by a pair of 4d, cancelled by two good strikes of the BO2 obliterator,  next to the D2 (Smith) cds  A/SUEZ/JU 13/73. Manuscript "Via Brindisi" and red arrival cds of London JU 23/73. A good cover  
£95.00
161
 Group of seven stamps, all without faults and all  cancelled by the BO2 obliterator. Values - two 1d, four 2 1/2d, one 6d   
£45.00
French Post Office in Alexandria
162
 Alexandria-Paris cover 1873, triple rate, franked with strip of 3x80c (no faults) and cancelled with two perfect strikes of 5080 in lozenge of dots. Manuscript “voie de Brindisi” at left and rare datestamp PAQ.ANGL. / ALEXANDRIE / 19 JANV 73 used only for letters sent by British vessel, and then only rarely because the postage charged was higher. In red, the French entry cds of PAQ.ANGL.V.BRIND.A MID. 26JANV73 (Mod=Modane). Usual boxed PD with part of letter missing, and arrival cds on reverse, PARIS 27 JANV 73   
£80.00
163
 Last-day cover. The French post office in Egypt finally closed its doors for ever on 31 March 31. This cover was cancelled in Alexandria on that day and travelled to Mohon in northwest France (faint arrival cds on reverse). Rarely seen  
£25.00
Air mails – Marc Pourpe
164
 Marc Pourpe – souvenir postcard of the pioneer aeronaut who was first to carry mail by air in Egypt. This card, not flown, shows at left the violet handstamp used by Pourpe in Egypt and at right a dedication in French "A mon sympathique et grandiose ami Didie", signed M.Pourpe (To my noble and magnificent friend Didie). Insignificant repairs on two corners; this item has net been shown or published in more than half a century   
£120.00
Air mails – Heliopolis meeting
165
Withdrawn  
166
Souvenir label of Heliopolis Air Meeting, mint, original gum, hinged. Inscribed Grande Semaine / d’Aviation / d’Heliopolis / Le Caire / Fevrier 1910. Rare, unused   
£140.00
167
 Postcard inscribed "Grande Semaine d’Aviation d'Heliopolis, Fevrier 1910, with airplane above the town.   
       £12.00
Air mails – World War I
168
 Military Camp / Aerodrome Heliopolis. On Active Service cover cancelled 26 NO 15 from the post office opened on Heliopolis Aerodrome five years after the Air Meeting and used by staff of a transit camp for the Allied military. Arrival cds on reverse. Scarce datestamp, recorded only Feb to Nov 1915   
£60.00
Postal stationery
169
 The most rare postcard – H&G 5a, 1881, 3 mills on 5 mills surcharge inverted and fine mint condition. Royal Philatelic Society certificate (with black & white illustration)   
£90.00
170
 Four mint envelopes – H&G 10-11-12-14 - and one Letter-Sheer (H&G 6), all overprinted diagonally with the word SPECIMEN in large black letters. Rare. Scan shows two examples with small hole in lower left corner (originally all fastened together)  
£90.00
171
 H&G 42. Complete set of 25 “Defense” 6 milliemes view postcards (H&G 42), with various views in violet. All mint.  
  £85.00
172
 H&G A13. Airmail set of four 140 milliemes Pyramids, USED aerogrammes. Central vignette in brown on reverse shows horses, Abu Simbel, Deir el Bahari, banks of Nile   
£40.00
Airgraphs
173
 10 JL 45, London to Ismailia (Jean Boulad) with special cds CAIRO AIRGRAPH 16 JL 45 on reverse. Rare censor marking M56 (see Gabriel Boulad study, L’OP Jan 1968, Type III fig. 18)  
£15.00
174
 26 JU 42, Derby (UK) to Ismailia (Jean Boulad) with CAIRO AIRGRAPH cancel 25 SE 42 on reverse. Two intact Postal Administration labels, and censor mark M2 (G.Boulad, L’OP Type III fig. 10)  
£15.00
175
 Illustrated Airgraph from the RAF for Christmas 1941, sent to England with Wishes for a HAPPIER New Year. RAF censor 135   
£20.00
Farouk bars overprints
176
Four registered covers sent to England and the USA in July and August 1953 (no FDC), franked by various Farouk tam ps (different on each cover) with three-bars overprints. But each cover had a single six-bar overprint (2, 4, 17 and 20 mills). Reverse of each cover has transit mark Aerodrome du Caire   
£28.00
POSTAL HISTORY and POSTMARKS
177
A specialized collection of postmarks of pre- WW11 on stamps, letter seals, postal stationary cut outs (inc. from Air Mail covers), some covers all showing cds of countless Egyptian Post Offices. Ideal material for postal history research. 22 sheets in all.      
£20.00
178
 Piece with 3 x QV stamps totalling 2½d with 2 x cds of Port Said dated 10.10.1897. Also PPC of Port Said – unposted -  dated on back 3.1.23.      
£4.00
179
 PPC of Paris posted from Port Said to Manchester on 4.10.1902. KEV11 1d stamp cancelled with cds of Port Said. Receiving cds of Manchester. Front of cover also bears an excellent ‘PAQUEBOT’ cachet.  Also included is an unposted PPC of Port Said.    
£5.00
180
Cover from Port Said to Leeds bearing red  GB KGV 1d stamp franked with ‘Paquebot’ cds. There is also a very clear cds of ‘PAQUEBOT – 10.12.14 – PORT SAID’       
£5.00
181
 Air Mail cover from Port Said to Stirling, Scotland. Bears a machine cancellation with shipping agent details – cds of Port Said dated 2.12.47.  There is also a green blue cds of ‘PORT SAID TRAFFIC’ dated 2.12.47 and two mauve ‘AIR MAIL’ cachets. Unusual item        
£5.00
182
 Air Mail cover from Port Said to Middlesex, England on 27.3.56. Bears 4 x Egyptian stamps franked with 2 x cds of ‘PAQUEBOT – Port Said’ There is also a very clear cds of ‘PAQUETBOT – 27.3.56 – PORT SAID’ on front of cover and an AIR MAIL label. Very nice clean cover. In addition an unused PPC of Port Said General Post Office.    
£5.00
183
 Unused colour  PPC with view  of bay and town of Suez   
£1.00
184
 8.5.42 -Air Mail ‘On Active Service’ cover from Egypt to Ayrshire, Scotland. Cover bears 2 x 10d KGVI stamps cancelled with cds of ‘EGYPT 94 – 8.5.42 – POSTAGE PREPAID’. These stamps are twice the normal air mail letter rate. Cover has been censored with a mauve coloured ‘circle and crown’ censor mark with ‘PASSED BY CENSOR NO 664’. There is an airmail label inscribed only in French ‘ POSTA AEREA – PER AVION’. Nice clean cover.                
£5.00
185
 26.10.1906 – PPC of Camp Aden Town, Aden posted from Khandala, India to Greenock, Scotland. Bears 2 x India KEVII 1/2 anna green stamps cancelled with 2x cds od KHANDALA -26.10.06. There is a second unposted PPC of Steamer Point- Aden. On the back is written 8.1.23                         
£5.00
POSTAL HISTORY - Covers
186
 S26 XI 91, 3 mills on 5 mills surcharged postal card from Alex to Cairo with NON RECLAME and REBUT marks (horizontal fold)  
£3.00
187
1 II 95, 5 mills stationery postcard sent from Louxor to Surabaja (Dutch East Indies) through Guerga, Suez, (faint) Colombo and Batavia  
£8.00
188
 22 X 15, picture postcard from Port Taufiq censored en route to Rotterdam, franked SG 83   
£8.00
189
Poastcard (Egyptian soldiers) to Belgium franked with 2xCrown overprint SG73 + 74; both 1m stamps with printing flaw!  
£8.00
190
 21 OC 30, stationery postcard 3 mills (printed address, publicity for Alerts Cordial on reverse!)   
£3.00
Interesting Egypt overseas covers
191
 17 V 18, cover from Cairo to Khartoum from where it was ‘Returned to Sender’. Back of the ‘bit tatty’ cover is damaged but bears two clearly different Shallal-Halfa TPO marks for there and back routes  
£8.00
192
 ? NO 23, company printed cover with mixed franking (SG102+116) sent to Chemnitz (Germany), clean and neat   
£3.00
193
 5 FEB 26, Victoria Hospital of the Deaconesses printed cover with five colour First Fouad franking 15 mills sent to Switzerland with machine cancellation promoting the ‘Exhibition of Egyptian Industry’   
£3.00
194
24 9 36, Official bilingual printed OHEMS cover with 2x SG O144 to USA, horizontal fold away from the stamps   
£3.00
195
 1 DE 37, registered cover from Hawamdiya / Cash (sugar refinery, markings in violet) franked Cotton Congress commems but tax-marked in Casablanca, well travelled   
£3.00
196
 12 10 56, cover from Port-Said to Moascar Ismailia, with special stamp for the Nationalization of the Suez Canal - seldom seen back and front for Port Said and Ismailia   
£6.00
197
 19 10 56, cover from Suez with block of four commems on face and same postmark as last, sent to Sweden (5 mills stamps on back to complete tariff of 45 mills). Seldom seen!   
£10.00
198
 8 12 76, December tax Registered cover from Cairo to Austria with extra 1mill stamp for tuberculosis tax levied on registered items in December  
£7.00
Air interest
199
 10 AP 31, Zeppelin cover with 2x50 mills surcharges sent from Caire to Jerusalem (backstamp JERUSALEM)   
£20.00
200
 8 VI 35, flight cover franked with three Egypt 1933 Air Mails canceled with Paquebot POSTAGENT BATAVIA-ROTTERDAM to Breda (Netherlands); backstamps Alexandria and Port-Taufiq   
£20.00
201
8 FE 38, printed bank flight cover via KLM from Sidi Gaber / Cash to Zurich , correctly franked with SG234 + 270/271 for 37 mills   
£3.00
202
21 SE 48, censored registered air mail cover with SAIDE stamps and cancel and 2x 10 mills SG348, sent to a Mr Madras, Poste Restante in Rome but ‘returned to sender’ with several Italian markings on reverse  
£5.00
203
 10 NO 48, air cover at 10 mills reduced rate as printed matter (Sears p.124?). Cover was sent to Horten (Norway) by well known collector, Mohamed Ibrahim Sobhi. Part backstamp of Horten   
£3.00
204
 15 OC 51, registered air mail cover from the King’s Secretariat in Palais Ras el Tin to London. The address reveals one of the King’s collecting hobbies! Backstamp Aéroport Farouk), and cover has a vertical fold   
£15.00
205
 3 3 56, censored airmail cover from Windsor Hotel Cairo to Stockholm with high and inexplicable franking (206 mills: SG2x416 + 430)   
£3.00
206
 4 AU 58, First Flight censored cover Cairo-Athens-Zurich-Frankfurt-London returned from Frankfurt because insufficient address   
£5.00
207
 4 3 70, censored registered air cover from Alexandria to Holland, partly (over?) franked with old air stamps (SG 285/288) for total 190 mills  
£3.00
208
 R-air cover sent via Brindisi and Milano to Winterthur (Switzerland). Correct franking: 53 mills (SG240 + 242/244): 33 air mail charge + registration 20 mills. Back stamps for three places mentioned!   
£6.00
Hotels interest
209
25 IX 10, printed hotel cover sent from Ghezireh Palace Hotel to hotel in Como. In the last years of its existence the Hotel Post Office used a different canceller!   
£20.00
210
16 MA 46, colourful registered cover with AR to Switzerland (franked 129 mills), postmark COOK (CAIRO) / R & P, arrived Zurich and redirected to Luzern (backstamp Zurich 21.V.46). Vertical fold away from the stamps  
£5.00
211
 15 FE 26, 10 mills Colossi registered stationery envelope uprated with 1+4 First Fouads and sent to His Highness Le Prince Georges Loutfalla at the Palais de Ghezireh. The Loutfalla family bought the hotel after the War during which it suffered much damage  
£10.00
212
 16 MA 46, colourful registered cover with AR to Switzerland (franked 129 mills), postmark COOK (CAIRO) / R & P, arrived Zurich and redirected to Luzern (backstamp Zurich 21.V.46). Vertical fold away from the stamps   
£5.00
Sudan stationery
213
 Small 1 mill envelope with bilingual SOUDAN overprint locally used at Sawakin   
£5.00
Tutankhamun and recent archaeology issues
214
Feb 15 1924, brief handwritten letter in French on Cataract Hotel headed notepaper from A H Sayce, British archaeologist/historian seeking permission from Department of Antiquities to visit the recently unearthed Tomb of Tutankhamun. No response recorded  
£15.00
215
 Jan-Feb 1924, series of five notes to the authorities (one from newly appointed journalist) pleading for permission to visit Tutankhamun’s tomb. Sent from Winter Palace, Shepheard’s, Luxor Hotel, two of them with 5m First Fuad stamps as revenue replacements. No responses available. Fascinating lot   
£30.00
216
 4 11 2022, Tutankhamun centenary miniature sheet of four large £E20 gold on black stamps, 14.5x26.5cm, UMM, in souvenir envelope, plus same sheet with FDC cancel set inside large (24x32cm) presentation folder. Striking souvenir   
£30.00
217
 4 11 2022, Tutankhamun souvenir sheet of four stamps as above   
£12.00
218
23 Aug 2022, bicentenary miniature sheet (£E10) and single stamp (£E10) marking discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the origin of Egyptology, plus same issues with FDC cancel set inside large (24x32cm) presentation folder. Striking souvenir   
£10.00
219
 6 July 2022, FDC (12x14.5cm) and single UMM stamp of £E10 issue marking restoration of Aswan historic post office  
£5.00
220
 6 July 2022, ornate complex UMM sheet of five stamps issued to mark restoration of Postal Museum at Egypt Post headquarters in Ataba Square, Cairo. Spectacular shapes  
£6.00
221
10 Oct 2022, series of three new definitives - £E20 Mycerinus triad, £E30 Narmer palette, £E40, Rosetta Stone, all UMM with star punch for security  
£8.00
Consular/Official mail
222
27 OC 26, small envelope with embossed coat of arms behind, addressed to Manchester, provided with 2xFirst Fuad 5 mills plus two strikes of large circular British Consulate-General / Alexandria. Posted from Alex, with Alex slogan-machine transit behind   
£12.00
223
 14 DE 34, long envelope printed On His Britannic Majesty’s Service, with complete red wax lion/unicorn seal (High Commissioner / Egypt) behind and addressed to Shepheard's. Franked (with Cairo Reg label) by large violet circular handstamp High Commissioner Egypt. Backstamps are Cairo / T(2) and Shepheard's Type 8. Clean, near  
£14.00
224
 9 FE 37, neat small envelope with large circular British Embassy / Cairo handstamp in blue, sent unfranked from Cairo with good Heliopolis cds behind next day. Striking  
£12.00
225
 24 AU 43, small bilingual-printed envelope OHMS, franked on reverse with horizontal pair of 5m Boy King (uncancelled). Addressed in pencil to British Military Mission, Qubba Bridge, with Cairo Station cds on face and Qubba Bridge arrival on reverse  
£10.00
226
 (wartime), commercial envelope printed in Arabic addressed to military engineer at GHQ Fayed, unfranked but with large violet circular cachet H.B.M. Embassy / Military Attaché, Cairo. Roughly opened behind, no date or other markings  
£12.00
Early postmarks
227
 Second Issue, card with six copies of 1867 20-para, all with Cassa postmark part strikes – Alessandria (2), Mansura, Ismailia, plus two difficult to read   
£8.00
228
 Third Issue, card with three 20-para blue stamps all used with Alessandria / Cassa part strikes of 1872, 1876 and 1876 (damaged)  
£8.00
Shipping / Paquebot interest
229
1953, remarkable flimsy bilingual Egyptian Customs form confirming that a vessel’s formalities have been completed and that she may leave the Suez Canal at Port Tawfik. Filled out for the “London Enterprise” with typed version to clarify where form detail is covered with 4x5m General Revenues. Most unusual  
£10.00
230
 ? AU 51, Port Tawfiq, envelope with cartouche of MV “Tarantia”, franked with GB QEII 1+1/2d, addressed to New York. No backstamp   
£3.00
231
 12 9 57, Port Tawfiq / Paquebot, printed air letter form addressed to New Zealand, franked with Nefertiti 100 mills. Message headed “MV Governor, Gulf of Suez”   
£5.00
232
 1920s-30s, stock card with a dozen examples of pieces with French stamps and P.0. marks and Paquebot cancels, including several from Alexandrie   
£4.00
233
 1960s(?), Pristine black and white photocard of Khedivial Mail Line vessel Egyptian Republic. Bilingual caption on reverse has this name barred out and replaced with “Gomhuryat Misr” (direct translation) as well as mention of sister ship Mecca, 12,000 tons.  
£4.00
Air interest
234
13 DE 26, Mittelholzer first north-south Africa flight. Pale blue cover franked 120 Swiss centimes cancelled Zurich / Flugpost 28 XI 26 with Zurich 3 Bahnhof reg label and special Afrikaflug cachet alongside. Flying a Dornier Merkur seaplane named Switzerland, Mittelholzer, a flight pioneer and founder of Swissair, left on December 6 for Cape Town via Naples, Athens, Alexandria (this cover CDS 13 DE) and Cairo carrying 160kg of mails. These were unloaded in Naples and carried onward by the SS “Esperia.” Addressed Zurich, this cover has clear arrival CDS of Höngg suburb Dec 21   
£38.00
235
 2 JL 35, commercial printed envelope trimmed on opening, addressed to our former member E F Hurt in England and franked 27m Air plus 1m cancelled Cairo / M. Sears trilingual label 12  
£4.00
236
 5 NO 35, small envelope with bilingual Par Avion label (Sears 8), addressed to Kent and endorsed in red crayon “KLM – Cairo-Amsterdam”. Franked 40 mills 1933 Air cancelled (4) / Alexandria. No backstamp   
£4.00
237
 5 JA 37, clean plain cover endorsed Air Mail for Bridgnorth, given a colourful franking of seven Fuad definitives totalling 28 mills and cancelled at Shibin el Qanater P & R. No backstamps  
£4.00
238
 9 JU 42, cover with Sears 8 label, addressed to Leeds, franked Boy King 2+15+30 mills and cancelled Port Said / Traffic. Cairo / A machine transit behind   
£4.00
239
6 MA 52, b/w postcard of Ramleh Square Alexandria, addressed to Johannesburg, franked 17m Marechal, 10m KES opt plus pair of Ahmed Fuad birth commems. Censored  
£4.00
240
17 4 61, long Philatelic Bureau envelope addressed to Beirut provided with 5+2x10+2x20 mills Officials stamps on face, plus two pairs of Tower of Cairo 1961 10m on reverse. Cairo Air Port transit, Chargements Beirut arrival cds   
£3.00
241
 2 2 75, unrecorded CDS T D / Cairo Air Port as arrival mark on reverse of neat clean registered air letter from Germany addressed to Cairo Philatelic Bureau   
£5.00
242
 Collection of mint photographs (13) and cards (11), mainly black and white, mainly identified, showing types of aircraft used for carrying mails between about 1930 and 1960 (including five cards advertising Imperial Airways). Fascinating range, all in excellent condition  
£28.00
Egypt stamps
243
1933, 3m Air Mail, top left corner block of four UMM (NP A6), unrecorded variety tail to left of first “E” in Egypte (stamp 1)  
£3.00
244
1934, UPU set, low values complete to 200m all fine used in good condition  
£5.00
245
 1947, Air Mail 2m vermilion (NP A28), complete mint sheet of 50, control A.47. Part illustrated  
£5.00
246
 1986, Sudan Drought Relief, 15+5m UMM, single with lemon colour shifted significantly to right and bleeds off the stamp. NP C1060a, only 50 recorded. With normal for comparison   
£4.00
247
 1988, African Unity commem, 15+5m UMM, lower left corner block of four with wide selvage but without apparent flaws (NP C112)   
£4.00
248
 1992, Centenary of writer Ali Moubarak, 15pi value (NP 1270). Two UMM, distinct shades  
£3.00
249
 2020, £E3 definitive with star-shaped security puncture – upper left block of four UMM center  
£3.00
Egypt Officials
250
 1915, bilingual OHHS with hamza over alef, 2m green (NP 15), left marginal block of 20 (5x4), lightly mounted only on selvage  
£16.00
251
 1915, bilingual OHHS with hamza over alef, 4m vermilion (NP 16), upper marginal block of 16 (4x4), lightly mounted only on selvage   
£16.00
Postcards
252
 F.Pellegrin, delightful, detailed map card, Province de Beherah, No 7 in series, single-back in red. Mint, pristine  
£12.00
253
F. Pellegrin as last, Province de Charkieh, No 10in series, mint, excellent  
£12.00
254
Beautiful colour card, “Bateau d’Excursion sur le Nil”, LL printer mark, divided back, seven languages behind. Mint, pristine  
£10.00
255
10 JA 03, Abbas Hilmy II arrives in Alexandria, single-back card by Pierre Agopian, Alexandria. Franked 1m+3m DLR, addressed to UK, brief message, Littlehampton arrival   
£6.00
256
 11 III 04, Arrival pf Khedive in Alexandria (Cairo Station Street), , single-back card by Kardiache, franked 2x2m DLR, addressed to Scotland, brief message passenger from Rangoon. No arrival mark  
£6.00
257
 11 II 05, ornate embossed gold on silver card with Turkish-style star/crescent and Koranic quotes. Franked 2m DLR and addressed to England from Bulkeley. Card by Plentl Mat Mill, Graz-Cairo. No message, arrival cds Gloucester  
£7.00
258
 Formal portrait of Fuad, upright on card intended as award for success of school pupil. Form non reverse not completed, pristine mint   
£7.00
259
 Formal portrait of Farouk in military uniform, no markings beyond printing by Gevaert   
£7.00
260
 Full-size card with portrait inset of General Mohamed Neguib (1901-1954) in formal battledress. Born in Sudan, Neguib was President of Egypt twice briefly after the overthrow of Farouk. Rare card, Arabic handstamp in violet on reverse   
£16.00
261
 Gamal Abd el-Nasser (1918-1970) portrait card with printed quote and signature. As leader of the free Officers Movement he was instrumental in overthrow of Farouk and served as President of Egypt from 1956 to his death. Rare mint card by Al-Maaref Press   
£16.00
262
 August Mariette (1821-1881), French archaeologist who founded both the Department of Antiquities and the Egyptian Museum, is pictured in this rare card in full official dress and titled as “Miralai (Colonel) Mariette Bey”. Mariette is buried in the Museum grounds   
£12.00
263
 “Mansourah, Mit-hadar”, divided back colour card by Ephtimios Freres, Port Said (Msh10). Mint, pristine  
£6.00
264
“Mansoura, Chareh-el-Nil”, divided back colour card, no printer but Msh9. Addressed to UK, cds of Dumiat-Tanta / TPO and Alexandria / H 13 X 12. Stamp lost en route and 1d !.S. tax mark on arrival   
£6.00
Egypt UMM blocks of four
265
1957, Anniversary of poets’ deaths (NP C187-88), lower marginal block of four   
£3.00
266
 1957, Air Force/Misrair anniversary (NP C189-190), lower left corner block of four with unrecorded dot flaw left of foot of figure “1” of corner stamp and stroke off “1” on blue stamp above   
£4.00
267
 As last left marginal block of four without varieties   
£2.00
268
 1957, Afro-Asian conference (NP C191-93), marginal blocks of four of all three stamps, 5,10 and 15m  
£4.00
269
 1958, Cycle Racing (NP C194), lower marginal block of four   
£2.00
270
 1958, Human Rights anniversary (NP C211-2), right marginal block of four of 35m, with lower left corner pair and left marginal pair of 10m, all with flaws(?) marked in pencil   
£5.00
271
 As last, with bilingual Palestine overprint (NP PC3-4): 35m in right marginal block of four, plus lower left corner pair and marginal pair of 10m value, all with flaws (?) marked in pencil  
£5.00
272
 1959, Afro-Asian Youth (NP C215), lower left corner block of four with two flaws indicated by marginal pencil marks  
£3.00
Miniature sheets
273
 1946, Cairo Philatelic Exhibition, NP MS1 (perforated) and MS2 (imperf), both UMM   
£24.00
274
 1949, Agriculture/Industry exhibition, two sets of two sheets (NP MS3-4), one UMM, the other with spot-on first-day cancels  
£10.00
275
 1951 Royal Wedding, Mediterranean Games (NP MS 5-6), both UMM   
£20.00
276
 1952 Birth of Ahmed Fouad (NP MS 8) UMM   
£5.00
277
 1958, 6th Anniversary of the Revolution (MS 11, hinged mint) and 1959, seventh Anniversary (MS12, UMM plus second with First-day cancel   
£20.00
278
 1960, Sport/Olympics (MS13, UMM plus first-day cancel), 1961 9th Anniversary of the Revolution (MS14, UMM plus used example), 1962, tenth Anniversary (MS 15-16, UMM, perf and imperf), 11th anniversary (MS 17-18, perf UMM, imperf hinged)  
£10.00
279
 1964, 12 Anniversary of the Revolution (MS19), Unesco Campaign (MS20), 1965 Nubian Monument (MS21), all UMM, plus 1966 (MS22), Post Day, both UMM and with FD cancel   
£6.00
280
 1966, 14th Anniversary (MS 23, UMM plus FD cancel), 1967 15th Anniversary (MS 24, UMM), 1968, 16th Anniversary (MS 25, UMM plus miscut example cut right), 1969, Cairo Millenary (MS 26, UMM)   
£6.00
281
 1971, High Dam ceremony (MS28, UMM),19th Anniversary (MS 29, UMM with red very slightly displaced), 1972, 20th Anniversary (MS 31, UMM), 1973, 21st Anniversary (MS32, UMM)  
£9.00
282
1974, 22nd Anniversary (MS33, UMM), UPI (MS 34, UMM), 1976, 24th Anniversary (MS35, UMM), 1980. 28th Anniversary (MS37, UMM plus first-day cancel)   
£6.00
283
1982, Al Azhar Millenary (MS 38, UMM), 194, Los Angeles Olympics (MS40, UMM), 1987, Football victories (MR 42, UMM plus first-day cancel   
£5.00
284
 1987, Tourism (MS 44, UMM), 1988, Seoul Olympics (MS 45, UMM), Opera House Inauguration (MS 46, UMM)   
£5.00
285
 1987, Tourism sheet (MS 44). Four variants – normal UMM, dark shade UMM, used (FD?) and UMM with dot before Y in EGYPT (NP MS44a)   
£8.00
Station markings
286
 22 I 98 TVI, 3 mills stationery postcard (NP SPC7). Addressed with brief message to “The Parsonage, Ramleh”, cancelled Alexandria / Station, with Ramle / Bulkely arrival next day   
£16.00
287
 7 III 05 VII, b/w single-back card, “Egyptian soldiers at Abbassiez”, franked 5m DLR, addressed to Edinburgh, with cds Caire / Station   
£10.00
288
 10 V 06 TIV, 3 mills stationery postcard (NP SPC7), Arabic-addressed to Mahalla el-Kobra, cancelled Tantah / (Station) with part-strike Mahalla arrival TV   
£10.00
289
 10 IV 06, remarkable postcard of the town of Hamme during the great North Flanders flood of 1906, used from Mansura Station via Dumiat-Tanta TPO, to arrival mark of Ghezireh / Cairo   
£8.00
290
 10 III 07, colour card “Palm trees at Bedrachen”, franked 4m DLR, cancelled Aswan / Station and addressed to England. Written aboard Cook’s dahabeah Ramses and long message about Nile journey  
£10.00
291
 4 JA 06 II, romantic colour card franked with 1m+2m DLR and cancelled Suez / (Station. Addressed to PO Box Cairo with no message and no arrival  
£10.00
292
 10 VII 07 IV, 5 mills stationery card (NP SPC3), cancelled Caire / Station and addressed to Ras-el-Bar with long message in French. Transit mark Cairo-Alexandria TPO (Type 5A3, earliest recorded?) and excellent double-ring arrival mark Ras-el-Bar / Damiette next day  
£12.00
293
17 V 08 T.6(?), b/w photocard of Governor-General’s Residence, Victoria, Australia, franked Victoria 1d, with illegible machine cancel. Long message written April 15, addressed to Alexandria, with Suez / * and Banha / (Station) markings both 17.V.08   
£10.00
294
 30 XII 09, small grey envelope, flap lost, addressed to Michigan and franked with 1pi blue DLR with bridge Aswan / Station cancel. Part-TPO and Cairo / A backstamps   
£8.00
295
 1 VI 15, 2 mills stationery card (NP SPC20, 1914), with red/black company wafer, addressed to Port Tewfik and cancelled Zaqaziq / Station. Banha-Ismailia TPO (Type 5A3) transit and tiny Port Taufiq arrival cds   
£10.00
296
 14 DE 24, sepia card (Cairo – Kasr el Nil), franked horizontal pair of Harrison 4m Crown opts, addressed to Hyde Park and cancelled with Cairo / (Station) cds. On arrival readdressed within London to Golders Green   
£8.00
297
 2 MR 49, grey company-printed envelope (flap) franked vertical pair of Farouk Marechal 30 to cover Express service within Cairo, cancelled Cairo Station, with all markings in blue. Arabic addressed, with bilingual Express handstamp on face and two illegible markings behind  
£7.00
298
 25 JL 63, small white printed hotel cover addressed to England, franked 2x20m+60m Airs and 5m UAR definitive to cover Air Mail (handstamp box). Censored en route, return address Netherlands Consulate, with Cairo Air Port transit and Farnham Surrey arrival marks   
£10.00
299
15 11 70, company-printed envelope (flap) franked UAR 55m to cover postage and registration (pencil marking). Addressed to Alexandria and cancelled Ramel / Station / (5). Backstamp of Alexandria / R.A.1 same day  
£10.00
300
 Loose stamps. Four cards containing 44 stamps to 1923, all with part-strikes of station markings, including Mahallet Roh and six Stazione part markings  
£12.00
Military official – Egyptian Army
301
 1909, ornate bilingual Ministry of War document (Army Form No 14, Recruiting, 29x24.5cm, headed Exemption Certificate from the obligation to Military Service) declaring that Abd el Gawad Fath el Bab  from Beni Osman in Fayum has fulfilled the conditions to become exempt from military service. Completed o Arabic side only, Printed black on pale blue, with handstamps and thumbprint. Battered but fascinating   
£28.00
302
 9 Sept 1924, Army Form No 7, Recruiting, similar to last, but no blue printing, 30x24cm. This document, kept on file in better condition, is head Certificate of Purchase of exemption and specifies that Selim Eskandar  from Shubra has paid £E20 to be released from military service   
£35.00
Revenues
303
1 October 1923, All-Arabic document with faint oval handstamp at base, duty paid with 3m surcharge on no-value stamp of 1914 (Feltus 9, p2), but uncancelled  
£7.00
304
 2 June 1925, All-Arabic record document headed Official Extract, with 3m duty paid by 1m+2m surcharges in 1914 no-value stamp (Feltus 7/8, p2). Circular date stamps unfortunately illegible apart from “Alexandria”   
£7.00
305
 13 April 1943, Banque d’Athenes document dealing with Messieurs Albert Filus, duty paid by Egypt Revenue 5m (Feltus 11, p3) together with 5m General Revenue   
£6.00
306
 1 April 1943, Albert Filus Co invoice for receipt ot salt and soda, duty paid by 3xEgypt Revenue 50m (Feltus 14) plus 3x5m General Revenues  
£6.00
307
 2 Aug 1943, National Bank of Egypt invoice to Albert Filus Co with duty paid by 5xEgypt Revenue 50m (Feltus 15) plus 3x 5m General Revenues  
£6.00
308
 10 June 1959, Filus & Co invoice with duty paid by 100m and 200m of 1939-49 First Egyptian Tax Issue (Feltus 52-53) or 1959-61 Third Egyptian Tax Issue (Feltus 47-48, wmk dependent)  
£6.00
309
 31 Oct 1967, Bank al-Ahly document with duty paid by horizontal strip of four of UAR Issue 200m revenues (Feltus 62, p8) with 2x10m General Revenues   
£6.00
310
 2 Sept 1967, Filus Co document for multiple transactions with duty paid by block of four of £E1 value of 1939-49 First Egyptian Tax Issue (Feltus 35) or 1959-61 Third Egyptian Tax Issue (Feltus 49, wmk dependent)   
£6.00
First-day covers
311
 26 5 79, FDC for Egypt-Israel peace agreement with 20m commemorative (SG1385) and “Peace” first-day cancel, but also provided with El Arish / R. cancel of same date  
£6.00
312
 7 OC 91, “Cairo 91”, the stamp exhibition organised by the late Samir Fikry. Three copies of the FDC envelope, all with the special cancel, one with added 10m commem issue (NP C1217), one with added miniature sheet (NP MS54). All pristine   
£6.00
313
18 1 2010, 30th anniversary of PAPU, two Egypt Post covers each with single stamp and special first-day cancel, envelopes printed with old and new post office logos at top right. Pristine condition  
£4.00
Express stamps
314
 1943, 26m red and black (NP EX3), UMM right marginal block of 12 (3x4), excellent  
£20.00
315
 1926-1948. accumulation of nine Express stamps: 20m green (NP EX1, one lightly mounted mint, two used), 20m red/black (EX2, LMM), 26m red/black (EX3, LMM), 40m brown/black (EX4, LMM + used; EX4a used); 40m with bilingual Palestine opt (PEX1, UMM)  
£24.00
Palestine definitives
316
 1948, Stamps of 1937-40 and 1944-47 with bilingual opt Palestine. Complete UMM series 1m to £E1 (NP P1-P19)  
£35.00
317
 1953, Stamps of Palestine issue (see last) overprinted with three bars to obliterate Farouk portrait. Complete UMM series (NP P20-P38)   
£30.00
318
 1955-56, first Republican pictorials: Egyptian stamps of 1953-55 with bilingual Palestine overprint. Complete UMM series (NP P39-P47 inc £E1 variety P47b with part opt in selvage   
£40.00
319
 1964, UAR definitives. Complete UMM series (NP P73-P85, including 1m variety P73a with broken Arabic   
£20.00
Suez Canal Company
320
 1868, accumulation on two sheets of 19 examples of the four stamps. Three of them are clearly forgeries (see cancellations). The other 16 are sold “as is”   
£24.00
TPO cancellations
321
 30 NO 22, Cairo-Asyut & VV / TPO (Type??), as transit on reverse of clean Arabic addressed cover from Nag Hamadi to Alex, franked 5m pink Pictorial   
£4.00
322
 4 DE 42, & VV / Asyut-Luqsor (Type 7A3.7) cancelling 20 mills franking for letter to Kadhiman, Iraq, resealed with censor label, circular censor 8 and large Egyptian censor oval, but “Not Examined” by Iraqi censor. Remarkable   
£7.00
Rural Service markings
323
 13 I 10, upright b/w postcard of Temple of Deir el-Bahri, franked with DLR 5m for Switzerland, and sent from Araba el Madfuna (cartouche, site of Abydos), via Service Rural / 1 / Balyana (both blue). Terminus mark Balyana same day, and Bellevue arrival 21.10   
£24.00
324
 2 X 10, small buff envelope Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked on reverse with 5m DLR and sent from Service Rural / 1 / Batanoun via Batanoun and arrival Caire, all same day. Neat, clean  
£16.00
325
 21 X 13, Service Rural 1 Roda (recorded 5 V 06 to 14 VI 16) on small cover franked 5m DLR from Nawai village cartouche and addressed to Abu Tig. Roda parent office, Cairo-Asyut TPO and Abu Tig arrival on reverse   
£6.00
326
 19 III 16, Service Rural 1 Roda and Nawai village cartouche, franked with 5 mills Pictorial to Cairo. Roda, Cairo-Asyut TPO and Qubba Bridge / Cairo arrival on reverse   
£6.00
327
 12 SE 23, Rural Service / Birket el Sab-Al Ghuri as transit mark on a striking red-stripe postal enquiry card sent from Tanta. Query resolved, authenticated with personal negative seals, and returned from Birket el Sab same day   
£6.00
328
 11 OC 23, Rural Service / Mit Ghamr-Miska as transit mark on unopened neat lawyer’s cover from Mit Ghamr to Cairo franked with strip of 3x5m pink Pictorial Crown overprints (booklet stamps?) for registration. Readdressed on arrival, and postmarks indicate arrival back on Mit Ghamr only on December 3   
£6.00
329
 19 SE 39, part-strike in blue of Rural Service / Maadi-Tura as receiver on registered cover from US with handstamp “Avis de reception / fee paid” (25c postage) from Elizabeth, New Jersey. Red censor on face, New York and Cairo transits behind, finally Maadi cds  
£6.00
330
 7 JL 48, printed agricultural report franked 2x2m Marechal for Cairo and cancelled Service Rural / Sheikh Fadl-Sharuna. Part strike Sheikh Fadl behind  
£8.00
Hotels interest
331
 Upper Egypt Hotels Company – large (25x40cm) ornate share warrant for ten shares of £E 4 each dated 1 June 1922 in company owning Cataract and Winter Palace hotels. Tax paid with marginal block of four 15m Crown overprints (milleimat), embossed on to the page and pen cancelled. Two coupons remain behind. Whole document annulled by large rectangular handstamp dated 13/9/1971. NB, too big for scanner   
£35.00
332
 As last, large (25x40cm) ornate share warrant for five shares of £E 4 each dated 1 June 1922 in Cataract/Winter Palace hotels company Tax paid with 10m and 50m Crown overprints, embossed on to the page and pen cancelled. Two coupons remain behind. Whole document annulled by large rectangular handstamp (date illegible). NB, too big for scanner   
£30.00
333
 Les Grand Hotels d ’Egypte (formerly George Nungovich Hotels), three share certificates, apparently uncancelled, respectively for one, five and 20 £E4 shares, excellent undamaged condition with multiple coupons still attached behind. Remarkable survival   
£30.00
334
 Mint photo postcard of “Assouan Bird’s Eye View of Cataract Hotel”. Indeed a most unusual view setting the hotel in the context of its surroundings. Copyright Lehnert and Landrock Successors, Ernst Landrock   
£10.00
335
 19 III 03, colourful “military” Souvenir d 'Egypte postcard with long message addressed to New Jersey, franked with 1+3mills DLRs and cancelled clear strikes of Grand Continental Hotel / Cairo / Post Office (HC2). Thimble New York Paid All of April 5, and Elizabeth arrival  
£12.00
336
 24 II 04, charming b/w card of Pagnon’s Luxor Hotel – Gardens, addressed to Switzerland and franked with DLR 2m green, cancelled with Hotel postmark (HL2). Excellent arrival mark of Wal / Gallen March 1   
£10.00
337
 30 XII 04, colourful view of Continental, produced by H Freytag of Stuttgart, with Turkish-Egyptian flags flying, franked horizontal pair of DLR 2m for Rome, with perfect strike of hotel postmark HC3.   
£8.00
338
 29 FE 16 , rural sepia postcard of farming life in Mena village, sent unfranked On Active Service to Middlesex with message “Hope you like this PC. It is a place about three miles from the pyramids.” CDS is Field Post Office WI, accompanied by signature and red triangle censor 3624.   
£8.00
339
 22 2 59, most unusual, printed notice from Cairo Philatelic Bureau announcing issue and all details for commemorative to mark opening of the Nile Hilton, with actual stamp attached and cancelled with Cairo commemorative first-0day cancel. Also unaddressed Air Mail envelope with same stamp cancelled by first-day cancel from Alexandria.   
£12.00
340
 30 10 75, Long pictorial Nile Hilton Air Mail envelope, neatly addressed to West Germany, franked with horizontal pair of 85m UAR Air Mails and cancelled with rare strike of Sheraton / Hotel (Type HSH2)   
£10.00
Printing experiments/essays
341
 1959, single-colour experiment for United Arab States proclamation. No-value deep rose-red single, UMM, perforated, inscribed “Printing Experiment). See NP note with C219  
£3.00
342
 1970s, experimental printing for Kima Factory at Aswan. No-value, inscribed UAR, deep sepia-violet, imperforate with full gum   
£4.00
343
 1970s, as last, badly misperforated and showing parts of four stamps   
£4.00
Postal history
344
 9 DE 81, bilingual company envelope printed on strong paper franked 1pi DLR rose from Ghourieh / Caire with Caire / Depart behind and Manchester arrival 19 DE. Hand-notated “Subs (subscriptions?) November 1881”. Interesting   
£8.00
345
 19 FE 84, small cover addressed to Ambleside, franked 1pi DLR rose and cancelled Port-Said / Depart. Flap torn, part strike [Amble]side behind   
£5.00
346
 1898-1900, two envelopes printed for furs/leather manufacturers, both franked horiz pair of DLR 5mills and addressed to France. Neat single arrival marks behind   
£4.00
347
 8 IX 06, printed company cover addressed to Germany, franked horizontal pair DLR 1pi blue and cancelled Alexandria / D. Perfect arrival behind of Hildburghausen 13.09   
£6.00
348
 14 X 14, clean printed envelope of French electricity company franked with a pair of 5 mills Pictorials for postage to Switzerland. Clean arrival mark of Luzern on reverse   
£4.00
349
 14 JUN 23, printed cover addressed to Geneva, franked 3x5m Harrison Crown overprint cancelled by Cairo roller machine. No backstamps   
£8.00
350
 21 FE 24, plain brown cover addressed to Switzerland franked by 10+5m Crown overprints and cancelled by Cairo roller machine. No backstamps   
£6.00
351
 27 XII 24, remarkable flimsy Arabic official notice, pencil-addressed and folded, original address label removed and apparently travelled with cds Citadel / (Cairo) and Egyptian Government sealing label  
£3.00
352
 16 10 30, doctor’s printed postcard franked 2m Fuad from Cairo to Alex seeking medical samples. No arrival mark   
£5.00
353
 24 NOV 34, clean Robert Hughes company (flap) envelope addressed to UK, franked Fuad 15m blue, with Arabic-slogan machine cancel of Alexandria  
£4.00
354
 8 FE 37, Air cover to UK from /Chibin el Kom franked with pairs of Fuads (1m Postes, 13m value), addressed in red ink to Bank manager, bilingual Air Mail label, Alexandrie cds behind   
£4.00
355
 3 JA 39, neat pre-addressed envelope to England franked 4x5 mills Boy King and sent from Zifta / Traffic. Part of Cairo machine mark behind.  
£4.00
356
 6 SE 42, small envelope franked 6m Boy King from Cairo machine cancel. Addressed to Rosetta, and part-cancel Rashid on reverse. Neat arrival mark on face is Rosette Plage; long letter in French contained  
£7.00
357
 24 AP 34, grey cover franked 20m Fuad for Dijon, France, cancelled unusual cds of Tukh Dakla, with Tala and Alexandria / B transit marks on reverse, all the same day  
£6.00
358
 5 FE 44, buff envelope to UK, franked with 17 mills (3x5m+2m Boy King_, cancelled rare marking Ghazl-Misr / Mehalla el Kobra / R & P with machine censor on face. Cairo Station cds behind   
£7.00
359
 4 SE 38, buff cover addressed to Cairo, franked 15m Boy King for postage and registration, cancelled unusual cds of Abu-el-Gharr,with neat Registration cachet alongside. Backstamps are Bab el Luq and Cairo Delivery early next morning   
£6.00
360
 29 MAY 1947, clean printed cover of Cairo Chamber of Commerce, franked (printed rate) with 4m Marechal for Germany, cancelled Cairo machine. On arrival censored by US Civil Censorship / ”B” / FFM   
£4.00
361
 22 MR 48, plain cover endorsed Via Air Mail to Philadelphia, franked with colourful group of Marechal definitives for 47 mills and posted from Cairo / Z. No backstamps   
£6.00
362
 27 SE 48, flimsy envelope franked 10m Marechal; Arabic addressed to Cairo, cancelled rare cds Sallum / (Cash) with censor mark 48 on face, and Cairo Station and Qubba Bridge on reverse   
£8.00
363
 17 JL 49, small Orient Line (flap) envelope with bilingual Air sticker, furnished with colourful group of Farouk Marechal definitives totalling 127 mills for Australia but cancelled Paquebot / Port Said. No backstamps   
£4.00
364
 (date?), flimsy bilingual company air mail envelope with details redacted, franked with (uncancelled) 20+2m Boy King and addressed to Naval Intelligence, Washington. Opened and resealed by O.N.I. Naval Censor with blue handstamp. No backstamps   
£4.00
365
 17 AU 58, Faint but undoubted marking of scarce Camp d’Almaza (airfield near Heliopolis)` on barid harby unfranked cover (opened for display) to Birket el Sab. Received boxed T on face, then 20m Due affixed on arrival, delivery attempted but refused at Rural Service Birket el Sab – Ezbet Abdel Gawad Lashin, finally Refused trilingual handstamp. Contents remain   
£10.00
366
 19 10 2020, cover to UK with barcode registration from Heliopolis, franked with block of 4x2 of £E5 current definitives plus pair and single of £E3 definitive newly printed with perforated star security hole in top left corner. Clean, neat   
£5.00
Postal stationery
367
 29 DE 90, 1m mini-stationery (SEN4), uprated with 1m DLR from Suez / Depart to Alex, good appearance   
£4.00
368
 12 ?? 96, 2m mini-stationery (SEN5), Suez to Helwan   
£3.00
369
 28 II 98, 1890 5 mills letter envelope, addressed to Germany and uprated with 5m DLR cancelled Caire. Neat arrival mark of Boppard 6 3 98 back and front   
£4.00
370
 12 I 96 and 10 I 99, two copies 2m stationery (SEN5) with inverted watermarks, used to Cairo and Athens respectively   
£4.00
371
 1 I 98, 1m mini-stationery envelope (SEN4), cancelled Port Said, addressed in town, ornate “seal” behind   
£3.00
372
 22 IV 08, three-colour cover, 1pi stationery (SEN2), uprated with 3+4m DLRs, addressed to London with beautifully clear cancel of Port Said star and bridge. No backstamp   
£4.00
373
 11 APR 23, 5m pink embossed envelope (SEN22, wmk inverted, 1921), addressed to London and received boxed T with Cairo straight-line machine cancel. No sign of Due raised, no backstamp   
£7.00
374
 18 OC 46, Boy King 6 mills letter sheet (as NP SEN 36, but with recent discovery of stamp vignette reading Kingdom of Egypt instead of Government of Egypt; see QC 259, pp. 274-76). Uprated with Marechal 4m+4x10m for registration and AR from Hadaiq el Qubba to Suez. Cairo and Port Taufiq backstamps   
£9.00
375
 22 5 2005, Ministry of Interior / Egypt Post all-Arabic printed folded envelope, Arabic addressed, and registered within Cairo, no postage paid so clearly “official”. Three datestamps and apparent redirecting   
£6.00
Royal yacht Mahroussa
376
 Folder containing collection of SCANS of eight black and white photographs and five pieces of philatelic material, Farouk on board, with officers, FDCs etc, intended as basis for Mahroussa study   
£8.00
Perfins
377
 Accumulation of 14 loose stamps, all with clear perfin pinholes, five of them Crown opts. Ten different patterns   
£24.00
378
1927 use, 20m Harrison Pictorial with Crown opt, used with clear CL / A perfin  
£6.00
379
Date of use(?), horizontal strip of 3x2m Pictorial, all with perfectly centre AB / E perfins  
£6.00
380
 5 FEB 38, Boy King 2m perforated V C / O on Socony-Vacuum window envelope from Cairo   
£6.00
381
 30 6 48, Farouk Marechal 4m perforated V C / O in folded Socony-Vacuum monthly invoice addressed within Cairo   
£6.00
Hawid accessories
382
 Assortment of Hawid and similar mounts, courtesy of a retired member: Hawid paper wrapped 36 and 48, Hawid in plastic 27.5, Gibbons Hawid 55,70 and 76, Prinz in plastic 24 and 41, Crystal Mount 1 5/32 and 1 5/8. Bulging packet of used and dismounted mounts. Not all packets full, but a sizeable group   
£8.00
Palestine stationery
383
 Date? Front only of large (28x13.5cm) Palestine Registered letter stationery envelope, with Dome of the Rock 15 mills imprint, uprated with 8m, 2x20m, 50m definitives and addressed to Holland with Tel Aviv 5 blue on white Registration label. On arrival in Amsterdam given large black on orange “Tax free / no customs clearance fee” label. Most unusual   
£12.00
SALT REVENUE STAMPS
384
 Salt Seller's License Stamps 1896 & 1897 - Feltus 213 & 214   
£20.00
385
 Salt Seller's License Stamps 1896 & 1897 - Feltus 213 & 214   
£20.00
4TH ISSUE – DE LA RUE
386
 Die Proof of the 1 piastre value in black on glossy card (92 X60 mm) – handstamps « Nov 19, 1878 » and « BEFORE HARDENING » - some discolouration due to usage by the print – sign Todd   
£450.00
387
 Die Proof of the 3 millièmes value in black on glossy card (92 X60 mm) – handstamps « 11 MAY 91 » and « AFTER STRIKING » – sign 3 times by ? -   
£450.00
388
 5 millièmes value (NP D50) mint imperf vertical pair – some marks on gum   
£150.00
King Fuad
389
 Perfins - 33 Fuad stamps; diverse values and perfins   
£15.00
390
Perfins - 8 fragments with 46 King Fuad stamps = many perfins - Italian Lloyd Trieste Ship Cancels   
£60.00
391
Maritime cancels - 25 King Fuad stamps with maritime cancels from France, Italy, Egypt, Germany, Romania, Netherlands  
£25.00
392
 Small accumulation 176 Fuad stamps with some attractive cancels, Some fiscals.   
£15.00
Egypt Cancellations
393
 Stations and TPO's - Small accumulation of 46 stamps, mounted on 11 Album pages with Blomfield types.   
£25.00
394
 Ramleh Railway - two cancels, one blue, one black, of the very scarce IV 2-5n St, Schutz on Bulaq and De La Rue stamps   
£50.00
395
 Rural Service - Small accumulation of 40 stamps, on 9 Album pages, mainly Blomfield   
£40.00
396
 Mena House / Pyramids Hotel - collection mounted on 16 Album pages 1892 / 1949 - 26 Hotel view cards, cancels on cover and 20 loose view cards, and 20 loose stamps with cancels.   
£150.00
397
 Luqsor Winter Palace Hotel - Collection mounted on 7 album pages, 1907 - 1950 - 18 hotel view cards, cancels on card or covers and 29 loose stamps with hotel cancels.   
£100.00
398
 Aswan Cataract and Savoy Hotel - Collection mounted on 10 Album pages, 1903-1931. 18 hotel view cards, cancel on cards or covers and 14 loose stamps with hotel cancels.   
£85.00
King Farouk
399
 Boy King. Blocks of 14 dates A/42 and A/42 on B/41 of 1 mill and 6 mills, MNH.   
£12.00
400
 Boy King Block of 50, A/39 A/40 A/42 A/43 20 mills MNH   
£25.00
401
 Anniversary of first Egyptian stamps 1866-1946 - 4 values, Blocks of 4 dates A/46 and blocks of 9 MNH   
£15.00
402
 Arab League Congress 1945 - Block 24 Stamps, dates A/45 used. Cancelled first Day, Cairo 29 JL 45   
£5.00
403
 Farouk Air letter - Special cancel ALEXANDRIA PHILATELIC SOC. OF EGYPT, 1953 to US mounted on Album Page.   
£12.00
Postcard
404
 2020 Postcard from Taba Heights to Redditch, Worcestershire franked Tutankhamun with sword 150 piastres. Delightful.   
£2.50
Fiscals
405
 Selection of fiscals to clear.   
£2.00
Officials
406
 Officials Complete mounted (some unmounted) mint set of 1926 officials as originally issued plus one of the two colour changes. Includes two copies each of the top two values. Must be a bargain at reserve.   
£25.00
407
 "Thirty-six used copies of the 1926 officials including some pairs of 4m, 5m, 15m blue and 20 mills values. No cancelled backs or misperfs sadly. To clear, hence price. "   
£15.00
408
 Officials Complete used set of twelve 1926 including all three colour changes from 1933-5, immaculate.   
£8.00
409
 O.H.E.M.S. overprints of 1922-3; two 2 mills, two 3 mills, 4m, 5m, 10m and 15m all mint (hinge remains) and two used 10m and 15mills. Cat. c£50 in 2009. To clear thus.   
£20.00
Farouk Postes
410
 Farouk Postes Issue: Pair 1m and four values of this set in excellent condition despite hinge remains. Cheap!   
£2.50
Palestine - E.E.F.
411
Palestine. Five EEF stamps, plus sixteen values of Egypt overprinted for use in Palestine.To clear.  
£8.50
Postage Due
412
 1884 5 piastres mint but with corner ‘issue’ with watermark impressed on face.   
£20.00
413
 1888 issue 2 millièmes green mint (hinge remain).   
£10.00
414
 1889 issue 4 mills lake mint, watermark upright.   
£1.00
415
 1921(chalky), issue 2mills green, 2mills scarlet, 4 mills scarlet, and 4 mills green, all mint. Cat. 2009, £16.25.   
£9.00
POST CARDS
416
 Six colour postcards of Cairo - Never posted.   
£1.00
417
 Six colour postcards of the Pyramids - Never posted.   
£1.00
418
 Six historical colour postcards of Islamic Cairo - Never posted.   
£2.00
419
 Six historical colour postcards of the people of Egypt - Never posted.   
£2.00
420
 Six historical colour postcards portraiture of the people of Egypt - Never posted.   
£2.00
421
 Twelve historical postcards of Heliopolis - Never posted.   
£10.00
TOBACCO INTEREST
422
 1904 Letter Gabriel Mantzaris Cigarettes & Tobacco Co.   
£25.00
423
 1950 Letter George Kyriacou Cigarettes & Tobacco Co.   
£15.00
424
 1947 Letter Coutarelli Freres Cigarettes & Tobacco Co.   
£15.00
425
 1951 Letter George Kyriacou Cigarettes & Tobacco Co.   
£15.00
426
 1942 Invoice Salonica Cigarettes & Tobacco Co.   
£15.00
427
 1919 Invoice Nestor Gianaclis Cigarettes Company   
£15.00
REVENUE STAMPS
428
 1973 Comm. Prof. syndicates 10 m. full sheet revenue stamps unm   
£30.00
429
 2021 National Projects Development 10 pounds full sheet revenue stamps with protection star   
£60.00
430
 1962 Arab Socialist Party membership 20 mills full sheet revenue stamps unm. (President Nasser Party).   
£8.00
431
 1962 Arab Socialist Party membership 240 Mills full sheet revenue stamps unm. (President Nasser Party).   
£8.00
ESSAYS / SHEETS / REVENUE
432
 1961 UAR Navy Day unadopted hand painted stamp essay   
£45.00
433
 1983 Egyptian first lady Gihan El Sadat raising fund to approve education Cairo univ. 500 m. full sheet stamps   
£40.00
HOTELS
434
 1938 Medzger Hotels employment certificate   
£15.00
435
 1941 Medical congress in Cataract Hotel Menu   
£15.00
REVENUE
436
 1972 Medical syndicates 30 mills revenue stamped paper issued in Banha   
£15.00
POSTCARDS
437
 1938 Oriental philatelic store in Cairo adv. postcard   
£15.00
438
 1944 Orig. print photo postcard cancelled on backside Mena house 17 Dec. 44   
£28.00
439
 1924 Heliopolis house hotel postcard terrace view   
£15.00
U.P.U. REPONSE
440
 1957 40 mills UPU coupon Réponse Intl. Cairo cds   
£15.00
COVERS
441
 1927 Mauri stores in Cairo ill. cover + invoice   
£18.00
OFFICIALS
442
 Kingdom officials 3 mills pair stamps (sg. 0113) unm signed w/ break in Arabic “Malakeya “(Nile Post no. O24 position 44-49-94-99)   
£18.00
REVENUE
443
 1989 Synd of engineering 50 p.t blk 6 unm w. plate no.   
£15.00
444
 1989 Synd of engineering 1-pound blk 6 unm w. plate no   
£15.00
445
 1975 Synd of applied arts 50 mills blk unm revenue stamps   
£15.00
446
 1975 Synd of applied arts 100 mills blk unm revenue stamps   
£15.00
447
 1975 Synd of applied arts 250 mills blk unm revenue stamps   
£15.00
448
 1975 Synd of applied arts 500 mills blk unm revenue stamps   
£15.00
449
 1975 Synd of applied arts 1-pound blk unm revenue stamps   
£15.00
450
 1975 Synd of engineering A.R.E issues (wm UAR) 50 mills blk unm. revenue stamps Feltus page 85 – no. 777   
£15.00
451
 1975-77 Synd of engineering 2nd A.R.E issue (no wmk) 100 mills blk unm revenue stamps Feltus page 85 no. 783.   
£15.00
452
 1975-77 Synd of engineering 2nd A.R.E issue (no wmk) 200 mills blk unm revenue stamps Feltus page 85 no. 783.   
£15.00
453
 1958 first U.A.R. amusement tax revenue 80 mills blk unm   
£30.00
MONTREUX CONFERENCE
454
 1937 Montreux conf. original photo of the event by Rod Schlemmer postcard size   
£20.00
GAZA/PALESTINE AUTHORITY
455
 1970 Palestine Resistance P.P.S.F. 5 fils raising fund label   
£15.00
456
 1996 Palestine authority mopic 2 $ revenue stamp   
£15.00
457
 2020 Israel Gaza issued entrance fee revenue stamp   
£10.00
CHARITY
458
 1970-90 10 Hospital & national societies raising fund labels   
£20.00
459
 1944 Judaica Israelites society charity lottery ticket   
£45.00
SUDAN REVENUES
460
 Sudan revenues lot 12 different stamps in unm condition   
£20.00
461
 1998 Sudan revenues civil war victims blk 8 w/ gutter unm   
£20.00
462
 1995 Sudan revenues new currency 10,20 & 50 d stamps unm   
£15.00
463
 1994 Sudan revenues 20 & 50 L. S blk 4 stamps with plate number.   
£15.00
FORGERIES
464
 1930s 4 mills postage due forgery full sheet 60 stamps   
£10.00
465
 1930s 8 mills postage due forgery full sheet 60 stamps   
£10.00
466
 1930s 20 mills postage due forgery full sheet 60 stamps   
£10.00
467
 Salama forgeries full sheet 50 crown ovp. stamps   
£8.00
ADVERTISING LABELS
468
 1930 crown brewery Alexandria advertising beer label   
£8.00
469
 1930 Bomonti beer label Alexandria advertising label   
£8.00
NILE VALLEY SOCIETY
470
 1948 Nile valley society to save Palestine raising fund ticket printing essays double sided   
£15.00
471
 1948 Nile valley society to save Palestine raising fund ticket printing essays double sided   
£15.00
472
 1948 Nile valley society to save Palestine raising fund ticket printing essays double sided   
£15.00
473
 1948 Nile valley society to save Palestine raising fund ticket printing essays double sided   
£15.00
ESSAYS
474
 1985 3 p.t but was issued 35 p.t adopted hand painted essay 16 x 18 cm   
£45.00
475
 1985 airmail 18 p.t but was issued 18.5 p.t Akhenaton statue hand painted stamp essay 18 x 24 cm   
£45.00
476
 1985 airmail 30 p.t Giza pyramids hand painted stamp essay 19 x 28 cm   
£45.00
477
 1980 post day 20,45,70 & 140 mills hand painted stamp essays 28 x 30 cm   
£60.00
478
1994 Verdi’s aida performance at Deir El Bahari 80 p.t airmail souvenir sheet hand painted stamp essay 30 x 35 cm   
£60.00
SUDAN POSTAL ORDERS
479
 1993 Sudan postal order 100 mills Abuharaz office.  
£8.00
480
 1993 Sudan postal order 500 mills integrated m.o.   
£8.00
481
 1993 Sudan postal order 1 L. E Khartoum office  
£8.00
AIRMAIL LABEL
482
 1930-35 imperial airways Europe-Africa-India & East unrecorded airmail label.   
£20.00
INTERPOSTALS
483
 1868 poste vice Reali Egiziane Teh-El-Barud type iii 65a seal   
£10.00
484
 1870 used interpostal seal Kehr type. ivc. Allesandria   
£10.00
PALESTINE – PROPAGANDA
485
 1970 Palestine resistance propaganda 10 postcard booklet   
£40.00
POSTCARDS
486
 1925 incoming postcard taxed 10 & 2 mills p. due stamps   
£15.00
487
 1906 postcard Suez Canal garage w/ cigarettes advertising   
£15.00
488
 1903 postcard arrival H. M. Khedive Abbas Alexandria   
£18.00
1973 WAR
489
 1973 Egypt Israel war 6th oct. victory propaganda card.   
£8.00
490
 1973 Egypt Israel war raising fund for victory 2 labels   
£8.00
AIR MAIL LABELS
491
 1929 Air mail labels block of 35 stamps unmounted   
£14.00
492
 1928 Air mail labels block of 26 stamps unmounted   
£14.00
CIGARETTE LABELS
493
 1938 Alex Livanos Cigarettes 12 x 14 cm   
£30.00
494
 1928 Osman Cigarettes 10x15 cm  
£30.00
495
 1945 S Stavros & Co. 14x18 cm  
£30.00
496
 1932 Simon Arzt 8x11 cm  
£25.00
497
 1930 Ed. Laurens 7x8 cm  
£25.00
498
 1955 Soussa-Saladin 7x9 cm  
£25.00
499
 1960 Gabriel Mantzaris 7x9 cm  
£25.00
500
 1658 Kostas Kadelis 7x9 cm  
£25.00
501
 1929 Dr. A. Bustany 7x9 cm  
£25.00
502
 1940 K & C Meckonian 7x8 cm  
£25.00
503
 1940 K & C Meckonian 7x9 cm  
£25.00
504
 1940 K & C Meckonian 6x7 cm  
£25.00
TPOs Suez Canal Region
505
 1906 Postcard mailed from Italy to Alexandria. Surcharge “T” TPO Type 5A3 PORT-SAID ALEXANDRIA   
£2.00
506
 1909 Postcard from Chester to Cairo, redirected to Helwan. Lovely clear COOKS POST OFFICE strike. PORT -SAID CAIRO TYPE 5D1 FOREIGN MAIL TPO   
£2.00
507
 TPO (3a) 1927 letter from Paris to Tanta on Cecil Hotel Stationary with enclosed letter. CAIRO PORT SAID Type 7A3 TPO   
£2.00
508
 TPO (4) 1942 local letter with CAIRO- PORT-SAID TPO type 7A3.4   
£2.00
509
 TPO (5) 1905 Postal stationary Card from USA American Museum of Natural history to Cairo. PORT SAID CAIRO TPO Type 8A1 month Roman variety   
£2.00
510
 TPO 1905 Postcard from USA to Cairo with PORT SAID - CAIRE TPO Type 8A1a   
£2.00
511
 1904 Postcard to London CAIRE- PORT SAID TPO type 8A1.2 (uncommon)  
£2.00
512
 1902 Postcard from Italy to Cairo with ISMAILIA- CAIRE TPO Type 8A7   
£2.00
513
 1903 Postcard to Belgium. Nice Port Tawfik photo. Surcharged 50 handstamp. Nice Ismailia strike. SUEZ -CAIRE TPO Type 8A7. Although a poor strike it is scarce   
£2.00
514
 1918 Postcard mailed from Port |Tawfiq (nice cancellation) to Ismailia via ISMAILAI- SUEZ TPO Type 7A3   
£2.00
HOTEL INTEREST
515
 Cover Nile Hilton 1960 to USA CDS NH5  
£5.00
516
 PC Nile Hilton to France CDS NH5  
£3.00
517
 PC Savoy Hotel 1900 and 1908 CDS type 2  
£6.00
518
 PC Shepheards Hotel 1902 CDS H Sp2   
£5.00
519
 PC Shepheards Hotel 1913 CDS H Sp7  
£5.00
520
Registered Letter 1923 from Hilwan to Switzerland  
£8.00
REGISTERED LETTERS
521
Registered Letter 1931 from Dasr El Dubara to Czechoslovakia  
£10.00
522
Registered Letter 1923 from Hilwan to Switzerland  
£8.00
POSTAL HISTORY
523
 SUDAN - Stationary Envelope EGYPT overprinted SOUDAN - DONGOLA 1902 to BERLIN Germany , via WADI HALFA CAMP  
£50.00
524
 EGYPT DUE STAMPS - Unfranked Cover Star and Crescent cancel ZEFTA 1890 to CAIRE , Taxed 1 Piastre  
£50.00
525
 EGYPT RURAL SERVICE - Cover with First Fouad stamp Rural BALYANA-ARABA EL MADFUNA 1926 - Belgian Archeology Queen Elisabeth Foundation   
£65.00
526
 OASES Cancels - EGYPT Letter (Front only) DLR stamp used OASIS SIWA 1911 to CAIRO  
£65.00
527
 EGYPT Scarce WADI HALFA CHALLAL TPO - Envelope-Lettre 5 Mills ALAQUI RRR cancel) 1906 to CAIRO  
£85.00
528
 EGYPT Printed Matter Wrapper De La Rue stamp 10 Paras ALEXANDRIE to CAIRE- Scarce Franking   
£85.00
529
 Coupon-Réponse (CRI) CONTINENTAL Hotel CAIRO Cash 1915 -EXTREMELY SCARCE   
£110.00
530
 SINAI Area Cancels - EGYPT Envelope DLR stamp used TOR 1909 via SUEZ and PORT SAID to London UK E  
£110.00
531
 EGYPT RIVER TPO'S - De La Rue Stationary Envelope - River Ambulant BAHR CHIBIN 1893 to MINET el BASSAL  
£275.00
532
 SINAI Area Cancels - EGYPT Stationary Envelope DLR used CAMPEMENT TOR 1907 via SUEZ to HITCHIN UK - VERY SCARCE  
£300.00
CLASSIC STAMPS
533
 First Issue - 6 Values Imperforate, ungummed some thins  
£80.00
534
 First Issue 10 Paras 13x12½ Used. Retta Cancel   
£15.00
535
 First Issue 1 Piastre - from an old collection described Perf 11½ RRR   
£30.00
536
 Penasson 5 Paras 1 Album page with 25 Stamps, used and unused, some faults individual varieties unresearched  
£50.00
537
 Penasson 10 and 20 Paras 1 Album page with 23 stamps, used and unused, unsearched for varieties, some faults  
£120.00
538
 Penasson 1 and 2 Piastres 1 page with 29 stamps used, unsearched for varities, some faults  
£20.00
539
 Penasson 2 Piastres Perf 15 x 12½ unused, very light thin   
£15.00
540
 Penasson 2 Piastres Perf 12½ unused, no gum, small tear.   
£30.00
541
 Penasson 2 Piastres used, misplaced perforation thinned but spectacular appearance   
£75.00
542
 Penasson 5 Piastres used, very nice quality  
£60.00
543
 Penasson 20 Paras misplaced perf and double impression, printed both sides, creased  
£50.00
544
 Penasson 20 Paras imperforate, multiple impression  
£38.00
545
 Penasson 1 Piastre, imperforate, printed both sides, used and very fresh.  
£50.00
REVENUES
546
 1982 Fourth Nubian Monuments Issue $2 in full sheet of 50 Stamps
£300.00
547
 1940 Medical Syndicates 4 Mills Printing Essay in Block of 4 UNM with some notes in Arabic
£30.00
548
 1970/77 Franco Arab Chamber of Commerce 2 Revenue self adhesive Stamps
£20.00
549
 1988 Italo-Arab chamber of commerce 15,000 Lira revenue Stamp on certificate mixed franking Oman, Italy.
£30.00
550
 2018 Police Tax Fee £E5 UNM
£15.00
551
 302+ Consular Service £E110 Used revenue stamp with Security Star
£10.00
552
 2020 Musicians Syndicate 2 self adhesive Revenues £E5/£E50
£20.00
553
 GAZA 1948 Second Bilingual Issue High Value 200 mills in block of six - Palestine Overprint in Black UNM
£25.00
554
 1962 Second Arabic Issue 10 mills in block of six Opt in Black UNM
£20.00
555
 1962 Second Arabic Issue 30 mills in block of six Opt in Red UNM
£20.00
556
 1966/67 Fourth Arabic Issue 50 mills in block of six Opt in Red UNM
£20.00
557
 Palestine British Mandate 1920 Gaza Municipality Revenue Stamps 4 values (not Recorded) in blocks of 10 each
£45.00
558
 1960/65 TPO Label in Arabic UNM
£25.00
559
 2010 Unadopted Withdrawn before put on market (we do not know the reason for this) £E1 Mobinil Stamp
£30.00
560
 2+2+ Suez Canal workers Syndicate 10 Pt. Paising Fund label
£15.00
561
 1914-15 Officials 3 Mills O.H.H.S. without hamza in block of 4 misplaced right side a cheval UNM.
£35.00
562
 1959 Prisons Improvement 1 PT Raising Fund Label (Feltus page 203)
£10.00
563
 1960 Prisons Improvement 1 PT Raising Fund Label (Not recorded in Feltus)
£10.00
REVENUE STAMP ESSAY
564
 3000 The National Council for Childhood & Motherhood. Bottom of the Issue stamp - Used for new Born baby birth certificates
£80.00
JUDAICA
565
 1927/47 Lot of 5 Covers illustrating Jewish Dealers. Lawyers and Establishments
£38.00
566
 1920 Used postcard Hebrew Greetings from Cairo to Alexandria
£20.00
567
 1932 Used postcard Hebrew New Year Greetings from Cairo to Alexandria
£20.00
568
 1909 The Cairo postcard trust unused postcard showing Jewish Lichtenstein & Harari printing house in Cairo
£20.00
BRITISH POST OFFICE
569
 Alexandria BO1 cancelled on a pair of QV 4d. Stamps
£20.00
Instructional Label
570
 Instructional Label "Be careful - Fragile" unused 2023
£15.00
MARITIME
571
 Soc. Misr de Navigation Maritime S/S El Nil list of passengers. Route Alexandria - Genova - Marseilles. 5 Pages
£20.00
CATALOGUE
572
 1946 Historic book about Egyptian stamps 1866 - 1946 issued on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the first Egyptian stamps. 60 pages in French with all spot office directors photos + Khedive/King Fouad/King Farouk photos.
£40.00


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