Egypt Study Circle Auction 68 **** CLOSING Date and Time for all Postal/Email Bids is MIDNIGHT (UK Time), Sunday April 21, 2024 ****

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AUCTION 68 - APRIL 2024 - LISTING OF LOTS
Lot	Description	Reserve
TPO covers
001	1875, incoming business cover addressed to Cairo via Brindisi from UK (Victoria 2 1/2d stamp with London duplex of 11 NO). On arrival received very rare Ambulante / Cairo-Ales, the country’s first TPO, and an Alex arrival, both dated 18 NO. Seven days transit.	£120.00
002	1892, incoming business postcard from Apolda, Germany (18 March) to Suez via Port Said (transit). Arrival mark of rare Ambulant / star and crescent / Suez TPO cds 24 NO (Smith Type 2A2)	£150.00
003	1904 black and white card, Sail boats on the Nile, sent from Cairo to Grenoble, with DLR 2m cancelled by Caire-Alexandrie / star and crescent / Ambulant CDS	£10.00
004	Upper Egypt/Fayum lot of ten covers – Luqsor-Sohag 1926, Bani Suef-Lahun 1938, Asyut-Luqsor 1939, Luqsor-Aswan 1929, Cairo-Asyut 1925, Fayum-Roda 1929, Fayum-Gharaq 1936, Fayum-Qalamsha 1920, Fayum-Qalamsha 1920, El Fayum-Qalamsha 1927	£40.00
005	Delta, ten covers - Mina el Qamh-Sahragt 1923, Zagazig-Aga 1940, Aga-Zagazig 1924, Aga-Zagazig 1918, Zagazig-Aga 1917, Tanta-Dumiat 1923, K.Saqr-Sadaqa 1925, Shabrakhit-Itai 1915, Zaqaziq-Aga 1921, Alexandria-Idfina 1925	£40.00
006	Upper Egypt, ten covers – Asyut-Luqsor 1921, Wasta-Abuxa 1938, Suhag-Nag Hamadi 1924, Minya-Cairo 1934, Cairo-Asyut 1916, Caire-Asyut 1932, Asyut-Cairo 1910, Caire-Suhag 1905, Luqsor-Caire 1904	£40.00
007	Delta, ten covers – Dumiat-Tanta 1917, Cairo-Tanta 1939, Shibin Qanater-Bilbes 1937, Tanta-Sa el Hagar 1923, Mahalla-Baltim 1935, Banha-Mit Bera-Mit Ghamr 1940, Mit Ghamr-Bilbes 1930, Mansura-Kafr Saqr 1934, Samanud-Birket el Sab 1923, Mansura-Mataria 1921, Mansura-Mit Ghamr 1943	£40.00
008	Three small visiting card stationary envelopes all cancelled with TPO markings – Minia-Cairo 1904, Luqsor-Aswan 1939, Bani Suef-Lahun 1931	£25.00
Perfins
009	1898 DLR 3 mills PS card (SPC 7) with remarkable perfin. 19.2.1898, card sent from Baliana, which Cook’s dahabeah Isis was passing on its way north, to Boulac, Cairo. On arrival Cook’s perfinned the vignette with T C / & L. Unique stationary item with a perfin	£80.00
010	Mini collection of three covers and 30 stamps, all with perfins	£30.00
Postal stationary postcards SPECIMEN
011	1891 provisional surcharge 3 milliemes on 5 mills (NP SPC 5)	£75.00
012	1936 Fouad 3 milliemes (NP SPC 36)	£75.00
013	1944 Farouk 13 milliemes (NP SPC 40)	£75.00
Postal stationary, mint unused
014	1890, DLR 1 piastre letter sheet (NP SLS 3), mint, good condition	£15.00
015	1890, DLR 5 mills letter sheet (NP SLS 2), mint, good condition	£15.00
016	1936 Fouad 3 mills postcard (NP SPC 36)	£20.00
017	1941 Farouk 4 mills postcard (NP SPC 38)	£20.00
018	1944 Farouk 6 mills postcard (NP SPC 39)	£20.00
019	1950 Farouk 13 mills postcard (NP SPC 42)	£20.00
020	1939 Farouk 5 mills letter sheet (NP SLS 11)	£40.00
Postal stationary - postally used
021	1885, first postal stationary card (NP SPC 1), used from Caire/Choubra (star / crescent cds) to Alexandria / Ras el Tin (star / crescent cds) plus Depart and Arrivee cancels. Written in Hebrew. Spectacular	£10.00
022	1892, provisional 5 mills on 2 piastre envelope (NP SEN 8), used en ville in Cairo in 1940! No backstamps. Unusual	£30.00
023	1899, provisional DLR postcard 4 mills overprinted on 5 mills with variety second E in Milliemes broken (NP SPC 9b). Posted from Cairo Savoy Hotel Post Office (type 1 cds) to Brugge, Switzerland via Cairo. Unusual hotel cds and stationary variety	£80.00
024	1919 registered letter envelope (NP SRE 2), used from Tanta to Alexandria	£20.00
025	1932 Harrison 3 mills postcard (small lettering, NP SPC 30), used from Sidi Gaber to Cairo. NB, neatly repaired filing hole	£20.00
026	1932 Fouad 13 mills postcard (NP SPC 35), from Jean Boulad to Rouen, France	£15.00
027	1937 Fouad 13 mills postcard (NP SPC 35), from Continental Savoy Hotel (Type 7 cancel) to Brooklyn	£10.00
028	1942 Farouk 6 mills letter sheet (al-dawla heading, NP SLS 12), uprated with 15 mills Boy King for registration en ville Zagazig	£20.00
029	1942 Farouk 6 mills letter sheet (al-dawla heading, NP SLS 12), uprated with 5+20 mills Boy King for registration and AR from Citadel to Kasr el Nil Street in Cairo	£20.00
030	1943 Farouk 6 mills letter sheet (al-mamlaka heading, not recorded by NP), Girga to Ras el Bar via Tanta Station	£35.00
031	1943 Farouk 6 mills letter sheet (al-mamlaka heading, not recorded by NP), uprated with Boy King 15 mills adhesive for registration Sinbillawein to Cairo. NB, sheet tatty condition	£18.00
032	1945 25 mills Air Letter sheet (NP SALS 1) from Ibrahim Chaftar wishing Dr Byam a speedy recovery from his indisposition	£20.00
033	1953 Farouk 10 mills letter sheet (NP SLS 13), uprated with 10m+30m with bars for registration and AR en ville in Cairo	£20.00
034	1967 20 mills Air Letter (NP SALS 5) sent from Al Maza / Aero-port to London (John Sears page 175), censored	£15.00
035	1968-1973-1978, three used Air Letters (NP SALS 5, 18 and 10)	£15.00
036	1 mill DLR wrapper (NP SWR 1) fragment from L’Imparziale, Italian newspaper in Alexandria, addressed to Alex Stock Exchange	£20.00
037	Cassette envelope, 1993, portion of 2 ½ pounds envelope, 22x6.5cm double-sided essay/printing test	£25.00
038	£E2 cassette envelope (NP SCE 2), uprated with 2x25p Air Mails for registration from Beni Suef to Riyadh	£40.00
Egypt overprint stamps
039	1879 provisional 10 para on 2 ½ piastres, imperforate, Type 15 surcharge (SG 43 c), used on piece ex Jean Boulad collection with 1964 certificate from Royal Phil Soc London	£80.00
040	1884 provisional surcharge 20 para on DLR 5 piastres, with surcharge inverted (NP D40a), used in Cairo	£20.00
041	1907, provisional surcharge 3 mills on 2 mills Due, unmounted mint block of four with two flaws – first ‘l’ leaning (lower right), and two Arabic letters omitted, alef and ein (upper right). NP PD 20d and 20e	£30.00
042	1907, OHHS bilingual officials (SG O74), 2 mills block of six with complete overprint set off on gummed side	£40.00
043	1922 Crown overprint 100 mills (SG 109), wmk star and crescent, unmounted mint in perfect condition	£40.00
Egypt stamps
044	1940, King Farouk £E1 (SG 253), used block of four showing brown printed guide mark at top corner	£20.00
045	2023, Full year of Egyptian stamps, complete set of issues and miniature sheets, all unmounted mint	£60.00
Palestine overprints
046	1953-54, Farouk 3 mills Air Mail unmounted mint right marginal block of four with Palestine and three-bars overprints both properly placed but King of Egypt and Sudan inverted	£120.00
British Forces
047	1932-35 Xmas seals, 3 mills vermilion (SG A6), unmounted mint complete sheet of 20, margins all round	£30.00
Commemorative covers
048	1948, Unaddressed plain cover with four Farouk Air Mail stamps and three strikes of commemorative cds reading Conference du Trafic / IATA / Cairo 10 FE 48. On reverse, cds Le Caire (Ouest) / Dist	£10.00
049	1960, Unaddressed UAR printed FDC for Republican definitive lower values, with two strikes of cds reading RAU / Reunions UPU-IATA.	£10.00
050	1964, three unaddressed Air Letters, 80, 110 and 140 mills (NP SALS 5-7), all mint with first-day cancel of 23 7 64	£20.00
Station markings
051	1931, cover from Shirbin / Station to Ebyar via Kafr el Zayat, one of rarest station markings	£40.00
052	1928 cover from Kafr el Zayat / Station to a lawyer in Cairo	£20.00
053	1960-1978-1981-2010, three covers and a receipt all cancelled with different markings of Sidi Bishr Station	£20.00
054	1964, 1981, two commercial covers, sent but unsealed, cancelled with red Postage Paid markings	£10.00
Postal history
055	1929, cover franked 15 mills for registration from Cairo to Kafr Mahfouz, Fayoum, travelled via TPO line Fayum-Roda but undelivered and given rare boxed bilingual cachet Rebut a Remettre a l’Envoyeur / Fayoum	£25.00
056	1942, registered business cover from Cairo to Sharkia traffic police in Zagazig returned to sender. Franked with 1+20m Boy King for postage and registration, both stamps cancelled with ink blob on Farouk’s face	£10.00
Postcards
057	1901, B/W card, Native carriage, sent from Alexandria to Lausanne with neat Ramle-Alexandrie CDS and Alex transit. Nine days to arrive	£10.00
058	1916, double-face vertical card giving details of Welsh Band concert in Ezbekieh Gardens on one side, advertisement for Singer monster clock in Scotland on the other	£10.00
059	Circa 1938, black and white mint card by Simi-Bromure of Paris showing billiard room and bar at Grand Continental Cairo.	£10.00
060	1930, incoming colour card of Venezia written and posted on board Lloyd Triestino liner with Italian stamp cancelled Helouan. Addressed Prince Farouk Street in Cairo, via Port Said	£10.00
Hotels interest
061	1930, Colourful Shepheard’s Hotel luggage label, 11x12cm	£10.00
062	1930s, Original printed photograph on glossy paper, showing waiters serving tourists on deck of Thomas Cook steamer SS Sudan with Semiramis Hotel and Kasr el Nil Barracks in background. 13x18cm	£20.00
063	1946-1954, three Air Mail covers all with cancels of Seamen’s Home, Alexandria	£25.00
Mahroussa study
064	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	£14.00
Designs
065	20M 1978 Racial Discrimination adopted design 23x15 cm signed on the back	£25.00
066	10M UAR Industry unadopted design 12x12 cm	£10.00
Investment Bonds
067	Four ephemera collectible investment bonds 1905 The Land Bank of Egypt x 2 (one with coupons), 1905 Credit Foncier Egyptien with coupons, and 1972 ‘sanadat el gehad’ with coupons.	£16.00
Revenues
068	A group of 17 different revenue documents from 1889 to 1948 most with attractive revenue stamps and interesting usage. Also included are 8 postal history all mailed to Egypt.	£17.00
Shipping / tourist interest
069	Romanian Maritime Service, 1920s-1930s, delightful collection, sparsely mounted on 16 sheets of cards (13) and covers (8) – total 12 cds - of this Alex-Constanta service. Includes round-world cover opened for display and backed by timetable booklets for spring 1929 and summer 1935 plus mass of QC offprints and background info. Stunning, unusual	£120.00
070	May 1935, Khedivial Mail Line ‘Tariff of Fares and Itineraries’. Complete photocopy blown up to A4 detailing vessels, agents, sailing dates and times for routes between Egypt, Cyprus, Syria, Red Sea and Marseilles. Eight pages of primary-source information. Excellent condition	£8.00
071	Thomas Cook – mini collection of ten mounted pages with two postcards and four covers with Cook pmks, three other cards (inc dahabeah and Arabia), and Savoy Assouan cds on wrapper addressed Cooks	£8.00
072	‘Cook’s Homeward Sailing List’, winter edition, year unknown. Eight pages as last detailing vessels, routes and rates for Khedivial Line but also Misr Line, with addition of Imperial Airways and Misr Airwork flight times. Useful, fascinating	£6.00
073	Winter edition 1935-36, ‘Misr Shipping Passenger Handbook’, as last, 19 selected pages photocopied, excellent condition, giving details of routes from Egypt including Misr Line, Messageries Maritimes, Lloyd Triestino, Romanian and Turkish lines, Imperial Airways, Misr Airlines, Ala Littoria, KLM, Egyptian State and Palestine Railways, Overland Mail etc	£10.00
074	Undated, bright and colourful brochure for the Khedivial Mail Line, 16 pages (30x21cm) of coloured cartoon images and b/w photographs centred on the glamour and style of the Mohamed el-Kebir and the Khedive Ismail. Printed in Italy, excellent condition	£10.00
075	1937, Copy of the Pharaonic Mail Line Gazette marking Farouk’s hoisting the flag on the Mohamed Ali el Kebir and Khedive Ismail steamships on the new company’s takeover of the Khedevial Mail Line. Trilingual, large (24x32cm) pages crammed with Farouk photographs. Showing its age, but fascinating	£8.00
076	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	£5.00
Air Interest
077	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	£12.00
Nefertiti
078	1989, German Federal Republic, Nefertiti bust face-on 70c top two rows of ten with strip value in upper selvage, pristine UMM	£8.00
079	2012, Monaco, commemorating centenary of discovery of the bust, Complete UMM pristine sheet of eight diamond shaped stamps value 3.78 euros with full ornamental selvage inc printing date 05.06.12	£20.00
Napoleon in Egypt
080	1798, Three copies of the ‘Bulletin Decadaire’ of the French Republic, Napoleon’s published reports on his progress. Printed on very rough paper and folded at 14x21cm, they should really be in a museum or library… No 5, dated equivalent of 6 July 1798, has 11 of its 29 pages about Egypt and invasion skirmishes, and lists honours awarded; the second and third both have mentions of Egypt, but less extensive. Surprising survival	£60.00
Egypt stamps
081	1927-37, Second Fuad definitive issue, accumulation of hundreds of low-value (1-5 mills) stamps, unsorted and largely on piece (up to block of 18), suitable for research	£5.00
082	1929, 20m Express red and black (NP EX2), 61 copies all used inc control A/40, unchecked for shades/varieties	£5.00
083	1944, 40m Express brown and black (NP EX4), 31 all used, unchecked for shades/varieties	£3.00
084	1944, 40m Express brown and black (NP EX4), two A/43 control blocks of four, clear dark and light shades	£5.00
085	1946, Le Caire bilingual overprints on 30 mills Air, two full UMM sheets with full selvage and control A/39 A/40 A/41	£5.00
086	1947 Air Mails, Farouk complete, 2m-200m, NP A28-39, LHM	£4.00
087	2011 Post Day, complete UMM pristine sheet of four blocks of ten square commems all illustrating historic previous issues between First Issue and Nasser memorial. Striking and colourful, with perforation through left margin, and slightly off the guide-marks. Half sheet illustrated	£10.00
Postcards
088	Mixed cards, Alex and Cairo street scenes, 22 coloured, 12 b/w, a few with messages but none posted, priced to go	£5.00
089	22 X 00, neat coloured card of Alexandria sights, addressed to UK with DLR 1+3m cancelled Alex, but redirected to Swansea and given extra 1d stamp to pay extra journey, cancelled Beckenham NO 2. Unusual	£5.00
090	23 IV 15, LL photocard of Ghezireh Palace Hotel and garden, addressed to UK and franked with 4x1m Pictorials cancelled Cairo / K	£3.00
091	1931, Fine b/w photocard of Lloyd Triestino mailboat ‘Vienna’, Arabic-addressed to Cairo and franked with Italian 60c perfinned LT cancelled Brindisi	£4.00
092	Mint single-back photocard of Ismailia Station, unusual view by Comptoir Philatelique of Alex. Neat	£3.00
093	30 AP 43, Boy King 4 mills stationery envelope, NP SPC38, cancelled Cairo and used by Italian internee pencil-addressed to Fayed camp. Long pencil message on reverse in Italian	£4.00
094	19 XII 1901, evocative postcard ‘Souvenir of Omdurman’ two views of the waterside printed by Johs Rominger of Stuttgart, hartoum-Omdurman, wishing Xmas greetings to a State Railways employee(?) in Cairo, franked 3m Camel Postman with Wadi Halfa Camp CDS and Amb Beni Souef-Caire TPO four days later. Striking	£5.00
095	26 IV 08, Australian colour card ‘A halt with the Packs’ franked with pair of QV New South Wales halfpenny stamps for Cairo. Suez / * arrival and Cairo-Alex TPO, two clear strikes	£3.00
096	1928, sepia card marking International Medical Congress in Cairo, showing (French wording) Military and Teaching Hospital of Abu Zaabal founded in 1897 by Dr Clot Bey. Unused, fine condition, few marks behind	£5.00
French maritime markings
097	26 Aug 04, classic b/w card of street knife-sharpener, addressed in French to Marseille and franked DLR 1+2m, with three strikes of scarce and tiny (2.3cm) cds in green: CORPS EXPRE DU TONKIN / PORT-SAID. Date unclear, supplied from pencil message	£24.00
098	3 OCT 14, good colour card “Deux filles de Damiette”, endorsed on reverse Marine de guerre, unfranked but addressed to Marseille. CDS in black: CORPS D’ARMEES / PORT-SAID with violet part strike on face MARINE FRANCAISE / SERVICE DE LA MER	£10.00
Ephemera
099	1929, Ornate illustrated invoice from famous British tailors Davis Bryan & Co with two engravings of the company’s main store in Alexandria	£4.00
100	1946, Share certificate for a single £E10 share in Al Chams building company authorised on 27 June 1946. Eleven coupons still attached	£3.00
101	1970s/1980s? Appx 40 pieces of paper ephemera – bus tickets, museum tickets, train tickets, EgyptAir boarding passes, receipts, Stella labels, Postal Museum entry etc	£5.00
102	1987, two souvenir cards produced to mark the first flight of Concorde to Luxor and the first performance of the opera Aida at Luxor Temple. Both numbered (500 printed)	£4.00
Parcel cards
103	1921-modern, 15 parcel cards, usual mixed condition, three from 1921 all damaged but with 100m Pictorials (one 200+100). Modern are covered in masses of definitives and revenues. Two incoming from Kuwait	£8.00
Military official – Egyptian Army
104	1909, ornate bilingual Ministry of War document (Army Form No 14, Recruiting, 29x24.5cm, headed Exemption Certificate from t he 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 on Arabic side only, Printed black on pale blue, with handstamps and thumbprint. Battered but fascinating	£10.00
105	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 headed Certificate of Purchase of Exemption and specifies that Selim Eskandar from Shubra has paid £E20 to be released from military service	£20.00
Palestine definitives
106	1948, Stamps of 1937-40 and 1944-47 with bilingual opt Palestine. Complete UMM series 1m to £E1 (NP P1-P19)	£20.00
107	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	£24.00
Hotels interest
108	Undated, colourful and stylish Cook’s advertisement for Cataract Hotel with camel, dahabeah and hotel in background. Fine colour photocopy folded twice but perfect for framing. 23x40cm, beautiful	£5.00
Postal history
109	Insured Mail. 23 JU 74. Unfranked cover addressed to Pip Whetter (ESC 133), then PSE representative in UK, with black on red INSURED label, unclear Cairo cds, declared value of 524 gold francs, large bilingual red handstamp of Egyptian Philatelic Control Commission, and censor mark. No backstamp. Presumably subscription payment?	£20.00
Postal stationery business use
110	April-May 1880, remarkable series of 12 examples of 20-para first Egyptian postcard, all cancelled with Alexandria duplex Type VII-2 (recorded 1878-83), all to same Mansura address (arrival handstamp). Plus two more uncancelled but with backstamps. All messages (French/English) seem to be business notification of cotton leaving/arriving by ship in Alex. Good condition, needs examination	£70.00
111	June-Dec 1880, five examples as last, all to Mansurah, all cancelled with Alexandria / Depart (Dep-1), all with similar business notifications. Good condition	£26.00
112	Jan 82-Jun 84, three similar examples, all cancelled Caire / Depart, two to Alex (one has arrival mark), one to Mansura (arrival mark). Seemingly same business affairs,	£17.00
Literature - be aware of postage costs
113	1881, ‘Stamp Collector’s Annual’ by Stafford Smith & Co of Brighton, paperback 14x22cm, covers held on with tape but complete at 132 pages, first half many small notes/stories, second half a world catalogue stuffed with adverts. Collector has pencil-ticked issues (presumably) owned. Egypt only 1865 (sic) to 1881 listed. Amazing	£30.00
114	1932, ‘Index to Place Names’ (on the 1:100,000 Maps of Egypt), published by the Survey Department (as were the maps, not included!). 358-page A4 hardback listing every town, ezbeh, nag, kom, village and town and its geographical context – a crucial aid to the Rural, TPO or small-town collector. Excellent as-new condition	£40.00
115	1911 ‘Guide Postal Egyptien’. Extracts enlarged to A4 photocopies of major part of Post Office guide, with all major regulations PLUS listing of all post offices and their onward routes for Egypt and Sudan, 70-plus pages, paper bound, slightly battered but a boon for small-town postal historian	£20.00
116	1934, ‘Guide du Musee Postal Egyptien’, scarce small blue card-back handbook (40-plus pages), bilingual, published by postal administration, pristine large foldout plan of museum, listing all show cases and contents. Several Arabic manuscript notes in both sections. Neat	£10.00
117	1920, Survey of Egypt publication (photocopy) ‘List of Names of Mudirias, Towns and Villages…’ of Egypt, indispensable for TPO/Rural collectors or those seeking out small town postmarks. A4, spiral bound, faults but invaluable	£8.00
118	Peter Feltus, ‘Egyptian Postal Markings of 1865-1879’. The Study Circle compilation of classical period markings, 1983 edition, recording marks collected by all members and allowing insights into opening and closing dates of early offices. Absolutely indispensable. 60 pages single-side photocopied, stapled, in very good condition	£20.00
119	1962, Postal Organisation ‘Tableau du Tarif Postal’, giving all information (bilingual Arabic/French) available for postal rates for UAR Egypt in 1962. 62 pages of 23.5x15.5cm, paperback, apparently posted from Awish el Habur to Mansura. Useful, unusual	£8.00
120	1982, Proud/Bailey, ‘History of the British Army Postal Service’, photocopy version of Chapter 11, Egypt and the Western Desert (appx 50pp) of this classic reference work. Paper bound, used but useful	£3.00
121	1954, Harmer’s Palace Collection catalogue for the collections of Fuad and Farouk at Koubbeh Palace, over 1600 lots, lavishly illustrated in b/w, back cover gone, front flimsy, but content complete	£6.00
122	‘Byam’s Egypt’ 1961 Robson Lowe catalogue of Dr Byam’s collection, four colour plates, staggering detail in 992 lots over 126 pages. Condition as new	£10.00
123	1977 Robson Lowe catalogue of Colonel Danson’s Egypt, pristine condition with Prices Realised. Card cover, nearly 500 lots, many b/w illustrations	£6.00
124	2001, Phillips catalogue of Pip Whetter collection, strong in mid-period sheets and booklets, over 300 lots, multiple b/w illustrations, some colour	£6.00
125	1981, ‘Postage Stamps of Egypt (Simplified Catalogue)’, published by Philatelic Society of Egypt, all-Arabic, 28pp, good condition, sun-faded spine	£5.00
126	1916, Lance Thackeray ‘People of Egypt’, hardback, coloured cover, shaky but virtually complete, stuffed with 30 full-page variations on famous postcard series, all in charming sketch form with brief bilingual caption behind	£12.00
127	David Roberts. ‘A Journey in Egypt’, 1994, glossy paperback with more than 40 of Roberts’ Egypt paintings, 28x22cm, excellent condition; plus 15 remaining of 24 book of Roberts postcards; plus the other nine mounted on album pages for a presentation,	£6.00
128	John Sears, ‘Egypt – The First Portrait Issue’, rare self-published soft-back with colour cover compiling all ESC information to 1997 and intended for members only. 127pp, magisterial, excellent condition	£30.00
129	FW ‘Jim’ Benians, ‘Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947’, classic reference, 150 A4 pages, card cover, detailing postal arrangements and their markings for Allied forces during WWII. Pristine condition	£20.00
130	1981, Blau/Deighton, ‘The Egypt Flight : LZ 127 – Graf Zeppelin’, card-cover 16x23cm, full details of the flights and its covers, complete at 80pages. Fine condition, complete with several manuscript notes by John Sears	£8.00
131	February 1934, first issue of ‘The Anglo-Egyptian Review’, paperback, 18x24cm, complete, sound, 6 pages of articles and b/w photos linking the two nations	£4.00
132	John Sears, ‘The Airmails of Egypt’, self-published 1990, hardback with dust jacket (sl damage), pages extremely fine. 183pp detailing history of the carriage of air mails to, from and through Egypt. A classic, with list of amendments	£14.00
133	As last, second edition amended and self-published 1991, hardback with perfect dust jacket, extremely fine condition	£17.00
134	As last, third edition amended, reprinted and self-published 2000, with 12-page supplement on Misrair and SAIDE, spiral bound, card covers, fine condition	£22.00
135	Alberto Siliotti & Alain Vidal-Naquet, ‘Journal de Voyage en Egypte (and) Inauguration du Canal de Suez de Roberto Morra di Lavriano’ (Paris 1997). Hardback, 25x36cm, 232pp, in French, sumptuous coffee-table book written by attendee at Canal opening and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of historic photographs in black and white and colour and contemporary engravings. As new	£40.00
136	‘The Kings of Egypt and their Stamps 1860-1960’, 40-page 1969 illustrated listing of essays and proofs, mainly ex-Farouk, many in colour. Paperback, excellent condition	£4.00
137	John Revell, ‘The Stamp Booklets of Egypt’, handwritten, photocopied and self-published for ESC members in 1997. A4, spiral bound, soft covers, stupendous in its detail and the only reference of its kind	£20.00
138	Mike Murphy / Ibrahim Shoukry, ‘Egypt: The Rural Postal Service’ (2010), hardback, 190pp, an introduction detailing the history of early development and all known postal markings of the Rural Service. A must for the rurals collector	£10.00
139	ST. GEORGE'S COLLEGE - School Magazine, 1958-1959. Heliopolis - 54 pages in soft cover. 240 x 155 mm. Fully illustrated and in clean fine condition. Wonderful memento for any student who attended that fabulous school.	£15.00
140	Histoire de BEYROUTH - By Samir Kassir. Ed. Fayard, 2003. In French. In depth story of Beyrouth from antiquity to modern Lebanon, through Ottomans, French Mandate and 1970s civil war, until 2003. Large book of 734 pages - 235 x 152 mm. In soft covers. Illustrated with photos and many maps showing the evolution of the area. Two colour maps inside covers. Excellent condition. Weight: 1 Kg. A work of reference seldom offered.	£12.00
141	Souvenir of PORT-SAID - c. 1910 - Picture book for visitors - 36 full-page photos with French and English captions, but no text. In colour-embossed soft covers, photo-album style, bound with lace. Published by The Cairo Postcard Trust. 235 x 167 mm. Good condition.	£10.00
142	ESC 60 YEARS ON PAPYRUS - Square of papyrus, 88 x 82 mm, with ESC logo in yellow and inscribed "1935-1995" in English and Arabic. Produced by Oriental Philatelic House, Cairo, to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the Egypt Study Circle. Fine and original	£3.00
143	Letter-Card - Sphinx & Pyramid of Cheops. Unused folding letter card, gummed on three edges internally, issued in 1960. PATCARD Series No. CA/6 - 102. Like new.	£5.00
144	Letter-Card - Statue of Ramses II and Pont-Limoun Station.. Unused folding letter card, gummed on three edges, issued in 1960. PATCARD Series No.CA/6-103. Like new	£5.00
145	TURIN MUSEO EGIZIO- Complete mint Set of 18 b/w POSTCARDS depicting items in the museum, in a cardboard presentation pack, 1962. This small but important museum houses discoveries by Drovetti & Schiapparelli, especially Rameses II's wonderful statue	£8.00
Covers
146	PORT-TEWFIK / PAQUEBOT. 31 February 1958- Air Mail Cover to UK, franked 40 Mills (3 stamps) cancelled "Paquebot" indicating mail from ship, deposited at Port-Tewfik	£3.00
147	FDC - Centenary of EGYPTIAN RAILWAYS - 1856-1956. 31 January 1957	£3.00
148	FDC - 75th Anniversary of the UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION - Very attractive illustrated cover with set of 3 stamps. Issued 9 October 1949. Addressed to M. Hagopian, Cairo	£7.00
149	FDC - ARAB POSTAL UNION - 1 January 1955- FDC with set of 3 stamps sent registered to Jean Boulad at Ismailia. Red Cairo Registration label on the reverse and Ismailia arrival datestamp, 2 Jan. Contains Best Wishes card signed by M. Hagopian. Very fine.	£10.00
150	REGISTERED LETTER FROM EAST-GERMANY addressed to Jean Boulad d'Humieres at the Canal Company in Ismailia. 16 January 1956. Beautifully franked with 4 DDR commemoratives and two marginal definitives se-tenant vertically through stamp sheet central gutter with red cross, all cancelled by the CDS of Altenburg Bez Leipzig, DDR. Red East-German Registration label & back transit and arrival marks: 28 January Cairo Delivery and very fine strike EL ISMAILIA R2 postmark same date. Egyptian Censor Mark on the front. Exceptional.	£15.00
Postcards
151	FRENCH FORCES IN EGYPT in World War I. Gallipoli. Postcard showing French Ambulance No.2 at Sed-Dul-Bahr, in July 1915. Part of a long message on the back.	£6.00
152	French P.O. Port-Saïd: 17 May 1907. Postcard to UK franked with a pair of Port-Said 5c Type Blanc stamps cancelled by type 04 CDS. Written on board ship at Suez on 15/5 and deposited at Port-Said after Canal transit. Very fine purple oval cachet of "Frank & Joseph, Shipchandlers" who forwarded the card. Arrival CDS East Grinstead, 25 May. The card originated from and depicts a Japanese ship, the S.S. IYO MARU of Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Scarce.	£10.00
153	French P.O. Port-Saïd: 24 August 1926. Postcard showing the Arab Village, addressed to Lisbon, Portugal, by a Portuguese Eastbound traveller on board a French ship at the stopover and handed over to the French Post. It is franked 90c (French UPU postcard rate), made up of green 50c Semeuse Lignée and orange 40c Semeuse Camée, stamps not on sale at Port-Said and evidently obtained from the Purser on board. Port-Said CDS type 04. Very fine and scarce.	£25.00
154	France, Via Brindisi - Postcard to France, showing natives at prayer, franked 5 Mill cancelled Muharram Bey (bridge & star), 19 March 1911. Possibly because it had missed the last sailing from Alexandria the sender inscribed it "France, Via Brindisi" which redirected the card to Port-Said for that sea routing. Instruction accepted by the PO. Transit CDS 19 March. Unusual	£6.00
155	Retta Cancellation: Postcard to Jerusalem, showing Karnak Pylon, franked 4 Mills for correct rate, made up of two green 2 Mill stamps. One at the back, cancelled Cairo 25 February 1909 & one at the front, missed cancelling on departure and obliterated by Retta on arrival.	£5.00
156	Incoming Mail : Postcard dated 13 July 1908, from France, depicting the Champs Elysées, addressed to Port-Said, franked by French Sower 10c stamp, cancelled CDS Paris - Rue de Rennes, 15 July. On the front, machine transit mark of Paris - Etranger, 16 July. Upon arrival two superb strikes of both Port-Said post offices on 21 July: French PO which received it (type 04) and then passed it on to the Egyptian PO for distribution (bridge & star CDS). Very attractive.	£8.00
157	Destination - Postcard to Belgrade Serbia, depicting Pompey's column. Alexandria postmark 9 July 1908 on green 2 Mills (Gregorian calendar). Belgrade arrival 3 July as Serbia was still using Julian Calendar, hence discrepancy. Interesting.	£4.00
158	Destinatiom - Colour Postcard to Malta, depicting Cairo Arabic School. Used at Kafr El Dawar, 4 June 1907, cancelling 5 Mill stamp. Alexandria B transit on 5 June and fine Malta arrival postmark 10 June. Also postman's delivery route 3 in circle. Very attractive	£8.00
159	Redirected Mail: TANTA Postcard showing Entrance to Sidi Ahmed-el-Badawi Mosque, addressed to Villard-de-Lans (mis-spelt) in France. Franked 5 Mills cancelled Tanta, 22 July 1909. Alexandria E transit same day. Villard-de-Lans arrival CDS 28 July. But recipient had moved so the card was redirected to Pont-en-Royans, 12 miles away, arrival CDS same date.	£7.00
160	Redirected Mail: Coloured Postcard depicting "Bawab and Policemen"sent from Cairo 17 September 1907. Franked 4 Mills and addressed to Teignmouth in England. Arrival 24 September. But Addressee had moved to France so the postcard was redirected, additional postage being paid by a pair of Edward VII Half Penny stamps, cancelled Teignmouth 25 September. It finally reached Chateau Marnaud, via Joncy, 27 September. Fine Mixed Egypt/GB Franking	£10.00
POSTAL STATIONERY LETTER SHEETS
161	1912 DE LA RUE 1 PIASTRE MINT (N.P) SLS5	£20.00
162	1914 DLR 5 MILLS PICTORIALS – WM ONOTO MONOGRAM MINT	£20.00
163	1914 DLR 10 MILLS – WM. ONOTO MONOGRAM MINT	£20.00
164	1922 DLR 5 MILLS PINK – WM INV. (N.P SLS9)	£30.00
165	1927 USED REG. 5 MILLS PINK UPRATED K. FOUAD 10 MILLS	£18.00
166	1930 K. FOUAD 5 MILLS MINT WM (ARABIC AL BARID. AL MASRY)	£30.00
167	1940 REG. USED 15 MILLS K. FAROUK REG. ENV. WITH FRAME FROM MANSURA TO CAIRO	£28.00
168	1971 SOLDIER’S MAIL, 10 MILLS ENVELOPE (NP. SRE8) VALID FOR CIVILIAN USE TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES	£25.00
POSTAL HISTORY
169	1859 USED ENTIRED FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MALTA POSTED AT THE BRITISH OFFICE UNSTAMPED	£200.00
170	1857 ENTIRE FRENCH P.O IN ALEXANDRIA TO MARSEILLE	£300.00
171	1875 ENTIRE ITALIAN P.O IN ALEXANDRIA TO FIRENZE	£200.00
172	1875 ENTIRE ITALIAN P.O IN ALEXANDRIA TO LIVORNO	£200.00
173	19TH CENTURY 16 CIGARETTES TAX REVENUES STAMPS	£35.00
PAINTING ESSAYS REVENUE STAMPS PAINTED BY IBRAHIM AL TAHTAWY
174	30 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM	£60.00
175	30 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM	£60.00
176	10 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM	£60.00
177	30 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM	£60.00
178	5 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM	£60.00
PAINTING ESSAYS BOY SCOUT ALL ISSUES STAMPS SIGNED BY P.A
179	1956 2ND JABOREE ARAB ABOUKIR 10 + 10 M S.G 510	£85.00
180	1956 2ND JABOREE ARAB ABOUKIR 20 + 10 M S.G 511	£85.00
181	1956 2ND JABOREE ARAB ABOUKIR 35 + 15 M S.G 512	£85.00
182	1962 SILVER JUBILEE GIRL GUIDES S.G 683	£75.00
183	1964 6TH PAN ARAB SCOUTS JAMBOREE S.G 804	£75.00
184	1964 6TH PAN ARAB SCOUTS JAMBOREE S.G 803	£75.00
185	1982 BADEL POWELL S.G 1491	£75.00
186	1966 7TH PAN ARAB JAMBOREE S.G 892.	£75.00
187	1968 50TH ANNIV. SCOUT MOVEMENT S.G 962	£75.00
188	1968 50TH ANNIV. SCOUT MOVEMENT S.G 962 REJECTED SCOURS INSTEAD OF SCOUTS SPELLING MISTAKE	£75.00
189	1986 30TH ANNIV. AIR SCOUTS SOCIETY S.G 1610	£75.00
190	1988 75TH ANNIV. ARAB SCOUTS S.G 1709	£75.00
191	1994 40TH ANNIV. ARAB SCOUTS MOVEMENT S.G 1907	£75.00
192	1997 85TH ANNIV. ARAB SCOUTS S.G 2060.	£75.00
Birth Certificate
193	2022 OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE USSUED FROM MINISTRY OF HEALTH IN CAIRO FOR NEW BORN GIRL FRANKED WITH HEALTH INSURANCE 8 REVENUE STAMPS	£20.00
Revenues
194	19TH CENTURY LOT OF 17 SALT TAX REVENUE STAMPS	£38.00
195	MEDICAL SYNDICATES UNM. REVENUE 4 X 15 MILLS PLATE NO. A 73	£40.00
196	MUSICIANS SYNDICATES COMPLETE SET REVENUE STAMPS	£30.00
Interpostals
197	19TH CENTURY 21 INTER POSTAL SEALS	£45.00
Cigarette and Tobacco
198	1942 MAJOR CIGARETTES CIGARETTES & TOBACCO LABEL	£20.00
199	1942 ALEX LIVANOS CIGARETTES LABEL.	£20.00
200	1930 SIMON ARZT CIGARETTES & TOBACCO LABEL.	£20.00
Postal stationery
201	1879 20 para brown Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC1	£5.00
202	1899 4 mill rose-red Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC11	£10.00
203	1899 4 mill rose-red Postal Stationery Card, used in 1909 to London, company cachets, NP SPC11	£5.00
204	1907 2 mill on 3 mill violet Provisional Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC12	£5.00
205	1907 2 mill on 3 mill violet Provisional Postal Stationery Card, used from Alexandria to Cairo, written in French, NP SPC12	£5.00
206	1907 2 mill on 3 mill violet Reply Paid Provisional Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC13	£10.00
207	1908 4 mill red Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card, with frame, fine unused, NP SPC17	£30.00
208	1908 4 mill red Postal Stationery Card, divided front, fine unused, NP SPC18	£5.00
209	1914 4 mill red Postal Stationery Card, used from Alexandria to Cairo in 1917 with British "Passed / Censor / 12" mark, NP SPC21	£10.00
210	1914 2 mill green Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC22	£15.00
211	1914 4 mill red Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC23	£15.00
212	1916 3 mill on 2mill green Provisional Postal Stationery Card, unused, C F Hass signature handstamp on reverse, NP SPC24	£50.00
213	1928-29 4 mill red Message half of separated Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card (SPC17) with black bars, fine unused, NP SPC28	£90.00
214	1928-29 4 mill red Message half of separated Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card (SPC19) with black bars, fine unused, NP SPC29	£90.00
215	1928-29 4 mill red Reply half of separated Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card (SPC19) with black bars, fine unused, NP SPC29a	£90.00
216	1929 3 mill orange Postal Stationery Card with revised Arabic text, fine unused, NP SPC30	£90.00
217	1932 3 mill green King Fouad Postal Stationery Card from Port Said to USA in 1936 uprated with 10mill, used, NP SPC34	£8.00
218	1936 3 mill brown King Fouad Postal Stationery Card used from Port Said to Germany uprated with 10mill, NP SPC36	£8.00
219	1939 3 mill brown King Farouk Postal Stationery Card used from Sidi Gaber to Fayed in 1941, uprated with 1mill, and with a Postal Censor cachet, NP SPC37	£10.00
220	1944 6 mill green King Farouk Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC39	£12.00
221	1939 13 mill carmine-rose King Farouk Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC40	£12.00
222	1892 5mill on 3 mill orange Provisional Postal Stationery Envelope, 23mm surcharge, fine unused, NP SEN7	£10.00
223	1892 5mill on 3 mill orange Provisional Postal Stationery Envelope, 24.5mm surcharge rotated 90 degrees clockwise, unused with brown band across the reverse, NP SEN8c	£46.00
224	1911 1mill on 2mill green (dark shade) Provisional Postal Stationery Envelope, fine unused, NP SEN11	£15.00
225	1928 2mill dark grey King Fouad Postal Stationery Envelope, vertical watermark, fine unused, NP SEN27	£10.00
226	1937 2mill orange King Fouad Postal Stationery Envelope, vertical watermark, fine unused, NP SEN29	£15.00
227	1940 2mill vermilion + 1mill orange-brown King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope on wove paper,used within Cairo in 1941, NP SEN33	£20.00
228	1940 2mill vermilion + 1mill orange-brown King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope on laid paper,fine unused, NP SEN33a	£25.00
229	1940 2mill vermilion + 1mill orange-brown King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope on laid paper,used in 1942 from Alexandria to Ramleh, NP SEN33a	£20.00
230	1941-43 6mill yellow-green King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope on laid paper,horizontal watermark (reversed), fine unused, NP SEN36a	£35.00
231	1946 4mill green King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope on wove paper,horizontal type I watermark, rounded tab, fine unused, NP SEN37b	£15.00
232	1947 4mill green King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope with brown filigree design inside, pointed tab, used, NP SEN39	£20.00
233	1913 10 mill blue Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, uprated and used in 1920 from Ezbet-El-Zeitoun to UK, NP SRE2	£30.00
234	1929 15 mill dark blue Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, fine, NP SRE5	£35.00
235	1930 10 mill navy blue Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, uprated and used in 1934 from Cairo to France, open three sides, small tear on reverse, NP SRE6	£20.00
236	1934 15 mill plum Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, fine, NP SRE7	£25.00
237	1934 15 mill plum Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, uprated and used in 1935 from Ramleh to UK, opened on two sides, NP SRE7	£20.00
238	1939 15 mill red-violet Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, fine, NP SRE8	£35.00
239	1938 20 mill blue Registered Postal Stationery Envelope, unused, fine, NP SRE9	£35.00
240	1944 King Farouk 10m violet Postal Stationery Letter Sheet with watermark orientation 'B', unused, NP SLS13a	£35.00
Postcards
241	12 old Heliopolis postcards	£5.00
242	12 colour old postcards of Egypt places	£3.00
243	12 colour old postcards of Egypt places	£3.00
244	12 black and white old postcards of Egypt places	£3.00
245	2 colour old postcards of Egypt with grand continental hotel cancellation. Never posted	£3.00
246	12 colour old postcards of Egypt places	£3.00
Literature - be aware of postage costs
247	Souvenirs of Egypt: 70 illustrations of Egypt probable in the early 1900’s all stunning black and white	£25.00
248	A trip to Egypt: series of photos and commentary taken in upper and lower Egypt probably around 1930-1940 40 pages	£5.00
INTERNAL MAILS IN EGYPT
249	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from ABOU KIBIR to Port-Said 1908	£10.00
250	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from BEBA to Caire 1891	£10.00
251	Registered PS-E 5m. SEN6 + D43 from BENIMAZAR to Caire 1893	£10.00
252	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from BILBEIS to Caire 1894	£10.00
253	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from BOULAK / CAIRE 1892	£10.00
254	Registred PS-E 5m. SEN6a from CHIBIN EL KOM to Caire? 1893	£10.00
255	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from DALANCAT to Alexandrie 1894	£10.00
256	Registered PS-E 5m. SEN6 + D43 from DEKERNES to ? 1896	£10.00
257	Registered PS-E 5m. SEN6 + D50 from DUMIAT to Alexandrie	£10.00
258	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from FANT to Caire 1906	£10.00
259	Registered PS-E 5m. SEN6 from KAFR EL ZAYAT to Alexandrie?	£10.00
260	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from KODDABA to Caire 1897	£10.00
261	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from KOM OMBO to CAIRE	£10.00
262	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from MINIA to Caire? 1890	£10.00
263	Registered with AR PS-E 5m. SEN6 + D43 X2 from MIT CHAMR to Mansoura 1895	£10.00
264	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from SALHIA to Caire 1901	£10.00
265	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from TALA to Alexandrie 1894	£10.00
266	Registered cover franked by D43+D50 from BORDEIN to Caire 1901	£10.00
267	PPC franked by D50 from MATAI to France 1911	£10.00
268	PS-PC SPC5 from ZEFTA to Alexandria 1892	£10.00
EGYPTIAN MAIL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
269	Cover franked by D45 x 8 from ASSIOUT to American Consul in Jerusalem 1904 on back TPO BANI SUWEF-CAIRO	£10.00
270	Cover franked by D43 from DOUANE / ALEXANDRIE to France 1907	£10.00
271	Cover franked by D46 x 5 from GURIA / CAIRO to Persia 1910	£10.00
272	PS-E 5m. SEN6 uprated by D43 + D50 from KENA to England 1902	£10.00
273	Printed COOK'S NILE STEAMBOART SERVICES Cover franked by D43 from MATAÏ to Germany	£50.00
274	Cover franked by D46 from MINIA to France 1899 – Handwritten mention "papiers d'affaires" = "Business papers" – Prints postal rate	£20.00
275	Cover franked by D50 X2 from OASIS-SIWA to Turkey 1912	£50.00
276	Cover franked by D50 X2 from TANTA to SWITZERLAND 1895 French maritim cancellation LIGNE N / PAQ FR N°2	£10.00
277	Cover franked by D43 from ZEFTA (star + crescent) to USA 1888	£20.00
278	PPC franked by D46 X2 from MELIG to France 1913 + BIRKIT EL SAB – strong fold	£10.00
279	PPC franked by D50 from MAASSARA to Belgium 1909?	£10.00
280	PS-PC SPC7 uprated by D45 from NAWA to Belgium 1907 + BANHA (STATION) + MANSURA cancellations	£30.00
281	PPC franked by D45 X2 + D48 from MAHSAMA to France 1911	£10.00
282	PPC franked by D46 X2 from EDFOU to France 1906 + SHALLAL LUQSOR TPO	£10.00
283	PPC franked by D49 from MUNTAZAH to Belgium 1910	£10.00
284	PPC franked by D50 from FOUA to France 1900 + ALEXANDRIE + DAMANNHOUR cancellations	£10.00
285	Registred PPC franked by D50 X3 from BENIMAZAR to Luxembourg 1900	£25.00
286	PPC franked by D49 from KAFR SAKR to Germany 1907 + 3 TPOs "CAIRO-MANSURA"+ "CAIRO - ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O." +"DUMIAT-TANTA / T.P.O." on back	£15.00
287	PPC franked by D45 X2 + D46 from SAKHA to France 1901	£10.00
288	PPC franked by D45 from CHEBLANGA to Turkey 1904	£10.00
289	PS-PC 4m. SPC11 from MAHALLA to England 1905	£10.00
TRAIN POST OFFICES
290	PS-E 5m. SEN6 uprated by D50 from DAWAWIN / CAIRO to France 1909	£10.00
291	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from LOUXOR-CAIRO to Alexandrie 1900	£10.00
292	PS-E 5m. SEN6 from MAHALLET ABOU ALY to Alexandrie 1890	£10.00
293	Belgian PPC from Bruxelles to Shepheard's Hotel Cairo 1914 + PORT-SAID-CAIRO/T.P.O./ FOREIGN MAILS	£10.00
294	PS-PC 4m. SPC11 from WADI HALFA / CHALLAL to Belgium 1900 - + CHALLAL + BENISOUEF CAIRE / AMBT	£10.00
HOTELS INTEREST
295	Printed SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL Cover franked by D43 from CAIRO / POST OFFICE / SHEPHEARD'(S HOTEL to USA 1904	£5.00
296	Printed LUXOR WINTER PALACE Cover franked by D43 X2 from LUQSOR WINTER-PALACE to USA 1910	£10.00
297	PS-E 5m. SEN6 uprated by D43+D465+D48+D49 from SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL to Austria 1907	£20.00
MARITIME MAILS
298	Cover franked by D50 X2 from NAPOLI (Italia) + PAQUEBOTS to Austria 1910	£50.00
299	Cover franked by D43+ D46 X2 from PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANO / REGINA MARGHERITA to Austria 1911	£50.00
300	PPC franked by D46 X2 from PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANO MEMFIS to France 1907	£30.00
301	PPC franked by D46 from LIGNE N / PAQ. FR N°1 to France 1910	£10.00
302	PPC franked by D46 from MARSEILLE A LA REUNION 1° LU N°3 to France 1909	£10.00
303	PPC franked by D46 from Port-Said to France 1909 – cancelled by French Post Office	£10.00
304	PPC franked by D46 from LIGNE N / PAQ. FR N°5 to France 1901	£10.00
305	PPC franked by D46 X2 canceled by PAQUEBOT / ADEN to France 1909 – fold on stamps	£50.00
306	PPC franked by D46 from LIGNE N / PAQ. FR N°5 to France 1910	£10.00
MILITARY MAILS
307	Printed 1st ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT. Cover franked by D50 from SIDI GABER to ENGLAND 1897	£50.00
308	Printed MOUNTED INFANTRY ABBASSIYEH Cover franked by D50 from CAIRE to ENGLAND 1897	£50.00
309	PPC franked by D46 from CORR D'ARMEES PORT SAID (french) to France 1904	£7.00
310	PPC franked by D46 from CORR. D'ARMEES ALEXANDRIE FR (french) to Algeria 1915	£10.00
311	PPC franked by D49 from N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE to New Zealand 1915	£100.00
312	PPC franked by D46 from Port-Said to police officer at Alexandria 1909 – MILITARY POST OFFICE / ALEXANDRIA cancellation at arrival	£10.00
313	Unfranked PPC from * CORR. D'ARMEES * ALEXANDRIE FR to France 1915	£10.00
EGYPTIAN MAILS TAXED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
314	PPC (musicians) franked by Alexandrie French Post Office Stamps FPO20 X2 from Alexandrie to Belgium 1902 – refused by Egyptian post office – Taxed by 20 c. Belgian PDS	£10.00
315	PPC (arab family) franked by Alexandrie French Post Office Stamps FPO20 X2 from Alexandrie to Belgium 1902 – refused by Egyptian post office - Taxed by 20 c. Belgian PDS	£10.00
316	PPC franked by bisect D46 from Port-Said to France 1904 – Taxed by 10c. French PDS	£50.00
317	PPC franked by D46 from Alexandrie to Belgium 1905 – Taxed by 10c. Belgian PDS	£10.00
318	PPC franked by D46 from Port-Said to Switzerland 1904 – Taxed by 10c. Swiss PDS	£10.00
319	PPC franked by D46 from Port-Said to France 1909 – Taxed by 10c. French PDS	£10.00
320	PPC franked by D46 from Alexandrie to France 1903 – Taxed by 10c. +30c. French PDS	£10.00
321	PPC franked by D45 X2 from Alexandrie to Mexico 1905 – Taxed by 2X 2c. Mexican stamps	£50.00
322	PPC franked by D48 from Caire to Italia 1905 – Taxed by 5c.+10c. Italian PDS	£10.00
323	PPC franked by D46 from ? to France 1911 – Taxed by 20c. French PDS because Egyptian stamp reused	£10.00
324	PPC franked by D48 from PORT-SAID to France 1913 – Taxed by 10c. French PDS	£10.00
325	PPC franked by D46 from ABBASIA to France 1913 – Taxed by 10c. French PDS	£10.00
EGYPTIAN MAILS CANCELLED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
326	PS-PC SPC10 reply part cancelled NAAS (Ireland) to Ras-El-Bar 1906 – on back DAMIETTE + CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA TPO – Crushed card	£100.00
327	PPC franked by D46 X2 + Ceylon 6 c. stamp cancelled in Colombo to France 1902	£50.00
328	PPC franked by D46 from ? to Belgium year ? - cancelled by Belgian roulette, at this time used for annulation of uncancelled stamps at departure	£10.00
FOREIGN MAILS WITH EGYPTIAN CANCELLATIONS
329	Greek PPC from ? In Greece to AYAT (arrival mark) 1912	£7.00
330	French PPC from Martragny in France (French stamp not cancelled) to Hotel Khedivial Alexandrie then redirected to Continental Hotel Cairo 1907 – cancellations ALEXANDRIA / J + GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL / CAIRO / POST OFFICE + CAIRO – ALEXANDRIA / &V.V.	£12.00
PRINTED POSTAL STATIONERY POSTCARDS
331	PS-PC SPC11 printed by CREDIT LYONNAIS AGENCE DU CAIRE to Belgium 1905	£10.00
332	PS-PC SPC11 printed by THE ENGLISH LIBRARY G.G. ZACHARIA & Co to France 1903	£10.00
FOREIGN MAIL TAXED IN EGYPT
333	French PPC franked by French stamp not accepted because on view side to Caire 1902 – Taxed by Egyptian PDS 4m. PD16	£15.00
334	German PPC franked by German stamp to Alexandria 1900 – Taxed by Egyptian PDS 4m. PD16 – faults at corners	£10.00
335	Austrian PS-PC to Cairo 1913 – Taxed by Egyptian PDS 4m. PD16 + PORT-SAID-CAIRO /T.P.O. /FOREIGN MAILS	£15.00
EGYPTIAN MAIL TAXED IN EGYPT
336	Embossed PPC franked by D45 from ASSOUAN to Assiout 1904 – Taxed by Egyptian PDS 2m. PD15	£15.00
337	PPC franked by D45 X2 from Alexandria to Cairo 1900 – Taxed by Egyptian PDS 2m. PD15	£10.00
338	PPC franked by D45 from Suez to Suez 1906 – Taxed by Egyptian PDS 2m. PD15	£15.00
Crown Overprints Study
339	A massive collection of 612 used crown overprint stamps. Perfect for study for errors and colour variations. It comprised 11 album pages distributed as follows 1 mills 110 stamps, 2 Mills 108 stamps, 3 Mills 14 stamps, 4 Mills 183 stamps, 5 mills 21 stamps , 10 Mills 9 Stamps, 15 Mills 24 stamps, 20 Mills 10 stamps, 50 Mills 84 Stamps, 100 Mills 36 stamps and 200 mills 13 stamps	£50.00
French Consular Post Offices
340	1927 Complete colour set of Four stamps with black overprint NP FPO81-84 . Mint non hinged perfect gum	£10.00
341	1921 Block of 6 with marginal number 1 , 4 Milliems black over print. ”ALEXANDRIE” cancellations dated 5 MAI 23 . no gum, non hinged NP FPO51	£5.00
342	Large collection of French consular post office stamps. Total 32 Stamps all in excellent condition with no damage and intact gum. Some are hinged. 3 used on a piece	£20.00
Literature - be aware of postage costs
343	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.	£200.00
King Farouk cover study
344	A massive and rare collection of 49 King Farouk covers beautifully written up with detailed analysis of all the correct postal rates for local and airmail covers, encompassing boy king, Marshall, airmails, one air letter, several king of Egypt and the Sudan overprints, portrait obliterated , Palestine overprints, image obliterated and King of Egypt and Sudan overprint etc., Includes large number of censor hand stamps and opened by censor seals. Many covers are preprinted with the senders’ details. Includes some uncommon stamp values such as 15,17, 20, and 22 Mills on cover	£250.00
1899 Postage due overprint
345	Lightly hinged at 4 points. Gum in excellent condition. No creases or tears. Full pane of 60 . Nile post PD19. Excellent opportunity to explore printing errors.	£100.00
346	As above with shifted overprint	£150.00
347	Postage Due Palestine overprint. All mint lightly hinged . Complete sets of singles and blocks of 4	£25.00
348	1928 cover with 10 Mills postage due stamp an “T” surcharge. Has small tear at top.	£5.00
349	Postage due king of Egypt and Sudan overprint. Incomplete 2,4,6,10 and 12 only. Mint lightly hinged	£5.00
Postal History
350	1916 registered letter from Shubra ”en ville” to Cairo . tied with 10 Mills de La rue stamp. Blue cross registration pencil mark and faint registration cachet	£2.00
351	1921 Postcard from Tanta to Cairo . teid with 3 Mills De La Rue stamp. Arabic solicitor logo	£2.00
352	1953 letter “en ville” to Alexandria. Tied with 10 Mil Farouk 3 bar overprint stamp. Black mourning line top left	£5.00
353	1925 letter from Cairo to USA. International Geographic Congress cachet. Tied with 15 Mills De La Rue Stamp	£2.00
354	1898 wrapper from Cairo to America. Tied with 3 fourth Issue Sphinx and Pyramid stamps 1+ 1 + 2 mills	£2.00
1946 Commemorative sheet pair
355	1946 Commemorative sheet pair for the 80th Anniversary of the first Egyptian Stamp issue. One perforated and one imperforate. Mint condition with clear watermarks	£40.00
Egypt stamps
356	1914-15 Official. 3m orange-yellow Pictorial with bilingual OHHS opt (NP O12), UMM single, unrecorded letter “I” in Arabic broken, plus full opt set off on reverse	£10.00
357	1914-15, 3m orange-yellow Pictorial surcharged with bilingual “2 Milliemes” (NP D63), UMM single with full surcharge set off on reverse, with pencil mark ‘P 10’	£6.00
358	1914-15, as last, UMM pristine block of four, with complete surcharge also set off on reverse	£24.00
359	1988-2015, complete series of Egypt Post “year sheets”, with complete year’s actual stamp issues stuck to ornate mint sheets (up to six necessary per year). Philatelic Office production, originally intended for post office display of stamps available, sheets varied in size (about 25x35cm) and design over the years. Now a staggering record of 27 years’ production. 110-plus sheets	£120.00
Egypt forgeries
360	1994, 5pi pharaonic definitive (ND D355, Magdy 396), Princess Tai, several mint marginal blocks missing all inscriptions surrounding portrait with Charle Hass certificate (1998) describing in immense detail how all have been chemically removed by forger. Also Sadat inscription removed, plus mass of defins used and on piece with chemical alterations	£24.00
361	1899, French Port-Said, two panes of 36 10c stamps (9x4), further overprinted in red with VINGT-CINQ (as NP FPO114), mint, full gum, pristine	£10.00
Egypt stationery
362	1949, Farouk 25m Air Letter NP SALS4, sent by Jean Boulad to Francis Field with note advising Field of return of Arabic watermark “printed since last June” and “previously used on all the entires issued before the war”. CDS Ismailia 31 JA 1950, excellent clean condition	£10.00
363	1953, mint Registered envelope (1945, /SRE 12), with Farouk stamp obliterated and 35 m violet Republican mosque issue stuck in place, NP SRE14, cat $300 pristine mint, remarkable.	£60.00
364	1953, Another just as the last	£60.00
Egypt postcards
365	ca. 1900, group of ten postcards (four single back), all mint in good condition with sacred carpet procession, hotels, street scenes, Cairo station etc . Better lot	£8.00
366	2021, Golden Parade of the Pharaohs – three postcards produced by Egypt Post to mark the celebration, all mint with no markings, grouped in a gold printed envelope. Mint	£10.00
367	2021, Another, just as the last	£10.00
368	2021, 5 June, Environment Day postcard produced by Egypt Post showing appropriate stamp on face and miniature sheet with special first-day handstamp on reverse, unaddressed	£3.00
369	2021, 21 September as last, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, war hero	£3.00
370	2021, 1 October, Egyptian Judiciary Day`	£3.00
371	2021, 6 October, 1973 War Victory anniversary	£3.00
372	2021, 10 October, as last, Sports Culture celebration	£3.00
373	2021-23, mass of 58 mint unaddressed Egypt Post postcards printed to accompany each stamp issue during these years. Spectacular illustrations from Egypt Post Press	£44.00
374	2021-23, Another, just as the last	£44.00
Egypt VIP FDCs
375	6 July 2022, ornate black leatherette folder with metal corners (25x19cm), containing glorious illustrated FDC (21x16cm) with miniature sheet of Sultan Hussein Kamel Palace restoration and special FDC handstamp. Intended as VIP gift. Spectacular	£20.00
376	6 July 2022, ornate folder as last, with miniature sheet and handstamp marking restoration of Aswan’s historic Post Office building.	£20.00
377	6 July 2022, as previous, brown leatherette folder (30x26cm) containing illustrated FDC folder (28x21cm, not envelope) with mounted complex miniature sheet and handstamp marking restoration of the old Cairo main post office in Ataba Square. Stunning	£20.00
378	6 July 2022, as previous, black leatherette folder (36x28cm) containing illustrated FDC folder (33x24cm, not envelope) with mounted mini sheet of nine stamps and handstamp marking inauguration of Digital Egypt Projects	£20.00
Egypt parcel card
379	15 XIII 99, registered parcel card (PO form 211) sent from Cairo / Colis to Switzerland with fees paid by DLR 5pi and pair of 2pi, all clean markings including Customs label on arrival in Buchs. Vertical fold does not detract	£40.00
Anubis – Jackal God
380	1967, original hand-painted drawing of Post Day commemorative (NP C444) by Ibrahim Tantawy featuring Anubis, jackal Lord of the Underworld, from 1359 BC. This design was reproduced almost precisely for the 10 mills stamp. Arabic instructions on reverse	£70.00
381	Anubis collection, variously portrayed in control block of stamps, on pictorial FDC, on maxicard FDC, two colour cards of wall paintings, two Egyptian Museum photo cards, Nestle label,	£24.00
382	Lesotho – “Anubis “as pair of jackal pups issued by Lesotho in 1984 (SG 615). Imperforate die proof on white card, with matching progressive colour proof of stamp design. From the baby animals series printed by the controversial Format Security Printers, liquidated in 1988.	£30.00
Post Office paper
383	10 NO 83, Ottoman period “Declaration de Versement” (payment declaration) used at Samanoud / Caisse for 600PT on bilingual grey form, 10.7x15cm	£8.00
384	1897-1906, accumulation of 27 used “Deposit Declaration” receipts (Type 4G), with postmarks from all over the country, ranging in colour from pink to grey and size from 12x20 to 9x12cm, some fragile	£12.00
385	1897-1909, accumulation of 19 used “Declaration of Payment” receipts (Type 2G), with postmarks from all over the country, ranging in colour from pink to grey and size from 12x20 to 9x12cm, some fragile	£9.00
386	1906-16, mixed collection of 36 used “Deposit Declaration” and “Declaration of Payment” receipts (Types 2G and 4G), postmarks as last, colour as last, size range up to 9x12cm. All clean and in good condition	£15.00
State Railway receipts
387	ca. 1900, six railway receipts “bulletin a remettre a la personne qui a paye” issued at Cairo or Benha for apparently tiny amounts – unpaid ticket? Fines? A lot of work to gather such small reward.	£50.00
Ottoman Telegram form
388	1917, full A4 page of five used Ottoman Empire telegram receipts, used in Beirut for various amounts and tax paid on reverse by 18 (blocks of 4,6,8) 1915 Constantinople GPO stamps (SG 136) with star and crescent opt. One for the specialist	£10.00
Study Circle/PSE ephemera
389	1941, several pages from life insurance file of Ibrahim Chaftar of Smouha, Alexandria, but living in Armant as an employee of the Sucrerie et Raffinerie d’Egypte. In French, Chaftar signatures	£8.00
390	1951, Handwritten New Year message from Colonel W Byam to Ahmed Mazloum via Lloyds Bank: “With many regrets that our meeting is postponed … New Year wishes”. Buff thin card 5x7 1/2 inches, blank back, page from Xmas card?	£10.00
391	Philatelic Society stationery – three mint Air Mail envelopes, plus blank membership cards for 1977 and another unknown year. Attractive	£10.00
392	1979, Philatelic Society 50th anniversary stamp issue (NP C854) on ornate FDC with special FDC handstamp and red PSE seal-stamp. Nine copies, all mint and each containing Egypt Post trilingual information sheet about the stamp issue	£10.00
Arabic documents
393	1926, foolscap printed document, stapled and bound in thin card, being a 15-page contractual agreement for conditions on the Mansura-Mataria railway service	£10.00
394	1865-1893 appx, a dozen documents apparently from the employment file of Abd el-Salaam Effendi El Habbak, a postal official who was sent to the Gedda office in 1865(!) and served in various Egyptian offices, including Gedda again, until retirement in 1891. Different styled documents, all with government watermarks. Fascinating	£50.00
STAMPS
395	1867 1pi, sewing machine-perforated vertically on left side, (SG 14var, NP D11l, MB 11var), very fine used.	£25.00
396	1872 20pa LITHO, perforation 12 1/3 x 13 1/3, (SG 26, NP D21t, MB 21), used small thin.	£20.00
397	1872 1pi LITHO, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, (SG 27, NP D22, MB 22), very fine used.	£20.00
398	1872 1pi Typo, watermark inverted, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, (SG 31var , NP D17i, MB 17e), very fine used.	£11.00
399	1906 1m, watermark inverted (SG 58var, NP D45a, MB 45a), very fine used.	£5.00
400	1906 2m, watermark inverted (SG 59var, NP D46a, MB 46a), very fine used.	£8.00
401	1906 10m, watermark inverted (SG 64var, NP D52a, MB 52a), very fine used.	£65.00
402	1914 5m, watermark inverted (SG 77var, NP D57a, MB 57b), very fine used.	£10.00
403	1914 5m, booklet stamp, watermark sideways to the left, (SG 77a, NP D57j, MB 57c), used.	£5.00
404	1914 5m, booklet stamp, watermark sideways to the right, (SG 77a, NP D57k, MB 57c), very fine used.	£3.00
405	1922 5m pair, left stamp with hook attached to bottom of Arabic letter mim, position 200, (SG 89 var, NP D69d, MB 69a), very fine used.	£18.00
406	1922 1m crown overprint, rare type IV, block of 6, (SG 98 , NP D78 IV, MB 78 IV), unmounted mint.	£80.00
407	1922 10m crown overprint, extra dot over Arabic letter reh, position 94, (SG 103 var, NP D83 c, MB 83e), very fine used.	£12.00
408	1922 100m crown overprint, watermarked Crescent and Star, (SG 109, NP D88 I c, MB 88 I b), very fine mint light hinge.	£30.00
409	1922 100m crown overprint, reversed watermark, (SG 108var, NP D89 I c, MB 89 I b), very fine used.	£10.00
410	1923 4m Fouad, retouch at the left of the King's face, position 21. , (SG 114 var, NP D94b, MB 94 var), very fine used.	£10.00
411	1923 4m Fouad, retouch top left lotus, position 23. , (SG 114 var, NP D94c, MB 94 var), very fine used.	£10.00
412	1923 5m,10m,15m Fouad, reversed watermark, (SG 115-117 var, NP D95a, 96a, 97a, MB 95b, 96b, 97b), very fine used.	£10.00
413	1923 5m Fouad, retouch to oval frame and background, top right, position 22, (SG 115 var, NP D95b, MB 95 var), very fine used.	£10.00
414	1923 5m Fouad pair, top stamp with hairy ear, (SG 115 var, NP D95d, MB 95 var), very fine used.	£10.00
415	1925 10m Georgaphical congress, Arabic characters connected, position 42, (SG 124 var, NP C5a, MB 2a), used.	£20.00
416	1926 50pi Fouad, perforation 14 x 14 3/4 & 14, (SG 134 var, NP C13f, MB 10c), very fine used.	£15.00
417	1926 15m on 200m "I" , "M" and "S" flawed - position 5, ( SG 137 var, NP D105bb, MB105 var), very fine used.	£10.00
418	1932 Fouad overprinted set, (SG 185-186, NP D127-128, MB 134-135), unmounted mint.	£200.00
419	1932 50pi Fouad overprinted, colored spot in background, position 17, (SG 185 var, NP D127a, MB 134a), very fine used.	£10.00
420	1934 UPU complete set, (SG 219-232, NP C47-60, MB 42-55), very fine used.	£100.00
421	1937, 15m Farouk boy inverted watermark,(SG 256var, NP D144a, MB 151a), unmounted mint.	£3.00
422	1938 Birthday pound, (SG 272, NP C82, MB 77), very fine used.	£100.00
423	1959 Petroleum 10m pair one with extra dot variety. "arabia" reads "garbia" (SG 594var, NP C220d, MB 208a), unmounted mint.	£7.00
424	1959 Nefertiti 55m on 100m, misplaced overprint "U" missing, (SG 588var, NP D252b, MB 274b), marginal corner copy unmounted mint.	£15.00
425	1959 Flag vermilion colour watermarked printing experiment, ( MB 207b), unmounted mint.	£8.00
426	1959 Flag vermilion colour unwatermarked printing experiment, ( MB 207b), unmounted mint.	£8.00
427	1959 Flag purple colour unwatermarked printing experiment, (MB 207b), unmounted mint.	£8.00
428	1959 Flag blue colour unwatermarked printing experiment, complete sheet of 50, very rare, (MB 207b), unmounted mint.	£500
429	1961 10m Suez Canal Anniversary, extra group of dots on Arabic word "barid", (NP C266a, MB 254a), unmounted mint.	£5.00
AIR MAIL
430	1948, 22m on 200m marginal block of four including "8 broken forming C" error, position 27, (NP C120a, MB 44c), unmounted mint.	£10.00
Used Abroad
431	1867 1pi cancelled (DA)RDANELLI , used abroad, rare.	£20.00
De La Rue Postal History
432	EDFINA Star & Crescent 1895 on Stationary envelope to Tanta	£20.00
433	KOSSEIR (Red Sea Office) Star & Crescent 1906 on 5 Mills Cover to London via Qina	£30.00
434	Group of 3 items - Alexandria Port 1902 to Sweden, Alexandria (Port) Seaman's Home 1907 and Alexandria Seaman's Home 1909	£30.00
435	SCARCE. BAHIG (on Mariout railway Line) 1906 on Registered Stationary Envelope - Back has Private "archaeological engravings of Karm Abum	£45.00
436	Postal Document - declaration of payment with scarce MINYA Caisse 1909	£15.00
437	FAIYUM - 1908 on Acknowledgement of Delivery of a registered letter to Liege, Belgium - from Fayoum Light Railways	£24.00
438	FAIYUM 1908 on Acknowledgement of Receipt - Egyptian Post Envelope	£18.00
439	FAYOUM / FAIYUM 1890/1910 - 2 envelopes and 1 front only, all of them registered.	£24.00
Egypt Postal History
440	Postcard with 10 Mills "statistical Congress" - special cancellation of the Congress, January 1928 to Belgium	£15.00
441	Fouad stamps on Parcel cancelled Caire Colis Douane (Cairo Customs) 1930 to Switzerland	£24.00
442	Egypt Dues. India cover 1952 insufficiently franked , pair of Dues 8 Mills applied in Cairo	£22.00
443	Egypt Due - Alexandria 1958 unfranked, 20 Mills due applied in Cairo, scarce cancel CAIRE T. IMPRIMES (Taxed Printed Matter)	£16.00
Egypt De La Rue Postal History
444	Egypt Used Abroad in Sudan - Scarce DONGOLA Star & Crescent 17 AV 1885 to London, on postal stationary card 20 Paras (Left side repaired)	£180.00
445	SIMON ARZT Port Said - Preprinted Stationary Card 3 M ills + 2 Mills 1895 to Amsterdam	£16.00
446	SIMON ARZT Port Said - Uncommon Red Private Cancel on postcard franked 2x2 Mills to Apolda Germany	£28.00
447	HOTEL - The scarcest Hotel - PYRAMIDS MENA HOUSE 1894 to Bern Suisse, on 1 Piastre letter card	£150.00
448	HOTEL - A Scarce Private Cancel "Dependence Casino San Stefano, L&H RAMLEH" on the reverse of a wrapper SAN STEFANO HOTEL 1899 to Germany	£120.00
449	HOTEL - A Private stationary envelope SAVOY PALACE HOTEL, ALEXANDRIA with a Four Colour and Non Faint Colour franking Alexandria 1912 to Germany	£24.00
450	HOTEL - A Private Stationary envelope TEWFIK PALACE HOTEL, HELOUAN with 1 Piastre franking HILWAN 1912 to USA	£18.00
451	FOREIGN ACCEPTANCE - DLR Stationary Card 3 Mills + 1 Mill, accepted by French Post Office, Port Said in 1904 to Paris. Uncommon	£40.00
Maritime Postal History
452	Postcard - DLR 2 Mills DOUANE Alexandrie 1904 to Italy - cancellation "VAPORE TEBE" (ship's name) Florio RUBATTINO Italian Shipping Company	£60.00
453	Postcard DLR 5 Mills Cancelled by BOSFORO Piroscafo Postale Italiane 1903 to UK - in violet	£35.00
454	Postcard DLR 2 Mills, cancelled by Arrival linear "PAQUEBOTS" at NAPOLI PORTO 1910, to Marseille. Probably Italian Ship.	£45.00
455	Postcard DLR 2x2Mills, cancelled on arrival LONDON 1906m to UK. Probably English Ship.	£24.00
456	Postcard DLR 2x2 Mills, cancelled Deutsche Seepost OST-ASIATISCHE LINIE 1914 to Germany	£60.00
457	Postcard DLR 5 Mills, cancelled "Ship Illustrated" ALEXANDRIEN - TRIEST 1914 to Venezia	£140.00
458	Cover DLR 5 Mills Port Said 1908 to Cardiff, UK. Reverse Private Cancel SS LLANDUDNO (Ship) and Frank & Joseph, Shipchandlers, PORT SAID	£35.00
459	Cover - mechanical cancel PORT SAID 1955 to Norway - Reverse Private Cancel M/T SKOTAAS, Larvik (Ship)	£20.00
Railway Interest
460	STATION - MAHALLET ROH Station 1902 on postcard DLR 5 Mills to Paris	£28.00
461	STATION - PORT SAID Station 1905 on postcard DLR 2x2 Mills to Samos. Transit PORT SAID CAIRO T30 (uncommon TPO) - the postcard is of the station itself	£45.00
462	STATION - SOHAG Station 1908 on cover DLR 5 Mills to Cairo	£18.00
463	STATION - ASWAN Station 1907 in transit (Scarcer) on postcard Camel Stamp HALFA in SUDAN to USA	£24.00
464	STATION - SIDI BISHR (Station) 1945 on cover Young Farouk to Beirut, Lebanon	£18.00
465	STATION - LUQSOR Station 1938 on Luxor Hotel Stationary Envelope franked Young Farouk 5 Mills (Block of 4) to Geneva.	£20.00
466	STATION - TANTA STATION 1944 on Express cover, franked Young Farouk 10 Mills (Strip of 4) to Zifta. Uncommon Station +6 Express combination	£24.00
467	STATION - MANSURA STATION 1933 on cover Fouad 5 Mills to Mansourah. Heading Société des Chemins de Fer de la Basse Egypte = Lower Egyptian Railway Company Ltd.	£20.00
468	FAYOUM LIGHT RAILWAY Cy - 2 items, one from India to the General Manager Livron (1910) one from FAYOUM with private cancel of the same Livron (Weak TPO FAYOUM- CAIRO) 1908	£30.00
469	TPOs - FAYOUM WASTA 1891 on Stationary Envelope 5 mills to MInet el Bassal	£50.00
470	TPOs - CAIRO-TANTA & vv. 1938 on Stationary Card Fouad 3 mills, via CAIRO - ASYUT & vv and FAYUM-CAIRO & vv	£30.00
471	TPOs ALEXANDRIA - MEX & vv 1915 on covert DLR 5 mills to UK	£24.00
472	TPOs - MARG-CAIRE 1909 on postcard DLR 2 Mills to Belgium	£30.00
473	TPOs - MARG - CAIRE 1912 on postcard DLR 2 Mills to France	£40.00
474	TPOs - very scarce (not known in Peter Smith's TPOs) CAIRE - BENI SOUEF AMBt 1900 on cover Camel Stamp OMDURMAN (Sudan) to UK	£220
475	TPOs ASSIOUT - ASSOUAN (no bars) 1890 on stationary envelope 5 Mills to Cairo	£24.00
476	TPOs ASSIOUT - ASSOUAN (25 bars) 1891 (see QC 287, type 8A9a) on letter card 1 Piastre (Front only) to Paris, with Double circle Ligne N ship cancel	£30.00
477	TPOs ASSIOUT - ASSOUAN (9 bars) 1891 (See QC 287 type 8A9b) on Stationary Envelope 1 Piastre to Brindisi	£30.00
478	TPOs Wadi HALFA - CHALLAL 1903 on postcard Camel Stamps from Sudan to France.	£65.00
Diverse
479	SUEZ CANAL Cancellations - Group of Documentation prints, classical and negatives from a specialised collection	£20.00
480	FOUAD/FAROUK POSTAL HISTORY - group of 9 items with various cancels : Hotel Pouch Mail Washington, Domaine de Siouf, Palais d'Abdine, Cash Citadel, Paquebot P.S. Heading Tramways du Caire etc.	£30.00
481	REPUBLIC POSTAL HISTORY - Group of 6 items with various cancels, Station Maritime Alex, Agence Postale, Refugees Year, Express AR, Ministere Affaires Etrangères et non Etrangers , Alex Express	£20.00
482	FISCALS - Receipt "Société Philatélique d' Egypte" to one of his most famous members Jean BOULAD - 5 Mills Fiscal cancelled 1949	£12.00
483	FISCALS - Receipt "The Egyptian Hotels LTD" 5 Mills Fiscal cancelled SEMIRAMIS HOTEL, 1949	£12.00
484	FISCALS - Syndicate of Agricultural Professions - 50 Mills violet (Feltus 612) Block of 4 and sheet corner and non cancel corner with control number. 5 Stamps MNH	£18.00
485	FISCALS - Small accumulation of 42 Stamps mint and used, Medical Profession, Engineering Profession and diverse.	£18.00
Stamps of Egypt
486	1952 Farouk "King of Egypt and the Sudan" 200 Mills, Mint Hinged	£4.00
487	PERFINS - 4 big fragments with 24 Fouad stamps, different values, Italian Lloyd Triestino cancels	£45.00
488	RETTA Cancellation - 72 stamps mostly De La Rue and Farouk, some diverse. Unchecked for watermarks	£15.00
489	EGYPT Kingdom and Republic, small accumulation of 375 used stamps, Post, air mail, officials, Express	£24.00
490	POSTAGE DUE 1888 - 4 values unused	£40.00
491	POSTAGE DUE 1888 10 values use including 5 Piastres	£18.00
492	POSTAGE DUE 1889 - 72 stamps used and unused	£18.00
493	SUDAN Officials and Unofficial - Original Study 46 Stamps mounted on Album pages, nice Condition 1903 / 1950	£70.00
494	SUDAN Officials and Unofficial - Original Study 71 Stamps mounted on Album pages - 1951 / 1962 - used / unused	£50.00
495	EGYPT Officials / OHHS - 204 stamps (14 Mint) unchecked for watermarks and overprints.	£30.00
World War One Shipwreck: German subs destroy SS Kingstonian
496	Commercial envelope from Faggala, Cairo (cds 31 111 18) with framed Passed, Censor, 1 to Milan. Straight line black cachet “Naufragio” (Italian for shipwreck). British ship ss Kingstonian sailed from Egypt 4 April 1918, was attacked by U68 sub on 11 April & damaged. Sunk by U48 sub on 29 April. Stamp washed off. Written up on A4 page	£75.00
497	Commercial envelope from Port Said with cds 24 MR 18 and framed registration cachet of Port Said, to London. SS Kingstonian attacked and destroyed as above item. Framed violet cachet “Damaged By Immersion, In Sea Water”, Stamps washed off. Written up on A4 page.	£75.00
POSTAL STATIONERY ODDITIES
498	One pi. Letter Sheet (LS 1) sent 17-11-94 from Helouan to Zwittau, Moravia (now Czechia).Real color error, the stamp being entirely in buff whereas the inscription on the envelope is in the normal grey-blue.There is no indication of color changing at the edges of either the buff or the grey-blue. A normal copy is joined for comparison.	£12.00
499	Cover franked 10 Mill. with upright corner cut out from a postcard (H&G 13) 2Mill/3Mill, a 3 Mill.Fouad green and a 5 Mill airmail stamp normally cancelled Sidi Gaber 7-4-53.Gabriel Boulad liked to test the postal service !	£12.00
500	Private LetterSheet on the model of French official "Carte-Lettre" for Port-Saïd, with illustrations.On front "Souvenir du Canal de Suez" above the statue of F. de Lesseps.Inside are 10 different folded pictures of Port-Saïd (12x8 cm each).In perfect condition.	£12.00
WWII CIVIL CENSORSHIP MARKINGS
501	The original collection made by Gabriel BOULAD, increased by Mehanny Eid and Winter, all items classified according G.Boulad's study (joined, with his manuscript notes).250.00 covers, all different, with items from many countries(and their censorship markings), with detailsin many matters. All main types present from N°1 to N°95 included.The pictures show only a few examples.Collection impossible to make again now but still to be completed (some types have over 50 subtypes).	£500
FRENCH POST OFFICES-ALEXANDRIE AND PORT-SAÏD
502	"Epreuves de Luxe" for both offices.Special printing by the "Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste" in Paris. Two cards with Mouchon type stamps 15 Mill. one in violet (1928) the other in brown (1929), overprinted +5Mm/Caisse/d'Amortissement.Scarce and precious items, rarely seen	£95.00
503	First period : French stamps used.Two registered covers.One sent to Paris franked by a pair of 25c type Sage, cancelled 10 Avril 99 (a few months before the special P.-Saïd stamps were used) with red French entry mark "Modane a Paris" 13 Avr.99.Arrival cds on reverse. Second cover sent to St Petersbourg, Russia, franked by two Sage 25c and one 50c.Wax seal on reverse.	£18.00
504	Two Registered covers to France, all franked by P.-Saïd overprinted stamps. First letter franked 30 Mill to Nogent with type Blanc (1,2,5Mill)and type Mouchon (4 Mill pair,6, 8 Mill) cancelled 30-5-28, arr. cds on back 7-6-28 and wax seal. The second cover franked 40 Mill to Paris with Blanc (two 1 Mill,one 2 Mill), Mouchon(6 Mill) and a Merson type 30 Mill on 1 fr (rare).On reverse, 5 wax seals.	£30.00
FRENCH POST OFFICES-SUEZ
505	Small envelop franked by a strip of two 20c blue (one stamp with fault) and one 10c bistre (Empire perf.) adressed to Diou (center of France). Three perfect strikes of 5105 in a lozenge of dots.Suez pearled date stamp 13 NOV 65.Usual boxed PD. Manuscript "Voie Anglaise" and red French entry cds "PAQ.ANG.1/MARSEILLE" 21 NOV 65. On reverse TPO Marseille a Lyon 21 NOV 65 and cds of two places near to Diou where there was no post office (details with the lot) Clean nice cover of the scarcest of the French post offices (not originating from the usual Tanlay archive).	£280.00
EGYPT Stamps and Proofs
506	1937 King Farouk Definitive, colour proof of the 5m. value in carmine (issued colour of 13m.), mint o.g., signed, certificate Charles F. Hass. Ex Royal collection, only 100 copies of this proof do exist.	£190.00
507	Egypt, 1934 Universal Postal Union Congress (UPU) Used Set, fine-very fine SG 219-232	£95.00
508	1923-24 King Fouad first portrait issue 1m to 15m all in mint bottom left corner marginal control blocks of six, very fine, some tone spots SG 111-117	£95.00
509	1914 definitives, 2mil green imperf pair marginal control block. Slight toning SG 74	£90.00
510	1922, Proclamation of Monarchy, 100m black, crown overprint double SG 108b	£170.00
511	1922, Proclamation of Monarchy, 1m olive brown, overprint inverted SG 98a	£110.00
512	1922, Proclamation of Monarchy, 1m olive brown, overprint inverted and vertically à cheval SG 98a	£140.00
FRENCH POST OFFICES-PORT SAÏD
513	Two Registered covers all franked by P-Saïd overprinted stamps.The first one franked 51 Mill(!) sent to Le Havre, France with type Blanc (1,2Mill), Mouchon type (4,5,6,8,10,15 Mil, one of each) cancelled 16-7-27 arrival cds 25-7-27 on reverse. Second cover franked 30 Mill on 1 fr type Merson (rare so) sent on 9-4-29 by a Dutch sailor on board of S.S. "Christiaan Huygens" to his family in Bilthoven (Holland).Transit in Milano and Rotterdam, arr. cds 16 IV 1929 on reverse, 2 wax seals.	£35.00
514	Military datestamps Upper card. Written by a French sailor belonging to the "Corps expéditionnaire de Chine" , as he wrote at the top of the card that was sent under military franchise (without a stamp). The special cds is inscribed "CORPS EXPre DU TONKIN:PORT-SAID" 14FEVR 03.( Tonkin was in the north of present Vietnam).This date stamp was used on mail received from soldiers and sailors passing through the Suez Canal in connection with colonial campains. Also a large handstamp (unusually clear) with "MARINE FRANCAISE/SERVICE A LA MER" and anchor in center. Arrival cds in a village in Finistère(France).On reverse : street view of Suez. All strikes clear.A rare card. Lower card. Sent by a French soldier to France, franked by a 10 M. Mouchon Port-Said stamp and cancelled by special datestamp "CORR.D'ARMEES/PORT-SAID" 6 Fev 06 (Corr.= Correspondance= mail). Here we cannot see which colonial campain is concerned.Arrival cds in Meulise (Loire) On reverse, view of surroundings of Marseilles. Both military handstamps are "quite scarce" (See Smith p.101.)	£70.00
MARITIME CANCELLATION
515	Cover sent to London, franked with three 1 penny stamps, cancelled Port-Saïd 20 IX 97. Handstamp PLEINE MER beside the stamps.Type SP.O-2 (Smith) with wide M, characteristic of Port-Saïd.On reverse, arrival cds London 7 OC 97. Quite scarce handstamp compared to the "Paquebot" cancellation and a clean cover.	£65.00
SHIPWRECK MARKING
516	Shipwreck cover, postmarked Cairo 18 III 18 carried on H.M.T. Kingstonian addressed to Geneva. The ship was torpedoed on 11 April 1918 in the Mediterranean by German U-Boat 68, but was repaired on Sardinia. Arrived Geneva 8 V 18 where a violet handstamp in French "NAUFRAGE" (shipwreck) was struck. (Kingstonian Type 18 - 4x34 mm). See QC 288, March 2024.	£40.00
HOTELS INTEREST
517	Cover Heliopolis Hotel to USA	£5.00
518	PC Seamen’s Home 1913 to Belgium	£3.00
519	Cover Seamen’s Home 1948 to Scotland	£5.00
520	PC Grand Continental Hotel 1901 CDS HC2 to Paris	£4.00
521	PC Grand Continental Hotel 1904 CDS HC2 to Paris	£3.00
522	PC Grand Continental Hotel 1905 CDS HC2 to Paris	£3.00
523	Cover Continental Cairo 1918 CDS HC4 from Maadi on registered letter	£7.00
524	Cover Continental Savoy 1922 CDS HC5 to USA	£5.00
525	PC Continental Savoy 1928 CDS HC5 to England	£4.00
526	PC Continental Savoy 1935 CDS HC7 to France	£3.00
527	PC Continental Savoy 1936 CDS HC7 to Scotland	£3.00
528	Cover Nile Hilton 1960 to USA CDS NH5	£4.00
529	Aerogramme Nile Hilton CDS NH3	£4.00
530	PC Nile Hilton to France CDS NH5	£3.00
531	Meter mark Semiramis Hotel 1963	£5.00
532	Meter mark Semiramis Hotel 1964	£5.00
533	PC Semiramis Hotel 1908 CDS HSm1to Italia	£3.00
534	Cover Luxor Hotel 1903 CDS HLx2 to Germany	£5.00
535	Cover Luxor Hotel 1903 CDS HLx2 to Egypt	£5.00
536	PC Ghesireh Palace 1900 to Paris	£4.00
537	PC Simon Arzt 1936 to Paris	£4.00
538	Cover Shepheards Hotel 1935 to USA Hsp8	£4.00
539	Cover Shepheards Hotel 1941 to Switzerland cds HSp8	£4.00
540	2 covers Shepheards Hotel 1940/41 Censor marks, one with CDS HSp8	£8.00
541	2 PC Shepheards Hotel 1918 CDS HSp7 and 1939 CDS HSp8	£3.00
542	2 PC Luqsor Winter Palace 1907 CDS HWP1	£6.00
543	2 PC+ 1 cover Luqsor Winter Palace 1909/13/14 CDS HWP2 et HWP2a	£6.00
544	6 PC Luqsor Winter Palace 1912/1931 CDS HWP3 and 4	£8.00
545	3 PC Luqsor Winter Palace 1934/38 CDS HWP6	£5.00