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| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| TPO covers | ||
| 001 |
Cover from FACOUS 5 Mills Sphinx TPO ABU KIBIR-SALHIA & VV 1919 T 122 to Cairo. |
£12.00 |
| 002 |
Enveloppe-Lettre DLR 5 Mills CHAWA 1897 to Athens. Transit CAIRE-MANSOURA TPO, Mansoura and Alexandrie.
|
£18.00 |
| 003 |
Cover + contents 5 Mills DLR DAWAWIN Cairo 1909 to Mansura. TPO CAIRO-MANSURA & VV T 115
|
£15.00 |
| 004 |
100. Postcard DLR 2 Mills PORT SAID 1905 to IBRAHIMIA. Transit Zagazig and TPO CAIRE-MANSURA.
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£15.00 |
| 005 |
Stationary card 3 Mills DLR TPO ISMAILIA-SUEZ 1912 T 192 to Bremerhaven
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£24.00 |
| 006 |
Cover 1 Pi. DLR TPO RAMLE-ALEXANDRIE 1901to Ann Arbor USA
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£15.00 |
| 007 |
Viewcard TP 1 + 3 Mills DLR TPO MARG-CAIRE 1905 to Germany
|
£24.00 |
| 008 |
Stationary Envelope 5 Mills DLR ASSIOUT 1895 to Tanta. Transit CAIRE-WASTA Ambulant Star and Crescent.
|
£50.00 |
| 009 |
Stationary Card 2 on 3 Mills DLR written to Cairo. Backside TPO WASTA-CAIRO & VV 1913 T147
|
£35.00 |
| 010 |
Viewcard (stamp missing) FAYOUM 1909 to USA. Transit TPO SANNURIS-WASTA
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£15.00 |
| 011 |
Viewcard 2 Mills DLR TPO FAIYUM-CAIRO TPO 1909 T147 to Belgium
| £30.00 |
| 012 |
Cover 5 Mills pair DLR TPO TAMIA-EDWA 1908 to Cairo. Registered TPO items are very elusive.
| £80.00 |
| 013 |
Cover Fouad 5 Mills TPO BANI-SUEF-LAHUN & VV 1933. Scarce item from the Fayum area. Smith type 6 Al.2, not mentioned page 47, seen only in 1943 page 27
| £40.00 |
| 014 |
Stationary Envelope 1 Mill. DLR with TPO ASSOUAN-GUERGA 1896, and backside Louxor and TPO GUERGA-ASSOUAN. Extremely scarce combination. Smith type SAS, not mentioned page 62.
| £80.00 |
| 015 |
Stationary Envelope 1 Pi. TPO (steamer) ASSIOUT-ASSOUAN 1891to Alex. Smith type 8A9
| £75.00 |
| 016 |
Viewcard 2 Mills DLR ASWAN-LUXOR TPO 1913 TS to Belgium. A late type.
| £35.00 |
| Rural Service | ||
| 017 |
Cover Fouad 5 Mills Rur. Serv. QURASIA-TUKH MAZID 1934 - Cartouche MINYET TUKH
| £16.00 |
| 018 |
Cover Fouad 5 Mills Rural Service BENHA-GAMBARA EL GADIDA 1934 - Cartouche EZBET EL KADRI - Transit Benha and scarce TPO 24 CAIRO E = Smith 5Cl
| £24.00 |
| 019 |
Cover Fouad 15 Mills Rur.Serv. BALYANA-ARABA EL MADFUNA 1926 - Cartouche ARABA EL MADFUNA - Heading of the Belgium archaeological Queen Elisabeth Foundation, via Balyana to Belgium.
| £30.00 |
| Railway Stations | ||
| 020 |
Stationary Card 20 Paras DLR Duplex cancel ALEXANDRIE Station 1883 to Caire
| £12.00 |
| 021 |
2 Viewcards with 2 Mills DLR TANTA (Station) 1906/7 - two different sizes to Rauen
| £28.00 |
| 022 |
Viewcard 1+3 Mills DLR ISMAILIA Station 1905 to Paris
| £40.00 |
| 023 |
Viewcard (shortened) 4 Mills DLR FAYOUM Station 1907 to Belgium - TPO Abuksa-Wasta and MINYA-CAIRO T75
| £15.00 |
| 024 |
Card 2 Mills DLR SOHAG (Station) 1907 to Cairo -TPO Luqsor-Asyut T83
| £24.00 |
| 025 |
Cover pair 5 Mills DLR ASYUT Station 1911 to Paris - TPO Asyut-Cairo T179
| £20.00 |
| 026 |
Viewcard Camel stamp Sudan HALFA 1907 to USA via ASWAN Station
| £24.00 |
| 027 |
Railways Station Receipt with Service cancel ABA EL WAKF Station
| £15.00 |
| 028 |
State Telegraph Form - Telegraphic Cancel MANSURA - Station 1912 (Star& Crescent)
| £24.00 |
| 029 |
State Telegraph Form - Telegraphic Cancel TANTA - STA 1910
| £20.00 |
| 030 |
Viewcard ALEXANDRIA Station BACOS (Ramleh) - The Cairo Postcard Trust - unused
| £10.00 |
| 031 |
Viewcard ALEXANDRIE Station NUZHA 1906 - Editor Parodi Alexandria - used
| £12.00 |
| 032 |
Viewcard ASSIUT La Gare - unused
| £7.00 |
| 033 |
Photocard Station ISMAILIA - written and not posted.
| £15.00 |
| 034 |
Viewcard 3 Mills DLR Station SUEZ - used Boulac to Tanta
| £6.00 |
| 035 |
Viewcard TANTAH La Gare - 2 Mills DLR used TANTA SUCCURSALE 1910 to France
| £14.00 |
| Covers - Star and Crescent | 036 |
Cover 5 Mills DLR Star& Crescent KOSSEIR 1906 to London - Transit QINA and TPO Bani-Suwef-Caire. Special Tariff for UK
| £30.00 |
| 037 |
Stationary Envelope 5 Mills DLR (stamps missing) Star & Crescent EDFINA 1898 to Alex
| £8.00 |
| 038 |
Stationary Envelope 5 Mills DLR+ Pair idem Registered Star& Crescent NEKLA 1893 to Cairo. Very fresh item, registered Star & Crescent covers are uncommon
| £50.00 |
| Hotels | ||
| 039 |
Stationary Envelope 2 Mills DLR CAIR 1890 to Wiesbaden - Backside Private cancel MENA HOUSE HOTEL PYRAMIDES, used before the opening of a Post Office. Scarce
| £80.00 |
| 040 |
Wrapper 1 Mill+l Mill DLR PYRAMIDS 18 I 92 to London - First cancel for Mena House
| £65.00 |
| 041 |
Front of Enveloppe-Lettre DLR PYRAMIDS 18 Ill 92 to UK - Definitive cancel, beautiful
| £50.00 |
| 042 |
Viewcard Austria 1899 to a Mena House employee - Arrival PYRAMIDS Cairo
| £15.00 |
| 043 |
Receipt for a Registered item CAIRO P.O. SHEPHEARDS HOTEL 1894
| £15.00 |
| 044 |
Envelope Heading II Upper Egypt Hotels II Pair 4 Mills DLR CAIRO R 1908 in town - Registered, REBUT and returned to SHEPHEARDS Hotel
| £40.00 |
| 045 |
Enveloppe-Lettre 1 Pi. DLR SHEPHEARDS HOTEL CASH 1911 to USA. Very scarce
| £30.00 |
| 046 |
Stationary Card Isis 3 on 2 Mills - SAN STEFANO HOTEL 1916 to Alexandria
| £50.00 |
| 047 |
Wrapper 1 Mill+ 2 + 10 Mills Crown overprints LUQSOR WINTER PALACE 1923 to UK
| £30.00 |
| 048 |
Viewcard Fouad 13 Mills CAIRO Continental Savoy CASH 1933 to Roma - Scarce
| £30.00 |
| 049 |
Hotel Stationary 1 Pi. DLR CONTINENTAL CAIRO Hotel P.O. 1905 to WIEN Austria
| £35.00 |
| 050 |
Hotel Stationary 1 Pi. DLR CAIRO 1910 to Dessau - Printed SEMIRAMIS Hotel
| £24.00 |
| 051 |
Hotel Stationary 2 x 2 Mills DLR LUXOR HOTEL 1906 to the USA - Upper Egypt Hotels
| £20.00 |
| 052 |
Viewcard 1 + 3 Mills DLR SAVOY HOTEL ASSOUAN 1904 - Private Hotel cachet aside
| £15.00 |
| 053 | Hotel Viewcard SAN STEFANO - 4 Mills DLR SAN STEFANO Blue 1908 to Switzerland
| £40.00 |
| 054 |
Hotel Viewcard CATARACT ASSOUAN - 2 Mills DLR CATARACT HOTEL ASSOUAN 1909
| £15.00 |
| 055 |
Viewcard from Hungary to HILWAN 1909 - Private cancel PENSION ANTONIO, resent to Suisse
| £30.00 |
| 056 |
Hotel Stationary Hotel d' Angleterre Cairo - 5 Mills x 2 DLR CAIRO 1908 to USA
| £30.00 |
| 057 |
Hotel Stationary SAVOY HOTEL LUXOR - 1 Pi. DLR LUQSOR 1910 to BALE £
| £40.00 |
| 058 |
Viewcard SAVOY HOTEL LUXOR - unused
| £8.00 |
| Cook's Tourist Office, Cairo | ||
| 059 |
Cover from the Netherlands to the UK ,AMSTERDAM 1901, transferred to COOKS CAIRO by a LONDON Forwarder with a privately printed label, COOKS arrival
| £30.00 |
| 060 |
Cooks Stationary Envelope - 2 Fouad 15 Mills PERFINS T.C. & S. COOKS Office R.P. 1930 to Switzerland - A scarce PERFIN cover
| £65.00 |
| 061 |
Stationary Envelope from INDIA 1939 to PORT SAID - Arrival PORT SAID STATION (scarce), C & S Limited Agent PORT SAID and COOK Cairo R & P
| £40.00 |
| Simon Arzt | ||
| 062 |
Stationary Envelope 2 Mills DLR PORT SAID 1894 to BRUSSELS - Private Simon Arzt cancel, Egyptian Cigaret Manufactory, Port Said
| £20.00 |
| 063 |
Stationary Card 5 Mills PORT SAID 1896 to DEN HAAG NL - Private Simon Arzt cancel, Egyptian Cigarette Manufactory, Port Said - different type than previous lot
| £24.00 |
| 064 |
Stationary Card 5 MillsPORT SAID 1894 - Preprinted Simon Arzt Manufactory
| £18.00 |
| 065 |
Viewcard preprinted by Simon Arzt, Cigarette Manufactory - Unused
| £10.00 |
| 066 |
Photocard Simon Arzt Store,Prince Farouk Street - 2 x 5 Mills Fouad PORT SAID 1930
| £10.00 |
| 067 |
Viewcard Fouad 13 Mills PORT SAID 1933 - When in Port Said , visit S. Arzt Store
| £10.00 |
| 068 |
Stationary Card Fouad 13 Mills PORTY SAID SIMON ARZT (P.O. in the store) 1937
| £18.00 |
| Egypt Viewcards | ||
| 069 |
Stamps Series DLR, Dues and DLR.Envelopes on embossed card Ottmar Zieher, Munich - - used 2 x 2 Mills DLR CAIRO 1906 to Brussels
| £15.00 |
| 070 |
HELIOPOLIS The Monument of the First Aviateur, unused (related to 1910 meeting?)
| £10.00 |
| 071 |
HELIOPOLIS Group of 10 views, showing buildings, tramways, old cars, unused
| £20.00 |
| Egypt Postal HIstory | ||
| 072 |
Cover 1 Pi. Penasson ALESSANDRIA 1870 to CAIRO - between Arbib family (Judaica)
| £20.00 |
| 073 |
Cover 1 Pi. DLR ALEXANDRIE Duplex 1881 to GHOURIEH CAIRE
| £18.00 |
| 074 |
Cover with contents 1 Pi. DLR BENHA 1880 to V.R. Poste Egiziane METELINO (Greece) with arrival - condition see scan
| £30.00 |
| 075 |
Stationary Envelope 1 Pi. DLR (stamp missing) DOUANE ALEXANDRIE 1903 to Hamburg - Boxed R cancel is quite scarce
| £15.00 |
| 076 |
Front of cover 3 + 5 Mills DLR HILWAN 1907 to Caire - Registered boxed R cancel
| £12.00 |
| 077 |
Front of Enveloppe-Lettre 5 Mills DLR RAS EL BAR 1902 to Caire
| £10.00 |
| 078 |
Viewcard 4 x 1 Mill DLR DELTA BARRAGE 1906 to Milano, via TPO Cairo-Alexandria
| £24.00 |
| 079 |
Stationary Card 5 Mills BIR HOOKER WADI EL NATROUN, KHATATBA 1901 to Munchen
| £24.00 |
| 080 |
Viewcard 5 Mills DLR TOR (Sinai) 1906 via SUEZ to Belgium
| £60.00 |
| 081 |
Cover franked 16 Mills (second weight level) - Mixed franking DLR+ DLR 1914 - CAIRO 1915 to Athens.
| £20.00 |
| 082 |
CENSORSHIP - Viewcard 1 + 4 Mills DLR 1914 PORT SAID 1917 - Passed by Censor No 13
| £15.00 |
| 083 |
DUES - Viewcard 2 Mills DLR HILWAN 1911 - Taxed 10 centimes Due stamp in Belgium
| £10.00 |
| 084 |
DUES - Cover unfranked ALEXANDRIA S (Station) 1921 to UK - Taxed 6 Din Due stamps
| £24.00 |
| 085 |
DUES - Cover unfranked PORT SAID PAQUEBOT 1925 to London - Taxed 3 Din Due stamp
| £18.00 |
| 086 |
DUES - Cover from India 1951 to Cairo - Taxed on arrival with strip of 3 x 6 Mills Dues
| £24.00 |
| 087 |
MARITIME - Paquebots Khedivie - 1889 Internal Form" Mandat de Caisse" . Scarce
| £20.00 |
| 088 |
Mixed cards, Alex and Cairo street scenes, 22 coloured, 12 b/w, a few with messages but none posted, priced to go
| £24.00 |
| 089 |
Cover UK stamp PAQUEBOT PORT SAID 1962 via GAZA - Tanker ESSO SPAIN, 1st voyage
| £12.00 |
| 090 |
TELEGRAPHS - Receipt 1901 cancelled in blue/green in SUEZ DOCKS Office
| £10.00 |
| POSTAL STATIONARY USED | ||
| 091 |
Stationary Envelope 1 Mill DLR+ 1 pi. blue DLR PORT SAID 1892 to Germany
| £10.00 |
| 092 |
Stationary Envelope 2 Mills DLR+ 3 colours (1,2 and5Mills) DLR CAIRO 1906 to Paris
| £18.00 |
| 093 |
Stationary Envelope 1 Pi. DLR+ 3 colours (1,2 and 5 Mills) DLR CAIRE 1888 to NL
| £24.00 |
| 094 |
Wrapper 1 Mill DLR+ 1 Pi. DLR CAIRE 1893 to Germany. Uncommon.
| £18.00 |
| 095 |
Wrapper 2 Mills DLR+ 2 Mills DLR 1914 = Mixed Franking Alexandria to Venezia
| £20.00 |
| 096 |
Stationary Envelope 2 Mills DLR Cairo 1905 to Asmara Eritrea - Scarce DESTINATION
| £20.00 |
| 097 |
Stationary Envelope 2 Mills DLR Alexandrie 1905 to St Petersburg Russia, DESTINATION
| £16.00 |
| 098 |
2 Stationary Cards 3 on 5 Mills and 3 Mills, PREPRINTED G. Beyts &Co , SUEZ 1891/97
| £10.00 |
| 099 |
Stationary Card 2 on 3 Mills DLR, PREPRINTED Cercle Beige, unused
| £10.00 |
| 100 |
Wrapper 1 Mill DLR Caire 1892, PREPRINTED La Timbrologie Egyptienne . Scarce Society
| £20.00 |
| 101 |
Stationary Card 5 Mills DLR (creased) Caire 1900 Photo of Nile printed on backside
| £30.00 |
| FRENCH POST OFFICES IN EGYPT | ||
| 102 |
Cover Front Registered R French PO Alexandrie ovpt 3 x 25 c and 1 x 50 c 1900 to Marseille. Heavy postage 1 F 25 = 4 levels weight+ Registration
| £30.00 |
| 103 |
Cover Registered French PO Alexandrie 1919 via French Port Said to Bombay. Censored
| £30.00 |
| 104 |
Cover Registered French PO Alexandrie 1929 via Italy to Belgium
| £20.00 |
| 105 |
Cover French PO Port Said ovpt 25 c 1900 to Marseille - Ligne N No 10 Ship LAOS (back)
| £18.00 |
| 106 |
Cover Registered French PO Port Said 1913 - 4 weight level 95 centimes to Norway Backside Deutsches Kohlen-Depot
| £40.00 |
| 107 |
Cover UK stamp six pence, cancelled French PO 1917 to R.N . Barracks in Port Said. Scarce acceptance
| £24.00 |
| 108 |
Cover French PO Port Said 15 Mills on 4 cents 1921 to Anvers Belgium
| £18.00 |
| Collections, Accumulations or Cancellations | ||
| 109 |
A composition of 141 DE LA RUE rnint stamps - Detailed list joined - Total Balian Catalogue (1998) $1,746 (today £1,336)
| £100.00 |
| 110 |
A group of 20 DE LA RUE stamps with PERFINS, mostly different
| £34.00 |
| 111 |
A composition of 80 DE LA RUE stamps, cancelled by Star& Crescent postmarks
| £60.00 |
| 112 |
A composition of 95 DE LA RUE stamps, cancelled by Hotels postmarks
| £30.00 |
| 113 |
A group of 40 Kingdom stamps, cancelled by Hotels/Simon Arzt postmarks
| £20.00 |
| 114 |
A collection of 66 Salt Revenue stamps, including one£ 5, Nice cancels
| £60.00 |
| 115 |
TPO's - A collection of Alexandria-Cairo and VV, DE LA RUE era, on 38 items, viewcards or postal stationary cards, all types 1889/1915
| £90.00 |
| Stamps | ||
| 116 |
19DE LA RUE 5 Paras Mint, Inverted Watermark Cat. Balian (1998) $ 220
| £24.00 |
| 117 |
DE LA RUE 5 Piastres, Inverted Overprint 20 Paras, Mint Cat. Balian $ 235
| £26.00 |
| 118 |
DE LA RUE 1 Piastre Very scarce PERFIN R.S. & Co ( Cat.Varjabedian page 31)
| £20.00 |
| 119 |
1926 Agricultural Exhibition 100 Mills Mint - Watermark Inverted (Balian $36)
| £5.00 |
| 120 |
1926 Airmail 2 values 27 Mills Mint Cat. Balian $71
| £10.00 |
| 121 |
1933 Railways Congress 4 values Mint Cat. Balian $132
| £20.00 |
| 122 |
1933 Aviation Congress 5 values Mint Cat. Balian $175
| £26.00 |
| 123 |
1953 Pictorial £E1 Corner Block of 4 Dated A53/AS4 Mint Never Hinged
| £30.00 |
| 124 |
1959 Pictorial 55 on 100 Mills Block of 4, one UAP overprint variety - A53/A54 Mint never hinged
| £7.00 |
| 125 |
PALESTINE Pictorial, same item as previos one, A 55, Mint never hinged
| £12.00 |
| 126 |
PALESTINE Pictorial, same item as previous one, AS3/AS4, Mint never hinged
| £12.00 |
| 127 |
1926 Official/Service de l'Etat 10 stamps Mint never hinged Farouk Misperforations
| £34.00 |
| 128 |
1926 Official/Service de l'Etat 50 Mills Mint never hinged Farouk Misperforations
| £12.00 |
| 129 |
1938 Official/Service de l'Etat 9 stamps Mint never hinged Farouk Misperforations
| £30.00 |
| 130 |
1927 Postage Due 8 Stamps never hinged Farouk Misperforations
| £10.00 |
| 131 |
1927 Postage Due 30 Mills Mint never hinged Farouk Misperforations
| £10.00 |
| Egypt stationery with SPECIMEN handstamp | ||
| 132 |
1879 De La Rue 20 para brown postcard, 122x87mm – Egypt’s first (Nile Post SPC 1), mint with slight abrasion at lower left
| £50.00 |
| 133 |
1888 De La Rue 5 mills carmine postcard, 139x89mm (NP SPC 3), mint, perfect condition
| £75.00 |
| 134 |
1891 De La Rue provisional 5 mills carmine postcard with bilingual surcharge 3 mills, 139x89mm (NP SPC 5), mint, perfect condition
| £75.00 |
| 135 |
1941 Survey Department King Fuad 4 mills gray-green postcard, 139x89mm (NP SPC 38), mint, perfect condition
| £75.00 |
| 136 |
1890 De La Rue 5 mills carmine envelope, 146x111mm (NP SEN 6), mint, flap lost
| £75.00 |
| 137 |
1892 De La Rue 2pi orange envelope with 5 mills bilingual surcharge, watermark inverted, 146x111mm (NP SEN 7), mint, sl damage to flap
| £85.00 |
| 138 |
1938 Survey Department 2 mills vermilion King Farouk small envelope,108x71mm (NP SEN 30), mint
| £70.00 |
| 139 |
1941-43 Survey Department 3 mills dark brown King Farouk small envelope, 108x71mm (NP SEN 34), mint
| £70.00 |
| 140 |
1946 Survey Department 4 mills green Farouk Marechal small envelope with Arabic wmk al-barid al-masry, 108x71mm (NP SEN 38), mint
| £70.00 |
| 141 |
1890 De La Rue 1 piastre gray-green on blue letter-envelope, 120x94mm (NP SLS 3), mint, perfect conditio
| £75.00 |
| 142 |
NB, without SPECIMEN overprint: 1931 Harrisons’ 2 mills black wrapper, 125x300mm (NP SWR 6), mint, perfect condition
| £85.00 |
| 143 |
NB, without SPECIMEN overprint: 1931 Harrisons’ 2 mills black wrapper, 125x300mm (NP SWR 6), mint, perfect condition
| £70.00 |
| Stationery essays | ||
| 144 |
1892 De La Rue provisional bilingual 5 mills surcharge (24mm) on 2 piastre orange envelope, 146x11mm (NP SEN 8), with surcharge repeated (23mm) downward and diagonal below vignette, mint, perfect condition
| £120.00 |
| 145 |
As last, mint SEN 8 with displaced surcharge (23mm) placed vertically over original (24mm). Slightly raised marking with dots on flap
| £120.00 |
| Postal stationery - mint | ||
| 146 |
1911-13 provisional 1 mill black surcharge on 2 mills green small envelope (108x71mm), Govt Boulac printing works (NP SEN 11), watermark inverted, mint, excellen
| £40.00 |
| 147 |
1913 provisional 1 mill black surcharge on 2 mills green small envelope as last (NP SEN 12), Govt Boulac printing works, and provided with perfect CTO Boulaq cds of 21 FE 15
| £40.00 |
| 148 |
1937 2 mills orange King Fuad embossed small envelope (108x71mm) with wmk al-barid al-masry (NP SEN 29), mint, excellent
| £30.00 |
| 149 |
1950, 13 mills Survey of Egypt Farouk Marechal postcard (NP SPC 42), mint, excellent
| £30.00 |
| Retta markings | ||
| 150 |
1866, 1 piastre First Issue single cancelled with retta, with notes on small display sheet
| £20.00 |
| 151 |
1887, small envelope Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked DLR 1pi blue and cancelled with retta. Neat Caire / Ghouria arrival mark with star and crescent 24 FE 87
| £20.00 |
| 152 |
1889 De La Rue 5 mills postcard (NP SPC 3) cancelled with retta, all-Arabic, neat Cairo / A arrival mark 16 AO 89
| £20.00 |
| Postal stationery – used | 153 |
1923 De La Rue 10 mills registered stationery envelope (NP SRE 3) uprated with 15 mills Crown overprint (Type 1) and sent from Saiyida Zeinab to St Leonards on Sea 5 2 23, red London Reg arrival 14 FE 2
| £34.00 |
| 154 |
1941 King Farouk 5 mills letter sheet (NP SLS 11) uprated with 1+15m Boy King definitives for registration and sent from Midan / (R) to Alexandria
| £20.00 |
| 155 |
1946 Farouk Marechal 10 mills letter sheet (NP SLS 13) uprated with 2x10m Marechal for registration and sent from Malaka Nazli to Helouan 27 JU 46
| £15.00 |
| 156 |
1955, King Farouk 30 mills registered stationery envelope used in 1955 from El Matana to Qina, with Farouk vignette cancelled by large printed (handstamp?) X, meaning it travelled unfranked (NP SRE 13; see p.700 note
| £80.00 |
| 157 |
Cassette Post – two fragments from printing essays, 13+11x6.5cm, printed both sides, showing parts of 1994 mosque envelope design (and indicator marks for flap cutout)
| £20.00 |
| Egypt Stamps | ||
| 158 |
1872-75, Third Issue 1 piastre, collection of 21 individual stamps, all with flaws/varieties carefully annotated in handwriting on seven small display sheets (six illustrated)
| £30.00 |
| 159 |
1878, provisional surcharge of 5 para on 2 ½ piastres with frame flaw clearly annotated on display sheet (NP D30g, position 92)
| £10.00 |
| 160 |
1879-1882 De La Rue 10 para lilac, wmk inverted (NP D33), unmounted mint lower marginal block of four, white gum, perfect condition
| £60.00 |
| 161 |
1884 De La Rue 1 piastre blue (NP D 43), single used with large diagonal accordion flaw
| £10.00 |
| 162 |
1904 provisional postage due with bilingual surcharge 3 mills on 2 piastres, block of four including flaws (“drunken l” stamp 4, missing letters alef and ain stamp 2), unmounted mint, slight rust mark reverse of stamp 3
| £20.00 |
| 163 |
1926 provisional Agriculture/Industry commemorative surcharged 10 milliemes on 100 mills, unmounted lower marginal single with inverted watermark (NP D 104a)
| £10.00 |
| 164 |
As last, 15 mills surcharge on 200 mills, annotation on display sheet showing two flaws, broken letter M and deformed letter S in surcharge
| £10.00 |
| 165 |
1933 Air issue, 1 mill orange and black, left marginal block of four with second “E” of “Aerienne” deformed (NP A3c)
| £15.00 |
| 166 | 1948-51, King Farouk used block of four with printing guide markings at top left corner of each stamp (NP D 154a)
| £20.00 |
| 167 |
1952, King Farouk 30 mills right marginal pair with overprint “King og Egypt and the Sudan”, Arabic nun in upper stamp damaged, unmounted mint (NP D 185d)
| £20.00 |
| Artist designs | ||
| 168 |
De La Rue stationery hand-drawn designs for 1888 reply card, with French and Arabic lettering by hand and in pencil and stamp vignette showing Sphinx at right instead of left, rather like some of the 1867 Penasson essays.
Centre-top wording is the single word “Reponse”. On thin card, blank back, card design 17.5x10.5cm on 30x21cm
| £50.00 |
| 169 | 1888 reply card as last, oversize hand-design proof (?) with wording “Avec reponse” but no obvious pencil marks. Stamp vignette and text as finally issued but Sphinx faces right instead of left.
Again blank back, postcard image 19x11.5cm on 21x25cm
| £40.00 |
| 170 |
Similar to last, hand-design proof (?) of first half of 1894 3 milliemes reply card, with ”Avec reponse” wording. Text as on finally issued card, but alignment of Sphinx/pyramid reversed. Same size as last
| £40.00 |
| Palestine/Gaza varieties | ||
| 171 |
1948, complete set of postage dues with bilingual Palestine overprint, including extra 4 mills stamp with overprint in magenta (NP PPD 1-7)
| £30.00 |
| 172 |
1953, King Farouk 3 milliemes Air Mail, right marginal block of four with Farouk barred out, bilingual Palestine overprint, plus unrecorded King of Egypt and Sudan overprint inverted at top of stamps. Unmounted, perfect condition
| £80.00 |
| Judaica | ||
| 173 | Accumulation of material connected with Cicurel Asyut Branch post office – three used covers (1940,41,54), registered article receipt plus two advertising cards and company receipt.
Unusual postal history lot for this rarely seen Upper Egypt post office
| £130.00 |
| Royal communication | ||
| 174 | 29 July 1947, handwritten letter of King George VI to Farouk thanking him “with warm appreciation” for gift of stamps for collection.
Written from Buckingham Palace on two sides of heavyweight paper folded to 19x24cm with royal crest in gold and signed “Your Good Brother, George R.I”. Astonishing
| £150.00 |
| Greek Post Office | ||
| 175 | In 1861 stamps were supplied to the Alexandria Greek Office along with a special obliterator bearing a diamond of dots enclosing the figures 97. Pair of 80-lepta stamps with 97 cancel
| £44.00 |
| Air interest | ||
| 176 | From 1930 Imperial Airways was the principal carrier of airmail to and from Egypt, and the airline issued vignettes to encourage its use. Here 1929: Give your letter wings – Use Air Mail (UMM, gummed on reverse)
| £20.00 |
| 177 | As last, 1933: Use the Air Mail – To India – also Persia Iraq and Egypt (UMM, gum on reverse)
| £20.00 |
| 178 | First flight cover Assouan to London, plain cover with bilingual Air Mail sticker and handstamp, franked 5 mills Fuad plus 27 mills brown Air sent from R / Aswan 14 MR 31 (Reg cachet alongside) to Armenian philatelist in Cairo
| £20.00 |
| 179 | 1938-1965, ten incoming covers all with different airport-related transit or arrival marks of Cairo, Alexandria etc (see John Sears, pages 169-173)
| £15.00 |
| 180 | 1987 Air France Concorde first flight cover Paris-Luxor with circular cachet, rectangular flight souvenir label and signed by the captain, E.Chemel. Cancelled at Eiffel Tower and with El Luqsor Airport arrival on reverse 2.5.87
| £30.00 |
| 181 | Return flight certificate card Louxor-Milan-Paris after performance of opera Aida in Luxor. Single-sided, limited edition, with details of crew and flights May 1987
| £20.00 |
| TPOs | ||
| 182 | 1898 De La Rue 3 mills stationery card (NP SPC 7) neatly addressed from Alex to Cairo with beautiful clear transit mark of Amb.Alexandrie-Caire 24 I 98 (Smith Type 3B1)
| £10.00 |
| 183 | 1904-1953, jumbo lot of 20 TPO covers plus three hand-drawn sketch maps and detailed Delta railways map (date? 1:800,000 scale) in French: Wasta-Abuxa 1930, Alex-Abu Qir 1946,
Damanhur-Tanta 1933, Bani Suef-Lahun 1938, Mansura-Mataria 1945, Banha-Zagazig 1923, Chebrakhit-Teh el Barud 1904, Wasta-Fayum 1929, Cairo-Alex 1953, Damanhur-Tanta 1918, Mahalla-Baltim 1943,
Idfina-Damanhur (blue) 1928, Damanhur-Abu el Matamir 1921, Mit Ghamr-Diarb Negm 1920, Cairo-Asyut 1941, Samanoud-Birket el Sab 1925, Alex-Idfina 1935, Mansura-Mataria 1943, Mina el Qamh-Sahragt 1933, Tanta-Sidi Salem 1941
| £40.00 |
| Hotels interest | ||
| 184 |
1937, King Farouk 13 milliemes stationery card (NP SPC 35) neatly addressed to Brooklyn and cancelled with Continental-Savoy Hotel cds (Type 7)
| £10.00 |
| Oases | ||
| 185 |
1921, Mint sepia postcard, printed in Toulouse, showing the Oasis of Siwa, featuring the Quarantine station before the Mountain of Death. Excellent condition.
| £20.00 |
| 186 |
As last, Siwa featuring the Twin hills of Hassouna
| £20.00 |
| 187 |
1984, registered cover from El Kharga Oasis to Cairo, franked 80m with El Kharga registration cachet (date 11 11 84 inverted) alongside
| £10.00 |
| Sinai | ||
| 188 |
1946 selection of four postal markings used at Gebel el Tor, struck on similar paper and probably from a record sheet
| £15.00 |
| Postcards | ||
| 189 |
1929, dealer’s bilingual printed card, Arabic-addressed, franked with Fuad 1+2 mill stamps, sent from Kafr el Zayat / (Station) to Ibyar
| £10.00 |
| 190 |
1929, clean photocard of Lloyd Triestino’s SS Vienna, printed by the shipping company. Mint, pristin
| £10.00 |
| 191 |
1948, sepia card, showing its age slightly, illustrating the Sugar Factory at Armant (including Decauville rail tracks), franked 4m Marechal for Armant to Alex
| £10.00 |
| Forgeries | 192 |
Selection of 53 Egyptian stamps, vitally all of first three issues or postage dues, singles, pairs and blocks of four, mint and used. All forgeries. Examples from Salama, Spiro, Fournier, Barkhausen. Fascinating
| £40.00 |
| Meters/Mechanical franking | ||
| 193 |
Selection of 22 covers, 1950-2007, all shapes and sizes, virtually all locally used, astonishing array of slogans and vignettes
| £30.00 |
| Recent revenues with security star | ||
| 194 |
2022 Education Syndicate, LE5 lower left corner block of four, UMM
| £20.00 |
| 195 |
2022 National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, LE1 block of six (3x2), UMM
| £20.00 |
| 196 |
2023, As last, LE5 strip of five, UMM
| £20.00 |
| 197 |
2024 Engineering Syndicate, LE10 lower marginal block of four, UMM
| £30.00 |
| Cigarette and Tobacco | ||
| 198 |
Three values of King Fuad with red overprint – 20, 50 and 100 mills (see Feltus p.45)
| £20.00 |
| Found-open, resealing labels etc | ||
| 199 |
1959, neat Air letter from Pennsylvania to Heliopolis, censored on arrival and provided with clear boxed handstamp in Arabic reading equivalent of “Take care when opening letters from unknown persons”
| £24.00 |
| 200 |
Resealing labels – 1959, Type 9, UAR, two blocks of four, one block of six on three different papers
| £20.00 |
| 201 |
1968-1969 resealing, Type 10, full sheet of 20 labels
| £20.00 |
| 202 |
1981-2001 resealing, Type 14, full sheet of 20 labels
| £20.00 |
| 203 |
1992-2004 resealing, Type 15, full sheet of 20 labels
| £20.00 |
| 204 |
2001-2008 resealing, Type 17A, full sheet of 20 labels
| £20.00 |
| 205 |
2001-2008 resealing, Type 17B, full sheet of 20 labels
| £20.00 |
| 206 |
2005-2006 resealing, Type 18, two used covers (AR from France, second internal), both covered in Arabic and labels
| £10.00 |
| 207 |
2006 resealing, new type of plasticised adhesive sealing strip, 1in wide, in green and red with Egypt Post logo. Incoming mail from Coptic church in Canada
| £10.00 |
| 208 |
2019, incoming cover from Belgium with two types of adhesive resealing strip including “Checked by Customs Authority”
| £10.00 |
| 209 |
2021, incoming cover from UK with new adhesive strip “Logistic Correspondence Department”
| £10.00 |
| 210 |
2024, incoming cover from Pakistan with new resealing strip 2in wide, reading “Checked by Customs Authority”
| £10.00 |
| Perfins | ||
| 211 |
Large accumulation of 39 perfinned examples, including definitives and revenues, 1936 Credit Lyonnais cover and ACA perfin on a receipt
| £24.00 |
| Essays/unadopted | ||
| 212 | Accumulation of 20 unmounted mint stamps, either printing experiments or unadopted essays, ranging from 1957 to 1989
| £30.00 |
| Map | ||
| 213 | … of the Nile Basin, 1:7,500,00 scale, beautifully drawn and printed by the Survey Department in black on fine paper in 1913.
Extends from Derna in Libya to Lake Victoria and Darfur to Addis Ababa. Immaculate (folded) condition, extends to 63x35cm, that is, too big for the scanner
| £30.00 |
| Egypt stamps - imperforate | ||
| 214 | 1925, Geographical Congress, 10m rose-carmine (NP C5), imperf, UMM with Saray el Qubba square seal on reverse. Immaculate
| £100.00 |
| 215 |
1937-46 Young Farouk definitives, 50pi green and sepia, £E1 blue ad sepia, UMM, imperforate (NP D153b, D154d), fresh, very fine and extremely rare. Only 100 of each printed
| £450.00 |
| 216 |
1938, Leprosy Congress, 5m red-brown, horizontal pair, imperf (NP C83a), pristine UMM
| £140.00 |
| Egypt stamps – Royal misperforates | ||
| 217 |
1938, Complete set of nine Official stamps, 1m-30m, all pristine UMM and misperforate (NP O52c-O60c). 1,200 of each thus
| £50.00 |
| 218 |
1952, Birth of King Ahmed Fouad, upper marginal single, UMM, misperforated so that only upper half of image is seen (NP C143c)
| £100.00 |
| Egypt stamps – overprint errors/varieties | ||
| 219 | 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
| £5.00 |
| 220 | 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’
| £4.00 |
| 221 | 1914-15, as last, UMM pristine block of four, with complete surcharge also set off on reverse
| £12.00 |
| 222 | 1952, King of Egypt and Sudan overprint definitives. Lower marginal block of six of 1m, UMM with broken letter “nun” in Sudan (stamp 4, NP not listed)
| £24.00 |
| 223 | As last, lower marginal block of four of 3m, UMM with broken “nun” (NP D175c) in overprint
| £12.00 |
| 224 | As last, vertical pair of 4m UMM with broken “nun” in overprint (NP D176e)
| £10.00 |
| 225 | 1953-54, Farouk bars varieties. 2m vermilion, right marginal block of eight, UMM, with opt reading “66” for “16” (stamp 5). NP D230a
| £24.00 |
| 226 | As last, 3m brown, right marginal block of eight, UMM, with opt reading “66” for “16” (stamp 5, NP not listed)
| £24.00 |
| 227 | As last, 13m rose-carmine, right marginal block of eight, UMM, with opt reading “66” for “16” (stamp). NP D233a)
| £30.00 |
| 228 | 1953, Farouk Airs with KES and bars. 2m vermilion in lower right corner block of four with control Arabic A/48, double impression of KES together with state 2c and 3b
overprint errors indicated in pencil (NP A66a-b). UMM, pristine, v.fine, rare showpiece
| £120.00 |
| Palestine stamps | ||
| 229 | 1957-58, Egypt stamps of 1957 overprinted PALESTINE bilingually, 10m lower marginal block of four, immaculate UMM, with watermark inverted (NP P59b)
| £24.00 |
| Egypt stationery | ||
| 230 | 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.
| £40.00 |
| Egypt postcards | ||
| 231 |
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
| £24.00 |
| 232 |
2021-23, Another, just as the last
| £24.00 |
| Literature - be aware of postage costs | ||
| 233 |
1948, Philatelic Society of Egypt full list of worldwide members at 31 December 1948. Amazing printed list in small type, 39 pages of thousands of members listed by locality, including
Dr Byam on page 33. A5 size, paper back, excellent condition, striking souvenir
| £5.00 |
| 234 |
1991, Bulletin No 1 of the Egyptian Stamp Exhibition, Cairo, 7-12 October, with full list of organisers, messages of support from Khairy Abd el Hadi, Hassan el Morsy and the
supreme organiser, Samir Fikry, with massive bilingual series of regulations covering every possible event. A5, card cover, complete and pristine
| £8.00 |
| 235 | 1961, neat booklet, 14x20cm, produced by the Greek Post Office to publicise its 1961 Tourist stamps (SG 850-866): 17 picturesque stamps, values 1 lepta to 12.50
drachmae, each affixed into an appropriate guide page, all stamps cancelled by a printed bar. All in Greek, pristine condition with card covers
| £5.00 |
| 236 |
Neat folder produced by Egypt intended to hold full issue of “Palestine”-overprinted stamps and destined for the “post offices in areas of Palestine where the
Egyptian Army is stationed”. 24x15.5cm, hard covers, 12 interleaved pages. Unfortunately stamps removed
| £30.00 |
| Cambridge | ||
| 237 | Four mint sepia postcards of Cambridge views – Caius College Gate of Humility, Queen’s College and the Mill Pond, St John’s College and
Bridge of Sighs, and Church of the Holy Sepulchre. At present securely mounted in modern Ikea frame
| £15.00 |
| Sudan 1897 | ||
| 238 |
1897, DLR definitives overprinted with Sudan bilingual in French and Arabic to form Sudan’s First Issue. Here absolutely stunning lower marginal mint block of 18 (3x6) of the top vale,
the 10 piastres, naturally showing all six varieties of the bilingual overprint. Pane crisp, bright, excellent appearance, with watermark wide star and crescent. Reverse has three hinge marks on stamps plus full
hinge in the selvage, not detracting from a staggering block
| £450.00 |
| 239 |
As last, what once was another strip of six of the 10pi, now sadly divided into two strips of three. All six overprint varieties showing, hinges on three stamps and in selvage. Rare item
| £100.00 |
| Ancient Egypt glass slides | ||
| 240 | Twenty glass lantern slides, 3.5in square, labelled generally as A Thousand Miles up the Nile – GWW (this presumed to be George Washington Wilson) in two different typefaces.
All show various aspects of Ancient Egypt between Cairo and Lower Nubia. Eleven have a text label above the scene specifying the site (these are numbered between 10 and 68, with two cracked – 65 and 10, which has corner repaired).
In eight more the label is handwritten (numbers between 40 and 69, with 40 cracked). One remaining slide has lost its descriptive surround. * Amelia Edwards book was published in 1877
| £240.00 |
| 1882-85 Egypt Campaign, Military | ||
| 241 |
Pair of medals awarded by Egypt to all forces who served during 1882-85 covering 1882 Arabi Pasha rebellion and Sudan expedition to relieve Gordon at Khartoum. Egypt Medal (blue and white ribbon) engraved
for 5666 Pte A Cooke, 1 Co Life Guards; and Khedive’s Star (dark blue ribbon) anonymous
| £70.00 |
| 242 |
Magnificent sepia photograph of the officers and men of the 420 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, who served in Egypt in August-December 1917 as part of the Egypt Expeditionary Force as well as in
Gaza and Palestine with their 8in howitzers. Over 200 men, photo 28.5x11.5cm on card 37x17.5cm – too big for the scanner!
| £50.00 |
| Early air mails interest | ||
| 243 |
1920s-40s? Group of 13 b/w photographs of aircraft, including biplanes and seaplanes – that would have carried the early mails. Some of them identified
| £8.00 |
| 244 |
30 AU 35, 2nd Flight cover by Misr Airwork from Port Said to Cyprus registered and returned from Nicosia. Bilingual Par AVION label, black on white Reg label, franked 30 mills of 1933 Air issue cancelled
Port Said / (R.1). Some spots but interesting
| £8.00 |
| 245 |
EgyptAir, ca 1947 – large (24x21cm) print of Misr Air Languedoc 161 flying west-east over the pyramids. Compared with 1933 Air Mail issue showing Handley Page 42 of Imperial Airways fling in opposite direction.
Too big for the scanner!
| £22.00 |
| 246 |
Ala Littoria – large (24x15cm) print of Savoia-Marchetti SM83 (first flown 1937) of Ala Littoria, interestingly used as a bilingual advertisement for the airline’s specially produced
lightweight writing paper and envelopes (examples included), with double sheet and envelope weighing less than postage rate 10gm
| £26.00 |
| Shipping interest | ||
| 247 | 1905-14, series of six postcards, all incoming to Egypt with Paquebot markings and arrival marks, and (just noticed!) two sizes for Port Said star and bridge cds!. Two show vessels,
HM Transport Plassy and SS Persia, others from Malta, Naples, Gibraltar
| £8.00 |
| 248 |
28 6 28, upright sepia postcard with image of Henderson Line vessel franked 2x4m Fouad cancelled Port Said and addressed to Rangoon. Unusual destination
| £8.00 |
| 249 |
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
| £4.00 |
| 250 |
30 DE 35, French 90c stationery postcard showing Eiffel Tower, addressed in pencil to Mainz, Germany, and vignette cancelled with bilingual Paquebot / Alexandria cds
| £6.00 |
| Artist essay | ||
| 251 |
1970s? Artist’s unadopted essay for 110m Egypt Air Mail showing delightful Eye of Horus in gold and faience on a green ground. Arabic notations back and front. Design 11.5x8.5cm on card 13x11cm
| £65.00 |
| Nefertiti | ||
| 252 |
1951, Artist’s hand-drawn design for Nefertiti-themed publicity for International Philatelic Exhibition held in Cairo in March. Different designs, one at 9x11.5cm on card 12.5x16cm,
the other 10.5x14cm on card 17x19cm, both protected by paper cover
| £24.00 |
| 253 |
1989, German Federal Republic, Nefertiti bust face-on 70c, top two rows of ten with strip value in upper selvage, pristine UMM
| £8.00 |
| 254 |
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 |
| Stations markings | ||
| 255 | 1907-70, jumbo collection of 32 covers, cards, other items all bearing stations postmarks old and new.
Several earlier noted, priced to go… along with eight-page Circle illustrated listing of all known station markings (no dates!)
| £30.00 |
| Egypt stamps | ||
| 256 |
1881-1902, De La Rue colour change, 10 para green (NP D41), lower left corner pane of 60 (10x6) with current number 2 in chamfered rectangle, most of selvage remains. Most unusual
| £60.00 |
| 257 |
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 |
| 258 |
Farouk Marechal 3 bars, 1m block of eight (2x4) having passed through the bars press twice, resulting in gradual distortion to the right, with both stamps at left
apparently showing three bars, both at right having four clear bars, and those in between show varied overlaps. Mint, immaculate, astounding
| £140.00 |
| 259 |
Farouk 2 mill definitive, control block A/49 pair with corrective bars a cheval precisely aligning with original overprinting, resulting in bars running right through. Used, with 2/Cairo cancel of 15 JU 53. Striking
| £10.00 |
| 260 | Farouk Air 2 mills, right marginal pair with bars set a cheval to right, virtually missing face entirely and printing over perforation. Mint, immaculate
| £10.00 |
| 261 | As last, mint single a cheval, slight gum disturbance
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| £5.00 |
| 262 | As last, but 5m Farouk Air, with bars corrected after original overprinting set too high and just touching tip of Farouk’s tarbouch. Mint, slight hinge remains
| £8.00 |
| 263 | 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 |
| 264 | 1947 Air Mails, Farouk complete, 2m-200m, NP A28-39, LHM
| £4.00 |
| 265 | 1947-48, Farouk £E1, 12 pairs (three vertical) neatly used
| £6.00 |
| 266 | 2006, Full year’s stamp issues stuck on to five spectacular display sheets for Post Office publicity purposes. Each sheet of 25x35cm carries about half a dozen stamps and miniature sheets
| £8.00 |
| 267 | 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 | ||
| 268 |
1899-1912, Series of nine picture postcards from various European countries, all addressed to Cairo, and all provided with Foreign Mails / Amb / TPO markings on arrival. Interesting lot
| £8.00 |
| 269 |
9 AP 02, fine b/w card of a three-masted vessel titled “Port du Port Said”, addressed to Netherlands and provided with a Port-Said overprint 10c French stamp, cancelled at French Office with fine information strike alongside, and arrival mark 15 April
| £6.00 |
| 270 |
1931? Odd clean card, vertical format showing Egyptian Types – Native Women and addressed to France. Typed message dated Cairo 12/9/30, but (part-) Cairo CDS appears to read 21 MR 34. And it is franked with an 80m 1933 Air Mail. Odd
| £6.00 |
| 271 |
Mint single-back photocard of Ismailia Station, unusual view by Comptoir Philatelique of Alex. Neat
| £3.00 |
| 272 |
30 AP 43, Boy King 4 mills stationery card, NP SPC 38, cancelled Cairo and used by Italian internee pencil-addressed to Fayed camp. Long message on reverse in Italian
| £4.00 |
| French maritime markings | ||
| 273 |
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
| £6.00 |
| Ephemera / Collecting aids | ||
| 274 |
1929, Ornate illustrated invoice from famous British tailors Davis Bryan & Co with two engravings of the company’s main store in Alexandria
| £4.00 |
| 275 |
1946, Share certificate for a single £E10 share in Al Chams building company authorised on 27 June 1946. Eleven coupons still attached
| £3.00 |
| 276 |
1970s/1980s? Appx 50 pieces of paper ephemera – bus tickets, museum tickets, train tickets, EgyptAir boarding passes, receipts, Stella labels, Postal Museum entry etc
| £5.00 |
| 277 |
1990s? Tourist plastic souvenir “wallet” with photos of mosques outside and mint clean currency notes of 5,10,25 piastres alongside eight low-value coins and 12 used stamps
| £5.00 |
| 278 |
1980? Cascade Colour Filter Kit, useful sheets of red, blue and green plastic to help philatelist screen out unwanted colours in reading postmark or stamp details, 70x125mm. Clean and fine condition in plastic sleeve
| £6.00 |
| 279 |
Dates? Two small (58x30mm) bilingual card railway tickets: Cairo-Alexandria £E5, handwritten details on reverse; Mazar-Ismailiya 3rd Class 305 mills, blank back
| £4.00 |
| 280 |
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 |
| Revenues | ||
| 281 |
Absolute mass of revenue stamps, used, mixed and on piece, ranging right through the Feltus catalogue and sorted into packets only by issue and face value. Most general revenues, but not all are common types.
Literally thousands of stamps to examine!
| £10.00 |
| 282 |
1943-52, three local commercial documents showing usage of the three low values – 5,10 and 50m – of Feltus Egypt Revenues Issue (Jan 1916, p.3), all given high catalogue values
| £6.00 |
| 283 |
1966, 10m blue Amusement Tax stamp (Feltus 516, page 40) used on top right corner of advertising photograph of Mohmed Lakhdar-Hamina’s 1966 Algerian movie Le Vent des Aures. Pinholes in all corners of photo show it was posted for display.
| £10.00 |
| 284 |
1966-71. three international commercial documents carrying examples of the three high values - £E1,2 and 4 – of Feltus “Delightfully Long Eagle Issue” (p.50) of consular service stamps
| £8.00 |
| 285 |
1979, two international commercial documents showing pair of Feltus’ scarce £E3 Sixth Citadel Issue plus strip of five of First Ramses Issue (both p.51)
| £6.00 |
| 286 |
1970s? Mint double page intended for folding as part of an Egyptian passport… 25x16.5cm, pale green, with two Republican eagle symbols
(head facing left) over “Republique d’Egypte” scroll as central design. Watermark is four eagles in each of two rows top and bottom. Unusual mint, corner filing hole. For obvious security reasons, not easy to scan!
| £14.00 |
| 287 |
Date? Cheque form printed by Banque Misr, unused, but prepared with tax paid by pair of 20-piastre General Revenue stamps stuck on reverse. Too late for Feltus catalogue
| £5.00 |
| On Active Service | ||
| 288 |
1945, four Air Mail covers, all marked “On Active Service”, all sent from 1st RAC 1st Group CR in France to same address in Heliopolis. One has air label crossed through and large double ring Le Vaguemestre cachet on face. All arrived safely
| £10.00 |
| Hotels interest | ||
| 289 |
21 XII 94, 5 mills stationery postcard, hand-addressed from the Pyramids to Darmstadt with message about visit and hotel, cancelled with 95% Ghesireh Palace Hotel cds with Cairo / D transit alongside. Striking
| £8.00 |
| 290 |
22 NO 36, neat blue envelope with Air Mail sticker, addressed to London, endorsed “KLM” and franked with 40m of the 1933 issue, cancelled Shepheards Hotel (Cairo). No backstamp
| £8.00 |
| Sinai/Gaza | ||
| 291 |
Mixed mass of mainly internal post office documents bearing many postal markings from particularly Qantara, Gaza and El Arish. Mixed condition including several handstamp inspection sheets, some duplication,
mixed condition, priced to go at…
| £12.00 |
| Postal history | ||
| 292 |
14 OC 91, 5 mills postal stationery envelope NP SEN 6, addressed to Alex and cancelled with thimble-size cds of Kafr-el-Sheik / TII. Arrival mark of Alexandrie / A on
reverse same day, but Gabriel Boulad handwriting suggests “Erreur”. Reason not explained. Discolouration top right
| £4.00 |
| 293 |
3 AU 34, plain cover, franked Fuad 20 with bilingual Air Mail sticker from Alex for Denmark. Sticker cancelled by pen stroke X, but clear arrival only three days later
| £5.00 |
| 294 |
23 DE 34, Fuad 2m black embossed small stationery envelope, uprated with 2m Fuad black adhesive, sent from Alexandria to London. No arrival marking
| £4.00 |
| 295 |
26 DE 34, Cleopatra 2 mill embossed postal stationery envelope, uprated with First Fuad 2m black, cancelled in Alexandria and sent to Germany. No arrival marking
| £4.00 |
296 |
1950? Neat Air Mail cover addressed to USA, franked with single plus block of four of Farouk Marechal, from Sidi Gaber. Censored, return address only on reverse
| £4.00 |
297 |
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?
| £5.00 |
298 |
1989, two small envelopes, each franked with same 5pi definitive and apparently addressed to Heliopolis, both sealed with “found open…” label. No contents apparent. Why?
| £3.00 |
| Postal stationery business use | ||
| 299 |
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, primary source, needs examination
| £20.00 |
| 300 |
June-Dec 1880, five examples as last, all to Mansurah, all cancelled with Alexandria / Depart (Dep-1), all with similar business notifications. Good condition
| £10.00 |
| 301 |
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,
| £8.00 |
| Literature - be aware of postage costs | ||
| 302 |
Date? Colonel George Lebland, Les Timbres Francais Perfore, Vol V, 13.5x21cm, 16 pages detailing discoveries among French perfins, listed by initial letter. Clean, neat
| £3.00 |
| 303 |
Oct 1961, Byam’s Egypt (Robson Lowe), the collection of Dr Willim Byam, our founder, in 992 lots, many illustrations, much magnificent material. Complete with prices realised. Paper-back catalogue 18x25cm pristine apart from cover handwritten notes
| £20.00 |
| 304 |
Nov 1981, the “Royal” Collection of Egypt (Robson Lowe), when the Byam/Mackenzie-Low/Fuad collection was sold at Basle in 1441 lots. Lavishly illustrated in b/w and colour, pristine clean catalogue 16x24cm
| £15.00 |
| 305 |
Feb 1999, Egypt Stamps and Postal History (Feldman, Zurich), inc. “Oscar” postal history and “Cairo” collection of modern rarities in over 800 lots. Many illustrations, 19.5x23cm
| £10.00 |
| 306 |
Sept 2001, Pip Whetter stamps and postal history (Phillips, London), 314 lots, strength in booklets, postal history, astonishing range of interests. Total of 314 lots.
| £10.00 |
| 307 |
1994, Consular… in Egypt by Themis Dacos, bilingual Greek/English postal history of Greek service from Alexandria, based on minimally available documentation and fierce determination to seek out the facts. A4, card cover, 93pp
| £30.00 |
| 308 |
2005, Gibbons Middle East including Egypt, Part 19, 6th Edition
| £6.00 |
| 309 |
The Military Museum and the History of the Egyptian Army, no date (post 1982), no author. Multi-illustrated booklet guide to the museum in the Cairo Citadel complex and its
collection of artefacts and depictions going back to the pharaohs. In English, all in colour, A4, 64pp
| £10.00 |
| 310 |
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 |
| 311 |
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 |
| 312 |
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 appearance, many pages loose but complete, several manuscript notes by John Sears.
| £8.00 |
| 313 |
Kenneth Rowe, The Postal History of the Forwarding Agents, pub Leonard Hartmann, Louisville, Kentucky 1984, 280pp, lavishly illustrated in black and white, 19x34cm, hard bound on glossy paper.
Classic history, background, explanation, classification and valuation of the cover markings applied by businessmen who organised international private postal services in the days before post offices. Crucial core source. As new
| £24.00 |
| 314 | 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 |
| 315 |
As last, second edition amended and self-published 1991, hardback with perfect dust jacket, extremely fine condition
| £17.00 |
| 316 |
John Firebrace, Nineteenth Century Wars in Egypt and the Sudan, pub Stuart Rossiter/Cavendish 1997, 21x30cm, 217pp, paper backed. Stunning highlights from the Firebrace Large Gold collection reproducing many of the display pages and
introduced by summaries from the author’s formidable knowledge of the historical and physical contexts of the material. Simply, a masterpiece. Pristine condition, as new
| £70.00 |
| 317 | 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 |
| 318 |
‘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
| £3.00 |
| 319 |
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 |
| 320 |
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 |
| 321 |
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 |
| COIL AND BOOKLET STAMPS ON COVER | ||
| 322 |
5M. (NP D50) COIL STAMP tied by ALEXANDRIA/D 24 IV 15 cds to Alexandria , very fine & apparently only two such covers recorded
| £1000.00 |
| 323 |
5M. (NP D50) BOOKLET STAMP teid by DISUQ 26 VI 12 cds to ? in arabic
| £100.00 |
| 324 |
5M. (NP D50) BOOKLET STAMP tied by CAIRO / D 16 VIII 10 cds to France
| £100.00 |
| Stamps on Newspapers | ||
| 325 |
1M. STAMP (NP D45) tied by LE CAIRE / 8 AVR 1891 on arabic news paper - composed by one sheet 160X94 cm fold 3 times + a large fragment 23X94cm – tears at edges and folds – FRAGILE
| £100.00 |
| 326 |
1M. STAMP (NP D45) tied by CAIRO / E / 8 AVR 1891 on french news paper LA VOIX DU PEUPLE - TOO FRAGILE to be unfolded
| £100.00 |
| STAMPS ON PARCEL FORM | ||
| 327 |
2P. (NP D51) X2 + 5P. (NP D44) on parcel form tied by PORT-SAID 21 IX 06 to Switzerland
| £70.00 |
| STAMPS ON FOREIGN MARITIME MAILS | ||
| 328 |
3M. (NP D48) on picture postcard (Gizeh) tied by oval "ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY / SOUTHAMPON / POSTED ON HIGH SEAS" 1906 to Jerusalem
| £200.00 |
| 329 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 on picture postcard (Ismailia) tied by "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / N° 26 / * 4/4 * /01" to Germany
| £200.00 |
| 330 |
4M. (NP D49) on picture postcard (S.S. KARNAK) tied by "ALEXANDRIEN – TRIEST" on 26.11. 14 to France
| £200.00 |
| 331 |
5M. Stationery Postcard (NP SPC3) tied by "PIROSCAFI POSTALI / DELL EGITTO (light)" via BRINDISI to Germany 1892
| £200.00 |
| 332 |
2M. (NP D46) X5 + 5M (NP D50) X2 tied on cover by French "LIGNE T / PAQ. FR. N°6 / 30 / JANV / 03" cds to France 1903
| £150.00 |
| Hotel Interest | ||
| 333 |
1P. Stationery cover (NP SEN2b) tied by "GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL / CAIRO / POST OFFICE / 3 III 05" to Hotel Continental on same day
| £10.00 |
| 334 |
5M. Stationery Letter-Sheet (NP SLS2) tied by "CAIRO/ POST OFFICE / GHESIREH PALACE HOTEL / 1 III 98 T1" to Cairo – no text
| £20.00 |
| 335 |
2M. (NP D46) tied on picture postcard (Savoy Hotel Cairo) by "CAIRO / POST-OFFICE / SAVOY-HOTEL" on ?? XII 99 TIV to Caire + 2 M. ( NP PD15) Postage due stamp tied "CAIRE / 23 XII 99 VII"
| £100.00 |
| 336 |
1P. (NP D43) tied on illustrated cover by "SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL / CAIRO / 25. XI. 12 5.00PM" to USA + contents – the envelope was closed again in the past
| £40.00 |
| 337 |
2M. (NP D46) + 3M. (NP D47) on 5M. Stationery cover (NP SEN6) tied by "CAIRO / POST OFFICE / SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL / 21 JL 03 TIV)" to France
| £40.00 |
| 338 |
1M. (NP D45) X3 (one damaged) on illustrated cover tied by "SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL / CAIRO / 17. IV. 11. 10.00AM" to Princess Boorghese in Ghezireh Palace Hotel then in Shepheard's Hotel
| £30.00 |
| 339 |
1M. (NP D45) + 5M. (NP D50) + 2P. (NP D51) tied on registred printed cover by "SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL / CAIRO / 13. I. 10. 10.00AM" to Germany (roughly open on 2 sides)
| £30.00 |
| 340 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied by "CATARACT HOTEL / ASSOUAN / 26 II 04 TI" on picture postcard (Denderah Temple Athor) to Austria
| £8.00 |
| 341 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied by "GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL / CAIRO / POST OFFICE / 17 II 02 III" on picture postcard (Le Caire – Mosquee Kaïd-Bey) to France
| £8.00 |
| 342 |
3M. (NP D48) + 1M. (NP D45) tied by "GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL / CAIRO / POST OFFICE / 22 II 01 I" on picture postcard (Grand Continental Hotel Cairo) to Germany
| £24.00 |
| 343 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "CAIRO / POST – OFFICE / SAVOY HOTEL / ?? I 05 TI" + Swiss postage due stamp tied "KREUZLINGEN (STATION) 28.III.05. -3" on picture postcard (Caire près des pyramides) to Switzerland
| £30.00 |
| 344 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "CAIRO / POST – OFFICE / SAVOY HOTEL / 16 I 02 TIII" on picture postcard (Vue générale de la Citadelle ) to France
| £8.00 |
| RURAL SERVICE | ||
| 345 | "
RURAL SERVICE / 8, NO 17 / BIBA – DASHTUT " tied on acknowledgment of delivery or payment
| £20.00 |
| 346 |
"RURAL SERVICE / 1- VIII 12/ MAHALLET RUH -SHABSHI " tied on acknowledgment of delivery
| £20.00 |
| 347 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied on picture postcard (Le Caire Caserne du Kasr-Nil) by "SERVICE RURAL KAFR EL DAWAWIN " to Austria 1908
| £15.00 |
| 348 |
4M. (NP D49) tied on picture postcard (General view of Cairo ) by « SERVICE RURAL /30 X 09 T III / MAZGHOUNA" TO Belgium
| £30.00 |
| POSTAGE STAMPS USED AS REVENUE | ||
| 349 |
5M. (NP D50) X6 tied on Application for ordinary leave of Egyptian State railways – 1912
| £30.00 |
| 350 |
5M. (NP D50) X6 tied on Sick Report of Egyptian State Railways and Telegraphs by oval "PERSONNEL –RECORD SECTION" – 1913
| £50.00 |
| 351 |
5M. (NP D50) X6 tied on Sick Report of Egytian State Railways and Telegraphs hand cancelled – 1913
| £50.00 |
| 352 | 5M. (NP D50) X6 tied on Vacation Cetificate from DAMIETTA customs Dept. 1909 £50.00 | |
| 353 |
5M. (NP D50) X6 tied on Validity Certificate
| £50.00 |
| POSTAL PAPERS | ||
| 354 |
Receipt for a registered item to Alexandria tied by "CAIRE A / 16 JA 88 T IX / RECOMMANDES-DEPART"
| £15.00 |
| 355 |
Receipt for a registred article to Cairo tied by "BIRKET.EL.SAB star & crescent / 17 NO 06 T V "
| £15.00 |
| 356 |
Receipt for a Foreign Money Order to Italia tied by "CAIRE /M.P.I. / 31 XII 00 " (last day of 19th century !)
| £15.00 |
| 357 |
Egytian State Telegraph from London to Heliopolis tied by " 19. V. 15 / star & crescent HELIOPOLIS"
| £15.00 |
| 358 |
Set of 3 items a) a cover printed « Administration des Chemins de fer des des telegraphes et du Port d'Alexandrie / Telegramme » ( Railways, Telegraphs and Port of
Alexandria Administration / Telegram) b) receipt of a payment c) form of telegram – b) & c) tied by " * ASSUAN * / 9 – FEB 95"
| £40.00 |
| 359 |
Cover printed « Egyptian Postal Administration / Acknowledgment of Receipt» tied "FAYOUM / 13 X 06 T 1" to Cairo – repared on bottom
| £15.00 |
| 360 |
Egyptian State Telegraph – text in arabic – tied by "4- XI. 10 / TANTA STA "
| £15.00 |
| PRINTED STATIONERIES POSTCARDS (all printed texts are different) | ||
| 361 |
Printed stationery postcard 5M. (NP SPC3) - CREDIT LYONNAIS Agence du Caire – tied "CAIRE / D / 29 I 95 XII" to Germany
| £8.00 |
| 362 |
Printed stationery postcard 4M. (NP SPC11) - CREDIT LYONNAIS Agence du Caire – tied "CAIRO /G / 17.XI.06.6.30.PM" to Germany
| £8.00 |
| 363 |
Printed stationery postcard 4M. (NP SPC11) - CREDIT LYONNAIS Agence du Caire – tied "CAIRE / 6 XII 05 XI" to Germany
| £8.00 |
| 364 |
Printed stationery postcard 4M. On 5M. (NP SPC9) – BANQUE IMPERIALE OTTOMANE Alexandrie – tied "ALEXANDRIE / 6 XII 99 XII" to Spain
| £10.00 |
| 365 |
Printed stationery postcard 3M. On 5M. (NP SPC5) uprated by 2M. Stamp (NP D46) – THE EGYPTIAN CIGARET MANUFACTORY / SIMON ARZT MANAGER / PORT SAID EGYPT – tied "PORT-SAID/ 28 XII 93" to Germany
| £10.00 |
| 366 |
Printed stationery postcard 5M. (NP SPC3) – LIBRAIRIE CENTRALE Mme . BARBIER AU CAIRE C – tied "CAIRE / D / 29 I 97 T2" to France
| £10.00 |
| 367 |
Printed stationery postcard 4M. On 5M. (NP SPC9) – MAX FISCHER ALEXANDRIE & LE CAIRE – tied "CAIRE / 18 III 99 X" to Belgium
| £5.00 |
| 368 |
Printed stationery postcard 2M (NP SPC14) – AGENCE PRINCIPALE DU LLOYD AUTRICHIEN PORT-SAID – unused
| £10.00 |
| OFFICIAL STAMPS ON COVERS | ||
| 369 |
No value (NP O1) + 5m. (NP O5) Official Stamps on large cover (335 x 220 mm) tied by "ASYUT / 21,1,13 4-PM" – Aaddress in arabic – cover sealed again on each sides
| £10.00 |
| 370 |
3M. (NP O4) X3 + 1P. (NP O6) X4 Officials Stamps on large cover (297 x170 mm) tied by "DAWAWIN/ 29 JA 07 T5" (?) - address in arabic – cover sealed again on all sides
| £10.00 |
| 371 |
2M. (NP O3) X2 + 3M. (NP O20) X2 + 5M. (NP O21) Officials Stamps on large registred cover (255 x127 mm) tied by "DAWAWIN (CAIRO) R/ 23 XII 18 3,30 PM" (?) - to France – fragie cover with strong vertical fold next to be cut
| £10.00 |
| POSTAL HISTORY ON PICTURE POSTCARDS | ||
| 372 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 + 1P. (NP D43) on registred picture postcard (Vendeurs d'eau) tied by "BENI MAZAR / 29 XII 01 TIII" + boxed "R/ BENIMAZAR" to France
| £50.00 |
| 373 |
5M. (NP D50) + 1P. (NP D43) on registred picture postcard (Le Caire – Caravane) tied by "CAIRE / R. / 21 XII 00 VII" + boxed "R/ CAIRE" to France
| £50.00 |
| 374 |
2M. (NP D46) + 1P. (NP D43) on registred picture postcard (Panorama de Port-Said) tied by "PORT-SAID / R / ?? ?? 10 5,40PM" + boxed "R / PORT SAID" to France
| £50.00 |
| 375 |
1M. (NP D45) X2 + 2M. (NP D46) + 1P. (NP D43) on registred picture postcard tied by "ALEXANDRIE / R.2 / 22. III. 07. 11-AM" + "ALEXANDRIE" registration label to Italia
| £50.00 |
| 376 |
4M. (NP D49) tied by "HELIOPOLIS AERODROME /-8.II.10.8,50 PM" on picture postcard (Le Caire Citadelle et tombeaux des Califes) to France
| £50.00 |
| 377 |
1M. (NP D45) X2 tied by "CHEBREKHIT / TEH EL BARGUE / 9 I 03 " + "TEH-EL-BAROUD" on picture postcard (Village arabe et Pyramides) to France
| £20.00 |
| 378 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "TOURA/ 2.IV 00 " on picture postcard (Pyramides de Gizeh) to France
| £10.00 |
| 379 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "MASARA / 29.III.10. 8 10AM " on picture postcard (Buffles dans le Nil) to France
| £10.00 |
| 380 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "ASSOUAN / RESERVOIR / 2?" III 02 T?" + "AMB BENI SOUEF / CAIRE / 30 III 02 " on picture postcard (Assuan Reservoir) to France
| £20.00 |
| 381 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "ASSOUAN / RESERVOIR / 12 IV 02 T?" + "AMB BENI SOUEF / CAIRE / 13 IV 02 TII" on picture postcard (Phylae Pylones et colonnades) to France
| £10.00 |
| 382 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "CAIRO / DELIVERY / 28.X.906 III " on picture postcard (Coiffeur indigène) to France
| £10.00 |
| 383 |
4M. (NP D49) tied by "BADRASHEN / 4.III.12 4.30 PM" on picture postcard (Chadouf arabe) to France
| £10.00 |
| 384 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied by "ESNA / 9 II 10" + "ASWAN-LUQSOR / T.P.O. /9-II.10.T5 " on picture postcard (Atbara (Sudan) Station) to Danmark
| £15.00 |
| 385 |
2M. (NP D46) + 1M. (NP D45) X2 tied by "ARMANT / CASH/ 11,NOV.12 8-9AM" on picture postcard (Luxor Phylon and Obelisk) to Franc
| £15.00 |
| 386 |
5M. (NP D50) tied by "BARRAGE /5 AO 01 T4" on picture postcard (Napoli) to England
| £15.00 |
| 387 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied by "KOM OMBO / 15 I 10 ?" + "SHALLAL LUQSOR" + "CAIRO / A" on picture postcard (Kom Ombo Hotel Kom Ombo) to France
| £15.00 |
| 388 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied by "ALEXANDRIA / PORT / 28 10 05 "? + "SHALLAL LUQSOR" + "CAIRO / A" on picture postcard (Kom Ombo Hotel Kom Ombo) to France
| £15.00 |
| 389 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by "ATF / 12 IV 10 TII"+ "CAIRO ALEXANDRIA" on picture postcard (Luxor The colonnades) to France
| £15.00 |
| 390 |
4M. (NP D49) tied by "NAWA / 4 XII 06 TII"+ "MANSURA-CAIRO" + "ALYUB" on picture postcard (Phylae The Kiosk of the Temple) to France
| £15.00 |
| 391 |
4M. (NP D49) tied by "BACOS / RAMLEH / ALEXANDRIA / 31 V 07 TIV"+ "ALEXANDRIA / I " on picture postcard (Alexandrie Mohamed-Aly square (with tramway)) to Portugal
| £15.00 |
| 392 |
1M. (NP D45) X4 tied by "GIZAH /SUCCURSAL / 4- VIII 09 4 30 PM" on picture postcard (Phylae Kiosk of the Temple) to France
| £15.00 |
| 393 |
5M. (NP D50) tied by "QURASHIYA / 11.IX.09 4.10.P.M." + " CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O." on picture postcard (general view of Cairo) to France
| £15.00 |
| 394 |
5M. (NP D50) tied by "MEX / ALEXANDRIA /10 I 01 TI" on picture postcard (Kiosk of the Isis) to Germany
| £15.00 |
| 395 |
2M. (NP D46) tied by retta on picture postcard (Fabrication des navires de Suez) to France
| £15.00 |
| 396 |
2M. (NP D46) perfin "CN" tied by "CAIRO / -9 III 4 10 AM ???" on picture postcard (bookmark size 140 X 60 mm – without caption) to Port-Said
| £15.00 |
| 397 |
2M. (NP D46) X2 tied by "ATFE / 6 II 12 TIII" on picture postcard (Cairo the opened Bridge) to France
| £15.00 |
| 398 |
4M. (NP D49) tied by "TANTA / SUCCURSALE / 20 VIII 124.30.P.M." + "CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O." on picture postcard (Tantah Bazar arabe) to Germany
| £15.00 |
| 399 |
1M. (NP D45) X2 tied by "ASWAN / RESERVOIR / 19 II 03 –AM ???" on picture postcard (Assuan – The great dam 1 1/4 of miles in length) to France
| £15.00 |
| 400 |
5M. (NP D50) tied by "BAHR-SAGHIR / MANSURA /22 AP. 13. 3 --PM " +""ALEXANDRIA / H " + " DUMIAT – TANTA / T.P.O."picture postcard (Caire – Ecrivain officiel) to France
| £15.00 |
| 401 |
4M. (NP D49) tied by French "MARSEILLE BOUCHES (DU RHONE not readable) / 9 */ 12-6 / 07 " + straight line mark " PAQUEBOT" on picture postcard (Alexandrie – Theatre Zizinia) to France
| £20.00 |
| POSTAL HISTORY ON STATIONERY POSTCARDS | ||
| 402 |
3M. Stationery postcard reply part (NP SPC8) uprated by 1M. stamp (NP D45) tied by Austrian "BOHM.LEIPA / -8 III 05 – 8" + TPO Port-Said Caire to Hotel du Nil in Cairo
| £30.00 |
| 403 |
5M. Stationery postcard reply part (NP SPC3) tied by French "PARIS 3 BD MALESHERBES / 6E 18 / FEVR / 98" + French Post Office "ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE / 24 / FEVR / 98" to Alexandrie
| £30.00 |
| 404 |
2M. Stationery postcard (NP SPC14) uprated by 2M. Stamp (NP D46) tied by "MINA EL QAMH / 26.IV.10. 3-PM" To France
| £15.00 |
| 405 |
2M. Stationery postcard (NP SPC14) tied by "ARMANT /10.VII.13 12,1 PM" + on text side "ASYUT-CAIRI/T.P.O."+"ASWAN-LUQSOR / T.P.O." + "BANHA/STATION" To Mit-Berrah
| £15.00 |
| 406 |
5M. Stationery postcard (NP SPC3) tied by "MANFALOUT /22 FE 03 TI" + "BENI-SOUEF / CAIRE" to France
| £10.00 |
| AIR MAIL | ||
| 407 |
22 January 1932. Registered cover pmk. Alexandria flown on Imperial Airways 1st flight of Imperial Airways regular service to Cape Town. B/s Cape Town on 2 February.
| £16.00 |
| 408 |
30 March 1940. Registered cover pmk. Cairo, flown by Imperial Airways to England. Cairo cesor handstamp. No backstamps on reverse.
| £7.00 |
| 409 |
8 July 1941. Cover pmk. Cairo, to New York. Endorsed ‘via transpacific’. Censored in Egypt.
Flown by BOAC probably on flight departing Cairo on 13 July and arriving at Singapore on 19 July. Would have connected with Pan American service departing Singapore on 19 July and arriving at San Francisco on 29 July.
| £10.00 |
| 410 |
22 February 1938. Cover pmk. Portsmouth & Southsea flown on first Empire Air Mail Scheme service from England to Egypt which departed on 23 Feb. 1d stamp pmk.
London FS on 23 Feb. Backstamped at Alexandria on 26 Feb.
| £8.00 |
| Literature - be aware of postage costs | ||
| 411 |
Egyptian Government ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1925-1926 - Part 1 - Published by the Government Press, Cairo, 1930. 178 pages, hard cover, 275x190 mm.
Covers all Government Departments progress and activities in the year. There is so much that the table of Contents is illustrated with this lot.
Roads, railways, Cairo Opera, Electricity, Antiquities, Helwan Observatory, Fuel, Town Planning, etc. An impressive 21 page section on the Giza Zoological Gardens lists all animals, visitors, etc. A wonderful record of the state of the Country then.
| £24.00 |
| 412 |
"FAROUK - UNCENSORED"- by Michael Stern. Ed. Bantam Books, USA, 1965. True inside story of King Farouk's life and loves until his death in March 1965. Fascinating version.
Paperback with photos on front and back covers. 277 pages 7x4.25 inches. Scarce.
| £5.00 |
| 413 |
"EGYPT & THE SUDAN"- Lonely Planet Guide - This 3rd edition (January 1994) was the last one to have also included the Sudan, omitted from later editions. 580 pages, 184x126 mm under soft colour covers.
Superb guide book, with numerous colour plates, illustrations, maps of town and cities, tourist locations, etc. Also antiquities, hotels, transport, etc. Mint condition.
| £7.00 |
| 414 |
"EGYPTIAN RAILWAYS IN 125 YEARS, 1852-1977". Official report by Egyptian Railway Press, 1977, Cairo. 271 pages, 240x165 mm in soft covers, fully illustrated in black and white, with maps,
details of stations, tracks, bridges, rolling stock, history of the service, the Helwan, Ramleh and Heliopolis Lines, etc. This is an updated version of Lionel Wiener's "L'Egypte et ses chemins de fer",
Brussels 1932, with all the later developments until 1977.
| £20.00 |
| 415 |
"PALMARES Juin 1931". By the Institut des Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes. The annual report for 1931 of all student graduations with photos of the different classes in the college St. Joseph at Khoronfish, Cairo.
In French, with some sections in Arabic. 170 pages, 235x165 mm, in soft card covers, with 9 sepia plates illustrating the students.. Some slight front cover damage, but interior fine & complete.
With brief history of the order in Egypt. Rare surviving record.
| £8.00 |
| 416 |
"BULLETIN de LA SALLE", Février 1956, No. 1. Collège de La Salle, Daher, Le Caire. By the Institut des Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes. On its Centenary in 1955 the Collège de Khoronfish was closed and transferred to Daher.
This first issue describes the transfer, ceremonies and festivities, including a meeting of the head brothers with President Gamal Abdel Nasser. In French with a section in Arabic. 133 pages, 235x160 mm, in soft covers.
Fully illustrated and with numerous photos of students of different ages. Fine condition and "with compliments" card.
| £15.00 |
| 417 |
"The Royal Air Force Cairo-Baghdad Air Mail Service 1921-1927", by William (Bill) C. Andrews (ESC 132), British Philatelic Trust, 2000.
A fully detailed account of the service, with routes, time-tables, labels and numerous covers illustrated in B/W. A labour of love by its author. Hard cover, 68 pages, 305x210 mm, Weight 0.55 Kg. Condition impeccable.
| £10.00 |
| Covers | ||
| 418 |
Registered letter from Aylesbury (England) addressed to Jean Boulad d'Humières (JBH - ESC 16) at Ismailia, 11 June 1946 - Franked with George VI 1½d and three sets of the two stamps of the 1946 "Victory"
issue: 3 x 2½d and 3 x 3d on a First Day Cover, marked "Day of Issue". Registration label on the front and early Air Mail label on the back. Cairo transit 15 June and Ismailia arrival. Very fine and attractive, sent to a famous philatelist.
| £20.00 |
| 419 |
Air Mail letter from Genève-Bourg (Switzerland) addressed to JBH (ESC 16) at Ismailia, 27 December 1955. Franked with 1955 Lausanne Exhibition issue and four stamps of the 1955 Pro-Juventute set.
Egyptian Censor mark and Cairo machine mark on arrival, 28 December, (next day !). Colourful air mail envelope
| £6.00 |
| 420 |
Air Mail letter from Cairo addressed to Jean Boulad d'Humières (JBH - ESC 16) at Lausanne, 25 June 1979. Sent by Jacques Kassab of the Phlatelic Society of Egypt (PSE) to JBH who was a former
Secretary and President of the PSE forty years before. He moved to Switzerland after the nationalisation of the Suez Canal where he worked. Letter franked with seven copies of the 1979
stamp (3 vertical pairs & a single), Balian 886, issued for 50th Anniversary of the PSE.
| £7.00 |
| 421 |
Letter from CEUTA, Spain, addressed to the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, dated 16 February 1939. Franked with 3 x 5 cents Spanish definitive stamps.
On the front printed sender's name and a boxed "Censura Militar / Ceuta" military censorship mark in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Alexandria transit 22 March and Ismailia arrival 23 March 1939.
| £8.00 |
| 422 |
Registered Letter from a lawyer at Chambéry, Savoie, to Alexandria. 27 August 1960. Franked with five French stamps, plus Registration and Air Mail label.
Opened and resealed by Egyptian Censors with tape & several Censor marks. Alexandria arrival 30/8. Attractive.
| £6.00 |
| 423 |
Headed Cover to Chief Rabbi, Melbourne Australia, 25 March 1946, from Cairo Foreign Traffic. Franked King Farouk 40 Mills plus 22 Mills (Balian 377 and 413). very fine.
| £3.00 |
| 424 |
Business Window Envelope from The British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd., Cairo. Franked with 4 King Farouk stamps for a total of 37 Mills, Overseas Airnail. 1952.
| £2.00 |
| 425 |
ARMY POST cover, franked 10 Mills King Fuad Army Post stamp, from Abu Sueir to England sent 4 May 1936. Backstamps: Abu Sueir (different type), Cairo-Port Said and V.V. TPO.
Alexandria machine mark, same day. Envelope from combined Maritime Services.
| £6.00 |
| 426 |
ARMY POST cover, franked 10 Mills King Fuad Army Post, from Cairo, 1 April 1936, to Leicester, England. The envelope is from the TURF CLUB, Cairo (printed on rear).
This club was burned down by a crowd during the riots of 26 January 1952. A poignant item.
| £4.00 |
| 427 |
Air Mail Cover from RAF 4 .F.T.S. at Abu Sueir (crest on the back of the envelope) to London, 15 October 1934. Franked King Fuad 20 Mills (Balian 299) plus
Poste Aérienne 8 Mills (Balian 338). Alexandria transit. Pre-dates the 1936 Army Post stamps
| £5.00 |
| 428 |
FDC - Nefertiti 10 Mills 1956 Museum Week. 15/10/56-Balian 175. Superb
| £4.00 |
| Postcards | ||
| 429 |
SANTA CRUZ de TENERIFE, Canary Islands, 26 December 1937. Postcard to the "Club Philatelique" (old name of the PSE) at their Rue Mouillard, Cairo address, requesting a sample copy of the L'OP and
subscription rates. Franked 5c & 10c Spanish definitives plus a political stamp "League of National Defence", Zaragoza, in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. Cairo machine mark arrival, 14 January, on the front.
On the back a red censor mark "Censura Militar / Santa Cruz de Tenerife". Rear top left is manuscript note by a PSE member indicating that L'OP No. 35 was sent on 1st February 1938. Fantastic origin and a historical item for the PSE
| £15.00 |
| 430 |
Pharaonic Woman by Gustav Klimt, wall painting (1890) on the archway to the Egyptian Antiquities section of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. New, unused.
| £3.00 |
| 431 |
Two Illustrated Pharaonic Cards, from Eastern Publishing Company, Cairo, c.1960. "Gods & Kings" Series No. 306 & 313. Unused, perfect condition.
| £3.00 |
| 432 |
French P.O. Alexandrie - 24 March 1904. Fine postmark on a 5c green Type Blanc of Alexandrie on front of postcard depicting Pompee's column. Datestamp repeated on rear
| £6.00 |
| 433 |
Egypt 5 Mills DeLa Rue postal stationery card- Cairo, 10 January 1896- Balian 3. Addressed to an employment agency in Geneva, Switzerland, by a person who had registered for work unsuccessfully.
Arrival datestamp on the front and manuscript "replied 24.1.96".
| £5.00 |
| Hotel Postcards | ||
| 434 |
Grand Continental Hotel - LL 116, Cairo. Fine view of Hotel. Unused.
| £3.00 |
| 435 |
Continental Hotel postmark (Murphy HC4) on De LaRue 4 Mills Sphinx on UPU colour postcard showing tourists at pyramids. 15 December 1909, to Scotland. Cairo transit
| £3.00 |
| 436 |
Shepheard's Hotel, Post Office Cairo (Murphy HS5) 9 February 1905 on vertical pair 2 Mills De LaRue stamps on colour card to London showing dahabieh on the Nile
| £6.00 |
| 437 |
Luxor Hotel, Luxor (Murphy HL2) 14 January 1907, on two 2 Mills De LaRue on front of colour card to Paris showing ruins of Karnak. Alexandria transit 15 January on rear.
| £8.00 |
| 438 |
Pagnon's Cataract Hotel, Assouan- Early view of the hotel showing ancient ruins still nearby. On the back vertical pair 2 Mills De LaRue stamps cancelled ASSOUAN 25 February 1906.
Also fine postmark of Shallal-Luxor TPO which carried it North, same date.
| £10.00 |
| 439 |
Semiramis Hotel, Cairo - LL 125. Superb complete view of the hotel in its original configuration as opened in 1907, before it was sold to Charles Baehler in 1910 who immediately added 50 rooms & made
structural alterations removing building's external ornaments. Scarce.
| £10.00 |
| Helio-Vaugirard booklet | ||
| 440 | Very rare complete set of 11 sheetlets including envelope No. 062 from the 1950 Helio-Vaugirard booklet.
| £15.00 |
| French Post Office - Alexandria | ||
| 441 |
Complete cover with text and date, franked 10c Ceres, cancelled Alex. 10Juin 77, sent to Paris (arr. cds on reverse) with red entry cds "Paq Ang. V. Brind.Mod.16Juin77."
Carried by S.S."Alphée" (cat. Salles t.II p.305) Early cover.Stamp perfect.
| £15.00 |
| 442 |
"Three covers and one piece, period French stamps. all franked by stamps type SAGE : a cover with 25c yellow (small cds) NOV 81 to Marseilles, 2 covers 25c black on pink
cancelled 1894 and 1896 to Paris, a piece with 3x 50c pink cancelled JANV 97."
| £12.00 |
| 443 |
Alexandria 1st issue : French stamps type Sage overprinted "Alexandrie" Three cards with old style views of Egypt, all to the same address in France (all with arriv. cds) with different franking (3c+2c) (4c+1c) (5c) all cancelled
FEB 1901. one registered cover from Alex. to Paris with 40c + a pair of 5c cancelled 6 Janv.01 (small cds) arriv. cds Paris 14 Janv.01. All stamps on 4 items with no fault
| £24.00 |
| 444 |
Alex. stamps Mouchon type, 2 different issues one in cent. one in Mill. Two covers, one to Amsterdam 25 cent. blue cancelled 22 Juin 15, with French military censorship cachet "
Ouvert par l'Autorité Militaire" arriv. cds 5VII15 The second cover to Paris with 15 Mm blue cancelled 29 mai 29
| £15.00 |
| 445 |
Registered commercial cover with 4 Mouchon type stamps 25c blue (a vertical strip of 3 + one) overprinted 10 Milliemes and old value cancelled by 3 bars, sent 28 Nov 29.
Second cover (philatelic) with all Alex stamps overprinted in Milliemes : (Blanc type 2 M) Mouchon type 4,6,8,10M) and the 3 Merson type (15,30,150 Mill) The 150 Mill.on cover is very rare (high cat. value)
| £44.00 |
| 446 |
Two registered covers with Merson type stamps.The first one from Alex.25 SEPT 06 (small cds) to Constantinople (arriv.cds 1-10-06) franked by Merson 50c brown.
The second one from Alex. 18DEC25 (large cds) to Dresden (Germany, arriv cds 25-12-25) franked with Merson 1fr overprinted 30 Milliemes, red-brown. Both stamps perfect
| £24.00 |
| 447 |
"One cover and 4 cards, all with BLANC type stamps. Commercial cover from Alex 30 JUIL 04 to Lübeck (Germany) franked on reverse with 3c (rare block of 8 stamps)
Three cards to France with 5c (1907) 5c (1913) two diff.shades, and a card with a pair of 4c and one 2c.(1916). One souvenir card of the city of Alex franked with 2 overprinted
stamps (1c grey overpr.1 Millieme with bars on old value and 3c orange overpr. 3Mill without bars).The interesting point : the date 5 MARS 31, last month of this office that
closed for good 26 days later, on 31 March 31. and 2c brown.Arriv. cds 1.8.04."
| £30.00 |
| Port Said French P.O. | ||
| 448 |
Two covers franked by Sage type stamps, 1st issue (all different). One Registered cover with 10,15,20,30,40c cancelled 3 MAI 00 to Reims(France).
Arrival cds on reverse 12 MAI 00. Second cover to England with 25c stamp cancelled 24 SEPT 00.Arrival on reverse 1st Oct 00. Clean covers.Stamps no fault
| £24.00 |
| Port Said Maritime | ||
| 449 |
Two cards posted in Port-Said on board French steamships. First one franked by 1st issue 1,2,3,4c( total 10c) to Paris, cancelled by octagonal date stamp inscribed "MARSEILLE A NOUMEA/PAQ.
FR. N°1" on 28 Mars 02. Second card franked by French stamp Mouchon type 10c to Berlin (Germany) cancelled also by another octagonal date stamp "MARSEILLE A NOUMEA/LIGNE T N°4" on 23 Avril 03
(arriv. cds in Berlin) Clean cards, legible cancelled, scanned both sides
| £24.00 |
| Port Said French P.O. Military Mail | ||
| 450 |
One card and a cover sent by soldiers passing through the Suez Canal in connection with various colonial campaigns and bearing special date-stamps, "quite scarce" (Smith).
The card shows the French S.S. El-Kantara and is franked with a French type Semeuse 10c stamp, cancelled "CORR.D'ARMEES/PORT SAID/10MAI10.Same cds on reverse.
The sender writes to his cousin "this is my new ship,I am leaving for 3 months."
The cover is sent by a soldier on the way to Madagascar, under military franchise, without stamp.See the soldier's company hand-stamp in the lower left corner.
The special date-stamp reads "CORPS EXPre DE MADAGASCAR/PORT SAID/ 18 AVRIL 95" ( Expre for Expéditionnaire).It is addressed to a soldier Aérostier in Versailles(France).
An aerostier was a soldier in charge of a hot-air balloon for military observation. Part of letter only but a scarce and good legible date-stamp
| £40.00 |
| Perfins on Cover | ||
| 451 |
Two covers and 4 stamps with perfin 'CN' COMPTOIR NATIONAL D'ESCOMPTE. Both covers sent to Fribourg (Switzerland) franked with pyramide stamps, a pair of 5 Mill. red and a 1p. blue, both cancelled Alexandria 1906.
Added 4 stamps with same pattern. Nice clean covers
| £40.00 |
| 452 |
"Three covers with various stamps, perfin 'BIE' BANCO ITALO EGIZIANO. One to Heliopolis 1938, to New-York 1940(censored) and 1959 (?) to Germany. All covers with bank headings.Stamps no fault"
| £15.00 |
| PAINTING ESSAYS REVENUE STAMPS PAINTED BY M. ROUSHDY | ||
| 453 |
10.30 LE. CONSULAR UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 454 |
30 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 455 |
5 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 456 |
30 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 457 |
10 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 458 |
10 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 459 |
10 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 460 |
5 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 461 |
10 P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 462 |
30P. UNADOPTED DESIGN SIZE 15 X 17 CM
| £60.00 |
| 463 |
1$ FOR THE LOVE OF EGYPT SIZE 21 X 21 CM
| £60.00 |
| General Egyptian Postal Items | ||
| 464 |
1892-1911 LOT OF 6 REG. USED POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES FROM DIFFERENT TOWNS (SEDFA,AYAT,SAFF,BADRECHEIN , MAZGOUNA & EMBABA
| £55.00 |
| 465 |
1898 POSTAL STAT. ENVELOPE LETTER 1 P.T OVP. SUDAN UPRATED WITH 2 X 5 MILLS DLR STAMPS SENT FROM ALEX TO BERLIN WITH ARRIV. CDS ON BACKSIDE
| £30.00 |
| 466 |
1937 KING FOUAD POST. STAT. 3 MILLS CARD SENT FROM AN ARMENIAN CITIZEN VISITING SIWA OASIS TO ARMENIAN PHILATELIST IN CAIRO
| £44.00 |
| 467 |
1898 DE LA RUE POST. STAT. ENVELOPE FROM BIR HOOKER WADI EL NATROUN TO CAIRO WITH TRANSIT KHATATBA CDS ON BACKSIDE (ONE OF THE RAREST CANCELLATIONS)
| £120.00 |
| 468 |
1926 REG. USED PARCEL CARD FROM ISMAILIA TO HOTEL METROPOLE AIX LE BAINS FRANCE FRK. WITH KING FOUAD 1ST PORTRAIT ISSUE 2 X 15. MILLS + 50 MILLS
| £60.00 |
| 469 |
1932 REG. USED PARCEL CARD FROM CAIRO TO NEW YORK FRK. WITH 2ND KING FOUAD PORTRAIT ISSUE FRK. 20 , 50 & 100 MILLS STAMPS
| £48.00 |
| 470 |
1946 14 GRAM WEIGHT COVER SENT FROM A STAMP DEALER IN ALEXANDRIA FELIX COHEN TO PHILATELIST ERNEST KEHR IN NEW YORK FRK. WITH 4 X 40 MILLS EXPRESS STAMPS
| £38.00 |
| 471 |
2022 USED RECEIPT FROM THE MUSICIANS SYNDICATE IN CAIRO FRK. WITH 100 L.E SYNDICATE REVENUE STAMP
| £24.00 |
| CONSULAR REVENUE STAMPS ON DOCUMENTS | ||
| 472 |
21/10/2014 NEW PASSPORT APPLICATION ISSUED FROM EGYPTIAN CONSULATE IN ROME FRK. WITH HIGH VALUE 306.90 POUNDS CONSULAR SERVICE STAMP
| £30.00 |
| 473 |
22/10/2014 NEW PASSPORT APPLICATION ISSUED FROM EGYPTIAN CONSULATE IN ROME FRK. WITH HIGH VALUE 354.50 POUNDS CONSULAR SERVICE STAMP
| £30.00 |
| Commemoratives | ||
| 474 |
1951 1ST MEDITERRANEAN GAMES HELD IN ALEXANDRIA ISSUED 2 SOUVENIR SHEETS UNMOUNTED & USED WITH 1ST DAY CANCELATIONS IN GOOD CONDITION
| £24.00 |
| 475 |
1945 PHILATELIC EXHIBITION IN CAIRO IMPERF & PERF. 2 SOUVENIR SHEETS UNMOUNTED IN GOOD CONDITION
| £80.00 |
| FOREIGN POST OFFICES IN EGYPT | ||
| 476 |
1859 USED ENTIRED FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MALTA POSTED AT THE BRITISH OFFICE UNSTAMPED. "
| £110.00 |
| 477 |
1857 ENTIRE FRENCH P.O IN ALEXANDRIA TO MARSEILLE.
| £110.00 |
| 478 |
1875 ENTIRE ITALIAN P.O IN ALEXANDRIA TO FIRENZE
| £110.00 |
| 479 |
1875 ENTIRE ITALIAN P.O IN ALEXANDRIA TO LIVORNO
| £110.00 |
| CIGARETTE TAX | ||
| 480 |
19TH CENTURY 16 CIGARETTES TAX REVENUES STAMPS
| £38.00 |
| 481 |
1954-2015 15 CIGARETTES TAX REVENUE STAMPS.
| £28.00 |
| Interpostals | ||
| 482 |
19th CENTURY JUMBO LOT 33 INTERPOSTAL SEALS INCLUDING SCARCE GEDDA SEAL
| £58.00 |
| Salt Tax | ||
| 483 |
19TH CENTURY JUMBO LOT 24 SALT TAX REVENUE STAMPS.
| £44.00 |
| Raising Fund | ||
| 484 |
1951-90 JUMBO LOT 20 RAISING FUND LABELS
| £38.00 |
| Motor Mail | ||
| 485 |
1924 OVERLAND MOTOR MAIL LABEL STAMP IN BLK 42 IN PERF. CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL GUM
| £28.00 |
| Sudan 1897 | ||
| 486 |
SUDAN 1990-2005 CURRENCY CHANGE LOT. 66 UNMOUNTED HAND OVERPRINTED STAMPS WITH ORIGINAL GUM, SOME WITH INVERTED STAMPED VALUES
| £38.00 |
| Gaza/Palestine | ||
| 487 |
1948 SPECIAL ROYAL ALBUM MADE FOR EGYPTIAN ARMY IN PALESTINE TO COLLECT PALESTINIAN STAMPS 10 PAGES SIZE 23 X 15 CM
| £60.00 |
| 488 |
1948 GAZA COMPLETE SET KING FAROUK AIR SET 12 STAMPS OVP. BILINGUAL PALESTINE UNMOUNTED IN PERFECT CONDITION
| £30.00 |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| 489 |
1951 1ST MEDITERRANEAN GAMES COMMEMORATIVE FDC. COVER REGISTERED TO USA SEALED WITH GAMES LABEL STAMP
| £20.00 |
| EGYPT CONSULAR REVENUE STAMPS | ||
| 490 |
1982 4 X 2$ SAVE NUBIA CONSULAR REVENUE STAMP UNMOUNTED WITH CONTROL NO. IN PERFECT CONDITION
| £40.00 |
| 491 |
2013 306.90 L.E CONSULAR REVENUE STAMP MINT NO GUM
| £24.00 |
| 492 |
2014 306.90 L.E CONSULAR REVENUE STAMP MINT NO GUM
| £24.00 |
| 493 |
2014 354.50 L.E REVENUE STAMP MINT NO GUM
| £24.00 |
| General Egyptian Postal Items | ||
| 494 |
1930 ORIENTAL PHILATELIC STAMP DEALER. B. HAGOPIAN PROPAGANDA CARD
| £20.00 |
| 495 |
1884 DLR PREPAID REPLY 20+20 PARAS P. STAT CARD MINT IN GOOD CONDITION
| £24.00 |
| 496 |
1930 KING FOUAD 5 MILLS P. STAT LETTER SHEET W M ARABIC WHITE PAPER MINT (AL BARID AL MASRI ) (NILE POST SLS10
| £34.00 |
| 497 |
1930 KING FOUAD 5 MILLS P. STAT LETTER SHEET ON CHESTNUT BROWN PAPER MINT ( NILE P. SLS 10a
| £34.00 |
| 498 |
1922 PICTORIAL ISSUE 5 MILLS POST. STAT. LETTER SHEET PINK ON WHITE PAPER WM EGYPTIAN POSTAGE MINT (NILE P. SLS9).
| £40.00 |
| 499 |
1937 REG. USED KING FOUAD 5 MILLS POST. STAT LETTER SHEET FROM MALLAWI TO MIX COURT IN CAIRO UPRATED K.F 2 X 10 MILLS STAMPS
| £28.00 |
| 500 |
1890-1939 6 ILLUSTRATED USED INVOICES FROM CAIRO
| £20.00 |
| 501 |
2015 MEDICAL INSURANCE AWARENESS DOCUMENT FOR MALE BABIES FRK. 5 X 8 L.E & 4 X 12 L.E REVENUE STAMPS
| £18.00 |
| 502 |
2015 MEDICAL INSURANCE AWARENESS DOCUMENT FOR FEMALE BABIES FRK. 2X 8 L.E & 6 X 12 L.E REVENUE STAMPS
| £18.00 |
| Post Aérienne | ||
| 503 |
52 stamps Poste Aérienne Nile Barrage Bridge.
| £10.00 |
| 504 |
32 stamps Poste Aérienne Nile Barrage Bridge, occupation of Palestine.
| £30.00 |
| Covers Egypt to Germany | ||
| 505 |
3 Covers from Egypt to Germany
| £3.00 |
| Postal Stationery | ||
| 506 |
Egypt postal stationery. 850 items comprising 408 postal cards, 257 envelopes 111 wrappers and 74 letter sheets.
Mint and used, various watermark orientations, shades and some varieties. Mixed condition but the majority are good.
Lots of duplication but a good range of types with several more expensive ones and interesting usages.
Huge quantity with high catalogue value and low reserve.
| £200.00 |
