Egypt Study Circle Auction 68
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Egypt Study Circle Auction 68
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AUCTION 68 - APRIL 2024 - LISTING OF LOTS
Lot Description Reserve
TPO covers
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
Postal stationary, mint unused
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
Postal stationary - postally used
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
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
Egypt overprint stamps
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
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
Commemorative covers
049
1960, Unaddressed UAR printed FDC for Republican definitive lower values, with two strikes of cds reading RAU / Reunions UPU-IATA. £10.00
Station markings
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
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
Shipping / tourist interest
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
French maritime markings
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
POSTAL STATIONERY LETTER SHEETS
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
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
Revenues
195
MEDICAL SYNDICATES UNM. REVENUE 4 X 15 MILLS PLATE NO. A 73 £40.00
196
MUSICIANS SYNDICATES COMPLETE SET REVENUE STAMPS £30.00
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
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
210
1914 2 mill green Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card, fine unused, NP SPC22 £15.00
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
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
222
1892 5mill on 3 mill orange Provisional Postal Stationery Envelope, 23mm surcharge, fine unused, NP SEN7 £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
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
231
1946 4mill green King Farouk Postal Stationery Envelope on wove paper,horizontal type I watermark, rounded tab, fine unused, NP SEN37b £15.00
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
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
Literature - be aware of postage costs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
TRAIN POST OFFICES
290
PS-E 5m. SEN6 uprated by D50 from DAWAWIN / CAIRO to France 1909 £10.00
MARITIME MAILS
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
313
Unfranked PPC from * CORR. D'ARMEES * ALEXANDRIE FR to France 1915 £10.00
EGYPTIAN MAILS TAXED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
318
PPC franked by D46 from Port-Said to Switzerland 1904 – Taxed by 10c. Swiss PDS £10.00
324
PPC franked by D48 from PORT-SAID 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
PRINTED POSTAL STATIONERY POSTCARDS
331
PS-PC SPC11 printed by CREDIT LYONNAIS AGENCE DU CAIRE to Belgium 1905 £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
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
1899 Postage due overprint
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
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
Egypt postcards
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
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
Anubis – Jackal God
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
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
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
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
402
1914 5m, watermark inverted (SG 77var, NP D57a, MB 57b), very fine used. £10.00
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
424
1959 Nefertiti 55m on 100m, misplaced overprint "U" missing, (SG 588var, NP D252b, MB 274b), marginal corner copy unmounted mint. £15.00
428
1959 Flag blue colour unwatermarked printing experiment, complete sheet of 50, very rare, (MB 207b), unmounted mint. £500
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
De La Rue Postal History
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
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
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
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
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
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
469
TPOs - FAYOUM WASTA 1891 on Stationary Envelope 5 mills to MInet el Bassal £50.00
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
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
489
EGYPT Kingdom and Republic, small accumulation of 375 used stamps, Post, air mail, officials, Express £24.00
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
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
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
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
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
HOTELS INTEREST
518
PC Seamen’s Home 1913 to Belgium £3.00
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
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
539
Cover Shepheards Hotel 1941 to Switzerland cds HSp8 £4.00
541
2 PC Shepheards Hotel 1918 CDS HSp7 and 1939 CDS HSp8 £3.00


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