| | Parcel card | |
| 1 | 18 July 1934, parcel card used from Attarin, Alexandria, tax paid with three Fuad stamps - 5, 50 and 100 mills (SG 156, 166, 167) cancelled with Attarin / (R) CDS. Sent to Zurich. NB, card has a vertical central fold away from stamps  | £35.00 |
| | Postage Due | |
| 2 | 1903, cover addressed En Ville but franked only with vertical pair of 1m DLR (SG 58). Boxed T applied, and 2 mills Postage Due stamp (SG D71) affixed. Oddly, all four Cairo CDS seem to be the same, 3 IV 03 V | £24.00 |
| 3 | 1907, colour card from Messina, franked with Italian stamp folded over from face, large unboxed T applied in Messina, and 4m Due (SG D72) applied on arrival in Alexandria / A 16 VI 07 | £17.00 |
| 4 | 1912, incoming Easter greetings card from Athens (franked on face) to Alexandria taxed with 4mills Due (SG D72). Alongside is rare double-circle Alexandria / A transit mark 12 AP 12 9.45AM | £17.00 |
| | Crown overprint | |
| 5 | 1923, small Arabic-addressed cover to Mina el Qamh, franked with Type II 5m Crown opt (overprint has two printing varieties) with Cairo machine cancel. Reverse has Banha-Zagazig / & VV tpo transit marking of 2 AP 23 T-46 (Smith Type 7A3, not recorded) and Mina el Qamh arrival CDS | £12.00 |
| | Air Mails | |
| 6 | 10 AP 31, Zeppelin flight cover with 100m on 27m stamp (SG186) with Zeppelin Cairo cancellation and (amended) Luftschiff LZ-27 oval handstamp. Beautifully hand-addressed to Basel, Switzerland, with Friedrichshafen arrival CDS behind 13 4 31 | £68.00 |
| 7 | 1 July 1949, Printed cover of Bepitec Bruxelles/Le Caire first flight, franked with 2m and 30m of Farouk Air Mail set (SG 322, 329) cancelled with flight cachet, censored and sent to Belgium. Reverse sealed with block of four Bepitec advertising label | £14.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 8 | 1892, provisional envelope with bilingual 5 millièmes surcharge (23mm) on 2pi stationery (Magdy E10, $50). Mint, unusual, in perfect condition, and with mirror offset of vignette on envelope´s interior | £28.00 |
| | Postcards | |
| 9 | 15 I 03, Plentl Mary Mill Graz-Cairo No 209, embossed postcard of Kleopatra II, with long message and 3 mils DLR (SG 61) sent from Alexandria to Mansura | £8.00 |
| 10 | Carte Philatelique Ottmar Zieher of Munich embossed postcard, unused, showing Egyptian Royal coat of arms and current De La Rue stamps. Excellent condition | £12.00 |
| 11 | 1919, Revolution in Egypt. B/w German-printed postcard showing students carrying the blood-soaked clothing of a fallen colleague through the streets of Alexandria after a demonstration | £18.00 |
| 12 | 3 JL 24, colour card of Kasr el Nil Bridge, unusually sent to Buenos Aires, Argentina. On face "mixed franking" of 5m Crown Overprint and 2m First Fuad | £8.00 |
| | Wartime | |
| 13 | 1943, British Community War Fund label tied to reverse of business cover from Alexandria to London by machine censor mark. Printed cover franked 30m Farouk (SG 376), D / Alexandria CDS 6 JU 43 | £12.00 |
| 14 | 1948, Palestine war. unfranked tiny military cover from Rafah in Sinai resealed with red-printed all-Arabic label and double-square Censor 7 handstamp | £8.00 |
| 15 | 1955, small cover with 10m barred Marechal, sent from Moascar el Arish (El Arish Camp) to Shabrakhit in Beheira province. Two military transit marks behind, and redirected to El Arish Camp | £8.00 |
| | Revenues etc | |
| 16 | 1927, Two-page certificate issued in Constantinople, taxes paid by total of eight Turkish revenues (seven different, two surcharged/overprinted) and four 100 mills Fuad Consular Service stamps (Feltus 407, p.45) cancelled with cachet of Royal Egyptian Consulate in Constantinople. Striking | £48.00 |
| 17 | January 1942, unrecorded 50 millième stamped paper for verdict of a court, with enthusiastically hand-cancelled top right corner marginal 50m revenue stamp of the Syndicate of Islamic Law Court Attorneys 1936(?) issue (Feltus, p. 78) | £20.00 |
| | Salama forgeries | |
| 18 | Salama reprint of the 5-para stamp of the Second Issue (1867), complete pane of 42 (7x6), faint impression, with all-round margin. Mint, gummed, perforated | £15.00 |
| 19 | As last, reprint of the 20-para of the Second Issue, deep green, with borders on sides of upper and lower marginal printing | £15.00 |
| 20 | As last, reprint of the 10-para of the Third Issue, deep colour, no marginal printing | £15.00 |
| | Printing Experiment | |
| 21 | 1959 UAR "Printing Experiment" stamp, no value, perforated, unmounted mint , block of 4, blue. See Nile Post p.270 | £20.00 |
| 22 | As above but red | £20.00 |
| | Rare TPO postmark | |
| 23 | 1901 ppc Barrage du Nil Le Caire franked on address side 3 mill orange Sphinx & Pyramid stamp tied Barrage-Kalioub cds 24 II 01. Cairo arr cds same day | £12.00 |
| | Parcel card | |
| 24 | 1914 (5 May) Egypt parcel card Alexandria to Switzerland, franked top value Sphinx & Pyramid 10 piastre mauve SG 64 along with SG 62 & 78. Fine looker with all relevant postmarks, cachets and labels | £70.00 |
| | Second Fuad mint control blocks of four | |
| 25 | 15m light blue A/26 | £11.00 |
| 26 | 15m dark blue A/31 | £9.00 |
| 27 | 40m brown A/37 | £10.00 |
| 28 | 50m blue green A/29 | £9.00 |
| 29 | 50m blue green A/30 | £9.00 |
| | Fuad second issue (Postes): mint control blocks of four | |
| 30 | 4m green A/37 | £5.00 |
| 31 | 20m blue A/35 A/36 | £8.00 |
| | Postage Due with Crown overprints | |
| 32 | 2 piastre yellow (PD30b) 4x mint, each showing a different position of the overprint. Pristine | £10.00 |
| | Second Issue definitives | |
| 33 | 5 para x4 used singles (Types 1-4) | £12.00 |
| 34 | 10 para x4 unused singles (Types 1-4) | £19.00 |
| 35 | 10 para x4 used singles (Types 1-4) | £15.00 |
| 36 | 10 para x4 used singles (Types 1-4) | £15.00 |
| 37 | 10 para used single with wmk on face (ESC Certificate 1979) | £49.00 |
| 38 | 10 para single with misplaced perf | £25.00 |
| 39 | 20 para used single with misplaced perf at top | £25.00 |
| 40 | 20 para with misplaced perf at the side | £25.00 |
| 41 | 1 piastre x4 unused singles (Types 1-4) | £12.00 |
| 42 | 2 piastre x4 unused singles (Types 1-4) | £15.00 |
| 43 | 2 piastre used single (Type 4), position 76. Blue strike across bottom right hand corner | £14.00 |
| 44 | 5 piastre mint pair (Types 2 & 4), pristine | £90.00 |
| | Second Fuad Issue - postal stationery | |
| 45 | 4m Printed Matter rate (2m dark grey plus 2m stamp ) to UK. Clean | £8.00 |
| 46 | 7m to France (2m pale grey plus 5m stamp). Clean, Cairo Station pmk | £8.00 |
| 47 | 2m dark grey Cairo to Alexandria. Clean | £8.00 |
| 48 | 2m pale grey, white envelope used. Clean, Arabic visiting card remains | £8.00 |
| 49 | 2m pale grey, white envelope mint. Pristine | £9.00 |
| 50 | 2m dark grey, buff envelope, used. Clean, Douane / Alexandrie pmk | £8.00 |
| 51 | 4m to Greece (2m orange plus 2m stamp). Clean | £8.00 |
| 52 | 2m pale orange Alexandria-Cairo. Pristine | £8.00 |
| 53 | 2m dark orange, Alexandria en ville. Pristine | £8.00 |
| 54 | 2 x 5m letter sheet used, reg, contrasting embossments WITH and WITHOUT part ghost doubling of the vignette. Two sheets | £15.00 |
| 55 | 15m plum registered envelope (plus 40+2x4m in stamps) to UK, Abbassia Barracks CDS+ Reg cachet | £11.00 |
| 56 | 3m brown internal postcard (brown card). Pristine mint | £9.00 |
| 57 | 3m brown internal postcard (plus 10m violet) to USA. Clean | £8.00 |
| 58 | 3m green internal postcard (brown card). Pristine mint | £9.00 |
| 59 | 3m green internal postcard (white card) used. Clean, readdressed | £8.00 |
| 60 | 13m red foreign postcard (brown card), used to Paris. Clean, censored | £9.00 |
| 61 | 13m red foreign postcard (brown card). Pristine mint | £9.00 |
| 62 | 13m red foreign postcard (dark brown card) to Germany. Clean | £9.00 |
| 63 | 13m foreign postcard (dark brown card). Pristine mint, adhesion behind | £9.00 |
| 64 | 13m red foreign postcard (light brown card) to UK 1935 (rate 10m after 1931). Clean | £9.00 |
| | Second Fuad issue -postal history | |
| 65 | 4m envelope Printed Letter rate from Turf Club to RAF Balloon Centre, Salisbury. Clean | £8.00 |
| 66 | 28 millièmes Air Mail to UK 17.7.36 (5x5mills+3mills), Anglesey arrival CDS | £8.00 |
| 67 | 40m First Flight Assiout-London (2.x20m). Pristine | £11.00 |
| 68 | 20m olive Foreign Letter rate Ismailia-France Jan 1932, opened and cut down | £9.00 |
| 69 | 20m blue Foreign Letter rate colour change - mourning cover to Belgium | £9.00 |
| 70 | 20m small blue Foreign Letter rate - mourning cover to Germany, Continental Savoy hotel CDS | £9.00 |
| 71 | 15m (3x5m) understamped to USA but a fourth 5m has been reused: marked T but no postage due added | £6.00 |
| 72 | 25m Reg to UK (5m+2x10m, horiz screen). Rare use. 16.11.28. Anglo-American Hosp envelope, Qasr el Dubara Reg cachet | £11.00 |
| 73 | 35m Registered Alex to UK (20m large blue plus 15m small blue), printed window envelope. 27.9.34 | £9.00 |
| 74 | 35m Registered to UK (2x13m plus 2,3,4m). Clean 3.3.32. Mute Reg label with ms Port Said | £10.00 |
| 75 | 40m Foreign Registered to Switzerland (horiz pair of 20m large blue). Clean, Credit Lyonnais printed envelope | £9.00 |
| 76 | 28m Registered Sample rate to UK (5x5m plus 3x1m) 6.2.35. Standard Telephones printed envelope | £8.00 |
| 77 | 24m (20 plus 4m) 1931 Air Mail Alex to Iraq. For a short period in 1931 the airmail rate to Iraq was reduced to 9m | £9.00 |
| 78 | 175m Pink Parcel Card with 100,50,20,5mills to Switzerland. Clean with interesting markings | £19.00 |
| 79 | 155m (100,50,5m) Grey Parcel card to Switzerland. Modest crease with little ill effect | £14.00 |
| | French Post Offices - Postal history | |
| | NB. The Circle is most gratefully indebted to Peter Grech for his immense help in lotting the following 49 Peter Goodwin lots | |
| 80 | 1851 stampless cover from Alexandria to Edinburgh. French P.O. small CDS (EGYPTE). Several black and red postmarks front & back (PD, Paris, London, and Edinburgh arrival). Some staining on the reverse. Unusual destination | £18.00 |
| 81 | 1852 stampless cover from Alexandria to Malta. French P.O. small CDS (EGYPTE) and manuscript "5" (5 decimes to pay) | £12.00 |
| 82 | Two stampless letters from Alexandria, with French P.O. small CDS (no brackets) & faint red PAQ. ANG. Marseille entry marks. One (1858) to Paris with manuscript "the other to Marseille (1854) with manuscript "7f0" to pay | £20.00 |
| 83 | 1864 cover from French P.O. Alexandrie to Gand, Belgium. Franked 80c Napoleon Perf, cancelled faint GC 5080. Faint small CDS, PD, green sender´s cachet. French and Belgian TPO marks at the rear and Gand arrival | £28.00 |
| 84 | 1865 very attractive cover from French P.O. Alexandrie to Annecy, Savoie. Franked Napoleon Perf l0c and 40c, cancelled by clear GC 5080. Fine small CDS, black PD. Lyon and Annecy backstamps. Unusual destination | £35.00 |
| 85 | 1868 cover from French P.O. Alexandrie to Marseille. Franked with 40c Napoleon Lauré, cancelled by clear GC 5080. Very fine small CDS & PD | £25.00 |
| 86 | 1883 envelope from Marseille to Cairo, franked France Sage 25c yellow, cancelled Alexandrie French P.O CDS on arrival. Egyptian Alexandria & Cairo arrival at the back | £18.00 |
| 87 | 1901 cover from Alexandria to Nova Scotia, with ALEXANDRIE Sage overprinted stamps 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 10c (Type II) and 5c Type I, cancelled large CDS. Envelope opened out and in poor condition, and all stamps creased or torn | £10.00 |
| 88 | 1903 neat blue envelope to Brussels, franked Alexandrie Mouchon l0c and 15c vermillion, cancelled large double-ring CDS. Brussels arrival | £10.00 |
| 89 | 1908 Credit Lyonnais envelope to Philadelphia, USA, franked Alexandrie 25c Mouchon, cancelled large double-ring CDS. No other markings | £8.00 |
| 90 | April 1915 postcard (B/W, street of Assiout) to Paris from a member of the French Army´s Corps Expeditionaire d´Orient at Alexandria, on its way to Gallipoli. Franchise mark CORR. D´ARMEES / ALEXANDRIE FR. (see QC 229) | £10.00 |
| 91 | 1920 registered envelope to the USA, franked Alexandrie 30c Mouchon (SG 30) on the front, and blocks of 4 of the 2c and 3c Blanc (SG 20-21) on the back. New York transit and Beverly arrival | £17.00 |
| 92 | Two items with 1921 Paris Surcharges: 1923 postcard to Switzerland with 10 Mills/30c and 1924 cover to Paris with 15 Mills/50c | £13.00 |
| 93 | 1924 opened-out registered envelope to the USA, with registration label on the front and franked Alexandrie 30 Mills/1 Franc Merson (SG 62) on the back, cancelled French P.O. CDS and tied by several USA arrival marks | £12.00 |
| 94 | 1924 registered envelope to London. Registration label on the front; franked Alexandrie 30 Mills/1 Franc. French P.O. CDS. London "hooded" arrival | £10.00 |
| 95 | Two items with Alexandrie 1921 Paris Surcharges: 1924 postcard to Corsica, with 5 Mill/3c, scarce alone on cover; & 1924 commercial cover to Paris with 15 Mills/50c | £10.00 |
| 96 | 1927 Official Registered envelope from the French P.O. at Alexandria, to France. With Alexandrie 30 Mills/1 Franc Paris surcharge with bars (SG 77) | £14.00 |
| 97 | 1929 commercial envelope to France franked 3 x 2 Mill/5c 1921 local surcharge, plus 8 Mill/20c Paris surcharge and 1 Mill/1c Paris surcharge & bars (SG 37, 58, 68) | £12.00 |
| 98 | Alexandrie Postal Stationery. Mint selection including Sage Overprints: 1899 l0c green postcard (millesime 110) & l0c + l0c Reply-paid card (020) and Mouchon 1902 design: 10c + 10c Reply-paid card & I0c perforated Letter-Card (4 items) | £10.00 |
| 99 | Alexandrie Postal Stationery. 15c Mouchon Letter-Card overprinted "Taxe reduite a 0f.10", used philatelically (no text or arrival marks). It also bears several stamps of the 1921 Alexandrie Local Millièmes surcharges: 2 Mill/5c, 4Mill/10c, 6 Mill/15c, 8 Mill/20c, 10 Mill/25c, 15 Mill/50c; cancelled 1921 (SG 37, 39,42-44, 48). Some foxing stains | £20.00 |
| 100 | French Post Office in Cairo: 1873 Cover to Paris, franked 80c Ceres, cancelled GC 5119. Faint Le Caire - Beau Français CDS. With arrival. Scarce | £48.00 |
| 101 | Port-Saïd, 1899 - Small unused envelope with I0c Port-Saïd Sage overprint stamp, locally surcharged VINGT-CINQ in red, cancelled by CDS (SG 121) issued for inauguration of de Lesseps statue | £9.00 |
| 102 | Port-Saïd, 1899: Philatelic unused envelope with four l0c Port-Saïd Sage overprints, locally surcharged VINGT-CINQ in red, cancelled by CDS (SG 121), one in each corner (3 with dash-hyphen. one with square). Also a postcard of de Lesseps statue (2 items) | £26.00 |
| 103 | Port-Saïd, 1901: Colour postcard (Eastern Exchange Hotel) to Paris, franked pair of 5c Sage Paris Overprints (SG 105) cancelled French P0 CDS | £9.00 |
| 104 | Port-Saïd, 1901: Cover to Newcastle, with arrival, franked 25c Sage Paris Overprint (SG 111) cancelled double-ring CDS (Valentine´s day) | £5.00 |
| 105 | Port-Saïd, 1902: Neat attractive envelope to Newcastle. with arrival, franked 25c Sage Overprint (SG 111) cancelled fine double-ring CDS | £9.00 |
| 106 | Port-Saïd, 1902: Colour postcard (painting of Sphinx and Pyramid) to Wales, franked l0c Type I Sage overprint (SG 107) cancelled double-ring CDS | £4.00 |
| 107 | Port-Saïd, 1904: Colour postcard (small P&O Painting of a ship) to Mazgaon, India (arrival CDS), franked Mouchon l0c (SG 127) cancelled double-ring CDS. Sea Post Office CDS and cachet Henry S. King & Co, Port-Saïd. Rust stains | £4.00 |
| 108 | Port-Saïd, 1913: Albert Eid registered philatelic cover to Alexandria redirected to Cairo, as usual. Over-franked with 15x4c Sage Paris Overprints (2x4, 3x2 + 1) stamps on front & back (late use). SG 104. Various pmks. Opened out for display | £16.00 |
| 109 | Port-Saïd, 1915: Creased stampless colour postcard of Port-Saïd, with French CORR D´ARMEES PORT-SAïD CDS and Naval circular cachet with central anchor MARINE FRANCAISE SERVICE A LA MER (faint) | £3.00 |
| 110 | Port-Saïd, 1924 Envelope to the USA (Marina Hotel logo on the back) with 1 Mill/1c, 2 Mill/5c, 4 Mill/10c, 8 Mill/20c 1921 Paris Surcharges (SG 151, 152, 154, 157) | £10.00 |
| 111 | Postal Stationery: Port-Saïd Sage Overprint, two envelopes: 5c (l07x71mm) green and 15c blue (146x112 mm), unused. Two items | £5.00 |
| 112 | Postal Stationery: Port-Saïd l0c Mouchon envelope, unused (146x112mm). Toned, some creasing and rust stains | £3.00 |
| | French Post Offices - Stamps | |
| 113 | Alexandrie 1899-1900: Complete Sage Overprint set from 1c to 5F (SG 1-18) fine used, including both types of 5c, l0c and 50c. Very unusual to find the complete set used, and with the scarce 5c Type II (18 stamps). Dalay € 500+ | £140.00 |
| 114 | Alexandrie 1921: Complete set of 15 Local Surcharges in Mills. Low values 2 Mills/5c to 15 Mills/2c (SG 37-46) are fine used; high values (SG 47-51) are mounted mint, except 30 Mills/1F and 60 Mills/2F which are unmounted and have Charlie Hass Certificates. 30 Mills/1F has two small central rust stains invisible from the front. 60 Milis/2F and l50Mills/5F have rust spots on perfs, slightly visible from front. Good centring on top three values of this rare set. Dalay € 900+ (15 stamps + 2 certificates) | £190.00 |
| 115 | Alexandrie 1921-23 Paris Surcharges set (SG 53-64) fine used, but without rare 60 MilIs/2F (SG 63). (14 stamps) | £12.00 |
| 116 | Alexandrie 1925 Paris Surcharges + Bars set (SG 68-79) fine used, except for 60Mills/2F orange (SG 78) which is mint (12 stamps) | £5.00 |
| 117 | Port-Saïd 1899-1900: Sage Overprint set from 1c to 5F (SG 101-118) fine used, inc both types of 5c and 50c, but missing l0c Type 11 (SG 108). The 50c Type I (SG 114) has a tear at the top (17 stamps). Cat € 450 | £90.00 |
| 118 | Port-Saïd, November 1921 Joffre issue, Local Surcharges in Mills, part set. Low values 5 Mills/1c to 15 Mills/20c (SG 166-170) fine used, plus SG l66.a (slate 1c) mint (6 stamps). Dalay € 195 | £38.00 |
| 119 | Port-Saïd, Nov. 1921 Joffre Local Surcharge 30 Mills + line on 50c Merson (SG 171). Mint, good appearance, but some gum thinning, not visible from the front. Cat € 325 | £45.00 |
| 120 | Port Saïd, 1921-22, stamps of 1920 surcharged locally, SB 138-141, 143, 145, fine used (Cat £94) | £16.00 |
| 121 | Port-Saïd, 1927-28 Complete set of 6 values in Millièmes (SG 185-190), fine used | £7.00 |
| 122 | Alexandria Postage Dues, 1922 Paris Millièmes Surcharge set complete (D66-D69), plus 1928-30 Postage Dues set in Millièmes (D90-D97) but missing 30 Mill green (SG D96). All Mint (12 stamps) | £8.00 |
| 123 | Port-Saïd Postage Due, Nov 1921 Joffre Local Surcharge: 2 Mills red on 5c blue (SGD174) Fine Used. Dalay € 65 | £16.00 |
| 124 | Port-Saïd Postage Due, Nov. 1921 Joffre Local Surcharge, 10 Mills blue on 30c red (SG D176) Fine Used. Dalay € 65 | £16.00 |
| 125 | Port-Saïd Postage Due, Nov. 1921 Joffre Local Surcharge, 15 Mills blue on 50c violet (SO D177) Fine Used. Dalay € 80 | £20.00 |
| 126 | Port-Saïd Postage Dues, Nov. 1921 Joffre Local Surcharge, Complete Set Mint, in vertical marginal copies, mounted in lower margin: 2 Mills/5c to 15 Mills/50c (SG D174- D177). Very fine and scarce (4 stamps). Dalay € 510+ unmounted | £130.00 |
| 127 | Ship-letter: 1929 from "Mariette Pacha", franked French P.O. Alexandrie stamps (SG 174, 177 and 3x185) cancelled by linear Paquebot mark of Beyrout (to Francis Field) | £14.00 |
| 128 | French P.O. Alexandrie - block of 4 of 1c grey Type Blanc, 1902, on small piece, cancelled by favour with Tresor et Postes 507 CDS (1916). | £3.00 |
| 129 | French P.O. Port Saïd block of 4 of 5c green Type Blanc, 1902, on small piece, cancelled by favour with F.P.O. No.35 CDS (1915) | £3.00 |
| | Miniature sheets | |
| 130 | 1949, set of two sheets (SG 357) for Agriculture and Industry Exhibition. Lightly mounted mint | £3.00 |
| 131 | 1951, sheet with three perf stamps (SG 372) for Mediterranean Games. Cairo first-day cancel 5 Oct. Cat £18 | £4.00 |
| | Postal history mystery | |
| 132 | 7 JL 54, unfranked business envelope censored from Alexandria to Oslo and provided with double-ring Postage Paid / 2 handstamp in black where stamp should have been. Subject of a QC/website Query, but no response. Egyptian marking? Norwegian? Good condition, flap expertly re-attached | £10.00 |
| | Revenue stamps | |
| 133 | Accumulation of 21 used Egyptian revenue stamps, ranging from 1916 virtually to date, and including four of the various Citadel issues and six of Feltus "Delightfully Long Eagle Issues" (1959-70) ranging up to 800 mills | £4.00 |
| | Postcards - no postal markings | |
| 134 | 21 2 15.b-w upright photocard Alexandrie - Le Phare après le bombardment (GK), with crescent and star incorporated. Pencil message from Cairo: "Keep these for me till I return." Clean, excellent | £4.00 |
| 135 | Colour card, Place Abdeen - English Regiment (Cairo Postcard Trust, 615), divided back. Excellent | £3.00 |
| 136 | Colour card Caire - Grand Café Chicha (Cairo Postcard Trust Cai 18). Mint but sl corner wear. Most unusual, showing American Photo Studio and Berlitz | £3.00 |
| 137 | Colour card, Oasis d´Héliopolis, Bureau de la Société (Lichtenstern & Harari). Biplane added, corners slightly worn, ancient horizontal fold. Long message (undated) says "...we march out about four miles, do a little skirmishing, then come home again ... heat, sand and dust make it the toughest training in the British Empire ... we have the Ceylon boys with us..." | £3.00 |
| 138 | B-w photocard Port Tewfik - Maison de P.O & Coal. Co (M Handras, Port Said, 10). Long pencil message on reverse dated Suez Canal, Feb 11 says "we are in the trenches ... no fighting yet .. we are with the Ghurkha troops who seem decent fellows" | £3.00 |
| 139 | B-w photocard Mansourah - Sika-el-Guidideh (Msh. 5), showing Hotel Imperial (left) and (very faintly) Hotel de la Lune (right). Mint, lovely | £4.00 |
| 140 | B-w photocard Parc ? Ghezireh Palace (Ghino Dukich, Cairo, A 18). Long message describes visiting Great Pyramid interior and of a friend with the Australian troops dying after falling from the top | £3.00 |
| | Postcards - postally used | |
| 141 | 9 XI 12, b-w photocard Entrée a Port-Tewfiq - Suez (Salon Internazionale - Giuseppe Liotta, Port Said), showing jetty with Hotel Bachet at right. Franked 4x1m DLR overlapping on to face for Switzerland | £4.00 |
| 142 | 12 VII 15, b-w card, Alexandrie - Station Bacos (Cairo Postcard Trust Serie 529), franked 5m DLR pictorial and addressed from Alexandria J to Defence HQ, Wellington, New Zealand. Port Taufiq / R transit on face. First class | £5.00 |
| 143 | 4 MAY 22, colour card of Heliopolis - Avenue of the Pyramids Street (Cairo Postcard Trust 393), franked on face with 2x5m pink Harrison pictorial and addressed to Switzerland. CDS is rare Bahr el Saghir / Mansura / Cash, with Port Said transit behind | £3.00 |
| | Literature. We regret that the buyer will be required to pay for postage on the following 31 lots | |
| 144 | Peter Andrews, Censorship of Civil Mail in Egypt, 1939 to 1945 (A4, 74pp, 2003), stapled with thin card covers, excellent condition (250g) | £10.00 |
| 145 | ´Jim´ Benians, Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947 (A4, 150pp, 1978), rebound as hardback by Peter Goodwin, excellent condition (650g) | £8.00 |
| 146 | John E O Hobbs, British Forces in Egypt Postal Service 1932-1940 (A4, 90pp,1984), rebound as hardback by Peter Goodwin. Excellent, together with brief note from Rudi Jeidel casting doubt on Mary Lloyd 15 MR 36 correspondence (500g) | £12.00 |
| 147 | Lionel Wiener, L´Egypte et ses Chemins de Fer (Brussels, 1932). Published for the International Railway Congress in Cairo in 1933, this massive tome tells you everything you need to know (up to 1932) about Egypt and its railways, detailing rolling stock, track gauges, routes, light railways companies... everything. In 664 19x27.5cm pages with 272 diagrams or photographs. In French, only 2000 printed, original card cover illustrated (2.2kg) | £90.00 |
| | The following lots are from the library of an ESC member who died a couple of years ago. They have been used and some have minor pencil annotations but all are generally in fine condition. Specific faults are noted. | |
| 148 | Egypt Stamps & Postal History: A Philatelic Treatise by Peter A S Smith, 1999, 874pp, dj, fine (2.1kg) | £75.00 |
| 149 | The Nile Post Handbook and Catalogue of Egyptian Stamps by Joseph H Chalhoub, 2003, 784pp, dj with small marks o/w fine (3.2kg) | £50.00 |
| 150 | Stamps of Egypt (with Egypt used in Palestine and Sudan) catalogue by L Balian, 1998, 535pp, dj, fine (1.5kg) | £20.00 |
| 151 | Stanley Gibbons Middle East stamp catalogue (part 19), 6th edition 2005, 392pp, fine (1.1kg) | £10.00 |
| 152 | Zeheri catalogue for Egypt, UAR, Sudan by Mehanny Eid, 9th (and final) edition 1972, 395pp, cover slightly loose (1kg) | £10.00 |
| 153 | Zeheri catalogue for Egypt, UAR, Sudan by Mehanny Eid, 8th ed 1967, 377pp, cover marked and small tear (800g) | £5.00 |
| 154 | The Airmails of Egypt by John Sears, 1990, 183pp, dj with marks o/w fine (900g) | £15.00 |
| 155 | Postal History of Egypt to 1900 by Samir Fikry, 1996, 158pp, dj, fine (900g) | £25.00 |
| 156 | Nineteenth Century Wars in Egypt and the Sudan by John Firebrace, 1997, 218pp, spine faded o/w fine (900g) | £25.00 |
| 157 | British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East 1914-1924: A Postal History by John Firebrace, 1991, 460pp, dj, fine (2kg) | £35.00 |
| 158 | The Royal Air Force Cairo-Baghdad Air Mail Service 1921-1927 by William C Andrews, 2000, 68pp, fine (600g) | £20.00 |
| 159 | Egypt: The Rural Postal Service An Introduction by Mike Murphy & Ibrahim Shoukry, 2010, 191pp, fine (1.2kg) | £15.00 |
| 160 | Perfins on Egyptian Stamps by Vahe Varjabedian, 1999, 32pp, fine (120g) | £5.00 |
| 161 | The Kings of Egypt and their Stamps 1860-1960 (Essays & Proofs), 1969, 40pp, fine (120g) | £5.00 |
| 162 | Egypt Royal Imperforate Printings by George L Lee, 42pp photocopy (250g) | £2.00 |
| 163 | Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue Stamps by Peter R Feltus, 1982, 209pp, dj with faded spine and tear o/w fine (750g) | £20.00 |
| 164 | The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt by Peter A S Smith, 1983, 65pp, with additional ms maps and notes, cover spine worn (300g) | £5.00 |
| 165 | Army and Field Post Offices of Egypt and the EEF 1914-1920 by Michael M Sacher, 1970, 34pp, fine (120g) | £5.00 |
| 166 | Egypt The First Portrait Issue A Compilation since 1928 by John Sears, 1997, 127pp, fine (500g) | £10.00 |
| 167 | The Stamp Booklets of Egypt by John Revell, 1997, 133pp, fine (400g) | £10.00 |
| 168 | Overland Mail via the Syro-Iraqi Great Desert by Norman J Collins et al, 1990, 126pp, fine (400g) | £10.00 |
| 169 | Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947 by F W Benians, 1978, 148pp, fine (450g) | £10.00 |
| 170 | The Overland Mail by John K Sidebottom, 1948, 174pp, cover marked (700g) | £15.00 |
| 171 | Sudan: The Postal Markings 1867-1970 by E C W Stagg, 1974, 196pp, fine (600g) | £15.00 |
| 172 | Post Offices and Postal Agencies of the Sudan 1970-1983 by H R J Davies, 1984, 86pp, fine (250g) | £5.00 |
| 173 | The Postal History of Sudan by Edward B Proud, 2006, 414pp, dj, fine (1kg) | £35.00 |
| 174 | Sudan: The Stamps and Postal Stationery of 1867-1970 by E C W Stagg, 1977, 144pp, fine (800g) | £20.00 |
| | Rural Post covers | |
| 175 | 3 XI 07, Official form concerning Avis de Reception item, sent from Cairo / R and returned with authentication of Service Rural / 1 / Batanoun (Murphy/Shoukry p.54) ´numeral´ CDS. In transit (behind), CDS of Ashmun-Tanta and Alexandria-Cairo TPOs (Smith 5A3) | £28.00 |
| 176 | 15 VI 15, 2 mills Cleopatra p.s. postcard (NP SPC 20) sent from Nawai (cartouche) via Service Rural / Roda to Qubba Bridge (Cairo Station transit behind, CDS on face), and redirected to Godaieda (arrival 17/VI behind). Clean and neat | £35.00 |
| 177 | 12 NO 15, 2 mills Cleopatra p.s. postcard (NP SPC 20) sent from unrecorded cartouche Niqrash via Service Rural / Saft el Melouk to Cairo, two different Alex-Cairo TPO markings on reverse. NB two filing holes and poorly repaired corner tear | £20.00 |
| 178 | 5 IX 17, 2m DLR newspaper wrapper addressed to Santa from Alexandria / J. Transit of Santa, followed by Rural Services Santa-Minshat el Gidida in arrival. Addressee not found, returned to sender | £30.00 |
| 179 | 9 SE 21, small cover franked 3x5m DLR (SG 77) for postage and registration and sent from Samalai (cartouche) and cancelled with Rural Service Sintiris-Q.Nanaia-Faraonia (Murphy p.108) for Tanta | £18.00 |
| 180 | 5 OCT 21, government form franked with DLR 2m pictorial and addressed to Mansura, sent from Izbit el Haga (faint cartouche) via Rural Service Faraskour-Ghoneima with Tanta-Dumiat TPO CDS alongside and Eg Govt sealing labels | £30.00 |
| 181 | 30 DE 26, govt form sent from Mansura to Fariskur via Mansura-Dumiat & V.V. TPO (Type 6A2) and Fariskur to Rural Service Dumiat-Izbit el Borg (Murphy p.89). Sealed with Government label and Ministry of Education official oval | £20.00 |
| 182 | 18 AP 27, folded Official note from Mit Ghamr to Kafr el Meqdam (cartouche) via Rural Service Mit Ghamr-Miska (Murphy p.100) and TPO line Mit Ghamr- El Zagazig (Type 7A3) | £6.00 |
| 183 | 10 OCT 1932, registered cover sent by Dekhela (Alexandria) Youth Football Club to Alexandria Municipality. Franked by 3x5m Fuad booklet stamps, source is Dekhela village (cartouche), followed by Rural Service Mex-Dekhela & V. V. (Murphy p.98), Alex and Salah el Din/Traffic marks behind.. Neat and clean cover | £21.00 |
| 184 | 13 7 48, 4mills Farouk Marechal postal stationery visiting card envelope (NP SEN 39) with filigree design printed inside and faint blue cds of Rural Service / Bilqas-El Shutout (Murphy/Shoukry p86, type X600.206). Arabic addressed to Cairo | £10.00 |
| | Instructional markings | |
| 185 | 5 JU 36, Rare bilingual Rebut a remettre a l´envoyeur / Mansura rare handstamp (REB-8) on company registered (black on red label) cover franked 15m from Cairo to Mansura but found to be undeliverable. Mansura and Cairo reg markings behind. Earliest date recorded, clean | £35.00 |
| 186 | 2 MA 27, marking as last but for Fayoum instead of Mansura (REB-7, one of only three recorded). Lawyer´s letter franked 15m for registration (black on white label) undeliverable in Fayoum and returned. Cairo and Fayoum Reg markings behind with boxed Non Reclamé (NON-1), clean | £40.00 |
| 187 | 3 VI 13, marking as last but for Benha. Otherwise unseen, though mentioned in ESC record. Commercial envelope franked 1pi for registration (black on white label) to Benha, but undeliverable and returned. Red oval Return to Sender marking (RET-6) different dates on face and reverse (where 5 CDS). Contents remain but cover torn across at some stage. Nevertheless very rare | £48.00 |
| | Stamps from the Palace Collection | |
| 188 | Misperforated: 1m Fouad 1927-37 Type I, unmounted mint. Only 200 printed | £30.00 |
| 189 | As last, Fouad 1927-35, 5 mills, unmounted mint, showing parts of four stamps. Only 2400 printed | £15.00 |
| 190 | As last, Fouad 1927-37, 15 mills, unmounted mint. Only 1200 printed | £20.00 |
| 191 | As last, Farouk Boy King 1937-44, 5 mills unmounted mint. Only 1000 printed | £18.00 |
| 192 | As last, Farouk Boy King 1937-44, lower marginal pair showing parts of three stamps, unmounted mint. Only 1000 printed | £30.00 |
| 193 | As last, Farouk Boy King 1937-44, 6 mills, unmounted mint. Only 600 printed | £28.00 |
| 194 | As last Farouk Boy King 1937-44, 15 mills, unmounted mint. Only 1000 printed | £25.00 |
| 195 | As last Farouk Boy King 1937-44, 20 mills blue, unmounted mint. Only 1000 printed | £25.00 |
| 196 | As last Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 17mills, unmounted mint, showing parts of four stamps. Only 1000 printed | £25.00 |
| 197 | As last, 1927 Postage Dues, 2,8,10 mills (SG D173-179-180. Three unmounted mint stamps | £8.00 |
| 198 | Cancelled back: Farouk Boy King 1937-44, 3 mills. Only 800 printed | £20.00 |
| 199 | Imperforate: Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 1 mill left marginal single, unmounted mint | £15.00 |
| 200 | As last, Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 2 mills single, mounted mint | £15.00 |
| 201 | As last, Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 4 mills single, unmounted mint | £18.00 |
| 202 | As last, Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 30 mills single, unmounted mint | £25.00 |
| 203 | Imperforate with green Palace Auction cachet on reverse: Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 50 mills single, mounted mint | £28.00 |
| 204 | As last, Farouk Marechal 1944-51, 100 mills single, mounted mint | £30.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 205 | Late 2010, £E1 stamp prepared to mark 30 million customers for Mobinil mobile phone company. Printed but then withdrawn from post offices (why?) and overtaken by the Mubarak revolution. Unmounted mint single | £25.00 |
| | Sudan postal history | |
| 206 | 2 FE 98, cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo franked with 5m bilingual Soudan overprint, cancelled with excellent example of rare Type I Berber CDS. Halfa and Cairo backstamps (20 days transit) | £60.00 |
| 207 | 8 III 01, Egypt 5m postal stationery envelope with bilingual Soudan overprint Arabic-addressed to Cairo and cancelled with good Wad Medani CDS. Omdurman and Beni Suef-Caire Ambt markings on the reverse | £45.00 |
| 208 | 23 IX 02, Egypt 5m postal stationery envelope with bilingual Soudan overprint Arabic-addressed to Cairo with good El Obeid CDS. Khartoum and Amb Beni Souef-Cairo handstamps on reverse | £45.00 |
| 209 | 19 I 904, Sudan Camel Post 5 mills postal stationery envelope, Arabic-addressed to Cairo with excellent Fashoda CDS. Khartoum and (obscured) TPO on reverse | £38.00 |
| 210 | 3 V 904, Sudan Camel Post 5 mills postal stationery envelope, uprated with 2x5m Camel Post stamps for registration from fine Kodok CDS to Cairo. Khartoum and Cairo markings on reverse | £48.00 |
| 211 | 112 JUL 913, Retta-cancelled cover franked with 5m Camel Post stamp for Military School, Abbassia. On reverse clear CDS of Nahud, together with Khartoum and TPO Assiut/Cairo transit marks | £35.00 |
| 212 | AUG 13, 2 mills Sudan postal stationery envelope addressed to Military School, Abbassia, and cancelled with Khartoum CDS. Abbassia arrival 30 VIII 13. Visiting card of El Sayed Rahmi remains | £24.00 |
| 213 | 21 I 16, Arabic-addressed cover from Military School in Abbassia franked with 5m De La Rue pictorial (SG 77) and sent to Khartoum. Cairo-Assiut TPO in transit, and large black on pink Sudan Censor 3 label with boxed K handstamp | £28.00 |
| 214 | 7 VI 16, Arabic-addressed cover from Qoddaba for Khartoum, franked 5m DLR pictorial (SG 77). Three TPO cancels on reverse - Sa el Hagar-Tanta, Cairo-Assiut and Shellal-Half, with Khartoum arrival. Large pink Sudan Censor 4 label with boxed K handstamp | £35.00 |
| 215 | 14 MA 17, Arabic-addressed cover from Cairo for Khartoum with 5m DLR pictorial, unusual Shallal-Halfa / No 1 TPO on reverse, Opened by Sudan Censor 4 label with double-triangle handstamp | £28.00 |
| 216 | 25 V 17, cover franked 5m DLR pictorial, from Abbassia Military School to Port Sudan, requested via Suez, but nevertheless received Shellal-Halfa TPO as well as Sudan Censor 5 label and double-triangle handstamp 11 | £28.00 |
| | Picture postcards | |
| 217 | Dec 1905, photo-postcard showing montage of front page of French newspaper Le Progres and Delta Barrage, franked pair of DLR 2m green and sent from Alexandria to Switzerland. Most unusual | £18.00 |
| 218 | 1908 colour card of Khedive of Egypt, Abbas Hilmi II, ruler 1892-1914. Printer´s logo appears as L&MM. Mint. sl corner wear | £8.00 |
| 219 | 1930, Original print photo postcard showing Prince Farouk in Boy Scout uniform. Discolouring on reverse does not detract | £15.00 |
| | World War I | |
| 220 | 4 XII 15, b-w postcard of Philae Temple addressed to London, unfranked but with On Active Service in manuscript, with good boxed Luxor Convalescent Depot (Luxor Hotel and Winter Palace)in green and Luxor CDS in blue | £8.00 |
| | Hotels interest | |
| 221 | 1905, Savoy Hotel, Cairo, printed envelope, franked with 2x5mills DLR stamps (SG 63) and addressed to Berne, cancelled with Savoy Hotel PO Type 2 CDS. Arrival CDs on reverse | £18.00 |
| 222 | 1905, Eden Palace Hotel, Cairo, printed envelope, franked with 1pi blue DLR (SG 54) and addressed to Paris. Arrival CDS behind | £12.00 |
| 223 | 1908, Original print photocard showing Tewfik Place Hotel , Helouan. Mint, but reverse used for writing practice | £9.00 |
| 224 | 1910, Mint divided-back postcard showing Bristol Hotel, Cairo, printed by Richter & Co, Napoli | £9.00 |
| 225 | 1928 Colour advertising postcard of Windsor Hotel, Alexandria, franked with 10 mills Medical Congress commemorative (SG 177) and addressed to Athens. Message in Greek, censored (on face) on arrival | £12.00 |
| 226 | 1930, Cataract Hotel, Assouan - large luggage label (12x15cm) in mint condition | £8.00 |
| 227 | 28 AP 37, City of London (ship) cover franked 27 mills on the face with a selection of Fuad definitives behind, sent from Post Said / Simon Arzt with uncommon Registration cachet alongside, to Colombo. Neat and unusual | £77.00 |
| 228 | 3 NO 95, 3mill postal stationery postcard (Magdy C7) printed on reverse for The Egyptian Cigaret Manufactory, Simon Arzt, Manager, uprated with 2m green DLR and addressed to Berlin. Message (in German) from a passenger on board a vessel passing through the Canal | £10.00 |
| 229 | Mini-collection of three b/w hotel postcards: two Ghezireh Palace (hotel and pavilion), one of Bel-Air, Suez (mint) | £6.00 |
| | Official correspondence | |
| 230 | 6 VIII 07, large plain buff envelope (18x26cm), franked with horizontal pair of 1907 bilingual OHHS overprints on De La Rue 3 mill stamps (SG O75), used En Ville from Cairo CDS with Arabic red wax seal behind. NB. Envelope fold passes through both stamps | £34.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 231 | 1893, 1 mill DLR postal stationery newspaper wrapper (Magdy W1), uprated with 1mill DLR stamp (SG 58) and cancelled with neat Ramleh / Schutz CDS of 9 MA 93. Sent to Munch from clear oval handstamp on reverse: Farmacia Schutz / Statione Schutz Ramleh | £10.00 |
| 232 | 1941, 2mills Boy King mini-postal stationery envelope (Magdy E38, no frame around image), uprated with 1m Boy King and used to Cairo. Cancelled with Cairo-Mansura / & V.V. (Smith type 7A3.4) tpo cancel 20 OC 41 | £8.00 |
| 233 | 1979, 100mills postal stationery Air Letter (Magdy A16, uprated with 20 mills definitive stamp and used from Fayoum (slogan -machine cancel 11 12 79) to Toulouse. Message in Arabic | £24.00 |
| 234 | 1984, 55 mills postal stationery Registered Letter sheet of 1971 uprated not only with 5m definitive as shown in Magdy catalogue (A21) for Air Mail use (with bilingual boxed handstamp) but also with two further 10m definitives. Air Mail indicator crossed out, and used locally for its original purpose - as a registered letter sheet. Most unusual | £65.00 |
| 235 | 1985, mint essay by Postal Authority Press for festival postal stationery envelope "El Moulid Doll". Trial not adopted, and boxed handstamp reads in Arabic: Trial without value. Nile Post page 71 (E550, $100) | £18.00 |
| 236 | 2006-2011, three examples of new postal stationery envelopes, two registered and one AR, all used officially | £8.00 |
| 237 | Forgeries: 1930/40 reprints of all sorts of postal stationery by B Socrates Pandelis. Lot of six envelopes (including embossed), two postcards and two vignettes. Unusual | £20.00 |
| | Military stationery | |
| 238 | 1966, mint copy of official Egyptian military stationery letter sheet with Army vignette in stamp position | £5.00 |
| | Advertising covers | |
| 239 | 1932-1962, small group of four attractively printed and cleanly used advertising covers: Egyptian Directory, Leonidas Papazoglou & Co, Fabrique de Chaussures "Kamel" and Hamburg America Line | £48.00 |
| 240 | 1956-63, mini-collection of three mixed covers sent within Egypt, all with advertising labels of the Bayer chemical company | £6.00 |
| | Perfin stamps | |
| 241 | Mini collection of eight used stamps with clear perfins of AB/E, TC & S and VA Co, comprising SG numbers 59, 61, 76, 77, 78, 79, 671, 672 | £10.00 |
| | Station markings | |
| 242 | 9 AP 60, small envelope addressed in French to Cairo, franked with 10mills UAR 2nd Anniversary commemorative (SG 202) cancelled with unusual CDS of Kafr el Zaiyat / Station | £10.00 |
| | Printing Experiment | |
| 243 | 8 March 1959, Printing Experiment for stamp to commemorate first anniversary of the proclamation of the United Arab States (UAR+Yemen). No-value stamp in deep blue, perforated, in full pane of 50 (5x10) with marginal printing date 28 IV 59. Half pane illustrated | £60.00 |
| | Meter mark | |
| 244 | Neopost 5 mills of National Bank of Egypt / Le Caire / 2 dated 9 V 38 on window envelope, presumably used locally | £6.00 |
| | Bir Hooker postmarks | |
| 245 | 1899, Austrian-printed postcard of Cairo mosques, franked DLR2m+3m for Trieste, cancelled with unusual Bir Hooker / Wadi Natroun CDS 5 V 99. Khatatba and Alexandria /A transit marks, excellent double-ring Trieste arrival June 11 | £38.00 |
| 246 | 1900, DLR 2 mills newspaper wrapper cancelled with rare Bir Hooker / Wadi Natroun CDS of 3 V 00. Sent to Cairo via Khatatba | £38.00 |
| 247 | 1901, 4 mills postal stationery postcard (Magdy C11) sent to London, cancelled with unusual Bir Hooker / Wadi Natroun CDs of 14 I 01. Khatatba and Alexandria / A transit marks, London EC arrival Jan 24 v | £28.00 |
| 248 | 1907, 5 mills postal stationery envelope (Magdi E8, inverted watermark), used from Bir Hooker (with type 2 CDS 2 DE 07) to Coldstream Guards in Abbassia Barracks. Khatatba and Cairo / A transit marks, Military Post Office / Cairo arrival next day | £38.00 |
| 249 | 1911, colour card ("Children of the Soil"), franked with 2x1m DLR stamps (one lost) to Scotland, cancelled Bir Hooker type 2 CDS 17 AV 11, via Khatatba and Alexandria / H | £20.00 |
| | Palestine | |
| 250 | 1966, small cover franked with 35mMosque with bilingual Palestine opt (Magdy 50) for postage and registration from Khan Younis / R 11 1 66 for Manial, Cairo. Khan Younis Registration cachet alongside, together with 5m tax stamp raising funds for Palestine. Several backstamps and censored on face. Unusual | £18.00 |
| | Personality address | |
| 251 | 9 JUN 1929, plain cover from Alexandria, franked with 3m,30m of Air Mail set and 20m Fuad, addressed to A E W Mason (1865-1948), noted author and playwright, best known for At the Villa Rose (1910). Captain in the Manchester Regiment and later a major in the Light Infantry | £6.00 |
| | Literature. We regret that the buyer will be required to pay for postage on the following lot | |
| 252 | Les Postes en Egypte, published by the Egyptian Post Office on the occasion of the Tenth UPU Congress in Cairo, February 1934. A4 size, 132pp, in French, with many illustrations (Fouad, Mohammed Ali, Khedive Ismail) and post office facts and figures. Cover rubbed and scuffed, but contents in good condition (800gm) | £48.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 253 | 1867 20pa sewing machine perforated vertically on one side, (SG 13var, NP D10j, MB 10var), small thin, used | £25.00 |
| 254 | 1867 1pi watermark impressed on face, (SG 14var, NP D11z, MB 11p), very fine used | £10.00 |
| 255 | 1872 20pa, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, one eyed sphinx flaw, (SG 30var, D16h, MB 16var), very fine used | £30.00 |
| 256 | 1872 20pa, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, top left frame broken, (SG 30var, D16var, MB 16var), very fine used | £30.00 |
| 257 | 1872 20pa, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, hole in front of PARA, (SG 30var, D16b var, MB 16var), wide copy, very fine used | £30.00 |
| 258 | 1872 1pi Typo, watermark inverted, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, (SG 31var , NP D17i, MB 17e), fine used | £10.00 |
| 259 | 1872 20pa LITHO, perforation 13 1/3 x 13 1/3, hole in front of PARA, (SG 26var, NP D21v var, MB 21var), very fine used | £90.00 |
| 260 | 1872 1pi LITHO, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, (SG 27, NP D22, MB 22), very fine used | £15.00 |
| 261 | 1884 20pa on 5pi, inverted surcharge, (SG 57a, NP 40a, MB 40b), very fine used | £19.00 |
| 262 | 1884 20pa on 5pi, hole in "20", (SG 57var, NP 40var, MB 40var), very fine used | £19.00 |
| 263 | 1906 1m, watermark inverted (SG 58var, NP D45a, MB 45a), very fine used | £5.00 |
| 264 | 1906 2m, watermark inverted (SG 59var, NP D46a, MB 46a), very fine used | £9.00 |
| 265 | 1906 5m, white hole of "P" of POSTES (SG 63var, NP D50b, MB 50var), very fine used | £30.00 |
| 266 | 1914 3m, wide crescent and star watermark, (SG 75, NP D55c, MB 55d), very fine used | £2.00 |
| 267 | 1914 5m, watermark inverted (SG 77var, NP D57a, MB 57b), very fine used | £11.00 |
| 268 | 1914 5m, booklet stamp, watermark sideways to the right, (SG 77a, NP D57k, MB 57c), very fine used | £2.00 |
| 269 | 1922 5m crown overprint type I, extra dot over Arabic word "hamza" position 114, (SG 102var, NP D82 I a, MB 82 I a), very fine used | £12.00 |
| 270 | 1922 5m crown overprint type I, vertical pair reversed watermark, (SG 102var, NP D82 I c, MB 82 I b), very fine used | £5.00 |
| 271 | 1922 100m crown overprint, reversed watermark, (SG 108var, NP D89 I c, MB 89 I b), very fine used | £9.00 |
| 272 | 1923 1m Fouad, reversed watermark, (SG 111 var, NP D91a, MB 91b), very fine used | £7.00 |
| 273 | 1923 4m Fouad, reversed watermark, (SG 114 var, NP D94a, MB 94b), very fine used | £7.00 |
| 274 | 1923 4m Fouad, retouch on top left lotus, (SG 114 var, NP D94c, MB 94 var), very fine used | £10.00 |
| 275 | 1923 5m,10m,15m Fouad, reversed watermark, (SG 115-117 var, NP D95a, 96a, 97a, MB 95b, 96b, 97b), very fine used | £9.00 |
| 276 | 1923 5m Fouad, vertical pair with top stamp hairy ear, (SG 115 var, NP D95d, MB 95 var), very fine used | £10.00 |
| 277 | 1925 5m Thoth curved line between "M" and "E" in "ROYAUME", position 2, (SG 123var, NP C4a, MB 1e), very fine used | £15.00 |
| 278 | 1926 15m on 100m block of four inverted watermark, (SG 136 var, NP D104b, MB 104b), unmounted mint | £40.00 |
| 279 | 1926 15m on 200m block of four including broken "M" and "S" variety - position 24, ( SG 137 var, NP D105ee, MB 105c), unmounted mint | £19.00 |
| 280 | 1926 15m on 200m block of four including dot after "S" on top right stamp ( SG 137 var, NP D105 var, MB 105 var), unmounted mint | £15.00 |
| 281 | 1927 2m, King Fouad TYPE I (SG 149, NP D107, MB 107), very nice used | £1.00 |
| 282 | 1937, 6m Farouk boy control booklet pane of 12,(SG 253, NP D141, MB 148), mint / unmounted mint | £25.00 |
| 283 | 1937, 15m Farouk boy inverted watermark,(SG 256var, NP D144a, MB 151a), unmounted mint | £3.00 |
| 284 | 1937 30m, Farouk oblique perforation, (SG 277 var, NP D148d, MB 155r1), unmounted mint | £30.00 |
| 285 | 1952 20m Farouk with overprint Arabic figures "66" instead of "16", (SG 382 var, NP D182a, MB 189a), very fine used | £5.00 |
| 286 | 1953 £E1 Nefertiti, paper fold variety (SG 432 var, NP D210 var, MB 217 var), very fine used | £5.00 |
| 287 | 1953 6m Farouk boy bars, block of four, traces of double bars (SG 437 var, NP D212, MB 220), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 288 | 1953 4m Farouk Military bars, block of four, traces of double bars (SG 441 var, NP D216, MB 224), unmounted mint | £25.00 |
| 289 | 1953 10m Farouk Military overprinted plus bars, block of six, overprint "a cheval", (SG 472 var, NP D232var, MB 243var), unmounted mint | £30.00 |
| 290 | 1953 4m perforations shifted downward "EGYPTE" at bottom, block of four, (SG 498 var, NP 239a, MB 260a), unmounted mint | £140.00 |
| 291 | 1955 5m "extra dot" variety, (SG 507var, NP C158b, MB 146a), unmounted mint | £4.00 |
| 292 | 1955 5m centre of Arabic number "five" filled (SG 507var, NP C158f, MB 146 var), unmounted mint | £4.00 |
| 293 | 1955 37m Arab Postal Union Congress, centre of Arabic number "five" filled (SG 509var, NP C160b, MB 148 var), unmounted mint | £4.00 |
| 294 | 1955 37m Arab Postal Union Congress, white dot flaw (SG 509var, NP C160 var, MB 148 var), unmounted mint | £4.00 |
| 295 | 1957 Anniversary of revolution, two values in blocks of four, inverted watermark, (SG 533 var, 534 var, NP182a-183a, MB 170a-171a), unmounted mint | £17.00 |
| 296 | 1957 10m Rameses II (SG542var, NP D242a, MB 266a), inverted watermark, pair, unmounted mint | £9.00 |
| 297 | 1957 block of four with "gun on plane" variety, (SG 545a var, NP C189a, MB 177a), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 298 | 1957 block of four, inverted watermark, (SG 545-6a var, NP C189b-190b, MB 177-8b), unmounted mint | £12.00 |
| 299 | 1957 block of four, green spot on nose of plane plus inverted watermark, (SG 545-6a var, NP C189b-190a-190b, MB 177-178a-178b), unmounted mint | £20.00 |
| 300 | 1957 1m, vertical line flaw, (SG 538 var, NP D243 var, MB 264 var), unmounted mint | £3.00 |
| 301 | 1958 4m, corner block of six including the coloured dot variety, (SG 556 var, NP D248d, MB 270a), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 302 | 1958 10m, corner block of four, watermark sideways to the left, (SG 560 var, NP C197a, MB 185a), unmounted mint | £30.00 |
| 303 | 1959 Nefertiti 55m on 100m, misplaced overprint "U" missing, (SG 588var, NP D252b, MB 274b), marginal corner copy unmounted mint | £14.00 |
| 304 | 1959 10m Nile Hilton hotel, white dot on "O" of "HILTON", position 11, (SG 590 var, NP C216a, MB 204a), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 305 | 1959 10m Cairo Museum, dot above "9" of "1859"(SG 627 var, NP C231 var, MB 219 var), unmounted mint | £5.00 |
| 306 | 1959 10m Cairo Museum, block of four including "moon over museum" flaw, position 45, (SG 627 var, NP C231b, MB 219 var), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 307 | 1959 10m Cairo Museum, pair including flaw between Arabic "waw" and "re", position 46, (SG 627 var, NP C231c, MB 219a), unmounted mint | £7.00 |
| 308 | 1959 Flag violet colour unwatermarked printing experiment, (MB 207b), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 309 | 1959 Flag orange colour watermarked printing experiment, ( MB 207b), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 310 | 1959 Flag orange colour unwatermarked printing experiment, block of four, (MB 207b), unmounted mint | £50.00 |
| 311 | 1959 Petroleum 10m extra dot variety. "Arabia" reads "garbia" (SG 594var, NP C220d, MB 208a), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 312 | 1959 10m Nubian Monuments, blurred impression, (SG 628 var, NP C232b, MB 220 var), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 313 | 1959 500m Nefertiti, red colour badly misplaced leftward, (SG 619 var, NP D269b, MB 291a), unmounted mint | £12.00 |
| 314 | 1959 10m flag eagle, flaw to right of banner, position 41, (SG 635 var, NP C238d, MB 226a), unmounted mint | £7.00 |
| 315 | 1959 10m flag eagle, pair with red colour slightly misplaced, (SG 635 var, NP C238b, MB 226c), unmounted mint | £50.00 |
| 316 | 1971 200m & 500m Nasser complete panes of 14 as printed, (SG 1045-1046, NP D298-299, MB 321-322), very rare, unmounted mint | £150.00 |
| 317 | 1985 10p bottom left broken frame and TRIPLE PRINT shift unlisted, (NP D345 var, MB 378 var), unmounted mint pair top left corner | £15.00 |
| | Egypt Miniature Sheets | |
| 318 | 1951, Royal wedding miniature sheet with "blind" perforation at both bottom stamp corners, (NP MS5 var, MB 5 var), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 319 | 1952, Mediterranean games miniature sheet with extra dot at right of Arabic 9 (NP MS6f, MB 6a), unmounted mint | £15.00 |
| 320 | 1959, Transport miniature sheet, (SG MS601, NP MS12, MB 12), unmounted mint | £2.00 |
| | Egypt Air Mails | |
| 321 | 1941 25m, pair one with cloud in the sky variety, (SG 287 var, NP A26a, MB 28a), unmounted mint | £7.00 |
| 322 | 1948, 22m on 200m marginal block of four including "8 broken forming C" error, position 27, (SG 349-350 var, NP C120a, MB 44c), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 323 | 1948, 13 on 100m & 22m on 200m blocks of four with missing full-stops, (SG 349-350 var, NP C119a-120f, MB 43a-44a), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 324 | 1953, 15m, block of four, inverted watermark, (SG 434 var, NP A53a, MB 58a), unmounted mint | £25.00 |
| 325 | 1953, 5m overprinted 3 bars pair with "flagpole" variety on upper stamp, (SG 457 var, NP A56a, MB 61 var), unmounted mint | £5.00 |
| 326 | 1953, 40m, block of four, inverted watermark, (SG 463 var, NP A62a, MB 67a), unmounted mint | £40.00 |
| 327 | 1953, 50m, mirror bars variety, (SG 464 var, NP A63 var, MB 68 var), unmounted mint | £5.00 |
| 328 | 1958 15m, corner block of four, watermark sideways to the left, (SG 561 var, NP C198a, MB 186a), unmounted mint | £30.00 |
| | Egypt Official stamps | |
| 329 | 1922 2m vermilion, two dots below "el masreya" misplaced to bottom and break in "el malakeya" (SG O112var, NP O23h, MB 22a), mint | £19.00 |
| 330 | 1914 2m green, mirror overprint variety, (SG O84var, NP O11var), unmounted mint | £9.00 |
| 331 | 1926 15m misperforated, (SG O146var, NP O48b, MB 47r1) unmounted mint | £9.00 |
| 332 | 1926 20m misperforated, (SG O147var, NP O49b, MB 48r1) unmounted mint | £6.00 |
| 333 | 1993 25pi unmounted mint strip of 10 stamps showing 2 normal, 1 colour missing in bottom eliminating value and inscription, 7 completely blank stamps. (NP O121var) | £70.00 |
| | Egypt Postage Dues | |
| 334 | 1921 10m lake watermark pointing down (SG D103var, NP PD26i, MB 26g), very fine used | £3.00 |
| 335 | 1921 10m lake watermark pointing down and second "M" connected to frame, position 12, (SG D103var, NP PD26j, MB 26m), very fine used | £16.00 |
| | Palestine (Gaza Strip) | |
| 336 | 1957, 5m with Arabic "fe" and second "E" of "PALESTINE" broken, variety E2, position 31, (NP P58a, MB 58a), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 337 | 1957, 10m block of four, blurred overprint impression, (NP P59 var, MB 59 var), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 338 | 1958, 1m with Arabic "fe" and second "E" of "PALESTINE" broken, variety E2, position 31, (NP P61a, MB 61a), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 339 | 1958, 2m marginal block of four including Arabic "fe" broken, variety E1, position 21, (NP 62a, MB 62a), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 340 | 1958, 4m with Arabic "fe" and second "E" of "PALESTINE" broken, variety E2, position 31, (NP P64a, MB 64a), unmounted mint | £8.00 |
| 341 | 1958, 4m block of nine including white dot at right of Arabic "4", (NP P64c, MB 64c), unmounted mint | £15.00 |
| 342 | 1960, 1m block of six including "flying bee" variety, (NP P69a, MB 69a), unmounted mint | £15.00 |
| 343 | 1957, 10m strip of six with damaged final "E" of "PALESTINE" variety, position 25, (NP PC1b, MB 1a), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 344 | 1957, 10m strip of six with damaged final "E" of "PALESTINE" variety, position 25, (NP PC2b, MB 2a), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| 345 | 1958, 35m, block of four with position 30 retouch over Arabic "35", (NP PC4a, MB 4c), unmounted mint | £10.00 |
| | Egypt Postal Stationery | |
| 346 | 1922 10m "Thomas de la Rue & Co LTD" registered envelope to Ireland franked 2 x 15m crown overprint plus 5m Fouad (NP SRE3, MB R3) | £23.00 |
| 347 | 1899 4m DLR used postcard from Cairo to Paris (NP SPC11, MB C11) | £7.00 |
| 348 | 1900 4m DLR used postcard from Alexandria to Zurich (NP SPC11, MB C11) | £7.00 |
| 349 | 1907 2m on 3m postcard +prepaid separated reply, unused, (NP SPC13) | £9.00 |
| 350 | 1907 2m DLR unused postcard, (NP SPC14, MB C14) | £9.00 |
| 351 | 1916 3m+3m prepaid reply postcard, unused, (NP SPC26, MB C26) | £14.00 |
| 352 | 1889 1p gray letter sheet, unused, (NP SLS1, MB L1) | £7.00 |
| 353 | 1888 1m brown envelope size 108 x 71 mm, unused (NP SEN4, MB E6) | £4.00 |
| 354 | 1888 2m green envelope size 108 x 71 mm, unused, (NP SEN5, MB E7) | £4.00 |
| 355 | 1888 5m carmine envelope size 120 x 94 mm, used from Cairo to Suez, arrival postmark on back, (NP SEN6a, MB E9) | £8.00 |
| | Egypt postal history | |
| 356 | 1843 Stampless letter from Cairo to Alessandria. Interesting item | £18.00 |
| 357 | 1932 Taxed cover from France to Cairo, 8m tax stamp plus arrival Cairo postmarks on back | £25.00 |
| 358 | 1935 "PAQUEBOT PORT SAID" cover to England | £6.00 |
| 359 | 1936 PAQUEBOT PORT SAID franked British stamps to England | £14.00 |
| 360 | 1937 "PAQUEBOT PORT TAUFIQ" franked British stamps cancelled "PAQUEBOT" to England. Alexandria cds on reverse side | £18.00 |
| 361 | 1938 Cotton Congress complete set on registered cover to Greece. The cover was opened stamped and taped by currency control. On back side currency control mentions in Greek that "a mint stamp of Farouk wedding was found enclosed". Very interesting item | £33.00 |
| 362 | 1938 Royal wedding of king Farouk FDC | £14.00 |
| 363 | 1949 "BEPITEC" stamp exhibition special flight cover to Bruxelles, Belgium. Vignettes block on back. Nice Hagopian cover | £18.00 |
| 364 | 1950´s Six covers all franked with "bars" stamps. Nice lot | £12.00 |
| | Military interest | |
| 365 | 1940 Active Service censored Military cover to Australia, franked 10m strip of four | £14.00 |
| 366 | 1942 BRITISH FORCES airmail cover franked British stamp and cancelled "EGYPT" to London. RAF Censor | £14.00 |
| 367 | 1943 Active service censored cover to Middle East, arrival "FIELD POST OFFICE 124" | £14.00 |
| 368 | 1947 P.O.W. cover from Greece to Egypt | £25.00 |
| 369 | 1948 BRITISH FORCES airmail cover franked Farouk Marechal stamps cancelled "FIELD POST OFFICE 235" to USA | £18.00 |
| | Egypt postmarks | |
| 370 | "ABUHOMUS" cds on 1874 10pa | £9.00 |
| 371 | RETTA cancel on DLR and Farouk boy. Four stamps | £3.00 |
| 372 | RURAL SERVICE, four used stamps | £2.00 |
| 373 | 1926 10m, cancelled RURAL SERVICE ASHMUN-MAHALLET SUBK, very rare | £7.00 |
| 374 | Railway station and TPO postmarks, a total of 17 stamps | £3.00 |
| | Egypt perfins | |
| 375 | Perfins, a group of 12 used stamps | £6.00 |
| | Pyramids/Mena House | |
| 376 | Pyramids Type 3 CDS 29 III 99 on 4m surcharged 5m postal stationery card (shaved second E in millièmes) with message headed "Du pied des Pyramides". Addressed to Paris, Cairo transit mark same day | £8.00 |
| 377 | Type 3 CDS 2 XII 03 on upright Sphinx card from Mena House, franked 2x2m DLR for Lyndhurst. Cairo transit mark only | £6.00 |
| 378 | Type 3 CDS 28 I 04 on Pyramids card from Mena House Hotel, franked 2x2m DLR for Crouch End, London | £6.00 |
| 379 | Type 3 CDS 29 I 03 on 4m postal stationery card to Germany. Message in German, Cairo transit, Hamburg arrival | £6.00 |
| 380 | Type 3 CDS 21 I 06 on Mena House card franked 4m DLR for North Wales. Interesting message | £6.00 |
| 381 | Type 3 CDS on small envelope franked 1pi for Philadelphia with full letter (in pencil, detail visit to Cairo and surrounds) contained, Cairo transit and neat West Philadelphia Station oval arrival behind | £8.00 |
| | Postcards | |
| 382 | 45 postcards, of Nile Temples and towns, mainly postally unused, of mixed condition and with a small number of duplicates | £8.00 |
| 383 | 35 postcards of Port Said and environs, mainly postally unused, mixed condition, small number of duplicates | £8.00 |
| | Suez Canal Co stamps | |
| 384 | 1868, 20c blue superb mint right marginal block of four with good margins (positions 59-60 and 71-72). Never hinged, with original gum. Rarely offered in this condition. With Ceremuga (Australia) certificate 2003 | £200.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 385 | Stock sheet with mix of early commems, UPU selection to 200m, 1947 Airs to 200m and high-value barred pair. Mint and used; all mint are lightly mounted (37 stamps) | £19.00 |
| 386 | Stock sheet with mix of 1960s commems, all lightly mounted mint: 16 stamps plus one miniature sheet | £6.00 |
| 387 | Three pages with mix of stamps, virtually all pre-republic, virtually all used. One sheet illustrated (88 stamps) | £4.00 |
| 388 | Small bag with mixture of used stamps (quantity). Priced to go at | £3.00 |
| | Sudan FDC | |
| 389 | 23 DEC 48, FDC for 10 mills and 5pt stamps issued to commemorate opening of the first Legislative Assembly. Khartoum CDS. Addressed to New Zealand and clearly travelled. Horizontal fold away from stamps | £6.00 |
| | Militaria / autograph letters | |
| 390 | June 13 1916, eight-page Order of Service for memorial to Field Marshal the Rt Hon The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum at Kasr el Nil Barracks, Cairo. Slight wrinkles, vertical fold, but good condition | £10.00 |
| 391 | 19 VI 99. Folded letter 113x180mm signed (General) Wolseley on notepaper printed for Lieutenant-General Commanding the Forces/ Madras, but headed in manuscript "Mysore Jungles". Addressed to "Dear General Taylor", and mentions "have had two shots at wild tuskers". Excellent condition | £15.00 |
| 392 | 3 April 1902, Folded letter 127x204mm signed (General Sir) Reginald Wingate on notepaper printed for The Palace, Khartoum and addressed to "My dear Taylor". Thanks him for kindness in "giving us the services of Euson(?)" and says he hopes to get home sometime in June. Excellent condition | £15.00 |
| 393 | 7 April 1902, just four days later than the last. At this time Wingate was both Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar (Commander) of the Egyptian Army. This folded letter (240x190mm) headed "Sirdarieh, Cairo" is addressed to "My dear General" and seeks secondment of a medical officer, Lt M G Sterling "as quickly as possible". Signed "Reginald Wingate". Excellent condition | £15.00 |
| | Miscellany | |
| 394 | Riesler essay NP E20 black VF | £55.00 |
| 395 | Riesler essay NP E21 green VF | £35.00 |
| 396 | Postal seal GODABA (Kehr 195) VF used | £4.00 |
| 397 | British Forces Mail SG A12 (catalogue value £250!) VF mint | £50.00 |
| 398 | 4 mills 1961 perforations misplaced (NP D272a) UM | £8.00 |
| 399 | Official stamps 1938; full set of 9 ´cancelled´ on reverse (NPO52b/O60b) VF | £30.00 |
| 400 | Palestine 50 Pi and 1 E£ (NP P37 & 38) VF used | £10.00 |
| | Meter marks | |
| 401 | Neopost impression 5 mills "National Bank" local use | £6.00 |
| 402 | Neopost impression 20 mills "Worms & Co" on cover to Holland | £8.00 |
| 403 | Neopost impression 3 + 10 mills on PPC to Holland | £8.00 |
| 404 | Nessim 01 mil (FD impression) on local cover | £6.00 |
| 405 | Francotyp 13 mills "DKD Port Saïd"on original photo to Germany (cracked SE corner) | £8.00 |
| 406 | Meter mark Shepheard´s Hotel in red 19.VII.61 | £9.00 |
| 407 | Meter mark Shepheard´s Hotel in violet 21.V.64 | £5.00 |
| 408 | Meter mark Semiramis Hotel in red 07.?? | £7.00 |
| 409 | Meter mark Semiramis Hotel in violet VIII.66 | £4.00 |
| | Hotel posts | |
| 410 | PPC Luqsor Winter Palace (Type HW1) 18.III.07 to France (excellent strike!) | £15.00 |
| 411 | PPC Luqsor Winter Palace (Type HW6) 28.II.48 to Switzerland | £7.00 |
| 412 | Air cover Continental Savoy (Type HC12) 3 SE 45 to England | £5.00 |
| 413 | PPC Savoy Hotel (Type HAS3) Very scarce, only 4 months in use! | £25.00 |
| 414 | PPC SAN STEFANO HOTEL (Type HSS2) 1906 to Belgium | £12.50 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 415 | PC 20 Paras 1879 with ALEXANDRIE STATION duplex + TPO Mont Cenis-Macon | £8.00 |
| 416 | 1902 Envelope 1 Pi grey (NP SEN2b) unused, pristine | £4.00 |
| 417 | 1907 Envelope 3 mills (NP SEN10) VF mint | £2.00 |
| 418 | 1925 Envelope 2 mills (NP SEN24) VF used | £3.00 |
| 419 | 1937 Envelope 2 mills (NP SEN29) VF used | £3.00 |
| 420 | 1937 Envelope 1 + 2 mills (NP SEN33a) VF used | £10.00 |
| 421 | 1943 Envelope 4 mills (NP SEN35a) unused, pristine | £8.00 |
| 422 | 1965 Envelope 4 mills (NP SEN45) unused, pristine | £5.00 |
| 423 | 1914 Double PC 2 mills (NP SPC22) VF unused | £9.00 |
| 424 | 1914 Double PC 4 mills (NP SPC23) VF unused | £11.00 |
| 425 | 1911 Letter sheet 5 mills (NP SLS4) VF unused (insignificant hinge remains on back) | £20.00 |
| 426 | 1922 Letter sheet 5 mills (NP SLS9) VF unused | £20.00 |
| 427 | 1946-50 Postal card 13m, (NP SPC42) pristine | £11.00 |
| 428 | 1940 R-cover 15 mills (NP SRE10) with additional franking, sent from OUSIM to Cairo (R-mark other side) VF used but for horizontal crack through effigy | £20.00 |
| 429 | French PO Port-Said Letter sheet 0f10 (NP SFPOLC11) VF unused | £15.00 |
| 430 | French PO Port-Said Envelope 15 c. Nr 913 (NP SFPOENV6) VF used to Budapest; arrival mark on back | £10.00 |
| 431 | Sudan 1897 Postal card 3 mills with add. Franking sent to Switzerland. VF | £10.00 |
| 432 | Postal card CENSORED from Switzerland to Heliopolis 23.iv.18 | £3.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 433 | Cover from SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE GIZA to Bristol 21.XI.11 (opened on 3 sides) | £8.00 |
| 434 | Commercial cover 5.VI.95 from Port-Said to Germany | £8.00 |
| 435 | R-cover from Cairo 26.IV.22 to Malta (!) franking 20 + 15 mills Harrison | £8.00 |
| 436 | Censored R-cover 31.8.60 to Switzerland; franking with full Olympic set (!) + 60 mills; correct franking: surface rate 45 + R 45 + AR 25 + air surcharge 45 = 160 mills | £8.00 |
| 437 | PPC franking 2x 1mm to France with VF strike of MEX Alexandrie 23.VII.03 to France; very nice MAXIMUM CARD!!! | £15.00 |
| 438 | PERFINS 10 stamps with perfin A.B.E. + 9 stamps with perfin S.B. | £9.00 |
| | Rural Service covers | |
| 439 | 11 X 13 and 14 X 13, unclaimed registered cover from Cairo (red on white Reg label and 1pi DLR adhesive) addressed to Tala and received arrival CDs of Service Rural / 2 / Tala (Murphy/Shoukry p.60, rare "numeral" type). Three days later, as per regulation, returned to sender, with outgoing Rural Service marking. Most unusual | £12.00 |
| 440 | 26 X 13, Arabic-addressed envelope to Cairo franked (in reverse) with 5m DLR, with cartouche of Abu Sir el Malaq but no Rural CDS. Instead cancelled with TPO marking Ashmant-Abu Sir el Malaq / & VV (Murphy/Shoukry p.50). Ashmant and Cairo CDS behind | £8.00 |
| 441 | 5 JUN 15, Arabic-addressed cover with 5m DLR pictorial cancelled with Rural Service / Basyun-Kafr el Dawar. Three CDS behind | £6.00 |
| 442 | 21 May 1916, neat small cover franked 5m for Cairo and cancelled with neat Rural Service / Qaha-Khelwet Sanhara CDS (Murphy/Shoukry p.101). Qaha and Alexandria-Cairo TPO markings behind | £7.00 |
| 443 | 17 JUN 17, complete form for acknowledging receipt of an AR letter, sent from Matai on 15 June and returned, with three intaglio seals of identification, from the Rural Service / Matai-Minbal ((Murphy/Shoukry p.98). service two days later. CDS in blue, original repair (stamp edging) behind | £12.00 |
| 444 | 28 OCT 17, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 2x5m DLR pictorial for Registration and cancelled with Moustay cartouche and Rural Service / Hurin-Kafr Nafra CDS (Murphy/Shoukry p.93). Backstamps Hurin and Azhar arrival next day | £8.00 |
| 445 | 9 OC 18, remarkable perforated form giving permission for departure of a worker on holiday, folded and unsealed, sent from Delhanes (cartouche) via Rural Service / Fashn-Shinra CDS ((Murphy/Shoukry p.91). Fashn, Minia CDS behind. Unusual | £8.00 |
| 446 | 30 OC 22, Arabic-addressed registered cover to Cairo franked with vertical strip of 3x5m Crown overprint, sent from cartouche Kafr Tah..(?) via Rural Service / Shibin el Kom- Mit el Moz (Murphy/Shoukry p.107). Good strikes of Shebin el Kom / R&P and Azhar on reverse | £7.00 |
| 447 | 15 NO 22, small envelope franked 5m Crown overprint, Arabic-addressed to Zaqaziq, with Shamia cartouche and Rural Service / Sahel Selim-Luqa CDS ((Murphy/Shoukry p.104). No fewer than five postmarks on reverse | £7.00 |
| 448 | 12 JA 23, Arabic-addressed cover to Zaqaziq, franked 5m Type II Crown overprint, cancelled clean Rural Service / Abu el Shuquq - El Bagaia (Murphy/Shoukry p.80). Zaqaziq marking behind | £7.00 |
| 449 | 29 JA 24, Arabic-addressed envelope from Siflaq (cartouche) to Akhmim, franked with 5m Crown overprint and cancelled with Rural Service / Akhmim-Siflaq CDS ((Murphy/Shoukry p.81). Akhmim arrival same day | £6.00 |
| 450 | 2 AP 24, Arabic-addressed cover to Cairo, franked 5m Crown overprint, sent from Shubra Bas (cartouche) and cancelled Rural Service / Shibin el Kom-Bakhati ((Murphy/Shoukry p.107). Azhar arrival behind | £6.00 |
| 451 | 12 APR 1924, Arabic-addressed cover to Mina el Qamh, franked with 5m Crown overprint and clear cancel of Rural Service / Qaha-Khelwet el Sanhara ((Murphy/Shoukry p.101). Clear Qaha strike behind | £8.00 |
| 452 | 2 MAY 1924, Arabic-Addressed cover to Mina el Qamh, franked by 5m Crown overprint Type II (on reverse), cancelled by Rural Service / Qaha-Khelwet el Sanhara CDS ((Murphy/Shoukry p.101). Qaha transit, Mina el Qamh arrival | £7.00 |
| 453 | 16 JA 25, Arabic-addressed cover to Cairo, franked with block of 3 Type I Crown overprint, for registration from Adawi (clear cartouche) via Rural Service / Kafr el Zayat-Zuairiya (Murphy/Shoukry p.95). Kafr el Zaiyat / R and Azhar marks behind | £7.00 |
| 454 | 25 SE 28, Arabic-addressed registered envelope to Cairo franked with 3xFuad 5m, with cartouche of Abu Sir el Malaq but no Rural CDS. Instead cancelled with TPO marking Ashmant-Abu Sir el Malaq / & VV (Murphy/Shoukry p.50). Flap lost, good Ashmant CDS behind | £8.00 |
| 455 | 10 XII 28, tiny folded handwritten note, unfranked, sent from Shanfas (cartouche) via fine Rural Service Burg Nur-Minshat el Ikhwa CDS (Murphy/Shoukry p.87) with Burg Nur transit behind. Opened for display | £7.00 |
| 456 | 27 DE 34, small envelope Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Fuad with faint Shorafa cartouche and Rural Service / Disuq-Qabrit CDS (Murphy/Shoukry p.89), which has unusual "ashghaal" wording in Arabic ((Murphy/Shoukry p.48). Disuq, Tanta-Damanhour & VV and Cairo markings behind | £8.00 |
| 457 | 27 MR 51, clean cover Arabic=-addressed to Cairo with 10m Marechal stamp cancelled Rural Service El Faruqia-Taftish El Faruqia with Faruqia CDS on reverse. Torn and repaired at top right but not detracting | £8.00 |
| 458 | 1907-1933, mini-collection of Rural covers including one card with "numeral" cancel (Ebshan, 16 VIII 07), two franked with DLR, seven with DLR pictorials, 3 Crown opts, one OHHS unfranked, 3 on postal stationery. Total 18 items, mixed condition, but fair price | £24.00 |
| | Station postmarks | |
| 459 | 19 XI 08, early strike of rare Sohag / (station) CDS on 5m DLR Arabic-addressed to Cairo | £3.00 |
| 460 | 17 X 10, Arabic-printed cover franked 4m within Cairo from Cairo Station CDS. Arrival mark 6am next day | £4.00 |
| 461 | 24 DE 45, plain cover franked 10m Marechal with Shepheards HS7 cancel addressed to Assiout and received Asyut Station CDS on arrival | £4.00 |
| | Meter marks | |
| 462 | 14 XI 48, Francotyp 7947 (Office of Occupied or Controlled Territories - on the flap), value 10 mills on typed printed cover within Cairo | £4.00 |
| 463 | 18 II 55, Hasler (National Bank of Egypt), value 35 mills for unusual Registered printed window envelope (black/red label) within Cairo | £4.00 |
| 464 | 2 IX 55, Hasler 9588 (Al-Ahram newspaper), value 10 mills on typed printed cover within Cairo. Flap lost | £4.00 |
| 465 | 28 12 92, Pitney Bowes (Engineers´ organisation), value 10mills on printed window envelope used within Cairo | £4.00 |
| | Hotels interest | |
| 466 | 17 II 94, Shepheards Type HS3 CDS on mint 2m newspaper wrapper with unfortunate pen squiggle | £3.00 |
| 467 | 15 X 00, Shepheards Type HS5 cancelling 2m DLR on colourful postcard: received Military / Post Office / Alexandria CDS on next-day arrival | £4.00 |
| 468 | 27 II 03, similar to last, French Embassy postcard, 3x1m DLR franking, same arrival mark. Sender says he is staying at Shepheards, and Cairo "is very gay at the moment" | £4.00 |
| 469 | 4 II 04, postcard of Isis Temple on Philae, franked 2m "Imprimes", sent from Cataract Hotel CDS Type HCA1 and received Ibrahimia / Alexandria arrival CDS next day - remarkable | £4.00 |
| 470 | 4 II 04, similar to last, card of Phylae - Le Kiosk | £4.00 |
| 471 | 1910? Colourful postcard printed on reverse with Christmas/New Year greetings in German; and sent to Germany with HS7 Shepheards CDS ... but appears to be 15 Feb | £3.00 |
| 472 | 8 AP 42, Cover to Geneva franked 20+2m Boy King and sent from Shepheards HS8. Censor tape and Censor 5 handstamp, with another censor on face | £5.00 |
| 473 | 7 MR 50, Air Mail incoming from Budapest to Giza and redirected to Continental-Savoy, receiving HC7 CDS on arrival | £5.00 |
| 474 | 8 MR 50, incoming from Hungary, received Continental Type HC 7 CDS on arrival | £5.00 |
| 475 | 22 2 59, FDC of Inauguration of Hilton Hotel with First-Day cancel | £3.00 |
| 476 | 31 12 60, printed envelope of grand Hotel, Aswan, franked 10m UAR definitive with Aswan / T CDS. Cairo machine arrival | £3.00 |
| | Printed covers | |
| 477 | 25 VIII 10, clean printed Credit Lyonnais / Cairo cover properly franked for En Ville with DLR 3m | £5.00 |
| 478 | 3 V 13, clean printed cover for Société Protectrice de l´Enfance d´Egypte, franked 1m DLR (unsealed) and used within Cairo | £6.00 |
| 479 | 12 FE 46, printed cover of Watson Murdoch Brickworks (Egypt) Ltd used within Cairo and unusually franked with 5m Air and 1m Boy King | £3.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 480 | 5 XI 06, small envelope Arabic-addressed within Cairo, Franked 3x1m DLR to make up correct 3m rate. From Cairo / D | £5.00 |
| 481 | 9 VI 13, clean plain cover sent from Heliopolis (excellent strike) En Ville and franked at proper 3m rate with DLR stamp | £5.00 |
| 482 | 20 X 14, large (215x37mm) plain cover franked 8mm to cover En Ville registration (3m+5m) from Azhar to Dawawin. Central fold fragile | £6.00 |
| 483 | 18 DE 31, small envelope addressed to France, franked with 20m Fuad and cancelled Cairo / D. Clean | £5.00 |
| | Egypt military mail | |
| 484 | 14 FE 57, much-travelled small envelope, unfranked, from Asyut via Cairo machine canceller and Poste Militaire / Trafic du Caire CDS to two Army postmarks, ending with delivery on 18th. Unusual | £8.00 |
| 485 | 5 5 60, interesting envelope from Army Unit 2, unfranked, with military censor on face and part-strike of Moascar El Arish (El Arish Camp) on reverse | £4.00 |
| 486 | 11 1 64, Official military letter-envelope postal stationery used from Unit 43 via two Cairo machine cancels and two Army Unit cancels. Contains long Arabic letter against regulation on separate sheet | £12.00 |
| 487 | 25 6 64, As last, but single Cairo and military markings, and half of the folded sheet lost | £5.00 |
| 488 | 18 FE 67, roughly opened Air Mail cover franked with 10m UAR Palestine stamp (SG 145) with part-strike of Moascar Khan Younis (Khan Younis Camp). Khan Younis / T on reverse, together with Cairo markings after readdressing. Unusual | £6.00 |
| 489 | 13 NO 73, vertical pair of 10m "Soldier´s Stamp" (SG 1097) used to pay normal 20m rate after exclusive military use was revoked | £4.00 |
| 490 | 30 12 73, similar pair to last with Alexandria and Cairo machine cancels on colourful Air Mail envelope | £4.00 |
| | Definitives | |
| 491 | 1888 - 1m, 2m, 5m imperforate vertical marginal pairs, NP D45e,Dr46e,D50h. Some creasing on back | £75.00 |
| 492 | 1888 - 10 piastre, plate block of 16, NP D52. Brown gum | £80.00 |
| 493 | 1923-24, First Fuad 5m brown, imperforate, left-hand marginal strip of three, wmk pointing down. NP D95ct(c). Fine UM mint | £20.00 |
| 494 | 1937 - Boy King, 5m violet colour trial, NP RPD140ct(b). Palace backstamp, fine UN mint | £30.00 |
| 495 | 1944 - Farouk 30m deep olive, horizontal imperforate pair. NP D166a | £20.00 |
| 496 | 1959 - Republican 200m. Imperforate top right-hand marginal block of four. NP D268a, fine UM mint. Only 64 printed | £150.00 |
| | Commemoratives | |
| 497 | 1929 Prince´s ninth birthday, special printing, brown centres, NP C29c,30c,31c,32c. VFM, slight gum toning, couple of toned perfs | £75.00 |
| 498 | 1933 Aviation Congress set, NP C42,43,33,45,46. Unmounted mint, gum toning | £20.00 |
| 499 | 1934 UPU Congress set. NP C470C60. VFM | £100.00 |
| 500 | 1938 King Farouk Birthday £E1, NP C82, well centred, fine UM | £50.00 |
| | Printing Experiment | |
| 501 | 1959 - block of four in deep rose-red, UM | £20.00 |
| | French Offices in Egypt | |
| 502 | Port Said: good collection on three printed album pages, cat £224 (2005). Includes 1899 Peace & Commerce 5c Sage type b (cat £60). Mainly MM, some used | £40.00 |
| 503 | Port Said: 1889-1900, Peace & Commerce 5c, the scarce Sage type b, SG 106, cat £60 (2005). mounted mint | £10.00 |
| 504 | Alexandria: French 25c Peace & Commerce on printed cover to Toulouse, cancelled Alexandrie 19 Mar s1884. Faint Marseilles backstamp and other cachets | £9.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 505 | Egypt general collection on 13 album pages, early to 1960s, mounted mint and used. Over 275 stamps | £13.00 |
| | Suez Canal forgeries | |
| 506 | Suez Canal Company issue forgeries by Saatjian. 20c marginal blocks of 14 and four, plus 1c (2) and 5c. Total 21 stamps | £21.00 |
| | Egypt Postcards | |
| 507 | 37 postcards, mainly Port Said, Suez and Canal zone, but a few Cairo/Pyramids. Almost all mint, mixed condition | £8.00 |
| | First Day covers. The following six lots are all official FDCs in fine condition | |
| 508 | 1972, 50th Anniversary of Discovery of Tutankhamun´s Tomb, set of four stamps and miniature sheet (SG 1154-57 and MS 1158). Cat £83 for mint | £20.00 |
| 509 | 1991, 125th Anniversary of First Egyptian stamps and Cairo 1991 Stamp Exhibition, set of 6 FDCs bearing SG MS1832, with first-day cancel, and different handstamps for each day of the exhibition | £20.00 |
| 510 | 2000, Pope John Paul´s Visit in February, marked by set of four FDCs with Holy Family in Egypt SG MS 2139, marking visits to Al Azhar, Coptic Pope Shenouda, Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt and St Catherine´s Monastery, Sinai. Limited quantity, sold out instantly | £25.00 |
| 511 | 2000, Solidarity with Palestinian People, set of 3 FDCs for SG 2161-63, sold out in a few days | £10.00 |
| 512 | 2001, Jerusalem City of Peace, £E2 miniature sheet SG MS 2175 issued Jan 1 and sold out within days | £10.00 |
| 513 | 2004, prestige booklet Discover the Treasures of Egypt, set of 3 very beautiful FDCs, one each for high-value booklet stamps (£E5 Sphinx, £E5 Nefertiti, £E10 Tutankhamun mask). No FDC issued for the three panes of nine lower value stamps | £13.00 |
| | Air Mail stamps | |
| 514 | 1978-85, SG 1335-37a, plus ´a´ and ´b´ numbers, no wmk, VF mint NH set of 7 (5+2). SG Cat £14.,80 | £6.00 |
| 515 | 1985-88, SG 1567-72 plus ´a´ and ´b´ numbers, no wmk, VF mint NH set of 9 (6+3), SG cat £24.65 | £9.00 |
| | Definitive stamps | |
| 516 | 1977, SG 1138a, no wmk, Balian 703, VF mint NH left marginal block of four. Michel cat € 80 | £50.00 |
| 517 | 1978-85, SG 1340-51 plus all ´a´ and ´b´ numbers inc rare 1343ba. Complete set of 24 (16+8) inc two copies of 1350 and 1351 (shiny and matt gum). Rarely offered as such, VF mint NH, SG cat £56.60 | £25.00 |
| 518 | 1985, SG 1343ba with wmk, rare definitive, VF mint NH left marginal block of four | £10.00 |
| | Sudan stamps | |
| 519 | 1962, £1 Camel postman definitive reprint without wmk, VF mint NH lower marginal block of four | £10.00 |
| 520 | 1962, £1 Camel postman definitive reprint with rectangles wmk, VF mint NH lower marginal block of four | £10.00 |
| 521 | 1990, 10pi definitive handstamp-surcharged £1 in Arabic, VF mint NH control number 9A corner block of four, SG 468, SG cat £160 for four singles | £60.00 |
| 522 | 1990, as last, but control number 9B | £60.00 |
| 523 | 1990, 10pi definitive handstamp-surcharged £1 in Arabic, VF mint NH right lower corner block of four with one stamp missing surcharge. SG 468, SG cat £195+ | £60.00 |
| 524 | 1990, 1962 definitives handstamp-surcharged £5 on 10pi and £10 on 10pi in Arabic, both normal and inverted surcharge. VF mint NH, Michel 432 IV,V, Michael cat € 1000+. Very rare | £100.00 |
| 525 | 1991, Eighth definitive set of 16 stamps in official folder, VF mint NH, SG 475-90, SG cat £50.20 | £15.00 |
| 526 | 1991, Officials, eighth definitive set of 16 stamps, overprinted SG in Arabic, VF mint NH, SG O491-O506, SG cat £32.85 | £13.00 |
| 527 | 2003, Ninth definitive set, complete, 14 stamps (50-500 dinars), VF mint NH, Michel € 32 | £13.00 |
| 528 | 2003, as last, but imperf miniature sheet containing the 14 stamps. Rare, only 1000 issued, VF mint NH | £30.00 |
| 529 | 2006, 50th Anniversary of Independence, set of three stamps and imperf miniature sheet, VF mint NH, Michel cat € 53 | £20.00 |
| 530 | 2003, 1991 definitive 125 PT value surcharged 100 dinars in Arabic, in black and red (very rare_). VF mint NH, two singles, SG 619, Michael cat € 57.50 | £15.00 |
| | Egypt Stamps - year issues | |
| 531 | 2009 complete: 50 stamps, and 1 miniature sheet, inc two sheetlets, VF mint NH | £20.00 |
| 532 | 2010 complete: 28 stamps and two miniature sheets, VF mint NH | £14.00 |
| 533 | 2011 complete: 22 stamps, no miniature sheet, VF mint NH | £10.00 |
| 534 | 2012 complete: 19 stamps and three miniature sheets, VF mint NH | £14.00 |
| | Egypt stamps | |
| 535 | 1914 - First pictorial issue (De La Rue). A mint PROOF imperforate complete set of ten stamps from 1m to 200m on unwatermarked paper. Pristine and scarce | £90.00 |
| 536 | 1923, Fuad first portrait issue. An imperforate lower marginal block of four 5m brown in pristine condition. Scarce | £80.00 |
| 537 | 1937, Young Farouk issue. Left lower corner block of four 10m violet with inverted watermark and control number A/39 A/40 A/41. Pristine condition | £22.00 |
| 538 | 1937, Young Farouk issue. Left lower corner block of four 15m brown-purple with inverted watermark and control A/39 A/40. Pristine | £24.00 |
| 539 | 1938, Officials. Complete set of nine stamps from 1m to 50m with oblique perforations. Scarce and pristine | £60.00 |
| 540 | 1951 - Royal wedding of King Farouk and Queen Narriman, 10m stamp with oblique perforation (plus normal stamp for comparison). Similar stamp recently sold at auction for £800. Pristine condition. Only 100 printed | £190.00 |
| 541 | 1954, rare opportunity to acquire genuine authenticated stamps from personal Farouk collection. Horizontal imperforate pair of 30m definitive Farouk Marechal that was sold in Koubbeh Palace auction in Cairo in February 1954. Each stamp has official Koubbeh Palace Auction logo in reverse. Plus two normal stamps for comparison | £180.00 |
| 542 | 1983, Postal Authority Press essays prepared for President Mubarak but never issued. Strip of four stamps showing horizontal and vertical misperforations and multicolour double prints. with one stamp virtually blank. See Nile Post page 71. Pristine condition | £80.00 |
| 543 | 2004, The last stamp booklet, "Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps", complete and mint, containing 30 postage stamps with one of £E10 (Tutankhamun mask) in 22 carat gold. Pristine | £20.00 |
| 544 | 2009, limited edition sheetlet to mark the PAPU conference in Cairo. Comprises 16 se-tenant stamps each of £E1.50 each showing a different African personality | £24.00 |
| 545 | 2009, limited edition sheetlet to mark the FIFA under-20 world football cup, comprising 16 stamps each of £E1.50 value depicting the national flags of each competing country | £24.00 |
| 546 | 2011, complete set of all available stamps issued during the revolution year: Posta Day and Postal Museum Diamond Jubilee (10 stamps); Great Rivers - Nile (6 stamps); Great Rivers - Singapore (2); Cairo Tower (2); Military Academy bicentenary (1); Environment Day (1). Total 22 stamps unmounted mint. Part illustrated | £22.00 |
| 547 | 2012, complete set of all available stamps and miniature sheets issued during 2012: London Olympics (5 stamps); Egypt Post Day (3); Arab Post Day (1); Azerbaijan-Egypt relations (2); Environment Day (1); Nasser Revolution of 1952 (1). Plus miniature sheets: 2011 Revolution, 1952 Nasser Revolution, Death of Pope Shenouda III. Total 13 stamps, 3 m/s, all pristine unmounted mint. Part illustrated | £25.00 |
| | Egypt First-Day covers | |
| 548 | 2004 - Single FDC for the high-value stamps (£E5+£E5+£E10) from the last Egypt booklet. All three stamps on one cover, each with its own matching handstamp | £20.00 |
| 549 | 2009 - four different FDCs, each with four stamps, together totalling the 16 stamps from the Fifa under-21 world football cup sheetlet. One illustrated | £10.00 |
| 550 | 2009, as last but four FDCs each with four stamps together totalling the 16 stamps from the PAPU sheetlet. One illustrated | £10.00 |
| 551 | 2011, all available FDCs for 2011: Post Day/Postal Museum (3), Environment (1), Military Academy (1), Great Rivers (Nile and Singapore 1 each), Cairo Tower (1). Total 8 pristine covers. One illustrated | £16.00 |
| 552 | 2012, all available FDCs from 2012: Azerbaijan-Egypt relations (1), London Games (1), Environment (1), Nasser Revolution (1, m/s and stamp); Jan 2011 Revolution (1), Pope Shenouda (1). Six pristine covers. One illustrated | £12.00 |
