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118 Member 213
March 2013
CAIRE / T. IMPRIMES / (2)
117 Member 230
June 2013
Curved ABU QIR.
116 Non Member
June 2013
Instructional marking
113 Member 619
March 2013
Postal stationery cutouts
112b Non Member
March 2013
Disinfected
111b Member 618
Febuary 2013
Alexandria Station postmarks
111 Member 517
December 2012
OAS FPO cover
110 Member 619
Febuary 2013
No watermark?t
109 Member 383
August 2012
Oversize stamp
108 Member 595
August 2012
Due overprint
107 Member 595
August 2012
‘Football’ variety
106 Member 619
August 2012
Mystery card
105 Member 168
August 2012
Slogan in postmark
104 Member 619
March 2012
Missing Perforation   Replies 1 August 2012
103 Member 619
March 2012
Inverted Dateslug
102 Member 636
December 2011
South African overprint
101 Member 239
December 2011
First Day Covers for Graf Zeppelin overprint
100 Member 188
November 2011
Romanian Steamship Line Marking..
99 Non Member
November 2011
Internal rate in 1866   Replies 1 November 2011
98 Member 230
November 2011
Small Army Post stamps.
97 Member 534
November 2011
Egyptian stamp banned
96 Former Member
June 2011
20-para unrecorded variety
95 Member 636
June 2011
Quartier Arabe / Port Said   Replies 1 June 2011
94 Member 394
June 2011
Alexandria postmark
93 Member 628
June 2011
Suez Canal cancels  Replies 1 June 2011
92 Member 591
June 2011
Early Airmails.
91 Member 122
June 2011
‘Modern’ Issues Anomaly.
90 Member 386
January 2011
Exposition Medicaments.  Replies 1 January 2011
89 Member 230
January 2011
Winter Palace Hotel.
88 Member 541
January 2011
Illustrated Mena House Envelopes.   Replies 1 January 2011
87 Member 264
January 2011
Insured Cover.  Replies 1 June 2011
86 Member 475
January 2011
Egytian Military Covers.
85 Member 541
July 2010
Pyramids / Mena House Registered covers.
84 Member 384
August 2010
N.Z. Military Post Office /Troopship No 12
83 Member 384
July 2010
TPO of 1907 Dabaa?
82 Member 384
July 2010
Cash-postmark   Replies 1 March 2012
81 Member 384
July 2010
Asyut - Qissaria.   Replies 1 July 2010
80 Member 384
July 2010
postmark Armant-Dabiya   Replies 1 July 2010
79 Member 240
July 2010
£E1 Hosni Mubarak 4th Term (SG 2123, NP1458) 1mm leftward slip.
78 Member 534
July 2010
the Baron Léon Lambert
77 Member 534
July 2010
Vaillant Bey / Expediteur and Saiyida Zenab   Replies 1 July 2010
76 Member 383
July 2010
Postal stationery
75 Member 128
July 2010
"Received after Ship's Departure.
74 Member 286
July 2010
Fuad 3 mills green Army Post stamp   Replies 1 July 2010
73 Member 297
January 2010
Kumangetit Fund
72 Member 619
January 2010
Deciphering Help Needed.   Replies 4 July 2010
71 Member ?
January 2010
Unknown Label   Replies 1 July 2010
70 Member 589
December 2009
Bisect.
69 Member 623
November 2009
"Mouvement Etranger" on a first day cover.
68 Member 240
October 2009
First-issue 20-para postcard.
67 Member 230
October 2009
1 piastre Letter Seal .
66 Member 623
September 2009
Port Fouad / (Cash) postmark.   Replies 1 September 2009
63 Member 297
July 2009
Postage paid mark.
64 Member 188
May 2009
Postal Stationery Registered Envelopes
63 Member 188
May 2009
Railway Station postmarks
62 Non Member
April 2009
Cover query.   Replies 1 April 2009
61 Member 637
April 2009
2m King Farouk (Marechal) double impression.
60 Member 541
April 2009
Nazlet el-Samman.   Replies 2 April 2009
59 Member 188
April 2009
Imperial Airways Cairo - Baghdad route
58 Member 240
Febuary 2009
Missent to Cairo?.
57 Member 595
January 2009
10 mils 1926 Oxen overprint
56 Member 595
January 2009
Heliopolis earlist date.
55 Member 383
December 2008
Ophtomological congress at the Semiramis Hotel?  Replies 1 January 2009
54 Non Member
December 2008
Philatelic Crusade for Peace
53 Member 383
December 2008
CAIRO P.O. GOVCOUNTER
52 Member 595
December 2008
Bromide essay
51 Member 74
December 2008
Poste Restante rates
50 Member 168
December 2008
1866 First Issue Zopara
49 non Member
March 2008
King Farouk's wedding
48 Non Member
March 19 2008
Salt tax revenues cancellations
47 Member 533
Jan. 28 2008
Censored mail re-sealed
46 Member 172
Jan. 21 2008
Rural Seevice
45 Member 239
Sept. 28 2007
Mixed currency
44 Member 575
Sep. 6 2007
Heliopolis Semaine d’Aviation, post card  Replies 1 September 14, 2007
43 Member 575
Sept. 6 2007
Lloyd Triestino  Replies 1 December 6, 2007
42 Member 320
August 1 2007
Malta to Cairo, INSUFFICIENTLY-PAID
41 Member 595
June 23 2007
FDC the boy scout cache.
40 Member 595
June 11 2007
1927 Air royal printing misperforation  Replies 1 October 14, 2007
39 Member 239
May 14 2007
The 'Military' stamp of 1971 - dates of use.  Replies 2 August 7, 2007
38 Member 286
April 2007
EPP 70 date anomaly
37 Member 230
April 2007
Austria concession rate  Replies 1 August 7, 2007
36 Member 384
April 2007
'Mahalla' cancellation
35 Member 384
March 21 2007
Burullus Beach cancellation
34 Member
March 22 2007
Cancellations in Aden  Replies 1 March 22, 2007
33 Member
March 21 2007
Russian refugees from the civil war Febuary 27, 2007
32 Non Member
Febuary 28 2007
Motor Mail
31 Non Member
Febuary 26 2007
Egyptian revenues  Replies 1 Febuary 27, 2007
30 Member 611
Febuary 26 2007
Cancellations “GOUVEMENT ETRANGER – CAIRE”  Replies 1 Sept. 6, 2007
29 Member 611
Febuary 26 2007
Cancellations 1926 Exposition and Agricole Industrielle
28 Member ESC 239
January 19 2007
How to draw postmarks?   Replies 1 Febuary 5, 2007
27 Non Member
December 19 2006
German pow in transit WWI
26 Member ESC 240
October 15 2006
PLEINE MER
25 Member ESC 230 August 18 2006 W.S. Bruncker. - flight   Replies 1 Sept 27, 2006
24 Member ESC 384
August 6 2006
Type V-2.2 with a black rectangular box.
23 Member ESC 230 July 2006 Ahram postmark, what dates?   Replies 4 Sept 26, 2006
22 Non Member
July 2006
Army Xmas seal booklet pane. Illustration please.   Replies 1 July 28, 2006
21 Member ESC ???
21 June 2006
L’Orient Philatélique   
20 Member ESC 534 21 June 2006 Principal Towns and Villages Forming Fiscal Units
19 Member ESC 584 21 June 2006 Fuad issues: A Call for Help   
18 Non Member
19 June 2006
Straits of Messina Bottle Post
17 Non Member
19 June 2006
Nile Steamer service and the Cook's post office   
16 Non Member
27 May 2006
1879 issue with the gutter perforated
15 Member ESC 533 21 June 2006 Unknown 'A' on an Egyptian postcard   Replies 1 Aug. 8 2006
14 Member ESC 543 April 2006 Postal stationery query   Replies 1 Sept 27, 2006
13 Member ESC 240 Febuary 2006 British Postal Order for use in Egypt  Replies 2 June, 2009
12 Non Member Febuary 2006 Red bar markings on covers to England from Kuwait which travelled via Egypt and were censored in both Kuwait and Egypt. I would like to know whether the air cancel with six bars and five bars (in red) were applied in Egypt or else where.   Replies 1 Feb. 12, 2006
11 Member ESC 589 January 2006 Continental Hotel and the Savoy Hotel in Cairo are they one and the same.   Replies 1 Jan. 11, 2006
10 Non Member January 2006 Cyprus Sea Post Office: A Call for Help
9 Non Member January 2006 Mrs. Karney's Soldiers Rest Cliopatra, Alexandria Feb 16/18. Information please.   Replies 1 April, 2006
8 Member ESC 384 December 2005 The post office Ras Mallap where is it. Postmarks of Safaja and Safaga are they the same place.
Replies 1 Jan. 26, 2006
7 Member ESC 390 November 2005 I wonder if anyone can help me to explain this astonishing cover? "Franked" with a total of eleven 1-millieme stamps with multiple strike of the unusual boxed "O"
6 Member ESC 240 November 2005 Is this Paquebot mark a new one? Port Said 17.10.91   Replies 3 Jan. 10, 2006
5 Member ESC 541 August 2005 ...In late 1909, "AHRAM" replaced "PYRAMIDS" on the Pyramids PO's datestamp. The change lasted a little over a year. Does anyone know the reason for original change, and why it reverted back?
4 Member ESC 246 July 2005 Nile Hilton cover 2.1.62 to Damanhour, registration and Avis de Reception. The item was refused by the addressee and returned. Does anyone know of another example?
3 Member ESC 240 QC June 2005 Israeli stamps on covers cancelled with square Egyptian Post Office Registration cachet like marking of Mazar (Sinai) dated 4-11-56. Does anyone have ANY philatelic material from Mazar?   Replies 3 Jan, 2006
2 Member ESC 291 QC June 2005 Cover from Alexandria to the Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem dated 7 Feb 1922 bears no stamps and there is no marking of payment either regular or taxed. Can anyone explain why it was not charged?
1 Member ESC 383 QC Sept 1999 Unknown Perfin E.A. Hand made? Infomation please.



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