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Egypt Study Circle Auction No 44, because of the British postal strike the closing date has been extended to October 27, 2007 CLOSED |
| FIRST DAY COVERS (Bargains to clear) | ||
| 1 | 1956, three FDCs | £3.50 |
| 2 | 1957, eight FDCs | £9 |
| 3 | 1958, 18 FDCs | £21 |
| 4 | 1959, 20 FDCs | £24 |
| 5 | 1967, six FDCs | £8.60 |
| SECOND FUAD ISSUE – PROOFS | ||
| 6 | 5 mills Type 2 cancelled on reverse (D112e) | £6.60 |
| 7 | 5 mills Type 2 cancelled on reverse (D112e) | £6.60 |
| 8 | 40 mills cancelled on reverse (D120a) | £24 |
| 9 | 100 mills, dark centre, cancelled on reverse (D123a) | £31 |
| SECOND FUAD ISSUE – STAMPS | ||
| 10 | 150+ used stamps (inc all values) in good condition and useful for further study | £19.60 |
| 11 | 5 mills mint single with impression on reverse | £29 |
| 12 | 15 mills control block (A/26 horizontal screen) stains on selvage | £8.60 |
| 13 | 15 mills control block (A/31) | £4 |
| 14 | 15 mills control block of 6 ( | £9 |
| 15 | 40 mills control block (A/37) | £6.60 |
| 16 | 50 mills control block (A/29) | £9.60 |
| 17 | 50 mills control block (A/30) | £9 |
| 18 | 200 mills mint pair with oblique perforation | £49 |
| 19 | 200 mills 2x mint singles (pale centre & dark centre for comparison) | £5 |
| FUAD POSTES ISSUE | ||
| 20 | 20 mills control block (A/35 A/36) | £14.60 |
| BOY KING ISSUE | ||
| 21 | l5 mills, complete sheet of 100 ( | £6 |
| 1941 AIRMAIL ISSUE | ||
| 22 | 5 mills, complete sheet of 50 (A/40) | £5.50 |
| 23 | 5 mills, complete sheet of 50 ( | £5.50 |
| STAMPS | ||
| 24 | 1874, block of six 5-para brown with side margin making three tête-bêche pairs, mint, with inverted watermarks. Scarce, cat £216 (SG 35fa)  | £75 |
| 25 | 1932, Fuad 50p (1926) surcharge 50m, mint (some gum crease). Cat £60 (SG 187).  | £20 |
| 26 | 1933, International Railway Congress. Complete mint set of four stamps. Cat £60 (SG 189-192) | £30 |
| 27 | 1933, International Aviation Congress. Complete set of five mint stamps. Cat £50 (SG 214-218) | £25 |
| 28 | 1947, complete Air Mail issue overprinted “King of Egypt and Sudan” (from 2m to 200m), 12 mint NH stamps (SG 392-403). Cat £23 | £11 |
| 29 | 1951, First Mediterranean Games, complete mint NH sets in corner blocks of four with control A/51 and Miniature Sheet. Cat £45 (SG 369-372) | £9.60 |
| 30 | 1953, first post-monarchy definitive pictorial issue, 1m to £E1 plus 5 Agriculture redrawn stamps – 24 pristine stamps. Cat £41 (SG 414-432, 495-499) | £19 |
| 31 | 1976-2000, 12 sets of “Post Day” stamps depicting beautiful pharaonic treasures. 31 stamps plus M/S | £11 |
| 32 | 2002, the latest pictorial definitive issue, 10p to £E5; ten pristine stamps including six high values | £6.60 |
| 33 | 2004. Complete sheet commemorating the 92nd anniversary of the Egyptian Bar Association, featuring portraits of all the presidents of the association except the current president, Sameh Ashoor, whose portrait was physically removed by the Postal Organisation. Scarce.  | £45 |
| YEAR COMPILATIONS | ||
| 34 | 2000. Complete sets of all stamps and M/S issued in 2000, mounted and exhibited by the official Philatelic Office in four very attractive and decorative display sheets with English and Arabic inscriptions. Scarce.  | £36 |
| 35 | 2002. Attractive official year stamp folder containing 41 definitive and commemorative issues and five miniature sheets. Pristine | £14 |
| 36 | 2003. Complete sets of all stamps and M/S issued in 2003, mounted and exhibited by the official Philatelic Office in four very attractive and decorative display sheets with inscriptions in English and Arabic. Scarce.  | £36 |
| CASSETTE ENVELOPES | ||
| 37 | 1898-1994. Six different Cassette Post envelopes of high values (2 for £E1, one for £E2 ½, two for £E3 ½, one for £E4) in pristine mint condition. Scarce. Part-  | £36 |
| FIRST-DAY COVERS | ||
| 38 | 2003. Collection of ten different official first-day covers in pristine condition | £5.60 |
| 39 | 2004. As last, pristine | £5.60 |
| 40 | 2005. As last, pristine | £5.60 |
| 41 | 2006. As last, pristine | £5.60 |
| STAMP BOOKLET | ||
| 42 | 2005. Egypt’s latest stamp booklet, Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps, containing 30 mint stamps from 3p to £E10 | £14 |
| AIR MAIL INTEREST | ||
| 43 | 1932, much-travelled Air Mail cover from Bordighera, Italy (4.1.32), franked with five Italian stamps (two damaged) and Air sticker and addressed to passenger aboard vessel at Aden with black AVION JUSQU’A (manuscript Alexandria) on lower face. Brindisi Aerea CDS 6 and 8 Jan, then Recu par Avion Alexandria 9 JA, and Port Said machine transit next day. Boxed Received after/Ship’s departure on reverse; redirected to London (arr mark 3 Feb), and finally back to Bordighera (arr 6 Feb). Total of 12 CDS and two directional markings. Remarkable cover  | £45 |
| MARITIME INTEREST | ||
| 44 | 1897, Printed bilingual Paquebots-Poste Khedivie envelope franked DLR 1pi blue, addressed to Naples and cancelled Ras-el-Tin / Alexandrie 1 VII 97. Address insufficient, delivery aborted and three Italian Return handstamps on reverse. Sent back to Alex and ended in red Bureau des Rebuts 5 2 97 (faint). Large handwritten note on face appears to say Charge the Jaffa agent 1pi – address insufficient. Why Jaffa? - Intriguing.  | £22 |
| 45 | 1907, b-w postcard of Paquebot Imperatul Traian addressed to Cairo and franked with Romanian 10-bani stamp cancelled with clear double-ring Alexandria-Constanta CDS (Smith p.643, fig 8) of 7 JUL 907. Vertical crease barely detracts | £35 |
| 46 | 1915-19, two ornately printed letterheads in blue - Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Company Limited with letters in English from Alexandria (1916) and Suez Docks (1919). Also a “mint” buff envelope printed for the steamship Co front and flap, but crossed through in pencil and used by Commandant of Police(!) | £10 |
| 47 | 1937. Exhibition page of Royal Yacht Mahroussa showing real b/w photo (4 ¾ by 3 1/4in) taken in March 1937, mint Yacht’s stationery (sl staining but colourful) with Royal crest and brief history of the vessel | £24 |
| 48 | 1946, strikingly illustrated cover marking maiden voyage of SS Exporter, with flag and ship’s silhouette, franked 3m Boy King and 22m Marechal and sent from Port Said to Seamen’s Church Trust (large green logo) in New York. Beautiful | £25 |
| MARITIME POSTCARDS – mint unless mentioned | ||
| 49 | SS Kawsar, sepia, text Arabic only | £10 |
| 50 | SS Kawsar (Soc Misr de Navig Maritime), b-w photo card by Aziz Dores | £10 |
| 51 | SS El Nil (Soc Misr de Navig Maritime), b-w photo card by Aziz Dores | £10 |
| 52 | SS Misr (ex El Nil) colour photo card printed by United Arab Maritime Co | £12 |
| 53 | SS El Malek Fouad (Khed Mail Line), colour card – painting | £12 |
| 54 | SS Mohamed Ali el Kebir (Khed Mail Line), b-w photo card used on board from Valetta to Cairo 1937 | £16 |
| 55 | SS Mohamed Ali el Kebir, colour (painting facing right) postcard used from France to Manchester | £18 |
| 56 | SS Khedive Ismail (Khed Mail Line), colour (painting facing left, entering Port Said) postcard | £16 |
| 57 | SS Cairo City (Anglo-Eg Mail Line), b-w photo card, handwritten message behind (July 1947) but not posted | £10 |
| 58 | SS Koweit (hand-titled), b-w photo card | £10 |
| CRASH COVERS | ||
| 59 | 5.12.1937, cover from the Cygnus Imperial Airways flying boat accident, Brindisi (Asia-GB route), sent from Port Said 2 DE to Knightsbridge. Stamps floated off in crash and reverse provided with vertical pair of rouletted P.480 G/Crown/R Found Open or Damaged and Official Sealed labels, cancelled by black boxed two-line handstamp: Damaged by Sea / Water. Remarkable survival  | £110 |
| 60 | ???4.8.1936, cover from Scipio crash, addressed to Oxford from Abu Suwer 21 AU and franked 8m,20m Air Mails. Imperial Airways plane crashed at Mirabella Bay in Greece; this cover has large black unboxed handstamp DAMAGED-BY / SEA-WA(T)E(R) on reverse. Remarkable  | £90 |
| PERFINS | ||
| 61 | 25 used perfin stamps, all De Le Rue Sphinx/Pyramid designs. Companies represented are: ABE – CLA – CLC – ROL – CN – TC & S – SB – K & HC | £22 |
| 62 | 34 used perfin stamps, all De Le Rue and Harrison pictorial designs. Companies represented: ABE – CLA – CLC – IOB - SB – T & Co – THC & S - VoCo | £22 |
| 63 | 20 used perfin stamps, all Crown Overprints. Companies represented: ABE – CLA – CLC – SB – VoCo | £18 |
| 64 | 19 used perfin stamps, all First Fuad. Companies represented: ABE – CLA – CLC – R & Co – SB – TH & S – VoCo - OB | £22 |
| 65 | 35 used perfin stamps, all Second Fuad (small stamps). Companies represented: ABE – BIE - CLA – CLC – SB – VoCo – BCIE – TC & S – CN – R & Co - OB | £22 |
| 66 | 21 used perfin stamps, all Second Fuad (large stamps). Companies represented: BCIE – BIE - CLA – CLC – CN – OB – SB – VoCo – R & Co | £28 |
| 67 | Nine used perfin stamps, all Fuad Postes except two UPU (10m, 13m). Companies represented: BCIE - - BIE - CLA – CLC – VoCo | £13 |
| 68 | 38 used perfin stamps, all Boy King or Farouk Marechal. Companies represented: CLA – BIE – SB – VoCo – R & Co | £18 |
| BOOKLET STAMPS ON COVER | ||
| 69 | 1907, Small Arabic-addressed cover – both black and blue handwriting on face - franked (on reverse) with 5m De La Rue (SG 63) booklet stamp (perfs extended at left), used from San Stefano to Opera Square in Cairo. Top of flap torn on opening, stamp in excellent condition  | £90 |
| 70 | 1920, grey printed lawyer’s envelope franked with De La Rue 5m Sphinx (SG 77) booklet stamp (perfs guillotined away at right). Arabic-addressed, from Cairo / B. Flap lost but neat  | £75 |
| 71 | 1922, grey printed lawyer’s envelope franked with strip of three Harrison 5m pink Sphinx booklet stamps (perfs guillotined at top), Arabic–addressed from Mansura / R 9 MA 22 (mute black on white Reg label) to Cairo. Neat, clean  | £60 |
| 72 | 1922, plain pale buff cover (some sun staining), Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked with 5m Harrison pink Sphinx (SG 90) booklet stamp (perfs guillotined away at base) and used from Zifta 16 MR  | £60 |
| 73 | 1926, brown cover from Luqsor / (Station) 3 OC 26 Arabic-addressed to Cairo and franked with 5m First Fuad booklet stamp (perfs guillotined at right). Pinholed but clean | £15 |
| 74 | 1926, plain off-white cover used from Dawawin to Gezira, Arabic-addressed March 1926 and slightly cut down at left on opening, franked 5m First Fuad booklet stamp (extra-full perfs at bottom). Neat | £8 |
| 75 | 1940, plain white cover franked 1m + 5m Boy King, latter from booklet (top and left), cleanly Arabic-addressed to Cairo and Cairo machine cancel; 15 JLY 1942, clean white cover (purple handstamp address on flap), Arabic-addressed from Asyut (22 NO) to Cairo (machine arrival next day), franked with 6m Boy King booklet stamp (perfs guillotined at bottom) | £12 |
| 76 | 1942, large brown cover (220x150mm), Arabic-addressed registered from Qina (17 SE) to Cairo. Black on white lower-right-corner Qena Reg label on front; reverse has 3x1m and 6x6m Boy King, all of the 6m from a booklet. Clean and colourful  | £35 |
| POSTAL HISTORY | ||
| 77 | 1893, ornately printed legal notice in French, sent to Tribunal Mixte in Cairo and franked with 1m De La Rue with CDS Caire / D of 31 XII 93. Clean | £10 |
| 78 | 1933, small (121x96mm) and neat bilingual-printed OHEMS cover, typed address to Cairo, sent from Douane / Alexandrie 24 FE, with franking “paid” by good blue Customs / Administration blue Official oval handstamp. Alex and Cairo CDS behind | £12 |
| 79 | 1938, most unusual Arabic-printed lawyer’s postcard franked with 1m First Fuad (remarkable late use) plus 1m Boy King and sent from Moharem Bey in Alex to Cairo 1 MR. Message in Arabic on two sides | £15 |
| 80 | 1946, large manila envelope, 380x255mm, reinforced with sticky tape and Arabic-addressed to lawyer in Cairo. Most beautifully franked with 40m, 100m and 200m of Young Farouk issue, tied with a single cancel of Sidi Gaber 25 JU.  | £12 |
| 81 | 1953, lawyer’s Arabic-printed postcard addressed in Arabic and franked with a variety of brown stamps – pair of 10m Defence, 3m Boy King, 3m Marechal and 3m Marechal barred out – for registration to Cairo. All cancelled RP Hilmia 5 JL 55, and arrival Cairo Delivery behind | £20 |
| 82 | As last, same lawyer’s card, franked with four Marechal three-bar stamps – pair of 10m and singles of 2m and 4m – for registration from RP Hilmia 14 JU 53 to Cairo (Delivery CDS behind) | £15 |
| 83 | Similar to last two, but different Arabic-printed card franked 2m and 2x1m three-bar Farouk Marechal and sent from Tanta 22 JA 54 to Cairo | £12 |
| 84 | 1987, Commemorative cover illustrated with Concorde, Luxor Temple and Air France circular cachet, marking first direct flight (2.5.87) from Paris. Franked 2.20fr French stamps of Philex-France cancelled Paris Tour Eiffel, and with El Luqsor/Air Port CDS of same date on the flap. Colourful, Striking | £10 |
| FOUND-OPEN LABELS | ||
| 85 | 1934, OHEMS bilingual printed buff cover used from Cairo with Parquet Official Oval franker. Resealed at top with three examples of Type 8 label: no CDS but pencil-cancelled. Unusual | £18 |
| 86 | 2004-2006, a lot 44 of ten different envelopes and postal items, mainly incoming from overseas, all with modern red Found-Open labels used in various ways. Many printing varieties, good lot 44 for study | £22 |
| INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS | ||
| 87 | 1923, Avis de Reception form 13Q, with diagonal red stripe, used from Bab el Khalq / Cairo 9.III to Cairo / R.A.2, where trilingual boxed Refused / Arabic / Refusé handstamp struck both sides. Unusual | £14 |
| 88 | 1930, full vertical strip of 10 Registration receipts, all cancelled with CDS of Abu el Shuquq / (Cash) 7 SE , then further furnished with 10 strikes of the boxed trilingual Refused / Arabic / Refusé handstamp, and 12 more of the bilingual Rebut à remettre / a l’envoyeur / Arabic, all in black. Why? Most intriguing | £38 |
| POST-OFFICE FORMS | ||
| 89 | 1888, Postes Egyptiennes Registration receipt (form 18 bis, ?? printing, 10,000 carnets,175x110mm), cancelled with Caire.A of 28 JU 88 T XI. Pinholed but good condition | £9.60 |
| 90 | 1891, Administration des Postes Registration receipt (form 18 bis, 1888 printing, 2000 carnets, 183x110mm), cancelled with Caire / A of 28 AV 91 T VI. Pinholed but good condition | £9.60 |
| 91 | 1891, Administration des Postes Declaration de Versement receipt (no printing info, 138x205mm), cancelled with Caire / A 28 AV 91 TI. Wear at the bottom but unusual | £9.60 |
| 92 | 1907, Egyptian Post Office Avis de Reception form (PO 13Q, 1906 printing, 50,000 examples, 180x280mm), used from Cairo / R 4 III 07, response from Banha next day. Perfectly excellent condition (single fold) | £9.60 |
| 93 | 1917, As last (1915 printing, 80,000 examples), used from Alexandria / R.1 3 IX 17, response from Cairo / Postmen next day accompanied by ornate purple double-ring logo of Mortgage Company of Egypt Ltd, sealed by white on black Post Office label. Worn and stained but interesting | £9.60 |
| 94 | Sudan: Sudan Postal Administration pale yellow Requisition for Egyptian or Sudanese Money Order with deeper yellow receipt, cancelled clear and fine Ed-Dueim 12 NOV 33 and addressed (Arabic) to Delta Barrage. Two filing holes at right do not detract. Neat, clean | £8.60 |
| CONSULAR OVERPRINTS | ||
| 95 | 1927, Brussels notary’s handwritten document on Belgian 5fr revenue stamped paper (1925 wmk), verified at Egyptian Legation (purple handstamp with manuscript additions), where tax paid with truly excellent vertical pair of 200m Fuad Consular overprints unusually in black (Feltus 410). Belgian 3fr Foreign Affairs revenue alongside. Pinholes, but a striking document  | £44 |
| 96 | 1928, much as last, but Belgian stamped paper of 1fr 50c (1920 wmk) uprated with 3f 50c handstamp, and verification at Egyptian Legation tax paid with two overlapping horizontal pairs of 100m Fuad Consular overprints in red (Feltus 407). Belgian 3fr revenue alongside. File hole, but striking | £28 |
| RUSSIAN OFFICE | ||
| 97 | 1938, astonishing complete document (210x340mm) in excellent condition. Headed Gouvernement Egyptien: Bureau d’enregistrement pour les Russes, it has a portrait photograph and (in French) verifies to the Russian Orthodox Patriarch the claim of Dame Nadejda Tzarevsky to be divorced and free to marry again. Signed by the Head of the Russian Community, the document’s fee is paid with a horizontal pair of the 15pi blue and a single of the 5pi brown (Feltus 494 and 493) of the rare Russian Office issue, cancelled by the Office double-ring handstamp. Filing holes but excellent and remarkable  | £85 |
| 98 | Single used examples of the 5pi and 15pi Russian Office stamps. Fine condition | £30 |
| CONSULAR MAIL | ||
| 99 | 1911, printed grey envelope of the Austro-Hungarian consul in Alexandria, franked 1pi DLR blue, sent from Alex 19 XI 11) to Vienna. Flap sealed with circular violet consular cachet | £18 |
| 100 | 1945, printed envelope of the Greek Consulate in Cairo (Coat of Arms), franked with strip of 3x10m Marechal and a single (sl staining) for registration (mute black on white label), to Alex. Double ring consulate handstamp on the reverse | £6 |
| STAMP VARIETY | ||
| 101 | 1955, Arab Postal Union Congress. 37 mills stamp with clear double overprint (horizontal shift), used at Suhag (Nile Post C160a and footnote 5, cat $500). Clean  | £120 |
| RED SEA HISTORY | ||
| 102 | 1921, Plain buff form (175x225mm), with handstamp heading Office Quarantenaire de Suez, written entirely in Arabic: an Egyptian doctor, Youssef Fares, is seeking permission for haj pilgrims who have come from the Hedjaz to be allowed to travel from Tor Camp to Rafah via Qantara. Countersigned by (rubber handstamp) Le Directeur Medecin en Chef with his signature, and faint boxed handstamp F G B / S P dated 1 SEP 1921. Good condition | £9.60 |
| UAR-PALESTINE | ||
| 103 | 1960, small grey-green cover. Arabic addressed to Alex, franked with UAR Palestine 10m green Ramses statue and cancelled Khan Younis / T. Egyptian censor mark on face, and Gaza CDS and Sidi Gaber and Alex machine marks on reverse. Neat | £8.60 |
| INCOMING MAIL | ||
| 104 | 1933, Registered cover from Curepipe Road (Reg label), Mauritius, addressed to Alexandria, franked (reverse) with Geo V 15c blue and 25c red/olive definitives. Two Mauritian, two Egyptian CDS behind. Clean | £8.60 |
| 105 | 1937, two registered covers, addressed to Cairo, franked with 1) Seychelles Coronation set of three, and 2) Nigeria Coronation set of three plus 3d and 1/2d stamps. Various Egyptian CDS behind. Both clean, stamps fine condition | £12 |
| 106 | 1949, Air Mail cover from Beyrout to Mousky, Cairo, franked on face with 12p50 and 15p Lebanon stamps and behind with 5p on 15p surcharge red on blue Postal Tax stamp in aid of War in Palestine (SG T368). Egyptian censor mark on the front | £5 |
| RED CROSS | ||
| 107 | Incoming card from France, 1915 to Zagazig; and 1942 envelope franked 6m Boy King Alex en ville, both with (different) Red Cross double-ring handstamps in red. Both clean | £10 |
| MILITARY INTEREST | ||
| 108 | 1939-44, three World War II military covers, all franked with Boy King stamps, two of them with diamond military censor cachets (one CDS Mersa Matruh / C), the other double-square unit censor 27. All clean | £10 |
| FIRST ISSUE ON COVER | ||
| 109 | 8 GEN 67, clean folded entire letter franked (lower left) with 1pi First Issue, placed sideways. Neat Arabic address, used from (TA)NTA to Cairo (clear CDS behind). Fine condition  | £120 |
| 110 | 22 FEB 67, tatty entire opened for display and franked (top left) with 1pi First Issue, placed sideways. Neat Arabic address, sent from DA(M)IATA to clear MANSOURA next day. Entire in poor shape; stamp (centred top left) much better  | £120 |
| EXPRESS MAIL | ||
| 111 | 1929, long off-white envelope (28x12.5cm), Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked upper marginal vertical pair of Second Fuad 20m (large green), cancelled Alex 26SE29 with black Express cachet alongside, Postmen Cairo CDS behind | £18 |
| 112 | 1932, bilingual printed cover, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked block of four Second Fuad 5m and cancelled with unusual and very faint red Alex CDS (plus pencil cancel) with red Express cachet alongside. Postmen Cairo arrival mark in black behind 11MR32. Striking | £18 |
| 113 | 1940, Arabic printed large envelope, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked with 1m and vertical pair of 20m blue Boy King (marginal with part of control A/39 A/), cancelled RD3/Cairo 4DE40; bilingual Express handstamp and black on white Cairo reg label. Cairo Delivery and Cairo Postmen/Express Section CDS behind | £15 |
| 114 | 1942, grey cover, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked 6m and 20m Boy King, with Express handstamp and Arabic equivalent in ms alongside. Cancelled Port Said/Traffic/B 22FE42. Cairo Postmen Express Section faint behind | £8.60 |
| 115 | 1943, off white cover much as last but stamps cancelled blue Shibin el Kom CDS 22MA43. Express notification only in Arabic ms, faint Cairo Postmen/Express Section CDS behind. Clean cover | £8.60 |
| 116 | 1952, large brown envelope Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked with vertical pair of Farouk Marshal 10m with KES opt and 40m Express stamp, cancelled Suez $ma52. Ms notification Registered, two faint CDS behind | £18 |
| 117 | 1955, large brown bilingual printed lawyers cover, typed address including only mention of Express, franked with 10m Defense and horiz pair of 20m Marshal barred out, cancelled Alexandria Express 7JU55. Reverse has faint Cairo Postmen/Express CDS | £14 |
| 118 | 1955, off white printed lawyers cover (flap), typed address (ms Express in red pencil) to Cairo, franked 30m Mosque and 10m Evacuation commemorative, cancelled Alexandria Express CDS 20AP55 | £10 |
| 119 | 1957, grey bilingual printed envelope of Alexandria Spinning and Weaving Co, Arabic typed address to Cairo, machine franked with two strikes of company roller, 35m and 30m, dated 16.1.57. Express in red Arabic handstamp and bilingual boxed in black. Central CDS Alexandria Station 15JA57. Company double ring hs and two CDS behind. Striking | £10 |
| 120 | 1957, buff Arabic printed cover, typed Arabic address to Cairo, franked 40m Mosque and Alexandria Express 15FE57. Flap sun stained, reverse has CDS Cairo/Postmen Delivery next day. Neat | £8 |
| 121 | 1961, grey envelope, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked pair of 5m, 20m and 35m of UAR definitive, cancelled Sidi Gaber/R 26.10.61, with manuscript Reg mark and boxed bilingual Express cachet alongside. Part strike Cairo Express behind | £7.60 |
| RAILWAY STATION MARKINGS | ||
| 122 | 1928-1941, section of four clean printed covers each bearing a different type of Minya station CDS. Frankings are all Fuad and Farouk definitives | £16 |
| 123 | 1933-1957, Section of five clean covers bearing four different types of Mansura Station CDS. Frankings are Fuad, Farouk and Republic definitives | £18 |
| 124 | 1934, plain off white cover. Arabic addressed and franked Boy King 5m, and from Sidi Bishr/(Station) (65%) 8SE39 to Cairo. Transit marks behind | £18 |
| 125 | 1941-1966, three clean printed covers each bearing a station CDS; Tanta on Delta Light Railway cover; Zaqaziq Mehatta AR; Asyut is lawyers letter. Frankings Fuad, Farouk and Republic definitives | £12 |
| 126 | 1943, Printed bilingual grey cover franked 6m and 20m Boy King and sent Express from Station/Port Said (85%) 7AU43 to (Arabic typed address) Cairo (arrival next day). Clean, good looking cover | £15 |
| 127 | 1953, printed all Arabic commercial cover franked with vertical pair, horizontal pair and single 2m Marshal 3 bars stamps, Arabic addressed and cancelled with clear Zagazig Station (90%). Cairo M/C arrival next day behind | £18 |
| POSTAL STATIONERY | ||
| 128 | 1884, 20+20pa reply card (initial side only), written in Italian and sent from Minet el Qamh 27NO1884 to Cairo. Arrival same day on face. Striking | £18 |
| 129 | 1890, 5m Postal Stationery enveloppe-Lettre (NP2), uprated with 5m DLR and sent from Luxor Hotel Type HL2, 7.III.08) to Germany. Reverse has Bani Suef-Cairo TPO transit mark and Gross Morin arrival (24 Mar). Sl sun staining but neat | £18 |
| 130 | 1892, provisional 5m on 2pi postal stationery envelope (NP7), uprated with 5m DLR and addressed to Trieste, cancelled with three strikes of Shepheard’s Hotel (Type HS1) 13NR93 TIV, with date slug error; 13MR inverted. Unusual, neat  | £120 |
| 131 | 1894, 3m+3m violet reply card (initial side only) uprated with 2m DLR and sent Cairo 6V06 to Chemnitz; curtailed message clearly covered reply part as well! | £10 |
| 132 | 1911, 1m on 2m provisional surcharge envelope, white laid paper (NP11), wmk reversed. Almost pristine mint | £18 |
| 133 | As last, wmk upright and clearly different paper from last, much coarser and grey-pale yellow. Almost pristine mint | £18 |
| 134 | As last, paper somewhere between last two, wmk reversed, used from Abbassia 24.XII.11 to (Arabic addressed) Qubba Bridge. Redirected and Abbassia arrival 25.XII on reverse. Neat | £25 |
| 135 | 1916, 3m Ras el Tin Palace orange PS postcard (NP25) Arabic addressed and used from Qantara 10FE17 to Alex. Next day arrival on face, with black wavy line censor upper centre | £14 |
| 136 | 1916? 5m embossed letter sheet, no wmk (NP56a), with Sphinx design on interior also (set off or bleed through?) Neatly Arabic addressed to Cairo and used from Dumiat-Tanta/&V.V. TPO (Type 7A3) 25AU20. Neat Alex-Cairo/TPO (Type 5A2) on reverse | £28 |
| 137 | 1921 issue 5m embossed letter sheet (Egyptian Postage wmk, NP8) uprated with 10m Crown Opt (SG103) for Arabic address reg from Shubra (Cairo)/R (reg cachet alongside) 23AP23 to Tanta (arrival behind). Clean, neat | £28 |
| 138 | 1922 issue 5m pink embossed letter sheet (Egyptian Postage wmk, NP9), uprated with20m First Fuad (SG118) for Arabic address registration (Reg cachet alongside, tear across) and AR (boxed) from Samanud 24OC24 to Alex (arrival same day on reverse). Part of address crossed through | £25 |
| 139 | 1922 issue Registered Letter with 10m Colossi in carmine (NP3) uprated with 6x5m First Fuad and used from Cairo (black on white Reg label behind) to Vienna. Two wax seals (eagle) on front. Good example | £28 |
| 140 | As last, uprated with horizontal pair of 15m First Fuad (excellent condition) for reg from Alex 4.VI.26, black on white Reg label on front, to Germany. Clean , neat fine cover | £28 |
| 141 | 1925 issue 5m pink Sphinx embossed envelope (wmk al barid al masri, NP25) uprated with 5m Second Fuad and sent from Bilbes 12.V.31 to Scotland. Good | £18 |
| 142 | 1925 issue 2m Cleopatra embossed vermilion small env (NP24), white paper, wmk inv. Mint, pristine | £13 |
| 143 | As last, clearly different paper - duller, yellowish, wmk upright. Mint, pristine | £10 |
| 144 | As last, but thinner unwatermarked paper and smaller overall - 98x67mm as opposed to 108x71mm. Mint, pristine but a modern FORGERY!! | £8 |
| 145 | 1925 issue 2m Cleopatra embossed vermilion small envelope (NP24) uprated with 3m brown Second Fuad (SG150), sent from Alex 12JU28 for Nice in France. Fine condition | £12 |
| 146 | 1928 2m Fuad embossed grey small env on thin white unwatermarked paper - but 98x70mm instead of 108x71mm. Mint, pristine, but a modern FORGERY!! | £8 |
| 147 | 1928 issue Fuad 5m embossed chestnut brown envelope (146x111mm), NP28), mint pristine | £20 |
| 148 | 1928 issue Fuad 5m embossed brown envelope (146x111mm, NP28), uprated with15m Fuad Postes and sent from N/Cairo 9JL37 to Holland. Clean, fine | £15 |
| 149 | 1928 issue Fuad 5m embossed pale brown envelope (146x111mm, NP28), uprated with Second Fuad 1, 2, 20m (SG148, 151, 162), addressed in Greek and sent from Cairo (Par Avion sticker) 26SE35 to Tripoli in Greece. Arrival 28SE. Colourful | £20 |
| 150 | 1929 issue 15m Fuad embossed blue Registered Letter (Survey of Egypt, NP6), used from Emad el Din 3DE34 (mute black on white Reg label) to Sidi Gaber. Good condition | £16 |
| 151 | 1930 issue 5m Fuad pale brown embossed letter sheet (al barid al nasri wmk, NP10), remarkably uprated with vertical pair of5m Second Fuad booklet stamps (guillotined at right etc) for reg (black on white mute label) from Suez 28AU to Cairo very neat Arabic address). Arrival CDS same day behind. Sheet torn at very top on opening but neat | £38 |
| 152 | 1930 issue 5m Fuad brown embossed letter sheet (wmk al barid al masri, NP10a), uprated with 10m red Second Fuad (SG157) for reg from Bab el Khalk (black on white mute label) 24.IX.35 within Cairo (delivery CDS behind). Clean | £28 |
| 153 | 1930 issue 5m Fuad dark brown embossed letter sheet (wmk al barid al masri, NP10a), uprated with 10m violet Second Fuad (SG158) for reg from Azhar 25.V.37 (black on red Reg label) to Zagazig. Neat Arabic address, clean | £28 |
| 154 | 1936 issue 3m Fuad postcard (NP37), uprated with 10m violet Second Fuad for reg (Arabic Alex black on white Reg label) from Attarin/(P) 3JU39 to Horeya St. in Alex. Arabic addressed; reg postcards most unusual | £18 |
| 155 | 1939 issue 5m Boy King letter sheet (wmk al barid al masri, NP11), uprated with 1m and 15m Boy King (SG248, 256) for reg from Parliament 12FE44 (black on white mute Reg label behind) to Khazendar Square in Cairo (delivery CDS behind). | £28 |
| 156 | 1941 issue 6m Boy King letter sheet (wmk al barid al masri, NP12), Arabic addressed and cancelled by Cairo A machine of 8MAY1943. No backstamp | £28 |
| 157 | As last but uprated with 15m Boy King (SG256) for reg (mute black on white label) from R&P/Bahr el Saghir 20.V.43 to Mansura (arrival same day behind). Neat Arabic, good cover | £28 |
| 158 | 1944 issue 6m Boy King postcard (NP39) uprated with 20m grey Boy King for reg (mute black on red label) from Minya 3NO45 to Sayeda Zeinab in Cairo. Arabic message covers both sides. Delivery CDS next day. Registered postcards most unusual | £18 |
| 159 | 1946, Farouk 4m Marshal visiting card envelope with filigree interior (NP39), mint | £45 |
| 160 | 1946, as last, but wmk inverted and reversed (NP39b), used (Arabic address in green) in Alex. Good condition | £25 |
| 161 | 1954, Tourist issue postcard in brown frame with Defense 6m Vignette showing Place Soliman Pacha - Le Caire. Pristine mint | £18 |
| 162 | 1966 issue 10m Eagle envelope (NP46), mint, excellent | £8 |
| 163 | 1966 issue 10m Eagle envelope (NP46), mint but uprated with 1pi and 3pi of 1985-86 definitive issue as sold briefly at the Post Office. Excellent | £8 |
| 164 | 1966 issue 10m Eagle envelope (NP46) uprated with 2x20m Industrial Fair (1968, NP485) used for Express mail from Luxor Station 25.4.69 to Giza. Fine | £12 |
| 165 | 1966 issue 10m Eagle envelope (NP46) uprated with similar 10m definitive in green (NP280) of 1964 and sent from Luxor Station 1970 to Helwan les Bains. Fine | £12 |
| 166 | 1968 Aerogramme series with large pictures on the back. Full set of 80m, 115m and 140m, each with one of the ten different designs behind, ie, a total of 12 aerogramme (NP11-13). Mint and perfect condition: very difficult to find all 12 | £120 |
| 167 | 1968 issue 20m Metwalli Gate ps envelope (in green, NP51), Arabic addressed and sent from Qus 15.10.73 to Giza (arrival CDS on reverse two days later). Unusual | £22 |
| 168 | 1968 issue 10m Eagle of Saladin envelope (filigree inside, NP49), uprated with 3x10m Maadi Hospital (NP432) and used from excellent info strike of Luxor/Station/T of 13MR67 to Helwan les Bains. Colourful and striking | £12 |
| 169 | 1971 issue military concession envelope (NP53) in uncut strip, printed on reverse and virtually completely filled as Post Office list of registered articles (Form 18C, remarkably the printing date given is 1968-69!!) Unusual | £15 |
| 170 | 1995 issue £E21/2 cassette envelopes - two examples, pristine mint, with printing varieties | £15 |
| ADVERTISING ENVELOPE - CIGARETTES | ||
| 171 | Cigarettes Laurens printed envelope (green, with Sphinx in oval top right), franked 5m Boy King and used from Alex 21MR38 to Cairo with ornately headed single sheet of notepaper bearing letter concerning legal affairs. Both excellent condition | £12 |
| RURAL SERVICE | ||
| 172 | 1923, Avis de Reception card (Form 13Q) with red diagonal stripe, used from Tanta to Birket el Sab. Info spot on reverse authenticated with clear double ring Rural Service CDS Hurin-Kafr Nafra 29AU23 (95%)  | £18 |
| 173 | 1928, plain white envelope neatly Arabic addressed and franked 5m Second Fuad. Sent from (cartouche) Behouache and Service Rural Ramlit el Angib-Kamshush (village) CDS of 21FE28, 75%) - all in green-blue. Cairo machine arrival behind | £18 |
| 174 | 1931, Lt grey env, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Second Fuad and sent from (cartouche) Nawai and Rural Service Roda-Qalandul of 17SE31 (70%). Clear Roda, Cairo machine marks behind | £16 |
| 175 | 1932, plain white envelope, Arabic addressed, franked 5m Second Fuad, sent from (cartouche) Izbit Bastawros Bey Salib and Service Rural Hosh Issa-Katamneh-Qarinen of 9NO32 (90%) to Cairo. Various unclear marks behind inc TPO | £18 |
| 176 | 1932, plain white cover, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked with 5m Second Fuad and sent from Rural Service Mina el Qamh-Walaga CDS (Arabic date 5.11.32, 55%) | £16 |
| 177 | 1935, lawyers printed postcard written both sides in Arabic, franked 3m green Second Fuad and posted from Cairo via Saff and Rekka to blue Service Rural Riqqa-El half CDS of 28FE35 (60%) | £18 |
| 178 | 1935, large brown envelope (26x20cm), Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked with strip of three and single 5m Second Fuad, and sent from (very faint cartouche) Beit Malaa and Service Rural Mashtul el Suq-Ghaffariyah CDS of 11NO35 (90%). Upright R reg cachet alongside, clear Mashtul el Suq and Cairo Delivery CDS behind | £18 |
| 179 | 1937, pale grey envelope, Arabic addressed, franked 5m Second Fuad and sent from (cartouche) Hakmia and Rural Service Sahragt el Kobra-Kafr Mit el Masry of 6OC37 (70%). Sahragt el Kobra and Mit Ghamr CDS behind  | £18 |
| 180 | 1939, Fuad 3m brown PS card (1932 issue), Arabic typed and used from Cairo to Rural Service/Shatanuf-Shisha CDS (Arabic date 20.7.39, 95%). Message pencilled out but CDS clear | £18 |
| 181 | 1941, plain small white envelope, Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked 6m and 15m Boy King and sent from (cartouche) Manyal el Arus and Rural Service Shatanuf-Shisha CDS (Arabic date 2,9,41,70%). Old fashioned upright R reg cachet alongside, pinholed and part of flap lost | £15 |
| BOY KING ISSUES - beautifully mounted for display | ||
| 182 | Bar overprints, eight sheets showing basic bar overprints in mint examples, including high values, viz, definitive to £E1, airs to 200m, KES airs to 200m, plus two 6m six bar fakes and a genuine block of four of the same stamp with Hass certificate. Total 54 stamps, Cat over £250 | £55 |
| 183 | Palestine overprints, nine sheets neatly written up, with all mint stamps - inc Airs, Express and Dues - showing virtually all the Palestine overprints (and stretching well beyond Boy King) to £E1. Complete all but Air 200m and KES, bars and Palestine. 64 stamps, excellent basis for expansion, cat£300+ | £55 |
| POSTAL HISTORY | ||
| 184 | Postcard (no picture), pictorial issue 1915 4m (NP D56) cancelled BULKELEY / 27 III 1916 8-AM + ALEXANDRIA B to a French soldier in France | £2 |
| 185 | Cover pictorial issue 1915 5m (NP D57) to TRIPOLI SYRIA cancelled BULKELEY 28 SE 20 10-A transit ALEXANDRIA on back - some folds and light yellowing not touching stamp | £3 |
| 186 | Printed cover National Hotel Cairo to Bruxelles (Belgium) – Fouad 2nd issue 10m (NP D114) + UPU Congress Cairo 10m (NP C52) – cancelled CAIRO S 16 JL 34 + 2 Belgian postage due stamps 2fr + 30c. Some yellowing and stains | £5 |
| 187 | Fouad 2nd portrait issue 2m type II (D107) + Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition Cairo 5m & 13m (C61+C63) cancelled by retta – on back partial machine slogan cancellation “You are wanted on the phone” – on cover to Saint Gall (Switzerland)  | £8 |
| 188 | Fouad 2nd portrait issue 4m deep green (NP D110b), machine cancel ALEXANDRIA / -5 DEC 34 1130A + slogan in Arabic on cover to Helsingfors (Finland) | £3 |
| 189 | Fouad 2nd portrait issue 2m (NP D107c type II) in block of 15 stamps + single + 4m green (pair NP D110a, type II), total franking 40m, cancelled 12 NO 28 3-P / CAIRO R.D.5, on registered cover to Brunn (Czechoslovakia) with R/ N° 813 / CAIRO” label + Italian cancels on back  | £8 |
| 190 | Fouad 2nd portrait issue 1m + 2m (x2) + 5m + 10m all type II (NP D106c, D107c, D112c D113c), cancelled SUEZ /(TRAFFIC) (date illegible) + PORT-TAUFIQ / 17 MA 33 5.50P/M on back (cover printed Messageries Maritimes on back) to Marseille (France) | £3 |
| 191 | Fouad 1st portrait issue – Two covers from “The British Coaling depots Ltd / Port Said” to Marseille (France): a) 5m+10m (NP D95, D96) cancelled PORT SAID / H / 20 MA 26.4.5P.; b) 15m (NP D97) cancelled PORT SAID / J / 10 OC 26.2-3P | £2 |
| 192 | Young Farouk portrait issue 6m (NP D141) – on cover cancelled 21 AU 42 7 –3 A/M / BIBA + info strike alongside stamp (with stain) - address on Arabic - arrival mark on back unclear | £2 |
| 193 | Young Farouk portrait issue 2m+3m+10m(x2)+15m (NP D137+D138+D142+D144) on registered cover cancelled 18 AP 38 17 –12A / IMAD EL DIN / R&P + label R N° 959 / EMAD EL DIN sent to Lunéville (France) – transit on reverse 18 AP 38 12-1P / CAIRO / R.D.(17) + arrival marks | £55 |
| PICTURE POSTCARDS | ||
| 194 | Coloured artistic view of Pyramids of Gizeh (publisher Hommler & Jonas Dresden) to PARIS – pictorial issue of 1915 5m (NP D57) cancelled PORT TAUFIQ D / 14 SE 21 6-AM + boxed T + French postage due stamps 30c  | £3 |
| 195 | B&W photo – “A Native woman” (publisher J. Beagles & Co, agent P.Coutoulides Alexandria) from Alexandria (text) to Marseille (France) – pictorial issue 5m (NP D57) cancelled fuzzy + boxed T (partially under due stamps) + two French postage due stamps 30c + 5c  | £3 |
| 196 | B&W photo “River Nile” (publisher Lehnert & Landrock) to Beziers (France), unfranked, cancelled CAIRO D 23 DE 28 5.30P + boxed T (partially under due stamps) + three French postage due stamps 1fr + 50c +30c  | £4 |
| 197 | Sepia “Collège Saint Marc – Alexandrie (Egypte) – 2.- Vue sur les Cours Intérieures” (Publisher Editions Universitaires Tourte et Petitin-Levallois Perret (France)) – four-colour franking with Fouad 2nd portrait issue 1m+3m+4m+5m (D106+D109+D111+D112, all type II) cancelled 17 JU 33 8.30A / KANTARA / T to Marseille (France)  | £4 |
| 198 | Colour card “Alexandrie Le Port et la douane” (publisher The Cairo Postcard Trust # 54865), mint but for sl stain on right bottom corner, text side | £1 |
| 199 | B&W photo card “Alexandrie Poste Egyptienne” (publisher Carlo M… (under stamp)). Sphinx & pyramid 4th issue 2m stamp removed and placed on view side | £1 |
| 200 | B&W ppc, unused, “Alexandria – mosque of prophet Daniel” (publisher LL Levy & Neurdein) | £1 |
| 201 | Colour picture postcard, unused, “Port-Said – La Poste Française - The French Post Office” (publisher Isaac Béhar - Port-said # P45) | £1 |
| 202 | Colour ppc, unused, “Port-Said – La Poste Egyptienne” (publisher “Isaac Béhar - Port-said #5) | £1 |
| 203 | B&W picture postcard, unused, “Port-Said – Street of the Commerce” (publisher B. Livadas & Coutsicos - Cairo # 366), with sign of Simon Arzt) | £1 |
| 204 | B&W picture postcard, unused, “Port Said – François Joseph Quay” (publisher LL # 74), with signs of Eastern Telegraph | £1 |
| 205 | B&W picture postcard, “Rue de la Poste à Port-Said” (publisher “?” # 15403), undivided back, with steamer and sailboat, franked by French Port Said 5c green (NP FPO 120a), fuzzy cancel of 1904. Sl rust stain on view side | £1 |
| 206 | B&W picture postcard, unused, “Port-Said – Street of François Joseph” (publisher B.Livadas & Coutsicos - Cairo #365”, with sign of Thos Cook Son | £1 |
| 207 | B&W picture postcard, “Eglise copte et village arabe à Port-Said” (publisher “?” # 15439 – undivided back). Stamp and cancellation (year fuzzy) of French Post Office, Port Said – written in 1905 | £1 |
| 208 | Coloured picture post card, unused, “Heliopolis – Boulevard Ismail” (publisher The Cairo Post-Card Trust #PhN375 Serie 651), with tramway | £1 |
| 209 | B&W picture postcard, “Egypte – Groupe soudanais” (publisher Comptoir Philatélique d'Egypte – Alexandrie #363), with 2m DLR Sphinx green cancelled Alexandrie 1905, showing native Sudanese warriors with spears and shields | £3 |
| 210 | B&W picture postcard, unused, “Exposition Universelle de Paris 1900 – Le temtle (sic!) de Dandour Ouakala (Bazar arabe) Le Palais de l'Egypte” (publisher “?”, undivided back), some yellowing on back, v.small fold top left corner. Scarce | £5 |
| MARITIME INTEREST | ||
| 211 | B&W postcard “Port-Said – Vue du port avec l’escadre russe de l’Amiral Felkersham détruite à Tsoushima” (publisher Messageries Maritimes, text on view side) with French Semeuse type 10c brown, cancelled by octagonal French LIGNE N PAQ. FR. N° 6 / 29 SEPT 10 + info strike alongside stamp – addressed to La Seyne sur Mer (France)  | £5 |
| 212 | B&W postcard ‘Port-Said - le quai Francois Joseph’, showing signs of Eastern Telegraph and Thos. Cook Son - + French Semeuse type 20c violet, cancelled by octagonal French MARSEILLE A LA REUNION No4/13-11 33” + info strike alongside stamp, addressed to Mazillac (France) | £5 |
| 213 | Coloured postcard “Alexandrie – Ramleh Casino” dated Alexandrie April 11 1911 + French Semeuse type 10c brown, cancelled French PORT SAID EGYPTE / 14-4 11” + info strike + straight line PAQUEBOT – addressed to Paris (France)  | £7 |
| 214 | Coloured postcard showing a masked woman street vendor (publisher Lichtenstern & Harari n°119) + German stamp 10 carmine cancelled by German Deutsche Seepost / Ost / Asiatische / Hauptlinie / 25-6 / 07 a little light but readable + beside stamp SUEZ / / 26. VI.07.6-AM + ALEXANDRIA / E / 26.VI.07.4.-PM + English arrival mark LUTON 9.30PM/ JY 3/ 07  | £10 |
| 215 | B&W postcard “Tombeaux des Mamelouks et citadelle” + French Semeuse type 5c green on view side, cancelled by octagonal French MARSEILLE A LA REUNION LV N°4 / 1 OCT 07 (a little fuzzy), addressed to Toulon (France) | £3 |
| 216 | Coloured postcard “Port Said – Bank of Egypte – Phare et National Bank” (publisher Ephtimios Frères Port Said) + Fourth DLR Sphinx and Pyramid 2m green (NP D46), cancelled by octagonal French LIGNE N PAQ. FR. N° 4 / 16 SEPT 10 (light) + same perfect on back, addressed to Marseille (France) | £7 |
| 217 | Coloured postcard “Alexandrie – Place Mohamed Aly” (publisher Zaslavsky & Kalmanovitz Alexandrie) + 1915 pictorial issue 10m blue (NP D58), cancelled by Italian PIROSCAFI POSTALE ITALIANO - ESPERIA / 22 II 22 (light) on stamp but readable alongside, addressed to Anvers (Belgium)  | £15 |
| 218 | B&W picture postcard, “Palais hollandais à Port-Said” (publisher “?” # 66721 – undivided back). French stamp and octagonal maritime cancellation MARSEILLE À LA RÉUNION LV N° 1 / 31 OCT 04 | £3 |
| 219 | Colour PPC reproducing the 1912 gouache Le Paul Lecat a Suez, published by l’Association French Lines to mark the company’s tenth anniversary. Handsome vessel, card in excellent condition. | £3 |
| HOTEL INTEREST | ||
| 220 | B&W French postcard (Pont du Gard bridge) + French Semeuse type 10c pink (on view side), sent from Marseille (France) to a chef in Grand Continental Hotel in Cairo with cancels (text side) ALEXANDRIE-CAIRE / 25 II 06 IV (? stain on IV) + GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL / CAIRO / POST OFFICE / 25 II 06 III” (HOTEL and OFFICE are partial) (type HC2) | £5 |
| 221 | Coloured ppc, unused, “Assouan Cataracte Hotel” (publisher Ephtimios Frères Port-Said #Ass19) | £1 |
| 222 | Two B&W picture postcards, both used, both “Port Said Exchange Hotel” (publishers LL #74 and Ferrania). Both show the same building about 40 years apart: 1) seems before WWI; 2) written in 1953 | £1.50 |
| RURAL SERVICE | ||
| 223 | Folded document cancelled TIMA/ 19 JA 38 3-4P (fuzzy) + SUHAG/ 19 JA …P + MISHTA / 26 JA 38 7-8A (fuzzy) + SERVICE RURAL / 21-JA.-38 / MISHTA-ATAMNAH(?) + intaglio seals + label Egyptian Gouvernement (132D.)  | £15 |
| 224 | Folded document cancelled MAHALLA/ -9 SE 29 7-8P + BASHBISH/ 10 SE 29 9.10P + SERVICE RURAL / 10-SE.-29 / MAHALLA-BASHBISH (light) + label Egyptian Gouvernement (132D.)  | £15 |
| MILITARY INTEREST | ||
| 225 | Army Post stamp 3m green (NP AP1) on four covers to UK – cancelled by MPO CAIRO (x2) , MPO MOASCAR (sl rust stains), MPO ABU QIR all December 1936 | £4 |
| 226 | Army Post stamp 3m green (NP AP1) in block of 4 with control A/36 on three covers to London (same address) cancelled by MPO CAIRO (fuzzy) , MPO ALEXANDRIA, MPO ABU QIR all December 1936 | £8 |
| 227 | Army Post stamp 10m carmine (NP AP2) on 10 covers to U.K. –MPO CAIRO (7 covers, 3 different cancels), MPO ALEXANDRIA, MPO MOASCAR, MILITARY POST OFFICE/ALEXANDRIA, 1936-39 | £8 |
| 228 | Seven unfranked “On Active Service” covers cancelled Egypt Postage Prepaid with numbers 57, 61, 63, 106(3), 148(2) to England and RSA(1) | £4 |
| 229 | Stampless cover to Bordeaux (France), French military cancel CORR D’ARMEES ALEXANDRIE FR / 20 NOV 15 – strong vertical fold not touching cancellation, part of back flap missing, sl rust stains | £5 |
| 230 | Stampless cover to SP41 (ie, Secteur Postal), a military unit in Egypt, French military cancel CORR D’ARMEES ALEXANDRIE FR / 5 FEVR 18, roughly opened at top | £5 |
| 231 | Stampless B&W postcard “Planteur en egypte” (showing plough pulled by camel and cow, publisher Ephtimios frères Port Said), French military cancel TRESOR ET POSTES 601 / 14-12 17, addressed to Le Teil (France) by a lieutenant | £5 |
| 232 | Stampless B&W postcard “Port Said street of the commerce” (publisher B. Livadas & Coutsicos – Cairo), French military cancel TRESOR ET POSTES 601 / 18-8 18, addressed to Nyons (France) | £5 |
| 233 | Stampless “On Active Service” cover with DEACONESSES HOSPITAL ALEXANDRIA unframed cachet (Firebrace NHC41) + cancel ATTARINE / ALEXANDRIA/ 5 JUN 15 7-8 + on back ALEXANDRIA / X / -5 VI.15.830 PM + BASE ARMY POST OFFICE Z / A 6 JU 15 + content in two pages of letter by a wounded soldier to his father, Admiral Sir A.C. Egerton KCB, in Admiralty House, Devon port, England  | £20 |
| 234 | Stampless cover + handwritten “Correspondance militaire” with cancel IBRAHIMIA / RAMLEH / 25.X.16.3.15PM + on back ALEXANDRIA / B / 25 X.16.4- PM, addressed to Troyes (France) | £5 |
| 235 | Colour picture postcard, unused, “Alexandrie – Rue Attarine” (publisher The Cairo Postcard Trust # 54771), with sign of Head Quarters British Garrison | £1 |
| GREAT BITTER LAKE | ||
| 236 | Air Mail Registered Cover + definitive stamps D286(x2), D293(x5) + air mail definitive A86(x3) and commemorative stamps C616(x2) with cancel 23.8.71 / HEADQUARTER (?) / NASR CITY + marks of ship M/S Munsterland, Nordwind, Nippon, Killara, Essayons, and “Mailed on board M/S Muwinikies” – addressed to Hapag Lloyd in Hamburg (Germany) | £3 |
| POSTAL STATIONERY | ||
| 237 | Farouk military portrait 4m green (NP SEN37) – wmk type I. Two covers, one used in 1949 (Cairo to Alexandria) knife A, other one unused knife B. Screens seem different | £3 |
| 238 | Young Farouk portrait 1m+2m (NP SEN33) cancelled by a fuzzy ALEXANDRIA, addressed in Arabic | £4 |
| 239 | Two unused Fouad portrait postcards, 3m brown, 13m red (NP SPC35, SPC36) | £4 |
| 240 | Five unused postcards of 1914 pictorial issue – 2m (SPC20), 4m (SPC21), 2m+2m (SPC22), 4m+4m (SPC23), 3m (SPC32) | £7 |
| 241 | Four unused Air mail letter sheets: SALS1, SALS4 (x2), SALS16 | £5 |
| AIR INTEREST | ||
| 242 | Registered cover + first revolution pictorial issue 40m+50m (NP D205, D206) + Republican issue 1955 2m (NP D237) cancelled 12 OC 55 8 – 05A / MOHAMMED BEY FARID with red label R / MOH. BEY FARID / N° 60873 + oval censor mark + (on back) AERODROM DU CAIRE / 13.10.55.1000A, addressed to Zurich, with arrival mark | £3 |
| 243 | Registered cover from Legation of Czechoslovakia to Praha with air mail stamps 9m + 40m (NP A12 + A16) cancelled 18 MR 37 10-11A / (R&P) / QASR EL EINI. Cancels of (light), Athens and Praha on reverse  | £15 |
| 244 | Registered cover from Legation of Czechoslovakia to Praha with air mail stamps 10m+20m+30m (NPA13,A14,A15) cancelled 12 DE 35 8-P / CAIRO / RD16. Cancels of Wien and Praha on reverse  | £15 |
| 245 | Air Mail envelope with air stamps 3m+30m (NP A6, A15) addressed to Paris and cancelled -8 JL 36.6-7P / ISMAILIA / TRAFFIC + French postage due stamp because the address is Poste Restante. Cancels of Alexandria (1) and Paris  | £15 |
| 246 | Air Mail cover with air stamps 7m+8m+9m+10m+20m+30m+40m. (NP A10-16) addressed to Zurich and cancelled -3 MA 33.7.-P / ALEXANDRIA / G. Reverse has cancels of Brindisi (Italia)  | £15 |
| 247 | Air Mail censored cover with 50m air stamp (NP A17) – cancelled -4 JU 40 7.30 / ALEXANDRIA / D-1, the printed “Air Mail” deleted by handstamp, addressed to New-York  | £10 |
| 248 | Air Mail cover with air stamps 2m(x2)+5m+9m+20m (NP A4,A8,A14), addressed to Vienna and cancelled 29 III 37 830PM / ALEXANDRIA / DEP.3. Reverse has cancels of Athens and Vienna + Greek currency control mark  | £15 |
| 249 | “Via Air France” air cover + 30m air stamp (NP A15) addressed to Bremen (Germany) and cancelled 25 JL 38 4-5P/ PORT-SAID / U | £5 |
| 250 | Air Mail cover with 5m+20m air (NP A8,A14), addressed to Paris and cancelled (date fuzzy) / ALEXANDRIA / D-1. Reverse has cancels of Marseille (France) | £8 |
| 251 | Air Mail cover with 8m+20m air stamps (NP A11,A14), addressed to Uxbridge (England) and cancelled 23 FE 34 4-P/ D / PORT-SAID TRAFFIC. Reverse has cancels of Alexandria | £8 |
| 252 | Air Mail cover with 20m(x2) air stamps (NP A14), addressed to Plymouth (UK) and cancelled “20 JU 36 4-5P/ HILWAN LES BAINS. Cairo cancel on reverse, handwritten mention “By KLM Air Mail” | £8 |
| 253 | Air On His Majesty’s Service cover with 8m+20m air stamps (NP A11,A14), addressed to London and cancelled 21 AP 36 1030P/ CAIRO / D (England) | £8 |
| 254 | Air Mail cover with 5m+20m air stamps (NP A8,A14), addressed to Paris and cancelled MOUVEMENT ETRANGER / CAIRE / 18 AP 38 930P. Roughly opened at left, strong fold not touching stamps | £5 |
| 255 | Air Mail cover with 50m air stamps (NP A17), addressed to Anvers (Belgium) and cancelled 18 MR 40 1130A / ALEXANDRIA / D; censor marks 73 on front, 32 on back, with Cairo cancel  | £10 |
| 256 | Air Mail cover with 10m air stamps (x4) (NP A25) + Young Farouk portrait 1m (x2) all cancelled 16 SE 46 830A/ HELIOPOLIS (light), addressed to Toulon (France) | £5 |
| 257 | Air Mail env (printed Cinema Metropole) with 25m air stamp (NP A26) and Farouk Military 17m (NP D163), CDS 24 JU ?? 11.00 A/ CAIRO U; handwritten mention “By Air Mail TWA”, addressed to Paris | £3 |
| 258 | Air Mail cover with 1946 Air navigation congress 30m (NP C130) ) + Farouk Military 1m (NP D155) + Young Farouk 13m (NP D143) all cancelled -6 JA 47 9.00 P / ALEXANDRIA D1. Handstamped indicators “Imprimé” (ie, printed matter) + “By Air France”. Addressed to Mulhouse (France) | £3 |
| 259 | Air Mail cover with 27m air stamp (NP A1), addressed to Calcutta and cancelled -5 MA 27 5- P / PORT SAID C with handstamps “Air Mail” + “To Await arrival”. Reverse has cancels of Cairo K, Karachi dely, Calcutta RPO | £15 |
| STATION INTEREST | ||
| 260 | Colour postcard, unused, “Alexandria Station Bacos” (publisher The Cairo Postcard Trust # 54749 | £1 |
| 261 | B&W picture postcard, unused, “Alexandria Ramleh Station” (publisher “?”), with wavy cut edges, picture shows tramway, cars and horse-car probably circa 1930 | £1 |
| 262 | B&W picture postcard, unused, “Cairo Station Square” (publisher LL #19), with tramway | £1 |
| 263 | B&W picture postcard, “Gare de Kantara” (publisher “?”), 2x2m green Sphinx DLR, fuzzy cancellation Port-Taufiq 1907, undivided back | £1 |
| CONCESSION COVERS | ||
| 264 | To Weymouth with Crown EPP 3, MPO Moascar 1932. Slight opening damage. SG A1 Postal seal. Royal Engineers postal stationery | £3 |
| 265 | To London. Crown EPP 4, MPO Moascar 1936. Last day of issue. SG A7, carmine. Fine. Moascar cancel rather than retta on reverse | £2 |
| 266 | To London. Crown EPP 4, Cairo 1933. SG A1 Postal seal. Retta cancel. Good. | £4.50 |
| 267 | To Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Crown EPP 5, Cairo 1935. SG A1 Postal Seal, retta | £2 |
| 268 | To Glyn, Mills and Co Stationery envelope. Crown EPP 6, Cairo 1936. SG A1 Postal seal. Fine | £5 |
| 269 | To Bath, Crown EPP 6, Cairo 1936, SG A2 letter seal, untidy retta | £2 |
| 270 | To Surrey, crown EPP 6, Farnham receiver 1933. SG A1 Postal seal. Untidy | £4 |
| 271 | To Folkestone, Crown EPP 8. Mourning envelope 1933 Moascar. SG A1 Postal seal. Fine | £6 |
| 272 | To London, Crown EPP 12, Abu Suwer 1933. RAF stationery cover. SG A1. Red retta. Fine | £6 |
| 273 | To Canterbury, Crown EPP 12, Abu Suwer 1933. RAF cover, Port Said traffic transit mark. Red retta, very tidy | £6 |
| 274 | To London, Crown EPP 13, Alexandria 1935. Tidied up at back. SG A7. Black retta | £2 |
| 275 | To Manchester, Crown EPP 13. Alexandria, with transit on reverse. SG A1. Black retta | £5 |
| 276 | To London, Crown EPP 14. Abu Qir 1936. Last day of use. SG A9. Black retta. Tidy | £5 |
| 277 | To Isle of Man. Mary Lloyd CC 16. Last day SG A9. Red retta. Fine | £4 |
| 278 | To Cambridge. Crown EPP 17, Alexandria 1935. SG A7. Black retta. Untidy but OK | £2 |
| 279 | To York, Crown EPP 19, Cairo 1935. SG A9 carmine. Black retta | £5 |
| 280 | To London, C EPP 19, last day cover. Cairo A9 carmine, black retta, tidy | £5 |
| 281 | To Bath. C EPP 19. Cairo SG A6 vermilion Xmas seal. Superb | £55 |
| 282 | To Rochester, EPP 19. Cairo 1936.SG A7. letter stamp, black retta | £2 |
| 283 | To Stourbridge, EPP 22 Alexandria 1936, SG A7. Untidy opening, black retta | £2 |
| SUNDRIES | ||
| 284 | To High Wycombe, EPP 23. Cairo 1934, SG A8. Poor retta | £7 |
| 285 | Packet of postmarks on piece (30+). | £3 |
| 286 | 1936 Eglise Evangelique du Caire stationery cover to Paris (receiver) with 30m and 3m Air stamps and Par Avion cachet | £1 |
| 287 | 1936 KLM stationery cover to Paris with 40m and 4m Air stamps and Gaston Jenlin cachet on front | £2 |
| TPO CANCELLATIONS (in the following 43 lots, the CDS is almost invariably more important than the cover as a whole, which may be of indifferent quality) | ||
| 288 | 1891 Kafre el Cheih-Kalleen 3 DE 90 (Type 8A1b) cancelling fragile and toned 5m ps letter-sheet (message in French remains) addressed to Cairo. Part-strike of Dessouk-Tanta 8A1b as transit behind  | £4 |
| 289 | 1895, Amb. Alexandrie-Caire 29 V 95 X (excellent strike of Type 3B1) as transit mark on 3m postal stationery card from Minet el Bassal (70%) via Alexandrie / A to Postal HQ in Cairo  | £3 |
| 290 | 1895, Caire-Wasta / Ambulant with crescent & star 6 XI 95 (Type 2A3), faint strike used, as Smith says, as transit mark on reverse of Arabic-addressed 5m ps envelope from Assiout. Smith classifies as rare, records only VII 95 to XI 95  | £4 |
| 291 | 1896, Minia-Caire 26 XII 96 T1 (Type 8A5A and elusive), 100% strike on face and another cancelling DLR 5m behind. Sl nibble at envelope corner, otherwise superb  | £8 |
| 292 | 1897, Benha-Suez 7 OC 97 (faint but undoubted strike of elusive Type 8A1b, date and Arabic all clear, equalling Smith’s latest) on plain brown envelope, beautifully Arabic-addressed and franked with 1pi blue  | £4 |
| 293 | 1902, Ismailia-Caire, 22 X 02 (Type 8A7, seven bars; four months after Smith) as incoming strike on face of German postal stationery card addressed to German School in Cairo and beautifully cancelled Esslingen Bahnhof (ie Station)  | £3 |
| 294 | 1905, Tamia-Edwa, 17 I 05 (Type 8A1, 60%, matching earliest recorded). Cancelling stamp (on face: Comptoir card: Fellahine et sa cruche) and info mark behind, with part-strike of a Beni Suef TPO and French arrival  | £3 |
| 295 | 1906, Port-Said-Alexandria / T.P.O. 9 V 06 T1 (Type 5A1: Smith records only VI 06). 99% strike of this elusive marking on incoming card from France (5c stamps uncancelled). Excellent, elusive  | £4 |
| 296 | 1912, Mansura-Cairo / T.P.O. of 7 V 12 T.154 (Type 5A3; Smith gives no dates), beautiful strike cancelling 2m 1907 postal stationery card. Cairo arrival, filing holes  | £3 |
| 297 | 1908, Port-Taufiq-Ismailia / T.P.O. 23 VII 08 T104 (Type 5A3), excellent if faint strike cancelling 2m DLR on face of Aroughetti Freres postcard (The Ophir passing through the Canal) addressed to France. Fine Port Said star and bridge transit mark behind  | £3 |
| 298 | 1909, Zifta-Tanta / T.P.O. 23 VIII 09 T-300 (Type 5A3, four years earlier than Smith records). Cancelling 5m ps envelope Arabic-addressed to Cairo. Faint Alx-Cai TPO behind with Cairo arrival. Single filing hole clear of markings.  | £5 |
| 299 | 1911, Mansura-Cairo / & V.V. 5- II 11 T-8 (Type 7A3, a month before Smith records), neat strikes on Egyptian State Railways & Telegraphs brown cover franked 5m DLR for Alex. Faint Cai-Alx TPO behind, with Cairo Station and Alex arrival.  | £4 |
| 300 | 1913, Dumiat-Tanta / T.P.O. 22 X 13 T-54 (Type 5A3, six years later than Smith records). Cancelling 5m DLR on French-addressed lawyer’s cover to Cairo. Unclear markings behind  | £4 |
| 301 | 1915, Kotour-Mahalla /Ambt 26 II 15 TI (Type 3A1b, two years later than Smith and without brackets on “sayaara”). Excellent clean strike on Post Office Avis de Reception form (complete and in good condition) answering query from Cairo main office. Unusual marking, fine item  | £6 |
| 302 | 1916, Abu Kibir-Salhia / & V.V. 26 VI 16 T-115 (Type 7A3), just one of three TPOs on reverse of neat Arabic-addressed cover from Mit Asim (cut open at right, through 5m DLR Sphinx). Others are Mansura-Cairo / & V.V. and Mataria-Mansura / T.P.O., along with Mansura / A and rare Ghiad (?) in blue  | £5 |
| 303 | 1916, Alexandria-Cairo & V.V. / T.P.O. double-ring Type 6A2.1 dated 26 VIII 16 T24 (mini size, only 23mm, and two years later than Smith) as transit mark on folded letter from President of Mixed Tribunal in Alex to Cairo. Good violet Official Oval, unfranked and sealed with white on black Eg Govt label  | £6 |
| 304 | 1916, Qallin-Sherbin / & V.V. 23 OC 16 T-136 (Type 7A3, compare next for spelling and month indicator), 65% strike in grey-black on 5m Sphinx. Info strike over stained pinhole on Arabic-addressed cover (flap gone) to Cairo  | £3 |
| 305 | 1917, Wasta-Cairo / & V.V. T-148(Type 7A3; Smith records no date). Neat strike (70%) on folded form from Survey of Egypt (perfect green-grey Official oval handstamp, sealed with white on black Eg Govt label) telling inquirer in Qena that the maps he ordered were being prepared. Giza Branch and Qena transit marks fine  | £5 |
| 306 | 1917, Cairo-Hilwan / V.V. 21 FEB 17 T-9 (Type 7A3a). Very rare example (Smith records only part strike from 1926) as excellent clear transit mark on reverse of 5m ps envelope (inverted wmk) from Hilwan, addressed in English to Alex. Cairo-Alex and Alex arrival CDs also on reverse, both faint  | £8 |
| 307 | 1917, Cairo-Port Said / T.P.O. and Mansura-Cairo / T.P.O. (both Type 5A3) on reverse of neat green envelope franked 5m from Faggala to Mansura. Cairo / Station and Mansura arrival also on reverse. Exhibition cover.  | £5 |
| 308 | 1918, Qallin-Shirbin / & V.V. 20 XII 18 T-136, 80% strike (Type 7A3), over 5m stamp and part of address, on cut-down letter franked 5m DLR to Tanta: arrival on reverse next day, overlying Damanhur-Tanta / TPO (Type 5A3, five years later than Smith)  | £3 |
| 309 | 1920, Mansura-Dumiat / & V.V. / T.P.O. 4 JU 20 T-13 (Type 6A2, recorded only 1916), cancelling vignette on 3m postal stationery card. Fariskur and Alex/X markings also on face  | £3 |
| 310 | 1920, Tanta / T.P.O. 13 XII 20 T.54 (unrecorded type, most like 5A1, but single town name above and sayaara in brackets below date-line). Clear 100% transit strike on reverse of 3m postal stationery card from Bilqas to Alex. Filing holes well clear.  | £4 |
| 311 | 1923, Abu Kibir-Salhia & V.V. / T.P.O. 11 AP 23 T-194 (Type 6A1, clear 98% strike on vignette of 3m postal stationery card Arabic-addressed to Alex ( Cairo-Mansura TPO behind. Filing holes touches card vignette  | £3 |
| 312 | 1923, Cairo-Asyut & V.V. / T.P.O. 1 JU 23 T-89 (Type 6A1, six months later than Smith). Fine strike just overlaid by Alex transit on 3m postal stationery card from Farshut (filing hole through F)  | £3 |
| 313 | 1923, Ismailia-Banha / & V.V. / T.P.O. 15 SE 23 T-42(Type 6A1.1: Smith records and illustrates single example from 1924. Excellent clear strike on reverse of Arabic-addressed cover franked 5m pink Sphinx Crown opt. Roughly opened and part of flap lost: Mansura-Cairo TPO, Giza (Cairo), Cairo / Station and Cairo machine part-strikes behind  | £8 |
| 314 | 1925 Fayum-Roda / & V.V. 10 JU 25 T-24 (unrecorded: as Type 7A3, but Smith spells Faiyum with an I and records only 1910-1914. Clear transit mark on 5m local Arabic cover with Cairo machine cancel and Fayum arrival behind  | £8 |
| 315 | 1926, T.P.O. / Cairo-Mansura / & V.V. 19 NO 26 T-185 Type 6A1.4 (Smith records only July 1930) as transit on incoming printed cover from Paris readdressed from Cairo. Neat Cairo-Port Said / & V.V. (Type 7A3.4) also on reverse, four years earlier than Smith records. Neat clean display cover  | £8 |
| 316 | 1930 Bilbes-Mina el Qamh / & V.V. 3- JL 30 T 118 (unrecorded by Smith, as Type 7A3.4 but with town names in two lines in Arabic, no parentheses). Cancelling 5m Second Fuad with clear info strike alongside on face of Arabic-addressed env roughly opened well away from markings. Part Cairo machine behind  | £8 |
| 317 | 1934, Cairo-Tanta -2 SE 34 T137 (unrecorded type, similar to 7A3.4 but with no mention of return journey in Arabic or European language – simply town names in both sections). 70% strike on Arabic-addressed cover (cut down on opening, through top of 5m Second Fuad) from Ashmun. Alex transit, Sidi Gaber machine arrival  | £8 |
| 318 | 1934, Caire-Minya / & V.V. of 13 NO 34 T-167 (Type 7A3.4, unrecorded, and surprisingly late use of “French” Caire). Excellent 90% info strike in blue-green (another cancels 5m Second Fuad) in Arabic-addressed covert to Cairo  | £4 |
| 319 | 1936, & V.V. / Tanta-Zaqaziq 15 NO 36 T-226, Type 7A3.7, unrecorded by Smith. Info strike (75%) and canceller on Arabic-addressed cover (re-addressed? and poor strikes behind  | £4 |
| 320 | 1937, Mahalla / Kafr el Sheikh 17 JA 37 T-98 (unrecorded Type 7A3.5), cancelling 5m Fuad Postes on Arabic-typed letter to Cairo. Pinholes, no other postal marking  | £5 |
| 321 | 1937, Service Ambulant / Shibin el Qanater – Biltan 16 MR 37 T-302, Type 4A1 unrecorded by Smith (& V.V. curved). Info strike on cover with typed Arabic address. Cairo machine, Cai-Alx / & V.V. and Tukh behind. Unfortunately, stamp squarely cut out of the envelope, so useful for TPO strike only  | £4 |
| 322 | 1938, Rafa-Kantara / T.P.O. 18 DE 38 T-138 (Type 5A2.3, though lettering much larger than Smith illustrates; and five years before Smith records). Most unusual Sinai strike (60%) on clean white cover Arabic-addressed to Shubra and franked 3m brown Second Fuad and 2m Boy King. Kantara and Banha marks behind. Good  | £8 |
| 323 | 1940, Abu Kibir / Abu Hammad / & V.V. 2- JA 40 T-219 (Type 7A3.5, 65%, unrecorded by Smith; & V.V. straight). Cancelling 5m (1m+2x2m Boy King) franking Arabic-printed cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo. Abu Kibir and Cairo machine cancels behind  | £5 |
| 324 | 1946, & V.V. / Alexandria-Abu Qir 5 NO 46 T-239 (unrecorded by Smith, most like Type 7A3.7). Strikes on 10m and alongside (65%) on Arabic-addressed cover to Kasfareet(?)  | £4 |
| 325 | 1941, two postcards printed for Facous “agents”, franked with 2x2m Boy King and 2x1m+2m Boy King, all cancelled with Abu Kibir-Salhia / V.V. in February 1941, (Type 7A3.4, three years earlier than Smith). Neat pair  | £4 |
| 326 | 1942, Shallal-Halfa / & V.V. / A 29 MR 42 (Type 7B1.2), cancelling 1m+20m Boy King for registration within Aswan (Arabic-addressed, and contents once stuck to cover exterior with gum – messy at top left but stamps and markings clear. Upright R for registration  | £4 |
| 327 | 1942, & V.V. / Mataria-Mansura T-102 (unrecorded by Smith: as type 7A3.7), two transit strikes on reverse of Arabic-addressed brown env from elusive small town Salamun. Clean cover  | £8 |
| 328 | 1942, Shabrakhit / Damanhour / & V.V. 31 AU 42 T80 (unrecorded by Smith, as Type7A3.5, with & V.V. in straight line. Both incoming (26 AU) and outgoing on Registered covered from Cairo addressed to Ezbet Demetiou but refused and returned. Stamp unfortunately neatly cut out completely  | £8 |
| 329 | 1952/53?, Tanta / T.P.O. 25 FE year unclear (Type 5A2.4, 1938-1952 but elusive): 60% cancel on 10m and info strike of neat cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo  | £3 |
| 330 | 1957, T.P.O. / Asyut-Luqsor / & V.V. 15 DE 57 (unrecorded, as Type 6A1.4 but T.P.O. smaller – see QC 137-138 page 190 for a similar from Suhag-Asyut). Not best strike, but cancelling 10m Egypt republican issue on neat printed envelope Arabic-addressed to Cairo with info strike alongside  | £5 |
| TPO CANCELS - ACCUMULATIONS | ||
| 331 | Group of 20 items, mainly covers but also incoming and local postcards and postal stationery items, date range 1902 to 1959, all with TPO markings including a couple better. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £13 |
| 332 | Group of 24 items, mainly covers but a couple of cards and postal stationery items, all used internally, mainly 1940s, all with TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £15 |
| 333 | Group of 30 items, 1901-1932, all covers, including a few ps items, all used internally, all with TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £20 |
| 334 | Group of 31 items, 1933-1945, nearly all covers, but including one card and a few folded letters, all used internally, all with TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £20 |
| OFFICIALS | ||
| 335 | 1955, long Official brown envelope franked with 4x10m + 2m Service de l’Etat plus vertical pair of 10m Defense to cover registered postage to Stockholm – franked with unclear Ministry of Education pmk 9 MA 55 with Aerodrome Du Caire behind. Letter in French/English copies thanking Swedes for taking part in Egyptian Education exhibition, but covered with Swedish Retour and Address Insufficient handstamps. File holes | £8 |
| BRITISH OCCUPATION OF TURKEY | ||
| 336 | 1921, small buff envelope, roughly opened at left, Arabic-addressed to Cairo. Franked at bottom left with internal marginal 7 ½ piastres on 5d George V British Levant surcharge (SG 62), CDS of British PO, Constantinople, 25 OC 21. Much scribbled reverse carries smudged Qubba Bridge / Cairo arrival of 5 XI 21. Unusual | £7 |
| BOOKLET STAMPS ON TPO COVERS | ||
| 337 | 1925, First Fuad 5m (guillotined top and right) franking cut-down buff env, Arabic-addressed in red and cancelled with 90% T.P.O. / Cairo-Mansura / & V.V. 13 JA 25 T-188 (elusive Type 6A1.4, five years earlier than Smith). Azhar arrival behind. Good combination  | £12 |
| 338 | 1926, First Fuad 5m (guillotined at top) franking plain light grey cover, Arabic-addressed, cancelled with 90% Mansura / Mahallet-Inshaq / & V.V. -8 FE 26 T-12 (elusive Type 7A3, for which Smith records no date). Very faint Mansura behind. Exhibition quality  | £12 |
| 339 | 1930, Second Fuad 5m (guillotined right and bottom), franking plain lt grey cover (sl pin rust spot), Arabic-addressed and cancelled Fayum / Wasta-Abuxa / & V.V. 28 MR 30 (TPO type unrecorded, most like 7A3.4m but with three lines of text above and below dateline, and three towns). 70% only, but rare. Part of flap lost, two Cairo machine marks behind  | £12 |
| 340 | 1930, Second Fuad 5m (guillotined at top) franking bilingual merchant’s buff env, Arabic-addressed and cancelled with clear 100% Fayum-Cairo / & V.V. (TPO Type 7A2, with stars), dated 17 OC 30 T-161, 11 months later than Smith’s single recording. Neat exhibit cover, part of flap lost, Cairo machine arrival  | £10 |
| 341 | 1940, Boy King 5m (perfs extended at top and right), franking Arabic-addressed buff env and cancelled with 55% T.P.O. / Alexandria-Idfina / & V.V. -3 JL 40 T-263 (Type 6A1.4, unrecorded by Smith). Kafr el Sheikh and Alx behind. Cover complete and undamaged, CDS faint  | £6 |
| POSTAL HISTORY | ||
| 342 | 1880, neat grey envelope Arabic-addressed with bduh to Cairo and franked 1pi rose, cancelled with first Alexandria duplex (Smith Type VII-1, heavily struck but clear of TIII / Sep 5 / 80. Cairo / Arrivee behind same day  | £20 |
| 343 | 1881, neat fawn envelope, fragile and card-strengthened, Arabic-addressed with bduh and franked 2pi orange DLR. Clear strike of Alexandrie / Recommandes 21 AV 81 (Reg-8), flap and any arrival lost | £10 |
| 344 | 1882, neat small brown-orange envelope, franked 1pi rose and cancelled with clear Alexandrie / Depart cds of 11 JA 82 (V.Ferares company oval on front). Alex-Cai TPO backstamp damaged with loss of part-flap. Clean | £8 |
| 345 | 1882, neat small grey envelope, franked 1pi rose and cancelled with 85% rare Alexandria / Station / A duplex (Sta-8) of 31 DE 82. Clear Caire / Arrivee CDS behind same day | £12 |
| 346 | 1883, printed env of David de Leon Cohen, Marseille, franked 25c French stamp (damaged) and addressed to Cairo via Brindisi. Reverse has red double-ring Paris a Hodane(?) and Alexandrie-Cairo / Ambulant (TPO Type 2A1) dated 29 MR 83, faint, sl smudged but undoubted. Elusive marking | £4 |
| 347 | 1886, white envelope franked vertical pair of 1pi blue to cover Registration (upright handstamp) from Fayoum (excellent double-ring CDS of 5 XII 86 T1) to Cairo (neat Caire.A / Recommandes Arrivee same day behind) | £7 |
| 348 | 1894, neat small grey cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked behind with 5m DLR and posted from Kena 28 VIII 94 (strikes back and front). Caire / A strike alongside two days later! | £8 |
| 349 | 1899, front only of cover from Helouan 3 II 99, franked 5m DLR for Surrey. Boxed T alongside and 12 ½ in blue pencil. Handstamp 2 ½ d F.B. struck on arrival | £3 |
| 350 | 1900, small white cover franked horiz pair of 5m DLR from Minia 12 JU 00 for Chio, Turquie. Faint Alex transit behind, then Turkish Smyrne CDS in green (17 June) and faint Chio arrival. Interesting | £8 |
| 351 | 1904, clean white printed cover of Societe Cooperative du Personnel du Canal de Suez / a Port-Tewfick, franked (bottom left) with horiz pair of 5m DLR for Emmenthal, Switzerland. Good Port-Tewfik strike 27 VII 04, part Alex and excellent Stalden-Station / Emmenthal double-ring of 3 VIII 04 behind. Neat cover | £10 |
| 352 | 1911, white printed envelope of Pressley Memorial Institute / American Mission / Assiut, franked 1m DLR and posted, presumably unsealed, within Assiut. Unclear CDS 28 XII 11 | £3 |
| 353 | 1912, buff envelope colourfully franked with 1m, 2x2m and 5m DLR for Registration. Arabic-addressed and roughly opened at top. Akhmim (faint Reg cachet) 7 VI 12 to Cairo (arrival behind) | £3 |
| 354 | 1921, folded official form, “franked” with clear strike of Domains / Santa Official oval hs, sealed with black on white Eg Gov label and Arabic-addressed. Outgoing CDS is Santa (50%); transit is clear Zaqaziq-Tanta / & V.V. 18 II 21 T-129 (TPO Type 7A3, a year before Smith); arrival is clear and unusual small-town strike of Qurashiya 18 FE 21 6-7P. Nice combination  | £5 |
| 355 | 1924, folded scrap of paper, Arabic-addressed and franked 5m First Fuad, cancelled with clear Salhia small-town mark of -3 DE 24. Reverse has faint Abu Kibir-Salhia & V.V. / T.P.O. (elusive Type 6A1a) and Zaqaziq CDSs  | £3 |
| 356 | 1935?, bilingual printed grey cover of Girgis Bey Abd Elshahid, of Beba), Arabic-addressed and franked 5m Second Fuad for Cairo. CDS is poor Caire-Mina TPO (Type 7A3.4, recorded only 1927), with Cairo machine arrival behind. Clean cover  | £3 |
| 357 | 1935, plain grey cover, franked 5m Second Fuad, sent from Abu Zenima in Sinai (rare small-town marking) 13 AU 35, to Alex (typed address), and returned from Sidi Gaber to Gebel Asmar, Abu Zenima, Sinai (handwritten on face). No fewer than ten CDS on reverse including TPO 7A3.7 (Alex-Cai) five years earlier than Smith, and Abu Zenima arrival. Remarkable  | £6 |
| 358 | 1947, bilingual printed white cover of Daira Aisha Hanem Fahmy, Cairo, franked 10m Marechal and Arabic-addressed. CDS is poor & V.V. / Cairo-Asyut (TPO Type 7A3.7), with faint but undoubted strike of elusive Le Caire (Ouest) / Dist of -7 AP 47 behind. Cover in good condition  | £4 |
| DUES ON COVER | ||
| 359 | 1928, Arabic-addressed cover, unfranked, posted from Cairo / M 23 AU 28, attracted boxed T and 10m 1927 due, cancelled by Cairo / H perhaps same day (indistinct cancel). All on face | £3 |
| 360 | 1932, incoming small printed commercial envelope from Kutch, India, flap and Indian stamps lost. Addressed Credit Foncier, Cairo, hexagonal T / Cts / 5 at top right, 8m 1927 Due affixed on face and cancelled 5 MR 32 | £3 |
| 361 | 1954? Small cover posted unfranked in Mahalla to Cairo. 2x10m 1927-56 Dues behind. CDSs unclear | £3 |
| OFFICIALS ON COVER | ||
| 362 | 1956, Plain white env (sl sun-staining top right), addressed to the United Nations in New York and provided with vertical pair of 20m Defense, 5m second fellah, and 2m,10m,20m and 50m Officials of 1938 set, placed haphazardly on face and cancelled La Liberte / Le Caire 13 DE 56. Aerodrome du Caire and New York Grand Central Sta (magenta) marks on reverse. Striking | £6 |
| TOURIST VIEW POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS – the following eight lots are all near-pristine mint 1954 view cards, with blue borders (Nile Post SPC45) and 6m Defence vignette | ||
| 363 | Exposition (skid mark behind) | £10 |
| 364 | Sphinx et Pyramide | £10 |
| 365 | Université du Caire (full view) | £10 |
| 366 | Université du Caire (corner view) | £10 |
| 367 | Vue près du Barrages du Delta | £10 |
| 368 | Ile et Temple de Philae | £10 |
| 369 | Assouan | £10 |
| 370 | Jardin de Nouzha, Alexandrie | £10 |
| ROYAL MISPERFORATES | ||
| 371 | Boy King, six singles (1m, 2m, 3m, 5m, 10m, and 15m). Superb mint NH | £24 |
| 372 | Boy King 2m block of 4. Superb mint NH | £12 |
| 373 | Boy King 3m block of 4. Superb mint NH | £13 |
| 374 | Boy King 15m block of 4. Superb mint NH | £14 |
| 375 | 1939 Farouk 40m, 50m, 100m, and 200m singles. Superb mint NH | £16 |
| 376 | 1938 Official complete set of 9. Superb mint NH | £15.50 |
| 377 | 1927 Dues, five different singles of the 2m (both colors), 4m, 8m, and 10m. Superb mint NH | £7 |
| 378 | 1927 Dues block of 4 of the 8m. Superb mint NH | £6 |
| 379 | 1927 Dues marginal block of 4 of the 10m. Superb mint NH | £6.60 |
| 380 | 1938 Official complete set of nine in CORNER blocks of 4 (or 6). Superb mint NH. Fully sound (a couple have wrinkles in margins only, but all stamps OK). | £70 |
| PERFINS | ||
| 381 | Large selection of 102 DIFFERENT perfins covering all periods; DLR, Crown overprints, 3 King Fuad sets, Young Farouk, Farouk Marechal, Republic, Airmails, and French Offices in Alexandria. Many patterns represented including some of the rare ones like R.O.L (3 copies), K&H/C (3 copies), and K&H/A (1 copy). A great lot 44 for the specialist | £77.50 |
| 382 | Group of eight fake Fuad and Farouk ‘S.G.’ perfins. Unusual. All different | £2 |
| 1959, PRINTING EXPERIMENT. First use of Postal Printing House’s new press. As United Arab States issue (SG593, NP219) but with “Printing Experiment” scroll at base Perforated and watermarked | ||
| 383 | Vermilion | £3 |
| 384 | Purple | £3 |
| 385 | Blue | £3 |
| 386 | Steel blue | £3 |
| 387 | Rose red | £3 |
| Perforated, no wmk | ||
| 388 | Olive | £3 |
| 389 | Rose red | £3 |
| 390 | Bright blue | £3 |
| EXPERIMENTAL ESSAYS | ||
| 391 | 1970s? Experimental essay by Postal Authority Press: horizontal pair of vertical design showing face in mosaic in blue, with Arabic inscription “experiment without value” reversed at base, unwatermarked. Mint NH (NP 548, page 71)  | £16 |
| 392 | Single, as last | £8 |
| 393 | Similar to last, but child sitting at a desk, square format, pale blue, perf, twined wmk  | £4 |
| 394 | Child at desk as last, deep blue, perf, no wmk | £4 |
MUBARAK ESSAYS. 1980s series of essays prepared by the Postal Authority Press for a portrait stamp of President Hosni Mubarak, printed by photogravure on gummed paper and perf 11x11 ½. No value, no inscription, never issued, all mint NH. NP 549 (page 71). [SOME OF THE LOTS ARE ILLs]  | ||
| 395 | Multicolour horiz pair, all colours present and properly aligned | £7 |
| 396 | As last, horizontal pair, imperf all round | £7 |
| 397 | As first, red and yellow only, perf shifted 2mm to left | £7 |
| 398 | Horiz pair in blue only, perf shifted 2mm right | £7 |
| 399 | Horiz pair, all colours present but misaligned, perf shifted 3mm left | £7 |
| 400 | Imperf single, printed in yellow only | £3 |
| 401 | Another as last | £3 |
| 402 | Single, properly perf, all colours present but misaligned | £3 |
| 403 | As last, imperf | £3 |
| 404 | Single, all colours present but misaligned, woefully misperfed showing parts of four stamps | £3 |
| 405 | As last, but blue and red only | £3 |
| 406 | As last, blue and yellow only | £3 |
| 407 | As last, blue only | £3 |
| 408 | Single, red and yellow only, misperfed showing parts of two stamps | £3 |
| SON ET LUMIÈRE AT THE CITADEL ESSAYS | ||
| 409 | No value, deep slate blue, square format, per, no wmk (Feltus p.199 bottom right), VF mint NH | £4 |
| 410 | As last, deep brown | £4 |
| UAR TV ESSAYS | ||
| 411 | No value, pale blue and black, square format, perf, no wmk (Feltus p.199, bottom second from right), VF mint NH | £4 |
| 412 | As last, deep blue and black | £4 |
| 1963 ARAB BOOK WEEK ESSAYS | ||
| 413 | No value, three colours – green, blue and brown, square format, perf, no wmk (Feltus p.199, bottom second-left), VF mint NH | £10 |
| STAMPED CONSULAR DOCUMENTS | ||
| 414 | 1895, buff document with embossed GB coat of arms folded in half to form sheet 19x24cm, handwritten in Italian confirming that a British subject with an Italian name is of good reputation. Signed by the British Consul in Cairo, 5 December 1895 and tax paid with a pristine Five Shillings green Victoria general revue overprinted 5/- and Consular Service in magenta, cancelled with consular double-ring handstamp. Fine condition  | £20 |
| 415 | 1898, buff document with embossed GB coat of arms folded in half to form sheet 20.5x33cm, first page in French and third a certified translation signed by British Consul E.B. Gould to the effect that only three names are claiming to be next of kin to the late Moise Lagnado. First page taxed with Victoria Ten Shillings green revenue overprinted 10/- and Consular Service in red; third page 5/- similar. Both pen-cancelled and confirmed with double-ring hand stamp of British Consulate in Alex. Corner nibbled from third page, otherwise clean and good  | £18 |
| 416 | 1912, single sheet certificate (19x24cm) embossed with GB coat of arms certifying that no charge has been brought in the British Consular Court against Edward Ottard, a British subject. Tax paid with neat horiz pair of Edward VII 2s 6d revenues overprinted Consular Service cancelled with red-pen date and Cairo consular handstamp 25 Oct 1912. Clean and neat document | £14 |
| 417 | 1932, single document (20.5x33cm) giving probate jurisdiction in the British Provincial Court at Cairo on the estate of John Phillips. Taxed by Geo V 2s 6d and 3s Consular Service (both opts magenta) revenues. All on face, sl spotting at top | £8 |
| 418 | 1934, large Cairo Supreme Court sheet folded to form document 20.5x33cm) appointing Beatrice Floridia, widow, guardian of the infant Ersilia Floridia. Copy authenticated at Cairo Consular office and taxed with Geo V 1s Consular Service (opt black) revenue. all on face, neat and clean | £6 |
| 419 | 1935, single sheet (20x26cm) authenticating signature of Kurt Horzbusch signed by A G Fallowfield, British Consul in Cologne, Germany, taxed with Geo V 2s, 26d and 5s (file-holed) Consular Service revenues, cancelled by oval Cologne consular handstamp | £6 |
| 420 | 1935, single Cairo Provincial Court sheet (20.5x33cm) embossed with GB coat of arms appointing administrator for the estate of the late Andrew Reid, of Heliopolis. Document certified at British Consulate General, Cairo, whose double-ring oval cancels Geo V 5s (red opt) and 1s (black opt) revenues (on reverse). Clean and complete document | £8 |
| 421 | 1939, single sheet (20.5x33cm) headed with British Coat of Arms and “In His Britannic Majesty’s Provincial Court Cairo” (with Provincial replaced by “Consular”) granting Michel Aquilina the right to administer the estate of his father, who died intestate. Taxed with Geo V 3s Consular Service (opt black) revenue. Complete and clean, all on face | £8 |
| 422 | 1944, foolscap sheet (21.5x34cm) to Barclays Bank authorising solicitors to act over the will of the late Kamaikam John Jones Bey (signed by his son? Major John H Jones). Authentication at Cairo Consulate taxed (reverse) with George V 7s 6d and 2s Consular Service revenues in green, cancelled by Cairo consulate double-ring handstamp. Clean fine document | £10 |
| 423 | 1951, wonderfully ornate UK Notary Public’s document (21x26cm) authenticating the signature of an Egyptian, Shafik Girgis, living in London, and that the attached document in Arabic was written in the notary’s presence. Vertical pair of Egyptian 200m Royal Crest revenue (Feltus 423) cancelled at Eg Embassy behind. 20 Sept 1951, clean and complete | £10 |
| 424 | 1954, letter in French on plain paper, 22x28cm, to Barclays Bank dealing with the affairs of the late Mme Concetta Briffa, the signature authenticated by the British Vice-Consul in Ismailia and taxed by two George VI 2s Consular Service (blue opt) flanking one 10s (red opt). Dated Jan 1, excellent condition, all on face | £10 |
| 425 | 1957, letter on C L Bencard Ltd company air-mail paper certifying that medicines sold to Egypt are of full strength, authenticated by London Chamber of Commerce red paper seal and (on reverse) vertical strip of 4x100m plum Long Eagle revenues (Feltus 439) with George VI 14s Foreign Service (red) revenue, all cancelled Foreign Office double-ring handstamp. Sl curling at edge, corner lost, unusual | £10 |
| 426 | 1962, British Ministry of Health certificate allowing export of Glaxo medicines to Egypt. Main document 20x33cm, file-holed, sl stains, with various embossed seals and Egypt 50m General Revenue and beautiful vertical pair of 700m brown Long Eagle (Feltus 462). Attached approval (17.5x16.5cm) bears fine QEII Foreign Service £1 revenue with 5 Feb 1962 Foreign Office handstamp. Good condition | £10 |
| 427 | 1969, Similar to last: main document (21.5x28cm) has red paper seal of Westminster Chamber of Commerce, plus 10m and 600m and 800m Long Eagles (latter pair overlapping); approval document has fine QEII Diplomatic Service £1 revenue and rectangular Foreign and Commonwealth Office handstamp. Fine condition | £10 |
| 428 | Foreign Office approval sheet similar to last two, taxed with QEII £1 Foreign Service revenue (Foreign Office handstamp) as well as Egyptian 50m general revenue (pen cancelled). Dated 4 Nov 1965 | £6 |
| PRESTIGE BOOKLET | ||
| 429 | 2004 (Jan 22), Egypt’s latest booklet – colourful “Treasures of Egypt” booklet with 30 stamps over four pages, including £E5 (Sphinx), £E5 (Nefertiti) and £E10 gold stamp (Tutankhamun). Mint, pristine | £10 |
| STAMP VARIETIES | ||
| 430 | 1989, Nehru centenary. 5pi dull green and blue green with frame misplaced horizontally precisely as illustrated in Nile Post (C1145b, page 424). Used on small piece with slightest trace of curve of postmark at top right. Cat $150 mint, only 50 known  | £50 |
| 431 | 1993 80p Air Mail stamp (SG1874, NP118), left marginal horiz pair with selvage, UMM, with gold badly misplaced 3mm to left, leaving Tutankhamun funerary mask with two beards. Striking error, cat $25 | £8 |
| MARITIME POSTCARDS | ||
| 432 | Spanish colour card showing Egyptian Coastguard vessel El Amir Farouq steaming to left with green/white stars and crescent flag at stern and enlarged above. Vessel details printed on reverse. Mint | £3 |
| 433 | Chinese colour card showing Egyptian Navy Ramadan-class missile boat, strikingly steaming head-on, pictured from above. Apparently built in UK early 1980s, armed with Otomat SSMs. Mint, pristine clean | £3 |
| BANKNOTE CATALOGUES | ||
| 434 | Encyclopaedia and Catalogue of Egyptian Money: The Egyptian Banknote, by Magdy Hanafy, 2004. Beautifully published and comprehensive first volume detailing all Egyptian banknotes between 25pi and £E100. 350pp, coloured illustrations throughout, bilingual Arabic and perfect English, a MUST for all note collectors. Mint | £18 |
| 435 | Companion volume to the last, published in 2005, detailing the 5pi and 10pi notes. 160pp, a staggering work of scholarship, beautifully executed | £9 |
| CIGARETTE TAX STAMPS Narrow type (1910?) | ||
| 436 | NO LOT | |
| 437 | Tr A Thalassinos, Caire -10 cigarettes - 1/8 millième red, perf, mint | £2 |
| 438 | Nestor Gianaclis, Caire – 10 cigarettes – 1/8 millième red, perf, overprinted 5 Cig. 5 and given handstamp number 6464, probably removed from a packet | £6 |
| 439 | Nestor Gianaclis, Caire –20 cigarettes – 1/8 millième grey, imperf, mint | £2 |
| 440 | Kyriazi Freres, Caire – 20 cigarettes – 1/8 millième blue, perf, worn, clearly removed from a packet | £3 |
| 441 | Vita Palocci & Cie, Caire – 25 cigarettes – 1/8 millième orange, imperf, mint, unrecorded by Feltus. Thin almost tracing paper | £4 |
| Wide types | ||
| 442 | Hadges Nessim, Alexandrie – 50 cigarettes – ¼ millième grey, imperf (1899?), mint | £3 |
| 443 | Vita Palocci & Cie, Caire – 50 cigarettes – ¼ millième green, perf (1897?), mint | £3 |
| 444 | Nicolas Soussa Freres, Caire – 50 cigarettes – ¼ millième green, imperf (1899?), mint | £3 |
| 445 | A G Cousis & Co, Caire – 50 cigarettes – ¼ millième green, imperf (1899), mint | £4 |
| 446 | M Melachrino & Co, Caire – 100 cigarettes – ¼ millième red, imperf (date?), mint | £4 |
| 447 | Kyriazi Freres, Caire – 100 cigarettes – ¼ millième red, imperf (date?), mint | £3 |
| POSTAGE DUES | ||
| 448 | 25 XI 01, b-w postcard (Phylae), unfranked Alex/D to Zagazig. Boxed T, but no due – because addressed to “Mr Camel Mansur, Agent Postal, Zagazig”? Purple handstamps EGYPTE and ALEXANDRIE: why? | £6 |
| 449 | 1- II 07, B&W postcard (untitled, shows farmer ploughing with two gamoose), franked 3m DLR for Rochester Borstal with message about ship leaving Malta. Boxed T and 1/2d / I on message si |