| | Literature. The following 31 lots from Robin Bertram's personal library were purchased in a commercial auction; surplus to ESC Library requirements, they are now offered to members (winners to pay for postage).
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| 1 | Censorship of Civil Mail in Egypt 1939 to 1945, Peter Andrews, 84pp + 28pp appendices, self-published version for ESC circulation in spiral binding. Excellent condition, some annotations. Dedication ‘To Robin’ | £6.00 |
| 2 | Stamps of Egypt, Leon Balian (1998). 536pp hardback with dust jacket. Good condition | £30.00 |
| 3 | Barefoot Forgery and Reprint Guide 14: Suez Canal by John Barefoot (York 1993). l9pp in card cover, plus a number of photocopied pages. Good condition | £3.00 |
| 4 | Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947, F.W. (Jim) Benians (National Philatelic Society 1978). [viii] + 148pp paperback, A4, pristine as-new condition. Plus autograph letters Benians-Bertram. | £7.60 |
| 5 | The Egypt Flight LZ 127 - Graf Zeppelin, Fred F. Blau and Cyril Deighton (1981). 88pp, 15x23cm,excellent condition. Plus negatives of two photos taken from the book | £8.00 |
| 6 | Catalogue of Egyptian Postal History by Chichini. Softback, excellent condition. In Arabic | £5.00 |
| 7 | Consular . . .in Egypt by Themis Dacos (Athens 1994). 94pp, A4 hard back, excellent condition | £18.00 |
| 8 | Egyptian Topics Vol 1 No 1 Nov-Dec 1968 to Vol 4 No. 2 (Whole No 20) Jan-Feb. 1972 plus Index to Vols 1-3. All originals in ring-binder, excellent condition | £25.00 |
| 9 | Egyptian Topics Vol 4 No 3 (Whole No 21) Mar-Apr 1972 to Vol 8 No. 1 (Whole No 44) Jan-Feb 1976. All originals in ring-binder, excellent condition | £25.00 |
| 10 | Note Historique sur les timbres-postes en Egypte by the Egypt Postal Administration, Cairo 1946. 60pp A5 paperback published to mark 80th anniversary of first Egyptian stamp. Excellent condition | £5.00 |
| 11 | Postal History of Egypt to 1900 by Samir Amin Fikry published by Royal P.S. London 1996. [xiii] + l57pp. Dust jacket, sheet of errata, excellent condition | £20.00 |
| 12 | British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East, 1914-1924: A Postal History by John Firebrace. 460pp, A4, signed R. Bertram with cost price (£65) on prelim page. Hard back and dust jacket, excellent condition | £45.00 |
| 13 | Nineteenth Century Wars in Egypt and the Sudan by John Firebrace (1997). 2l8pp, A4 paper-back, pristine condition | £30.00 |
| 14 | Catalogue of Egyptian Aerophilately by Khetcho Hagopian, Cairo 1991, 17x24cm, l68pp, card cover, pristine condition, author dedication | £5.00 |
| 15 | Postal Service of the British Forces in Egypt 1 932-1940 by John E.O. Hobbs self-published Jan. 1970. 36pp, A4 spiral bound | £4.00 |
| 16 | Egypt: Royal Imperforate Printings by George L. Lee, New Jersey, 1959. 42pp, cardback slightly discoloured, but interior excellent. | £10.00 |
| 17 | Egypt by Fred J. Melville, London 1895. 81pp paper-back, staples rusting as usual, ditto first couple of pages. Interior excellent – book collector’s item! | £8.00 |
| 18 | The Stamp Booklets of Egypt by John A. Revell. 133pp self-published photocopy version for ESC circulation in spiral binding. Excellent condition | £12.50 |
| 19 | Pilot’s Handbook of the Cairo-Baghdad Route by the Royal Air Force, Cairo 1923. A4 landscape photo-copy including corrections. The pages are photocopied in pairs; maps (covering two pages) are photographed. Nicely produced, clean and neat, spiral binder. NB. original cost £250. | £25.00 |
| 20 | As last, but all photocopy in clear covers and spring-back binder; maps copied full size and folded in. Neat, despite being home-made | £20.00 |
| 21 | Army and Field Post Offices of Egypt and the EEF, 1914-20 by Michael M. Sacher, London 1970; supplement to The London Philatelist , 32pp, A4, paperback, good condition. | £8.00 |
| 22 | As last, excellent condition. | £8.00 |
| 23 | La Poste Maritime Française Historique et Catalogue II: Paquebots de la Mediterranée 1837-1939 by Raymond Salles, 1963. All material referring even remotely to Egypt seems to have been photocopied into A4 (two pages side by side) and stapled. Lots of information, if somewhat confused! | £4.00 |
| 24 | Egypt: The first Portrait Issue by John Sears, self-published Feb. 1997 55pp+70pp reprints in Part II. A4, spiral bound, with sheets of Corrigenda and control figurations. Excellent condition | £15.00 |
| 25 | The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt by Peter A.S. Smith, published by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1983. Paperback, 65pp, excellent condition though some annotation | £12.00 |
| 26 | Perfins on Egyptian Stamps by Vahe Varjabedian, Cairo 1999. 32pp, plus three editions of update sheets. Inscribed to Dear Robin | £5.00 |
| 27 | Zeheri Catalogue: 1967. Complete though much annotated, provided with external hard covers | £12.00 |
| 28 | Zeheri Catalogue: 1967. Complete, good condition (ex. P.R. Woodland) | £10.00 |
| 29 | Zeheri Catalogue: 1972 Complete, the last edition, but cover is parting company; also 1978 12-page supplement | £18.00 |
| | Israel/Palestine books | |
| 30 | Postal History of the Holy Land 1 459-1 949 by Zwi Alexander: 16-page AS spiral bound handout to accompany his talk to the Royal P.S. on March 26, 1998, excellent condition | £3.00 |
| 31 | Palestine Stamp Catalogue - Gaza Egyptian Administration 1948-1967 by Khetcho Hagopian. 1st edition, part 4, 43pp photocopy spiral bound. Good shape. | £4.00 |
| | Hotels interest - The following 18 lots have kindly been donated by a member for the benefit of Circle funds | |
| 32 | Cataract - Incoming card (Wishing you a Happy Christmas – Terminus Road, Eastbourne) with 1d stamp posted Dec 16. Transit marks Cairo and Assouan, arrival Cataract HCA1b faint but clear 22 XII 04 | £2.50 |
| 33 | 4m ps card (NP 11), written in Russian(?) to Cairo, cancelled with spot-on Cataract CDS HCA1b 14 I 07. Corner bend top left, otherwise excellent | £2.00 |
| 34 | Assuan. – Cataract Hotel. – LL. Divided back b/w card with hotel across river from Elephantine and two feluccas in foreground. Used to Vermont (4m DLR) from faint Cataract CDS HCA1b 13 II 10. Corner bend top left | £3.00 |
| 35 | Island of Philae. – Kiosk of the Temple. –LL Colour card franked 2m+2x1m DLRs for Switzerland and cancelled Cataract 3 III 10 HCA1b. Also charming b/w undivided back card of couple in topees being formally rowed around the flooded temple. Haute Egypte – Temple de Philae. G.K. 1141, Droite reserve | £3.50 |
| 36 | Cataract-Hotel. Assouan. Mint sepia card (Photographie Friedr. Koch, Berlin. 1911. 535). Shows hotel in middle distance with hills behind and river and islands in foreground. Pristine | £3.00 |
| 37 | Island of Philae. – The Temple. – LL. Divided back b/w card addressed to Cincinatti and franked 4m DLR with Cataract CDS in blue HCA1c 12 I 12, faint but clear | £3.00 |
| 38 | Semiramis – Excellent coloured card (painting) showing hotel with flags flying on riverbank at right overlooking river filled with small craft. Undivided back, Richter and Co, Napoli. Mint, clean | £5.00 |
| 39 | Coloured photo-card, mint, Cai 22 and trefoil logo, showing hotel over riverbank and greenery. Divided back, good condition but rubbed at right | £2.00 |
| 40 | Vertical b/w photo-card (climbing the pyramid, but no caption), addressed to Cheshire and franked DLR 5m. Cancel is spot-on Semiramis HSE1 7 II 08. Card bent top left but neat | £3.00 |
| 41 | Cairo – View of an native quarter (Lichtenstein Harari 51, b/w). Addressed to Paris and franked on face with DLR 4m. Cancelled HSE1 13 XII 07 with excellent info strike behind. Neat card | £4.00 |
| 42 | Cairo – Al-Azhar University (Lichtenstein Harari 9, coloured). Addressed to France, franked DLR4m on face and cancelled HSE3 22 II 10. Better info strike behind 60%. card tired | £2.00 |
| 43 | No-caption river/pyramids scene (coloured, trefoil logo, 1944.2). Addressed to Paris, franked on face with DLR 4m and cancelled HSE3 22 II 10. Better info strike behind 60%, card tired | £2.00 |
| 44 | 3m orange embossed postal stationery envelope (NP10), Postes Egyptiennes wmk upright, CTO with close-to-perfect strike of HSE1 4 I 09 TII. Cover a little aged, but neat and good condition | £4.50 |
| 45 | Savoy Aswan – clear strike 21 I 08 on pair of 2m DLR franking b/w card ‘Type of Bisharin’ to Paris. Good condition | £2.50 |
| 46 | 70 per cent strike 21 XII 07 cancelling 2m DLR on Imprimé Tucks Oilette ‘Arab Village, near the Pyramids’ coloured card to Bournemouth – card faded and scuffed | £2.00 |
| 47 | Colour card ‘Assuan – The Great Dam Letting out 31,880 tons of Water per minute – LL’ franked 4m DLR for London and cancelled Savoy Hotel 2 III 10. Good condition | £2.50 |
| 48 | Colour card ‘Assuan – View from Cataract Hotel – LL’ franked 4m DLR for Massachusetts and cancelled Savoy 6 II 11. Sl corner damage, 50% strike | £2.00 |
| 49 | 1pi blue-grey embossed ps envelope (NP 2b, Postes Egyptiennes wmk inverted), with two 60% strikes of Savoy Aswan 20 II 07 TI, addressed to Germany. Bani-Suef-Caire/Ambt (TPO type 3A1b, six years alter than Smith, 50%) and Friedrichroda transit marks behind. Good condition | £4.00 |
| | The following 26 lots are the kind gifts of various members in aid of Circle funds | |
| | Stamps | |
| 50 | 1928 Medical Congress pair, LH mint, fine appearance, SG 176-7; plus 5m+10m Prince Fouad (SG178-9) | £1.00 |
| 51 | 1933-38 Air, 1,2 grey,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,20,30,40,50,60,70m all LH mint fine appearance (from SG193-209) | £8.00 |
| 52 | 1937 Boy King – 1,2,3,4,5,10,13,15,20m blue, LH mint, fine appearance, SG 248-257 less 253) | £1.00 |
| 53 | 1943-44, Fuad, Farouk, Ismail commemorations (SG 250,302,303); Arab Union (SG304-5) and Saudi Royal Visit (3-6), all UMM | £1.50 |
| 54 | 1946 Arab League Congress, full set of seven, UMM, SG 315/321; plus 1948 and 1951 Cotton congress (SG 347, 366), UMM | £1.50 |
| 55 | 1946 Stamp Anniv set of 4 (SG 307-310), UMM; plus Arab League set of seven UMM (SG 315/321) | £1.00 |
| 56 | 1948 Troops into Gaza (SG 348, CTO); 1954 Evacuation pair (SG500-01, UMM) plus 1956 Port Said Evacuation pair (SG519-520, UMM) | £1.00 |
| 57 | 1949 Agric/Industry Cong set of 5 (SG 352-356, UMM), + 1950 Royal institutions 3 UMM (SG363-365) | £1.00 |
| 58 | 1947 Airs – 2,3,5,7,8,10,20,40,50m, LH mint, fine (SG322-331 less 329), plus 5 and 10m of 1953 UMM | £1.00 |
| 59 | Farouk weddings – Farida (SG265. LH mint, fine appearance) and Narriman (SG367, UMM) | £1.00 |
| 60 | 1949 UPU set of 3 (SG359-361, LH mint) plus 1955 Arab Postal Union conf set of 3 (SG507-9, UMM) | £1.00 |
| 61 | 1952 Abrogation of Treaty set of 3, LH mint, fine (SG 404-406); Prince Ahmed Fuad birth (SG 405) UMM | £1.00 |
| 62 | 1953-56 definitives – 1,2,3,4,10 (both), 15,17,20m, LH mint, fine appearance, SG414-422) | £1.00 |
| 63 | 1957 Al Azhar opts (SG525-527, LH mint, fine appearance) | £1.00 |
| 64 | 1959 Anniv of Revolution set of six plus Miniature Sheet all UMM (SG595-600 + MS 601) | £6.00 |
| | Miniature sheets | |
| 65 | 1965 13th Anniv of Revolution – Nasser 100m (not really an MS – SG851, UMM) | £1.00 |
| 66 | 1966 Stamp Centenary UMM, SG MS 873 | £1.00 |
| | Shipping interest | |
| 67 | Colour picture postcard, 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 mint condition | £2.00 |
| 68 | L’Egypte à Bord, 40-page card-back booklet (16x24cm) published by Messageries Maritimes to celebrate Franco-Egyptian links, concentrating on the paquebots and particularly the Mariette Pacha and the Champollion. Packed with fascinating photographs, French text. | £8.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 69 | 20 covers, all addressed to Bank of New Zealand in NZ, 1940s, franked Boy King or Marechal, from Alex or Cairo. Some censors, change in rates. Study group? | £3.00 |
| | Thomas Cook’s | |
| 70 | Eight copies of Time Traveller, magazine of Thos Cook Archives, ranging between No 3 (1987?) and No 25 (1993), each is eight A4 pages of fascinating detail from the Cook history | £3.00 |
| | Share certificate | |
| 71 | Ornate red/green printed certificate of the Upper Egypt Hotels Company for 25 shares of £E4, dated June 1 1922, with two coupons still attached. Tax paid with 2x2m, 10m, 2x13m and 20m of UPU set, slightly overlapping and pencil-cancelled. Certificate cancelled with three lines of printed Arabic. Spectacular | £12.00 |
| | Newspapers | |
| 72 | Two copies Le Moniteur du Caire, Feb 10 1891 (with publisher’s bill for advertisement), and Apr 11 1893. Official publication of legal announcements of Cairo and Mansura tribunals. In French, fabulous condition | £6.00 |
| 73 | Two copies L’Imparziale, Mar 17-18 1895 and Dec 29 1899, ‘official publication of legal announcements for Cairo Mixed Tribunal’, but much more than that with news and a serial novel. In Italian, fine condition | £5.00 |
| | Second Issue | |
| 74 | Black and white photographic reproduction, full size and folded once horizontally, of 2pt blue imperf sheet (Qubbeh Palace sale Lot 122) later broken up and sold as blocks. Primary plating source, impeccable | £10.00 |
| | Miscellany | |
| 75 | SG 187 King Fuad 50 mils overprint with perf fault (and normal for comparison). Both used | £3.00 |
| 76 | 20 different postmarks on piece | £2.50 |
| 77 | 10 different revenues with tobacco and salt taxes | £2.50 |
| 78 | 14 different interpostal seals mint | £6.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 79 | Post stat card, 4m/5m, unused but has C cds of Cooks Tourist Office, 24 III 99. Sm fragment out of corner | £1.00 |
| 80 | Cover, Cairo-UK mixed franking of 1m Fuad, 2m & 4m Crown opts, 3m Harrison. Correctly franked 10m, cds 12 DE 23 | £3.00 |
| 81 | Cover, Pt Said-Copenhagen, frk’ d 60m (?), cds Port Said Traffic 22 JL 35, transit Alex 23 JL 35. Black Cross (Brindisi) obliterating AIR MAIL script | £3.00 |
| 82 | Reg cover Camp Cesare, franked 15m to Alex, oblong Reg cartouche, 19 OC 39; arrive RA Alex same day | £2.00 |
| 83 | Cover Safaja-Copenhagen, cds Safaja 11 DE 37, transit Qena 12 DE 37. Franked 20m commem - Bal 72. This is from a small town I village | £3.00 |
| 84 | Cover, First Flight Cairo-Limassol by Misr. cds of Mouvement Etranger Caire, transit Larnaca 16 JL 38 (4.30pm), arrival Limassol 16 JL 38 (7pm) | £4.00 |
| 85 | Cover. Zaqazig-New York, cds 14 IX 39, unsealed, 2m Second Fund, not a common postmark. | £2.00 |
| 86 | Cover, Cairo-Baghdad, cds Cairo 28 1140, arrival Baghdad 7 MAR 40, franked correctly 50m. A commercial cover with censor mark and sealing tape | £4.00 |
| 87 | Cover to New York, cds Cairo 24 MR 49, transit Aeroport Farouk 26 MR 49, Reg label & red R in circle with Par Avion also red. Arrival New York 3-28-1949. Franked 207m (includes 6x30m stamps) – correct | £4.00 |
| 88 | Cover, US Legation, Cairo to Baghdad, cds Cairo 2 APL 40, arrival Baghdad 13 APR 40, marked By Air Mail (red stamp) & KLM in red pencil | £2.00 |
| 89 | Reg cover, Ismailia to London cds 8 JUL 47, no arrival mark. Correctly franked 79m | £3.00 |
| 90 | Reg cover, Nikla El Enab to London, 22 OC 46 with reg cartouche, franked 109m. Unusual cds | £3.00 |
| 91 | A group of ten covers with machine cancels of various companies, 1935-1969 | £3.00 |
| | Literature (purchaser pays postage; hb = hardback; sc = soft cover; pp = pages; dw dust wrapper) | |
| 92 | 1878, The Land of the Nile, W H Davenport Adams, hb, 330 pp, many illustrations. A comprehensive account (for its time) of the history of Egypt | £4.00 |
| 93 | 1909, By the Waters of Egypt, Norma Lorimer, hb, 310 pp, 16 colour illustrations. An account of a visit to Egypt and the writer’s reaction to the people and customs. | £3.00 |
| 94 | 1909, Egyptian Birds, Charles Whymper, hb, 210 pp. 15 colour plates. Description of the many birds found in Egypt, their habitat and rarity. A rare book - one of the A & C Black series | £30.00 |
| 95 | 1918, Recollections & Reflections, Coles Pasha, hb, 205pp, six illustrations. An autobiographical account of the author’s life from prison officer to prison governor in Egypt from 1883 | £3.00 |
| 96 | 1943, Egypt, Lt Col. FG Elgood, hb, 170 pp, published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo. A brief history from ancient to modern times with good chronological tables of Dynasties & 20th century events | £3.00 |
| 97 | 1937, Lucie Duff Gordon, Gordon Waterfield, hb, 350pp. The first biography of this remarkable woman who, for health reasons, had to make her home in Upper Egypt in the mid 19th century. She lived in the ruins of the temple at Luxor | £6.00 |
| 98 | 1939, The Land of Egypt , Robin Fedden, hb, dw, 115pp, 50 illustrations. Contemporary life in Egypt, written by a resident giving details of the physical nature of the country and the character of the people | £3.00 |
| 99 | 1946, An Arab Tells His Story, Edward Atiyah, hb, 220pp. The autobiography of a Christian from Syria which gives details of his schooldays at Victoria College, Alexandria, as an undergraduate at Oxford and work in the Sudan. It covers the first half of the 20th century. 10 illustrations | £3.50 |
| 100 | 1966, Russell Pasha, Ronald Seth, hb, dw, 220pp. The biography of the man (1879-1974) who spent his working life in Egypt in the Police Force, eventually becoming Chief of Police | £7.60 |
| 101 | 1967, Prisoners of the Mahdi, Byron Farwell, hb, 350pp, 12 pp of illustrations. The story of the Mahdist revolt in Sudan and the Europeans who were the Mahdi’ s prisoners during this time, namely, Rudolph Slatin, an Austrian soldier, Father Joseph Obrwalder and Charles Neufeld | £8.60 |
| 102 | 1971, An Awakening, The Arab Campaign 1917-1918, Sir Alec Kirkbride. hb, dw, 130pp, l6pp illustrations. The author was young officer in World War I actively involved in Allenby’s campaign in Palestine & Syria | £5.00 |
| 103 | 1972, Between Two Flags, Gordon Brook-Shepherd, hb, dw, 365pp, 29 illustrations. A biography of the remarkable life Rudolph Slatin, including his association with Gordon at Khartoum, his capture by the Mahdi, & his eventual escape. He became Inspector General of Sudan, was knighted by Queen Victoria, but returned to Austria (of which he was still a citizen) during the Great War | £12.00 |
| 104 | 1976, Egypt, the Black Land by Paul Jordan, sc, 205pp, many illustrations. Brief history of Ancient Egypt | £3.00 |
| 105 | 1976, The Arabs and the English, Sari J Nasir, hb, dw, 6 illustrations. The Arabs as seen and described by famous explorers and travellers of the 19th century | £4.50 |
| 106 | 1991, A Fighting Colonel of the Camel Corps, Nevill de Rouen Forth, hb, dw, l86pp & 44pp of photo illust. Biography of an ancestor (1879-1933) seconded to the Egyptian Army 1907-16 in the Camel Corps in Sudan, and in the British Army, Camel Corps & Light Car Patrols for the rest of the Palestine Campaign | £6.60 |
| 107 | 1993, River in the Desert , Paul W Roberts, hb, dw, 375pp. An account of a light-hearted jaunt in Modem Egypt, the people he met and the ‘adventurest’ that befell him | £5.60 |
| 108 | 1994, Lucie Duff Gordon, A Passage to Egypt , Katherine Frank, hb, 400pp, dw, 8pp of illust. A modem biography of a remarkable woman who spent the last years of her short life living among the Egyptians | £5.60 |
| | Stamps | |
| 109 | First Fouad 1£E (SG122 £180) Very Fine Mint | £50.00 |
| 110 | First Fouad Overprint 100 m. on 1£E (SG 188 £190) Very Fine Mint | £55.00 |
| 111 | Second Fouad 2 mills CANCELLED on reverse (NP D 108e); marginal pair; Pristine | £10.00 |
| 112 | do. 3 mills CANCELLED (NP D109b); marginal pair; Pristine | £20.00 |
| 113 | do. 13 mills CANCELLED (NPD115a); horiz. Pair; Pristine | £80.00 |
| 114 | do. 20 mills CANCELLED (NP D120a); marginal pair; Pristine | £80.00 |
| 115 | do. 50 mills CANCELLED (NP D122e); horiz. Pair; Pristine | £15.00 |
| 116 | do. 100 mills CANCELLED (NP D123d); horiz. Pair; Pristine | £25.00 |
| 117 | Zeppelin 50m: vert pair, top stamp with error 1951 (NP C36c). Top stamp LMM, the other UM | £15.00 |
| 118 | British Forces 1935 1 p ultramarine (SG A10 £225) Unmounted mint! | £80.00 |
| 119 | Official 1926 5 mills CANCELLED on reverse (NP O45a); marginal pair; Pristine | £5.00 |
| 120 | Official 1914 2 mills Horiz. Pair; right stamp no stop after S; mint | £3.00 |
| | Postmarks | |
| 121 | Second Fouad vertical strip of 3 on piece with 2 excellent strikes of PTO HELOUAN LLOYD TRIESTINO | £3.00 |
| 122 | 1872 20pa p.13½ with VF strike of POSTE EGIZIANE ZIFTA & MITG 21 GIUG: 73 (Smith type V.6) | £5.00 |
| 123 | 1872 20pa p.12½ with VF strike of POSTE E(gizian)E BENHA CASSA 15 MARZ 75 in violet (Smith type CAS 2) | £2.00 |
| 124 | 1872 1pi p.13½ with VF strike of (post)E EGIZIANE TANTA 21 DIC 75 (Smith type V.2) | £1.00 |
| 125 | 1872 2pi p.12½ with VF strike of POSTE EGI(ziane) ASSIUT (Smith type V.4!!) | £6.00 |
| 126 | 1872 2pi p.12½ with VF strike of V.R.P(oste egiz)IANE DAMIATA ii DIC (reversed!) 74 T I (Smith type III.2); 1 pulled perf. | £2.00 |
| 127 | 1874 20pa p.13½ with VF strike of POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO STAZIONE 8 SET 1876 (Smith Sta V-6) | £2.00 |
| | Auction Catalogues | |
| 128 | Robson Lowe, The Col. Danson collection of Egypt, 28th April 1977. Excellent condition | £5.00 |
| 129 | Robson Lowe, The 'Royal' Collection of Egypt (Ex William Byam and A.S. Mackenzie-Low), 5th Nov. 1981. Excellent condition | £5.00 |
| 130 | Robson Lowe, The John Gilbert Egypt, 11th March 1977 (with prices realised). Excellent condition | £5.00 |
| | Brochures and booklets - general | |
| 131 | 1930 Sitmar Line 24-page illustrated Plan and Guide of Cairo, 12x19cm, with many interesting photos inside, including Ausonia, Esperia interiors and Cairo tourist sites. Excellent map, Art-Deco cover. Fine | £30.00 |
| 132 | 1937, The Nile, Cook’s guide book, 60 pages, illustrated throughout (Nefertiti on cover) with b/w photos and charming drawings. Comprehensive notes for passengers on Cook’s steamers. Sl creases but good | £25.00 |
| 133 | 1936, folding Road Map of Egypt (18cm=80km), based on 1935 Survey map, published by Royal Automobile Club but sponsored by Ford and full of delightful photos of contemporary cars. All major roads shown down to Aswan. Some folds just parting but good condition in card covers | £30.00 |
| | Brochures and booklets - philatelic | |
| 134 | Stamps of Egypt 1952-1957, 32-page illustrated catalogue issued by Egyptian Postal Administration, 17x25cm, detailing all stamp issues in b/w with brief paragraphs explaining its significance. Excellent | £15.00 |
| 135 | United Arab Republic (Egypt) Commemorative Stamps 1952-1959, 40-page (17x24cm) booklet issued by Egyptian Postal Administration detailing all commems in b/w illustrations (in year-sheet layouts) with full issue details and other useful info about Philatelic Bureau etc in English and Arabic. Excellent condition | £20.00 |
| | Stamps | |
| 136 | Boy King 13m, pane lacking only top two rows, ie, 80 stamps with full selvage and control A/39. Mint, sl spotting but fine | £10.00 |
| | Stamp varieties | |
| 137 | 1955, Arab Postal Union Congress. 37mills stamp with clear double overprint (horizontal shift), used at Suhag (Nile Post C160a and footnote 5, cat $500). Clean  | £120.00 |
| 138 | Accumulation of modern varieties, 1952-2004, displayed on three pages and all clearly identified. Nine stamps (inc two blocks of 4, one strip of 5, three pairs, 2 MS), one cover: varieties include NP A45b (10m control block A/48) and D248e single; others uncatalogued but significant inc striking double-perf on 1978 1m definitive block of four | £15.00 |
| 139 | 2003 air mail cover used locally from Alex to Gezira in Cairo franked with 30pt and vertical pair of the 10PT 2002 definitives, lower of the 10PT missing an ink and looking yellow – very different shade from its sibling. All stamps with CDS and pen-cancel. Striking variety | £10.00 |
| | Booklet stamp on cover | |
| 140 | 1919 Arabic-addressed cover franked DLR pictorial 5m Sphinx from booklet (extended perfs at base), sent from Barqin (reasonable strike of unusual small town), sl roughly opened at top, missing stamp. Good | £18.00 |
| | Booklet stamps accumulation | |
| 141 | Booklets 7 (Harrison 5m pink Sphinx) and 8 (ditto with Crown opt). Seven stamps on piece (four of 7; one of 8) on display page with details. Pair of 5m on piece with one from booklet 7 are NOT booklet stamps. Stamps generally VF condition | £10.00 |
| | Express covers | |
| 142 | 1932 Arabic-addressed merchant’s printed cover (Mohamed Balbaa Bey – Damanhour (Egypte)) to Cairo, franked with 4x5m Second Fouad stamps (one damaged) to pay 20m Express fee from Damanhour to Cairo. Face has two different boxed bilingual Express cachets; reverse has Postmen Cairo CDS | £14.00 |
| 143 | 1936 Arabic-addressed cover from Mitubis 15 JL 36 to Cairo, franked with 20m red and black Express stamp (no cachet). Scuffed face, clear of good stamp and CDS, Postmen Cairo behind. Good | £18.00 |
| | TPOs | |
| 144 | 1923 Arabic-addressed cover from Shubra Nakhla to Zaqaziq, franked (behind) with 3x5m First Fuad, all cancelled with Bilbeis-Mina el Qamh / & V.V. of 30 VI 23 T-58 (Type 7A3, Smith lists only ‘after 1914’). Face has info CDS plus most unusual Reg cachet for Bilbes-Mina el Qamh and reg 445 – where are all the others? This type of TPO registration cachet most unusual | £65.00 |
| 145 | 1903 b/w PPC Caire-Mosquee El-Moyade, sent to Dijon and franked DLR 2m green from Cairo Station 18 XI 03. Behind is clear (85%) Caire-Alexandrie / star & crescent / Ambulant (TPO Type 2A3.1, recorded 1894-1905 but rare) and Dijon arrival. Neat card, neat markings | £15.00 |
| | Tresor et Postes | |
| 146 | 1915 buff cover addressed to Lt Warren, a chasseur in the Corps Expeditionnaire d’Orient and franked OHHS and Arabic 1m and 2 x 2m, plus No-Value Official stamp. All four cancelled Tresor et Postes 410 of 18 OCT 15, and two of them overstruck by blue double-oval Controlé / par l’autorité militaire. Arrival CDS Corr des Armees Fr / Alexandria of 2 NOV also on face | £65.00 |
| | Instructional marking | |
| 147 | 1929, grey printed envelope (Daira M Zaky Abdel Razek Bey & Co), franked 3x5m First Fuad, presumably for registration, and Arabic-addressed from Cairo. Lower face has unusual boxed trilingual ‘Found in letter box’ cachet – fair strike, upside down | £18.00 |
| | UN Forces in Sinai | |
| 148 | 1957 Reg (red, black white label from Svenska FN-bataljonen/Egypten franked with three Swedish stamps, CDS 29.8.57, for New York. NY arrival behind and two-line ‘Sep 6 1957 / First Notice’ on face, followed by two-line ‘Undeliverable during Delivery Hours / Notice left ...’ cachet. Fascinating | £10.00 |
| | Hotel interest | |
| 149 | 1915 unusual maxi-card showing Road to Sakkarah (in blue, Cairo Postcard Trust No 30237) franked with 1914 DLR pictorial 4m (pyramids) stamp and addressed to Blida, Algeria. Cancellation is Continental Cairo Cash (HC8) of 30 IX 15. Neat | £28.00 |
| 150 | 1906 Freytag colourful postcard of Grand Continental Hotel franked (behind) with vert pair of 2m DRL green, cancelled with Grand Continental Hotel / Cairo / Posta Office (Type HC2) and addressed to Switzerland. Message extends to face, but neat and striking | £14.00 |
| 151 | 1931 Wuttke painting postcard showing Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor, and riverside crowds, franked (on face, folded over top) with two Serbian 5 para stamps for France and cancelled with violet Serbian CDS | £9.00 |
| 152 | 1959 large Nile Hilton printed cover (24x11cm) with most unusual 13x Nile Hilton commems (inc block of 5x2) and 5m definitive for San Diego, all cancelled with Hilton CDS (Type 1) of 12 8 59. Censored lower right, arrival mark behind | £20.00 |
| 153 | 1936 Continental-Savoy printed envelope with bilingual Air Mail sticker, franked 8m,20m Airs cancelled Cook (Cairo) R&P 20 AP 36 (HTC10) to UK and readdressed. Clean | £12.00 |
| 154 | 1932 Shepheard’s printed cover franked 20m large green Second Fuad and cancelled Shepheard’s Hotel (Cairo) 12 MR 32 (HS8) for USA. No backstamp. Clean | £10.00 |
| 155 | 1954 Mena House printed illustrated envelope franked 50m Air Farouk bars and 32m Mosque definitive, cancelled Pyramids / T of 18 MR 54 for US. Civil censor mark, interesting letter on Shepheards notepaper | £10.00 |
| 156 | 1929 Found-open label (Type 3) cancelled with perfect central strike of Shepheard’s Hotel Cash (HS9) of 30 I 29. Unusual | £20.00 |
| 157 | Boy King blocks of four 1,2,3,4,5,13m, all cancelled with central Cooks CDS, various dates and Types HTC5 and 10. Good condition | £20.00 |
| 158 | 1916, whimsical coloured postcard (boy in shorts, cap and horn, and two piglets on leads!) sent On Active Service (without stamps) from Alexandria Seamen’s Home (50% CDS) of 5 II 16 to Glasgow. Unusual | £10.00 |
| | Advertising labels | |
| 159 | Goebel Beer – colourful perforated label (4.3x6.2cm) showing Ancient Egyptian king running to left carrying sword and shield advertising ‘the purest beer made’ | £6.00 |
| 160 | Kakao Eszet – colourful perf label (3.5x5cm) showing Sphinx, Pyramids and palm trees. No other wording | £6.00 |
| | Postal stationery | |
| 161 | 1945-issue Farouk Marechal 2 millièmes wrapper, reddish-orange on buff (NP 12), pristine mint condition | £22.00 |
| 162 | As last, but clearly a different printing, paper lighter and more matte, image clearer, pristine mint | £22.00 |
| 163 | 1898 2m wrapper (DLR, NP2), used to Magdeburg, Germany, with single-line ‘Via Constantinople’ handstamp on face. Reverse has cachet ‘Expedition der Agyptischen Korrespondenz’. Most unusual | £8.00 |
| | Postal stationery essay | |
| 164 | 1985, Postal Authority Press essay for unadopted Ramadan Festival envelope (177x125mm) with 5p red/green/blue Moulid doll vignette top right cancelled by violet boxed handstamp reading in Arabic ‘Trial without value’. NP550 (page 71). Mint, clean | £48.00 |
| | Crown overprint on cover | |
| 165 | 1922, printed lawyer’s cover (R El-Gamal, Avocat), franked 5m Sphinx Crown Opt, Arabic-addressed from Minia to Zaqaziq via Cairo Station. Lower left on face: ‘Very urgent’ in Arabic. Unusual | £6.00 |
| | Resealing labels | |
| 166 | Full sheet (4x5) of 20 R.A.E. Found Open and Resealed (I French) labels. 1997 issue. Mint, clean | £6.00 |
| 167 | 1978 Air Mail cover, Arabic-addressed from Giza to Mecca in Saudi Arabia with 15p Air stamp. Sealed with stamp edging down right and at bottom left with marginal Egypt Resealing label 15 and indistinct CDS | £8.00 |
| 168 | 1976 incoming Air Mail cover from Brazil to Alexandria. Roughly opened at right, where stamp area had been resealed with Egyptian Resealing label Type 11 and indistinct cancel | £10.00 |
| 169 | 1944, long brown registered envelope addressed to Alex stamp dealer Tsopolidis from Iraq, franked 20f and 50f stamps, handwritten notation bottom left: From The Postmaster, Baghdad H.P.O., Iraq. Baghdad Reg label, Iraqi and two Egyptian censor marks (double-ring R/M and figs 02830, and finally Type 8 Egyptian resealing label tied with Alex CDS. Most unusual | £16.00 |
| 170 | 2007 incoming registered padded envelope from Cracow resealed with Egyptian Post Office’s newly discovered resealing tape (sticky tape with large green Arabic cachet reading ‘Parcels Department, Explosives[!!] Department). Colourful Polish stamps, clean cover, unusual | £10.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 171 | 1926, printed lawyer’s magazine wrapper franked with 1-millieme First Fuad and sent from Cairo to Zaqaziq. Neatly opened for display, complete, and 1m on wrapper most unusual | £28.00 |
| 172 | 1940, Frangakis (stamp dealer) printed advert envelope (whole back printed!) franked with Postes, Boy King and Air stamps totaling 40m, sent Reg from Alex 22 JA 40 for Genoa. Wax seal behind, censor tape and clear 7 in circle censor mark (Andrews 6.a.7). Two Genoa marks behind | £12.00 |
| 173 | 1952, censored printed Air cover of Austrian Tourist Department in Cairo, typed addressed to Stockholm and franked with two Airs and two Marechal definitives, all KES opts (one 5m Air damaged), plus Austrian winter sports advertising label (cancelled with stamps). Similar on reverse uncancelled. Different | £12.00 |
| 174 | 1953, Printed cover (Misr Insurance), registered, sent from Alexandria Station 7 FE 53 and eventually returned for insufficient address. Most unusual stamps – strip of 3x10m Farouk Marechal KES with Farouk’s face first barred by pen and then comprehensively ink-obliterated, according to postal regulations before printing of bar overprints. Cover has seen better days, but fascinating | £25.00 |
| | Revenue stamped paper | |
| 175 | 1890-1916, Feltus’s Pyramid Issues (page 160), 3pt blue (wmk 1910) overprinted Annulé in red and used in 1914. Large sheet folded to form four handwritten pages, clean, near-perfect condition | £18.00 |
| | Revenues | |
| 176 | 1966 issue Arab Socialist Union (Nasser’s party) 240m revenues in full sheet of 30 (6x5), alternately green and purple, with full selvage and control number. Mint, pristine | £9.00 |
| 177 | Notary Public certificate from Gershon Minkowitch in Jerusalem, Palestine, 15 June 1942. 50m Palestine revenue on face, pair of Egypt 200m (Feltus Royal Crest issue, his 423) behind. Three cachets: Palestine Govt, Egyptian Consulate in Jerusalem, and Arabic violet – ‘occupied country under censorship’. Striking | £24.00 |
| 178 | Certificate typed on headed notepaper of the Société du Naphte, Alexandria, issued March 1931, tax paid by 1pt and 2pt surcharges on No-Value Official. 2pt à cheval with 2 falling half off the stamp. Interesting | £9.00 |
| | Suez Canal forgeries | |
| 179 | ‘1868’ – Suez Canal Company forgeries – complete set of four in UM blocks of eight (4x2) | £18.00 |
| | Maritime interest | |
| 180 | Black and white real photo-postcard of SS Isis (bilingual on bow) on glossy paper. Isis was formerly the Fouad 1er, renamed 1956. Mint card, excellent | £8.00 |
| 181 | B-w photo card of Anglo-Egyptian Mail Line vessel SS Cairo City. Handwritten on reverse in French: This is the ship we travelled on to Paris Expo in 1937 – Cherbine. F-VF condition | £8.00 |
| 182 | B-w photo card of Navigazione Generale Italiana vessel Sardegna on Europe-Egypt route. Franked DLR 2m and used from Alex/F 13 VIII 10 to Aleppo (Syria). She was torpedoed and sunk Dec 29 1940. Good | £16.00 |
| | Ismailia Camp | |
| 183 | Display page showing NAAFI printed cover franked 3xFuad Postes 5m sent from Ismailia Camp CDS 15 MA 37 to Cyprus (Nicosia CDS 20 and 21 MAY), where readdressed to Moascar (Ismailia Camp CDS 26 MA), and finally to Co Durham. Written up with good clear postmarks. | £20.00 |
| | UAR Palestine | |
| 184 | 1963, small visiting card envelope franked Palestine 4m defin and cancelled Gaza/T2. To Cairo. Unusual | £9.00 |
| | Greek consulate in Shibin el Kom – everything in Greek! | |
| 185 | 1883, ornately printed Greek certificate, tax paid with 2x 10dr Greek revenues, blue cancelled in violet, pink cancelled in blue; and signature authenticated by circular stamp of Greek consul in Alex. Colourful | £8.00 |
| 186 | 1885, another, very much as the last, but franked with 2x5dr Greek revenues, blue cancelled in red, pink cancelled in blue-green. Odd | £8.00 |
| 187 | 1886, As last, but revenues 20dr, both cancelled with single strike in blue-green. Striking | £8.00 |
| 188 | 1888, As last, but blue 20dr cancelled in red, pink cancelled in blue-green. Remarkable | £8.00 |
| | Stamps – First Issue | |
| 189 | Five mint (lightly hinged) stamps – 5pa (wmk 1c), 10pa (wmk 1), 20pa (wmk 1b), 1pi (no wmk), 2pi (wmk), ie Bal 105. Cat over £300 | £135.00 |
| | Stamps - modern | |
| 190 | 2004 – complete sets of all stamps and MS issued, as exhibited by the official Philatelic Office and displayed on six very attractive and decorative sheets. The last shows the final (redesigned) version of the Bar Association commemorative issue after the removal of the incumbent president Sameh Ashour. Fascinating and scarce, excellent condition | £65.00 |
| 191 | 2004 – complete sets of all stamps and MS issued, as exhibited by the Philatelic Office and displayed on five very attractive and decorative sheets. They include the complete issue of the 50th anniversary of China-Egypt diplomatic relations and the very rare miniature sheet. Excellent condition | £75.00 |
| | Stamps – modern blocks of four | |
| 192 | 1961, Cairo Tower inauguration, corner pristine block with date in margin (Bal 270) | £2.00 |
| 193 | 1961, 15th Unesco Anniversary, Nubia Temples issue, corner pristine block with date and serial (Bal 283) | £2.00 |
| 194 | 1961, Son et Lumiere, corner pristine block with date and serial (Bal 287) | £2.00 |
| 195 | 1962, Post Day, corner pristine block with date (Bal 288) | £2.00 |
| 196 | 1962, Fifth Anniv Gaza Liberation, corner pristine block with control A/62 (Bal 291) | £2.00 |
| 197 | 1962, Unesco – Save Abu Simbel Temples, corner pristine block with date (Bal 326) | £2.00 |
| 198 | 1962, Girl Guides Silver Jubilee, corner pristine block with control A/62 (Bal 290) | £2.00 |
| 199 | 1964, Ministry of Social Affairs 25th Anniv, corner pristine block with date (Bal 396) | £2.00 |
| 200 | 1964, Unesco Day, corner pristine block with date (Bal 397) | £2.00 |
| 201 | 1965, Al-Maqrizi 800th Birth Anniversary, pristine block with serial (Bal 430) | £1.50 |
| 202 | 1966, St Catherine’s Monastery, 14th Centenary, pristine block (Bal 462) | £2.00 |
| 203 | 1966, Peasant’s Day, three blocks of pristine stamps with serial (12 stamps, Bal 455-457) | £3.00 |
| 204 | 1966, United Nations Day, three blocks of pristine stamps with serial (12 stamps, Bal 458-460) | £3.00 |
| 205 | 1966, Cairo Industrial exhibition, pristine block with serial (Bal 437) | £1.50 |
| 206 | 1966, Traffic Day, pristine block with serial (Bal 442) | £1.50 |
| 207 | 1966, Population Sample Census, pristine block with serial (Bal 447) | £1.50 |
| 208 | 1966, Suez Canal Nationalisation anniversary, corner pristine block with date and serial (Bal453) | £2.00 |
| 209 | 1966, Post Day and Stamp Centenary, complete set comprising MS, two se-tenant Air Mail and one definitive stamps, pristine condition (Bal 432-435). NB NOT blocks of four | £2.50 |
| 210 | 1967, Save Monuments of Florence and Venice, set of two stamps, mint (Bal 486-7). NB NOT blocks of 4 | £3.50 |
| 211 | 1967, First Industrial Census, pristine block of four (Bal 471) | £1.50 |
| 212 | 1967, Labour Day, pristine block of four (Bal 472) | £2.00 |
| 213 | 1967, World Savings Day, pristine block with serial (Bal 485) | £2.00 |
| 214 | 1967, Arab Solidarity with Palestine, corner pristine block with date and serial | £2.00 |
| 215 | 1967, Salama Higazi Death Anniv, mint block of four (Bal 481) | £1.50 |
| 216 | 1967, International Tourist Year, complete set of five mint stamps (Bal 473-477). NB NOT blocks of 4 | £2.50 |
| 217 | 1968, Martyrdom of St Mark Anniversary (Air), corner pristine block with date and serial (Bal 499) | £3.50 |
| 218 | 1968, Post Day, complete set of three mint stamps (Pharaonic dress)(Bal 489-491) | £1.50 |
| 219 | 1968 UN Day, complete set of three corner blocks of four (12 stamps, Bal 508-510 | £4.00 |
| 220 | 1968, Egyptian Scouts 50th Anniv, mint block of four (Bal 511) | £2.00 |
| 221 | 1968, Mexico Olympics, two mint blocks of four (Bal 512-513) | £2.50 |
| 222 | 1968, 7th Alex Fine Arts Bienniale, pristine block of four (Bal 495) | £2.00 |
| 223 | 1968, WHO Anniversary, mint block of four se-tenant stamps (Bal 504-505) | £1.50 |
| 224 | 1968, Mediterranean Table-Tennis, mint block of four (Bal 506) | £1.50 |
| 225 | 1968, Unicef World Children’s Day, two mint blocks of four (eight stamps, Bal 516-517) | £2.00 |
| 226 | 1968, High Dam Electrification, mint block of four (Bal 492) | £1.50 |
| 227 | 1968, Human Rights Year, two mint blocks of four (eight stamps, Bal 500-501) | £2.20 |
| 228 | 1968, Aly Moubarak Death Anniv, mint block of four (Bal 515) | £1.50 |
| 229 | 1968, International Industrial Fair, mint block of four (Bal 507) | £1.50 |
| 230 | 1968, First UAA Boeing Flight (Air), mint block of four (Bal 514) | £1.50 |
| 231 | 1968, Arab Veterinary Congress, mint block of four (Bal 498) | £1.50 |
| 232 | 1969, Post Day (Pharaonic Dress), four mint blocks of four (16 stamps, Bal 519-522) | £3.50 |
| 233 | 1969, Ilyushin Aircraft, mint block of four with serial (Bal 525) | £2.00 |
| 234 | 1969, Scientific Accounts Congress, mint block of four with serial (Bal 586) | £1.50 |
| 235 | 1969, Arab Publicity Week, mint block of four with serial (Bal 527) | £1.50 |
| 236 | 1969, ILO 50th Anniv, mint block of four with serial (Bal 528) | £1.50 |
| 237 | 1969, H.Nasef and M.Farid Death Anniv, mint block of four se-tenant stamps with serial (Bal 523-524) | £2.50 |
| 238 | 1969, African Development Bank, mint block of four with serial (Bal 577) | £2.00 |
| 239 | 1969, Gandhi Birth Centenary, pristine block of four with serial (Bal 578) | £4.50 |
| 240 | 1970, Nasser Memorial Issue, complete sets of four mint blocks of four, two air and two definitive (16 stamps, Bal 618-621) | £5.00 |
| 241 | 2002, Egyptian Museum Centenary, complete set comprising mint stamp and MS (Bal 1646-1647) | £2.50 |
| 242 | 2002, Most recent definitive series complete, ten mint stamps (six value over £E1) from 10pt to £E5 | £6.50 |
| 243 | 2004, Radio and TV Festival, complete mint set of high-value stamps (three plus MS, Bal 1735-1738) | £3.00 |
| 244 | 2004, Philatelic Society of Egypt 75th Anniv, complete issue, one stamp and MS (Bal 1732-33) | £2.50 |
| | Official First-Day Covers – each of the following nine lots comprises six different FDCs in mint condition | |
| 245 | 2003 – Table tennis (30p, 125p), Inter-Build Conf (30p, 125p) Smart Village (30p, 125p), Smart Village (£E1 MS), Astro-Geophysical Inst (30p), Ramadan (4x30p) | £4.50 |
| 246 | 2003 – Nile Child Song Fest (30p, 125p), World Cup bid (30p, 125p), Al-Gomhouria newspaper anniv (30p), Mrs Mubarak – Unesco (30p, 125p), Mrs Mubarak – Unesco (£E2 MS), Cinema Directors (4x30p) | £4.50 |
| 247 | 2004 – Philatelic Soc Anniv (30p), Phil Soc Anniv (125p MS), World Post Day (125p), National Archive Jubilee (30p, 125p), Telecom Anniv (30p, 125p), Arab Journalist Union Conf (125p) | £4.50 |
| 248 | 2004 – Arab Regional Conf – Mubarak (30p, 125p), Arab Regional Conf (£E2 MS), Council for Woman Conf (30p, 125p), Cairo Rotary Anniv (30p), Attorney Establishment Jubilee (30p), Ramadan (2x30p) | £4.50 |
| 249 | 2005 – Nobel Prize El-Baradei (30p, 150p), Information Society conf (130p), UN Anniv (150p), World Post Day (30p, 150p), Police Day – Mubarak (30p), Police Day – Mubarak (£E1 MS) | £5.00 |
| 250 | 2005 – Egypt-Europe Assoc Anniv (150p), Metro Phase 5 (30p), Metro Phase 5 (150p MS), Heliopolis Centenary (30p), Youth Ministry Jubilee (30p, 125p), World Sports Day (150p) | £5.00 |
| 251 | 2006 – World Post Day (30p, 150p), Military Academy Anniv (30p), China-Africa summit (2x150p se-tenant), Africa Cup winners (30p), Africa Cup winners (150p MS), Ramadan (30p) | £5.50 |
| 252 | 2006 – Solidarity with Lebanon (150p), Solar Eclipse (30p), Solar Eclipse (150p MS), World Environment Day (30p, 150p), General Census (30p), Orphan Day (30p) | £5.50 |
| 253 | 2007 – Post Day (30p), ETUF Anniversary (30p), EgyptAir Anniversary (30p, 150p), World Health Day (30p), Police Day – Mubarak (30p), Police Day – Mubarak (150p MS) | £5.00 |
| | Hotel postmarks | |
| 254 | Nile Hilton (HN2), cancelling Nile Hilton stamp on Hilton card but unaddressed, 10.6.59 | £8.00 |
| 255 | San Stefano (HSS3), on 2m DLR on face of card ‘Village Arabe’ to France 21.8.06 | £15.00 |
| 256 | San Stefano (HSS4), cancelling 2m DLR on card ‘Porteuses d’eau’ for Paris 10.6.10 | £23.00 |
| 257 | Semiramis (type HSE1), cancelling 4m DLR on face of card ‘Vendeurs d’eau’ for France 19.2.08. Another strike on back of card 80%) | £20.00 |
| | Definitive Varieties | |
| 258 | 1866 10pi slate, perf 12½ x 12½ x 13 x 12½, unused without gum, wmk Zeheri Type II, position 170 of the sheet of 200 stamps. A good example of this scarce stamp. NP D7m, Zeh 7e(var). With CF Hass certificate | £60.00 |
| 259 | 1972 20pa blue, perf 12 ½ x 13 1/3, wmk Zeheri Type III. Two examples, one lithographed – unused, slight thin; the other typographed – used with the V-2.2 Porto Said postmark. A ‘married’ pair, both stamps show the same major positional flaw ‘Right-hand Frameline Broken and Smashed Inward’. NP D161 and D21k, Zeh 16(var) and 16g(var). With CF Hass certificate | £40.00 |
| | Commemorative Variety | |
| 260 | 1955 37m violet, variety with black DOUBLE OVERPRINT in Arabic of ‘Arab Postal Union Congress’. Used with parcel post pmk of Sohag dated 27 JUL 56, as is the case with all known examples of this extremely scarce stamp. NP C160a, Zeh 143a. With CF Hass certificate | £150.00 |
| | Covers from France to Alexandria | |
| 261 | From Paris 18 May 1860. Franked 10c+4-c Napoleon imperforates (some defects). Front with red boxed PD and manuscript ‘English Steamer’, reverse with impressed wax seal and good French PO arrival marking dated 26 MAI 60 | £7.00 |
| 262 | From Paris 28 July 1865. Franked 10c+4-c Napoleon perforates cancelled with Star 22. Front with red boxed PD, reverse with indifferent French PO arrival marking | £9.00 |
| | Literature – buyer to pay postage | |
| 263 | Destruction of an Army, The First Campaign in Libya, Sept 1940-Feb 1941, published 1941 Stationery Office, 64pp 18x24cm. Packed with facts, photos and maps. Paper cover detached but otherwise excellent | £4.00 |
| 264 | Premier Exposition Philatelique du Caire (second prospectus, 31.12.1945), published Philatelic Society of Egypt. L’OP size, paper back, 44pp, with all rules/regulations in English, French and Arabic. Fine condition | £4.00 |
| 265 | Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947, by F.W.Benians (NPS, 1978), 148pp A4-size, ‘the bible’ on EPPs and a must for the military collector. Some pencil annotations, but paper cover protected and overall excellent condition. | £6.00 |
| 266 | Index to Place Names Appearing on the Normal 1:100,000 Scale Map series of Egypt (Cairo 1932). Hardback, 388pp, listing every ezbet, nag and tell in the country (but no maps!). An absolute must for the small-town collector, and rarely offered. Sl corner wear but excellent condition overall | £35.00 |
| | Iraq Post Office stockbook | |
| 267 | Hardback Postal Admin presentation stockbook (majestic eagle on ‘back’ cover) containing 52 pristine mint stamps and six MS of Saddam period (between SG1586, 1983, and 1652, 1985) inc block of 10 of 70 on 45 surcharge. Plus 20 more mint Iraq stamps in paper envelope. VF-Excellent | £8.00 |
| | Star and crescent CDS | |
| 268 | Two good strikes of Caire-Alexandrie Ambulant 12 VIII 05 (ESC Type 2A3.1) on DLR 2m+2x1m on excellent coloured (drawn) card of village and pyramids, addressed to Falmouth. Fine condition | £5.00 |
| 269 | Two strikes of elusive Kosseir star/crescent 30 SE 04 (70%) on card of Naples franked 5m DLR for UK. Stamp cancel and info strike accompanied by clear Kena of 3 X 04 | £8.00 |
| 270 | Chibin el Kom star/crescent of 26 (inverted) NO 87 (all there but 65%) cancelling first side of 20-para Reply Card, Arabic-addressed to Alex (Alexandrie / A arrival same day). Card showing its age but unusual | £7.00 |
| 271 | Small folder with 35 stamps all ESC Type 10 star/crescent CDS including elusive Gafaria 26 DE 14, five Salt Tax with spot-on centred strikes and three cutouts ditto. Good strikes Homran, Bir Chams, Ebchaway, Nekla, Damiette, Caire/Ghouria, Alx/Minet el Bassal, Alx/Ras el Tin, Abouxah, part strikes inc two Dongola | £28.00 |
| | First-Day covers – the following eight lots are unofficial FDC, plain (or Air mail envelopes) with stamp and Phil Bureau CDS | |
| 272 | SG 265, Royal Wedding, 20 JA 38 (minimally printed cover) | £1.00 |
| 273 | SG 313, Citadel Evacuation, 9 AU 46 | £1.00 |
| 274 | SG 315/321 Arab League Congress 9 NO 46 | £1.30 |
| 275 | SG 553, 1m, 2.6.58 | £1.00 |
| 276 | SG555, 3m, 15.3.58 | £1.00 |
| 277 | Another as last | £1.00 |
| 278 | SG 556, 4m, 16.4.58 (Port Said CDS) | £1.00 |
| 279 | Palestine opts on Human Rights (SG Gaza 98-9) with Gaza 2 scallop FDC cancel 10.12.58. Two covers | £3.00 |
| | Booklet stamps on cover | |
| 280 | 25 FE 31, cover from Alex-Paris franked with strip of three and a pair, all from the bottom row of a 5m Second Fuad booklet. Paris arrival behind. Good condition | £6.00 |
| 281 | 12 FE 32, cover from Alex-Paris and readdressed to Sceau, franked with strip of three from bottom of a 5m Second Fuad pane, and a single from the top of the pane. Three French marks behind | £6.00 |
| 282 | 14 NOV 1937, plain cover addressed within Cairo, franked single 5m Second Fuad from bottom row of booklet pane. Cairo machine cancelled. | £4.50 |
| 283 | Unused printed envelope of the XV Agriculture and Industry Exhibition (ie, 1936), prepared as an SAE and addressed by hand and franked with 2x5m Second Fuad, one from top row of a booklet, other from bottom row. Clean and pristine, folded down centre. Unusual | £8.00 |
| | Censor markings | |
| 284 | 30 NO 39, clean printed cover of Maximilien Hahn, Alex insurance agent, franked 30m Air for Zurich from Alex. Opened and resealed by censor at left, and fine clear 120-in-circle censor stamp in violet (Andrews 4.b, recorded only April 1945 in black) close to the stamp. Fine item | £8.00 |
| 285 | Air cover to Scotland franked pair of 30m Farouk (one faulty), 13m and 4m Boy King – all cancelled with retta. Resealing label and clear 8.b.3. censor with 4.b.2/5 on label and Type 20(?) 2770- behind | £4.00 |
| 286 | Seven covers 1940-45, to UK, Switzerland or USA bearing the following markings: 4.b.2/2, 4.b.2/5, 4.b.2/89, 4.b.2/102, 6.b.1, 6.k.1, 7.a.3, 7.d.5, 7.d.6, 9.a.3, 9.a.9., 10.b.1, 10.d.6, 13/3, 13/18, 20c/8373. Also a front to US with 172mills and poor censor 7.a.7 (1944) and an incoming card from Turkey with good 8.a.3 (June 1944). All except card have resealing label. Interesting lot, if slightly scruffy | £11.00 |
| 287 | Two printed commercial covers to UK, franked 17 and 20m KES Marechal and 5x10m Defense+2m Fellah, both resealed, both with civil censors, 84 and 87 respectively | £3.00 |
| | Paquebot markings | |
| 288 | 1 4 91 Paquebot / Port Said CDS (see QC 215, page 95) cancelling Cyprus commem on printed cover of m.g.t.Tamanzee addressed to US. Cairo A.P.T. / A.C.T.2 CDS alongside. Signed by Master with anchor Schiffspost handstamp. Neat | £4.00 |
| 289 | 12 9 93 Paquebot / Port Said CDS as last cancelling neat pair of Japan 5 and single 80 on clean cover for Yamaguchi City. Lower right is circular handstamp of M.S. Californian Highway (Calif. Shipping Co). | £4.00 |
| 290 | 27 12 93 Paquebot / Port Said CDS as last cancelling 80c Liberia stamp on colourful printed ship’s cover posted from the MT Solt Surf of Monrovia to US. Cairo AP / A.C.T. 2 marking alongside (different from the one above). Signed by Master with Schiffspost handstamp behind | £4.00 |
| 291 | 30 1 97 Paquebot / Port Said CDS as last cancelling Isle of Man 1 and 30 stamps showing ships, on cover of MV CMBT Concord of Douglas, addressed to US. Various cachets, signed by Master, and Egypt £E1 1993 definitive behind with Port Said CDS | £4.50 |
| | Airport markings | |
| 292 | CTO 1 JU 47, elusive D / Aeroport Farouke (with final E) CDS on strip of 3x1m + 4m Marechal + 3m Boy King, unaddressed clean envelope. Sears: this CDS in use only 1JU to 21 JL 47 | £14.00 |
| 293 | 8 9 69, El Luqsor / Air Port CDS (Sears p.175, only 1977 recorded), clean fine strike on plain envelope used by military (ie, no stamp, and faint hexagonal marking). Clear machine Hadaiq el Qubba marking behind two days later. Roughly opened at right, but unusual. | £12.00 |
| 294 | 20 10 69, cover much as last, but Air envelope and El Luqsor Air Port mark not quite so clear. Again military use and faint hexagon. Machine backstamps of Cairo and Hadaiq el Qubba. Still unusual | £10.00 |
| 295 | 5 8 86, Bilbes Aerodrom (not Aerodron as Sears p.175), clear info mark on local cover franked 20m minaret definitive and neatly addressed to Cairo. Part of a competition: contents remain. Nice | £12.00 |
| 296 | 5 II 86, same marking as last, same competition. But sent Reg (ms indication) so air envelope with pair of 20m minaret and pair of 10m Edfu Horus. Mark not quite so clear, but still good | £11.00 |
| 297 | 6 9 76, First EgyptAir flight Cairo-Vienna with 14 / Cairo Air Port (Sears p.174) of 5.9.76 cancelling 110m Pyramids Air Mail. Wien arrival also on face. Beautiful clean cover, unusual marking | £4.00 |
| 298 | 27 3 85, fine clear machine cancel of Cairo Airport (Reg for 80m) on briefly-addressed EgyptAir printed envelope with hawk’s head logo at bottom right. Unopened, neat | £10.00 |
| | Interpostals | |
| 299 | Interpostal Type III (1867), Die B, Gedda (Kehr 51a, slate), fine mint example | £10.00 |
| 300 | Interpostal Type IV (1868) Kantara (Kehr 92, on yellow), used with 90% CDS Regie Post Egiziane Cantara just off-centre at bottom: 2 Gen 69 (?not entirely clear). Clean, neat, VERY unusual | £40.00 |
| 301 | Interpostal Type X (1887) used with off-centre but complete and perfect CDS of El-Tor 14 AO 91 TII. Clean, neat, not common! | £30.00 |
| | Sinai | |
| 302 | Gebel el Tor – Egyptian PO receipt for (10x17cm) with clear strike of Gebel el Tor 12 AU 30. Unusual | £8.00 |
| 303 | El Tor Aerodrome – souvenir Map cover showing Tor, with hexagonal aerodrome postmark on Israeli 12a Civic Arms stamp and date of occupation in pencil in Arabic 8.6.67. Unaddressed, clean, good strike | £8.00 |
| 304 | Similar to last, but plain envelope, Israeli 15a Independence Day aircraft stamp and Egypt 5m Republican factory (SG557) both provided with Aerodrome hexagonal markings. No date, no address | £8.00 |
| | Postcards | |
| 305 | Université Egyptienne, b/w card (1909), used to Pension Rohrmoser, Assouan (star/bridge CDS behind 17 I 12) originally with stamp on face – both stamp and 95% of CDS gone. Fascinating card – when Uni was a mansion rented from Nestor Gianaclis (now the American University admin office) | £15.00 |
| 306 | Université du Caire – mint card of 1954 Soldier-vignette series – ¾ view. Perfect | £10.00 |
| 307 | Alexandrie – Ibrahimieh Crown Brewery, b/w card showing works and sign, published Carlo Mieli, franked 2m DLR and CDS Alexandrie 30 XII 03 for Belgium. Two Belgian arrival cds. RRR | £18.00 |
| 308 | Hand-coloured card published in Paris headed La Guerre 1914-1915 and showing Australian Army encampment below Pyramids and soldiers on guard. Message in French behind | £6.00 |
| 309 | Pair of Saroukhan cartoon cards headed ‘The Second Great War’, one showing two RAF types trying to hitch a lift on a camel; the other two troops in khaki seated on the Sphinx’s paws. Both have pencil messages from Daddy, but were sent in envelopes. Neat and unusual | £10.00 |
| 310 | On the Nile, sepia card of painting by Prosper Marilhat (French Academic painter, 1811-47) from Wallace Collection, sent from Folkestone AU 14 1908 to Ilfracombe. Clean and different | £4.00 |
| 311 | Le Caire – Mo Kattan – b/w card showing ruined mosque in Mokattam Hills above Cairo, franked 3x1m DLR and cancelled Ramle-Alexandrie 7 IX 00 for Alexandria (arrival same day). Card tired but uncommon | £4.00 |
| 312 | Double sepia postcard showing Semiramis Hotel at left and Nile Hilton and Municipality Building at right – apparently printed in pairs by Pyramids Postcards and then cut into individual cards. Mint | £4.00 |
| | Sudan postal history | |
| 313 | Dongola to UK, somewhat battered envelope franked 1pi Soudan opt to London SW and cancelled Dongola 21 (inverted) VII 97 TI. Equally indistinct info strike alongside. Backstamp of Halfa dated (oddly) 20 VII 97, with Cairo 27 VII and (on face) London SW arrival AU 9 97. Crumpled but out of the ordinary | £44.00 |
| 314 | Khartoum to Germany. 1pi letter sheet with Soudan opt (HG 2), beautifully and properly used from Khartoum 30 XI 908 III to Gandelagen, brief message inside. Clean and attractive | £12.00 |
| 315 | Wadi Halfa to Germany. 5m reply card with Soudan opt (HG 3) beautifully written with Wurttemberg address and cancel Wadi Halfa 1 XII 98 TI in blue. Fine info strike, together with Alex / A transit of 7 XII 98 and Ulm arrival 11 XII 98. No message. And reply half unused. Remarkable and clean | £25.00 |
| | Revenues | |
| 316 | Russian Office – remarkable 1931 document in French testifying that Hilarion Souchkoff, unable to obtain a death certificate for his late wife because of the situation in Russia, was free to marry again. Tax paid by horizontal pair of 15pt and single 5pt of the elusive Russian Office stamps, cancelled by double-ring handstamp of Russian Registration Office. Seen better days, but attractive nonetheless | £28.00 |
| 317 | Cigarette Tax – 1920, Second Obelisk Issue, single stamp with wing margin at left and perfs trimmed at top. Feltus 282 without dealer name but bears signs of use. Uncommon | £8.00 |
| 318 | Cigarette Tax – 1924, Last Obelisk Issue, single stamp beautifully perfed and clean, printed name Nestor Gianaclis Ltd / Cairo (as Feltus illustration to 284). Fine example of unusual stamp | £12.00 |
| 319 | Cigarette Tax mixed bag – nine large and seven small, all styles, all different. Starter pack? | £5.00 |
| 320 | Syndicate of Mixed Court Attorneys – 1930? Issue, 10p blue used on document appointing a lawyer dated 24 Dec 1936, both pencil and hand-stamp (Annulé) cancelled but attractive item | £3.00 |
| 321 | 1941, remarkable sheet of Railways of Egypt share coupons. Handwritten note says ‘provisional specimen block of 12 printed on the actual paper to be used’ and dated 1/4/41. Unique? | £40.00 |
| 322 | 1975, Arabic-printed receipt with tax paid by right-margin block of six of 20m Gen Revenue with Palestine (in Arabic) opt (Feltus 136; pen-cancel) plus 5m Gen Revenue. Sl stain but remarkable | £5.00 |
| | Withdrawn stamp | |
| 323 | The infamous ‘withdrawn stamp’ marking 150th anniversary of Telecom Egypt, on genuine FD cover that has actually passed through the post – cancelled Birmbal 16 10 04 (issued October 3; notice to withdraw all stamps issued October 10), addressed to Mitubis and with a plethora of backstamps. Most unusual | £20.00 |
| | Machine markings | |
| 324 | Nessim automatic franking machine – printed env with violet handstamp Printed Matter with clean 2m imprint of the machine on 1.1.34 – first day of use. Contains stamp dealer’s leaflet | £6.00 |
| 325 | As last, but franked with machine 1m plus 1m First Fuad (cancelled Cairo D 1 JA 34) | £6.00 |
| 326 | As last, no mention of Printed Matter, franked 1m machine and 1m Crown opt (cancelled by Cairo slogan machine cancel). No contents | £6.00 |
| 327 | Larger grey printed envelope, no mention of Printed Matter, with 1m machine franking plus 1m Crown opt cancelled Cairo T 1 JA 34. No contents | £6.00 |
| | Machine marking proofs/specimens | |
| 328 | 29 VI 51 – impression in red on small card of Universal Multi-Value I machine (see QC 133 p.70ff) with value 9 mills, town indicator a solid red ring and machine identity number (1064) upright at right of town circle. Also, in the vignette, the words EGYPTE and equivalent are touching the border unlike the issued machine. Rare and unusual | £25.00 |
| 329 | 29 VI 51 – precisely as last (but value 16m), but impression on a brown envelope pre-printed with ‘Specimen’ and address of Universal Postal Frankers at London W1. Mint, pristine | £40.00 |
| 330 | 23 V 52 – similar to last two, impression on card with machine identifier (9885) below red circle. Vignette impression is large ornate circle with ‘Stamp Duty – Egypt’ and value 001 mills (QC 211, p.280). Perfect | £20.00 |
| | Instructional markings | |
| 331 | FREE – giant pale red handstamp on ‘Active Service’ colour postcard of Aswan sent from Cairo 17 IX 15 to Alex (arrival on face). Free is three days earlier than Firebrace records (p.256); faint double-ring handstamp of Kasr el Aini Hospital in red. Pencil message from a sergeant: ‘Hope the boys are all right’. Slightly battered but most unusual | £15.00 |
| 332 | Avis de Reception – straight-line marking 54mm long (recorded since 1913) on plain cover from Cairo to Giza 23.11.56 franked with 35m UAR Egypt industry plus vert pair of 10m Ramesses head. Clean, typed | £8.00 |
| | Egyptian military | |
| 333 | 25.11.73, 10m military stamp properly used on Arabic-addressed letter to Cairo – centrally placed and only just caught Zagazig machine cancel. Cairo machine transit also on face 26.11 and Helmiyeh el Zaiton(?) / Centre / D arrival 27th on reverse | £6.00 |
| 334 | 18 AU 49 – plain Arabic-addressed cover from Port Said franked 30m (Farouk) for registration to Cairo (Delivery mark behind same day). Face has green triangular military censorship mark 108 and Arabic-handwritten note alongside. Interesting | £8.00 |
| 335 | 1 4 73, Air env franked with strip if 3x10m Edfu Horus for registration and Arabic-addressed from Agency boxed postmark (illegible) of Aqfahs to Cairo. Reverse has three hexagonal military unit markings of April 1, 2 and 3. Most uncommon, contents remain | £8.00 |
| | Stamps and rates | |
| 336 | 26 OCT 28 – printed commercial envelope for Germany, franked with 5m/50m and 10m/100m provisional surcharges of 1926 Agric/Ind Exhibition and beautifully cancelled with Cairo machine mark. Fine | £12.00 |
| 337 | 14 FE 29 – small grey-blue cover addressed to Czechoslovakia and franked with 15m Farouk Birthday stamp, cancelled Alexandria. Stamp valid only seven days from Feb 11. Remarkable, clean, neat | £12.00 |
| 338 | 21 JA 33 – sepia card - ‘Egypt – Sailing boats on the Nile’ addressed to Paris and franked with 13m Rail Congress stamp (wrapped round side of card). Cancelled with Exhibition CDS and large red double-ring stamp of Congress Permanent Commission alongside. Congress stamps valid to Apr 18 | £8.00 |
| 339 | 9 MCH 1934 - printed cover of Cairo company with typed address to Yugoslavia and franked with upper marginal 20m stamp of UPU issue, cancelled by Cairo machine. Neat and fascinating | £8.00 |
| 340 | 7 IV 38 – Air cover (bilingual sticker; red pennant with fleur de lis embossed on flap) addressed to Hull and franked with 20m commem of Telecom Conference set (SG268, valid to May 15). Cancelled Alex Dep. 3 | £5.00 |
| 341 | 24 MR 59 – small Arabic-addressed cover for Cairo franked with Nefertiti 55m/100m surcharge to pay normal postage of 15m plus 20m Reg and 20m AR (boxed handstamp) from Kafr el Zaiyat. Neat | £8.00 |
| | Postal stationery/postal history | |
| 342 | 1891 3m on 5m postcard (NP5) addressed to Cairo Post Office and cancelled with Alexandrie-Caire / Ambulant TPO Type 2A1A (70%) of 4 JA 93. Caire / A arrival alongside. Message in Italian, fine | £5.00 |
| 343 | 1916 3m card (NP25), pinholed including vignette, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, cancelled with elusive Samanud-Bt el Sab & V.V. T.P.O. (Type 6a1.2, Smith records only doubtful date IX 28) or 2 V 28. Birket el Sab and Alex-Cai / TPO (Type 5A2.6, 65%) behind | £5.00 |
| 344 | 1932-36 Fouad card, 13m (NP35), very neatly used to France with neat (5) Alexandria CDS of 5 JA 36 | £5.00 |
| 345 | 1946-50 Marechal card, 6m (NP41), commercially printed in Arabic both sides, uprated for registration with a horiz pair of 10m Marechal, Arabic-addressed to Cairo. Weak cancels Daher 11 OC 1950 | £5.00 |
| 346 | 1874 – Penasson envelope essay, small and flimsy cover with NP E52a 1pi (as Second Issue, page 8) printed in top right corner. Mint, complete and neat, but spiked at some stage and creased. A rare stationery item | £50.00 |
| 347 | 1890, 5m embossed envelope, 146x111 (NP6) on blued paper with upright wmk, neatly addressed from Rudolph’s company, Hess & Co / Cairo Egypt (handstamp lower left) to Hess and Co, Alex. Cancelled Cairo / D 28 XII 55 TXIII(!) and Alex / A arrival next day. Berlin company stamp lower back. Clean | £4.00 |
| 348 | 1892, 5m on 2pi orange (NP8, surcharge 24-25mm, wmk upright, cancelled Alexandrie 1 XII 92 T3 and addressed, unusually, to Charles Meyer, Poste Restante, Alexandria. Good condition | £4.00 |
| 349 | 1914, 5m Sphinx embossed envelope (NP16, wmk upright, 1st Knife cutting of flap). Mint, fine condition but for slight bend on left side. Cat $70.00 | £10.00 |
| 350 | 1928, 2m Fuad embossed small envelope (NP27, vertical wmk), dull grey on dull grey paper – Arabic addressed to Cairo and cancelled with Cairo machine 1 APR 1934. Contains two business cards, one from Tanta, other from Cairo. Odd | £4.00 |
| 351 | As last, but much brighter grey on much whiter paper. Typewritten address Meadi, Cairo machine 23 Dec 1937, no contents | £4.00 |
| 352 | 1938, Souvenir envelope printed in all-Arabic magenta with stamp vignette of Farouk and Farida (no value) at top left very similar to Wedding stamp of Jan. Tiny view of Montaza Palace behind. Unused, clean | £2.50 |
| 353 | 1941-43, Boy King 4m vignette (NP35, vertical wmk), neatly addressed in Arabic (green ink) and lightly cancelled Tanta (date?). Contains same business card as two lots above… | £4.00 |
| 354 | 1966 80m Air Letter with list of countries on back (starting Aden, Bahrain), uprated with 10m Mitwalli Gate and addressed in Arabic and English to New York. Full message, but no CDS. Did it travel? | £8.00 |
| 355 | 1966 4m Mosque small envelope (NP 47, no wmk). One copy used from Mallawi 6 1 67, a second uprated with 1m Glass Vase and used to Cairo (no CDS) | £4.00 |
| 356 | 1967, 4m Mosque small envelope as last, but with clear Large Eagles diagonal wmk (NP 48). Uprated with 1m Glass Vase and used within Cairo (machine slogan cancel 4 1 68). Neat cover | £8.00 |
| 357 | Late 1990s? Colourful illustrated Lehnert and Landrock Cairo Museum souvenir folded letter sheet provided first with 80p Air Mail (NP118, Tutankhamun), and later uprated with 20p Horemheb of 1997 issue (NP367) to reflect increase in postage rates. Mint, pristine | £3.00 |
| | Monarchy, commemoratives - The following lots are varieties with, whenever possible, their relative position within the sheet. Almost all are illustrated (unless otherwise stated) in Book One or Two of Balian’s Stamps of Egypt | |
| 358 | 1926 Bal 19 spot below branch, uncatalogued, MH | £4.00 |
| 359 | 1933 Bal 35 vertical gash within the cabin of train uncatalogued posn 26? left border strip x5 NH | £6.00 |
| 360 | 1929 Bal 29a 20m pair MNH similar var but retouch below sleeve at left | £9.00 |
| 361 | 1946 Bal 95x variety posn 44, strip x 5 MNH | £5.00 |
| 362 | 1946 Bal 96x 1m variety posn 16 MH | £4.00 |
| 363 | 1948 Bal 119a/120a b, 2 blocks x4 MNH containing broken letters and missing dots | £9.00 |
| 364 | 1950 Bal 134y MNH single | £4.00 |
| 365 | 1951 Bal 137d MNH block x4 posn 44 45 | £10.00 |
| 366 | 1952 Bal 138x MNH marginal single, retouch posn 5 | £5.00 |
| 367 | 1952 Bal 151y MNH single spots over head, posn 36 | £5.00 |
| 368 | 1955 Bal 162x MNH corner strip x4 var in posn 4 | £7.00 |
| 369 | 1954 Jamboree set block x4 35mills contains var Bal 169x posn 44 MNH | £15.00 |
| 370 | 1954 Jamboree 20mil single var Bal 168x posn 20 MNH | £5.00 |
| 371 | 1957 Bal 177x MNH pair posn 36/37 | £5.00 |
| 372 | 1957 Bal 178x MNH block x4, dot over train stack posn 24 | £8.00 |
| 373 | 1957 Bal 183 15mill Azhar perforation misplaced MH | £2.00 |
| 374 | 1957 Bal 185b MNH strip x5 with margins cracked label posn 47 | £10.00 |
| 375 | 1957 Bal 196y hair retouch posn 13 MNH block x4 | £6.00 |
| 376 | 1957 Bal 196x white spot posn 24 MNH strip x4 | £6.00 |
| 377 | 1957 Bal 192x MNH marginal block x4 posn 10 | £6.00 |
| 378 | 1957 Bal 197/8 MNH block x4, points over and under both 10mils posn 41-46 | £5.00 |
| 379 | 1957 Bal 197 white spot between P and T in Egyptian, uncatalogued pair MNH | £4.00 |
| 380 | 1957 Bal 181a one missing perf MNH pair | £20.00 |
| 381 | 1958 Bal 218/219y MNH 2block x4 (with control) matched pair posn 6 showing same variety | £16.00 |
| 382 | 1958 Bal 215a flag misplaced showing white flagpole MNH | £9.00 |
| 383 | 1958 Bal 215a red colour misplaced showing white line at top MNH | £9.00 |
| 384 | 1959 Bal 229x MNH single margin on top | £5.00 |
| 385 | 1959 Bal 238y MNH block of 4 with margins, posn of flaw is 31 | £5.00 |
| 386 | 1959 Bal 241x MNH pair posn 46 | £5.00 |
| 387 | 1959 Bal 225a + c (Hilton) MNH block x6 containing variety posn 11 + inverted wmk (RARE) | £45.00 |
| 388 | 1960 Bal 243 large retouch next to Arabic 10 MNH pair uncatalogued | £4.00 |
| 389 | 1959 Bal 224 not catalogued, point under Arabic Gomhouria posn 41 block x4 MNH | £6.00 |
| 390 | 1960 Bal 250x MNH marginal pair posn 15 malformed eagle | £8.00 |
| 391 | 1960 Bal 255x MNH control no A60 B60 (rare) variety posn 25 | £7.00 |
| 392 | 1962 Bal 316z MNH block x4 margin on top, posn 5 retouch over 10 | £6.00 |
| 393 | 1962 Bal 316 not catalogued MNH pair, spot at bottom of right wing | £4.00 |
| 394 | 1964 Bal 360x Mothers Day MNH pair, deformed 10 posn 48 | £5.00 |
| 395 | 1965 Bal 431x Biennale Alexandria MNH pair ‘bobtail’ variety posn 6 | £10.00 |
| 396 | 1966 Bal 462x MNH block x4 var m ‘U’ nastery posn 19 | £5.00 |
| | Royal imperforates - Definitives: | |
| 397 | Farouk Maréchal low values imperf. ‘Royal Printings’ on card with ‘cancelled’ on reverse in English or Arabic. 1m, 2m, 4m, 5m, l0m, 15m and l7m. NP cat $120 | £35.00 |
| | Commemoratives | |
| 398 | FDC Conference of Montreux, Abolition of Capitulations April-May 1937, CDS Port Said 15 OC 37 (first day) NP 15, unaddressed but reverse has SIMONINI’s HOTELS Port Said, probably Casino Palace Hotel | £2.50 |
| 399 | Olympic Games 1960, se-tenant pane less top strip with A/60 control, 20 stamps UMM, 5 and 10 millième values, also blocks of 4 UMM of the 30 and 35 mill values, and 100m MS 13 | £5.00 |
| 400 | Air mail cover Cairo to Denver, Colorado, franked 1971 Aida commemorative NP C638A, and tri-coloured AIRMAIL etiquette | £2.50 |
| | Miniature sheets | |
| 401 | XVIme Exposition Agricole et Industrielle 1949, NP MS3 lightly mounted mint, NP $3 | £1.00 |
| 402 | Royal Wedding of Farouk and Narriman. May 1951 NP MS5, lightly mounted mint , NP $4 | £1.50 |
| 403 | 7th Anniv Revolution 1959, Transportation & Communication NP MS 12, first day cancellation, NP $12 | £4.00 |
| | Airmails | |
| 404 | First Airmail England-Africa by Imperial Airways: franked pair George V 4d deep grey-green SG 378 cancelled Bodmin, Cornwall, 26 FE 31 on registered ‘Map’ cover to Alexandria. re-addressed to Minya. On reverse Alex R.A. 5 MR 31, Alex R2 next day and Minya R receiver 7 MR 31 | £15.00 |
| 405 | First flight England-Australia by Imperial Airways and Qantas, return flight Brisbane to Alexandria. Qantas ‘kangaroo’ cover franked Id green George V and 1/6d dull-purple SG153 cancelled Air Mail Brisbane Q/D (Queensland) and addressed to Marine Air Port Ras el Tin. Reverse has two Caire Par Avion 22 DE 34 and Alexandria receiver same day. Clean. | £10.00 |
| 406 | First Airmail England & South Africa. Imperial Airways ‘Springbok’ cover franked pair S Africa 4d green SG 40 plus 2d purple & black SG 44 cancelled Pietersburg 28 JAN 32 to Assuan. Reverse has Caire Par Avion 12 FE 32 and Aswan receiver next day. Creases in cover away from stamps. Presumably arose from first return flight which crashed and mall was rescued | £15.00 |
| 407 | Lehnert & Landrock PPC (painting of camel riders before the Citadel) franked 15m and 20m soldier NP D198 and 200, cancelled Heliopolis 7-6-58 with m/s AVION and handstamped AIRMAIL | £2.50 |
| 408 | First Flight by Austrian Airlines Cairo to Vienna (two separate cachets) on 6m 1954 PS card H&G 43 (NP SPC 44 Pylone - Temple de Louxor- sepia view), uprated 20m purple soldier, cancelled Aeroport du Caire Succursale, civil censor and WIEN 71 receiver 3.Xll.59. Philatelic but very unusual and very clean | £35.00 |
| 409 | Air cover Cairo to Denver, Colorado, with civil censor, three-coloured Air Mail, etiquette, franked 1l0m NP A90 dated 21.?.71. Colourful and clean. | £4.00 |
| 410 | 1976 air cover franked 110m (NP A93) cancelled 14 Cairo AirPort to Vienna with WIEN 1150 receiver, flown Egyptair. The sender is Hermann Seiger of Zeppelin catalogue fame. Very clean | £5.00 |
| 411 | TWA. Air cover Alex to New York franked 72m Farouk Maréchal, 2m, block 4x5m, and 50m cancelled Alexandria D(4) 3 JU 48 with TWA etiquette (not tied) and containing a love letter! Attractive | £4.00 |
| 412 | Registered air cover to London franked 80m, 2 x SG287 plus 288 cancelled Alexandrie Bourse-Royale 7-FE-46 with same on Registered 476 handstamp. Five wax seals on reverse together with Alexandrie R2 transit. Interesting, addressed to H.R. Harmer | £8.00 |
| | Postal history | |
| 413 | Four mills 1954 samples rate cover Cairo to New York franked pair 2 mills Farouk air stamps NP A28. Envelope flap has sender’s logo Jacques Belbel in Arabic and English. Unusual rate | £4.00 |
| | Hotels | |
| 414 | Real photo monochrome PC by Lilywhite Ltd, Halifax No 29, ‘An Egyptian Garden’ franked 5m lake SG 77 cancelled ESC HC4 Continental Cairo dated 23 VI 1913 to Havering. Essex | £6.00 |
| 415 | Accumulation of six unused hotel stationery envelopes, all Cairo; Sheraton airmail x2 and Business Club plus letterhead. Ramses Hilton x2, and Delta Belair Hotel at Mokattam | £1.00 |
| 416 | Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor - Three hotel stationery envelopes, one unused, two used, one franked 30p air stamp NP A105 to UK, other franked NP A115 plus 10p definitive NP D345 also to UK | £1.00 |
| | Military: World War I | |
| 417 | Base Army Post Office Z (Alexandria) skeleton datestamp 28 OC 17 on OAS real photo postcard (Cairo Postcard Trust no.604, ‘Native Girls’), to Chiddingfold, Surrey | £8.60 |
| 418 | Base Army Post Office K (Kantara) skeleton datestamp 5 JY 18 on pc. L.C. - 302 ‘Landscape near Cairo’ with blue crayon censor’s signature and triangular military censor 3308 in purple, from Kantara to a soldier in the EEF | £8.50 |
| 419 | Official (OHMS) envelope with Z and W military TPO overstruck with red triangular censor No. 2754 to Shrewsbury, date unclear but must be 1916 or 1917. Clean. Z and W was the Alex to el-Dabaa line in the Western Desert against the Senussi | £15.00 |
| 420 | Army Post Office SZ14 (el-Ferdan on Suez Canal) skeleton datestamp dated 14 JY 16 with red triangular censor No. 3710 On Active Service cover to Hull. Piece missing from back of cover | £10.00 |
| 421 | Unused real photograph postcard of ANZAC memorial on Quai Sultan Hussein at Port Said. Oriental Commercial Bureau, Port Said. Pristine | £1.50 |
| 422 | O.A.S. Postcard no. 9 published by B.B. (Indian corn merchant) sent to Barford, Warwickshire, from Field Post Office SZ 11 (Proud type B) on 30 AU 18 with octagonal censor no. 1224. Then at Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria. Clean | £5.60 |
| | Military – Concession period | |
| 423 | Cover with Crown Egypt Postage Prepaid 4 struck in red and MPO Moascar dated 26 OC 35 to London, franked on reverse one piastre letter stamp perf. 14 (1st Comb Issue), unusually cancelled MPO Moascar datestamp rather than retta | £15.00 |
| 424 | Cover with Crown EPP 5 struck in red and initialled and MPO Cairo (straight line) dated 14 AU 33 to Esher, Surrey, franked on reverse with postal seal cancelled black retta. Envelope flap has regimental insignia (Crown over snake and stick with wreath, and legend ‘In Arduis Fidelis’) also initialled | £15.00 |
| 425 | Cover with Crown EPP 6 struck in red and MPO Alexandria (barrel type) 22 XI 35 to London, franked on reverse with 1pi letter stamp perf 14 (1st Comb Issue) cancelled black retta. Initials across flap | £12.60 |
| | Military – Second World War | |
| 426 | On Active Service cover double ring Field Post Office 28 dated A 28 MY 41 with purple triangular censor No 1416 to Ceylon. At this date with Australian Army Postal Service in Palestine & Syria | £5.00 |
| | L’Orient Philatelique magazine. The following 44 lots are all in good condition, with some cover wear according to age. Starting price a bargain at £2 each. Buyer to pay postage | |
| 427 | No 80 – Oct 52 | £2 |
| 428 | 83 – Jul 53 | £2 |
| 429 | 84 – Oct 53 | £2 |
| 430 | 85 – Jan 54 | £2 |
| 431 | 86 – Apr 54 | £2 |
| 432 | 87 – Jul 54 | £2 |
| 433 | 88 – Oct 54 | £2 |
| 434 | 89 – Jan 55 | £2 |
| 435 | 90 – Apr 55 | £2 |
| 436 | 90 – Apr 55 | £2 |
| 437 | 91– Jul 55 | £2 |
| 438 | 92 – Oct 55 | £2 |
| 439 | 93 – Jan 56 | £2 |
| 440 | 96: Oct 56-Jan 57 (+ Index 89-96) | £2 |
| 441 | 97 - Apr-Jul 57 | £2 |
| 442 | 98: Oct 57-Jan 58 | £2 |
| 443 | 99: Apr-Jul 58 | £2 |
| 444 | 100: Jan-Apr 59 | £2 |
| 445 | 101: Oc 59-Jan 60 | £2 |
| 446 | 102: Apr-Jul 60 The Byam Number | £2 |
| 447 | 103 – Oct 60 | £2 |
| 448 | 104 – Apr 61 | £2 |
| 449 | 105 – Oct 61 | £2 |
| 450 | 106 – Jan 62 | £2 |
| 451 | 107 – Jul 62 | £2 |
| 452 | 108 – Oct 62 | £2 |
| 453 | 109 – Jan 63 | £2 |
| 454 | 110: Apr-Jul 63 | £2 |
| 455 | 112 – Jan 64 | £2 |
| 456 | 113: Apr-Jul 64 | £2 |
| 457 | 115: Apr-Jul 65 | £2 |
| 458 | 116: Oc 65-Jan 66 | £2 |
| 459 | 117: Ap 66-Jan 67 | £2 |
| 460 | 118: Apr-Oct 67 | £2 |
| 461 | 119: Jan-Apr 68 | £2 |
| 462 | 120: Jul-Oct 68 | £2 |
| 463 | 121: Jan-Jul 69 | £2 |
| 464 | 122: Oc 69-Jan 70 | £2 |
| 465 | 123: Apr-Oct 70 | £2 |
| 463 | 124: Jan-Apr 71 | £2 |
| 464 | 125 – Apr 72 | £2 |
| 468 | 126 – Jan 73 | £2 |
| 469 | 127 – Oct 73 | £2 |
| 470 | 128 – Oct 74 | £2 |
| | TPO CANCELLATIONS - In the following 22 lots, the CDS is almost invariably more important than the cover as a whole, which may be of indifferent quality | |
| 471 | 1891 Kafre el Cheih-Kalleen 3 DE 90 (Type 8A1b) cancelling fragile toned 5m ps letter-sheet (message in French remains) addressed to Cairo. Part-strike of Dessouk-Tanta 8A1b transit behind | £4.00 |
| 472 | 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 | £5.00 |
| 473 | 1895, Caire-Wasta / Ambulant with crescent & star 6 X 95 (Type 2A3), faint strike used, as Smith says, as transit mark on reverse of Arabic-addressed 5m ps envelope from Kena, opened for display. Smith classifies as rare, records only VII 95 to XI 95 | £4.00 |
| 474 | 1895, as last 6 XI 95 (Type 2A3), faint transit CDS on reverse of 5m ps env ex Assiout | £4.00 |
| 475 | 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 | £8.00 |
| 476 | 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 | £4.00 |
| 477 | 1898, Damiette-Tanta / Ambulant with star/crescent (Type 2A3.1), 30 X 98 TII, good strike (80%) with another alongside, cancelling DLR 5m addressed to Post Restante, Alexandria (Alx/A arrival behind). Cover roughly opened at top, but unusual marking | £6.00 |
| 478 | 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) | £3.00 |
| 479 | 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 | £3.00 |
| 480 | 1906, Port-Said-Alexandria / T.P.O. 9 V 06 T1 (Type 5A1: Smith records only VI 06). 99% strike of elusive marking on incoming card from France (5c stamps uncancelled). Excellent, difficult | £4.00 |
| 481 | 1907-1910, three Arabic-addressed covers for Cairo, all with 5m DLR cancelled Mahalla-Kotour / Ambt Type 3A1b and dated 26 VIII 07 (routed via Cairo-Alexandria & V.V. Type 7A3 earlier than Smith), 18 V 09 , and 30 VII 10 (routed via Damanhur-Tanta / T.P.O. Type 5A3. Three interesting covers | £8.00 |
| 482 | 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 | £3.00 |
| 483 | 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 | £6.00 |
| 484 | 1918, Asyut-Luqsor / & V.V. 21 X 18 T.183 (Type 7A3 small size, dm 27mm), cancelling properly used Arabic-addressed 1916 Sphinx embossed 5m letter sheet (NP 6a, no wmk). Cairo-Asyut 7A3 behind. Rare. | £12.00 |
| 485 | 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 | £3.00 |
| | Unrecorded TPOs | |
| 486 | 1925, Damanhur-Tanta / & V.V. 25 1 23 (Type 7A3 but not recorded), 75% on folded official form to Cairo (Disuq transit behind) sealed with vertical pair of 1m Crown Opt (Type II). Clean, neat | £5.00 |
| 487 | 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 | £10.00 |
| 488 | 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 cover to Cairo | £4.00 |
| 489 | 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 | £4.00 |
| 490 | 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 | £5.00 |
| 491 | 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 | £8.00 |
| 492 | 1946, & V.V. / Alexandria-Abu Qir 5 NO 46 T-239 (unrecorded by Smith, most like Type 7A3.7). Strikes on Marechal 10m and alongside (65%) on Arabic-addressed cover to Kasfareet(?) | £4.00 |
| | TPO cancels - accumulations | |
| 493 | Group of 17 items, mainly covers but also incoming and local postcards and postal stationery items, date range 1912 to 1959, all with TPO markings including a couple better. Mixed bag, mixed condition | £10.00 |
| 494 | 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 | £12.00 |
| | Booklet stamps on TPO covers | |
| 495 | 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 | £10.00 |
| 496 | 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 f text above and below dateline, and three towns). 70% only, but rare. Part of flap lost, two Cairo machine marks behind | £8.00 |
| 497 | 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 | £8.00 |
| 498 | 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 Alex behind. Cover complete and undamaged, CDS faint | £6.00 |
| | Agency and Arabic postmarks | |
| 499 | 1964-1979, accumulation of 17 covers, all internally used and all with Wakalat or Bareed Ahly postmarks, circular or rectangular. Good range of stamps, Reg and AR covers | £20.00 |
| 500 | 1961-1982, accumulation of 14 covers as last, some excellent markings |
, and 30 VII 10 (routed via Damanhur-Tanta / T.P.O. Type 5A3. Three interesting covers
