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Egypt Study Circle Live Auction Febuary 26, 2011

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1Savoy Hotel Cairo, buff printed envelope franked 1pi blue for Nice, handwritten address, excellent cancel of Savoy type 2 dated 9 I 02 TII. No backstamp£8
2 Mini collection of eight Hotel cards (1 DLR stationery 2 on 3 mills with CTO pmk, others pictures) all with clear Hotel postmarks (5 Winter Palace inc one blue, 2 Shepheards, 1 Luxor Hotel. Originally priced £33, now£10
3 1954 Tourist View 6 millième stationery card HG43 (Temple de Louxor, violet), with flaws(?) noted by previous owner. Unusually used at Abu Kibir 7 JU 55, Arabic-addressed to Cairo£8
4 1954 view card as last, Temple de Louxor, sepia, "flaws" as last, min£6
5 As last, Mosquee du Sultan Hassan, Le Caire, mint.£6
6 As last, Vue du Nil au Caire, min.£6
7 As last, Jardin de Nouzha, Alexandrie, mint.£6
8 Incoming sepia card from Potsdam franked 2x5-pfennig Deutsches Reich, addressed to Cairo and received clear Alexandria-Cairo / TPO / Foreign Mails CDS on arrival 20 V 13. Written in Greek.£3
9 Interesting collection on ten pages of 20 Egypt Postage Prepaid covers 1940-1944, all in good condition, showing variety of covers and EPP numbers. All but one (Scotland) addressed to England.£10
10 Mixed bag of 27 used EEF/Palestine used stamps, including three pairs, with range of overprints. Totally unsorted as to value or variety of overprint. Something for the detail-hunter.£12.50
11 Postal stationery - 1pi letter-envelope of 1890 (HG 3, Nile Post 3), unaddressed and cancelled to order with Cairo / V of 25 I 97. Unusual.£4.50
12 5m pink embossed envelope of 1922 (HG 22, Nile Post ??), with English-language watermark inverted, mint.£5
13 As last, used with additional 5m First Farouk and used from Bulkeley 4 MR 36 to Hampshire. Reverse used for listing names.£2.50
14 1953, First Fellah visiting card envelope with 4m green vignette, HG 38, Nile Post 42, mint, sl hinge remains behind.£5
15 Good single-back card of Alexandrie Bourse, franked 2m DLR for France ("Carte Postale" replaced with handwritten "Imprimes" on the reverse) and cancelled Muharrem Bey 13 IX 04.£3
16 Mini-collection of six items all cancelled with clear Alexandria Douane postmarks, ranging from 1922 to 1999. One Geog Congress fragment, 2 Officials items, 1 postal-order counterfoil and two parcel cards.£10
17 1934 UPU set, low values complete to 200m, all used, all in good condition, some with hinge remains.£4
18 Seamen's Home Type 2 cancel of 27 V 14 on sepia Al-Azhar University postcard addressed to Liverpool and franked with horizontal pair of DLR 2m pictorials (SG 74). CDS 55% with Alexandria / V bridge type same day.£6
19 Station postmarks - Banha - two postcards and an Arabic-addressed cover with different Banha Station markings ranging from 1905 to 1936.£8
20 Mansura - Two covers, 1923 and 1948, showing different CDS of Mansura Station, the latter in blue-black.£4.50
21 Luqsor - 1934 Arabic-addressed cover from Luqsor Station CDS to Alexandria.£3
22 Asyut - two covers, 1945 and 1960 (with excellent machine slogan "Happy Days and Nights in Cairo" but no stamp on face) , with Arabic addresses and different examples of CDS.£4.50
23 Suhag - cover franked 6m Boy King and Arabic-addressed to Cairo with example of unusual Suhag Station CDS of 3 JA 42.£3
24 Minya - two covers, 1937 and 1942, and a folded receipt sent to Matai of 1925, showing examples of three different Minya Station CDS.£8
25 Tanta - two postcards - a 3/5m postal stationery addressed to Alexandria in 1892 and incoming from UK in 1906 - showing different Tanta Station CDS£4.50
26 Registered cover, Alexandria 25 JL 27, arrived Alexr., Delivery, 25 JL 27; franked 4 x 5m. With the Registration Receipt.£5
27 Postcard to UK franked 2 x 4m 2nd Fuad - Type 1 - Horiz. screen; with a mint copy of the same stamp & a further used one.£25
28 A parcel of 5m, 2nd Fuad stamps, all used, about 2,000, for study£10
29 Block of 4 - £50 Consular Service stamps - KG V - Cancelled "British Consulate General, Alexandria, 24 Mar 36".£25
30 Air Mail Cover to USA marked "By Imperial Airways to London. From London to New York by boat and then by US domestic Air Service" CDS Caire Par Avion, 7 AP 38. Unusual.£10
31 Cover to UK, the l Om stamp is cancelled Simon Arzt "Caisse" 14 OC 49.£2
32 Artist's water colour essay (unadopted) for 1974 Commemorative stamp£15
33 Letter to Major General Sandbach CDS Cairo 3.V.16, wrtiien on 3 sheets of Grand Continental Hotel Stationery. Forwarded from London, 16 MY 16£10
34 Group of 4 pieces with 2nd Fuad stamps, all cancelled with Italian Ship CDS's - "Vienna", "Esperia", "Ausonia", "Helouan", all very clear.£20
35 "Hendry" cover - ss "Taif' (in purple) to Alexr. P/Mks - Port Taufiq 2 SE 29 arrived Alexandria 7 SE 29, correctly franked 5m£12
36 Cover franked 2 Italian stamps (23,8,55) to Alexandria with ship marks ...... posted by bottle Staits of Messina" s.s.El Malek Fuad, Khedivial Mail Line. No arrival mark but Egypt Civil Censor.£15
37 Hendry cover to Alexandria, 5m CDS Port Said 28.SE.30, arrived Alexr. 29.9.30. With ship mark H.M. Yacht "Mahhrousa"£15
38 Studio photo (3/4 length) of King Fuad, circa 1920, pencil signed by Hasselmann, Cairo. On card 30cm x 41 cms£25
39 Artist's water colour essay (Unadopted) for the 1972 Air Mail stamp£15
40 Artists water colour essay (unadopted) 1982 Air Mail stamp£15
41 1 Piastre Postal Seal cancelled retta with civilian TPO Abu Qir Alexandria and Alexandria B date-stamps on reverse with Crown Cancel 13 in red and civilian Abu Qir on front, to Central Flying School at Wittering, Northants on 16 AP 33. (ex Bill Andrews)£15
42 1 Piastre Letter Seal cancelled retta with civilian Alexandria B date-stamp on reverse of small cover to Sleaford; Crown Cancel 13 in red and civilian Abu Qir on front£10
43 1 Piastre Letter Seal (corner missing and rubbed at top) on back of cover with, on front, Crown Cancel 5 in red and M.P.O. Cairo dated 10 DE 33 and signed£6
44 Green letter stamp on reverse of cover with civilian Alexandria (B) And, on front Crown Cancel 13 and civilian Abu Qir dated 20 JA 35 to Cleethorpes£15
45 Double rate cut down cover franked on back with 2 x 1 piastre letter Stamp 1st Comb cancelled black rettas and, on front, good Crown Cancel 22 and M.P.O. Cairo 20 JU 34. Addressee (Prudential) Scruffily deleted, but double rate is scarce£15
46 Surface rate cover (flap missing) franked 10 mills Fuad Army Post Stamp cancelled neat MPO ABU QIR dated 5 JU 36 to Wirral, clean. (ex Bill Andrews)£18
47 47 SG 58 U, 59 & 82 M. Inverted watermarks£18
48 SG 138-49 U set..£3.
49 SG 122 U..£4.
50 1915 Australian Forces Base P0. Block 4..£2
51 0188-20 Mint..£50.
52 SG12M&U..£13.
53 SG 16 FU..£30
54 1931 Flight cover Cairo-Alexandria..£5
55 1932 Cover Alexandria-Kisumu..£11
56 1932 Cover Aswan-Mbeya..£11
57 1929 Air Cover Cairo-London..£15
58 1934 Crown Cancel 1 to London..£4
59 1933 CC4 with Postal Seal SG A1 on reverse..£10
60 1934 CC6 Stationery envelope with letter seal..£6
61 193? CC13 to Manchester. Block of 4 seals..£8
62 1933 CC in black to Birmingham. Long envelope with Postal Seal..£6
63 CC19 to Southsea. Vermilion Seal..£4
64 CC19 to Canterbury (1935)..£4
65 CC22 to Kent with Green Seal..£4.
66 Sheet 1mil o/p Palestine£10
67 Sheet (50) o/p Palestine 2mil air with bars.£10
68 Pequebot 19.NO.62£2
69 PC with two TPOs£3
70 Carte Postale 20pa cancelled killer Alex Station - not easy to find. Tax marking in France£3
71 Pmk Attarine Alex 20 APR 17. Censor mk and label£3
72 Mit Abu Khaled 19.NO.21 excellent pmk£3
73 Early AR cover with DLR. Refused cachet front and rear£6
74 FDC with special TOWER OF CAIRO pmk£1
75 PC pmk Heliopolis Aerodrome 6 APR 15£10
76 Machine cancel letter United Arab Airlines. ALMARZA Aero-Port pmk£3
77 PC pmk Shepherds Hotel£2
78 Paquebot port said 26.IX.99 Victoria 1d stamp£25
79 Paquebot port said 18.X.01 Victoria 1d stamp£25
80 80 PLEINE MER port said 24.I.95 2d half penny stamp - Rare£80
81 Paquebot port said 28.X.10 1d King Edward stamp£2
82 PC 1mil & 3 mil(corner missing) with early Pyramids Cairo pmk £2
83 First flight Assiout - London£5
84 Cv pink 1pi DLR to London endorsed via Brindesi£8
85 PC two station Pmks Suez & Benha£4
86 PC Pyramids pmk£2
87 2x2mil DLR good Cooks Post Office Cairo.£5
88 2mil Carte Postal up rated with 2mil DLR.£2
89 Registered Letter Qantara to Australia 22.II.15 with 20mil and 200mil pictorial - very rare on cover.£20
90 Air mail to Lebanon with BOAC label.£2
91 Ras el Tin Alexandria star and crescent pmk 1pi pink DLR.£20
92 Company envelope to Sudan 5mil but with Motor Mail label?.£8
93 Early Nessim machine cancel. Put through twice 5mil post rate and 15mil for express. Unusual use.£20
94 40mil express stamp used of airmail to Sudan 14.MR.46.£5
95 Victoria 2½d to UK posted in Egyptian post-box. The stamp not accepted with boxed O and T marking. 2½d fee mark in UK.£60
96 Official envelope with Poste Du Govaernement Central. The only modern covenantal postmark?£5
97 Luxor headed envelope 10+5mil 1st Foaud pmk Cataract Hotel Aswan.£1
98 Registered envelope with Faqus Saving Bank pmk. This type very rare on cover.£20
99 Rare Korosko pmk with Wadi Halfa-Challell TPO (boat from Sudan). Picture the intrepid explorer.£10
100 100mil surcharge 55mil ESH 274. Two control blocks A/55 & A53 A/54. Rest also o/p Palestine ESH 68. Six singles some minor verities. F for E. surcharge(sc) double 68h cat.$140. Dropped sc (not in ESH) double o/p diff from ESH but in NP P68j cat $400. Raised sc not in ESH (ESH similar cat $400). By cat value over $1500 if blocks cat as singles.£120
101 Book. 1940-41, Egyptian Touring Association Handbook, 98pp, 12x17cm. Full of information …maps, rest houses, camping, desert driving, hotel and garage list, motor taxes and regulations, traffic regulations, customs hours, etc etc, full of illustrated advertising£28
102 Postal history. Lehnert/Landrock colour card of Sphinx and Pyramids sent to Budapest from Cairo 28 OC 26 and unusually franked with 10mills on 100 mills Agriculture Conference provisional (SG 136), correct rate for Hungary£24
103 1927, flimsy cover franked with four Indian stamps (reverse) from Bombay to Kent via (manuscript) Basra-Cairo Air Mail. Handstamps Printed Matter, Urgent and By Air in double circle. Clear Basra transit CDS behind 28 OCT 27 £18
104 Revenues. 1949, Feltus Fourth Citadel Issue Consular Service, one stamp each of 200 and 400 mills (page 49, Nos 433,434). Unmounted mint perfect condition… not easy to find thus£24
105 1978 Second Social Insurance Revenues (Feltus page 70). ID card bearing 19 £E6 stamps inc strip of 7x2, all pen-cancelled£8
106 1982 As last, ID card bearing 32 £E3 stamps inc strip of 8x2 and block of four (behind), all pen-cancelled£8
107 1984 As last, ID card with 24 £E4 stamps inc two strips of seven, all pen cancelled£8
108 1984 As last, ID card with 18 £E5 stamps inc block of 4x3, all pen-cancelled£8
109 1962 Feltus First Workers Insurance issue (page 67) revenue stamp, 200mills, cancelled on application form£14
110 1963 Feltus Second Workers Insurance issue (page 68) revenue stamp, 200 mills, cancelled on application form£14
111 Revenue stamped paper: unrecorded 10 piastres paper (Feltus Pyramid issue, see page 16), with watermark 1889, used in 1910£30
112 As last, 10 piastres overprinted ANNULE, watermark 1900, used Apr 3 1916£30
113 Official forms. Palestine-Egypt Khedivial Paquebot … 30 July 1889 receipt in French from "Administration Sanitaire" issued by Jaffa authorities to paquebot Dakahlieh in transit from Alexandria to Mersina. Document has green Jaffa office cachet, lists the vessel as 972 tons, and captain as Pereira Bey. Instructions for captain in French on reverse. Most unusual£15
114 As last, 1 July 1889, similar receipt but vessel of 864 tons, captain Baldinelli, named as the Mahalla As last, 1 July 1889, similar receipt but vessel of 864 tons, captain Baldinelli, named as the Mahalla£15
115 Similar larger receipt printed in Italian, dated 9 June 1889 and headed "R Dogana di Massaua" (ie, Massawa Customs) issued to Paquebot Zagazig of the Khedivial Paquebot Maritime Company for docking in Massawa. Signed by the port director and cancelled by blue Dogana di Massaua cachet. Fee for staying overnight 7.50 Fr£16
116 As last, but dated 6 June 1889 for Paquebot Neghilah£16
117 Salt Tax. Ministry of Finance Salt Department receipt 215x175mm, completed, with Toukh CDS 26 FE 97 and large blue-green departmental handstamp. Document is "signed" by three intaglio seal impressions of Controller, Chief of Section and Receiver, no actual written signature£9
118 As last, 17 FE 1897, Dessouk CDS, three intaglio seals£9
119 As last, 26 II 97, Neghila CDS, two seals and one actual signature£9
120 As last, 27 II 97 Kafr el Cheikh CDS, three seals and one signature£9
121 As last 2 III 97 Mit Ghamr, three seals and one actual signature£9
122 1947 Postal ID card issued in Alexandria with 6m and 50m (SG 253,279) and 2x5m Revenues all cancelled with Alexandrie Renseignements 10 DE 47. Id of Morsi el-Sayed, coiffeur, valid to 15 / 12/ 1950£44
123 As last, 1948, also 56m but SG 253,342) and 2x5m Revenues, all cancelled Cairo / E 4 JA 48. ID of Zaghloul Hanna Zaki, student, valid to 27 / 12 / 1950£44
124 Syria UAR. Four incoming covers from Damascus and Souedia to Shoubra Gardens in Cairo, three of them registered. Franked with range of Syria UAR stamps (SG 662, 673, 683, 693, 707). Transit CDS of Cairo Airport plus four different Egyptian censor markings£12
125 Postal stationery. 20 III 17, 5 mills Letter sheet (NP SLS6a, unwatermarked), sent from Tubhar near Fayoum (blue CDS) to Ebiar Gharbiya. Inside the letter sheet the red vignette carries an offset printing impression £25
126 As last, uprated with 5m De La Rue pictorial Sphinx (SG 77) for registration from Cairo (neat black on white Cairo label and Cairo R.D.6 CDS of 24 NO 17) to Ebiar Markaz Kafr el Zayat Gharbiya£25
127 1916-issue 3 mills postcard (Ras el Tin Palace, NP 25), Arabic addressed and posted from Mansura Station 13 II 20 via Ebiar to Kafr el Zayat. On reverse Kafr el Zaiyat-Berma / & VV (Type 7A3 TPO)£16
128 1940-issue Registered envelope, Boy King 20 mills blue on creamy white in perfect mint condition and without box around vignette, so Nile Post SRE 11; catalogue $500£250
129 1922-issue 10m carmine Colossi Registered envelope (NP SRE3) uprated with 4xFuad 5m stamps for registration from Fayum (neat black on white label and 13 DE 28 CDS) to Budapest. Unusual routing. Neat£44
130 3 mills on 2 mills provisional postcard (NP SPC24) neatly used 10 X 16 from Cairo to Ebiar. Reverse has Cairo-Alex TPO 10 X 16 T33 (Type 5A2). Rare card£45.50
131 1946-issue 4 mills Farouk Marechal visiting card envelope with filigree inside (NP SEN 30), CDS Shibin el Kom 12 OC 48, Arabic addressed to Ebiar Gharbiya£18
132 1985 unissued essay by the Postal Authority Press for Ramadan Festival postal stationery envelope showing moulid doll and 5p value. Boxed rubber stamp reads "Trial without value"£19
133 Hotels 1912 menu for a Farewell Supper at the Grand Continental Hotel for Worshipful Brother A Mackintosh, September 18th. Printed on thick card with embossed Masonic symbol at head £38
134 5 9 64, Palestine Hotel CDS on FDC with four of Arab League set.- Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen all cancelled with conference CDS. Unusual hotel cancel used only one day on the occasion of the Arab Heads of State meeting in the Alexandria hotel£30
135 Samuel Shepheard of Cairo by Michael Bird, 238pp, 15x21cm, 8 illustrations. Based very largely on Shepheard's letters home, many of them quoted in full. Fascinating story of his life and times including Waghorn, Mehmet Ali and Overland Route. Book very good condition, loose cover few tears and rust spots£45
136 1903 b/w postcard (Khardiache photograph, published Comptoir Philatelique d'Egypte, Alex), showing front of Grand Hotel les Bains, Helouan. Mint£10
137 1903 card printed in blue showing Colossi of Memnon, with gold lettering advertising German Hotel in Cairo, August Gorff Bayerische Bierhalle. Mint but vertical fold at right of card£18
138 As last, but pastoral scene in blue£8
139 Postcard of Wuttke painting of Al Hayat Hotel, Helouan, franked 1m DLR (SG 58) cancelled with Cairo Delivery CDS 2 VI 909 and addressed to Paris. At upper left is most unusual vignette of Khedive Abbas Hilmy portrait£14
140 Official. Long buff envelope franked with No-Value Official (SG O64) and 5m De La Rue with bilingual OHHS overprint (SG O76), sent from Mansura on June 3 1912 to Count Michel de Zoghib in Alexandria, and redirected to Ras el Khalig and then to Paris. Mansura and Alexandria backstamps (nothing French), and finally a boxed Alexandria Return to Send / A cachet. Most unusual£38
141 1915, 4m DLR vermilion overprinted bilingual O.H.H.S. with Arabic with hamza (SG O89, NP O16), full pristine lower right pane of 60 stamps with control 1 in circle and selvedge on top three sides including decorative effect at left. Includes variety "broken Arabic r" on stamp 24. VF mint, hinged on selvedge only£66
142 1962-63 Official stamps, 4 mills (SG O686), top right corner block of four including selvage with inverted wmk. Nile Post cat $30 each£20
143 Stamps. 1935 5 mills Air Mail (SG 198), right marginal mint with clear 1mm shift upwards in centre vignette. Sl hinge remains£14
144 1953 17 mills Soldier definitive (SG 421), imperforate and unmounted mint right marginal. Nile Post £30£10
145 1959 5 mills Air Mail (SG 620) imperforate, unmounted mint. Nile Post $100£35
146 1966 80 mills St Catherine Monastery centenary (SG 900). Strip of three with centre stamp showing variety "o" of Monastery broken to make "Munastery) (position 19 on every second pane, Nile Post C442a)£9
147 1991 30pt Official (issued 2001), two single stamps showing astonishing perforation shifts so that perfs run through centre of stamp. One from centre of sheet, one from lower margin so bottom half of stamp is blank£10
148 Rural Post. 16 JL 20, small cover with 5m lake DLR pictorial cancelled Rural Service Bilqas-Minshat Ragheb with Kafr el Garayda cartouche alongside. Reverse has four CDS inc clear Bilqas, Ebiar and Kafr el Zaiyat. Qallin-Sherbin / & VV less clear£22
149 27 JU 22 cover with Harrison 5m pink pictorial cancelled Rural Service Bilqas-Minshat Ragheb, no cartouche. Sent from Bilqas to Ebiar (both CDS on reverse)£20
150 French P.O. Alexandrie 1902-03 issue. Complete basic set of 15 stamps: Blanc, Mouchon, Merson from 1c to 5 Francs, fine used. (SG 19 - 35 { SG system includes varieties}; Yvert 19 - 33; Dalay 19 - 33). Cat. € 60£18
151 French P.O. Alexandrie 1902-03 issue. Both classified shades of the 15c (vermillion & orange) and 25c (pale blue & dark blue) Mouchon type, fine used. (Yvert & Dalay 25/ 25a, 27/ 27a). Cat. € 4.6£1.50
152 French P.O. Alexandrie 1928 15 Mm lilac Mouchon, overprinted Caisse d'Amortissement + 5Mm, fine used, Rarer than mint. (SG 87; Yvert 82; Dalay 84). Cat. € 10.£3
153 French P.O. Alexandrie 1930 15 Mm violet Mouchon, overprinted Caisse d'Amortissement + 5Mm, lightly mounted mint (SG 89; Yvert 84; Dalay 86). Cat. € 15£5
154 ench P.O. 15c Blue - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted red PORT-SAÏD, mounted mint, (SG109;Yvert 9; Dalay 7). Cat. € 15£5
155 French P.O. 50c Rose-Red - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted black PORT-SAÏD, lightly mounted mint, (SG 115; Yvert 15; Dalay 12). Cat. € 23£7
156 French P.O. Port-Saïd 1902-03 issue. Complete basic set of 15 stamps: Blanc, Mouchon, Merson from 1c to 5 Francs, fine used. (SG 122 - 136 { SG system includes varieties}; Yvert 20 - 34; Dalay 21 - 35). Cat. € 95£29
157 French P.O. Port-Saïd 1902-03, 2 Francs violet /Yellow Merson, mounted mint. Small paper adherence but very fresh and well centered. (SG 135; Yvert 33; Dalay 34). Cat. € 17£5
158 French P.O. Port-Saïd April 1921 Local Surcharge- 10 Milliemes on 25c Blue, type Mouchon. Fine used on small piece. (SG 143; Yvert 41; Dalay 42). Cat. € 9£3
159 French P.O. Port-Saïd April 1921 Local Surcharge- 12 Milliemes on 30c Violet, type Mouchon. Very fine used. (SG 144; Yvert 42; Dalay 43) Cat. € 40£12
160 French P.O. Port-Saïd April 1921 Local Surcharge- 15 Milliemes on 4c Brown, type Blanc. Mounted mint. Good centering. (SG 145; Yvert 43; Dalay 44). Cat. € 10 +.£3.50
161 French P.O. Port-Saïd 150 MILLIEMES local surcharge on 50c Merson brown; top value of the November 1921 Joffre Local Surcharge set. Well centered, very lightly mounted, fine mint copy, with lower sheet margin. Provenance: lot 3122 of Roumet Auction 490, Oct 2004. (SG 173; Yvert 68; Dalay 71). Cat. €425+.£140
162 French P.O. Port-Saïd 1930 15 Mm deep violet Mouchon, overprinted Caisse d'Amortissement + 5Mm, Lightly mounted mint. (SG 194; Yvert 89; Dalay 92). Cat. € 15£5
163 French P.O. Port-Saïd : 1928 cover to the UK, franked 15 Mm blue Mouchon stamp of 1927 issue in Mm. (SG 186; Yvert 81; Dalay 84). Cancelled by the well-worn type 04 date-stamp, soon to be replaced by a new model. P&O shipping lines insignia on the back. The French P.O. closed 31 March 1931, so Mm stamps on cover are scarcer than previous issues£9
164 Postcard : Port-Saïd - Inauguration of Monument to De Lesseps. Colour litho mint card (fine condition) depicting ceremony held on 17 Nov.1899. Pub. Isaac Behar, Port-Said£2
165 Postcard : Heliopolis, very fine unused photo-card (1930's) Rue Tantah (today Rue Osman Ibn Affan). Classic photograph with metro, Basilique, etc. Used for the cover of the 2005 Heliopolis Centenary book. Lehnert & Landrock. Handwritten description of the street on the back£4
166 Postcard : Mansourah, Mit-hadar : Colour litho card depicting street scene. Written on the back, but did not travel. Small tear lower right does not detract. Pub. Ephtimios Freres, Port-Said£2.50
167 "Les Cachets à Date des Bureaux de Poste des Hotels d'Égypte", by Jean Boulad d'Humières. Reprint in booklet form (Imprimerie Mondiale, soft cover, 22 pages, 24 x 17cm) of article published in L'OP No.114, 1964, on hotel postmarks. Mint condition£10
168 "Guide to the Holy Land", by Fr. Eugene Hoad, 1962, Franciscan Press Jerusalem. (761 pages, 167mm x 115mm; well-bound in semi-hard green plastic cover. Several plans and illustrations, and 5 maps. Very detailed historical, archaeological travel guide through 1950s Jerusalem, Israel & Palestine ). Ex- Church Library copy (number on the spine); cover a bit bruised, but contents in very good condition£12
169 "BYAM's EGYPT" Auction Catalogue. Robson Lowe, London, 1961. A must for every Egypt collector: the sale of the ESC founder's Egypt collection, lavishly illustrated. 126 pages, green card cover, 244 x 182 mm. In absolutely mint condition, with pink bidding-form and prices realised. This copy was stored in 1961 as received from the printers and has now surfaced. After 50 years, probably unique in this condition£20
170 "Les PAQUEBOTS de la MEDITÉRRANÉE, de 1837 à 1939". Volume II of Raymond Salles' La Poste Maritime Française. Original 1962 edition, not the James Bendon reprint. Volume II is the one for Egypt collectors, with details of French 19th Century classic paquebots, postmarks, time-tables, etc., on lines to Egypt and Levant. 318 pages plus 8-page addendum. Blue semi-hard cover (238 x 155 mm). In very good condition. This copy belonged to Jean Boulad d'Humières and has dedication to him and signature of Raymond Salles.£40
171 "ÉGYPTE, Les Guides Bleus", Hachette, 1956 edition. 560 pages, 160 x 110 mm, hard bound, with dust jacket. Egypt and the Sudan to Khartoum. Colour foldout maps of Egypt & Sudan (3), of Cairo, Alexandria, plus numerous plans of cities (Port-Saïd, Ismaïlieh, Louxor, etc.) and monuments. Listings of hotels, cafes, cinemas, etc. This is 1963 second printing of the 1956 edition, last before the Suez Crisis & dramatic changes. Small tears to dust jacket (which is usually missing!), but this rare book and maps are in excellent condition.£35
172 French P.O. 15c Blue - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted red ALEXANDRIE, mounted mint. (SG 9; Dalay 7). Cat. € 10£3
173 French P.O. 20c Red/Green - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted black ALEXANDRIE, mounted Mint. (SG 10; Dalay 8). Cat. € 16£5
174 French P.O. 25c Rose/black - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted red ALEXANDRIE, mounted mint, well centered. Small rear paper adherence. (SG 11; Dalay 9). Cat. € 8 +£2.50
175 French P.O. 30c Brown - Sage (Peace & Commerce) 1899 overprinted black ALEXANDRIE, mounted mint. (SG 12; Dalay 10). Cat. € 18£5
176 Neat 1888 5m response postal card (Nile Post 4), written in French to Vienna, with Farmacia Schutz oval cachet and excellent strike of Ramle / Schutz 2 NO 13 (Ramle book type SC3, 12 years later than recorded). Reply section unused.£16
177 Accumulation of 20 used and unused cheque forms, one for the enthusiast£5
178 Accumulation of 55 used telegram forms with multiplicity of markings, date range 1919-1959, mainly in Arabic. Another for the enthusiast£8
179 1868 Interpostal (Type IV), Kilometro 83, black on white (Kehr 130b), fine used with half strike of CDS but no date legible. Hinge remains behind, excellent appearance. Very unusual£10
180 1868 Interpostal (Type IV), Serapoum, black on blue (Kehr 99, fine used with half strike of CDS and clear date 30 DICE 68. Hinge remains behind, excellent appearance. Very unusual£12
181 1991-onwards 10pi Official (NP O117a, matt gum, no wmk), left marginal block of 6x2 with clear ink loss progressively towards left-hand edge of block. Only right-hand pair are in true brown-violet Never hinged mint£8
182 1991-onwards 30pi Official, no wmk (NP O122a), block of 3x2 with truly spectacular perf shift, some 7mm downwards so that perf runs through "Official", eagle and "hakoumy", value and Egypt at stamp's middle. Two pen lines behind, NHM£8
183 Spectacular illustrated FDC marking birth of Crown Prince Ahmed Fouad with commemorative stamp and 2/Cairo philatelic bureau CDS of 6 MA 52£3
184 Air Mail envelope Arabic-addressed to Cairo and franked 60m for registration from Laqana 16 MR 83, Damanhur machine mark behind two days later, and astonishingly sent to Indonesia and returned with rectangular violet "Missent to Jakarta" handstamp on face £4
185 Small cover addressed to Paris, franked with two pairs of Fuad 5m from top and bottom sections of booklet pane. Cancelled with Alex machine roller 22 MAR 33. Paris arrival behind a week later£6
186 Air Mail envelope from Sam Sullam company addressed to Blackburn and franked 15m barred Farouk and sent from T / Cairo 28 AP 54. Rubber stamp Imprimes on face, but Air Mail indicator barred through in red. No backstamp£4
187 Egypt's most recent and controversial booklet, Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps. Mint and complete, pristine£15
188 Neat 2m on 1m visiting card envelope (Nile Post 18 - but see footnote). Surcharge is quite clearly 7mm tall rather than 5mm or 6mm as classified by Chalhoub. Neatly addressed in French to Cairo and postmarked Dawawin Cairo 25 XII 15£12
189 Collection of covers from 1945 to 1957 in an album including variety of civil censors (mainly bank stationery) and FPO cancellations (18 military-related covers). Eighty covers in all, good condition. Ex John Revell£80
190 Collection in old-time springback album of Egypt stamps … commems ranging from 1925 Geog Congress (SG 123-5) to 1952 Revolution set (SG 410-413), apparently complete mint and used (virtually all hinged) but for UPU 200m, 50pi and £E1 mint but including Fouad 50th and Farouk Birthday £E1, and a wide selection of illustrated FDCs. Also definitives from 1902 to 1964, incomplete. Some pages showing their age but generally stamps in good condition. A comprehensive lot, over 420 stamps, 25 covers£120
191 Postage Due Neat printed envelope of Kafr el Zayat Cotton Company sent unfranked from Kafr el Zayat to Ebiar. Boxed T and taxed 10m (2m plus pair of 4m Dues, SG D98, D100) in Ebiar. Reverse has Kafr el Zayat-Berma / & VV (Type 7A3) of 3 AP 18 T75£46.50
192 Cover franked with Medical Congress pair of 1928 (SG 176-77) addressed to Budapest with Fayoum CDS 20 DE 28. T mark on arrival and taxed with 50+4 filler Hungarian Postage Dues£34
193 As last, cover to Budapest franked strip of 3x5m Fuad with Cairo machine cancel 2 NOV 28. T-stamp on arrival and 50+2x2 filler Hungarian Dues£24
194 Surface rated cover to London franked 10 mills Farouk Army Post stamp cancelled F.P.O. E. 605 dated 25 AP 40 (Mersa Matruh) with neat circular RAF censor No. 16 in red. BPO E602 on reverse.£10
195 Surface rated cover franked 10 mills Farouk Army Post stamp Cancelled FPO E.606 (el-Daba) dated 15 AP 40 with blue circular RAF censor No. 14 to London£15
196 Airmail Active Service `Honour' envelope franked strip of 4 x Farouk Army Post stamps cancelled FPO E. 615 to Edinburgh£15
197 Airmail cover franked 4 x 10 mills Farouk Army Post stamps cancelled Field Post Office 171 (RAF Heliopolis) dated 20 NO 40 to London. and re-addressed, with boxed censor 247£6
198 Surface rated cover. franked 10 mills Farouk Army Post stamp cancelled Field Post Office 171 (RAF Heliopolis) dated 24 DE 40 to Southampton. also Boxed censor 38 in violet£6
199 Australian Forces Airmail cover franked strip of 4 x 10 mills Farouk Army Post Stamps. cancelled in blue ARMY POST H.Q. A.M.I to Sydney and unusual rectangular boxed Passaed by RAF Censor 123£15
200 Airmail cover franked 4 x Farouk 10 mills Army Post Stamps cancelled 1st BGE. H.Q. P.O. M.1 dated 19 NO 40 to Melbourne; boxed censor 244 but part of back of cover missing.£10
201 Indian Forces Surface Active Service `Honour' envelope franked 10 mills Farouk Army Post stamp cancelled Indian FPO No. 25 dated 6 MAR 40 to Blyth Northumberland. with BPO E602 (Alex) transit on reverse. Boxed censor 75£15
202 Airmail rated censored cover to Hayes, Middlesex franked 4 x 10 Mills Farouk Army Post stamps cancelled Field Post Office 169 (19' General Hospital. Unusual rectangular RAF censor No. 30£7
203 French Colonies an accumulation of about 60 sheets from various sources with French colonies stamps from dates to early World War II. Hundreds of stamps, to clear£6
204 Postage dues: Used postcard (Bedouin on the Nile near Luxor) With 2m DLR cancelled Suez Bridge and star 17 XI 08 to Paris. Under-franked for postcard so boxed T and French 10c due.£20
205 Postage Dues: 1958-59 Complete set of 7 values SG D573-D579 Lightly mounted mint. Cat. £31£15
206 Postage Dues: 1965 Complete set of 5 values, SG D852-D856 Lightly mounted mint, Cat. £12£6
207 Officials: 1958 Set of 2 SG 0571 and 0572 together with 1962-63 Set of 9 SG 0685-0693 lightly mounted mint. Cat. £50+.£25
208 Officials: 1966-67 As issued set of 11, SG 0918-0929, less 0922 issued separately in 1968, lightly mounted mint on pre-printed album page. Cat. £20.£10
209 Commemoratives: Complete set of 1933 UPU commemoratives Fine used except 50 piastres which is unused. Very high cat£84
210 Late use (6 DE 39) of 3 mills Fuad Army Post stamp on cover to Alperton, Middlesex cancelled MPO E 603, boxed censor 29£35