1 | Imperf, unmounted 1960 Industrial/Agricultural Fair 10 mills (SG 633). Nile Post $75  | £15.00
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2 | Imperf, unmounted 1960 UAR Second Anniversary 10 mills (SG 634). Nile Post $75  | £15.00
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3 | Imperf, unmounted 1960 Alexandria Fine Arts Biennale 10 mills (SG 635). Nile Post $75  | £15.00
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4 | Boy King lower marginal block of 12x5m from booklet printing (two rows of six), unmounted mint  | £15.00
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5 | Perfins: 1964 Misr Petroleum perfin (pyramid shape) on two pairs of General Revenues (10m,50m, Feltus 57,60), used  | £15.00
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6 | Labels. 1937 Piastre Society - block of four unmounted mint, brown 10 mills (Feltus page 201)  | £10.00
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7 | Consular Service, 1923, First Provisional Issue (Feltus p.45, 401), pair of 200m Crown opt paying tax on Italian 4-lire stamped paper with cancel of Royal Consulate of Egypt in Naples 28 July 1926, Consular cachet in green. Spectacular  | £85.00
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8 | Thomas Cook Cairo printed cover franked 15m (SG 298) for Air Mail to Khartoum, cancelled with Cook Type 5 CDS  | £10.00
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9 | Boy King 13m ps card (Nile Post SPC40), from Continental Savoy Type 7 CDs to Athens, 5 censor markings. Message Greek  | £14.00
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10 | 1936 Agriculture/Industry Exhibition set (SG 24044) on Worms & Co cover to Somerset with Port Taufiq Reg cancel  | £16.00
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11 | 1942, Land Bank of Egypt printed cover machine cancelled, Arabic Alex-Cairo, with British Community War Fund label  | £10.00
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12 | Express, 1927 plain cover Cairo-Schutz Station in Alex in Arabic, franked 20m green Express stamp (SG E138)  | £28.00
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13 | 1945, postcard with Ismail death anniversary 10m stamp (NP 94) with Shepheard's Hotel cancel to Alex. Written in Greek  | £8.00
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14 | 1936, Letter on headed notepaper/envelope from Prince Omar Tousson to Ahmed Ihsan Bey, Third Secretary to HM the King  | £20.00
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15 | 1879, EL of Benner Freres, sent from Alex to Cairo with 1pi DLR (SG47) and Alex duplex cancel  | £10.00
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16 | March 1880, small cover Zagazig-Cairo franked DLR 1pi rose (SG 47, damage on perfs), with clear Zag cancel (VR cut out)  | £8.00
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17 | 1969-76, three reg-letter sheets from Saida Zeinab, two uprated with adhesives (Nile Post SRLS 1), other machine franking  | £14.00
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18 | 1938, plain cover franked 20+30m airs (SG204,205) for Finland, cancelled Simon Arzt, Finnish arrival behind  | £12.00
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19 | 1942 Italian PoW cover from Ezbet el Nakhl to Alex, with unrecorded Cairo-Marg / & V.V. / B transit CDS. Some foxing | £12.00
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20 | 1941-43 Italian PoW in Fayed. Six incoming letters from Italian cities to famous philatelist Felice Cifariello in Concentration Camp No 15 | £35.00
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21 | ditto, seven original postcard-size photos showing Cifariello in Camp 15, Fayed | £35.00
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22 | 1941-42, Five covers and letters from PoW camp Ezbet el Nakhl, tatty, one part-franked with revenue stamp | £30.00
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23 | 1902 cover San Stefano to Cairo franked DLR 5m (SG 63), Alex-Cairo / Ambulant TPO CDS (Smith 2A4) of 16 VI 02 behind  | £8.00
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24 | 1905 unusual Lekegian postcard imitating UPU type, franked 1pi DLR blue to Paris from Shepheard's cancel Type 5  | £8.00
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25 | 1904 Ramses II postcard sent from :Luxor Hotel Type 2 to Ibrahimia / Alexandrie arrival. Good strikes  | £7.00
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26 | 1908 mint postcard advertising Nicolas Tano's antiquities emporium opposite Shepheard's in Cairo  | £8.00
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27 | 1936 Angleterre & Moderne Hotel, Alex, printed envelope franked 5m from Alex 22 JA 36 to Cairo  | £7.00
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28 | 1937, Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo, printed cover franked 30+3m Airs (SG 196,205) by Air to Hamburg  | £6.00
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29 | 1880 small cover Cairo-Mansura franked 2p DLR (SG48), Arabic addressed with clear Raccomandato cartouche  | £18.00
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30 | 1885 cover Minet el Qamh to Beirut with stamp lost. Reverse has several CDS inc Benha-Suez Type 8A1b, plus Ismailia, Port Said and Ottoman Beyrouth  | £18.00
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31 | 1951, British Embassy (Consular Section) handstamp on embassy cover (letter remains) stamped 'By Hand' to Abdin Court  | £12.00
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32 | 1902 postcard of Fayoum sent from Shepheards Type 5 CDS to Military Post Office Alexandria with 3x1m DLR  | £7.00
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33 | Eleven covers with different instructional markings | £28.00
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34 | 1981-84, three undelivered covers bearing tick-box 'return to sender' handstamps  | £12.00
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35 | 1968, undelivered reg cover with printed tick-box label added to reverse at Nasg Masr/Kafr el Dawar; plus two mint labels  | £12.00
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36 | Seven covers with different 'Found Open' labels - types 8-9-10-11-12-15 | £24.00
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37 | 1898 cover on official service Guerga-Hawamdiya so unfranked. Guerga-Cairo TPO cancel (Type 8A8) of 25 AO 98 TI  | £10.00
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38 | 1903 PS env (NP SEN 6, wmk inv) Samanud-Tanta, cancelled with Damiette-Tanta star/crescent TPO CDS (Type 2A3.1)  | £10.00
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39 | 1918 Official entire Qena-Banha, with several cancels: 2xTPO Cairo-Asyut (Type 7A3), Cairo-Alex (5A2), Banha Station, sealed with Egyptian Government white on black official label  | £10.00
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40 | 1899 Unusual Simon Arzt printed postcard Souvenir de.... franked 1+3m (SG58,61) for Marseille, cancelled Port Said CDS without year date.  | £15.00
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41 | 1939 beautiful clean card of Mohammed el Kebir and Khedive Ismail vessels, written but not posted. Message refers to April 1939 trip and Ophthalmic Congress  | £10.00
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42 | 1900-10, two mint cards of Port Said - Dame negresse sour Boricos and Remouleur Arabe  | £12.00
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43 | 1987, unadopted Nefertiti essay for revenue stamp, handpainted in gouache water colour by Roushdy 24x24cm. PO notes behind  | £30.00
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| French Offices | |
44 | 1845 stampless cover from Marseille to Syria, via Alexandria (French P.O. transit on reverse and recipient's name crossed out). Linear strike 'Forwarded by Peter Taylor, Alexandria'. Disinfecting slits  | £16.00
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45 | 1845 prepaid stampless cover from Alexandria to Malta. French P.O. large CDS and black PP (unusual at that time). Sender's oval cachet  | £20.00
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46 | Two stampless letters from Alexandria to Marseille, with French P.O. small CDS (no brackets) average strikes. One (1854) with manuscript '10' postage due and sender's cachet, the other (1858) with '10' applied by tampon  | £13.00
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47 | 1855 very interesting stampless entire letter from Cairo (4 Oct) to Marseille. By private courier (?) to Alexandria. French P.O. small CDS (no brackets) of 6 Oct. Marseille arrival 14 Oct. Red PAQ DE LA MED entry mark. Includes text datelined Cairo 4 Oct., Sakakini Frères. Postmarks a bit smudged but uncommon item  | £16.00
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48 | 1859 - Cover from French P.O. Alexandrie to Nantes, franked Napoleon Imperf. 10c (2 margins) and 40c (toned), cancelled faint PC 3704. Small clear CDS, PP and fine blue sender's cachet. Paris transit & Nantes arrival marks  | £30.00
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49 | August 1918 - Colour postcard of Casino San Stefano, to Paris. On the front 1915 Alexandrie 10c Mouchon +5c Red Cross surcharge cancelled French P.O. CDS. On reverse, censor marks: Egyptian (ESC AD.2b) and French 'Ouvert par L'Autorité' Militaire' 304. Plus mint and used loose copies of that Red Cross stamp  | £7.00
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50 | 1922 - Registered envelope to Strasbourg from Associated Cotton Ginners of Egypt. Franked Alexandrie 1921 Paris Millièmes Surcharges: 10 Mill/ 30c (SG 60) and 30 Mills/ 1 Franc Merson (SG 62)  | £15.00
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51 | 1926 Registered cover to the USA. Franked by 1921 LOCAL surcharges 2 Mill/ 5c, 6 Mill/ 15c (horizontal pair), 8 Mill/ 20c (vertical pair) plus 10 Mill/ 25c Paris surcharge with bars. (SG 37, 42, 43, 75. Transit and arrival marks behind  | £22.00
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52 | 1928 reg env to USA, with registration label on the front. On the back, Alexandrie 4 Mills/ 10c green (SG 71) and 6 Mills/ 15c orange (SG 73) both in strips of three stamps, cancelled French P.O. and tied by several USA transit and arrival marks  | £14.00
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53 | Alexandrie postal stationery. used selection inc 10c Sage opt postcard to France (1900) with arrival; Mouchon 10c postcard to UK (1920).nbAlso less common Mouchon 10c postcard surcharged 10 Mill locally in 1921, to Germany (1923). (3 items)  | £10.00
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54 | Port-Said, 1906: Colour postcard (painting of climbing pyramid) to Tsingtau China. Franked 10c (SG 127) cancelled single-ring CDS. Maritime Singapore-to-Hong-Kong transit CDS and Tsingtau arrival. Vertical crease but all postmarks very fine  | £8.00
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55 | Alexandrie 1902-1921; Complete set of Blanc, Mouchon, Merson designs from 1c to 5F (SG 19-35). Fine used, including shades. Some rust stains on 2F and 5F (latter with a couple of short perfs). Dalay Cat. €60  | £10.00
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56 | Alexandrie 1927-28 Complete set of 6 values in Millièmes (SG 80-85), mounted mint. The 250 Mills is off-centre  | £10.00
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57 | Alexandrie All four Sinking Fund Issues, Mounted Mint: 1927 (x 2), 1928 (x 2), 1929, 1930 (SG 86-89). Six stamps  | £10.00
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58 | Port-Said 1902-1921; Blanc, Mouchon, Merson complete set (SG 122 - 136) from 1c to 5F (short perf), fine used, including shades. (18 stamps). Cat €95  | £20.00
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59 | Port-Said, 1921-23 Paris Surcharges set (SG 151 to 165), fine used, except for 151, 154, 156 mint. Includes scarce 60m/2F mauve/yellow (SG 163), good looking but vertical crease across whole stamp. Priced accordingly. (15 stamps). Cat. € 240+  | £40.00
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60 | Port-Said, 1925 Paris Surcharges + Bars set (SG 174 ? 184) mounted mint  | £5.00
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61 | Port-Said, - All four Sinking Fund Issues, Mint: 1927, 1928, 1929 as singles, but 1930 is in a block of 4. (SG 191-194). Very fresh (7 stamps). Cat € 88  | £18.00
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62 | Port-Said Postage Due, June 1921 Local Surcharge: 12 Millièmes on 10c brown (SG D166) Mounted mint. Dalay Cat. € 65  | £15.00
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63 | Port-Said - Postage Due, June 1921 Local Surcharge: 15 Millièmes on 5c blue (SG D167) Mounted mint. Dalay Cat. € 100  | £25.00
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64 | Port-Said Postage Due, June 1921 Local Surcharge: 30 Millièmes on 20c green (SG D168) Fine Used. Dalay Cat. € 110  | £26.00
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| Postal history | |
65 | 1843, disinfected EL to Genova, cancelled Alexandria / (Egypte) 7 MAI 1843 with black circular cachet Purifie au Lazaret Malte (Martin type LAZ-C) alongside. Red Livorno CDS 21 Mag on reverse. Opened for display  | £22.00
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66 | 1854, EL to Marseille cancelled on reverse with Alexandria AU 5 1854 double-arc cds n green. 10 on face indicates postage due  | £8.50
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67 | 1860 EL Alex-Malta ms Col Vapore Inglesi Pera, commercial blue cachet good, Alexandria / A thimble transit DE 30 and Malta (part) on rev. Clean and neat  | £7.50
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68 | 12 4 62 folded letter with faint Posta Europea / Mansura oval handstamp in blue, with 12/4 date in manuscript. To Alexandria  | £12.00
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69 | 5 12 62, fragile folded letter with faint Posta Europea / Kafr el Zayat handstamp and dated in manuscript. To Alexandria  | £12.00
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70 | 1 IX 02, J M Coutinho photo postcard, Bazaar at the Crater (Aden), franked one-anna Indian, cancelled Aden AU 28 02, 100% Suez transit CDS, with Alexandria arrival on face same day  | £4.50
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71 | Companion to last, same addressee, same date, but photocard showing The Crescent at Steamer Point  | £4.50
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72 | 1909, b/w card, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, franked 10c Port-Said stamp and cancelled 23 3 09 French PO Port Said, then received transit Colombo Apr 3 on way back to New Zealand  | £3.50
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73 | 2 MR 42, cover with 6m Boy King from Italian internee, Geneifa. Port Said / Traffic is only CDS, with censor resealing label and handstamp (Andrews 8d5), to Port Said  | £4.50
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74 | Mixed franking: 20m barred Farouk Air plus 17m Defense to England 11 Dec 1953, with striking magenta machine canceller  | £4.00
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75 | Mixed: Farouk barred KES 5m with four Republican issues making 47m rate to Switzerland 19 Dec 1954  | £4.00
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76 | Mixed: Saudi Egyptian Union printed env with barred Farouk 17m plus 30m mosque for Geneva 30 DE 54  | £4.00
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77 | Mixed: Schouten & Zananari printed env with barred Farouk 7m Air plus 40m Mosque for Switzerland 15 JL 54  | £4.00
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78 | Mixed: 7m barred Farouk Air plus 40m Mosque on printed Air Letter to Switzerland 28 Apr year?  | £4.00
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79 | Mixed: 2m Farouk KES (no bars) with 3x10m Defence from Red Sea Trading Co to Wembley 24 MR 53  | £5.00
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| Postal stationery | |
80 | 1891, provisional 2m on 5m postcard, surcharge inverted (NP SPC5 a, $100; Magdi C5a, $150), impeccable pristine mint  | £30.00
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81 | 1922, 10m carmine registered letter envelope (NP SRE3, $50; Magdi R3, $100), impeccable pristine mint  | £18.00
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82 | 1932, 3m green Fuad postcard (NP SPC34, $30; Magdi C37, $40), impeccable pristine mint  | £10.00
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| Official usage | |
83 | 1936 used horiz marginal pair of £50 UK Consular Service revenue stamps cancelled superb British Consulate / General / Alexandria 24 MAR 1936. Fine  | £15.00
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84 | 31 VII 40, off-white parcel card used from Azhar to Melbourne, with 560 mills in 1933 Air Mails inc pair 200m, 100m affected by vertical fold all across the card  | £8.00
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85 | 30 IC 48, OHMS cover from Parliament to Montreal: 2x10m Marechal (internal/registration) + 55m Officials (air surcharge)  | £7.00
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86 | March 1951, Official envelope franked with Official oval for internal postage and 54m Officials for Geneva, New York  | £6.00
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87 | 17 12 75, Misr Travel printed envelope addressed to London and franked (behind) with 2x7 plus two strips of 3 10m Officials  | £4.50
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| Hotels | |
88 | 1904-54, 23 hotel-related covers, CDS or stationery, inc clear OAS Luxor Convalescent Depot marking Dec 1915. Mixed lot | £35.00
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| Postcards | |
89 | Kypriadis freres b/w card 72822, title Lac Timsah, showing three-master in the Canal. Pristine mint  | £6.00
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90 | Ephtimios freres divided back colour card 55099, titled Port-Said, Rue de Lesseps, good mint condition  | £3.50
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| Air Mail | |
91 | 1930, cover franked GB 6d+1/2d, addressed to Alex and endorsed 'By First Direct Accelerated India Air-Mail'. Registered from St John's Wood, North London, 11 AP 1930, carried via Vienna+Athens by Imperial, delivered in Alex on Apr 15  | £35.00
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| Military | |
92 | Indian Field Service card AFA 2042D, 14x8.5cm, completed, addressed Alwar, India (arr 9 Nov), via FPO 311 24 OC 15  | £10.00
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93 | As last, no form code, 15x9cm, completed and addressed to Oxford from FPO 35 7 MY 17. Red ink stain  | £12.00
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94 | 15 DE 35, cover to Orpington, Kent, with vermilion Xmas seal behind (SG A6, £42 used), with Crowned Circle 17 and MPO Alexandria on face. Opened for display,  | £5.00
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95 | 25 5 57, Aerogram with California address franked 2x20 Swedish stamps cleanly cancelled with CDS of Swedish UN force  | £5.00
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96 | Job lot - 60 Egypt Prepaid covers, mixed condition, mixed addresses, stamps of Egypt, S.Af, NZ, GB, colourful lot | £45.00
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| Literature | |
97 | Jim Benians, Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947 (published 1978, with dedication). 150pp, crucial listing  | £12.00
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98 | Peter Smith, The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt (1983), 65pp A4, still the standard work  | £8.00
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99* | Novelty£ Peter Goodwin special binding of two classic books mirror fashion - one way up, John Sears- Egypt: The First Portrait Issue (1997, 127pp); and the other way up as John Revell's The Stamp Booklets 1903-1954 (1997, 133pp). Bound in red/green cloth with black gold-lettered spine. Quite astonishing, excellent condition  | £22.00
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100* | Peter Smith, Egypt - Stamps and Postal History (1999). 870pp, the Egypt bible£ Virtually pristine  | £85.00
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101 | Egyptian PO Tableau Aerien (1960), booklet listing all Air Mail rates, paperback 60pp, 20.5x15.5cm, in French  | £8.00
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| Stamps | |
102 | 1922, 2m Due of 1904 with Crown overprint, printed upright in error (SG D114, NP PD30b, Magdi 30d, $75), UMM single  | £8.50
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103 | 1946, Le Caire bilingual opt on 30m green Air (SG 314) - three control blocks of four with different numbers, UMM  | £7.00
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104 | Booklet pane, 1953, 10m Defense (NP D197, Magdi 204), UMM, selvage top and bottom  | £4.00
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| Postal history | |
105 | 1937, Ophthalmic Exhibition, three stamps SG on exhibition printed cover 18 DE 37, unaddressed, excellent condition  | £6.50
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106 | 1943, Arabic-addressed envelope franked with 5m Revenue, pencil T and boxed T, 12m Due on arrival in Cairo  | £4.00
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107 | 1949, diplomatic mail. Neat envelope addressed California, franked 13m Boy King but cancelled Washington roller, with magenta 'This article originally mailed / in country indicated by postage'  | £6.00
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108 | 1958, neat printed cover, franked 35+30m Mosques, sent Express from Alexandria Station 16 JA 58 en ville  | £7.00
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109 | 1953-37, special Canal Nationalisation handstamp used on two covers - from Pt Said 20 10 53 with commem stamp to Geneva; and from Suez 5 5 57 (with 10m Defense on Egypt Maritime Navigation Co env, roughly opened).  | £6.00
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| Postal stationery | |
110 | 1911 1mill on 2m visiting card envelope surcharge (NP SEN11, Magdi E18, $100), used from Cairo / 2 , date?  | £10.00
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| International Reply Coupons | |
111 | 1930 (London) design, 40 mills, Egypte, three lines of Arabic, sold Alexandria 9 JA 58, excellent  | £7.50
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112 | 1966 (Vienna) design, 65 mills, Republique Arabe Unie, sold at Cairo / R 19 OC 70, excellent  | £4.50
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113 | 1975 (Lausanne) design, 310 Millièmes, no country name, sold at Cairo 27.8.76(?)  | £4.50
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114 | 1975 (Lausanne) design, 460 Millièmes, no country name, sold at Cairo date(?)  | £4.50
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115 | 1975 (Lausanne) design, 400 piastres, no country name, sold at Cairo 3.2.85(?)  | £4.50
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116 | 2000 (Nairobi) design, no value, Egypte, with hologram, Egypte, mint, valid to 30 12 2013  | £6.00
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| Resealing labels | |
117 | 1992, incoming air cover from Pakistan resealed with black on white label at top left corner - why?  | £4.50
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118 | 1998, incoming cover from Spain with multiple stamps sealed along two sides with red on white resealing label  | £4.50
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119 | Full sheet of 20 (5x4) b/w resealing labels, 1988, type 12, 56x29mm, R.A.E at top, crudely printed with offset on back, mint  | £10.00
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120 | Half sheet of ten (2x5 with three margins) of latter in red from 1992, mint, excellent  | £7.00
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121 | Half sheet of ten (2x5 with three margins) of 1996 printing, type 13, 66x28mm, printed in italics, mint, excellent  | £7.00
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| Souvenir Postcard | |
122 | Astonishing folding postcard, presumably early 1950s, extending to 98x12cm, formed of 12 individual cards illustrating portraits of the 'Free Officers' who overthrew Farouk, starting with Neguib and Nasser. Mint, perfect  | £30.00
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| Modern variants | |
123 | 1998 10pt definitive, Goddess Silakht. Original and reprint (Magdi 410,409) showing shade variations (4 MNH stamps)  | £5.00
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124 | 1998 30pt definitive, Goddess Silakht, Original and reprint (Magdi 415,414), 2 MNH stamps  | £3.00
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125 | 2002 50pt definitive, mural painting (SG 2237, Magdi 419). Five pairs showing astonishing colour variants  | £12.00
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126 | 2002 £E1 definitive, Sneferu Pyramid (SG 2327a, Magdi 420, NP D380), in corner block of four with blue omitted, UMM  | £8.00
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127 | 2006 30p Arab Universities (SG 2427, Magdi 1609), black shifted to right, red right and upwards. Marginal UMM single  | £4.50
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| TPOs | |
128* | Stockbook with over 450 used stamps (vast majority DLR, few Fuad) with TPO strikes or part-strikes, ordered by route | £20.00
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129* | Stockbook with over 500 used stamps (vast majority Fuad, few commems) with TPO strikes or part-strikes, ordered by route | £18.00
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130 | 6 MA 23 Ministry of Agriculture official folded form, unfranked, with Official oval and clear Mansura-Cairo / & V.V (Type 7A3)  | £4.00
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131 | 29 SE 39, much-folded slip of paper addressed to Cairo, franked 2m with clear Tanta-Cairo / & V.V (as Type 7A3.4)  | £3.50
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| Rural markings | |
132 | 1 VIII 12, RS Mahallet Ruh-Shabshir on P O Avis de Reception inquiry form from Cairo. Good strike, excellent condition  | £15.00
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133 | 7 JUN 13, RS Matay-Minbal in blue on PO Avis de Reception inquiry form from Cairo. Excellent strike, earliest date recorded (of 5) for this CDS  | £20.00
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134 | 8 NO 17 RS Biba-Dashtut on PO Avis de Reception inquiry form ex Cairo. Good strike and personal negative seal in blue  | £15.00
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135 | 25 JL 33 good clean cover to Cairo with unusual 'Ashghaal' rural marking for Disuq-Qabrit with cartouche of Sharqa  | £8.00
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136 | 28 MR 24 Arabic-addressed cover with 5m Crown opt, RS Mallawi-Tanda and cartouche of Derwa  | £6.00
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137 | 1 FEB 1923, Reg cover with 3x5m Crown opt, cartouche of Izbit el Borg and RS Dumiat-Izbit el Borg. Good Fariskur arrival  | £8.00
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138 | 15 Jan 1924, plain cover with 5m Crown opt and excellent strike of RS Qaha-Khelwet Sanhara. Good Mina el Qamh arrival  | £8.00
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139 | 13 MR 23, Reg cover with 15m Crown opt and good strikes RS Sa el Hagar-Kafr el Dawar. Arched Sa el Hagar behind  | £8.00
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140 | 1- AO 17, 2m ps postcard with Sandafa cartouche and RA Bani-Mazar-Bahnasa. Bani Mazar and Beni Suef CDS behind  | £6.00
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141 | 29 MA 23, small cover to Mansura with unusual single-name RS Nawasa el Gheit. Good Nawasa el Gheit, Mansura/ and Bahr el Saghir/Mansura behind  | £8.00
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142 | 18 II 22, 5m ps letter sheet (NP SLS6) with unusual RS Burg Nur-Minshat el Ikhwa cancel. Clear Burg Nur CDS behind  | £10.00
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143 | 2 AU 23, 3x5m Crown opts on Reg cover from El Nahharia cartouche with RS Bassiun-Kafr Gaafar. Five such CDS recorded  | £8.00
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144 | 26 OCT 17, to Cairo from cartouche of Kafr Sanbu with RS Hurin-Kafr Sanbu. 5 CDS behind, including two TPOs  | £8.00
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145 | 8 10 46, RS Abu Kebir-Kafr Hummar on 10m-franked cover to Cairo. Latest date recorded (of three!)  | £6.00
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146 | 9 1 43, RS Basyun-Ezbet Abu Sheleib on colourful cover from cartouche Ezbet Mustafa Rashid Bey  | £6.00
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147 | 28 4 39, incoming perfect rural CDS of Hehia-Kafr Nassara (plus TPO) on reverse of 5m Boy King cover from Cairo  | £6.00
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148 | 21 OC 56, late usage - RS Samallut-Hilmiya on small cover to Cairo with 10m Defense adhesive. Backstamp Qubba Bridge  | £6.00
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149 | 6 Jan 1948, visiting card envelope franked 4m (printed matter) from Cairo. Arrival CDS Arab el Eleiqat / Abu Zaabal Quarries, which is considered a Rural marking  | £4.50
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| Postal history | |
150 | 1948-52, three massive diplomatic mail covers addressed to Moscow or Yugoslavia, covered in high-value definitives (20) and Officials (30 including one 50pi Farouk Marechal. Slightly battered and cut-down, but astonishing survival  | £15.00
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151 | 1930s? Remarkable Arabic-addressed visiting envelope franked with two strikes of 2m machine cancel  | £4.00
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152 | Parcel cards cut in half on PO orders - five examples with revenues + 100m Marechal (three singles) or 40m KES (two pairs)  | £3.00
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153 | As last, five examples with barred Farouk 30m (2 pairs), 100m (two singles) or40m KES (pair)  | £3.00
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154 | 10 IX 09, printed lawyer's envelope franked DLR 3m addressed En Ville, and cancelled Cairo / Station  | £4.00
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155 | 10 MA 48, small cover franked 30m for Reg (manuscript) in town from R&P / Alexandria Station in blue  | £4.00
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156 | 1936? printed buff envelope (flap) unfranked but provided with red Cairo / Postage Paid handstamp. Other cancels unclear  | £4.00
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| Postal stationery | |
157 | 1937 Fuad 2m embossed visiting card envelope (NP SEN 29) used from Matiya 25 NO 38  | £4.00
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158 | 1938 Boy King 2m visiting card envelope (NP SEN 30, $18 used), excellent strike Ezbet / el /Zaitun 1 FE 39  | £6.00
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159 | 1938 Boy King 2m visiting card envelope (NP SEN 30, $18 used), Cairo machine cancel 30 JAN 1939  | £4.50
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160 | 1937 Boy King 2m vis card env (NP SEN 31, $45 used), 1m Boy King added, fine CDS Mansura / Station, top rt corner bump  | £10.00
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161 | 1940 Boy King 2m+1m visiting card envelope (NP SEN 33, $40 used), excellent strike Alexandria / Dep (6) 7 NO 40  | £11.00
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162 | 2004 booklet, Discover the Treasures of Egypt in Stamps. Complete, mint, pristine including £E10 gold Tutankhamun mask  | £15.00
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| Maritime | |
163 | 1907, Tuck's Oilette card of St John's Church, Malta, franked GB 1d with perfect strikes of Port Said/star and Egypt boxed Paquebot; and then Manchester on arrival only seven days later  | £6.50
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164 | Oct 1916, card of SS Viceroy of India, franked with GB UPU 1 1/2d cancelled Malta, with unboxed Paquebot alongside. Addressed to Egypt but Alex machine cancel (on face) date illegible  | £4.50
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165 | 1922, blue postcard of Lloyd Triestino mailboat 'Helouan', indistinct Brindisi CDS and Helwan arrival handstamp  | £5.00
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166 | 1923, as last, sepia card, clear Brindisi CDS, addressed to His Excellency Moustapha Rasheed Bey  | £5.00
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| Miscellany | |
167 | 5 pi SG56 postmarked SAWAKIN Type IX-1.1 Not recorded by Smith!  | £10.00
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168 | Postal seal BENHA Type I full original gum; small adhesion Kehr 3  | £2.50
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169 | Postal seal DARA Type VIIA original gum Kehr 475  | £2.50
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170 | Postal seal DONGOLA Type VIIIA no gum Kehr 642  | £5.00
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171 | Postal seal BARBAR Type VIIIA full original gum Kehr  | £5.00
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172 | Postal Seal WADI HALFA Type VIII  | £5.00
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173 | PPC meter mark SHEPHEARD's HOTEL in red 19.VII.61  | £9.00
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174 | PPC meter mark SHEPHEARD's HOTEL in violet 21.V.64  | £5.00
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175 | PPC meter mark SEMIRAMIS HOTEL in red 07.??  | £7.00
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176 | PPC meter mark SEMIRAMIS HOTEL in violet .VIII.66  | £4.00
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177 | Postal stationery (PS) Registered letter sheet NP SLS 10a VF used  | £15.00
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178 | PS Letter sheet NP SLS 4 VF (insignificant hinge remains on back)  | £23.00
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179 | PS Letter sheet NP SLS 9 Very fine unused  | £23.00
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180 | PS Postal card Farouk NP SPC42 pristine  | £11.00
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181 | PC (NP SPC3) SAN STEFANO HOTEL Type HSS2 via CAIRE to HELOUAN 7 VI 97  | £12.50
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182 | PPC SAN STEFANO HOTEL 1906 Type HSS2 to Belgium  | £12.50
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183 | PS Envelope (NP SEN2b) SAVOY HOTEL ASSOUAN Type HSY1 9.I.08 to Germany  | £10.00
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184 | Registered env HELIOPOLIS HOTEL Type HH2 1.10.58 to Libya  | £30.00
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185 | PS Double PC 2 mills NP SPC 22 very fine unused  | £9.00
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186 | PS Double PC 4 mills NP SPC 23 very fine unused  | £11.00
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| Palestine forgeries on cover | |
187 | Palestine forgeries. 5 AU 55 cover addressed Beirut barred Air stamps - 7m Palestine opt (NP PA16), 5m KES and Palestine (PA27), forged 3m KES with Palestine red for black. CDS Gaza el Gidida, violet 102 censor mark, Beirut arrival next day  | £5.00
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188 | 25 AU 55 cover to Beirut with barred Air stamps - 5m KES and Palestine opt (NP PA27), 2x10m similar (PA28). Also 15m 1955 issue without Farouk (PA 31), with Palestine opt doubled (forgery). Violet circle (worn censor?) faint trace arrival mark  | £5.00
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189 | 3 JL 56, as last generally, but forged stamp is 3m barred Farouk with KES doubled and Palestine  | £5.00
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190 | 3 JL 56, as last generally, but forged stamp is 5m no-Farouk Air with Palestine opt inverted  | £5.00
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191 | 5 SE 56 cover addressed to Beirut, franked 2x10m Farouk KES with bilingual Palestine overprint (PA28), plus 20m the same (forgery). Cancelled Gaza / T with violet circle (worn censor?). Beirut arrival behind  | £5.00
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192 | 6 9 56, Air envelope addressed to the US Embassy Beirut, sent from New Gaza / R with pair of 10m barred KES/Palestine (PA28), no-Farouk 15m/Palestine (PA32), and 5m barred-Farouk with Palestine, but KES doubled (forgery). Beirut arrival  | £5.00
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| Miscellany | |
193 | Five covers, hotel stationery, and 6 postcards of hotels, none referring to hotels with post offices | £4.00
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194 | Nine covers all with ''cancelled'' Air Mail cachets | £4.00
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195 | 1916, postcard with CDS of Alexandria Seamen's Home (90 per cent) and WWI 'star' censor mark  | £5.00
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196* | 80 covers, all fair to good and mostly second half 20th century (weight 450gm) | £15.00
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197 | 1938 Official set mounted mint with Qubba Palace box handstamp on reverse, plus set imperf with ''Cancelled'' on reverse  | £30.00
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198 | Third Fuad control blocks of 4, all different: lm - 4; 2m - 3; 4m - 6; 5m -(includes block of 6 for booklet) 7; 10m - 2; 15m - 2; 20m - 5. Total 29 Control blocks, all mint. | £28.00
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199 | Fuad, Army Post control blocks, all different - 3m (large) - l; 10m (large) - 7; 10m (small) - 5. Total 11 blocks all mint | £10.00
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| The following five lots are sold for Circle funds with No Reserve and No Commission payable by buyers. | |
200* | 200 visiting card envelopes (not postal stationery), Farouk-early Republic, all used, visiting cards enclosed (weight 500gm) | |
201 | 2000 (appx) Second Fuad 5 mills used, singles & multiples | |
202* | 100 covers and wrappers, Farouk onwards (weight 450gm) | |
203* | Approx. 45 maritime documents including bills of lading | |
204 | 45 internal covers, cards & wrappers, all franked Boy King | |