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Egypt Study Circle - Auction 71

Closing Midnight (UK Time) Sunday August 30, 2026.

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International Railway Congress
Lot Description Reserve
001 Intl. railway Congress Cairo 9 Jan 1933 18 March 1933 Official thank you letter from the congress secretary to his Excellency Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pacha Secretary of the minister of finance £55
002 Intl. railway Congress Cairo 9 Jan 1933 Complete set of Oblique Perf. (Only 100 Printed from Each Value) Unmounted in perfect Condition £295
003 Intl. railway Congress Cairo 9 Jan 1933 Complete set of Cancelled on reverse (50 Printed from Each value) Unmounted in perfection Condition £550
004 Intl. railway Congress Cairo 9 Jan 1933 Complete set in Block of 4 with plate No. unmounted In perfect Condition . £95
005 Intl. railway Congress Cairo 9 Jan 1933 1 frame (16 Pages) Postal History 6 FDC , 20 used Covers & 1 stationery card + 1 Postcard , many of the covers are cancelled with hotel post office cancellations £1,850
Hand-Painted Essays and Artwork
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006 Hand painted Unadopted Essays 24/01/1978 1 $ for the love of Egypt revenue stamp Artwork Size : 20 x 30 cm Signed by postal authority £65
007 Hand painted Unadopted Essays 05/04/1978 5 Piastre Fiscal Revenue stamp Artwork Size : 17 x 18 cm Painted by Ibrahim Al Tahtawy signed by postal authority £65
008 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 02/01/1962 post day 10 mills stamp (sg no. 681) Size : 16 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
009 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 02/01/1965 Post day 10+ 5 mills (sg. no. 831) Size : 16 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
010 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 02/01/1965 Post day 10 + 5 mills (sg. no. 832) Size : 16 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
011 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 02/01/1965 Post day 80 + 40 mills (sg. no. 833) Size : 20 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
012 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 08/05/1963 Centenary of Red Cross 35 mills (sg. no. 749) Size : 16 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
013 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 10/01/1964 35 mills 1st Health Sanitation & Nutrition Conference Cairo Size : 16 x 20 cm (sg. no. 789) Signed by Postal Authority £65
014 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 22/07/1983 3 piastre 31st Anniv. Of Revolution (sg. no. 1521) Size : 16 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
015 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 28/01/1982 3 piastre 14th Cairo Intl. Book Fair (sg. no. 1468) size : 15 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
016 Hand Painted Issued Stamps Essays 28/01/1981 20 piastre 13th Cairo Intl. Book Fair . size: 15 x 20 cm Signed by Postal Authority £65
Egyptian State Railways Maps
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017 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 Shoubra ,Imbabeh , Geziret El Zamalek £20
018 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 Geziret EL Zamalek , El Agouza , El Dokki £20
019 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 El Giza , geziret El Roda , Old Cairo , Shoubra , Boulaq , Bab El Hadid. £20
020 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 Kasr El Nil , Abdeen , Geziret el Roda , Al Sayed Zeinab. £20
021 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 El Zahir(Daher) , El gamaleya , El Azhar & Abdeen. £20
022 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 Citadel , Al Sayeda Zeinab , El Abbaseya £20
023 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 Kobri Al Qubba , El Qubba £20
024 1933 Printed Egypt State Railway Telephone & Telegraphs Key Maps of Cairo Double face A4 Heliopolis , Al Zaytoun , Al Matareya £20
Commercial and Revenue Documents
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025 Cigarettes Invoices 1952 Nestor Gianaclis Cairo Letter £18
026 Palestine 1920 Gaza Municipality Development Raising Fund Revenues om block of 4 with plate nos £48
027 1914 De La Rue Pictorial Issues Letter Sheets Lot of 5 mills (wm. Onoto Monogram Fine Wove ) + 1916 Unwatermark + 1922 Wm Egyptian Postage Nile Post No. SLS 6 , SLS 6a &SLS 9 . £38
028 Cigarettes Invoices 1946 Coutarelli brothers Alexandria Invoice to Qena £18
029 Cigarettes Invoices 1948 Coutarelli brothers Alexandria Invoice to Qena. £18
030 Revenues : Syndicates of mixed court attorneys Retirement & Disability fund missing overprint 2 x 2 piastres mounted mint rare not recorded feltus p. 77 £90
031 Consular Service 1981 the third Nubian monuments issue 2$ in strip of 16 with plate no. 24/11/1990 feltus p. 54 £38
032 Cigarettes Invoices 1929 Nestor Gianaclis Cairo £18
033 Cigarettes Invoices 1952 Coutarelli brothers Alexandria £18
034 Cigarettes Invoices 1952 Spadaro’s Cigarettes store Cairo £18
035 Cigarettes Invoices 1956 George Kyriacou Alexandria £18
036 Revenues on Electricity Invoice receipt 1968 receipt + 10, 30 P.t Electric Utility Revenue stamps £75
037 Revenues on Electricity Invoice receipt 1968 receipt + 5,10 & 25 P.t Electric Utility Revenue stamps £75
TPO, Rural Service and Postal History
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038 TPO On Postcard 1914 incoming postcard from Belgium to Cairo with scarce TPO cancelation Alexandria - Cairo T.24 £80
039 Rural Service Cover 1912 DLR cover from Shabrakhit to Cairo + Service Rural Shabrakhit £60
040 Egyptian Postal Order 1938 1 Egyptian Pound pay order from Damanhur £25
041 Jumbo lot 12 Rural Service covers : 1922-1941 £60
042 1916 invalid stamp used on cover from Cairo Station to Naqada taxed on arrival with 1 piastre postage due stamp SG-D73 + 3 boxed T cachet backside TPO Cairo – Asyut + Qus CDS arriving after one day £68
043 1927 invalid comemorative stamp on cover sent from Sultan Hussein Club in Alexandria to Sayeda Zenab in Cairo taxed on arrival 10 mills postage due stamp SG-D103 £80
044 1938 under rate cover from Paris to Cairo arriving Cairo taxed with 52 mills postage due stamps SG-D-173,180 & 183 £48
045 1960 under rate cover from Paris to Cairo taxed on arrival 28 mills postage due stamps SG-D574,577 £48
046 1943 registered cover from Tala to Cairo FRK. with unusual stamps combination 2 x King Fouad 2 mills SG 148 + 1933 Aviation Congress 13 mills comemorative stamp (SG.216 – late usage for this issue with correct REG. rate of 15 mills £85
047 1915 official Egyptian State Railways telegraph card issued from Qus Station to Cairo Station FRK. no value official stamp arriving Cairo Station 17 Jan 1916. N.B card has 2 tears bottom left side £45
048 1947 Egyptian State Railways offical used cover from EN VILLE Cairo + backside sealed E.S.T label £18
049 1930 Express used cover from Kafr el Zayat to Gianaclis Station in Ramleh Alexandria FRK. with 20 mills first Express stamp SG-138 £48
050 1883 official parcel document issued from Cairo 9 Dec 83 £60
051 1913 O.H.H.S official TATY cover from Qina to Naqada FRK. with a selection of official stamps N.B cover is in bad condition. £48
052 Hotels : 1911 used cover from Marine Hotel Ras el Bar to Cairo £28
053 1911 Service Rural cover from Nabaro to Cairo backside TPO Dumiat – Tanta £48
054 Jumbo lot of 15 TPO covers – 1891 (AMB. Alex – Caire ) 1926 (Tanta – Dumiat ) , 1927 ( Cairo – Tanta ) 1924 (Saa el Hagar – Tanta) 1936 ( Aswan-Luxor) 1928 ( Cairo – Minya ) 1936 ( Cairo – Portsaid ) 1926 (Cairo- Asyut) 1934 (Tanta – Fuwa ) 1915 (Alex – Cairo) 1908 (Cairo – Alex ) 1941 (Asyut-Luqsor) 1917 (Kafrzayat – Berma) 1940 (Cairo – Asyut,Minia – Suhag) 1933 (Luqsor – Suhag) £100
055 1939 cover from Khirbita to Tala cancelled with 3 TPO line markings Tanta – Cairo, Itay el Barud – Cairo , Tod - Wafaeya ( rare ) £48
056 Sudan lot of 7 used covers: 1912 – 68 £38
057 Handpainted FDC 1927 Cotton Intl. Congres issued comemorative complete set £28
058 Handpainted FDC 1938 Cotton Intl. Congres issued comemorative complete set £28
059 1940 Boy King Farouk 15 mills REG. cover sent from El Malek el Saleh to Cairo redirected to Bassioun cancelled with Rural Service ARRIV. Bassioun Ezbet Abu Sleib £28
060 1926 Industrial & Agriculture Expo advertising Nestor Gianaclis cogarettes & tobacco price list booklet N.B poor condition but unsusual £20
Perfins
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061 Perfins on cover 1913 Credit Lyonnais Cairo Branch cover FRK. CLC on 3 mills De La Rue stamps on EN VILLE Cairo £45
062 1925 Vacuum Oil Company Cairo cover FRK. King Fouad first portrait 5 mills with VOCO perfin sent from Cairo to San Stefano in Alexandria £30
063 1931 Banco Commericale Italiano Egitto cover used EN VILLE Cairo FRK. BIE perfin on King Fouad 2 mills stamp £38
064 1940 Bank Ottoman Cairo cover used EN VILLE Cairo redicrected to Bassioun, backside arrival Bassioun Ezbeit Abu Shleib Rural Service CDS FRK. OB perfin on Boy King Farouk 1 & 5 mills stamps £38
065 1926 Vacuum Oil Company window cover used EN VILLE Cairo FRK. 2 mills VOCO perfin stamp £30
066 1932 Vacuum Oil Company window cover used EN VILLE Cairo FRK. 2 mills VOCO perfin stamp + TPO Asyut – Luxor £35
067 1933 Socony Vacuum Oil Company window cover sent to Luxor FRK. 2 mills VOCO perfin stamp + TPO Suhag – Luxor £35
068 1938 Socony Vacuum Oil Company window cover used from Cairo to Qena FRK.5 mills VOCO perfin stamp £28
Hand-Painted Essays
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069 Hand painted essays: 2000 Alexandria New Library Building design artwork project with no value, backside Postal Authority remarks and notices with 6 diff. sigantures. This stamp issued 20 May 2001. Size : 20 x 29 cm £88
070 1995 unadopted hand painted artwork Post Day issued stamp 4 x 20 piastre signed by Postal Authority on backside. Size: 30 x 30 cm £125
Postal History and Postcards
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071 Sudan 1912 personal incoming cover from Atbara to British soldiers Liverpool Hotel in Cairo cancelled with TPO Shellal – Halfa No. 2 CDS ARRIV. Cairo after 3 days. £38
072 1911 Liechtenstern & Harari postcard sent from Mex to Casino San Stefano in Ramleh, cancelled with ARRIV. San Stefano Hotel type 3 post office £40
073 1924 REG. AR cover from CIRCOLO ITALIANO Alexandria to Cairo cancelled with Bacos Ramle REG. box FRK. CROWN OVP. 2 x 10 mills stamps ARRIV. same day £58
074 1918 REG. + AR cover from Banha to Cairo FRK. 4 x 5 mills DLR pictorial stamps ARRIV. same day £28
075 1939 Grand Magasins Cicurel illustrated cover used EN VILLE Cairo FRK. 2 mills stamp £18
076 1928 Christmas greeting postcard from Mr. & Mrs Wilbert Smith showing 5 passenger Studebaker touring car in the streets on Cairo £28
077 WWII British Forces humor greeting Xmas postcard printed by Paul Barbey’s "The Miracle" N.B small tear on right side bottom £25
078 1916 provisional TATY postal stationery 3 mills on 2 mills card sent from Bani Suef to Naqada cancelled with TPO Assiout – Cairo CDS £38
Sudan Revenues
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079 Sudan revenue stamps: lot of 10 fiscal revenue unmounted stamps £48
080 Sudan 8 new issued UNM. revenue stamps £48
081 Sudan 3 passports UNM. revenues stamps. £28
Advertising Labels
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082 1939 Shepeard’s Hotel Cairo label 9 x 13 cm £18
083 Cigarettes label: Melkonian 7 x 9 cm £15
084 Cigarettes label: Kostas Kadelis 7 x 9 cm £15
085 Cigarettes label: Kostas Kadelis 9 x 13 cm £15
086 Deliberately left blank
Postal History and Postal Documents
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087 1-10/12/1942 Colis Postaux - bulletins d'expedition cover from Alexandria custom parcels to Boston, censored arriving after 4 month £38
088 Service des Tabacs - 10/9/1892 Administration des Douanes Egyptiennes parcel tag from SIOUT, cancelled with customs dept. star & crescent cachet £30
089 Sudan 1902 Adrian Brugge Munich imprime used postcard from Sawakin to Munich via Suez £20
090 1917 WWI multi travelled OAS cover 15/8/1917 to Mustafa bey Rashid in Cairo, double censored, including Army post office SZ14 - passed censor 3 boxed cachet - opened by censor resealing label, redirected to Gianaklis / Ramleh / San Stefano in Alexandria £24
091 1906 telegraph receipt from Cairo station to Suez, cancelled with arriving Suez star and crescent 24 May 06 £10
092 1909 DLR Postal Stationery 1 Mills small envelope, sent from Cairo station to Heliopolis redirected to Saray el Qubba, on back side first Heliopolis post office earliest recorded cds. 30 VII 09 8.30 Pm £60
093 Stationery with (SPECIMEN) handstamp: 1931 Harrison & Sons 3 mills Rael tin palace green (Nile post SPC 32) £50
094 7/2/1934 Mourning notice envelope, funeral of ex Prime minister Youssef Pasha Wahba will be held in Alexandria, franked with UPU congress 2 mills stamp (SG220) £30
095 Booklet stamps used on Covers: 1919 Reg. cover from Ebiar to Grand Sheikh in Alexandria frk. with pair of 2x5 DLR pictorials Sphinx booklet stamps (SG 33) guillotined from bottom £28
096 1923 En ville Cairo used cover frk. with Harrison pictorials 5 mills pink Sphinx (SG 90) booklet stamp guillotined upward £30
097 1934 Express used cover from Tanta station to Cairo frk. K.Fouad block of 4 (SG 156) booklet stamps guillotined from left side £25
098 1940 Cover from Kafr el Zayat station to Cairo frk. Boy K. Farouk 5 mills booklet stamp (SG 252) guillotined from top £28
099 1950 Reg. cover from Cicurel Asyut Branch big stores to an English inspector, ministry of education in Cairo £35
100 1953 Postal order 250 mills with K.Farouk portrait on without bars! From Kafr el Sheikh, back side 2 tax revenue stamps, unusual item £48
101 Tobacco - 1930 Registered used A. Douros Cigarettes co. in Port Said parcel front, sent from Port Said to India cancelled with Port Said parcel & customs cds + registration no 56 customs label + Port Said custom boxed cachet £18
102 1920 Enquiry form, from Cira to Gianaklis / Ramleh in Alexandria, frk. with DLR pictorials 10 mills stamp (SG 78) £18
103 1922 Money order receipt from Tala to Cairo, frk. with DLR pictorial 10 mills stamp (SG 78) £15
104 1920 Registered article receipt, used en ville Cairo, frk. DLR pictorial 10 mills stamp (SG 78) £10
105 Hotels without post offices 1910 Hotel Ibrahimia- Mallawi upper Egypt cover , frk . With DLR 5 mills stamp, sent to Abu Tig, back side flap missing £20
106 1931 Hotel Cafe Restaurant D.S. Zissos Beni Mazar cover, frk. K.Fouad 5 mills stamp, sent to Cairo £20
107 1937 Hotel Canal el-Suez Cairo cover + letter frk. with K.Fouad 5 mills stamp, sent to Hihya, back side arriving rural service cds £20
108 1940 taxed cover from Qubba Bridge to Cairo, redirected to Basyun (Rural cds), redirected again to Helwan les Bains, taxed with 2 mills postage due (SG D173) £20
109 Meter Machine cds: 1938 Stapledon & Sons Port Said cover, 20 mills crown boxed Meter Machine cds to Havre in France £15
110 1941 The Land Bank of Egypt cover from Alexandria, 06 mills crown boxed Machine cds, frk. with British Community War Fund advertising label £20
111 1911 reg. cover from Saieda Zeinab to Mohamed Sad el Din Pasha in Cairo, frk. DLR 2x4 mills + 1 pt. (SG 62-54) £18
112 1923 Reg. notice from WAKF Ministry, from Tanta to Cairo, mix franking Harrison pict. 15 mills + K.Fouad first portrait 10 mills, correct reg. rate of 15 mills £15
113 Station Postal Markings: Lot of 7 covers with different Station cds 1926-Tanta, 1933-Suhag, 1935-Mansura, 1937-Banha, 1953-Mansura, 1963-Banha, 1961-Asyut, 1965-Asyut £30
114 TPO Postal Markings: lot of 7 covers with different TPO markings 1915-Edfina-Damanhur, 1923-Mansura-Cairo, 1927-Cairo-Port Said, 1928-Damanhur-Tanta, 1931 service ambulant Caire-Asyut, 1936-Qllin-Shirbine + Tanta-Damanhur, 1940-Tanta-Cairo £38
Essays and Artwork
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115 1986 Hand Painted unadopted Revenue stamp essay - 5 Piastres - back side Postal Auth. Remarks - painter Tourki, size 18x20 cm £60
Postal Stationery and Postcards
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116 Early 20th Century Ottmar Zieher, Munich printed embossed postcard - Egyptian Royal crest + DLR Stamps - perfect condition £20
117 1941 Post. Stat. Env. Boy K.Farouk 6 mills, laid paper size 111x146 mm (Nile Post SEN36) unused perfect condition £20
118 Printed matter used 3 wrappers: 1923 El-Latayef el-Mesawara Arabic periodical magazine, addressed to Damietta, frk. Crown ovprt. 1 mills (type 4) stamp £15
119 1924 El-Latayef el-Mesawara Arabic periodical magazine, addressed to Damietta, frk. with K.Fouad first portrait 1 mills stamp (SG 111) £12
120 1926 Arab Library advert. Wrapper, addressed to Damietta, frk. with K.Fouad 2x1 mills stamps (SG 111), back side advertising of the library £12
121 Early 20th century unused Lichtenstern & Harari, Cairo postcard showing inauguration of the monument of Ferdinand de Lesseps statue in Port Said £10
122 French Post Offices in Port Said: 1925 one mills on 1 Mills surcharge stamp in full sheet of 300 stamps with gutter, unmounted good condition £60
123 1971 UAR 100 mills Air letter cancelled with first day issued cachet 1-8-71 (Nile post SALS 15) £15
124 1981 used 120 mills Air letter from Heliopolis to Turku in Finland cancelled on national bank 75th anniversary slogan (Nile post SALS 19) £12
125 1914 DLR pictorials 4 mills + 4 m. prepaid reply card, unused good condition (Nile Post SPC23) £20
126 1894 DLR 3 mills card (Nile Post SPC7) cancelled with 22 1 04 Alexandrie Renseignement cds £20
127 DLR 1890 5 mills Env. (Nile Post SEN6) WM UP, sent from Damiette to Cairo cancelled with star & crescent 12 Ma 92 cds £18
128 Egypt-Cyprus 1950 Via Imperial Telegram receipt issued in Platres to Egypt prime minister Ali Maher Pasha during his vacation in Platres forest in Cyprus £20
129 Perfin on postcard: 1916 Postcard from Port Said to Paris, franked with DLR pictorials 4 mills L.S. perfin stamp (I. Savon), one of the rare Egyptian perfin firms £120
130 1905 M. Rudmann & Fils, le Caire postcard, from Cairo station to Bombay, via Suez by sea post, cancelled TPO Caire-Alexandrie star & crescent 16 xi 05 (Smith TPO type 2A3.1) £24
131 1925 Postcard from Int. Geographical Congress to Paris frk. the congress-issued 10 mills (SG 124) commemorative stamp cancelled with the congress cds one day after £24
132 1931 First flight cover from Port Said to Khartoum 4 Mr 31, frk. with XIV agr. & inds. Expo complete set (SG 182-84) arriving after 3 days £24
Hotel Post and Hotel Mail
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133 1913 cover from Luqsor to Honolulu, Hawaii, frk. with DLR 1 piastre stamp, sent from Luqsor Winter Palace hotel post office, back side transit TPO Asyut-Cairo £28
134 1952 Notice from the Royal Agriculture Society in Cairo, used en ville Cairo, sealed with the society advertising labels, cancelled meter machine 4 mills Crown cds £18
135 1913 incoming postcard from Austrian Post offices in Constantinople to H.E. Saleh Bey Gawdat, Foreign Affairs Minister £18
136 1907 DLR 5 mills p.stat. card from Hotel Des Voyageurs in Alexandria to Hotel Deutscher in Beirut, cancelled arriving Ottoman Beyrouth cds £15
Airmail, Military and Gaza Covers
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137 1968 UNEF Gaza strip Rafah Camp, 56 Canadian Signal Squadron card, sent from Beyrouth to Helsinki £18
138 First flight cover Finnair Cairo-Helsinki 3-11-1979, back side arriving Cairo Airport the same day £10
139 First flight Aerogramme Thessaloniki-Cairo 2-4-1972, arriving Cairo airport the same day £10
140 1956 Airmail cover from Cairo to Denmark, frk. with Second Arab Scout Jamboree 2 stamps (SG 511-12) cancelled with patriotic slogan, censored £18
141 Gaza 1960 cover from Pyramids to Khan Yunes, arriving after 3 days via Gaza, censored £15
142 1959 Airmail cover from Cairo to Bielefeld, frk. with UAR pictorials + protecting children from TB society raising fund 5 mills label, censored £15
143 Egypt-Italy 1926/38 incoming 2 Richter Hotel postcards from Montecatini-Napoli to Cairo £10
144 Lot of 4 DLR P.St. envelopes and cards from Suez Canal Zone: Ismailia 1892 - Suez 1893 - 1897 Ismailia - 1908 Port Said Star and bridge £18
145 1906 DLR 1 mills wrapper from Italian newspaper in Cairo "L'Imparziale" to Bar Monferrato in Alexandria £10
146 1959 Reg. incoming cover from Moscow to a soldier in camp 793 in Ismailia Barracks, via Cairo, cancelled with the camp & Military censorship £10
147 Jumbo lot of Rural service - TPO - Railway Stations postal marking: Rural service - 10 covers used 1931-1959 routes written on each cover by pencil; TPO - 5 covers used 1917-1948; Stations - 11 covers used 1927-1954 + Postcard 1920 £38
148 1954 Egyptian warship "Abukir" on postcard £15
149 1935 Incoming cover from Saigon (French Indo-China) to Port Said £15
Perfins
Lot Description Reserve
150 Perfins: 1926 Imprimes Credit Lyonnais Alexandria window cover franked with the bank CLA Perfin on K.Fouad 2 mills stamp (SG 112) £18
151 1928 Imprimes Credit Lyonnais Alexandria window cover franked with the bank CLA Perfin on K.Fouad 2 mills stamp (SG 149) (both covers with slight foxing traces) £18
152 1959 Bank du Caire (ex Credit Lyonnais Caire) cover franked with CLA Perfin stamp on UAR 10 mills commemorative stamp (SG 583), rare usage of this stamp after the bank was nationalized in 1958 £28
153 Egypt-Sudan 29 used Perfin stamps £28
Cassette Post Envelopes
Lot Description Reserve
154 Cassette Post Envelopes: 1991 Al-Azhar Mosque 2 Pounds envelope (Nile Post SCE2) reg. used from Shibin el Kom to Tabuk in Saudi Arabia uprated with 50 p. definitive stamp (Nile Post D350) £18
155 1991 Al-Azhar Mosque 2 Pounds envelope (Nile Post SCE2) reg. used from Bashtil Village to Al-Baha in Saudi Arabia uprated with 5x10p. definitive stamps (Nile Post D346) (both envelopes in tatty condition) £18
156 1994 Mohamed Ali Mosque 1 Pound envelope (Nile Post SCE6) unused with printing flaw, letters EG of Egypt omitted £18
157 2007 cancelled officially boxed cachet on 4 unused Cassette Post envelopes £15
Airport and Heliopolis Postmarks
Lot Description Reserve
158 Jumbo lot of Heliopolis Post Office cancellation: 1928/98 - 11 covers + 2 postcards £38
159 Lot of 5 Cairo Airport different cancellations on covers 1972/80 £15
160 1971 Reg. UAA envelope from Almaza Aeroport Caisse to Giza (J. Sears Airmail book page 175 - not recorded date) £20
161 1969 cover from Alexandria International Airport to Cairo (not recorded in J. Sears Airmail book) £18
French Post Offices and Instructional Markings
Lot Description Reserve
162 French Post Offices in Alexandria: 1852 entire Aghion Mandolfo from Alexandria to Marseille, taxed £28
163 1855 entire Kazzio & Co from Alexandria to Marseille taxed, cancelled with Paquebot De La Mediterranee red cachet £28
164 1924/35 cover & postcard from Alexandria taxed on arrival with Belgium and USA dues £15
165 Instructional Markings: 1915/36 used 3 covers, all returned to sender, cancelled with Refused / Unclaimed, 3 different cachets £18
Maritime and Suez Canal
Lot Description Reserve
166 1935 Swedish Expedition cover posted on board M/S Gripsholm, Sphinx and Pyramids design, to Cleveland £12
167 2004/06 Khazan Asyut (Asyut Reservoir) modern cancellations, 2 different types on cover and receipt £12
168 Suez & Port Tewfick 12 detachable postcards views inside complete booklet - Edition Vitta & Cie, Le Caire, Port Said & Alexandrie £35
169 1928/31 used 3 postcards on board Italian Lloyd Triestino vessels: 1928 - P/F Helouan, 1930 - P/F Pilsna, 1931 - P/F Victoria £15
170 Bitter Lakes: 1972 postcard from European ships at Great Bitter Lake, Alexandria 1914 - Munich 1972; special postcard from San Marino to Cairo censored on arrival £20
Military Mail
Lot Description Reserve
171 On Active Service 1942/46 selection of 4 censored covers £12
Meter Marks and Modern Errors
Lot Description Reserve
172 Meter Machine cancellations: 1942/53 lot of 6 covers + 3 receipts £28
173 Unusual cancellations 7 covers used in 1964/81 Nasg kafr el dawar – Mashtoul el suq – Shate Mamoura – Tabluha – Gheit el enab – Kisariya Aswan – Qumbush el hamras £18
174 2015 Definitive 3 pounds stamp (Amenhotep son of Hapu) in full sheet of 100 with a printing variety - printing process red tape printed on the stamps, unusual £60
Sudan
Lot Description Reserve
175 Sudan 1897 first issue 1 mills (SG 1) in block of 60 stamps, unmounted except bottom row with some hinge traces £60
Express Mail
Lot Description Reserve
176 Express covers: 1954/80 lot of 13 covers with a selection of cancellations and Express cachets £28
Errors and Varieties
Lot Description Reserve
177 1991 Modern stamp printing 3 varieties, Mohamed Nagi (Painter) 10 P. (SG no 1803) issued stamp with 3 printing varieties - misplaced frame, miss-cut value omitted, imperforate from top with no values £60
Cancellations
Lot Description Reserve
178 De La Rue stamps with cancellations: lot of 7 stamps with Retta £12
179 Lot of 6 stamps with Star & Crescent £12
180 Lot of 10 stamps with railway Station cancels £12
181 Paquebot "MEMFI" CDS on DLR 2 mills pair £10
182 Sudan: 3 DLR stamps with reversed dates £10
Sudan and Regional Issues
Lot Description Reserve
183 1985 Currency change - hand stamped: lot of 23 unmounted stamps in blocks, including inverted blocks £25
184 2000-2008 Currency change - hand stamped: lot of 74 unmounted blocks £38
185 Lot of early 20th century 20 unused postcards showing the White and Blue Nile and tribes living around south Sudan, Wau, Rejaf, Khartoum, camels - interesting lot about the South Sudan region £29
186 UAR-Yemen Republic hand stamped printing essay made in Egypt on Arab League Week 2 stamps (S.G. 161-62) £18
187 2020 printed World Statistics Day 4 pounds stamp pair with spelling variety "EYGPT" instead of "EGYPT" £28
188 Mobinil 1 Pound stamp printed but rejected by Postal Authority and not sold in Post offices £18
189 Sudan - jumbo lot of 20 postal history used covers incoming to Egypt + 2 postcards £38
Postal History and Fund-Raising Issues
Lot Description Reserve
190 10 December 1929 Medical Instruments Exhibition in Cairo commemorative cancellation on 1928 Medical Int. Congress 5 mills stamp (S.G. 176), sent to New York £17
191 Yemen Kingdom: 1951 reg. cover from Hodaida to Egyptian charge d'affaires in Sanaa £15
192 Aden - South Arabia 1956/75 used lot of incoming 3 covers + Air letter + Postcard £15
193 Help Palestine high-value raising-fund coupons, printed in Egypt - first printing £18
194 Printed matter: 2 wrappers + 2 covers 1956/98 £15
195 1968 postage-paid en ville Cairo used cover £12
196 1959 Found Open label UAR (type 10) in French, full sheet of 20 £12
Proofs, Errors and Specimen Issues
Lot Description Reserve
197 1942 Millenary of Al-Azhar University, the unissued set of 4 marginal mis-perforated blocks of 4, MNH £3,000
198 1948 color trials of the IMABA issue from the Royal Collection of King Farouk on large presentation card, possibly UNIQUE £9,500
199 Syria 1946 Airmail complete X-Back set of 11, VF £750
200 Syria 1946 Shukry al-Quwatli complete X-Back set of 3, VF £225
201 Syria 1947 Shukry al-Quwatli complete X-Back set of 3, VF £225
202 Syria 1947 Arab Horses complete X-Back set of 3, VF £225
Medals and Literature
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203 THE GIACOMO MUZZI MEDAL The commemorative bronze medal offered to Giacomo Muzzi Bey by the employees of the Egyptian Post in 1871 as a sign of respect for their Director. Dimensions: Diameter 52 millimetres; thickness 5 mm; weight 76 grammes. In a clear protective casing. See the full story in the article by P. L. Grech in ESC QC No. 291, December 2024, pages 180-181. The Medal is also illustrated on page 7 of *L'Orient Philatelique* No 109 of January 1963 and in Luca Daniele Biolato (ESC 417) magnificent 1996 volume "*La Posta Europea nel contesto della storia postale dell'Egitto"* on page 324. Fine condition. Superb and unique item. £110
204 THOMAS COOK COLLECTION - 8 copies of the Cook's "Time Traveller" magasine (1988-1993) discontinued in 1994 (letter enclosed), all with some Egypt tourism content (No.7 has complete list of all 45 Cook's Nile steamers, Dahabeahs, floating docks, etc.). Also catalogue of Cook's Travel Archive Posters; plus illustrated brochure history and several colour postcard illustrations; one "The Time Traveller Gazette" and illustrated folder with photocopies of 45 pages extract from "Nile Season 1898-99, Cook 's Arrangements" with travel details, timetables, etc. All kept in convenient A4 box + 7 page Biographical notes in French.Very fine condition. £12
205 "The Col. J.R. DANSON collection of EGYPT" - Robson Lowe, Geneva, 28 April 1977. 56 pages with 480 lots. Fully illustrated, with four central colour plates. The magnificent collection of one of the pillar members of the Egypt Study Circle. With Foreign Offices, Proofs and Essays, Egypt issues to Fouad, Military Post and Campaigns, Egypt offices Abroad, The Sudan, etc. Catalogue in immaculate condition and now quite scarce. With Prices Realised. £7
206 "Admiralty Mediterranean Steam Packets, 1830 to 1857". By Colin Tabeart. Ed. James Bendon, 2002. Hard cover, (245 x 175 mm) 280 pages. The story of this essential early Maritime Route, linking Britain to Malta, Alexandria, etc. and the route to India. All information of ships and timetables.Some B/W illustrations. Incredible detail. Condition New. Weight 770g. £38
207 " British Maritime Postal History, Vol. 1. The P&O Bombay & Australian Lines, 1852 - 1914". By R. Kirk. Ed. Postal History International. Hard back (245 x 175 mm). 166 pages. History and postmarks, with full details of ships and all sailing timetables. Some B/W illustrations. Follow up to the previous Steam Packets auction lot. Condition like new. Weight 490g £24
208 " British Maritime Postal History, Vol. 2. The P&O Lines to the Far East. By R. Kirk. Pub. Proud Bailey Co. Hard back (250 x 175 mm). 224 pages. All the ships and timetables of sailings on the routes to China, Japan, etc. With maps and photos of ships & covers. Fully detailed information. Third volume of the Maritime Trilogy. Condition like new. Weight 670g £30
209 "Censorship of Civil Mail in Egypt, 1939-1945", a listing of handstamps and resealing labels with known dates of use. By Peter Andrews, self-published 2003. Signed by the author. 90 pages in soft covers, spiral bound. 300 x 210 mm. Fantastic survey of all of Egypt's Censor Marks in WW 2, including work by Gabiel Boulad and Mike Murphy. Essential for identifying re-sealing tapes and all those marks found on covers. Book condition immaculate £15
210 "The Sudan Campaigns, 1881-1898". By Robert Wilkinson-Latham and Michael Roffe. Osprey Men at Arms Series No.59. 1981. 40 pages and 8 colour plates. (247 x 183 mm) Gordon, Kitchener, Om Durman, the reconquest of the Sudan, etc. Condition like new. £9
211 "The Obelisks of Egypt- Skyscrapers of the Past" - by Labib Habashi, pub. J.M. Dent & Sons, London, 1978. 203 pages, hardbound cloth cover, 235 x 155 mm, dust jacket. Illustrated through with 50 B/W plates and 35 figures. Fascinating description of the making and raising obelisks and today their scattering in various cities around the world. Weight 590g. £12
212 "The British in the Middle East" - by Sarah Searight - Revised and updated edition published by East-West Publications, London, 1979. 290 pages, hard cover, 235 x 160 mm, dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Explorers, travellers, diplomats, tradesmen, archaeologists, not only in Egypt but also Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, the routes to India, etc. from earliest days to the mid-19th Century. With maps. Captivating. Book in perfect condition. Weight 650g. £8
213 "The Arab Revolt, 1916 - 1918. Lawrence sets Arabia ablaze". By David Murphy and Peter Dennis. Osprey Publishing, 2008. 96 pages in soft covers (247 x 183mm). Illustrated with B/W and colour photos, maps and paintings of the campaign. Condition like new. £10
214 "The Mena House Oberoi". Hotel, Cairo, Egypt. By Nina Nelson. Revised 1997 edition. 146 pages ((230 x 170 mm) in soft cover. Fascinating history of this famous hotel, up to date. Illustrated in B/W. With the site development, personalities, etc. Condition like new. £7
215 " A Dictionary of Egyptian Civilisation". By Georges Posener. Pub. Methuen & Co 1962. Cloth hardbound in dust jacket. (215 x 160mm). 320 pages. Small damage to dust jacket rear. Illustrated in colour, A-Z of Ancient Egypt. Fine reference. Good condition. Weight 740g. £18
216 "A Thousand Miles Up the Nile". By Amelia B. Edwards. Century Publishing, London, 1982. Cloth hardbound in dust jacket. (220 x 140 mm). 499 pages. Several B/W images *First reprint of this book since 1888*. Illustrated classic travel description by the lady who later founded the Egypt Exploration Fund. Book in very good condition. Weigt 800g. £12
Postal History
Lot Description Reserve
217 "1946 Day of Issue Cover" - Early illustrated FDC for the GB 1946 "Victory" issue: 2½d and 3d George VI. From Edinburgh to Ismailia (Jean Boulad), arrival 7 July. The 11 June postmark date not very clear on the dark stamp, but a scarce historic item with unusual destination. Slogan "Don't Waste Bread, Others Need It". £14
218 Air Mail Envelope from Zurich, Switzerland, (13 Jan. 1949). to Ismailia (Jean Boulad). Franked with the full set of four Swiss 1948 Pro-Juventute stamps, all in horizontal pairs. Swiss Registration label and Egypt Censor mark. Cairo Foreign transit and BLUE Ismailia arrival datestamp (umusual) 18 January.. Very clean and attractive. £10
219 Cover from Bern, Switzerland (25 November 1941) to Alexandria (19 Feb. 1942). Printed Envelope from the Directorate of Posts in Bern, franked by strip of three 10c. Swiss stamps for the 750 years of the foundation of Bern, cancelled "Swiss Postal Museum". The long journey time was due to the number of German U-Boats, and the Desert War with Rommel. Meaning the letter had to travel overland around the Eastern Mediterranean to reach Alex. £4
220 "Alexandria/ SEAMEN'S HOME", BOTH TYPES of postmark on 2 cards: a) postcard (donkey boys) to Newcastle, franked 2 Mills De la Rue 15 January 1908, cancelled "ALEXANDRIA (PORT) (SEAMEN'S HOME)", Van Pellecom A_SH_03, with Alexandria transit. b) postcard (natives praying), to Sussex in Free Franking, marked "On Active Service", with postmark "ALEXANDRIA SEAMEN'S HOME" 8 October 1915, Van Pellecom A_SH_04. Also Alexandria transit. Good condition, fine complete strikes of both Seamen's Home datestamps. £15
221 NILE HILTON POST OFFICE datestamp, 30/3/1960, cancelling a pair of blue 35 Mill stamps (1958 Eagle and ship, "UAR Egypt") on postcard to Vermont, USA (pyramids). £5
222 Semiramis Hotel, Cairo - LL 125. Superb complete view of the hotel in its original configuration as opened in 1907, before it was sold to Charles Baehler in 1910 who immediately added 50 rooms & made structural alterations removing building's external ornaments. Scarce. £6
223 Luxor Hotel, Luxor (Murphy HL2) 14 January 1907, on two 2 Mills De LaRue on front of colour card to Paris showing ruins of Karnak. Alexandria transit 15 January on rear. £6
224 SANTA CRUZ de TENERIFE, Canary Islands, 26 December 1937. Postcard to the "Club Philatelique" (old name of the PSE) at their Rue Mouillard, Cairo address, requesting a sample copy of the L'OP and subscription rates. Franked 5c & 10c Spanish definitives plus a political stamp "League of National Defence", Zaragoza, in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. Cairo machine mark arrival, 14 January, on the front. On the back a red censor mark "Censura Militar / Santa Cruz de Tenerife". Rear top left is manuscript note by a PSE member indicating that L'OP No. 35 was sent on 1st February 1938. Fantastic origin, historical interest for the PSE. £7
225 T.P.O. "PORT-SAID - CAIRO / T.P.O./ Foreign Mails" dated 2- II- 10 on Postcard from Grasse, France, 27 January 1910, franked 10c red Sower. Addressed to the Hotel Continental, but redirected by the Hotel to the recipient's new address. Superb strike of the Hotel's postmark CONTINENTAL HOTEL / CAIRO, 2 February. Outstanding. £5
226 Retta Cancellation: Postcard to Jerusalem, showing Karnak Pylon, franked 4 Mills for correct rate, made up of two green 2 Mill stamps. One at the back, cancelled Cairo 25 February 1909 & one at the front, missed cancelling on departure and obliterated by Retta in transit. £4
227 Destination: Postcard (fine colour lithograph of Cairo street scenes) addressed to Crimea, Russia. Franked De La Rue 2 Mill (UPU Imprimé rate) cancelled Cairo, 21 January 1902. Russian transit and arrival marks, 19 February. Scarce unusual destination. £5
228 JERUSALEM - PALESTINE - French Post Office postmark (two clear strikes) dated 14 July 1905, cancelling well-centered French Levant 10c red Mouchon on postcard to Kain, Belgium, arrival datestamp 23 July. Card shows Bedouin Escort on horseback. Very fine. £10
French Post Offices
Lot Description Reserve
229 Port-Said - 1921 Local Surcharge- Mint original gum block of four 5 Mills on 3c red-orange type Blanc (SG 140 / Yvert 38 / Nile FPO 135). Very slight hinge mark on one stamp, & the block was folded along the horizontal perforations with no damage. Scarce in multipe (4). £8
230 Port-Said - 1899 issue. Overprint PORT-SAID on French 40c Sage red-orange stamp. (Yvert 13 / SG 113). Mounted Mint. £3
231 ALEXANDRIE - 25c Blue Mouchon stamp of 1903, (Yvert 23 / SG 23) in a fine used Block of Four (4 stamps). £3
232 French P.O. Alexandrie - 24 March 1904. Good postmark on a 5c yellow-green Type Blanc of Alexandrie (Yvert 23 / SG 23) on front of a postcard depicting Pompee's column. Clear datestamp is repeated on the back. This is the first 5c printing (yellow-green). £5
233 Alexandrie - FORGERY - for reference. 1899 issue. French Sage 5c yellow-green (Yvert 5 / SG 5) with fake double ALEXANDRIE red overprint. Double overprint is not known to exist on this 5c stamp value and it is marked "Forgery" on the back (photos). £4
Hotel Post and Commercial Mail
Lot Description Reserve
234 PC Caire Station 1904 £6
235 Cover Continental Savoy 1934 £6
236 3 covers to Germany £3
237 Cover from Summer Palace Hotel 1936 £8
238 PC Continental Savoy 1922 type 5 £8
239 PC Continental Cairo 1909 type 4 £10
240 PC Grand Continental Cairo 1907 type 3a £8
241 PC Grand Continental Hotel 1901 type 2 £10
242 PC Simon Arzt précurseur 1895 £12
243 Cover Simon Arzt 1935 £8
244 Cover Simon Arzt 1939 £10
245 2 PC Simon Arzt Store £10
British Post Office and Internee Camp
Lot Description Reserve
246 Egypt. British Post office, 1939. Unrecorded 10 cts hand painted colour essay postal stationary cover of “Aliens interment camp post” tied by Alexandria stamps office CDS and framed “Alien interment/ Sidi/Bishr/Alexandria rubber stamp. Sent to Port Said with arrival CDS on reverse. Unique show cover £500
Egypt-Gaza Varieties
Lot Description Reserve
247 Egypt Gaza 1948. Royal collection colour trial. 4m o/pin green instead of red 5 m o/p green instead of blck. 15 m o/p green instead of red orange. All MNH signed by the Egyptian philatelic society and Charles Hass. Only 100 stamps of each exist NP 4ct,P5ct P9ct1 P9ct2 Rare £300
248 As above plus50 p o/pin black instead of res NP P19ct certificate as above in photo £800
249 Egypt – Gaza, 1948, Royal Collection in MNH upper left over block of 4 with overprint inverted, left pair bearing positional varieties: Dot under “A” of Arabic Palestine & broken Arabic Palestine (positions 89 × 19 of the overprint). Very rare, only 2 stamps of each variety exist. NP P1b with varieties A-2 × A-3. £400
250 Egypt-Gaza, 1948. Royal Collection / MNH upper right corner block of 4 with overprinted inverted and à cheval downward signed Charles F. Hass. Only one sheet of 100 stamps with o/p à cheval downward exist . NP/P1C. £300
251 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: Royal Collection 2m MNH Lower left control A/46 A47 para with overprint inverted and à cheval (2 sheets are recorded) , right stamp is with Stunted "Feh" &"Ta" of Arabic Palestine (position 9 of the over print. Only 2 stamps with the variety exist. Very rare NPP2 d with A-1 variety £200
252 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 3m Vertical MNH pair with varieties Palestine in English is missing in upper stamp ( only 10 stamps exist & words of overprint is transposed in lower stamp (only 90 stamps exist) signed Charles F. Hass. Rare. NPP 3 b * 3C. £200
253 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 4m Upper left Corner MNH block of 4 with variety over print vertically à cheval. Scarce. NPR4b £100
254 Egypt-Gaza, 1948 : 6m MNH double over print variety signed Charles F. Hass. NPP6C. Only 100 stamps exist. £80
255 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 6m Two pairs one MNH & the other marginal used , both with double over print , one impression very pale, only 100 stamps exist. NPP6d. £100
256 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 6 m Overprint vertically à cheval variety MNH signed Charles F. Hans. NPP6e. £50
257 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 6M Overprint horizontally à Cheval variety MLH. NBP6J. £50
258 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 10 m Overprint à cheval vertically MNH. Unrecorded £50
259 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 200 m Unrecorded variety : overprint à cheval upward MNH £50
260 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: 50 Pi MNH unrecorded variety, red blotch at lower margin. Signed Brun. £80
261 Egypt-Gaza, 1948: I LE MNH block control A/45A/46. Scarce. £200
262 Egypt Gaza, 1948: 2 m Air from the Royal collection with inverted overprint MNH signed Egyptian Philatelic Society. Only 200 stamps exist. £50
263 Egypt-Gaza, 1953: Im Over printed 3 bars with variety mirror image of "Palestine" MNH block NPP20d £50
264 Egypt-Gaza, 1953: 2m Overprinted 6 bars MNH block of 4 with varieties. Dot under "F" of Arabic Palestine & broken characters. NPP21a varieties on 6 bars. £100
265 Egypt-Gaza, 1953: 3m Marginal MNH with overprint inverted without bars signed by Egyptian Philatelic Society. Only 100 stamps exist NPP22b. £100
266 Egypt-Gaza, 1953: 3m Overprinted 6 bars marginal MNH block of 10 £80
267 Egypt–Gaza, 1953: 2m, 3m x 4m MNH pairs each with upper stamp over printed 6 bars & lower stamp without bars. Unrecorded. £100
268 Egypt – Gaza, 1953: 13m Overprint 6 bars block Control A/39 MNH. Scarce. £100
269 Egypt-Gaza, 1953 : 50 pi Marginal vertical pair with upper stamp overprinted 3 bars & lower one without Overprint MINH . Unrecorded . Rare only 10 pairs Can exist £200
270 Egypt-Gaza, 1953: 1LE Overprinted 3 bars with variety: central bar split (position 39) MNH. NA P38a £80
271 Egypt-Baza, 1953: ILE Over printed 6 bars MNH. Only 50 Stamps exist. NP P38. Cat $250. £100
272 Egypt-Gaza Air: 1953: 3m Overprinted 6 bars, one set of bars is badly misplaced MNH marginal pair signed. The pair of bars are matching with a variety split middle bar. Unrecorded. £100
273 Egypt-Gaza air, 1953: 5m Air overprinted 3 bars \ Palestine variety: Double Palestine MNH. Only* 100 stamps exist. Scarce NPPAI5c £80
274 Egypt- Gaza Air 1953: 5m air overprinted 3bars \* Palestine with variety : Triple Palestine MNH . 2 of the overprints and exactly superimposed while the 3rd is apart Detailed description listed in Nile Post . Scarce, only 100 stamps exist. NPPA 15d £80
275 Egypt-Gaza Air, 1953: 50m Ai overprinted 3 bars \Palestine in magenta MNH signed Herzig NPPA22c £50
276 Egypt - Gaza Air, 1953: 2m Overprinted KES 3 bars a Palestine with variety "Palestine double MNH 3 Stamps. One the double aligned on same line , second with one o/p shifted upward and the third both o/p aligned on same line with one a chelval. The 3 stamps are coming from 3 different sheets, each signed Charles F. Hass with detailed description mentioned at NP footnote NAPA25d £100
277 Egypt-Gaza Air, 1955– 5m unrecorded overprint à cheval marginal MNH pair. Only 50 stamps exist. £125
278 Egypt-Gaza Air 1955: 5m Unrecorded overprint double MNH – Signed Egyptian Philatelic Society. Only 50 stamps exist. £80
279 Egypt‑ Gaza Air , 1955: 15m Overprint horizontally à cheval pair MNH‑MLH. NPPA 32d. Only 50 stamps exist. £100
280 Egypt-Gaza Express, 1948: 40 m Double kissing overprint MNH signed Charles F. Hass. Rare only few stamps exist. NPPEX1e £150
281 Egypt-Gaza, 1955-56: 1 m Red-brown overprinted shifted & Left marginal MNH block of 10. Unrecorded show piece. £300
282 Egypt-Gaza, 1955-56: 2a Slate-purple unrecorded overprint double MLH signed Stolow . Rare £70
283 Egypt-Gaza, 1955-56 : 2m Stata-purple with variety overprint à cheval vertically upper left owned MNH block of 25 from the unique sheet of 100 stamps. It also includes many other positional varieties. NPP40 b. Cat $ 1000. £200
284 Egypt-Baza, 1955-56: 3m Blue unrecorded overprint diagonally à cheval MNH control block of 20, also mis-perforated. (folded in middle ) £200
285 Egypt-Gaza, 1955-56: 35m Mosque MNH with overprint transposed. Only 100 stamps exsist. NPP5oe. £70
286 Egypt-Gaza, 1958: 1 m Farmer's wife over printed double marginal pair signed Charles F. Hass. 200 stamps exist. NPP61b. £80
287 Egypt-Gaza, 1959:55m / 100m Nefertiti unrecorded colour trial overprint in black instead of green MNH. Only 100 stamps exist. £100
288 Egypt‑Gaza, 1959 : 55 m/100m Nefertiti unrecorded variety : misperforate MNH. £100
289 Egypt-Gaza, 1959: 55m/100m Nefertiti variety: Palestine overprint misplaced upward marginal MNH block of 4. Only 100 stamps exist. NPP68c. £150
290 Egypt-Gaza, 1959:55m/100m Nefertiti variety: Palestine double one inverted MNH. NPP68e . Only ( 100 stamps exist****no description given…. £125
291 Egypt-Gaza, 1959:55m/100m Nefertiti variety: Palestine double one inverted MNH. NPP68e . Only ( 100 stamps exist £125
292 Egypt-Gaza, 1959: 55m/100m Nefertiti variety: 55m of surcharge vertically à cheval MNH marginal pair. Very small quantity exist. NPP68f. £150
293 Egypt- Gaza, 1959: 55on/100m Nefertiti variety: surcharged transposed MNH. Only 90 stamps exist. Signed Charles F. Hass. NP P68g. £100
294 Egypt-Gaza, 1959:55m/100m Nefertiti variety: double black surcharge MNH. One pair of 100 stamps exist. NPP68j. £80
295 Egypt- Gaza, 1960:10 m Imperforate 3 marginal singles MNH. Only 300 stamps exist. NPP72a. £50
296 Egypt-Gaza Commem. Colour Trial, 1958: 35m tenth Ann of Declaration of Human Rights with overprint in bottom MNH. Only 50 stamps exist. NPPC4 ct £150
297 Egypt – Gaza Comm, 1958: 10m Tenth Ann. Of Declaration of Human Rights double overprint. Only 50 stamps exist NPPC 3a. MNH. £150
298 Egypt-Gaza Commem., 1958:10m Tenth Ann of Declaration of Human Rights without overprint MNH left lower corner with printer's marking in blue About the missing over print. Only 50 stamps with this particular stamp being unique positional corner of sheet & also for the printer's marking , NPPC3b. £150
299 Egypt- Gaza Commem., 1958 35m Tenth Ann. Of Declaration of Human Rights without overprint. MNH. Only 50 stamps exist NPPC4b. £150
300 Egypt-Gaza Commem. 1961: WHO imperforate pair & marginal single from 2 different sheets (different shades). Only 50 stamps of each exist. NPPC 7a. Cat $ 300. MNH £150
Definitive Issues, Errors and Varieties
Lot Description Reserve
301 1867 20pa, blank obelisk, (SG 13var, NP D10g, MB 10h), very fine used. £35
302 1867 1pi, sewing machine-perforeted vertically on one sides, (SG 14var, NP D11l, MB 11var), very fine used. £25
303 1867, 1pi, watermark impresed on face (SG 14var, NP D11z, MB 11p), very fine used. £15
304 1872 20pa, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, frameline at right broken, smashed, pushed inward, (SG 30var, NP D16l, MB 16var), very fine used. £30
305 1872 1pi, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, joined letters 'KH' and 'VIE E', (NP D17g, MB 17var), very fine used. £35
306 1872 1pi, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, double perforation horizontally (NP D17h, MB 17var), very fine used. £45
307 1872 1pi, perforation 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, inverted watermark (NP D17i, MB 17g), very fine used. £10
308 1872 1pi, perforation 13 1/3 x 13 1/3, joined letters 'KH' and 'VIE E', (NP D17s, MB 17var), very fine used. £45
309 1872 1pi, perforation 13 1/3 x 13 1/3, inverted watermark (NP D17t, MB 17g), very fine used. £25
310 1872 20pa LITHO, pefroration 13 1/3 x 13 1/3, (NP D21t, MB 21), very fine used. £40
311 1872 1pi LITHO, pefroration 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, (SG 27, NP D22, MB 22 cat $60), very fine used. £20
312 1874 20pa, perforation 13 1/3 x 12 1/2, unwatermarked (NP D25s, MB 25e cat $75), very fine used £15
313 1874 1pi, perforation 12 1/2, colored expansion of frameline at top left, (NP D26p, MB 26var), very fine used £15
314 1879 10pa on 2 1/2 pi, perforation 12 1/2, white hole above E of POSTE, position 69, (NP D31e, MB 31var), very fine used £30
315 1879 20pa with rare upright watermark, (NP D36a, MB 36a cat $100), mint hinged. £40
316 1884 20pa on 5pi, inverted surcharge, (NP 40a, MB 40b), mint higed. £30
317 1906 1m, watermark inverted (SG 58var, NP D45a, MB 45a), very fine used. £5
318 1906 2m, watermark inverted (SG 59var, NP D46a, MB 46a cat $40), very fine used. £8
319 1914 3m, watermark inverted (SG 75var, NP D55a, MB 55c), very fine used £35
320 1914 5m, watermark inverted (SG 77var, NP D57a, MB 57b cat $40), very fine used. £10
321 1921 2m, watermark inverted (NP D66a, MB 66i), very fine used. £6
322 1922 100m, watermark crescent and star, (NP D88I, MB 88I), mint hinged. £30
323 1922 100m, inverted watermark triple crescent and star, (NP D89Ic, MB 89Ib), very fine used £10
324 1923 4m Fouad, retouch at the left of the Kig's face, position 21,, (SG 114 var, NP D94b, MB 94 var), very fine used. £10
325 1923 4m Fouad, retouch on top left lotus, (SG 114 var, NP D94c, MB 94 var), very fine used. £10
326 1923 5m Fouad, retouch to oval frame and background, top right (SG 115 var, NP D95b, MB 95 var), very fine used. £10
327 1923 5m Fouad, hairy ear, (SG 115 var, NP D95d, MB 95 var), very fine used. £10
328 1923 5m,10m,15m Fouad, reversed watermark, (SG 115-117 var, NP D95a, 96a, 97a, MB 95b, 96b, 97b), very fine used. £10
329 1926 15m on 200m 'I', "M" and "S" flowed, position 5 ( SG 137var, NP D105bb, MB105var), very fine used £8
330 1932 Fouad surcharged, complete set (NP D127-128, MB 134-135), unmounted mint £220
331 1932 50m on 50pi, colored spot in background, position 17 (NP D127a, MB 134a), fine used £10
332 1932 50m on 50pi, perforated 14 x 14 & 14 3/4, (NP D127c, MB 134g), mint hinged £10
333 1937 Farouk boy, portrait issue, complete set (NP D136-154, MB 143-161), unmounted mint £60
334 1937 1m Farouk boy, oblique perforation, royal misperforated (NP D136c, MB 143r1), unmounted mint £15
335 1937 15m Farouk boy inverted watermark,(SG 256var, NP D144a, MB 151a), unmounted mint. £3
336 1937 One pound Farouk, with guide marking at top left, (NP D154a, MB 161b), very fine used £5
337 1952 Farouk overprinted issue, complete set, (NP D173-191, MB 180-198) unmounted mint £70
338 1953 pictorial postage set of 19, (SG 414-432, NP D192-210, MB 199-217), unmounted mint. £20
339 1953 40m Farouk 3 bars, (NP 224 control, MB 232), unmounted mint £30
340 1959 Nefertiti 55m on 100m, misplaced overprint "U" missing, (SG 588var, NP D252b, MB 274b), marginal corner copy unmounted mint. £10
Commemoratives and Airmails
Lot Description Reserve
341 1925 Georgaphycal congres set, (SG 123-125, NP C4-6, MB 1-3 cat $50), mint hinged £7
342 1926 10m Georgaphycal congres, Arabic characters connected, position 42, (SG 124var, NP C5a, MB 2a), very fine used £20
343 1926 50pi Fouad, perforated 14 x 14 3/4 & 14, (NP C13f, MB 10c), very fine used £25
344 1933 Trains set, (SG 189-192, NP C38-41, MB 33-36), very fine used £15
345 1933 UPU set, (SG 219-232, NP C47-60, MB 42-55 cat $388), very fine used. £100
346 1938 Birthday pound, (SG 272, NP C82, MB 77), very fine used £120
347 1959 Flag blue colour unwatermarked printing experiment, (MB 207b), complete sheet of 50, extremely rare, unmounted mint. £350
348 1931 50m on 27m, Zeppelin, '5' spaced out of '0; in '50', (NP C36f, MB 3j), very fine used £30
349 1948, 22m on 200m marginal block of four including "8 broken forming C" error, position 27, (SG 349-350 var, NP C120a, MB 44c), unmounted mint. £7
350 1952 Farouk overprinted issue, complete set, (NP A40-51, MB 45-56) unmounted mint £15
TPO and Rural Service
Lot Description Reserve
351 Deliberately Left Blank
352 Fouad 15 Mills MANSURA 1933 via TPO MANSURA-CAIRO § VV and Zaqaziq to Malta £20
353 Fouad Stationary + Young Farouk DUMIAT 1939 via TPO TANTA-DUMIAT § VV £26
354 UK stamps CARDIFF 1929 to CAIRO - Transit TPO 24 CAIRO / S £50
355 Young Farouk DIBIG 1942 via ZAQAZIG - AGA § VV to Simbillawein £50
356 Fouad 5 Mills on Envelope RURAL SINTIRIS- FARONIYA 1932 - Linear EL FARAONIA £30
357 Fouad 5 Mills on Envelope RURAL RAMLET EL ANGIB - KAMSHUSH (Village) 1928 - Linear BEHOUACHE £30
358 Fouad 5 Mills on Envelope RURAL BENHA - GAMGARA EL GADIDA 1939 £24
359 Fouad 5 Mills x 3 on Envelope RURAL EL HAMUL EL KOM EL AHMAR 1932 - SHUBRA ZINGI £30
360 Fouad 5 Mills on Envelope RURAL MINSHA - HIRESAT EL GHARBIA 1937 - KOM-BADDAR £30
Hotel Post and Hotel Mail
Lot Description Reserve
361 1911 SCARCE Cancel SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL CASH on a DLR Letter Card to the US £35
362 1913 Viewcard Ship SS Cedric from Italy to SEMIRAMIS Hotel CAIRO. After closure of the Hotel P.O replaced by civilian P.O. , arrival QASR EL DUBARA £20
363 1891 Private cancel MENA HOUSE Pyramids (before opening Hotel P.O.) on DLR 5 M card £100
364 1892 PYRAMIDS Mena House definitive cancel c.t.o.on DLR 1 Mill envelope - Beautiful £60
365 1894 PYRAMIDS Mena House cancel on DLR 3 Mills Stat.card + DLR 2 Mills to Belgium £100
366 1907 PYRAMIDS cancel on DLR 4 Mills to UK - Viewcard of the MENA HOUSE Hotel £15
367 1908 SAN STEFANO HOTEL Blue Bridge cancel on DLR 3 Mills Viewcard to ATHENS £40
368 1911 SAN STEFANO HOTEL Black Bridge cancel on DLR 4 Mills Viewcard to PARIS £40
369 1899 LUXOR HOTEL cancel on DLR 3 Mills stationary card to Caire £40
370 1909 CATARACT HOTEL ASSOUAN blue cancel on DLR 2 Mills - Assouan Hotel Viewcard £13
371 1922 Illustrated Envelope GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL on DLR Pictorials CAIRO to BXL £24
372 1926 Illustrated Envelope The UPPER EGYPT HOTELS ASSOUAN and LUXOR - Beautiful franking Fouad cancelled WINTER PALACE LUQSOR to BERLIN £40
373 1949 The Egyptian Hotels LTD Receipt - Revenue stamp cancelled SEMIRAMIS HOTEL Paid £12
374 1954 Air Mail cover from Netherlands to SEMIRAMIS HOTEL resident (Finland diplomat) - transferred to private address with SCARCE " Resending Label " of SEMIRAMIS HOTEL £30
375 1925 Thomas Cook Envelope from ALGERIA to COOK § SON CAIRO , resent to the USA £35
376 1935 Thomas Cook Envelope Fouad franking 55 Mills cancelled COOK R § P / Cook Sweden £45
377 1892 SIMON ARZT , Manager PORT SAID Oval cancel on DLR 5 Mills stationary card to NL £24
378 1902 BRISTOL HOTEL CAIRO - 2 different private cancels on DLR 3+1 Mills viewcard £30
379 1953 Envelope HELIOPOLIS PALACE HOTEL - Farouk franking cancelled HELIOPOLIS to USA £18
380 1938 HOTEL CECIL ALEXANDRIA private cancel on Envelope Young Farouk 15 Mills to UK £15
381 1928 HOTEL CENTRAL-CAR PORT SAID private cancel on Registered Envelope Fouad 40 M. £15
Early Postal History and De La Rue
Lot Description Reserve
382 1865 (First Year of the Post - no stamps yet) Cover Poste V. R. ALESSANDRIA to MANSURA £45
383 1875 Egyptian Postage DUE marking 3 (Piastres) on small envelope from Italy to CAIRO £400
384 1869 Cover 1 Pi. Penasson LAKE-RED Cairo to Alessandria - JUDAICA M. ARBIB family £150
385 1877 Cover 1 Pi. Bulaq with T variety (PIASTRA) Poste Khedivie MINUF to Cairo £125
386 1874 Cover (see condition) 1 Pi Bulaq variety broken corner (upper left) MANSURA Cairo £60
387 1879 Cover 1 Pi. DLR Italian Language Poste Egiziane MANSURA 4 MAG 79 to Cairo £30
388 1879 Cover Pair 1 Pi. DLR Poste Egiziane SUEZ (Regie erased) + Boxed RACCOMANDATO £65
389 1879 Cover (stuck on cardboard) 2 Pi. DLR Poste Egiziane ATFE + Boxed RACCOMANDATO £50
390 1889 STAR § CRESCENT - CHIBIN EL KOM on DLR 5 Mills stationary card £18
391 1907 EASTERN TELEGRAPH - Front only of Registered Envelope DLR 2 x 4 Mills CAIRO R £60
392 1903 DLR 2 Mills GUTTER PAIR on Carlo Mieli Viewcard Alexandria to Livorno £14
393 1901 DLR 1 Mill GUTTER Block of Four (SCARCE) on Carlo Mieli Hotel San Stefano Viewcard £30
394 1939 Illustrated Envelope Grands Magasins Cicurel (JUDAICA) Young Farouk to UK - M censor £18
Airmail and Imperial Routes
Lot Description Reserve
395 Cover Fouad 4 + 10 Mills CAIRO 1925 to BAGHDAD - Air Mail Label - Printed Matter tariff £18
396 Registered Cover Fouad + Diverse CAIRO 11 JA 1927 to BASRA - First Imperial Airways Flight £30
397 Thomas Cook Envelope Cotton stamps (30 Mills) COOK'S P.O. CAIRO 1927 to CALCUTTA India £35
398 Cover Fouad + Air Mail stamp CAIRO 1927 to BASRA - Tariff 30 Mills £18
399 Thomas Cook Envelope Fouad stamps (30 Mills) COOK'S P.O. CAIRO 1927 to CALCUTTA India £35
400 Cover Fouad + Air Mail stamp CAIRO 1928 to BAGHdad - Tariff 30 Mills £18
401 Cover Fouad stamps (30 Mills) CAIRO 1928 to ISPAHAN Iran - via Bagdad in red ink £25
402 Registered cover Fouad stamps (45 Mills) CAIRO 1928 yo BAGDAD £22
403 Cover Air Mail stamp (27 Mills) CAIRO 1928 to BAGDAD- Linear POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT FOR AIP MAIL (SCARCE) £35
404 Cover Fouad + Air Mail stamp (30 Mills) CAIRO 1929 to BAGHDAD DLO - Returned Letter Oval £40
405 Cover Fouad + Air Mail stamp (35 Mills) HELIOPOLIS 1929 to KARACHI India £25
Postcards and Viewcards
Lot Description Reserve
406 PORT SAID Rue du Commerce - Simon ARZT Store, Horse Tramway and Cigarettes advertisings £10
407 COOK'S Steamer on the Nile - Rameses The Third - used MINIA 1905 £10
408 SUEZ The Quarantine Station - used TOULON Var 1915 £15
409 CAIRO - SHEPHEARD'S Hotel - Terrace and Entry £10
410 ALEXANDRIA RAMLEH - Seffer Railway Station by Carlo Mieli - used Alexandrie 1902 £18
411 HELIOPOLIS OASE - Grand Palace Hotel and Tramway - used Hilwan 1910 £10
412 HELIOPOLIS OASE - Villas + AIRPLAINE from the Air Meeting £18
413 HELIOPOLIS OASE - Company Offices used 1912 + AIRPLAINE from the Air Meeting £18
Postal Stationery Envelopes
Lot Description Reserve
414 1914 Pictorial 3 Mills (Balian 20) - Inverted Wmk Postes Egyptiennes £13
415 1914 Pictorial 10 Mills ( Balian 22) Inverted Wmk Postes Egyptiennes £36
416 1925 Pictorial 2 Mills (Balian 30) Arabic Wmk £22
417 1940 Young Farouk 2 M + 1 M wove paper (Balian 39) £50
418 1941 Young Farouk 3 Mills laid paper (Balian 41) £100
419 1941 Young Farouk 4 Mills wove paper (Balian 42) £24
420 1946 Farouk Marechal 4 Mills, pointed flap , wmk A (Balian 44a) £40
421 1946 Farouk Marechal 4 Mills, rounded flap, wmk A (Balian 44 c) £40
422 1946 Farouk Marechal 4 Mills, rounded flap, wmk B (Balian 44 d) £40
423 1953 Farouk Marechal 4 Mills, rounded flap , 3 bars (Balian 46) £100
424 1955 Young Fellah 4 Mills ; Wmk B (Balian 48b) £15
Foreign and Maritime Offices
Lot Description Reserve
425 Oval cachet "FORWARDED By Mess.BRIGGS § Co" on Envelope British P.O.ALEXANDRIA 1852 to Bombay India £450
426 Stationary Card 20 ParasCAIRE 1882 to ALEXANDRIEN Austrian P.O. via ALEXANDRIE £35
427 Austrian MARITIME - Blue cancel AFRICA OE.LLOYD on DLR 2 Mills Viewcard to TRIESTE £80
428 Austrian MARITIME - Cancel ALEXANDRIEN-TRIEST 1912 on DLR 2 x 2 Mills Viewcard £60
429 British MARITIME - Cancel PENANG to SINGAPORE 1912 on DLR 4 Mills to HANOI,Tonkin £12
430 EGYPT overprintef SOUDAN - DLR 5 Mills stationary Envelope DONGOLA 1898 to CAIRE £45
Military Mail
Lot Description Reserve
431 BRITISH OCCUPATION 1882 - Fragment of Officer's cover BRITISH P.O. EGYPT (no letter) £150
432 BRITISH OCCUPATION 1882 - Front only of Soldier's cover BRITISH P.O. EGYPT (Letter B) £200
433 BRITISH OCCUPATION 1882- Cover 2 1/2 p. UK to an Officer in EGYPT - Manuscript Front £150
434 1917 PASSED BY CHIEF FIELD CENSOR EEF on BRAZIL stat. card (crease) RIO to EEF - "Left" £24
435 1916 INDIAN CENSOR 132 on O.A.S. Envelope Field Post Office D.31 to Sheffield UK £15
436 1917 INDIAN CENSOR 34 on OHMS Envelope Army Post Office SZ 20 to Alexandria £15
437 1941 ITALIAN CIVILIAN INTERNEE - Arabic cachet of SUEZ EL ANSARY CAMP on Farouk 4 Mills stationary card to CAIRO £40
438 1942 ITALIAN CIVILIAN INTERNEE - Cachet of EMBABE CAMP on Farouk 4 Mills stationary card to CAIRO £35
439 1941/1945 ITALIAN P.O.W. in EGYPT - 4 covers/cards to Italy with Chief Field Censor cachets , 3 with purple or red RED CROSS GENEVA markings £35
440 1976/77 United Nations POLISH FORCE IN EGYPT - 4 Illustrated Covers from Blue Helmets £16
Revenue Essays and Cigarette Stamps
Lot Description Reserve
441 SALT DEPARTMENT ESSAY - First Serie Essay of 500 m value on cardboard (Feltus pg 146) £300
442 8 CIGARETTES Stamp unused , original, without printed company name £50
443 16 CIGARETTES Stamp unused , original, without printed company name £50
444 25 CIGARETTES Stamp unused , original, without printed company name £50
445 100 CIGARETTES Stamp unused , original, without printed company name £50
446 1.000 CIGARETTES Stamp unused , original, without printed company name £75
447 20 CIGARETTES Stamps , a group of 22 items , perf. and imperf , some duplicates £50
448 25 CIGARETTES Stamps, a group of 26 items , perf. and imperf , some duplicates £60
Medical Professions Revenues
Lot Description Reserve
449 MEDICAL PROFESSIONS Revenues - a group of 7 blocks UNM , all with printing dates £24
450 MEDICAL PROFESSIONS Revenues - 3 preprinted Medical Forms , Mint and Used £12
451 MEDICAL PROFESSIONS Revenues - 5 documents with stamps affixed, 1948/1977 £15
Napoleonic Egypt
Lot Description Reserve
452 NAPOLEON ARMY - Receipt of the Treasury Armée d'Orient for the wages of Bert , Chef du Bataillon d' Artillerie, Kaire, 12 Prairial An 8 (June 1800) , 21.5 x 15.5 cm £50
453 NAPOLEON ARMY - Receipt of the Treasury Armée d'Orient for Lacoste, Capitaine du Génie , Kaire, 21 Prairial An 8 (June 1800) , 31 x 21 cm £50
French Post Offices
Lot Description Reserve
454 French Post Office ALEXANDRIE - Gros Chiffres 5080 on 4 Empire stamps (10 and 40 c) £18
455 French Post Office ALEXANDRIE - Gros Chiffres 5080 on 2 Cérès stamps (40 and 80 c) £18
456 French Post Office ALEXANDRIE - Gros Chiffres 5080 on 2 Laurés stamps (40 and 80 c) £18
457 French Post Office ALEXANDRIE - Gros Chiffres 5080 on Bordeaux 80 c stamp £60
458 French P.O. - MILITARY cachet Corps Expéd.du Tonkin PORT SAID 1900 on Viewcard £35
459 French MARITIME - Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 1 on DLR 2 Mills 1901 on viewcard to France £18
460 French Post Office ALEXANDRIE - Stationary Envelope 5 centimes - 5 units Mint + their Postal preprinted Wrapper (SCARCE) £40
Perfins
Lot Description Reserve
461 PERFIN R § Co Ltd on 4 Mills De La Rue used 1912 - Varjabedian pg 27 = RARE £30
462 PERFIN R § Co on 20 Mills Pictorials Crown overprint - Varjabedian pg 26 = RARE £18
463 PERFINS I.O.B. and C.L./A.- Group of 28 stamps of different emissions, nice variety £25
464 PERFINS - Group of 19 stamps of different emissions, nice variety of perfins £22
465 PERFINS T.C. § S. on Fouad stamps on Registered Envelope Thomas Cook 1930 - purple cancels , to Switzerland. A SPLENDID item £150
466 PERFINS O.B. on Fouad stamps (4 colours) on Registered Envelope CAIRO 1937 £50
Penasson and Early Issues
Lot Description Reserve
467 1866 First Emission - a group of 3 stamps cancelled by the Retta £70
468 1867 Penasson 20 Paras Imperforate - Double Impression (Balian 13a) £40
469 1867 Penasson 1 Piastre Imperforate - Printed both sides (Balian 14 h) £40
470 1867 Penasson 2 Piastres rouletted - Perf. displaced , used, thin £60
471 1867 Penasson - An accumulation of 25 x 5 Paras, 26 x 1 Pi and 3 x 2 Pi - 54 stamps £55
472 1884 DLR Stationary Card 20 Paras Alexandrie to Paris - Private cachet V. Penasson £15
473 1879 DLR 5 Paras stamp, Inverted Wmk , Mint hinged (Balian 40a / $ 220) £20
Commemoratives
Lot Description Reserve
474 1933 International Railway Congress - 4 values , Mint lightly hinged £16
475 1933 International Aviation Congress - 5 values , Mint lightly hinged £22
Postage Dues and Cancellation Collections
Lot Description Reserve
476 1884/1885/1888 POSTAGE DUES - A group of 23 stamps, used £40
477 DLR 1 Piastre 2 stamps cancelled by Official Star § Crescent Poste K.E. Direzione Locale £18
478 DLR 3 different stamps cancelled by partial APRES DEPART £15
479 DLR 20 Paras and 1 Piastre cancelled by partial boxed RACCOMANDATO £10
480 DLR 5 paras cancelled by partial cursive script Fran(ca) £15
481 Group of 36 Official and DLR stamps, cancelled by Gouvernementales or G, G.S.or G.S. £15
482 Group of 41 Pictorials, Fouad and Farouk stamps , cancels related to Government , G, ... £15
483 Group of 95 DELaRue Stamps , cancelled by Hotel Post Offices , some scarcer £30
484 Extract of a Collection - Cities and Villages, by letter A, on 98 DLR stamps, some scarce £60
485 Extract of a Collection - Cities and Villages, by letter A, on 18 Salt Revenues,some scarce £45
486 Extract of a Collection - CAIRO Registered, Customs and Suburbs, on 123 DLR stamps, £30
Postal Stationery Collections
Lot Description Reserve
487 Wrappers 1 Mill - 58 items , unused (39) or used (19) , some additional franking, destinations £35
488 Wrappers 2 Mills - 48 items , unused (33) or used (15) , some additional franking, destinations £28
489 Envelope 1 Mill - 83 items, unused (35) or used (48), some coloured imprints inside £28
490 Envelope 2 Mills - 87 items, unused (29) or used (58), one coloured imprint inside £20
Mena House Hotel Collection
Lot Description Reserve
491 "Cairo - Mena House Hotel: 1892-1954 (mostly 1890s-1900s) group of covers, PPCs/PCs & pieces, mainly to GB but also inc. internal mail plus some to Germany, Holland, or Switzerland. Inc. hotel imprinted P.Stat. envs. (inc. 15 Jan. 1892 env. to London) & PPCs. Also inc. a photo of Hotel Mena in front of the pyramids. Collection of PYRAMIDS postal cancellations on:-
(#1) Mena House Hotel stationery cover 1892
(#2) uprated postal card 1894
(#3) 8 stamps 1901~1927 on sheet to be trimmed
(#4) damaged blue colour cover 1904
(#5) postal card 1905
(#6) postcard 1907 arrival from Malpas
(#7) postcard 1907
(#8) postcard 1908 arrival from Athens
(#9) postal card 1910 AHRAM
(#10) postcard 1911
(#11) post card 1916? on Sphinx pictorial
(#12) post card 1919
(#13) postcard 1924
, (#14) Mena House Hotel stationery cover 1935
(#15) Mena House Hotel stationery cover 1937
(#16) Mena House Hotel stationery cover 1942
(#17) Mena House Hotel stationery cover 1949
(#18) Mena House Hotel stationery card 1954
(#19) Mena House Hotel stationery cover 1955?
(#20) mini cover to England
£1,000
Egypt-Gaza Occupation and Palestine Overprints
Lot Description Reserve
492 Egypt-Gaza-Express, 1948: 40m overprinted in carmine-rose, complete sheet including 2 positional varieties with no gum. Show rare sheet.NP PEX1a. £200
493 Egypt-Palestine-Gaza, 1948: 1m, 5m and 30m General Egypt revenues overprinted “Palestine” in Arabic & English in red, complete sheets of 100: 1m Control A/55, 5m A/50 A/51 A/52 and 30m A/39 A/43 A/46 & A/47. Feltus Cat. #102, 103 & 107. Very rare MNH sheets. £300
494 Egypt-Palestine-Gaza, 1948: 200m General Egypt revenue overprinted “Palestine” in both Arabic & English in black, complete MNH sheet of 100 with control A/39. Feltus Cat. value $2000 (in 1981). Very rare. £350
495 Egypt-Gaza, 1953: 1m overprinted 6 bars, MNH upper block of 40 of sheet-show piece.NP P20. 6 bars Cat. $1000. Largest recorded piece. £200
496 Egypt-Occupation of Gaza-Palestine, 1954: Unusual 9‑colour airmail Farouk overprinted “Palestine” & 3 bars, censored cover sent from “Gaza El Gidida” to Texas-USA, bearing Egyptian censor slip tape on left edge, “Passed Free / U.S. Customs / Dallas, Texas” rubber stamp in magenta on front & arrival cds on reverse. £150
497 Egypt-Occupation of Gaza-Palestine, 1955: Airmail registered censored cover sent from “Gaza” to “Alexandria” bearing Farouk air o/p “Palestine” & 3 bars, 3m with additional KES, rare 5m, 10m with additional o/p KES, 50m and v. rare 100m with additional o/p KES. Rare cover. Cover unopened with contents. £150
498 Egypt-Occupation of Gaza-Palestine, 1955: Airmail registered cover censored to GB, bearing Farouk air 3m o/p KES, Palestine & 3 bars, 20m o/p Palestine x 3 bars and 50m strip of 4 o/p KES, Palestine x 3 bars, all tied by “Gaza El Gidida” cds. Rare usage. £150
499 Egypt-Occupation of Gaza-Palestine, 1956: Unusual multi-franked 9 colour registered cover with various definitives and airmails o/p “Palestine” & 3 bars censored at Texas-USA, bearing “Officially Sealed” label strip of 5 and oval rubber stamp “U.S.Customs / Passed Free” cds on front.Rare. £150
500 Egypt-Occupation of Gaza-Palestine, 1957:1m – 1LE complete 1st pictorial set (Farmer-Mosque-Nefertiti),together with airmail set o/p bilingual Arabic-English Palestine” tied by “Gaza/ T” (11.6.57) on unaddressed cover. Rare set on cover. £150
501 Egypt-Palestine-Gaza, 1965: 5m Postal tax stamp for Palestine inscribed “Liberation tax” in Arabic, unwatermarked, complete MNH sheet of 100. Feltus #149. Rare. £200
502 Egypt‑Gaza, 1959: 55m / 100m Nefertiti complete sheet of 100 with unrecorded variety: overprint is shifted to left with various degrees of shifting affecting mostly the left half of the sheet. MNH. £100
503 Egypt‑Gaza, 1959: 55m/100m Nefertiti 3 complete sheets of 100 stamps each with many recorded & unrecorded positional varieties MNH. A good chance to study this overprinted sheet. £150
504 Egypt-3 bars, 1953: Cover sent domestic from Alexandria to Cairo franked Boy King 4m overprinted 3 bars x 5m o/p 3 bars (unrecorded) together with Farmer 1m. Rare usage. £80
505 Egypt-6 bars) 1953: Cover sent domestic in Cairo franked King Farouk Marechal 1m overprinted 6 bars block control (A/52), 17m o/p 6 bars & 1m Farmer all tied by “Cairo / 2” cds (31.10). Rare usage. £50
506 Egypt-3 bars, 1953: King Farouk Marechal 4m overprinted 3 bars pair, 100m o/p 3 bars & rare 200m KES o/p 3 bars all tied by “Qasr El Doubbara” cds on large registered censored cover sent to Sweden with censorship tape at left & arrival cds on reverse.Scarce high value usage. £100
507 Egypt-6 bars, 1953: King Farouk air 3m o/p 6 bars, Farouk Marechal 17m o/p 6 bars and unrecorded King Farouk air 20m o/p KES & 6 bars all tied by “Zifta” cds on preprinted registered wax seal cover sent to Alexandria with arrival cds on reverse. Unrecorded usage. £200
508 Egypt-6 bars, 1953. King Farouk Marechal 2m x 20m o/p KES and 6 bars, Farouk air 30m o/p KES x 6 bars and 15m soldier pair all tied by “Paquebot / Port Said” cds on airmail cover sent to England with ‘R.M.S. Caledonia’ cachet at left. Rare 6 bars usage. £70
509 Egypt-6 bars, 1953: King Farouk Marshal 4m overprinted 3 bars & Boy King 6m o/p 6 bars tied by “Faid” cds on cover sent to M.E.L.F. Rare usage. £80
510 Egypt-Cinderella, 1966 (Mar.): 10m Charity label “To Save Abu Simbel” in full booklet containing 10 panes of 20 stamps each. Unusual as a complete booklet. £50
511 Egypt-Revenues 1892: Salt tax second issue, complete mint & used sets with additional used 500m color change (creased). Feltus #208–212. £100
512 Egypt-6 bars, 1953 (29 Aug): King Farouk Marechal overprinted KES and double overprinted 3 bars (6 bars) 200m tied by “Salah Eldin / (R)” cds on part of parcel card sent to Sibaiya‑West. Vertical crease not affecting adhesives. Rare 6 bars usage on parcel card. £80
513 Egypt-Air, 1953: King Farouk air 5m & 30m overprinted 3 bars and 2m overprinted KES with double set of bars (rare) together with 10m o/p KES and 3 bars, all tied by “Cairo” cds on airmail cover sent to England. Covers with 6 bars stamps are rare. £80
514 Egypt-Air, 1953: Farouk air 40m red overprinted double set of bars (rare) with various values of pictorial set, all tied by “Fayid” cds on airmail registered censored cover sent to England with transit & arrival cds on front & reverse.Covers with 6 bars overprints are rare £150
515 Egypt-Air, 1953: Airmail registered cover sent from Alexandria to Switzerland franked Farouk air 8m o/p 3 bars, highest value of set 200m o/p double set of bars(6 bars) & KES (rare), and 10m Exposition, all tied by “Alexandria /R” cds on censored cover with transit & arrival cds on reverse. Covers with 6 bars overprints are rare. £200
516 Egypt‑Gaza-General revenues overprinted “Palestine”, 1948–67: Specialized exhibition collection of 147 mint & used stamps and 18 documents/covers with singles, multiples, controls, various shades, watermarks and different overprint colors. Documents include 1957 passport page with 200m o/p in red block of 4, 1959–62: 8 documents with various values of the 1948 bilingual set, 1962 rare Postal Order o/p with 1m pair scarce revenue Arabic small vertical in red, 1962 rare complete permit booklet with different bilingual & Arabic issues, 1963: 10m Arabic o/p on telegraphic receipt, 1966: 30m Arabic o/p on police officer application, 1962–64: two documents with 30m vertical o/p, 1967 Visa application with 10m o/p in Arabic block of 4, 1966 rare advertising registered cover with 5m Tax stamp and 1967 document with pair, Tax stamp & single Arabic 10m o/p.Very rare challenging and hard to assemble exhibition collection. £800
517 Egypt‑Gaza-Egyptian Occupation of Palestine, 1945–67. Specialized exhibit collection of 775 stamps, mint & used and 76 covers divided into sections; Definitives, Airmails, Commemoratives, Postage dues and Express starting with color trial proofs of the 4m & 15m pair & 2 singles, definitives to 1LE including covers with 1m–200m and another registered with 50pi & 1LE.., combination cover with 2 m Palestine pictorials to 22m Farouk Marechal, group of mint & used 3 & 6 bars, 1957 & 1958 covers with scarce Khan Younis & Deir El Balah cds, various CFPO cancels, various United Nations Emergency Force cachets, 1967 combination Gaza/Israel last day of Egypt Post Office in Gaza cover, 1948 El Majdal airmail cover to Port Said, 1949 rare Hebron red cross cover, 1949 complete airmail set registered cover, two red cross prisoner of war forms, etc. Collection includes many recorded & unrecorded errors & varieties as double & inverted overprints, broken & missing characters, shifted overprints, 6 bars, blotches, prefolded paper varieties, extra dots, minor image varieties, … etc. A wonderful exhibit collection for this challenging area of Egypt / Gaza philately. £1,800