British Post Office in Suez 1857 (Feb 28): Cover from Suez to Bombay with fine strike of British PO Suez double arc cds in black, "Indian Bearing / 8 Annas" marking on front and reverse with Bombay arrival.
1910 (Feb 13): Heliopolis Air Meeting, unaddressed postcard (card # 5, Pyramids, Sphinx and Temple) franked by marginal 3 m. orange-yellow, tied by HELIOPOLIS / AERODROME cds in black with repeated strike alongside. Scarce and fine.
1900: Registered cover to Cologne franked by marginal 1899 1 fr. olive-green and 5 fr. violet, each neatly tied by 'Port Said' datestamps (April 8). Scarce high values on cover Gi. 116+118 = £ 130+ off cover.
1871/1911: Album page with 14 various stamps and a registered cover, all perfinned 'S.J.E.' (Salar Jung Estate), the 1905 cover especially fine bearing an irregular block of five of the ½ a. orange tied neatly in black. Unusual.
1934/44: De La Rue Pictorial Issue 1 a. brown perf. 13½, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2 in black showing variety: Overprint double, used. Corner crease but an appealing stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 250.
1949: 2 p. brown, small collection on leaves with a mint block of 40 (5 x 8) from top right of sheet, and a fine unused marginal block of four variety Imperforate (Gi 60b = £ 300), together with usages on covers (5).
1934/44: De La Rue Pictorial Issue 2 a. violet perf. 13½, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2 in black showing variety: Overprint double, used. Slightly stained but a rare stamp, un-catalogued in Stanley Gibbons. Cert. BPA (2016).
1948: Express 40 m. brown & grey, a fine mint vertical pair variety 'Overprint Double', fresh and fine unmounted og. Scarce just one sheet of 50 printed thus Gi = £ 190/Nile Post PEX1e = $ 300.
1898: Proof of the Bûlâq Postage Due 3 m. (without hamza) Overprint, two impressions vertically struck in black on blank white wove paper. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post unrecorded.
1959/60: Airmail set of four values, all in fine unused horizontal imperforate watermarked pairs, full unmounted og. rare, with just 100 sets possible. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A75a/A78a = $ 800.
1948 (June 1): Overprinted 'Palestine', the set of nineteen complete to £ 1, together with listed varieties 1 m. with overprint inverted, 2 m. vermilion with overprint inverted and double, 3 m. sepia overprint inverted and 6 m. overprint double, all fresh and fine unmounted og. Scarce.
1961 (Aug 22): Misr Bank / Talaat Harb, 10 m. red-brown, fine unused imperforate watermarked vertical pair, unmounted og. Rare, just 200 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C267a = $ 120.
1961 (April 6): World Health Day, Braille 10 m. blue, fine unused imperforate watermarked horizontal pair, unmounted og. Rare, just 100 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post PC7a = $ 200.
1872: 1 pi. red on small piece cancelled by scarce V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / BAIROUT datestamp (Jan 27, 1872), used just days before the Office closed in February 1872. Scarce. Signed Todd AIEP.
'Egypt Stamps & Postal History, A Philatelic Treatise' by Peter A. S. Smith (published Bendon, 1999), a fine example of this seminal and outstanding book, dust jacket with faults otherwise very fine. Rare and seldom offered.
1930 (May 6): 4 p. on ¼ a. black, surcharged with new value in red, perf. 13½, a fine unused block of nine, of fresh colour and large part og. A scarce and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 1'000+.
1873: 1 a. purple-brown, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine unused block of four, marginal from base of sheet, of fresh colour and large part og., a most appealing and rare multiple. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi = £ 720+.
1937/80c.: Lot hundreds of covers incl. 1937 Coronation, 1946 Victory, 1949 UPU, 1960 QEII Republic ovpts in addition rural post offices, FDC's, UN troops on Cyprus 1964, and Greek and Turkish Army covers 1973/77.
1873: 2. green, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine used example tied to reverse of circa 1875 cover by numeral handstamp in brown with black and red datestamps adjacent. An attractive usage.
1880 (1 Apr): QV 1 d. red plate 218, a fine block of 24 examples from the top right sheet corner. Minor perf. separation on top, two stamps with hinges, the others unmounted og. Gi = £ 696+.
1 a. Imperforate Proofs in issued design, blocks of four (4) printed on thick un-gummed carton paper, in lake-red, grey-violet, pale emerald-green and bistre-brown; large margins on each block, fresh and very fine. A scarce group.
1854: Small group with fine 1854 Die II ½ a deep blue in an unused pair marginal from left of sheet, ½ a. pale blue in a used pair, Die I 1 a. red used with enormous margins and complete 'B/1' cancel, also a fine 2 a. green used pair. A fine and attractive group.
1930 (May 6): 4 p. on ¼ a. brown-purple, a fine unused example variety: 'Surcharged in Black' instead of red, part og. A fresh and fine example of a very rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1992), RPS (1993) Gi = £ 650.
1912: Bradbury Wilkinson ½ a. pale green on vertically laid paper, a fine block of four, variety: 'Imperforate', used on reverse of ½ a. green postal stationery envelope (H&G 17) sent registered. Scarce and most attractive Gi = £ 300 off cover.
½ a. brown, perf. 11½, single example used on 1873 cover with full original contents, cancelled by rhombus of 12 bars handstamp in black with 'Sadar Tappa Khana Hyderabad' in red alongside. Scarce and attractive cover.
1960 (Jan 16): Industry & Agricultural Fair, 10 m. green, fine unused imperforate watermarked vertical pair, unmounted og. Rare, just 100 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C237a = $ 150.
1921 (Nov 17): Surcharged in Cairo '2 Milliemes' on 5 c. pale blue, surcharge in blue instead of red, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Signed Calves Yvert = € 320+/Gi D174a = £ 250.
1931/1947: De La Rue Pictorial Issue 4 p. black, block of four showing variety: Imperf. horizontally between, used. Slight creasing but a scarce multiple, un-catalogued in Stanley Gibbons. Cert. BPA (2016).
1 a. grey-black perf. 12½ in a vertical pair showing variety: Imperf. between, cancelled by barred obliterator. Pre-printing and other creases, thin at base but a rare variety un-catalogued in Stanley Gibbons. Cert. BPA (2016).
1909/11: Wyon printing, ½ a. vermillion perf. 12½ in a vert. pair, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O1a in black showing variety: Imperf. horizontally, used. Def. at upper right but a rare pair. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 750.
1857/76: Lot with New Brunswick 1860/63 set of seven values with 1 c. and 17 c. used, 2 c. to 10 c. plus 12 c. unused as well as Newfoundland 1865 new currency 10 c. used, 13 c. unused, 1868 1 c. and 3 c. unused and 1880/82 rouletted set of four used.
1946/92: Collections Isle of Man and Gibraltar and topical collection Silver Jubilee QEII, hundreds stamps unmounted og., also in gutter pairs as well as FDC's, a lot of topical content, in six albums and one folder.
1959 (Feb 22): Nile Hilton, 10 m. deep olive-brown, fine unused imperforate watermarked vertical pair, unmounted og. Rare, just 100 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C216c = $ 150.
1960 (March 1): Arts Biennale, 10 m. sepia, fine unused imperforate watermarked vertical pair, unmounted og. Rare, just 100 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C239a = $ 150.
1930/34: Overprinted 'Sarkari' in black and 4 p. in red on ¼ a. brown-purple, a fine used example showing variety: 'Stamp Doubly Printed', a fine used example with much heaping of the ink. Scarce and unusual Gi = £ 225.
1917/20: 'Post & Receipt' overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2, ½ a. green, a fine lightly cancelled used block of four, lower two stamps variety 'Overprint Omitted'. A fine and very scarce multiple. Cert. RPS (1993) Gi = £ 280+.
1865/75c.: Lot 25 stamps and three pieces with 'A-25' duplex markings of Malta as well as six stamps with duplex markings from Gibraltar, Suez, Coquimbo / Chile and St. Thomas, in addition eight 1850 covers mailed from Malta to Alexandria.
Forerunners 1855/57: Covers (2), one to Jaulnah franked on reverse with India 1854 ½ a. deep blue with 'Hyderabad' despatch in red, also an 1855 envelope franked by 1854 1 a. red tied in black used from Auranabad.
British stamps used in Cyprus 1878: QV 2 d. blue plate 14 cancelled by clear numeral "942" of Larnaca in black. A few nibbed perfs. at bottom but rare Gi = £ 300.
½ a. red-brown, pin perf. 8-9, an unused example without gum. Small thins at top but a very rare stamp in unused condition, un-catalogued unused by Stanley Gibbons. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 650 used.
1881 (1 Feb): QV ½ d. on 1 d. red plate 217 ovpt. HALF PENNY in type 1, a fresh and fine example cancelled by numeral "975" of Limassol. Cert. RPS (1932) Gi = £ 850.
1847/54: Embossed 6 d. purple, a fine large margined example in a deep shade, tied to small piece by '232' duplex of Cuckfield struck in blue. A fine stamp. Signed Bühler Scott 7 = $ 1'000+/Gi = £ 1'000.
1914: Monument definitives, the complete set of ten values 1 m. sepia to 200 m. maron, imperf. marginal blocks of four proofs without watermark, unused og. with some minute toning.
1965/78: Compl. collection 226 stamps in mint condition showing all the stamp issues of the Rhodesian self administration, in addition a bunch of eight covers from Swaziland, mounted on album pages.
1934/44: De La Rue Pictorial Issue 4 a. ultramarine perf. 13½, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2 in black showing variety: Overprint double, used. A rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 700.
1880/81: Selection 30 used/unused stamps and a pair, QV definitives with CYPRUS ovpts., some showing in addition HALF PENNY and '30 PARAS' ovpts. incl. one double ovpt. A fine and scarce group Gi = £ 4'300.
1873: 2 a. sage-green, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine used example cancelled by numeral handstamp in brown, usual rough perfs., a particularly fine example of this scarce stamp. Cert. RPS (1991) Gi = £ 325.
1911/12: Bradbury Wilkinson printing, ½ a. brown-purple perf. 13½ in a block of four, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2 in black showing variety: Imperf. horizontally between, used. An appealing multiple. Cert. BPA (2016).
2 d. blue, plate 3, horizontal pair DC-DD, with good to large margins tied by neat strikes of the London MC "10" to entire from London 24 February 1844 to Macclesfield, fine SG = £ 5'500.
1871/1912: Lot 25 covers & cards, all sent to Germany or Switzerland, incl. frankings with 1858 Penny Red & Penny Blue, 1865 3 d. rose lilac, 4 d. orange red, 1873 2½ d. lilac rose, and 3 d. rose, four covers with perfin stamps.
1867: 12 c. blue and 1883 4 c. pale brown, tied by Singapore (JA 24 89) cds to cover to Vienna with Brindisi transit and Vienna arrival (17 / 2 89) cds's on reverse.
1881 (1 June): QV ½ d. on 1 d. red plate 205 showing variety: doubled ovpt. HALF PENNY in type 3, a fresh and fine example unused without gum Gi = £ 800.
½ a. brown, perf. 11½, single example used on small 1874 cover cancelled by numeral handstamp in black with red despatch cds and Crescent type datestamp in black adjacent Scott 1.
1917/20: Bradbury Wilkinson printing, ½ a. green perf. 13½ in a horizontal pair, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2 in black showing variety: Imperf. between, used. Slightly discoloured. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 325.
1917/20: 'Post & Receipt' overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2, ½ a. green in a fine used vertical pair, variety: 'Imperforate horizontally between', the lower stamp being partially imperforate at base. Scarce Gi = £ 450.
1873: 2 a. sage-green, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine used example cancelled by rhombus of bars in brown, usual rough perfs., a scarce stamp. Cert. RPS (1993) Gi = £ 325.
1909/11: Wyon printing, ½ a. vermilion, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine lightly used example variety: 'Overprint Inverted'. Rare and most attractive. Cert. RPS (1991) Gi = £ 650.
1915: 'Post & Receipt' ½ a. Imperforate Proof in issued design, a horizontal pair, printed in green on thick un-gummed paper, fresh and very fine. Rare and most appealing Proof. Cert. BPA (2016).
1909/11: Bradbury Wilkinson printing, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2, ½ a. green, perf. 11½, a fine unused example variety: 'Overprint Double', fresh and fine, large part og. Rare un-catalogued variety. Cert. RPS (1993).
1948: KGVI definitives, compl. set of 15 values perf. 14 up to $5, five values perf. 17½ : 18, in addition 1948 Royal Silver Wedding, both values, all unmounted og. Gi = £ 340.
4 a. slate perf. 12½, vertical pair showing variety: Imperf. horizontally, unused with part og. Horizontal creasing and puncture but a very rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 1'400.
1915: 'Post & Receipt' 1 a. carmine, horizontal pair showing variety: Imperf., unused with traces of og. Slight soiling and creasing but a rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 400.
4 a. greenish grey perf. 12½, horizontal pair showing variety: Imperf. vertically, unused without gum. Colour affected by sulphurisation but a very rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 2'500.
1925: £ 100 red & greyish black, fiscally used example cancelled by 'Registrar of Documents / Mombasa / Inland Revenue' datestamp (Dec 5, 1925) in black. A rare stamp. Signed Bühler Gi = £ 2'000.
2 d. blue, plate 3, QK and QL, two large margined singles tied by distinctive YORK Maltese Crosses to piece, rare on 1841, 2 d., fine. Cert. RPSL (1989) SG = £ 5'000.
1881/1939: Lot six unused stamps with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp ovpt., incl. 1881 1 d. violet, 1887 ½ d. orange red and 1½ d. violet & green, 1939 1 s. ochre brown as well as Govt. Parcels 1887 1½ d. violet & green and 2 d. yellow green & orange red.
1960/2009: Compl. collection hundreds unmounted og. stamps starting with 1960 Republlic ovpts. on QEII definitives and 1963 Scout miniature sheet, in addition some used stamps. Mi = € 2'400.
1917/20: Bradbury Wilkinson printing, ½ a. green perf. 13½ in a horizontal pair, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2 in black showing variety: Imperf. vertically, used. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 350.
1925: Covers (2), one local Printed Matter cover franked by imperforate ½ d. black Postage Due, second cover from GB franked at ½ d. on despatch, taxed double the deficiency on arrival with 2 d. black Postage Due.
1873: 2a. green, perf. 12½, a fine unused example with 'Sarkari' overprint in red, matched with a fine unused block of six with 'Sarkari' overprint in black, each with large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 195+.
2 a. blue-green, Rough perf. 11½-12 type A, unused with part og. Soiled and vertical crease but a fine and rare stamp, un-catalogued in Stanley Gibbons. Cert. BPA (2016).
1909/11: ½ a. red-orange, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, variety Inverted. A fine lightly used example leaving the variety clear. A very rare stamp. Cert. RPS (1991) Gi = £ 800.
1909/11: ½ a. red-orange, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari in black, variety Inverted. A fine lightly used example leaving the variety clear. A very rare stamp. Cert. RPS (1991) Gi = £ 800.
1940/91: Lot hundreds primarily unmounted og. stamps incl. postage due, booklets and booklet panes and maximum cards as well as eight cover 1907/20 from the UK and Straits Settlements to Switzerland.
1909/11: 4 a. olive-green perf. 12½ , type 3 overprinted 'Sarkari' type O1a in black, unused with large part og. A fine example. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 600.
1908: Postcard of the Fanning Island Cable Station mailed to USA, franked by New Zealand 1 d. carmine tied by bold FANNING ISLAND cds (Nov 17) in black.
1883: Revenue stamps 8 d., 1 pia. (2), and 2 pia. (2) lilac, all ovpt. POSTAL SURCHARGE in black, postally used and cancelled in Larnaca in 1884/85. Two certificates RPS (1980).
1889/1940c.: Hyderabad / India combination covers, the collection with a fine array of usages through the Exchange Offices with India, with many registered usages and multiple frankings. Viewing is essential (69 items).
1856/1995c: Vast array of covers/cards (hundreds) from all over the British Commonwealth incl. many with Postage Due usages. Viewing is essential and recommended.
1 a. grey-black, perf. 12½, a fine used horizontal pair showing variety: 'Imperforate vertically between', lightly cancelled by numeral obliterators leaving the variety clear. Rare Gi = £ 1'400.
1909/11: 4 a. olive-green perf. 12½ , type 3 overprinted 'Sarkari' type O1a in black, unused with part og. A fine example. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 600.
2 d. blue, two horizontal pairs from plate 1 + 2, both pairs lettered EA-EB, good to large margins, plate 1 slightly thinned and with red MC's, plate 2 with black MC's and fine SG = £ 4'500.
1912: Bradbury Wilkinson ½ a. pale green on vertically laid paper, a fine unused block of six, variety: 'Imperforate', fresh and fine unused, without gum. Scarce Gi = £ 600.
1962/80: Complete collection incl. definitives and commemoratives without souvenir sheets, all ovpt. SPECIMEN in red or black, unmounted og. A rarely seen offer.
1915: 'Post & Receipt' ½ a. green perf. 13½, horizontal pair showing variety: Imperf. between, used. Slight creasing but a rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 150.
1871/1909: The 'Post Stamp' definitive series, a thorough plating study with hundreds used/unused stamps of the four plates of ½ a. red-brown or orange-brown and the three plates of 1 a. drab.
1915: 'Post & Receipt' ½ a. emerald, a fine unused block of four, variety: 'Imperforate', fresh and fine, large margins all round, large part og. Scarce and attractive block Gi = £ 625.
1917/20: 'Post & Receipt' overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2, 1 a. scarlet in a fine used vertical pair, variety: 'Imperforate horizontally between'. Scarce Gi = £ 400.
1 a. purple-brown, perf. 12½ showing variety: Imperf., a horizontal pair cancelled by circular postmarks. A rare and scarce stamp. Cert. BPA (2016) Gi = £ 1'000+.