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Losnr. : 5129 Ägypten (Königreich)
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2 pi. yellow, the famous corner marginal block of six, wmk. inverted, perf. compound 13 x 12½, with part FRANCOBOLLI imprint at right. Minor bend mentioned for accuracy but of fresh colour and fine large part original gum. A wonderful and extremely rare block, illustrated in colour on the dust jacket of 'Stamps & Postal History'. A unique gem. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 720+/Nile Post D5m = $ 4'500.
Provenance: Collection Dr. William Byam (Oct 1961), lot 287Ausruf : 2.500 CHFZuschlag : 11.500 CHFLosnr. : 5439 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1926 (April 2): Essay by Verruchi Bey for 50 pi. value, in miniature sheet format (54 x 77 mm.), with central vignette in issued colour of purple and frame and value tablet and 'Royaume D'Egypte' surround in bluish green, overprinted at top SOUVENIR / DU VISITIE L'ETAT / MR. LE PRÊSIDENT DU FRANCE' in silver. Minor corner bend well away from design, but superb and of great rarity. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post as E333 = $ 3'000.Ausruf : 2.000 CHFZuschlag : 17.000 CHFLosnr. : 5055 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1849/1900c.: The collection on Exhibit leaves, with 1849 and 1851 covers to and from Italy struck with ALEXANDRIEN two line dated handstamp, 1863 perf. 14 issue used including a rare 2 soldi perf. 14 single franking on disinfected cover to Trieste, 1867 issue stationery used to Switzerland (3 s. and 5 s.) and sets to 50 soldi, 1867 covers with 15 s. brown, 1878 cover to Bucharest with 3 s. green fine print single franking, 1883 Arms issues on cards and covers, in-coming mail etc. Condition varies but a splendid lot (31 Covers / Cards + 72 stamps) with viewing essential and a pleasure.
.Ausruf : 1.200 CHFZuschlag : 3.200 CHFLosnr. : 5066 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1861: Cover endorsed 'On Her Majesty's Service' and 'via Marseilles' franked by 1857 1 d. red star, 1857 4 d. rose and 1 s. green all tied by BO2 obliterators in black with faint SUEZ single ring datestamp in blue at base, Southampton arrival (July 23) on reverse. Addressed to 'Captain C G. Pate, Superintendent of Packets in Southampton' with 9 d. rate for first ¼ ounce and then 3 d. per each further ¼ ounce, thus a triple rate franking. Minor imperfections but a scarce cover.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 360 CHFLosnr. : 5697 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1948/67: The Exhibit collection on leaves with rare 1948 Express letter cover from Gaza to Port Said and Censored, 1953 cover with £ 1 sepia & blue with bar opt. to USA, Postage Due usages, further covers with cancellations of rare towns such as Absan (1967 cover), Beersheba, Deir El Balah, El Majdal, Faluga, Gabalia, Gaza El Gedida, Gaza El Mahata, Hebron, Isdud, Khan Younis, Rafah, also Army Field P.O. covers incl. registered usage, P.O.W. covers, Brazilan Battalion (UNEF) cover, Fiscal used for postage cover etc. (60+ covers).Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 1.300 CHFLosnr. : 5075 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1874: Stampless cover to the Italian Vice-Consul in Alexandria, with fine despatch cds of PANTELLARIA - ISOLA (Island off Sicily) and Comune handstamp, taxed on arrival with Italy 1870 Postage Due 60 c. tied by ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO / POSTE ITALIANE cds (June 25) in black. Reverse with Trapani, Palermo and Brindisi transit cds's. Some edge wear but scarce.
Note: Prior to the UPU, letters from Italy prepaid were carried at 40 centesemi, unpaid letters were charged 60 centesemi. Post UPU, letters were charged at double the deficiency.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 440 CHFLosnr. : 5718 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Tokar 1896 (April 25): Cover to London franked by 1888 5 m. rose-carmine in a horizontal pair, one stamp with rounded corner perf., tied by bold strike of TOKAR datestamp in black (Stagg fig. 19-3) with fine repeated strike below. Reverse with Sawakin cds (April 26), Suez cds (April 30) and London arrival cds (May 8). Edge wear and opening tears at top, however a remarkable cover with just two known from this small town. Illustrated in Smith on colour plate 15. Rare.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 4.000 CHFLosnr. : 5635 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1871: Cover from Salonika to Patras endorsed 'via de Sira' at right and 'From Thessalonika' in blue crayon at left, franked by 1867 1 pi. red tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / SALONICCHI datestamp in black with repeated strike at left (Dec 28). Fine Large Hermes 20 lepta blue applied for internal postage cancelled by Patras cds, reverse with Athens and Syra cds's of transit. Some minor creasing but a fine and rare cover.
Provenance: Collection E. E. Yates; Collection Charles Fox.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 13.000 CHFLosnr. : 5017 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1801 (Sept 1): Entire letter written from Alexandria to Scotland, address faint but manuscript at top 'Supposed St. Andrews', struck with fine oval 'Ship Lre. / Crown / PORTSMOUTH' in black, initially charged at '10d.' and altered to '1/2d.' due on delivery (Nov 19) with red Bishop mark on front and London transit (Nov 15) in red on reverse. The letter reads 'I am happy to inform you that the articles of Capitulation were signed yesterday' at Alexandria. An extremely rare entire.Ausruf : 600 CHFZuschlag : 2.200 CHFLosnr. : 5556 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1898: Officer's letter mailed from Wadi Halfa to Abbassia, sent stampless with 'Halfa' cds (June 10) and 'T' mark of despatch; originally taxed on arrival in Cairo with 1889 1 pi. ultramarine (July 7), slight aging, erroneously charged and annulled with 'T' marking as the Officer's endorsement had not been read. Reduced tax on arrival paid by provisional 3 m. on 2 pi. orange tied by 'Abbasia' cds (July 8). Roughly opened at left but a very rare cover.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 2.000 CHFLosnr. : 5232 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Essays prepared by Penasson of Alexandria in preparation for the U.P.U., the compete set of six lithographed values, with rare 20 pa. value in red on greenish, perforated 11½; 60 pa. red on greenish (2) perf. 11½, completed examples with arabic in lower panel with 60 pa. value (3) in differing colours, the horizontal format example being imperforate, the other two perforated 15. A few faults as ever, but the 20 paras is nigh on unobtainable and the balance of the set very rare indeed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E65/E69 = $ 4'900.Ausruf : 1.500 CHFZuschlag : 9.500 CHFLosnr. : 5620 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1877 (Dec 8): Entire letter from Jeddah to Suez franked at UPU rate with 1874/75 Bulâq 20 pa. grey-blue and 1 pi. red tied by POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / GEDDA datestamp (Dec 8) in black, with repeated strike at left. Addressed in arabic only with Suez arrival cds (Dec 14) on reverse. Fresh and fine, a very rare cover: Uexkull records just 11 covers bearing this issue, only three with this franking. Signed Todd AIEP.
Provenance: Collection William C. Hinde (1957)Ausruf : 2.000 CHFZuschlag : 13.000 CHFLosnr. : 5125 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1 pi. claret used on defective cover front to England with Great Britain 1865 6 d. lilac, pl. 6; the 1 pi. tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / ZIFTA & MITG datestamp (Aug 22) and the 6 d. tied by BO1 of British P.O. in Alexandria, with ALEXANDRIA British P.O. cds below (Aug 24). Found to be double weight and struck on despatch with INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID handstamp (note manuscript '2' at left) and charged 1 shilling due on arrival (double the deficiency) with circular MORE TO PAY handstamp. Despite faults, a rare piece.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 340 CHFLosnr. : 5208 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Typographed 20 pa. blue, perf. 13½, used on 1873 Official 'Administrazione Delle Vice Reali Poste Egiziane' form (No. 17) tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO / CASSA keyhole datestamp (June 1) in black. The form accompanied a parcel containing gold at a value of 173 piastres 25 paras to Abu Hammad and is signed and dated at base on arrival the following day. Rare, there are believed to be but 2 examples known of this usage. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 3.000 CHFLosnr. : 5114 Ägypten (Königreich)
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20 para blue, watermark upright, imperforate block of 12 (3 x 4), positions 29-31/48-51/69-71/89-91, large margins on three sides and cut into on the upper horizontal strip of three, of good colour but with central vertical crease and typical aging, small part original gum. Nevertheless a great rarity, the largest recorded block (perf. or imperf.) of the first issue 20 paras. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 1'440/Nile Post D3g = $ 3'000.
Provenance: Collection King Farouk (Feb 1954), lot 36Ausruf : 800 CHFZuschlag : 2.800 CHFLosnr. : 5460 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1943 (Nov 17): 5th Birthday of Princess Ferial, the album page with Essays for the Birthday overprint: top marginal vertical strip of five showing top stamp with accepted overprint, the next four with large, heavier impressions and four Albino overprints inverted; second vertical strip of five (from same column) with second stamp 'Double Overprint', third stamp with 'Blue Overprint', fourth with 'Greenish Yellow Overprint', last stamp without overprint (all again have inverted Albino overprints); lastly a third vertical strip of four with Trial Overprint in black but with each overprint Double. Rare and most unusual, the strips of five with cert. Hass (1988) Nile Post C91d/C91f+D91h/D91n = $ 3'000+.Ausruf : 1.000 CHFZuschlag : 4.200 CHFLosnr. : 5016 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1801 (Aug 3): Entire letter written from 'Camp near Rosetta' by Major Donald MacDonald to Lord Gordon in Scotland, struck with fine oval 'Ship Lre. / Crown / PORTSMOUTH' in black, initially charged at '10d.' and altered to '1/4d.' due on delivery (Dec 10). The letter recounts the death of Lt. Col. Gordon from dysentery and the gout. An extremely rare entire from the combined British & Ottoman Forces in Egypt, under General Abercromby, prior to the surrender of Alexandria by General Menou on September 2, 1801.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 1.500 CHFLosnr. : 5512 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1884 (Feb 23): Much readdressed cover to a Royal Irish Fusilier, originally mailed from London to Aldershot franked by GB 1 d. lilac (Gi. 172), thence to Rawalpindi and Lahore, India (April 10), returned via Aden (June 17) back to Cairo where 1884 Postage Due 10 pa. and 20 pa. red applied and tied (July 10). The Dues annulled by 'T' marking in black and the cover again forwarded to Suakin with faint cds on reverse and then returned back to Portsmouth. Remarkable and rare.Ausruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : 950 CHFLosnr. : 5518 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1886 (Aug/Nov): Unwatermarked, 10 pa. rose-red with mint vertical pair imperforate between stamp and margin, lovely mint block of 12 (4 x 3) with central row imperforate vertically between and a defective used pair with same variety, 1 pi. rose red in mint (cert. RPS, 1938) and used imperforate between pairs, and 2 pi. rose red imperf. between pairs mint (2) somewhat truncated, also a delightful block of twelve 2 pi. rose red (2 x 6) from left of sheet showing the circular blue Control handstamp in margin. Majority fresh and fine, a rare group Gi = £ 1'200/Nile Post PD66a+PD6b+PD8a+PD9+PD9b = $ 1'785.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 1.700 CHFLosnr. : 5088 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1899/1927c.: Collection on Exhibit leaves with 1899 Peace & Commerce issue fine used (both types of 50 c.), two cards with orginal PORT SAID provisonal overprint, November 1899 provisional '25' and 'Vingt / Cinq' on 10 c. used on piece, 'Vingt / Cinq' only on 10 c. used strip of five on piece and a single example on an 1899 card to Marseille, range of French adhesives used with gros chiffres 5129 incl. Bordeaux 10 c. and 80 c., range of covers and cards primarily using the 1899 issue but some later noted, a fine lot with viewing heartily recommended (covers/cards 33).Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 2.600 CHFLosnr. : 5026 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1862 (Dec 6): Entire letter with oval POSTA EUROPEA / ZAGASIK (Type III) struck in blue with scarce framed FRANCA alongside in same ink (it is believed that the 'Franca' handstamp was only used on mail to large users of the Posta Europea service who settled accounts on a weekly or monthly basis). Rated '1½' piastres in blue crayon with 'A' for Alexandria at right and 'Franca' deleted in crayon as applied in error. Repaired cover tear but rare. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 440 CHFLosnr. : 5619 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1872: 1 pi. red and diagonally bisected 1 pi. red used on small part piece, tied by POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / GEDDA datestamp (5.LUG.75) in black, bisected to make up the newly introduced UPU rate of 1½ piastres, all the genuine recorded bisects being used on July 5, 1875 only, see Uexkull page 19 where this piece is one of the three recorded. Illustrated in Smith on page 572. Fine, much-under-catalogued and very rare. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 600/Nile Post D17k = $ 700.Ausruf : 1.500 CHFZuschlag : 1.700 CHFLosnr. : 5573 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1926/75c.: Airmail collection on Exhibit leaves with 1921 Cairo-Baghdad Flights at 40 m. rate (one illustrated in Smith on page 455), 1926 27 m. violet Control block mint and a cover to Baghdad, further usages to Crete (page 458), UK, USA and Persia, 1929 27 m. chestnut frankings incl. First Flight to Crete, fine 1939 cover franked 1933 80 m., 100 m. and 200 m. sent registered to Argentina (illustrated in Smith on colour plate 7) and a few pages with plate flaws on the airmail issues (56 items incl. 28 covers)Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHFLosnr. : 5133 Ägypten (Königreich)
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2 pi. yellow, a horizontal pair used on tatty 1866 registered cover to a jeweller in Alexandria tied by 81 dot 'retta' in black with POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp at right (June 20) and framed RACCOMANDATE handstamp of registration above. Manuscript notation of registration number '2978' at top and 'g. 11' (grams) denoting above the single weight, thus 2 piastres postage + 2 piastres for registration fee. Faults to both stamps and envelope but rare. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 350 CHFZuschlag : 1.300 CHFLosnr. : 5658 Ägypten (Königreich)
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British Forces in Egypt 1939: 3 m. green and 10 m. carmine, late usage on 1942 correctly rated postcard to Jerusalem tied by 'Egypt / Prepaid / 61' datestamp in black (Dec 24). Censor in black and in violet at left, a fine and rare usage. Signed Todd AIEP.
Note: This card is not listed in 'Egypt: From the Postal Concession until Suez, 1932-1956' by John Davis, nor is the cover in the following lot. This brings the total number of recorded usages of the small format 3 m. on cover or card to 35.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHFLosnr. : 5602 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1869: Cover from the firm of Rodocanachi in Odessa to Smyrne, carried privately to Constantinople where forwarded (oval cachet in blue at left with mss. 'franca' inside), franked by Egypt 1867 1 pi. red tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / COSTANTINOPOLI cds (Aug 31) with repeated strike alongside. Reverse with SMIRNE Consular P.O. arrival cds (Sept 2) and Interpostal Seal of SMIRNE in grey-blue torn on opening the letter. The adhesive with vertical crease but an unusual usage.Ausruf : 350 CHFZuschlag : 800 CHFLosnr. : 5035 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1838 (March 5): Entire letter from London to CANTON, China, endorsed by Waghorn's Agent George W. Wheatley '72 / G.W.W.' at upper right, and further endorsed 'Via Marseilles / pr. Overland Mail' with prepaid charge 12s. 8½d. in manuscript, struck with CARE OF MR. WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA handstamp (Sidebottom / Smith type 4) in black. Red circular 'Angleterre Par Calais' on front and reverse with London despatch cds in black. Disinfected by vinegar splash in transit, a magnificent and scarce entire.Ausruf : 1.500 CHFZuschlag : 21.000 CHFLosnr. : 5010 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1800 (Oct 13): Entire letter written 21 Vendemaire, Year 9, from Minie to Citizen Jean Louis E. Reynier (who fought at the Battle of the Pyramids and the Sieges of El Arish and Acre) struck with superb strike of BENESOUEF. handstamp of despatch in red. The letter itself being a resumé of a journey south reporting on the behaviour of the villages in between and the crops purchased and arrangements for them being sent to Cairo. Just ten examples of this handstamp are recorded, this being one of the finest. Rare.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 3.200 CHFLosnr. : 5302 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Territorial Offices 1880 (Feb 24): Cover from Suakin to Suez franked by Egypt 1879 10 pa. reddish lilac, vertical and horizontal pairs to pay the 1 piastre rate, each tied by POSTE KHEDEVIE / SUAKIM datestamps in blue (Stagg fig. 2). Reverse with 'V.R. removed' POSTE EGIZIANE / SUEZ cds of receipt (March 1) in black. One stamp with corner fault and some peripheral aging of no significance, a rare and most appealing entire. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 3.600 CHFLosnr. : 5176 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1 pi. red used on 1871 entire letter from Minuf to Cairo, with manuscript 'Minuf 1/21/1871' at lower left, the adhesive being cancelled by oval negative seal handstamp in black (Smith A6, illustrated on page 502) reading 'Maktab Bosta Khedewiya Masriya / Minuf', with reverse showing 'V. R. Poste Egiziane / Cairo' arrival datestamp (Jan 21) in black. Sold together with an off-cover 1872 1 pi. with same negative seal handstamp in black. Rare and fine page.
Note: Minuf had yet to be issued with a circular datestamp.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 2.000 CHFLosnr. : 5041 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1837: Entire letter from Syros to Alexandria with fine SYRA despatch cds (July 21) and fine oval PAID at right both in black. A fine and early entire carried by a Feraldi Line ship. Manuscript rating on reverse but no arrival marking as no datestamp is recorded from the opening of the Greek Office in November 1833 until 1858. An early commercial letter, Consular letters are known from 1834, coupled with an 1853 entire in the other direction rated 20 lepta on arrival.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 850 CHFLosnr. : 5590 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo 1850/1971: The wonderful collection on Exhibit leaves, with 1850 entire to Shepheard at the 'British Hotel' and a letter signed by him to his wife (1856), block of 5 m. carmine with early (Dec 1891) date, 1903 and 1913 registered usages with Hotel cachet, 1908 card with scarce 'Shepheard's Hotel' only datestamp, 1919 cover with 'Postage Fee / EEF' marking, 1935 Express letter to Vienna, 1961 meter mark, postcards, hotel stationery and guest pass etc. A fine collection (31 items).Ausruf : 350 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHFLosnr. : 5015 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1801 (July 9): Entire letter written by Brigadier General Sir Eyre Coote to Rear Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, dated 'July 9th' at top, stating in the letter 'I sent you yesterday a copy of the articles of convention, also a printed order from the Duke of York - I am of the opinion Menou will accept the terms' (of the surrender of Alexandria to the British). The letter is signed at base by Eyre Coote and endorsed on the envelope on front and with 'C' wax seal on reverse. Envelope with closed tear but of great historical importance.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 650 CHFLosnr. : 5665 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1905 (Feb 25): Official Post Office envelope sent registered from Paris to Egypt, damaged by water and struck on front with two line bilingual cachet in French and in English SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF THE S.S. CAIRO in violet, reclosed for sending after the incident and Type VI red Interpostal Seal 'Direzione Generale Delle Poste Khedevie Egiziane / Alessandria' applied on reverse. The S.S. Cairo ran aground on entering Alexandria on March 6, 1905 and the 51 mailbags were later salvaged.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 1.500 CHFLosnr. : 5434 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1925: Geographic Congress, Cairo. The set of three Colour Trials with 5 m. in brown as issued (can be recognised as such by the inverted watermark), 5 m. in issued colour of the 10 m. rose and 5 m. in issued colour of the 15 m. blue, all fresh and fine, each stamp being position 35 on the sheet, full unmounted og. Extremely rare, just 105 examples exist of each Nile Post = $ 600.
Note: These sheets were unrecognised by the former owner, Ernest Kehr, and were discovered in 1997. The sheets were broken up in 2004.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 1.900 CHFLosnr. : 5387 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Essay for 15 m. value (two), printed in reddish brown (close to the colour of issued 5 m. chestnut but a redder tint), imperforate examples affixed to presentation cards showing Scarabs in top panel, one annotated 'A' with manuscript crosses where the printing has left small flaws with white dots in right and lower panel; the other marked 'B' without flaws and presumably used for presentation. Fresh and fine, rare Essays. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E234a = $ 700.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 3.400 CHFLosnr. : 5043 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1863 (Aug 31): Entire letter to Sira, Greece with Type VI circular POSTA EUROPEA / CAIRO despatch datestamp in blue, thence transferred to Greek Post Office in Alexandria where franked by 1862 Athens printing 80 lepta carmine tied by '97' lozenge of dots in black with ALEXANDRIA / (TURKEY) datestamp below (August 19, julian) and 'Paid to Destination' handstamp at left. Syra arrival cds (Aug 25, julian) on reverse. A rare combination usage, illustrated in Smith on colour plate 1.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 5.500 CHFLosnr. : 5569 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1947 (Feb-July): Airmail, Imperforate vertical pairs on watermarked paper (values followed by printing figures): 2 m. vermilion, (73), 3 m. sepia (47), 5 m. brown-lake (85), 7 m. orange-brown (73), 8 m. green (40), 30 m. purple (40), 100 m. olive (80) and 200 m. grey (76) with four values in top marginal pairs, all fresh and very fine, unmounted og. A complete set less the 10 m. value. Rare. Some signed Sanabria Nile PostA28c/A32c+A35c/A39c = $ 1'620.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 3.000 CHFLosnr. : 5259 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1878 (July 27): 'Eastern Telegraph Co. Ltd.' red on brown Telegram envelope, mailed to Jeddah / Gedda franked at registered rate with single Bulâq 2 pi. yellow tied by rare POSTES EGPTIENNES / SUEZ datestamp (ESC type VI) in black. Repeated strike at right and framed RACCOMANDATO on front; reverse with POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / GEDDA cds of receipt (Aug 1) in black. A rare and particularly fine in-coming cover. Illustrated in Smith on Colour plate 13. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 4.800 CHFLosnr. : 5271 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Bulâq 5 pi. green used with 1 pi. red on 1878 triple rate cover from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt (blue cachet on reverse) to the French Consul at Luxor / Luqsor, tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamps (Jan 9). Address written in both French and Arabic with reverse showing 'Siut' transit cds (Jan 11) and arabic dated Luxor arrival datestamp (Jan 14) in black. Faults to envelope but a very rare usage of the 5 piastres on an internal cover to Upper Egypt.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 2.800 CHFLosnr. : 5073 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1870: Entire letter from Alexandria to New York, endorsed 'via D'Italia & Liverpool' (to avoid the Siege of Paris and Franco-Prussian War), franked by Italy 1863 10 c. orange-brown and 60 c. violet with 1867 20 c. blue tied by 234 numeral obliterators with 'Alessandria D'Egitto / Poste Italiane' despatch cds (Dec 17, with month inverted). Brindisi cds of transit on reverse and New York / Paid All cds in red (Jan 11) on front. File fold through 60 c. but a scarce usage.Ausruf : 180 CHFZuschlag : 600 CHFLosnr. : 5046 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1875: Entire letter from Athens to Alexandria sent unpaid, struck with handstruck '60' lepta due marking on front panel with Athens despatch cds at right. Taxed on arrival in Alexandria (Aug 26) and franked by Greece April 1875 perforated Postage Due 20 l. black & green, three examples, all tied by dotted '97' lozenge of dots of Alexandria. Some aging and one stamp crossed by file fold but a rare usage. Illustrated in Smith on page 44.Ausruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : 3.000 CHFLosnr. : 5503 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1924/25: Official set of eight values, the specialised collection with 1 m. orange in complete sheets of 100 (Settings A, Control B23 and Setting B, Control B24) and in Control blocks of four, 2 m. black blocks (C23 and C24), 3 m. brown blocks (C23 and C24), 4 m. green blocks (C23), 5 m. chestnut blocks (B25 and C23), 10 m. rose in a sheet of 100 and in blocks (C23 and C24), 15 m. bright blue blocks (C23 and C24), 50 m. bluish green in block with position 84 retouch and a lower left corner block of four etc. An exceptional group (64 items) Nile Post O32/O39 = $ 1'800.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 3.400 CHFLosnr. : 5253 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Bulâq 20 pa. deep blue, position 200 on the sheet with major plate flaw on the wig of the Sphinx (Nile Post D16k), used with Bulâq 1 pi. red on 1877 cover to Cincinnatti (addressed to an early stamp importer C. F. Adams), tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamps (Oct 20) in black. London transit in red and arrival on reverse (Nov 15). Some docketing but a scarce mixed issue cover. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 600 CHFLosnr. : 5598 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Cavalla 1870 (Dec 7): Entire letter from Cavalla to Syra franked by 1867 1 pi. red tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / CAVALLA datestamp in black (Dec 7, gregorian) with repeated strike at upper right of cover. Taxed for inland delivery on arrival with Large Hermes 20 lepta blue tied by two strikes of SYROS datestamps (Nov 30, julian). Reverse with further Syros cds. A rare and splendid entire. Illustrated in Smith on colour plate 12.Ausruf : 1.500 CHFZuschlag : 19.000 CHFLosnr. : 5428 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1937/39: Boy King 5 m. red-brown (1'000 printed), 6 m. green (600 printed), 10 m. violet (1'200 printed), 15 m. brown-purple (1'000 printed) and 20 m. pale blue (1'000 printed), all in interpanneau blocks of 24 from the base of Booklet sheets with Controls A/38 (5, 10 and 15 m.) and 6 m. Control A/41 and 20 m. Control A/40, all with Farouk Oblique perforations, fresh and fine, full unmounted og. Also uncut blocks of 24 as above with normal perforations for 5 m. (A/38), 10 m. (A/38) and 15 m. (A/38). Exceptional and rare group. Nile Post D140c + D142c + D141d + D142c + D144c + D145c = $ 1'896+.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 12.500 CHFLosnr. : 5045 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1870/71: Covers (2), earlier entire letter to Syros franked by fine Large Hermes 40 l. dull lilac on blued paper tied by dotted '97' lozenge of Alexandria with blue 'Alexandria' cds at right (July 2, 1870); also an April 1871 cover to Syros sent unpaid with 'Alexandria' cds in black and taxed for inland delivery with Large Hermes 40 l. bright reddish lilac on blued tied by Syros cds (mail from Greek Post Offices abroad was not taxed at double the deficiency when sent unpaid). A fine and appealing pair.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 440 CHFLosnr. : 5600 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1866: 5 pi. rose, perf. 12½, a fine example with a couple of short perfs. at base, used on five times 'Port-to-Port' rate cover from the Consular Office at Constantinople to Alexandria tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / COSTANTINOPOLI cds in black (Dec 4) with repeated strike below. Reverse with seal removed and flap faults, showing Alexandria arrival cds (Dec 9). An exceptional franking with very few covers known bearing the 5 piastre.Ausruf : 2.000 CHFZuschlag : 11.000 CHFLosnr. : 5662 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1868: Stampless cover from Smirna to Chios / Scio, dated inside February 1868, struck on front with Arabic FRANCO handstamp in green (42 x 22mm.); believed to be the postmark of the Egypt Shipping Co. of Alexandria or possibly belonging to the Khedevial Mail Line. The cancellation is only known on Egyptian stamps and on two stampless covers, and sold with Egypt 1867 20 pa., 1 pi. and 2 pi. all bearing part strikes of the FRANCO handstamp in the same colour. Extremely rare.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 2.000 CHFLosnr. : 5653 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Italian Occupation of Siwa Oasis 1942: The unauthorised Boy King set of ten values, 1m. - 20 m. pale blue, overprinted when the Italian Army occupied the oasis and captured stamps were found by a Lieutenant in the Atiete Division from Bologna who was an ardent philatelist with handstamp OASI DI SIWA / OCCUPAZIONE / MILITARE / ITALIANA in black, seven values being marginal, some tone spots, unmounted or large part og. Rare, see Smith page 810.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 2.800 CHFLosnr. : 5079 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1850/1881: The Exhibit collection on leaves with 1874 'Estero' set used to 2 l., combination covers (2) with Italy and Egypt 1867 1 pi. red, 1878 registered cover and a piece with rare POSTE ITALIANE / CONSEGNE datestamp, 1863 issue frankings with single and double rate covers, 'Estero' frankings with a range of different rates incl. two covers with single 2 c. frankings, postal stationery card usages etc. An excellent lot, condition variable but many scarce items present (76 items incl. 27 covers/cards).Ausruf : 1.000 CHFZuschlag : 4.000 CHFLosnr. : 5118 Ägypten (Königreich)
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20 pa. blue overlapped by 10 pa. brown, used on southbound entire letter from Cairo to Assiut, cancelled by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in black. Whilst the single rate was normally 1 piastre between any of the 16 or so Vice-Royal Post Offices open in Egypt at the time, mail to towns on the Nile in Upper Egypt was charged according to distance in weight stages of 1 dirhem = approximately 3 grams, and was conveyed by the Mohammed Ali State Courier Post.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 3.800 CHFLosnr. : 5169 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1 pi. Die Proof in black, Imperforate example with guideline at lower right corner, showing errroneous inscription in lower panel where two pencil markings are apparent (one dot to be omitted above right hand word in arabic in lower panel, and arabic 'wow' to be deleted from lower panel, the 'wow' converts the singular 'Ghirsh' to the plural 'Ghroosh'), small vertical strip of gum otherwise unused. Illustrated in Smith on page 161, fine and very rare, believed unique. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : 2.800 CHFLosnr. : 5447 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1933: International Railway Congress, Survey Department photographic Essays (ex Hewitt archive) on album page with issued set of four, showing the respective Locomotives used for each value: 5 m. Locomotive No. 1 by George Stephenson & Co., 13 m. Engine No. 41 by George Stephenson & Co. (built for Khedive Said), 15 m. Engine No. 68 by Neilsen & Co. and 20 m. Engine No. 787 by North British Locomotive Co. Exceptional and most attractive group.
Provenance: Robson Lowe sale (March 1979), Basel, lot 2452Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 2.200 CHFLosnr. : 5116 Ägypten (Königreich)
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20 pa. blue, perf. 12½, a fine example used on southbound cover from Cairo to Assiut, cancelled by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in black. Whilst the single rate was normally 1 piastre between any of the 16 or so Vice-Royal Post Offices open in Egypt at the time, mail to towns on the Nile in Upper Egypt was charged according to distance in weight stages of 1 dirhem = approximately 3 grams, and was conveyed by the Mohammed Ali State Courier Post.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 3.800 CHFLosnr. : 5191 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Essay by Charles Skipper & East of London for the 1872 issue, taken from the Great Britain line engraved issues with SPECIMEN at top and CS&E in the corner letters, perforated 14 and printed in deep blue with Cérès head vignette on engine turned background. Also some later examples of CS&E's work imperf. in red, blue (block of four) and a perforated example lithographically produced in brown. Fine page and scarce, illustrated in Smith on page 185 Nile Post E55 var.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 1.500 CHFLosnr. : 5070 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1863: Cover mailed six weeks before the Alexandria P.O. was opened, franked by Sardinia 1855/63 80 c. orange-yellow (4), all without surrounding margins tied by Livorno datestamps (Jan 18); endorsed at top 'Col vapore Assyrien francese' and carried at double rate of 3 lire 20 centesemi with manuscript '12' in pencil denoting grams on front. Reverse with 'Alexandrie / Egypte' cds (Jan 27) of receipt at the French Post Office.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 1.900 CHFLosnr. : 5175 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Italian P.O. 1871: Cover, some acid ink faults, franked by Egypt 1867 1 pi. red (2) tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamps (Nov 10), being a double weight letter for Egypt (above 10 grams), transferred to Italian P.O. franked by 1863 40 c. carmine tied by 234 dotted lozenge with 'Alessandria D'Egitto / Poste Italiane' cds (same day) - single rate for Italy (under 15 grams). Cover with faults but rare, one of the few this describer has recorded.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 700 CHFLosnr. : 5589 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo 1849: Entire letter written and signed by Samuel Shepheard to his cousin in Leamington, struck with fine oval FORWARDED BY / S. SHEPHEARD / BRITISH HOTEL / CAIRO in black at lower left, with double arc ALEXANDRIA cds of British P.O. (Sept 22) and London and Leamington cds's alongside. Charged 1/8 d. to pay on receipt. The entire, with small piece missing from front panel, bears one of the 5 or 6 known strikes of this rare marking.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 800 CHFLosnr. : 5551 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1904: Cover from London to Port Said, short paid 6 d. with 1902 1 d. scarlet (4) cancelled on despatch. Taxed on arrival in Port Said (Oct 19) with 1889 Postage Due 2 m. green, 1 pi. ultramarine and 2 pi. orange (2); addressee not found and these annulled with 'T' markings and cover sent on to Cairo, where again taxed with 1889 4 m. maroon pair and single 2 pi. orange (Oct 20). Some creasing due to journey but a remarkable cover bearing the complete set of the 1889 issue.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 3.400 CHFLosnr. : 5267 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Bulâq 2½ pi. violet used with 1872 Penasson 1 pi. red, on 1874 registered cover to Triest, each tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / SUEZ datestamps (Dec 5) in black. Framed RACCOMANDATE handstamp at base, reverse with Alexandria cds (Dec 6), Brindisi cds (Dec 9) and Triest arrival. A superb and rare cover - the earliest recorded usage of the 'Bulâq' 2½ piastre. Signed Todd AIEP.
Note: Carried under the Austrian Postal Convention: 2½ piastres single rate + 1 piastre registration.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 2.200 CHFLosnr. : 5134 Ägypten (Königreich)
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2 pi. yellow, diagonally bisected example on 1867 entire letter to Alexandria, neatly tied by POSTE VICE REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in blue (July 26). Repeated strike below and reverse with Alexandria arrival cds in black. Cover folds but a rare and most attractive example of this usage, only possible from July 20 to July 31, 1867 in Cairo. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 2'250/Nile Post D5bb = $ 2'500.
Note: Illustrated in Smith on colour plate 16 and on page 154.Ausruf : 1.000 CHFZuschlag : 1.700 CHFLosnr. : 5490 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1893: 'Miri' (-) chestnut, the collection on leaves with Imperforate Control 1 block of four, further imperforate block from top of sheet, issued stamps in blocks including large multiple with watermark sideways, together with six covers including one on Egyptian State Telegraph envelope, two used in combination with 1907 Official 5 m. carmine (Gi. O76) and a 1922 example overprinted for Fiscal use with bilingual '3 P.T.' handstamp in black used on cover on the Abu Kebir-Salhia T.P.O.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 2.600 CHFLosnr. : 5683 Ägypten (Königreich)
1 / 1Suez Canal Construction 1867/69: Album page with 1867 10 pa. mauve (3) and 20 pa. green cancelled by CANAL DE SUEZ / CHANTIER VI datestamps, 10 pa. mauve with manuscript 'Chantier VI / 16.2.69'* and 1 pi. red with manuscript 'Kil 63 Ago 69'; 1 pi. red with CANAL DE SUEZ / RAZ-EL-ECH cds, 20 pa. and 1 pi. used with KIL. 34 datestamps in blue, three 1 pi. red used with KIL. 83 datestamps in black (between Jan and April 1869) and 1 pi. red with large part POSTE EGIZIANE / KILOMETRO 83 datestamp. A few with faults but a spectacular and rare page (14 items).
* Note: Illustrated in Ringstrom & Tester on page 65.Ausruf : 350 CHFZuschlag : 950 CHFLosnr. : 5040 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1856 (Oct 5): Entire letter from Alexandria to Livorno, sent via Forwarding Agent's with oval FORWARDED BY MESSRS / BRIGGS & Co. cachet in black at lower left, British P.O. 'Alexandria' double ring cds in blue on reverse (Oct 6), thence via British ship to Marseille (Oct 11) and charged 18 crazie on arrival in manuscript. Scarce, illustrated in Smith on page 33.
Note: Briggs & Co were the agents for the P & O Steamship Company, whose Overland service replaced Thomas Waghorn's Agency.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 650 CHFLosnr. : 5606 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1867/79: Constantinople - album pages with complete 1867 issue to scarce 5 pi. brown used in Constantinople, 10 pa. mauve, 1 pi. red and 2 pi. blue all used in December 1869 with POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / COSTANTINOPOLI cds's struck in blue (rare), 1872 issue used to 5 pi. green including a fine 20 pa. lithographed, Bulâq 1874 issue to 5 pi. green used, registered cover with Bulâq 1 pi. red pair, 1877 cover to Ibrahim El Senussi (exiled Sheikh of Libya) in Alexandria franked at 1½ pi. rate, 1879 issue to 5 pi. used and a registered cover to Alexandria. A generally fine and very scarce collection.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 500 CHFLosnr. : 5127 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1 pi. claret, slightly stained example on 1866 cover to Livorno, neatly tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in blue (Nov 10). Transferred to Italian Post Office with Italy 1863 60 c. lilac tied by '234' numeral and ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO / POSTE ITALIANE cds (Nov 11) in black. Small cartridge 'Piroscafi / Postali / Italiani' at top and reverse with Brindisi cds and Livorno arrival. An attractive cover. Signed Todd AIEP.
Provenance: Collection Kurt WolfsbauerAusruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 550 CHFLosnr. : 5433 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1957: Definitive Essay on large piece of stamp paper, gummed but without watermark, folded for presentation with three 10 m. imperforate Essays in blue, one similar to the issued Ramses II 10 m. value printed in blue & pale blue with inscriptions 'Poste & Egypte' in French, further 10 m. value in blue similar to issued 1 m. again with the inscription in French, further unaccepted design with streetlight in front of the Citadel in blue. Extremely rare, a similar item recorded in Nile Post so presumably just the one other recorded example Nile Post E538a/538c = $ 1'000.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHFLosnr. : 5097 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1868: 1 kop. brown and 5 kop. blue, perf. 11½, used on 1872 entire letter endorsed 'par Vapeur Russe' to Port Said, tied by Alexandria '785' lozenge of dots handstamps in blue. Rare PORT-SAID Russian P.O. cds of arrival on front (Dec 10) and reverse with equally rare ROPIT / ALEXANDRIA AGENCY datestamp of despatch (9/12) also in blue. The 1 kop. with slight graze at top right otherwise fresh and fine, a rare entire. Illustrated in Smith on Colour Plate 1.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 8.500 CHFLosnr. : 5559 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1899: Cover from Great Britain to Egypt franked by 1 d. lilac (Gi. 172) cancelled 'St. Leonards / Station Office' cds (April 14) and mailed to Dumfries, Scotland (April 17); readdressed again to Egypt, underpaid 1½ d. and taxed on arrival with Egypt 1889 2 m. green and 1 pi. blue (April 26). Further re-addressed to Yokohama via Colombo and Hong Kong; taxed on arrival at 12 sen. with 2 s. rose and 10 s. bistre brown cancelled in manuscript, undelivered and again taxed with 2 s. rose and 10 s. blue. Japanese tags on reverse, a remarkable cover.1 / 1Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHFLosnr. : 5499 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1922/23: OHEMS 2 m. vermilion and 4 m. green, sheet marginal mint examples, each with variety: Inverted Overprint, fresh and fine, 2 m. with minor age spot in margin, unmounted og. Rare, just one pane of 100 stamps (or apparently only 96) from printing B was discovered, of Proof status as no actually issued stamps were printed from this forme. Certs Hass (2002) Gi = unlisted/Nile Post O23i + O25p = $ 500.1 / 1Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 360 CHFLosnr. : 5309 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1884/1909: Imperforate gummed Proof corner blocks of four, all with upright watermark, with 1 m. deep brown, pl. 2, 2 m. green pl. 1, 5 m. carmine pl. 5 (in a block of eight) and 1884/1902 1 pi. blue (with buffer lines), 2 pi. orange-brown pl. 2 and 5 pi. grey pl. 2; with the 5 m. initialled by the De La Rue printer '24.6.12' at base and handstamped '24 Jun 1912' in blue, all being 'press-run' Proofs with large part original gum. A scarce and attractive assembly Nile Post D43e+D44c+D45e+D46e+D49b+D51f = $ 2'750.Ausruf : 600 CHFZuschlag : 3.800 CHFLosnr. : 5231 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Essays by the Continental Banknote Co., New York, three different Essays for 20 paras value, imperforate on thick card paper, all engraved and overprinted in similar fashion to the 1866 issue, two with vignette of the Sphinx with differing frames printed in vermilion & myrtle green and pale brown and myrtle green respectively, the third with vignette of Pyramid only printed in yellow and black. Rare and very fine trio. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E62/E64 = $ 1'000+.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 7.000 CHFLosnr. : 5639 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1879: 1 pi. rose, used on entire letter from Chios to Constantinople (Challiori correspondence), neatly tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / SCIO datestamp in black, with repeated strike at right (Aug 25). Reverse with V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / COSTANTINOPOLI datestamp (Aug 28) of receipt. Extremely rare entire and most probably unique on this issue. Signed Todd AIEP.
Note: The Consular P.O. on Chios was opened in April 1879, closing due to lack of revenue in June 1881.Ausruf : 1.500 CHFZuschlag : 3.000 CHFLosnr. : 5270 Ägypten (Königreich)
1 / 1Bulâq 5 pi. green, the magnificent vertical pair, completely imperforate or imperforate between, cancelled by part 'Poste Egiziane / Cairo' datestamps (Feb 1875) in black. Tiny closed tear in lower stamp at right but a great rarity of Egyptian Classic Philately and the sole recorded example. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = unpriced/Nile Post D29e = $ 2'000.
Note: The listing in Nile Post is erroneous, the sole pair known is the above item, the variety is not recorded unused.Ausruf : 1.000 CHFZuschlag : 3.200 CHFLosnr. : 5220 Ägypten (Königreich)
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5 pa. brown, 10 pa. mauve, 20 pa. blue, 1 pi. red and two 2 pi. yellow, all used on 1875 cover front to Hartford, CT, USA tied by scarce arabic dated LUXOR datestamps in black and by '2 Cents' red credit marking. London / Paid transit cds in red on front (Jan 16) and fully paid thus: 1 pi. Luxor to Cairo, 1 pi. Cairo to Alexandria, 3 pi. 35 paras for British Postage by Sea. A scarce and exceptionally attractive item. Signed Todd AIEP.Ausruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : 3.200 CHFLosnr. : 5251 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Bulâq 1 pi. red, used example on 1879 cover from KOROSKO to Dundee, Scotland tied by Arabic dated POSTE EGIZIANE / KARASKON datestamp in black with repeated strike at left. Reverse with 'Poste Khedevie Egiziane / Siut' cds (Feb 15), Alexandria cds and Dundee (Feb 27) arrival cds. The envelope with faults but an extremely rare cancellation.
Note: Korosko in Nubia. Since the building of the Aswan High Dam, Korosko has been flooded by Lake Nasser.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 2.200 CHFLosnr. : 5542 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1889: OHMS deleted envelope endorsed 'On Active Service, No Stamps Available', mailed from a Captain Rawlinson in Halfa, Sudan (he was on Kitchener's staff) to Lady Rawlinson at the Hotel Angleterre in Cairo, taxed on arrival with 1888 Postage Due 2 m. green and a diagonally bisected example tied by Cairo datestamps (18/4) and deleted charge with 'T' marking. Forwarded on to the San Stefano Hotel where 1888 Postage Due 2 m. green and a diagonally bisected example were again applied and tied by SAN STEFANO / HOTEL datestamps (May 1). A very unusual cover.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 5.500 CHFLosnr. : 5033 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1865: Covers (9), all with the newly introduced POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE datestamps with Alexandria in black (3) one cover being dated April 19 and thus just four days after the introduction of the datestamp and another with a rare usage on registered cover to Mansura, Cairo in black (2), Mansura in black and in blue, Tanta, Zagasik and Zifta & Mitg. A fine and rare selection, the service only operated from April 15, 1865 until the first stamp issue on January 1, 1866.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 2.600 CHFLosnr. : 5108 Ägypten (Königreich)
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10 pa. brown, perf. 13 x 12½, a horizontal strip of four, Types I-II-II-II, being positions 3-4-5-6 from the bottom row of the sheet and with the rare compound perforation, all used on large piece addressed to Tanta, cancelled by faint PVRE / ALESSANDRIA datestamps in black. One stamp with vertical crease but a very rare multiple and most probably the largest known with this perforation Gi = £ 200+/Nile Post D2m = $ 400.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 200 CHFLosnr. : 5278 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1878 Essays for the Provisional surcharge of the January 1879 issue, '5 PARAS' in red on 2½ pi. violet and '10 PARAS' in red on 2½ pi. violet, overprinted by the Khedevial Printing Works at Bulâq with vertical bars at sides obliterating previous value, fresh and fine examples of these unadopted Essays with somewhat dried gum. Minor thinning on the 10 paras of no real significance, extremely rare. Illustrated in Smith on page 213. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E81+E82 = $ 3'500.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 3.200 CHFLosnr. : 5514 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1887: Cover from Bushire to Cairo franked on reverse with India ½ a. blue green in an irregular block of five tied by BUSHIRE squared circle datestamps (June 24), cover found to be double weight and taxed with framed POSTAGE DUE marking and charged with rare mixed issue Postage Due franking on receipt of 1886 2 pi. rose-red and 1884 horizontal strip of four 10 pa. all tied by Cairo datestamps (July 19) in black. Cover with faults but very rare.Ausruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : 1.500 CHFLosnr. : 5077 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1881: Printed Circular from Alexandria to Magadino, Switzerland franked by Egypt 1879 reddish lilac and Italy 'Estero' 2 c. brown, both tied by circular '234' numeral obliterator with ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO / (POSTE ITALIANE) datestamp at right (June 18). The Egypt adhesive was unnecessary and presumably the sender chose the Italian P.O. for convenience and re-franked the letter there as either stamp was enough postage for the letter. Reverse with Naples transit and Magadino arrival cds (June 25). Attractive and unusual entire.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 1.300 CHFLosnr. : 5445 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1931: 14th Agriculture & Industrial Exhibition, photographic Proofs (2) by the Survey Dept. with two vignettes (from the tomb at El Bersheh) and a completed photographic Proof of the design without the Arabic inscriptions at top, right and at base. Extremely rare (unique) with one signed 'Hewitt' on reverse, together with the mint issued set and a block of four 5 m. with frame broken flaw. Illustrated in Smith on page 332 Nile Post E355(c)+E357 = $ 600+.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 1.700 CHFLosnr. : 5543 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1898 (May 9): Cover endorsed at top 'Famaka, Sudan, No Stamps Available' with OMDURMAN cds at left and framed 'T' marking, taxed on arrival in Cairo at the Officer's rate of 5 milliemes with 1889 Postage Due 2 m. green with corner fault and provisional 1898 3 m. on 2 pi. orange tied by Cairo datestamps (May 20) in black. Flap missing but very rare - the sole example Peter Smith ever found or recorded.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 900 CHFLosnr. : 5580 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1903 (July 11): The rare 73 mills Booklet, part example with detached front and back covers printed in blue, with one page intact and showing a horizontal pair of the 3 m. orange-yellow. Despite the lack of nearly all the stamps, this is nigh on unique - just one complete Booklet (ex the A. John Revell collection) is known Gi = unpriced/Nile Post SB2 = $ 7'500.
Note: Peter found this Booklet in a junk shop in Dublin many years ago.Ausruf : 350 CHFZuschlag : 1.600 CHFLosnr. : 5553 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1904: Cover sent unpaid from Arnhem, Netherlands (Dec 24) to a passenger on Steamship 'Oranje' at Suez. Taxed on arrival at Port Tewfik with 1889 2 pi. orange (Jan 2, 1905), and forwarded on again to Batavia. Reverse with Netherland Indies 10 c. and 15 c. Postage Dues tied by 'Weltvreden' squared circle datestamps (Feb 19). Some age spots but a scarce cover that would benefit by being opened for display.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 650 CHFLosnr. : 5552 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1912: Cover from French P.O. in Alexandria with 1902 Blanc 1 c. grey pair, 2 c. maroon and 3 c. orange pair mailed to Trieste tied by 'Alexandrie' cds's (March 7), correctly prepaid for journey but re-addressed to Cairo by sender where taxed with 1889/1907 1 pi. ultramarine tied by Cairo cds. The French P.O. adhesives were not valid for mail within Egypt and the cover was marked with framed 'O' prior to being taxed by a Postal Clerk with dirty hands.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 340 CHFLosnr. : 5030 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1864: Cover to Mansura endorsed 'per Consegna' (registered) at top, struck with sender's cachet ('J & P Planta / Alexandrie') at left, mailed with circular POSTA EUROPEA / ALESSANDRIA datestamp (Type VI) in black (March 11) and superb oval PER CONSEGNA / POSTA EUROPEA, ALESSANDRIA cachet (enumerator 1168, with latter figure in mss.). Charged '2' piastres (1 pi. postage and 1 pi. registration) in manuscript with fine oval POSTA EUROPEA / MANSURA arrival (Type V) in blue of the same day. Smith 'All Posta Europea registered letters are rare'.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 1.600 CHFLosnr. : 5072 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1865: Entire letter from Cairo used during the Government Post period, struck with POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in black (Oct 17), transferred to the Italian P.O. and franked by 1863 60 c. violet tied by small cartridge PIROSCAFI / POSTALI / ITALIANI handstamp in black. 'Alessandria D'Egitto / Poste Italiane' cds below (Oct 18) and reverse with arrival cds. A few minor scuffs but a scarce combination usage, possible for just 8 months.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 360 CHFLosnr. : 5011 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1800 (Dec 26): Entire letter written from Rosetta on the 6 Nivose, Year 8; addressed to a wounded Soldier of the 15th Regiment on board the hospital ship 'L'Americain' off Alexandria, struck with straight line ROSETTE in black at left. Interestingly charged '4' sols in manuscript as the entire was not on Official business. Extremely fine and rare, with just 9 examples recorded. Illustrated in Smith on page 7. Signed Jamet.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 2.600 CHFLosnr. : 5296 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1887/91: Essay by De La Rue for proposed 10 piastres value, beautifully drawn pen & ink sketch, 22 x 19 mm., apparently sent to De La Rue as an indication by the Egyptian Post Office in answer to a received hand-painted Essay of June 29, 1888, with manuscript pencil date on reverse: 'July '88'. Extremely fine and rare, illustrated in Smith on page 237. Signed Todd AIEP. Nile Post E94 = $ 500.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 1.700 CHFLosnr. : 5325 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1886: Essay by De La Rue for proposed 2 Paras Newspaper stamp, prepared with 1879 5 pa. printed in olive-green (issued in brown), line perforated 14 and placed on small card paper, overprinted '2 PARAS' diagonally in black and with bars at sides obliterating original value. The proposal, made in January 1886 was later rejected. Illustrated in Smith on page 235. Extremely rare. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E88 = $ 750.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 1.100 CHFLosnr. : 5189 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1871: Essays by Penasson of Alexandria for 1872 issue, imperforate, without value or inscriptions, with examples in violet, deep green and brown and a block of four in red (colours and stamp size all as utilised for the 1867 issue), further example on tinted paper in sage green, all with gum, and an example perforated 15 x 12½ printed in blue, without gum. A few imperfections as usual but generally fine, a scarce group Nile Post E51+E51a = $ 550+.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 460 CHFLosnr. : 5531 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1888/89: De La Rue artist's Essay in the accepted design for the 1 piastre value, hand-painted in deep blue and chinese white on thin tracing paper, 87 x 67 mm., dated in pencil at top 'July 27, 88'. Superb and beautiful example of the artist's work, unique. Illustrated in Smith on page 417. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E112 = $ 1'250.
Provenance: Collection John Gilbert (March 1977), lot 2539Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 3.600 CHFLosnr. : 5205 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Typographed 20 pa. blue, the outstanding mint block of 12 (4 x 3), perf. 12½ x 13½, positions 3-6/13-16/23-26, with position 5 showing the 'exploded star' variety at lower right, of excellent rich colour, well centred and perfs. protected by hingeing, large part og. One of the largest multiples known, an exquisite block. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 780+/Nile Post D16+D16a = $ 1'950 (as three blocks of four).Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 3.000 CHFLosnr. : 5687 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Suez Canal Company 1868 (July 8): 20 c. blue, a mint block of 20 from lower right corner of the sheet, positions 69-72/81-84/93-96/105-108/117-120, of excellent colour and with large margins all round, one stamp (pos. 72) with tiny stain, minor gum bends, otherwise very fresh and fine with most stamps being unmounted og. A scarce multiple. Signed E. Diena, Todd AIEP Gi = £ 1'500/Nile Post SC3 = $ 800+.Ausruf : 300 CHFZuschlag : 240 CHFLosnr. : 5244 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Bulâq 1 pi. red, Setting D, the remarkable mint block of nine on thin oily paper, completely Imperforate, the foliate marginal from right of sheet showing position 58 in a horizontal and vertical tête-bêche format. Fresh colour and extremely fine, one of just three imperforate tête-bêche pairs possible, full unmounted og Gi = unpriced/Nile Post D26bb+D26cc = $7'500+.
Provenance: Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (May 2001).Ausruf : 2.500 CHFZuschlag : 5.000 CHFLosnr. : 5458 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1938: International Leprosy Congress, Survey Dept. photographic unadopted Essay for the 5 m. value showing the Hydrocarpus with inscription at top right of vignette and imprint at lower right outside frame 'N. Strekalovsky' and different inscription at top 'International Leprosy Congress' instead of 'Congres International De La Lepre'. Signed by the Survey Department's chief cartographer, A. Hewitt, on reverse. Superb and unique Nile Post E471 = $ 1'500.
Provenance: Robson Lowe sale (March 1979), Basel, lot 2472Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 850 CHFLosnr. : 5455 Ägypten (Königreich)
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1938 (Jan 26): Internataional Cotton Congress, Survey Dept. photographic Essays (2) with vignette only example in brown showing youth picking Cotton, also an unadopted design with rectangular inner frame (rather than the issued arched design), for 15 m. value. One signed by A. Hewitt, chief cartographer of the Survey Dept. Splendid and rare Essays, unique Nile Post E454+E463 = $ 725.
Provenance: Robson Lowe sale (March 1979), Basel, lot 2469Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHF -
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