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  • Lot# : 85 Saudi Arabia

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    1916/1990c.: Primarily Mint collection with Farouk imperforate card Proof for 1 pi. in blue (issued in red), 1916 first issue perf. 12 complete, 1916 and 1017 rouletted sets complete incl. imperforate card paper Proofs for 1 pa. dull purple and 2 pi. claret, 1917 Postage Due set of three imperforate card paper Proofs (all marginal), 1921 Hashemite Kingdom roulette 13 set of 8 complete, ½ pi. and 1 pi. on 1 pa. claret fine mint (signed, Gi 29+30 = £ 1'100), Postage Due set of three incl. 20 pa. and 2 pi. with opt. inverted, framed Hashemite opt. set incl. 1 pi. opt. inverted (Gi 35a = £ 250, signed Graham), Postage Dues incl. 20 pa. and 2 pi. opt. inverted (signed), Jan 1923 Postage Dues incl. ½ pi. and 2 pi. opt. inverted (Graham and Eid), Feb 1923 ¼ on ½ pi. opt. inverted (Holcombe), 1924 ¼ pi. green tête-bêche pair (ela), 1925 Hejaz Govt. set incl. 1/8 pi. optd. both sides, ¼ pi. opt. in red inverted, ¼ pi. opt. double, ¼ pi. opt. in blue inverted (Graham), ½ pi. opt. in red (ela) and ½ pi. opt. inverted in blue, zig zag roulette set incl. 1 pa. inverted and double opts (ela, Graham), ¼ pi. inverted opt. in red and in gold, 2 pi. optd. in red inverted, set with framed Hashemite complete, 1925 small Hejaz opt. on ¼ pi. in blue (Graham, Gi 89a = £ 1'700), ¼ pi. optd. in red upright and inverted (Gi 90+90b = £ 500+), ¼ pi. optd. in blue inverted (Graham Gi 91b = £ 800), 1925 1/8 pi. opt. in red inverted (ela, Gi 95a = £ 1'700), ½ pi. opt. in red (Graham, Gi 97 = £ 1'700), 1 pi. opt. in red imperf. between, 1 pi., 1½ pi. 2 pi., 3 pi., 5 pi. and 10 pi. all with opt. in red inverted; blue opts. with rare 1 pi. (Graham and ela, Gi 107 = £ 900) and similar rare varieties as before, black opts. incl on 1 pi. (Graham and ela, Gi 117 = £ 900), scarce gold opt. set and set of three surcharged on gold Caliph issue (Gi 132/134), 2 pi. orange opt. in gold and blue (ela, Gi 140 = £ 500), set in black upright and inverted (Graham and ela, Gi 143/147a = £ 2'500+), 1925 Postage Dues optd. in black (Graham & Uexkull, Gi D149/D153 = £ 1'000+), 1925 Jeddah surcharges mint or used, rare four line opt. issues in red, blue or black near complete incl. varieties, 1925 Jeddah / Cairo issue with imperforate Proofs (13), 1925 Postage Dues with imperf. Proofs and double print varieties etc.; Nejd with March 1925 issues complete (Gi 190/D207 = £ 1'500~), Pilgrimage set of five (Gi 210/215 = £ 1'200+), Nejd Sultanate issue (excl. 1 pi.) largely complete incl. varieties, Capture of Medina & Jeddah sets complete (Gi 244/253 = £ 1'000), Hejaz & Nejd with 1926 large format Proofs (11), stamp size Proofs imperf. or perf. (97), issued sets with varieties, Pan Islamic set of nine, 1927 definitives, 1927 Postage Due set of two and error of value, Kingdom set, 1929 set of three, 1930 Accession set of five, 1934 Proclamation set of 12 imperf. and perf. (Gi = £ 5'250), 1934/57 set, 1936 large format Charity Tax (Gi = £ 850), 1949 Airmail, 1950 Zahir Shah set in sheets of 10 inc. variety, 1951 'Boyaume' errors, 1952 Railway, thereafter with Saud cartouche definitive isssues (Gi 396/442 + 467/486) complete, 1961 Dhahran sheets,  1964/72 Saud Gas Oil set incl. 50 p. and 200 p. (Gi 555+556 = £ 1'000), Saud Dam set (incl. Gi 583+584 = £ 950), Airmails with 5 p. used, Faisal definitives with Gas Oil incl. 100 p. (Gi 686 = £ 475), Dam with 50 p. and 200 p. (Gi 713+715 = £ 725) and perf. varieties, Airmail to 33 p. complete (5 p. is used), thereafter complete with 1975 Faisal sheet and other souvenir sheets to 1984. A splendid lot in much above average condition (Gi = £ 52'000+).
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 15,000 CHF