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  • Lot# : 1341 Saudi Arabia

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    1925: Postage and Postage Due issues, lithographed by Mourafatti in Cairo, an assortment of Proofs and Printer's waste with large format Proofs / Essays in black for the 1/8 pi., ¼ pi., ½ pi., 3 pi. and 5 pi values on white wove paper (45 x 29 mm.) together with three partial (even larger, 45 mm. vertically) impressions at right of the block for 2 pi., 1½ pi and 1 pi. values in black; imperforate part sheet of the 'Cairo' overprint in deep blue with 45 impressions struck on white wove paper, somewhat creased but unusual and rare and Postage Due imperforate sheet (5 x 10) of ½ pi. printed on blue-washed paper, with some colour loss and tears at edges but possibly unique; also some imperforate stamps in multiples from the sets. An extraordinary lot.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF