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Lot# 521 - 210-212 Auction

  • Lot# : 521 Egypt Kingdom

    1865/1985 ca.: Postal Stationery, the six volume collection, unused and used (considerable cancellation interest), from 1865 with Pellas 10 pa. envelope in red, 1867 1 pi. red envelope Essay by Penasson, 1869 Pellas Essays (3), 1879 20 pa. card onwards with extensive duplication throughout, including 1884 20 pa. red card used back from Charlottenburg to Suez, 1891 3 m. on 5 m. provisional card with '3' inverted unused, same card with entire surcharge inverted unused (5 examples) and others with surcharge double (3); 1894  3m. card addressed to the Von Blücher family, 1910 4 m. red card with five colour registered franking, 1927 cards unused and used, scarce Boy King and later illustrated cards unused, 1892 5 m. on 2 pi. envelope with double surcharge varieties (4), surcharge misplaced (2) and 'hamza' flaws; De La Rue 5 m. red, 10 m. blue and 1 pi. letter-sheets unused, 5 m. brown letter-sheet unused, Boy King 5 m. and 6 m. letter-sheets unused, Newspaper wrappers incl. 1929 2 m. black unused, 1913 registration envelope 10 m. blue unused and used, 15 m. deep blue and 15 m. purple unused and used, Boy King 15 m. envelopes unused (2 different) and 20 m. used, also some fine Sudan usages. An exceptional lot (few hundred items).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF