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Lot# 525 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 525 Egypt Kingdom

    1949 (March 1): Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition, the Miniature Sheets, both in se-tenant vertical pairs, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Of immense rarity - the King Farouk sale at Harmers in 1954, sold two uncut sheets of Nile Post MS3 (12 miniature sheets in two sheets of six) and MS4 (16 miniature sheets in two sheets of eight), of these four original un-cut sheets, one of each remains intact. The other sheets were cut up into vertical pairs as offered here: thus only three complete sets can exist in this format Nile Post MS3c+MS4c.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold