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Lot# 2042 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 2042 Egypt Kingdom

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    Destination Mail 1889/1914c.: Collection on leaves (26) items with 1881 cover with 1 pi. rose tied 'Costantinopoli' cds used to Metelino, 1889 Austrian 5 kr. stationery reply card used back from Louxor to Vienna, 1892 registered cover at 2 pi. rate to Moscow, 1892 reg'd up-rated usage to Koepang, Timor via Singapore and Makassar, 1896 German 10 pf. reply card used back from Alexandria to Dresden, 1896 1 pi. stationery envelope from Cairo via Suez, Colombo and Singapore to Jaluit, Marshall Islands (surely unique!) with arrival (Oct 12); 1896 1 pi. rate to Monaco, 1896 registered cover from Tasmania via Egypt to Monaco, 1897 South Eastern Telegraph Co. envelope franked by 1 m. brown used to Hong Kong with 'Singapore To Hong Kong' cds verso, 1898 fine cover at 10 m. rate from Alexandria to Selangor, Malaya; 1899 card with Germany 10 pf. from Suez to Singapore, 1899 cover with 1 pi. blue tied 'Lloyd Austriaco / LXXIV' cds in blue, 1900 card franked 4 m. to Luxembourg, 1908 reg'd cover to Havana, Cuba at 2 pi.rate; 1900 reg'd cover at 2 pi. rate to Zanzibar with receipt slip, 1902 card with GB ½ d. green tied MISDIRECTED used from Suez to New Zealand, 1905 Russian 4 kop. stat. reply card used from Finland to Egypt and back; 1909 cover to Japan with tags showing addressee unfound, 1910 cover sent registered to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies franked by 1 pi. blue (2) from Mansura with Christiansted arrival and framed ST. THOMAS registration cachet in violet, 1910 4 m. on 5 m. postal stationery cards (2) reply cards used back to Egypt, one from Torino and the other from Basel, Switzerland; 1914 South Eastern Telegraph Co. envelope sent registered (rare) to London franked at 8 m.; a charming group with some extraordinary covers/cards
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF