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Lot# 779 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 779 Egypt Kingdom

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    1948 (Nov 10): Death Centenary of Ibrahim Pasha, 10 m. deep green & brown-lake, the special King Farouk sheetlets on nine: with one featuring the background of the Battle of Navarino and Duty Plate in brown-lake (Nile Post RPC121a = $ 5'000) and the other with Ibrahim Pasha in deep green (Nile Post RPC121b = $ 5'000), both imperforate on watermark upright paper, superb unmounted og., together with a corner marginal horizontal pair of the 10 m. from lower left of sheet with Farouk Oblique Perforation variety, unmounted og. (Nile Post C121b). Splendid and of great rarity.rnProvenance: Collection King Farouk, Harmers, Cairo, 15 Feb 1954, lot 1103; Collection Vahan Andonian; Collection Joe Chalhoub, DF, Geneva, 3-7 Dec 2018, lots 10173 and 10174 = € 22'000 + 20'%.rn              
    Starting bid : 14,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold