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Lot# 5255 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 5255 Egypt Kingdom

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    Austrian Post Office 1842/1889: The collection on leaves (19 items) with 1842 entire from Cairo to Alexandria with Arabic notation "at the Austrian Consulate in Alexandria", 1852 incoming cover to Alexandria with "Alexandrien" cds in black and outgoing cover to Vienna with the same cds in blue, Austrian 1864 Arms issue 10 s. blue with str. line ALEXANDRIEN handstamp and 1864 15 s. brown on cover to Salonika tied by ALEXANDRIEN cds, 1867 remarkable if soiled cover to Sweden, 1879 5 c. card from Basel with further 5 c. browen to Jerusalem via both Austrian and Italian PO's in Alexandria, rare 1867/74 3 s. green postal stationery envelope locally used; 1867 10 s. blue on cover to Chur; 1867/74 10 s. blue (2) on disinfected registered cover to Fiume, 1883 card from Hungary with Alexandrien thimble cds and "MAL CHIESTA" cachet in black, 1883 1 pi. (4) used on registered cover to Trieste etc. Generally fair to very fine, a fine lot.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF