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Lot# 5840 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 5840 Egypt Kingdom

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    Postage Due 1873: Great Britain 4 d. vermilion, pl. 13 horizontal pair (Gi 95), used on 1874 mourning cover to Cairo endorsed "via Brindisi", tied by "Brandon / 114" duplexes in black (March 19) with oval "PD" below in red. The cover found to be overweight and underpaid 2 d. and the thin paper envelope damaged in transit, struck on arrival with "4" piastres and "5" paras due markings in black. Rate 2 d. due = 33 paras; + Fine 3 pi. 10 pa. = 4 pi. 5 pa. rounded up. Two CAIRO black & lilac Interpostal Seals correctly applied to prevent the envelope receiving further damage at each side and manuscript notation from the Cairo P.O. on reverse with cds (March 27). A rare and spectacular cover.rnrnNote: The addressee, William Amherst Tysen (1835-1909) was a great enthusiast of Egyptian antiquities, assembling one of the finest collections including the 'Papyrus Leopold II', housed in the Morgan Library & Museum, New York and a major bibliophile owning a Gutenberg bible and Charles I's personal copy of the Cambridge Bible.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF