Lot# 1993 - 196-201 Auction
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Lot# : 1993 Egypt Kingdom
1879/1950c.: The Postal Stationery Exhibit Collection, with 1879 20 pa. card optd SPECIMEN in black, used example with 'Chibin El Kom' star & crescent cds, 1891 5 m. usage with six colour franking, 1891 3 m. on 5 m. card with 'Inverted Surcharge' error and other varieties, 3 m. maroon card used at 'Luxor Hotel' (other Hotel usages throughout), wrapper bands (2) for 5 cards priced at 40 m. in red, and 10 cards at 4 piastres in red, 1907 2 m. card taxed in Belgium, 1916 3 m. on 2 m. provisional card mint with flaw in arabic script, 1928 Overprinted 4 m. message and reply cards mint (very rare), 1931 3 m. green card sent reg'd to Portugal, 1936 and 1944 Fuad and Boy King cards mint and used, 1944 Marescah 6 m. green card locally reg'd (2, scarce); Envelopes with 1865 Reister Essays for 10 pa. in red, another with 'Epreuve' and 20 pa. surcharge in red and in green, 1869 Renard Essay in rose with 20 pa. opt. in black, 1871 Penasson Essay for 1 pi. env. in red, 1889 5 m. env. optd SPECIMEN, 1892 5 m. on 2 pi. with arabic surcharge inverted mint, surcharge double mint and surcharge reading up mint, 3 m. envelope sent reg'd with five colour franking, 1915 5 m. red env. with 8 colour franking, 1921 5 m. pink env. optd SPECIMEN, another used with bilingual SANS ADRESSE cachet in red, 1937 Fuad 2 m. albino print env., registration envelopes complete mint and used, wrappers complete, letter-sheets with 1889 1 pi. SPECIMEN, and complete mint and used. A superb lot awarded an International Large Vermeil.Starting bid : 15,000 CHFHammer price : not sold