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  • Lot# : 5135 Egypt Kingdom

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    2 pi. yellow, diagonally bisected example used on defective cover front to Port Said, cancelled by POSTE VICE REALI EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA datestamp (July 23) in black, with repeated strike at right. Whilst the Post Office circular from Muzzi Bey declared that Alexandria could use bisected 2 piastre stamps due to the stock of the 1 pi. being exhausted, from July 16th, the Alexandria bisect is nevertheless very much rarer than that of Cairo. Cert. S.P. d'Egypte (1951) Nile Post D5ee = $ 600.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF