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  • Lot# : 5677 Egypt Kingdom

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    1884: De La Rue Archive Proof for 20 pa. + 20 pa. reply card, using two 1879 20 pa. brown postal stationery cards, each perforated CANCELLED, the original inscriptions cut out and new, appropriate inscriptions pasted on for the 1884 issue stationery reply card - with extra line at base in French and 'Avec Réponse' in both French and Arabic added, note annotations by Printer's in manuscript: 'Model Approved / Print in Carmine' and 'To be printed on English Foreign Post Card paper' and signed by W. F. Halton. Also a mint and used example of the issued card (Nile Post SPC 2). Unique and extraordinary item.

    Provenance: 'John Gilbert' (March 1977), lot 2559.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF