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  • Lot# : 866 Egypt Kingdom

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    Rural Service 1906/47: Small group of Rural Service cancellations on loose stamps (50ca) and covers (11), the latter including 1910 cover from Wasta sent registered, 1939 Rural cover to the USA (scarce), 1940 cover with Boy King 5 m. used three days after the rate change to 6 m., mailed at TOD-TALAAT to Cairo and taxed 2 m. on arrival, 1947 stampless cover taxed with 2 x 10 m. at MATAI-MINBAL and April 1947 cover from Heliopolis to a village served by the IDDAQ EL MISK RURAL SERVICE with 20 m. fee collected by Postage (2 m.) and Postage Dues 2 x 4 m. and single 10 m..
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 867 Egypt Kingdom

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    Retta Cancellation 1866/1963.: Collection on leaves and loose with covers/cards (21), Egypt stamps with the 9 x 9 retta from 1866 onwards (34), usages on Overseas stamps incl. GB from 1858 1 d. red, 1881 2½ d. mauve and 2½ d. blue etc., usages on Austria, Greece, Mozambique Co., Russian Levant and Turkish stamps, covers from 1866 with 1 pi. on cover used in February 1866, 1874 Bulâq 1 pi. pair on cover, 1936 British Forces 'last day' cover with block of four 1 pi. carmine, Sudan usages with covers (2) etc.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 868 Egypt Kingdom

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    United Nations Forces 1955/72c.: Collection with covers from U.N. Forces in Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon and Middle East, post the Suez crisis and a fre ancillary items with Brazilian Forces cover, Canadian U.N. mail covers (11) incl. baggage tags (3), Denmark and Finland Forces with covers (4), Indian Forces with covers (7), Indonesian Forces cover franked by Italian adhesive, Norwegian Forces covers (2), Swedish Forces with covers from 1956-60 (13), Yugoslavian Forces etc. also including a United Nations circular blue uniform patch. A most unusual group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 869 Egypt Kingdom

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 870 Egypt Kingdom

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    1508: Entire letter from Alexandria to Raffaelo de Medici in Lyon, endorsed 'p. Nave' at base. Fresh and very for an entire over 500 years old.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 871 Egypt Kingdom

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    Napoleonic Campaign 1799 (July 2): Printed "Alexander Berthier au Général Division DUGUA" letter 'Au quartier-général d'Alexandrie, le 15 thermidor an 7', interesting war report concerning the battle at Fort d'Abou-Qyr against Turkish troups mentioning 'trois milles Turks rendus prisonniers, parmi lesquels se trouve le fils de Mustapha pacha , commandant en chef' printed 'Au Kaire, de l'Imprimerie Nationale'. Further outer lettersheet to 'Ordonnateur de la Marine à Toulon" bearing "ARM. D'ITALIE / I re Don", dated inside "Alexandrie 26 Thermidor an VI" (13.8.1798) in manuscript. Much of the original Armee d'Italie became the Army of Egypt. Fine ensemble, ex collection Paolo Vollmeier.
    Louis Alexandre Berthier (1753 – 1815), 1st prince de Wagram,1st sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel, Marshal and Vice-Constable of France,  Chief of Staff (Major général) under Napoleon Bonaparte.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 872 Egypt Kingdom

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    British Post Office in Suez 1857 (Feb 28): Cover from Suez to Bombay with fine strike of British PO Suez double arc cds in black, "Indian Bearing / 8 Annas" marking on front and reverse with Bombay arrival.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 873 Austrian Levant

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    1868 (May 7): Outer letter sheet from Vienna sent unpaid to Alexandria with fine strike of Vienna cds in blue and "10 / 10" (5 so. plus 5 so. due for Austria and 10 so. for the Austrian Lloyd) due handstamp in black on front and reverse with Triest transit and an nearly illisible "ALEXANDRIEN 15 / 5" cds of the Austrian Lloyd P.O. in black (Tranmer Fig. 5). This rate fraction mark is unknown in Tranmer and van der Linden but a similar combination of twice "15" (kr.) is shown and described for a 1861 cover from Alexandria to Firenze prior to the 1866 rate unification in Smith - Austrian Post Offices in the Levant, p. 9, an interesting cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 874 Egypt Kingdom

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    Incoming Mail 1877 (Dec 12): Small envelope from Constantinople sent unpaid to Cairo with fine strike of CONSTANTINOPLE TURQUIE cds (Coles & Walker fig. 71) in blue, oval "T" marking in blue, and "3" (pi.) due in black on front and reverse with "POSTE EGIZIANE 18 DIC 77" transit and "POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO 18 DIC 77" arrival cds's. Opened roughly on top but an appealing cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 875 Egypt Kingdom

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    1872: Penasson 20 pa. blue, 1 pi. red and 2 pi. yellow all used on prepaid mourning cover sent registered to Vienna tied by "POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO 24 OTT 74 III" datestamps, reverse with POSTE EGIZIANE ALESSANDRIA in black on the same day and "WIEN RECOMMAND. 2 11 74". A scarce and attractive franking.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 876 Egypt Kingdom

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    1872 (Aug 16): Registered cover within Alexandria franked by 1872 20 pa. blue and 2½ pi. violet tied by fine strike of POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA cds's, framed RACCOMANDATE registration handstamp at left, docketing number below in manuscript. Reverse with flap missing but a delightful cover.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 877 Egypt Kingdom

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    1874 (Jan 28): Registered cover to Cairo franked by 1872 1 pi. red pair and single all tied by V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / DAMIATA cds's, framed RACCOMANDATE registration handstamp above. Flap missing but an attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 878 Egypt Kingdom

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    Territorial P.O. in Massawa 1872/75: Egypt 5 pa. brown, 20 pa. blue, 1 pi. red and December 1874 2 pi. yellow (2), all used on 1875 entire letter from Massawa 'via Brindisi' to Marseille, France tied by four bold strikes of POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / MASSAWA datestamps (Smith type IV.1) in black (Oct 17), reverse with 'V. R. Poste Egiziane / Suez' transit cds (Oct 28), Egyptian Alexandria cds of the following day alongside. Circular 'Paq. Angl. / Alexandrie' cds (Oct 30) in black and, at right 'Paq. Ang. V. Brind / A Mod.' entry marking in red (Nov 7). The 5 pa. just affected by file fold at base but a wonderful and attractive four colour franking, the most stunning cover from this tiny correspondence and one of Egyptian philately's most famous covers. Cert. E. Diena (1991), Todd AIEP (2016).

    Provenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 2643.
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 19,000 CHF

    Lot# : 879 Egypt Kingdom

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    1877 (June 25): Envelope from Cairo to Le Vesinet France franked by 1874 Bulâq 20 pa. grey-blue and 1 pi. red tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO cds on front and reverse with Marseille and Paris transit as well as Le Vesinet arrival cds's (July 3). An attractive small cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 880 Egypt Kingdom

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    1880 (June 29): Egypt 20 pa. brown first stationery card (H&G 1), a used example from Constantinople to New York, the address faded, used in combination with Turkey May 1880 20 pa. black & rose tied by Constantinople cds in blue, with London transit (July 5) in red and 'New York / Paid All' arrival (July 18) in black. A charming combination usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 881 Egypt Kingdom

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    Cover to Bournemouth franked by Egypt 1879 1 pi. rose tied by BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE / EGYPT datestamp (Sept 12, no code letter) in black. Passed to the Egyptian P.O. at Ismailiah for onward transmission (Sept 13) and disinfected with large chisel slit on front; together with a similar but tatty cover with 1879 20 pa. blue pair, also disinfected and using the 'no code letter' datestamp struck on the previous day (Sept 11).


     
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 882 Egypt Kingdom

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    1894 (March 24): 2 pi. orange stationery envelope sent registered to Germany additionally franked by 1 m. brown (4), 2 m. green (4), 3 m. orange yellow (5), 5 m. rose (6, one with fault), 1 pi. blue, 2 pi. deep orange, and 5 pi. slate all tied by Assouan cds's. Colourful cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 883 Egypt Kingdom

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    1889: Letter card 1 pi. grey-green on light blue card (Smith L-1) cancelled by "ALEXANDRIE 10 V 97" cds and sent to Tokyo with Suez, Colombo and Hong Kong transit as well as Japanese arrival cds's. As the receiver could not be found two investigation paper strips were attached.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 884 Egypt Kingdom

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    1908: Cover from Germany to Shepheard's Hotel, remarkably forwarded through 4 different Hotels in search of the recipient, with 'Shepheard's Hotel' cds (Feb 17), to the 'Luqsor / Winter Palace' (Feb 28), 'Cataract Hotel / Assouan' (Feb 29). The cover was finally returned to sender from the 'Grand Continental Hotel / Cairo Post Office' on March 12 with framed trilingual 'Unclaimed' cachet. An extraordinary Hotel Posts cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 885 Egypt Kingdom

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    1910 (Feb 13): Heliopolis Air Meeting, unaddressed postcard (card # 63, Mosque of Mohammed Ali) franked by marginal 3 m. orange-yellow, tied by HELIOPOLIS / AERODROME cds in black with repeated strike alongside. Scarce and fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 886 Egypt Kingdom

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    1910 (Feb 13): Heliopolis Air Meeting, unaddressed postcard (card # 5, Pyramids, Sphinx and Temple) franked by marginal 3 m. orange-yellow, tied by HELIOPOLIS / AERODROME cds in black with repeated strike alongside. Scarce and fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 887 Egypt Kingdom

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    1914: Monument definitives, the complete set of ten values 1 m. sepia to 200 m. maron, imperf. marginal blocks of four proofs without watermark, unused og. with some minute toning.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 888 Egypt Kingdom

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    1931 (April 9) Headed envelope, trimmed at top, franked with 50 m. on 27 m. chestnut showing overprint variety '1951' instead of '1931' together with 100 m. on 27 m. tied by scarce bilingual "SUEZ GRAF ZEPPELIN 9 AP 31. 5.05P" handstamp with additional strike alongside, backstamped "Cairo 10 AP 31.6.30A" and sent via "Friedrichshafen 13.4.31 7-8" to "Torino 14.IV.31". As there is no pyramide cachet applied, the envelope posted at Suez was taken aboard after the airship returned from the Palestine Roundtrip (see Blau/Deighton page 49). To date believed to be the unique item known with Suez special cachet and franked with both Zeppelin values plus overprint variety Sieger 105 Dxa+Dz
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,500 CHF

    Lot# : 889 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 2 m. black & grey, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 200 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A4b = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 890 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933/38: Airmail 2 m. black & red-orange, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 200 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A5b = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 891 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 3 m. black & sepia-brown, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, marginal from left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 300 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A6c = $ 100+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 892 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 4 m. black & green, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top right of sheet, minor corner bend in margin only not detracting from appearance, unmounted og. Scarce, just 200 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A7c = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 893 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 6 m. black & blue-green, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 200 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A9b = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 894 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 7 m. black & deep-blue, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 200 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A10c = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 895 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 8 m. black & violet, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 400 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A11b = $ 80+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 896 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 9 m. black & dull red, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 300 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A12c = $ 80+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 897 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 10 m. sepia & violet (shades), superb mint blocks of four (2) each with Farouk oblique perforations one in a pale shade the other in a rich violet shade, corner marginal from top left or lower left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 600 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A13c = $ 80+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 898 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 30 m. sepia & deep blue, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from lower left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 400 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A15c = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 899 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 40 m. sepia & dull red, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top right of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 100 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A16b = $ 300+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 900 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 70 m. green & blue, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, negligible corner bend in margin only not detracting from appearance, unmounted og. Scarce, just 100 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A19b = $ 300+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 901 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 80 m. green & sepia, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, slight gum wrinkle mentioned for accuracy only, unmounted og. Scarce, just 100 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A20b = $ 280+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 902 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 90 m. green & orange, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 100 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A21b = $ 300+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 903 Egypt Kingdom

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    1934: Tenth U.P.U. Congress, presentation Booklet for dignatories and delegates containing 1927/37 1 m. to £ 1 (19 stamps), 1933 Airmail set of 20 complete excl. 1938 2 m., 1929 Express 20 m. black & red, 1926/33 Official set of 11 excl. 20 m. blue of 1935, 1927 Postage Due (five values) and 1934 UPU set of 14 complete from 1 m. to £ 1, Sudan 1927 Camel Postman to 10 pi., 1931 Airmail with ten values, 1927 scarce punctured 'SG' Official set of eight to 10 pi. and 1901/26 Postage Due set of four. Cover slightly grubby but a very rare Booklet Gi = £ 1'200++.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 904 Egypt Kingdom

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    1958: U.A.R. - thank you letter from Cairo to Yugoslavia, with letter on UAR paper with 'Gamal Abdel Nasser' handstamped signature in blue, a further postcard of President Nasser similarly signed in blue, together with 1961 New Year's greeting card from Nasser with original envelope.
    Starting bid : 75 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 905 Egypt Kingdom

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    1922 (March): Somewhat aged cover, sensibly opened for display, mailed from Soviet Russia franked by overprinted 1922 5'000 r. on 5 r. ultramarine and PCCP 10'000 r. on 40 r. blue imperfs., underpaid and struck on despatch with unframed 'T' marking in black. Taxed on arrival with 1922 2 m. scarlet and 10 m. lake tied by 'Alexandria' cds's and framed 'T' markings. Despite imperfections, a scarce cover and the first example of this usage this describer has recorded.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 906 Egypt Kingdom

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    1858 (Dec 28): Registered cover front to Berlin franked by Napoleon imperf. 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine (3, two with faults) lightly tied by petit chiffre "3704" with ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE cds, framed P.P. and CHARGÉ handstamps in black as well as Prussian framed "Recomandirt" and "AUS FRANKREICH PER AACHEN FRANCO 6 1 59" in red alongside. Front of a second weight cover mounted on carboard, an appealing item.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 907 Egypt Kingdom

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    1867: Egypt 1 pi. red tied by 'V. R. Poste Egiziane / Port Said' cds (April 13) used on cover endorsed 'via Brindisi' to Paris  in combination with France Laureated 1863/67 80 c. rose tied by gros chiffres '5080' of the Alexandria French Post Office with cds at left (April 15) for onward transmission. Reverse with unusual 'Pharmacie Francaise / Port Said, Egypte' label and Egyptian P.O. in Alexandria cds (April 14). Front panel with Marseille entry marking (April 21) in red and manuscript notation "Voir au bureau Militaire" as the letter was addressed to a Lieutenant in Paris during the Commune period. An exceptional and historic cover. Signed Calves and Todd AIEP.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 908 Egypt Kingdom

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    Collection with stamps and covers, including French P.O. Alexandria used/unused with blocks of four (some marginal) and 23 covers or cards as well French P.O. in Port Said with single stamps used/unused with 'Mouchon' type 25c. blue used in Beyrouth together with 18 covers and cards showing interesting frankings.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 909 Egypt Kingdom

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    Greek Post Office in Alexandria 1865 (March 11): Cover to Syra prepaid at double rate of 80 lepta, franked by 10 lep. orange on blue single and vert. strip of three, overlapped by 20 lep. blue pair all cancelled by "97" lozenge of Alexandria. Black Alexandria cds and PD handstamps alongside. Adhesives with faults but a scarce franking.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 910 Egypt Kingdom

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    1864/80: Group of Large Hermes Heads (8) all cancelled by "97" lozenge of Alexandria: superb 2 lep. (cancel rare on this value), 10 lep., 20 lep. (2), 40 lep. (2), and 80 lep. (2) good strikes. Also an 1888 Postage Due 5 pi. (Gi D70 = £180) genuinely used.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 911 Egypt Kingdom

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    Italian Post Office in Alexandria 1865 (April 14): Cover to Lugano, Switzerland franked by Italy 1863 40 c. carmine and 1865 20 c. on 15 c. blue (Sassone L2+25), tied by small cartridge 'Piroscafi / Postali / Italiani' in black with 'Alessandria D'Egitto / Poste Italiane' cds at right and, unusually, both 'P.D.' and framed FRANCOBOLLO / INSUFFICIENTE. Reverse with Ancona cds, Milano-Como cds (April 20) and Lugano arrival. Charged '30' due on receipt in red crayon. A charming and scarce cover. Cert. Colla (1999).

    Provenance: Corinphila sale 111 (May 1999), lot 2266.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 912 Egypt Kingdom

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    1864/78: Lot 28 covers incl. five covers from the Italian PO in Alexandria, two covers with mixed Egyptian-Italian frankings, all directed to Italy as well as 20 covers with Egypt 1866, 1867, 1872, and 1874 definitive frankings on inland covers and one to France. Two certificates Alberto and Enzo Diena. Some faults but an interesting selection.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 913 Egypt Kingdom

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    1866/1960ca.: Lot eight albums with better sets and values used/unused, some with heavy duplication, incl. first issue (40) with essays,  pyramid issues of diff. printings and some interesting cancellations, interpostal seals, King Fuad I  1922/36 commemorative sets, airmail issues followed by  1936/52 King Farouk issues up to £ values and miniature sheets as well as officials and postage dues. Fine.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 914 Egypt Kingdom

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    1866/1952c.: Collection in a red album, with 1866 Pellas imperforate Proof set of seven, 1866 first issue set complete (all genuine) unused with exceptionally fine 5 pi. rose and some duplication, 1867 set to 5 pi. unused with some duplication (all genuine), 1872-1879 definitive sets unused, 1914 set to 200 m. unused, 1923 Fuad set to £ 1 unused, 1926 58th Birthday 50 p. purple unused from top right corner of sheet, 1926 Port Fouad set of four with toned gum on low values but 50 pi. superb unmounted og. marginal from top of sheet (cert.), 1927/37 set complete with shades including 500 m. (3) and £ 1 (2) one with Control A/35, 1931 Zeppelin set unused, 1932 100 m. on £ 1 unused (cert.), 1932 Locomotive set, 1933 Airmails (incl. Faroul imperf. 1 m. pair and 5 m. oblique perf. block of four), 1933 Zeppelin set unused and used, 1934 UPU set to £ 1 complete unused, 1938 £ 1 sepia & green unused from top left of sheet, thereafter largely complete including Miniature Sheets, Officials, Postage Dues and some Palestine (Gaza) issues from 1948. Generally fine collection of high catalogue value.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 915 Egypt Kingdom

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    1866/1986c.: Collection with many hundreds of stamps neatly arranged in stockbooks, with earlies incl. 1866 20 pa. unused, range with cancellation interest to 1920's, 1925 Geographic sets unused (3), 1926 Agriculture set unused, 1933 Locomotives set of four unused (3), 1933 Air Congress set unused, more modern material incl. 1969 £ 1 green & orange unused and 1972 Nasser 500 m. unused (2), £ 1 unused (2), some Miniature Sheets from 1949 onwards, stockbook with large multiples from 1933 incl. sheets of 1948 Airmails optd. for Gaza, album of covers/cards etc.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 916 Egypt Kingdom

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    1879/1958: Interesting lot 68 covers incl. 1879 stationary postal card Poste Egiziane Port Said to Alexandria, Hotel post Luqsor Winter Palace, railway and official mail, incoming mail, censorship, Air mail, Sudan, Palestine, British Forces, WWII POW mail to Germany, and Swedish battailon in Egypt 1957.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 917 Egypt Kingdom

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    1867/1946: Lot 27 covers incl. WW2 Prisoner of War & Internee's Mail (24), mostly to Italy from a variety of Camps, cover to USA with 'Italian Internee / Ramses City / Embabeh / Camp' cachet, circular 'Campo Religiosi Italiana Internaati / Tersa / (Ghisa)', as  well as 1867 1 pi. red on envelope to Constantinople tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / SMIRNE datestamp (Dec. 14, 1869), Sudan 1896 stampless Military cover to London endorsed 'Field Service, No Stamps Available', struck with WADI-HALFA / CAMP cds, and Sinai 1916 German Occupation cover and complete contents from El Arish to Berlin.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 918 Egypt Kingdom

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    1855/2002: Cover lot with several hundred covers, cards, stationery items in 12 albums, mainly business correspondence from 1900 onwards with many sent to Switzerland, including interesting frankings and usages, picture postcards, censored mail, airmail usages, Hotel cancellations as wellas an album Sudan with stationery items and registered envelope (1906) from Khartoum to St. Gallen franked with Camel-Postman 1 m. (3) 2 m. (4), 3 m. (2) and 5 m., carefull inspection recommended.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 919 Egypt Kingdom

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    1879/1990ca.: Exhibition collection of Egyptian Stationery mounted on album pages, incl. cards and envelopes (175) used and unused, with and without watermarks, showing interesting frankings, cancellations and registered usages from the very beginning up to modern issues and airletters. Fine.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 920 Egypt Kingdom

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    'Egypt Stamps & Postal History, A Philatelic Treatise' by Peter A. S. Smith (published Bendon, 1999), a fine example of this seminal and outstanding book, dust jacket with faults otherwise very fine. Rare and seldom offered.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 921 Egypt Kingdom

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    1950: Bisson de la Roque, Fernand L'EGYPTE DES PHARAOS et le timbre-poste, Hélio-Vaugirard Paris, No. 174 of in total 300 issued, including 23 essays in front and 12 photoplates in back of the book, a fine and scarce book.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 922 Falkland

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    1912: KGV definitives, a part set incl. £1, all ovpt. 'SPECIMEN' Gi = £ 1'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 923 Fiji

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    1917 (Jan 1): Postage Due set of five values, printed in black on horizontally laid paper, Wide Setting, all cancelled by Sunburst handstamps in black. Some minor blunted perforations but a rare set, seldom encountered so fine. Cert. RPS (1978) for 4 d. value Scott J1+J3/6 = $ 1'300+/Gi = £ 1'390. 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 924 Fiji

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    1917 (Jan 1): Postage Due 3 d. black, perf. 11, Wide Setting on thick horizontally laid paper, a superb used block of four cancelled by Sunburst handstamps in black. A rare and significant multiple with just 1'116 of the 3 d. stamps issued Gi = £ 480+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 925 Fiji

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    1917/18: Postage Due set of three values, Narrow Setting on horizontally laid paper, ½ d. 1 d. (2) and 2 d. values fine used, all with Sunburst cancellations except one 1 d. with part '1918' datestamp, the scarce 2 d. value measures 24 mm. across compared to the Wide Setting of 26 mm., with slight corner bend. A rare and fine set Scott J2+J3a+J4a/Gi = £ 1'230.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 926 Fiji

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    1917: Cover (2), with May 1917 cover, somewhat spotted franked by War Stamp ½ d. blue-green tied by Suva cds (May 5), taxed on arrival with January 1917 (Wide Setting) Postage Due 3 d. black, double the 1½ d. deficiency (Gi = £ 120 off cover) and Jan 1918 cover franked by single ¼ d. brown taxed with corner marginal Postage Due ½ d. black, Narrow Setting (Gi = £ 300) and 3 d. black, Wide Setting (Gi = £ 120) tied by sunburst in black over framed 'T' marking - scissor cut between stamp but thankfully left intact. Despite faults a very rare pair.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 927 Fiji

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    1940: Cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to Suva franked by USA 3 c. violet pair tied by Honolulu duplex (Aug 6). Red Reseal 'Opened By Censor / Passed by Censor / 9' handstamped in violet, taxed double the deficiency (shortpaid 2 c.) with July 1940 Postage Due 1 d. emerald pair tied by 'Suva' cds (Aug 26). Minor imperfections but scarce Gi = £ 140 off cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 928 India

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    The Thomas Fiott de Havilland correspondence archive, 308 entire letters, all with full content, written or addressed to Thomas Fiott de Havilland in the period between 1809 to 1841 with emphasis on the years 1809/1810 the Seringapatam mutiny as well as those from the campaign against the Mahratas in 1815/16 in Madras (Chennai). The correspondence comprises letters, to and from his wife Elizabeth ("Eliza") de Sausmarez (1782-1818), with many written in Bangalore and Madras showing oval POST PAID BANGALORE handstamp. further a correspondence to his friend Georg Cadall, Fortress Adjutant in Seringapatam, letters to his fellow officer William Garrard (1778-1836) or James Lilliman Caldwell (1770-1863I, a leading military engineer fan future general as well as incoming mail from London or Guernsey including many ship letters with interesting contents and markings. This archive has to be regarded in general as a unique source of information about the changeful everyday life of the English in Southern India in the early 19th century. Finally it has to be pointed out, that every single letter has been completely transilterated.

    Thomas Fiott de Havilland (1775-1866) was born in Guernsey and joined the service of the British East India Company in 1792 and became Captain in 1806, Major in 1815 and at last Lieutenant-Colonel in 1824. In his younger days he served at the siege of Pondicherry (1793), at the conquest of Ceylon (1796) and the siege of Seringapatam (1799) where he met Arthur Wellesley, better known as Lord Wellington. Serving at Seringapatam in 1809 he participated actively in the well-known mutiny against the Governor of Madras. In consequence he was set under arrest and had to return to England to defend his case. Finally reinstalled he returned to Madras in 1814 and became one of the leading military and civil engineer, in the madras presidency and completed the Saint George's cathedral. In 1825 he retired from the service and returned to Guernsey, where he died in the age of 90.
    Starting bid : 35,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 929 India

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    1854: Small group with fine 1854 Die II ½ a deep blue in an unused pair marginal from left of sheet, ½ a. pale blue in a used pair, Die I 1 a. red used with enormous margins and complete 'B/1' cancel, also a fine 2 a. green used pair. A fine and attractive group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 930 India

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    1860: Thin paper envelope from Bellary to Smyrne, Turkey endorsed 'via Madras & Alexandria' and 'Stamped 12½ annas' on front with curved INDIA PAID in red, reverse with 1856 ½ a. blue and scarce 1855 4 a. black on blued paper and 8 a. rose-carmine on blued paper all tied by 'C/18' obliterators in black. Rare 'INDES / ALEXANDRIE' in black (July 2) on front (Salles fig. 729). British P.O. in Alexandria transit and French P.O. in Smyrna arrival cds (July 14) on reverse. A particularly fine example of this scarce destination from this small correspondence.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 931 India

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    1867: Soldier's Letter franked by 1860 6 a. 8 p. mauve on white paper, used from Cannanore (Kannur, Kerala) to Sheffield (addressed to a Piano shop), countersigned by Captain at base, with Cannanore cds's (Nov 16 and 17) on reverse alongside 'Too Late' handstamp in red, Bombay transit in red and Sheffield arrival (Dec 28).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 932 India

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    1948: Gandhi set of four values, fresh mint o.g. examples with first hinge in printers presentation booklet, fresh and fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 933 Myanmar

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    India used in Burma / Myanmar 1913 (May 16): Picture postcard from Bhamo to England franked with 1 anna cancelled by scarce CHINA-STREET BHAMO cds together with original photocard of Chinese Quarters in Bhamo from the same period. Chinese Street was a Branch Office on the Gold and Silver Route to China. Bhamo is one of the official border trading towns between China and Myanmar.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 934 India

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    1880/1980: Lot few hundred stamps used/unused from India and Pakistan, incl. full sets and souvenir sheets, in addition a large number of modern FDC's and other products by the new issues department, also a small selection of cards and covers showing various railway cancellations of India and two approval booklets with stamps from various feudatory states, mainly in good condition and housed in four albums, the whole arranged in a box.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 935 India

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    1880/1990: The mainly modern selection from 1947 up with several hundred used stamps in three stockbooks as well as more than 600 FDC's covering the same period, these housed in four volumes, in addition a folder with postal stationery items used/unused and a bunch of ordinary mail, the whole arranged in a box.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 936 India

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    1834/1940: Lot seven covers incl. 1834 Madras Ship letter cover to London, 1854 ½ a. on 1857 native cover, 1866 triple colour cover Calcutta to London, 1899 Mylapoore to Cairo with Egypt postage due and 1940 State of Indore Khargone to Mandleshwar.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 937 India

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    1871/1909: 'Fancy Impressions', the album page with special impressions, perf. 12½, printed on watermarked blue laid paper, ½ a. rose (6) with two single examples and a fine block of four (showing large part of the watermark), 1 a. grey, 2 a. green, 3 a. pale orange and 8 brown, fresh and very fine unused; together with ½ a. value printed in purple-brown, bistre-brown, pale green, drab, grey and greenish grey unused and a used ½ a. in slate (colour of 4 a.), these latter examples on white wove paper. A very scarce group (14 items).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 938 India

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    1871: Bicoloured Colour Trials for the 3 a. value (6), with Imperforate pairs on thick card paper with all lettering and vignette inscriptions in black, vertical pair in gold and horizontal pairs in grey-blue, emerald-green, flesh and maroon; together with a single example perforated 12 on two sides in pink on wove paper. A few minor imperfections, but a delightful, rare and very appealing group.

    Provenance: Collection Dr. Pierre Couvreur (March 11, 1981), lot 486.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 939 India

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    1871: Colour Trials, Imperforate examples on medium wove paper, with ½ a. printed in claret in a block of four and a block of 15 marginal from base of sheet, ½ a. in security punched blocks of six and a spectacular block of 18 from top of sheet showing full imprint and a single example perforated SPECIMEN (ex Bradbury Wilkinson Salesman's sample books); 1 a. value in dull purple (7) incl. a block of four, 2 a. in bright green with a block of four and a spectacular block of 24 marginal from left of sheet, 3 a. in blue (2) on thin paper and 3 a. bright ochre-brown (42), 4 a. bluish slate in a single and block of four, 8 a. in grey-violet in a block of four, 12 a. in bistre brown in a block of four. A marvellous lot (136 Colour Trials, 46 from provenance below).

    Provenance: Collection Dr. Pierre Couvreur (Sept 23, 1981), lot 1359.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 940 India

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    1905: Colour Trial Imperforate Plate Proofs, ¼ a. pair on thick card paper in 'powder' blue, three further pairs and a block of four (shades of blue) on thin wove unwatermarked paper, and ½ a. in red (shades) with two pairs and a block of four on thin wove unwatermarked paper. A fine and attractive group (8 items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 941 Hyderabad

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    1908/11: Wyon Imperforate Colour Essays on watermarked wove paper (unadopted - 'Postage' in white), 1 a. in blackish violet, 2 a. in green, 3 a. in orange, 4 a. in slate, 8 a. in brown and 12 a. in blue, in blocks of six. Slight marginal faults on 1 a. and 3 a., otherwise fresh and fine, a most attractive assembly. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 942 Hyderabad

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    1908/11: Wyon Imperforate Colour Trials on un-watermarked thin wove paper, 1 a. in blackish blue, 2 a. in claret, 3 a. in orange, 4 a. in slate-black, 8 a. in brown and 12 a. in purple, all in fresh and fine unused blocks of six, four being marginal. Minor wrinkling on the 3 a., a most attractive assembly.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 943 Hyderabad

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    1908: Essays by Wyon, perforated 13½, watermark type 7, with 2 a., 4 a., 8 a. and 12 a. values, all in blocks of four printed in black (the 2 a. is sheet marginal), fresh and fine unused. A scarce and most appealing group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 944 Hyderabad

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    1908/11: Wyon Imperforate Colour Trials on watermarked 'J. Wharman-1898' thin wove paper, 1 a. in greenish black, 2 a. in claret, 3 a. in orange, 8 a. in brown and 12 a. in purple, all in in blocks of four. Fresh and fine, a most attractive assembly.

    Info: Wmk J. Wightman-1898 and not as described Wharman.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 945 Hyderabad

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    1908/11: Wyon Imperforate Essays on thick card paper (unadopted - 'Postage' in white), with horizontal pair of 2 a. in green, 3 a. in orange in a horizontal pair, 3 a. block of four in slightly lighter orange shade, 4 a. in grey in a pair and marginal block of four, 8 a. in chocolate brown in a pair and 12 a. in blue in a pair. A scarce and attractive group (7 items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 946 India

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    1948: Independence Essays, the set of four unadopted values imperforate, all marginal at base, showing Railway Engine, Steamer and Plane (4 p.), Flags (8 p. and 1 a.) and Tughra and Arms (2 a.). Fresh and fine unused on watermarked paper, a scarce set. See 'Hyderabad Philatelic History' pages 203-205.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 947 Hyderabad

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    1795: Outer letter sheet from Calcutta with oval framed 'G.P.O. / NOV (2) / Pt. Pd. (12)' struck in black and filled in manuscript, mailed to Hyderabad with manuscript endorsement 'Post Paid to Masulipatam' alongside (mss. hejira 1210 on front), also a Septmeber 1856 stampless envelope with framed HYDERABAD / BEARING handstamp in black used to Jaulnah rated 4 annas in manuscript.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 948 India

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    1 a. Imperforate Proof in issued design, a superb block of ten from lower left corner of the sheet, printed in lake-red on thick un-gummed carton paper, fresh and very fine. Rare and most appealing Proof.

    Note: The Harrison D. S. Haverbeck collection (June 1973) contained a similar multiple from the upper right corner of the sole sheet of 160 subjects (10 x 16).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 949 India

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    1 a. Imperforate Proofs in issued design, blocks of four (4) printed on thick un-gummed carton paper, in lake-red, grey-violet, pale emerald-green and bistre-brown; large margins on each block, fresh and very fine. A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 950 India

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    1 a. olive-green, an unused horizontal pair, variety: 'imperforate between vertically', fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce Scott 2a = $ 900/Gi = £ 275.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 951 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a fine horizontal strip of four from top of sheet of 160 subjects, positions 4-5-6-7, showing the full sheet marginal imprint, usual slight gum bends, one nibbed perforation, fresh and attractive multiple, large part og Scott 2 = $ 100+/Gi = £ 96+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 952 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a used vertical strip of four, showing variety: 'imperforate between horizontally', cancelled in red. Some typical rough perforations at right and minor diagonal bend not affecting appearance, a rare multiple Scott 2a var = unpriced/Gi = £ 340+.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 953 India

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    1 a. olive-green, vertical pairs (2), each showing variety: 'Imperforate between horizontally', one pair cancelled by circular mute handstamp in black, the other with the Hyderabad rhombus of 12 bars in red. Some minor bends but a rare pairing Scott 2a = $ 350/Gi = £ 340.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 954 India

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    1 a. olive-green, vertical pair showing variety: 'Imperforate between horizontally', used on cover tied by two strikes of Hyderabad rhombus of 12 bars in red. Some minor imperfections to the envelope as usual but a variety of great scarcity on cover Scott 2a.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 955 India

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    1 a. olive-green, single and vertical strip of four used on registered 1873 cover from Bir to Hyderabad, the adhesives all cancelled by individual strikes of numeral '115' handstamps of Bir, with rare early usage of framed registration handstamp and 'Tappa Khana Bir' datestamp (H1291) in violet alongside. Circular 'Sadar Tappa Khana Hyderabad' arrival in red adjacent. Some worm holes and imperfections but a rare cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 956 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a remarkable vertical strip of six used on reverse of cover from Hyderabad tied by 12 barred rhombus handstamps in black, with rectangular framed 'Sadr Tappa Khana Hyderabad' despatch datestamp in black alongside. A rare multiple franking on letter in outstanding quality for this issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 957 India

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    1 a. olive-green, eight examples including a vertical pair and a vertical strip of four, all used on reverse of 1869 cover from Bidar to Hyderabad, addressed to Nawab Mukthtar-ul-mulk Bahadur, all tied by Bidar pre-philatelic oval seal handstamps in brown, prior to the delivery of the datestamps. One of the highest recorded frankings, exceptional and rare Exhibition piece. Illustrated in 'Hyderabad Philatelic History' on page 111.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 958 India

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    1 a. olive-green, the famous irregular block of ten used on August 14, 1874 (H1291) cover from Bhokardan (Jalna District) to Hyderabad, all individually cancelled by numeral '10' handstamps in brown. Circular arrival 'Sadar Tappa Khana Hyderabad' in red adjacent. The envelope slightly trimmed and with minor faults but exceedingly rare - acknowledged to be the highest known franking of the #1 on letter. Exhibition item. Illustrated in 'Hyderabad Philatelic History' on page 150.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 959 India

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    1 a. olive-green, fine example used on reverse of cover in combination with 1871/1909 4 a. slate, perf. 12½, each used as seals for the letter, tied by Hyderabad rhombus of 12 bars in black. A fine and unusual cover that displays well Scott 2+9.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 960 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a fine example apparently from an imperforate between sheet, separated horizontally by scissors, used on small 1869 cover to Bombay and tied by rhombus of 12 bars in red with 'Gungakhair' cds in red alongside (Nov 23). India 1865 ½ a. blue tied by lozenge of dots with 'Barsee' datestamp (Nov 24) in black alongside and Bombay arrival on front. Minor envelope faults but a rare and appealing combination usage.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 961 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a fine example apparently from an imperforate between sheet, separated horizontally by scissors, used on small 1869 cover to Bombay and tied by rhombus of 12 bars in red with 'Gungakhair' cds in red alongside (Dec 21). India 1865 ½ a. blue tied by lozenge of dots and 'Barsee' datestamp (Dec 22) in black alongside. Minor envelope faults but a rare and appealing combination usage.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 962 India

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    ½ a. brown, perf. 11½, single example used on 1873 cover with full original contents, cancelled by rhombus of 12 bars handstamp in black with 'Sadar Tappa Khana Hyderabad' in red alongside. Scarce and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 963 India

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    ½ a. brown, perf. 11½, single example used on small 1874 cover cancelled by numeral handstamp in black with red despatch cds and Crescent type datestamp in black adjacent Scott 1.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 964 India

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    ½ a. brown, perf. 11½, horizontal pair used on cover, left hand stamp showing the '2' of '½' misplaced to left (position 160 on sheet), cancelled by rhombus of 12 bars handstamp in black with two further datestamps on reverse Scott 1.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 965 India

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    ½ a. brown, perf. 11½, vertical and horizontal pair used on reverse of 1873 cover tied by barred handstamp with hindi 'Razan' in centre (25 x 30 mm.) in black. Hyderabad Crescent datestamp (H1290) alongside in red. A scarce and attractive usage with an apparently unlisted cancellation Scott 1.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF
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