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  • Lot# : 1327 Saudi Arabia

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    1921 (Dec 21): Unframed Hashemite Kingdom overprint in black, the selection of five multiples with 1 pa. dull purple in a corner Control 'N-9-G' block of nine, 1/8 pi. yellow in marginal block of four and a single from corner of sheet with overprint double (adherence on reverse), ¼ pi. green in a block of six, ½ pi. red in a corner Control 'N-2-F' block of ten and 2 pi. claret in a marginal block of six, all slightly stained and some splitting, without gum but scarce multiples Gi = £ 1'700+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1328 Saudi Arabia

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    1922: 2 pi. orange used on Official imprinted cover from Mecca to Cairo, tied by bold all arabic 'Mecca' datestamp in black. Reverse with Djedda transit cds, Port Tewfik, Cairo and Qubba Bridge cds's. Tiny tear at top and minor trim at left of envelope but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1329 Saudi Arabia

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    1961: Airmail definitive 3 p. blue & pale claret in a vertical imperforate pair, showing overall doubling of the pale claret shade (most noticeable on the values at base), fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce and unlisted variety.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1330 Saudi Arabia

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    1961: Airmail definitive 8 p. bronze-green & magenta in an unused vertical strip of three variety Imperforate, and 15 p. yellow-brown & blue, single example, variety Imperforate. Fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce and unlisted.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1331 Saudi Arabia

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    1963: Freedom from Hunger, the set of three values, variety Imperforate, all in matching marginal blocks of four, unmounted og. Scarce Michel 139/141 var.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 1332 Saudi Arabia

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    1963/64: Wadi Hanifa Dam, redrawn in larger format, ½ p. value with carmine surround only on wmk'd sideways paper (missing yellow-orange vignette) with full gum but with slight black scuff on one perf., and ½ p. orange & bistre, two unused examples, one with frame only in bistre, slight corner crease, and the other with central vignette in orange only, both without gum. Unusual trio of varieties, possibly of Proof status.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 1333 Saudi Arabia

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    1966/75: Gas Oil Plant, King Faisal cartouche, the complete set of 29 values, including the rarities: the 1975 50 p. green & lake-brown (Gi 685 = £ 600), the 1969 100 p. red-brown & deep blue (Gi 686 = £ 475) and the top value 200 p. bronze-green and grey-black (Gi = £ 600), a fresh and very fine, seldom encountered complete set Gi = £ 2'500+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1334 Saudi Arabia

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    1966/75: Boeing 720B, King Faisal cartouche, the airmail set of 25 values to 100 pi. mint, including the great rarities: the 1975 5 p. scarlet & dull green (Gi 720 = £ 2'750) one of the rarest of all regularly issued stamps in the last fifty years, the listed but unpriced 1975 50 p. indigo & green and the 100 pi. brown & grey (Gi 743 = £ 1'200), all fresh and very fine, unmounted og. A very seldom seen set. Gi = £ 5'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 21,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1335 Saudi Arabia

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    1975 (July 6): King Faisal Memorial 40 p. Miniature-Sheet, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 475.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 130 CHF

    Lot# : 1336 Saudi Arabia

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    1986 (Feb 17): 2 riyal and 5 riyal Booklets, as sold at Riyadh Post Office for just nine days prior to the automated machine breaking down on Februay 25, 1986, both booklets complete with 2 r. containing five panes of 10 h. black & violet (Gi 1435a), the extremely rare 5 r. Booklet with five panes of four with mixed values 10 h., two 20 h. and 50 h. (Gi 1435b). Both Booklets taped at side as issued Gi = £ 925.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1337 Saudi Arabia

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    1916/1995: The unused collection with Hejaz from first issues incl. Dec 1921 1 pi. Postage Due opt. in black in horizontal pair (signed Holcombe), 1922 set complete, Feb 1923 ¼ pi and 10 pi. surcharges, March 1924 Caliphate gold opt. set, 1925 1 pa. with double surcharge in red, 1925 issue largely complete in the different coloured opts. (some are used), further fine array of Jeddah opts. on Mecca Arms issues incl. some rare Postage Dues, Nejd with set on Turkey complete, on Fiscal and Mecca Arms issues used (scarcer), Sultanate Post without date on Turkey and Fiscals complete and March 1925 Postage Due sets complete, Aug 1925 Postage Dues complete, Hejaz & Nejd issues largely complete incl. 1926 Postage Due ½ pi. carmine in perf. and imperf. double print blocks and a Post Office folder with large part sheets of the ½ pi., Jan 1927 Postage Due 1 pi. slate error of inscription in pair with normal and a block of four 2 pi., Saudi Arabia with 1934 Heir Apparent sets perf. and imperf. unused (Gi = £ 5'250) and imperf. 1 g. unused (Gi. = £ 1'500) and a defective strips of three 1 g., 1934 Toughra sets complete (2) and rare strip of three ½ g. red in an imperf. strip of three, 1946 Obligatory Tax ½ g. with inscription (2), 1950 Zahir Shah 'Postfs' error (2), 1950 Riyadh set unused and 10 g. variety used, 1951 Tala 'Boyaume' errors (Gi = £ 525), 1961 Gas Oil, Hanifa Dam and Air sets, 1961 Dhahran sheets (2 sets Gi = £ 1'200), 1963/65 Gas Oil set of nine, 1964/72 Hanifa Dam set complete ex 50 pi., Gas Oil set to 200 pi. unused (ex 100 pi., Gi = £ 1'200), Airmail with most values to 31 p., 1966/75 Faisal Hanifa Dam set complete (Gi = £ 1'500+), 1968/75 Tomb set, Falcon set, Arcade sets (Gi 887/891 = £ 1'200+), 1975/5 TV Charity stamp in block of four (Gi = £ 800), 1975 Faisal sheets (Gi = £ 950), all the limited edition mini-sheets (with much duplication), to 1990's with se-tenant Fauna, Animals and Bird sheets, Officials with 1964/70 set complete excl. 20 p. (Gi = £ 4'000+), 1970/74 Officials with rare 8 p., 9 p., 11 p, 23 p., 50 p. and 100 p., Charity Issues with 1934 War Tax, 1936 large format Hospital Tax (Gi = £ 850) etc.,  together with extensive duplication, errors, varieties, Printer's Waste and mutiples; used with cancellation interest on early issues incl. El-Wahje and El-Akaba datestamps. An extraordinary lot, viewing is essential.

    Provenance: Collection of the late Adel Farid of Cairo.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 15,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1338 Saudi Arabia

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    1916/1980c.: The vast Postal History selection from first issues with two covers bearing single 1 pi. blue frankings from Djedda or Mecca, June 1925 cover with Jeddah overprinted in black ½ pi. carmine and 1 pi. green from Djedda to Cairo, 1926 cover from Mecca bearing Nejd July 1925 Mecca Arms ½ pi. red (2) optd. in black used to Mecca, 1934 covers with ½ g. Charity Tax for Yemen War, 1937 cover with large format Charity Tax, two covers with framed RETURNED FOR / POSTAGE DUE handstamp, 1940's airmails and registered covers with interesting frankings and destination, unusual labels (Air and Censor) and an AV2 cover from Taif, 1950's covers with 'Port Payé' or 'Postage Paid' markings in violet or blue, also a large section of early 1970's mail all directed to 'Postmaster, Nicosia, Cyprus' for onward transmission to war-torn Gaza, these covers with many registered, from villages and small Post Offices such as: Amluj, Aulla, Balarshi, Dafir, Geezan, Hariq, Omlouj, Turaif etc. Condition obviously varies but a marvellous accumulation (317 covers).
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 9,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1339 Saudi Arabia

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    1925: Hejaz Government overprint on Postage Due 20 pa. red, overprinted reading up in red, an unused example, marginal from base of sheet, minor bends and typical slight aging, large part og. A rare stamp. Signed David Graham Gi = £ 600.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1340 Saudi Arabia

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    1925: Proof in black on smooth white wove paper for the 'Hejaz Government, 4 October 1924' 14 m. overprint in black (Gibbons type 15a), showing 25 impressions of the overprint (5 x 5). Some creasing not greatly affecting appearance but extremely rare and unrecorded.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1341 Saudi Arabia

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    1925: Postage and Postage Due issues, lithographed by Mourafatti in Cairo, an assortment of Proofs and Printer's waste with large format Proofs / Essays in black for the 1/8 pi., ¼ pi., ½ pi., 3 pi. and 5 pi values on white wove paper (45 x 29 mm.) together with three partial (even larger, 45 mm. vertically) impressions at right of the block for 2 pi., 1½ pi and 1 pi. values in black; imperforate part sheet of the 'Cairo' overprint in deep blue with 45 impressions struck on white wove paper, somewhat creased but unusual and rare and Postage Due imperforate sheet (5 x 10) of ½ pi. printed on blue-washed paper, with some colour loss and tears at edges but possibly unique; also some imperforate stamps in multiples from the sets. An extraordinary lot.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF
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