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Lot# : 470 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 471 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 472 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 473 Egypt Kingdom
1866: Pellas Proofs for the first issue, imperforate on unwatermarked paper, the set of seven values all in marginal inscription blocks of four, one or two with light aging affecting the reverse only, 5 pi. with age spots showing through, otherwise fresh and fine, scarce positional multiples. Signed Todd AIEP.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 474 Egypt Kingdom
1866: 1 pi. claret, perf. 13 x 12½, a fine example used on 1866 entire letter from Cairo to Alexandria tied by late usage of the retta in black; with scarce POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO despatch cds (June 29) in red and corresponding arrival cds of ALEXANDRIA, also struck in red ink. File fold but scarce. Signed Todd AIEP.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 475 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 476 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 477 Egypt Kingdom
1867: National Bank Note Co., New York, Essay for proposed 1 piastre postal stationery envelope, engraved in red-brown (colour of the USA 1857/61 Jefferson 5 c. adhesive) on cream tinted stock. Scarce. Signed Holcombe, Todd AIEP. Nile Post E34a = $ 250.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 478 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 479 Egypt Kingdom
1867: Penasson Essays for proposed 1 piastre Postal Stationery envelope, 1 pi. in red on thin yellowish wove paper and (scarcer) a 1pi. example printed in bright purple on greenish diagonally laid paper, the latter with some aging but very scarce. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E52a = $ 500.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 480 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 481 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 482 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 483 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 484 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 485 Egypt Kingdom
1869: Prevost of Paris Essay for proposed 20 paras Postal Stationery envelope (without overprint or 'Epreuve'), the 'stamp' printed in black on the pointed flap on reverse of the envelope, fresh and fine unused. Scarce. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E41 = $ 300.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 486 Egypt Kingdom
1869: Prevost of Paris Essay for '00' paras Postal Stationery envelope, with Turkish '20 paras' overprint and 'Epreuve', printed in brown on cream, larger format (176 x 99 mm.) envelope with embossed flap, fine unused. Scarce. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E38b = $ 175.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 487 Egypt Kingdom
1892: Provisional 5 m. on 2 pi. orange postal stationery envelopes, the unused selection (7) showing major varieties including double overprints (4, two are transposed), two examples with overprint reading up or down, a further example with Arabic above French in overprint etc. A fresh and fine group Nile Post SEN7/9 var.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 488 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 489 Egypt Kingdom
1912: Printed advertising cover for 'The George Nungovich Egyptian Hotels Cy.' sent registered to Berlin franked by 1888 5 m. carmine (2) and 1884 1 pi. ultramarine tied by CONTINENTAL CAIRO / CASH datestamps (July 8) with fine strike of framed registration cachet at lower left. Berlin arrival (July 16) on reverse. A scarce and attractive cover.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 490 Egypt Kingdom
1928: Registered cover locally used within Cairo addressed to Felix Cohen, franked by unadopted Overprint Colour Trials for 1922 1 m. sepia and 15 m. indigo each overprinted in red and normal 1 m. sepia pair and 2 m. vermilion all tied by 'Alexandria' cds's (Jan 31), replete with the original registration receipt. Philatelic but a rare usage of these Colour Trials on letter. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post D78ct+D85ct = $ 500+.
Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 491 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 492 Egypt Kingdom
1926 (Dec 21): Port Fouad, the overprinted set of four values fine used, all cancelled December 21, 1926 in black; a fine and scarce set with just 1'500 sets issued, the lower three values signed Todd AIEP, the 50 pi. high value with cert. BPA (1962) Gi = £ 1'700.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 493 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 494 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 495 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 496 Egypt Kingdom
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 497 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 498 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 499 Egypt Kingdom
1933: Air Congress 5 m. brown, 15 m. purple and 20 m. blue all used on registered 1934 cover to Zurich tied by 'Winter Palace / Luxor' datestamps (Jan 11) with fine strike of scarce registration cachet of the hotel at left and perforated 'Luxor Winter Palace' label on reverse. A charming cover.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 500 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 501 Egypt Kingdom
1936/37: Definitive set, 1 m. to 20 m. values, all in Farouk Royal Imperforate horizontal pairs under-printed 'Cancelled', all marginal from left of sheet except the 5 m. value, fresh and very fine. Scarce, just 100 sets possible. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post D129a/D135a = $ 740.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 502 Egypt Kingdom
1937: Boy King 5 m. carmine-rose, perforated Colour Trial (printed in the colour utilised for the 13 m. value, the 5 m. being issued in red-brown), fresh and fine with Koubbeh Palace handstamp on reverse, unmounted og. Just 100 stamps can exist thus Nile Post RDP140ctc = $ 125.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 503 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 504 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 505 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 506 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 507 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 508 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 509 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 510 Egypt Kingdom
British Post Offices 1862/77: Album page with Great Britain 1862 6 d. lilac pl. 6, 1867 6 d. mauve pl. 8 pair, 1865/73 4 d. vermilion pair and scarce 1877 4 d. sage all cancelled at Suez by 'BO2' obliterators, together with two covers from Alexandria to the UK, one franked by 1865 6 d. lilac, pl. 5, with hyphen, tied by large 'BO1' obliterator, the other with 1867 6 d. lilac pl. 8 (no hyphen) cancelled by small 'BO1' obliterator. A generally fine group.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 511 Egypt Kingdom
Italian Post Office 1867: Egypt 1 pi. red used on 1871 cover to Rome tied by Cairo cds (Dec 22) used with Italy 1863 40 c. carmine tied at Italian P.O. in Alexandria by '234' lozenge of dots with 'Alessandria D'Egitto' cds below (Dec 23). Reverse with Rome arrival cds (Dec 27). A few minor cover imperfections, a scarce combination usage. Signed A. Diena.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 350 CHFLot# : 512 Egypt Kingdom
Hotel Posts 1900/1962: Collection with covers/cards (120+) and loose stamps all with Hotel cancellations or with printed envelopes from Hotels without cancels, incl. 'San Stefano Hotel' on 1906 card, 'Ghesireh Palace' usages (4), delightful 1892 'Pyramids / Mena House' cover to London, illustrated 1954 6 m. postal stationery cards unused (12) from Mena House, Cataract and Semiramis Hotels, extensive array of Shepheards Hotel covers and cards (30+) incl. scarce 1962 meter usage; 'Continental Hotel' usages (15), 'Winter Palace' Luxor covers and cards, 1962 cover with 'Luna Park Hotel' label neatly tied etc. Viewing recommended.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 513 Egypt Kingdom
Hotel & Proprietary Post Offices 1892/1960 ca.: Collection with exceptional range of covers/cards (and also loose stamps) from the Egyptian Hotel Post Offices including 1892 usage with 5 m. on card cancelled 'Pyramids / Mena House', covers/cards from Shepheards Hotel (21) including a registered usage, 'Continental Hotel' usages on covers/cards (27) inc. the Savoy and two 'Cash' usages; Ghesireh Hotel usages (2), Luxor Hotel and Winter Palace usages (23), Savoy / Assouan (2), Cataract Hotel / Assouan (10), 1900 San Stefano card and later examples (4), Cook's Office (6), Seamen's Home, Simon Arzt (14). A fine collection with much of interest throughout.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 514 Egypt Kingdom
1907: Official 1 pi. blue and 1914/15 2 m. green and 3 m. orange-yellow all used on 1919 Ministry of Finances OHHS envelope sent registered to London, somewhat faulty, tied by 'Dawawin / Cairo' datestamps in black (March 20). The cover re-addressed on arrival, struck with framed 'Posted Out of Course / 79' and taxed with Great Britain Postage Due ½ d. green (4) all tied by 'Fareham' datestamps (April 8). Despite imperfections a scarce usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 515 Egypt Kingdom
1915 (Oct): Official 2 m. green, a fine unused block of 30 (5 x 6), all with variety 'Inverted Overprint', marginal at base and with interpanneau margin at top, fresh and very fine, minor adherence in margin only, stamps unmounted og. Ex Farouk Gi = £ 600+/Nile Post O15c = $ 900.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 516 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 517 Egypt Kingdom
1924/25: Official set of 8 values complete, all used on 1926 registered cover to Germany, tied by Alexandria cds's in black (Oct 20). Slightest of aging on top perfs. of 4 m. and minor trim at top of envelope, otherwise fine. Reverse with Gernsbach arrival cds (Oct 26). Whilst obviously philatelic this is the sole cover that this describer has recorded bearing the entire set. Signed Todd AIEP.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 518 Egypt Kingdom
1910/59.: Collection in a brown album with 1931 cover from Controller of Posts in Cairo to the Controller in Juba, Sudan bearing 27 m. chesnut, 1931 unclaimed cover to Australia similarly franked, 1931 Zeppelin selection with rare card prepaid in cash 'Affranchisement per 1 RM' in lieu of adhesive with 'Luftschiff' Pyramid cachet in red, Zeppelin 50 m. on card and 100 m. on 27 m. on covers (3) from Alexandria, cover with both Zeppelin values used from Cairo to UK, 1932 Cape Town flight cover to Nairobi and returned to Cairo, 1933 100 m. single franking used on Express airmail registered cover to Germany etc. Generally fair to fine, a good lot (72 items).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 519 Egypt Kingdom
1866/1895: Collection with 1866 5 pa. unused (2), 10 pa. unused, 20 pa. unused and used, 1 pi. unused and used and a fine unused 10 pi. slate (signed Todd), 1867 Essays in various colours imperf. and perf. (6), issued stamps to 2 pi. unused with fine used 5 pi., cover with two 20 pa. green from Suez, selection of 1867/75 issues 'used abroad' in Beirut, Constantinople, Dardanelli, Metelino, Smirne and Suakim; 1872 issue with fine block of four 20 pa. blue unused, 1874/75 Bulaq 5 pa. tête-bêche block of four, 10 pa. grey block of six, 20 pa. bluish grey blocks of four (2), 2½ pi. violet block of four all unused, 1877 cover from Suez via Aden to Bombay, 1879/88 issues with unused multiples and range of usages in the Sudan incl. 'El Fasher' cancel, 1899 Parcel Card with eight 1 pi. blue and single 10 pi. mauve etc. A fine and interesting collection.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHFLot# : 520 Egypt Kingdom
1866/2015: Collection with 1866 issue 5 pa. unused (6) and used (9), 10 pa. used (11), 20 pa. unused (7), and used (13), 1 pi. used (26 incl. two used in Constantinople), 2 pi. unused (6) and used (12), 5 pi. unused (3) and used (4), 10 pi. slate unused (4) and used (3) -all those noted are genuine- Pellas Proof imperf. set and a few blocks of four noted, 1867 issue unused with duplication and cancellation interest incl. block of 5 pa., 10 pa. unused (14), 20 pa. unused (7), 1 pi. unused (17) incl. a block, 2 pi. unused (5), 5 pi. brown unused (3) and used (6); 1872/75 issue with extensive unused and used and cancellation interest, 1874 5 pa. tête-bêche block and pair unused, 1881 5 pi. grey in unused block, 1884 20 pa. on 5 pi. with opt. inverted used, 1888 issue with unused blocks, 1914 and 1921/22 definitive sets unused, 1913 OHHS 5 m. block with 'Stop Omitted' variety unused, 1914 Proof set imperf., 1922 Monarchy set unused and used, 1923 Fuad set unused and used, 1925 Geographic set unused (3) and used (5), 1926 Agriculture set unused (3) and used (2), 1926 Birthday 50 pi. unused, 1927 definitive set of 25 unused and used, 1927 Official set of 12 with Oblique perforations, 1931 Zep sets unused (3) and used, 1932 100 m. on £ 1 unused, 1933 Locomotive set unused (3), 1933 Air Congress unused (5) and on covers (2), 1933 Airmail set unused (3) and used, 1934 UPU 50 p. unused and used (2), £ 1 used (4), 1946 Philatelic Expo sheets unused, 1937/46 Boy King issue with Farouk Imperforates (36) to £ 1 also 3 m., 4 m., 10 m., 15 m., 40 m., 50 m. and 100 m. in oblique perforated blocks, 1938 £ 1 sepia & green unused, 1943 5 m. + 5 m. with block of four showing '1493' error unused, 1944/52 Mareschal issue with Farouk Imperforates (27), 1946 Expo sheets (6) unused and used, 1952 'Egypt & Sudan' optd. Postage and Air sets unused and used, 1953 £ 1 red & green mint (14) incl. two Control blocks, 1960 Refugee Year set imperforate, 1978 £ 1 in block of four (Gi 1351) etc. through with new issues to 2015, British Forces incl. used Jubilee 1 pi. blue, the whole with vast duplication throughout, many multiples, cancellation interest including some useful covers (Ship and Paquebot Post, Postage Due usages on covers/cards, a 1918 Wreck cover handstamped 'Naufrage' and a fine volume of Postcards etc.), quality generally fine throughout, viewing is recommended.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 6,500 CHFLot# : 521 Egypt Kingdom
1865/1985 ca.: Postal Stationery, the six volume collection, unused and used (considerable cancellation interest), from 1865 with Pellas 10 pa. envelope in red, 1867 1 pi. red envelope Essay by Penasson, 1869 Pellas Essays (3), 1879 20 pa. card onwards with extensive duplication throughout, including 1884 20 pa. red card used back from Charlottenburg to Suez, 1891 3 m. on 5 m. provisional card with '3' inverted unused, same card with entire surcharge inverted unused (5 examples) and others with surcharge double (3); 1894 3m. card addressed to the Von Blücher family, 1910 4 m. red card with five colour registered franking, 1927 cards unused and used, scarce Boy King and later illustrated cards unused, 1892 5 m. on 2 pi. envelope with double surcharge varieties (4), surcharge misplaced (2) and 'hamza' flaws; De La Rue 5 m. red, 10 m. blue and 1 pi. letter-sheets unused, 5 m. brown letter-sheet unused, Boy King 5 m. and 6 m. letter-sheets unused, Newspaper wrappers incl. 1929 2 m. black unused, 1913 registration envelope 10 m. blue unused and used, 15 m. deep blue and 15 m. purple unused and used, Boy King 15 m. envelopes unused (2 different) and 20 m. used, also some fine Sudan usages. An exceptional lot (few hundred items).Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 522 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 523 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 524 Egypt Kingdom
1866 (Jan 1): 5 pi. rose, perf. 13 all round, Transfer Type 10, Overprint Transfer Type 10, an unused example from base of the sheet centred to left, also a 10 pi. slate, perf. 12½, Transfer Type 8 (position 156), centred to left, each fine unused without gum. Scarce stamps. Cert. Hass (2002) Gi = £ 725.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 525 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 526 Egypt Kingdom
1869 (Feb 8): Entire letter written from 'Timsah' (Lake Timsah on the Suez Canal, north of Serapeum) and endorsed internally at top, franked by 1867 1 pi. red cancelled in manuscript "Ch. VI - 8/2/69" in black ink (Chantier VI temporary P.O., the circular dated cancellation was not used between Jan 19 and Feb 16, 1869) and further cancelled by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / ISMAILIA datestamp in black (Feb 9). The cover, endorsed 'Pressée' at lower left in an attempt to catch the addressee whilst in Ismailia. Reverse with Alexandria arrival cds (Feb 9). Both the cover and adhesive have faults which should be restored but an entire letter of great rarity and, as far as we are aware, unique. Cert. Todd AIEP (2016).Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 527 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 528 Egypt Kingdom
1872: 5 pa. brown and 10 pa. mauve, used with 1874/75 2½ pi. violet on 1875 cover endorsed 'via Brindisi', addressed to Mr. Bircher of Cairo in Aarau, Switzerland tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamps (June 5) in black. Reverse with Alexandria transit cds, Brindisi transit (June 10), Como, Chur and Aarau cds's. A delightful three colour franking and a very scarce pre UPU rate of 2 pi. 35 paras. Signed Todd AIEP.
Provenance: Collection Peter A. S. Smith.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 529 Egypt Kingdom
Territorial P. O. in Massawa 1872/75: Egypt typographed 20 pa. blue, 1 pi. red and 2 pi. yellow, all used on 1875 entire letter endorsed 'via Brindisi' from Massawa to Marseille, the stamps being tied by rare POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / MASSAWA datestamps (Jan 23) in black. Reverse with Egyptian P.O. in Suez transit cds (Feb 2), Alexandria cds (Feb 3) and transferred to French P.O. in Alexandria (Feb 5) with datestamp on front and Marseille arrival (Feb 14). Charged '14' décimes to pay in manuscript upon receipt. Some peripheral aging to the adhesives but the earliest recorded of the eight (one, perhaps two, have been lost to philately, see Greg Todd's article in the ESC for further information) known stamped covers with this cancellation from Massawa. A spectacular cover of great rarity. Signed Todd AIEP.
Provenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale (May 2000), lot 2645.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 12,500 CHFLot# : 530 Egypt Kingdom
1872 (Jan 1): 5 pi. green, perf. 13½, used example on 1872 registered cover to Cairo, stained and with flap faults on reverse, carried at triple weight and tied by V. R. POSTE EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA cds (Jan 3) in black with repeated strike at top. Faint framed RACCOMANDATO in black and part Cairo cds on reverse. An extremely scarce stamp on letter, used on third day of issue. Signed Calves.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 531 Egypt Kingdom
1878 (Dec): 10 pa. on 2½ pi. violet, perf. 12½ x 13½, a fresh unused horizontal pair, variety tête-bêche, positions 153-154 on the sheet, fresh and fine with large part og. Exceptional and rare. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. Hass (1989) Gi = £ 1'500/Nile Post D31t = $ 3'000.
Provenance: Collection P. A. S. Smith.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 532 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 533 Egypt Kingdom
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 : 100 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 534 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 535 Egypt Kingdom
1914: Pictorial De La Rue definitives, the set of 10 values complete, all Imperforate on watermarked paper, also the complete set of ten Proofs on unwatermarked paper, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Nile Post D53c/D62a = $ 280 & Proofs = $ 180.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 536 Egypt Kingdom
1914: De La Rue, the set of ten values, imperforate on un-watermarked paper, all in matching corner Control blocks of six (#1 on low values to 20 m. and #2 on 50 m. to 200 m. values). Some gum spotting on the 1 m. and 100 m. and 200 m. high values, largely fresh and fine, a rare assembly with the Control numbers Nile Post = $ 1'080.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 537 Egypt Kingdom
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 538 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 539 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 540 Egypt Kingdom
1926: Fuad 58th Birthday, Photographic Essays (2), 60 x 80 mm., with rare completed design for proposed 50 pi. value (similar to Nile Post E326), but with different photograph of the King and additional Arms within vignette; together with a completely unrecorded 'Frame Only' Essay. A unique and wonderful pair. Signed Todd AIEP.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 10,000 CHFLot# : 541 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 542 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 543 Egypt Kingdom
1927/37: 500 m. greenish-blue & grey-brown, lithographed frame, a fine Farouk oblique mis-perforation block of four from top right of sheet, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare, just 200 examples printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post D125h = $ 1'500.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 544 Egypt Kingdom
1927: Complete Turkish Passport with photograph of the Turkish student (born 1908) visiting Egypt, one page with Fiscal 1923 100 m. purple (2) and very scarce 1926 50 pi. purple all optd. 'Consular Official' in red overlapped on Visa entry page and cancelled by framed arabic only cachet in blue with 'Alexandria City Police / Arrival / Port Control' handstamp at left. Various other pages with Turkish fiscals used, fine and scarce Feltus 407+415.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 545 Egypt Kingdom
1937: £ 1 bright chestnut & dark slate-green and 1933 Airmail 90 m. green & orange used on slightly distressed 1941 On Active Service airmail cover to Canada, tied by Alexandria cds (Feb 25). Cover carried on the Pacific route via Karachi, San Francisco and Los Angeles with fine Admiralty Censor in red of despatch and Egyptian circular Censor in black. Reverse resealed with Censor tape and Cairo cds (Feb 27). Despite faults a very rare example of the £ 1 value on letter.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 546 Egypt Kingdom
1933: Airmail blocks of four with Farouk oblique perforation varieities: 2 m. corner block (200 printed), 2 . black & orange corner block (200), 3 m. marginal block (300), 4 m. corner block (200), 6 m. corner block (200), 7 m. corner block (200), 8 m. corner block (400), 9 m. corner block (300), 10 m. two corner blocks (600), 30 m. corner block (400 printed); all fresh and fine, unmounted og.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 547 Egypt Kingdom
1934: UPU Congress, Cairo. The complete set of 14 values with Farouk oblique perforations, all marginal, the low values from top of sheet, the 50 pi. sepia marginal from base of sheet and the £ 1 greenish blue marginal from right; fresh and very fine unmounted og. An extremely rare set with just 100 sets possible. Nile Post C47b/C60b = $ 1'500+.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 548 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 549 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 550 Egypt Kingdom
1937: Boy King 5 m. red-brown, a magnificent corner block of 16 from top right corner of the sheet with Farouk oblique perforation variety, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Just 1'000 stamps printed thus. A scarce large multiple. Signed Todd AIEP. Nile Post D140c = $ 150+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 551 Egypt Kingdom
1937/44: Boy King 1 m. to 20 m. and 1939/46 High Values 30 m. £ 1, all with Farouk oblique perforations, the fine and fresh set of 19 completre, unmounted og. Rare, just 200 full sets can exist (the Boy King 20 m. grey being the scarcest value) Nile Post D136c/D154h = $ 600+.
Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 552 Egypt Kingdom
1937/44: 'Boy King' specialised five frame Exhibit on leaves, with many Control blocks of four noted throughout, 1 m. orange used on wrapper with complete Newspaper, 3 m. sepia in Control A/42 block with inverted wmk., 3 m. single franking for Printed Matter, 3 m. pair showing 'Doctor Blade' flaw, 4 m. green used on OHEMS Printed Matter cover to USA, 6 m. yellow-green Control A/42 in left margin (ex Booklet sheets), 10 m. violet Control block with inverted wmk., 20 m. blue with inv. wmk. variety and on 1937 cover to USA cancelled 'Piroscafo Postale Marco Polo' cds, scarce group of 100 m. Control blocks of six, 50 p. sepia & green on up-rated covers to Czechoslovakia, Iraq (636 m. rate), UK (addressed to Dr. Byam, 528 m. rate), cover at 600 m. rate to USA, rare cover at 540 m. rate to Djibouti, Somali Coast; £ 1 sepia & blue with used blocks showing corner guidelines and a rare cover to USA at 1'452 m. rate bearing a defective vertical pair of the £ 1 value.Starting bid : 3,500 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHFLot# : 553 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 554 Egypt Kingdom
1944/52: Marsechal issue. the part set of 14 values: 1 m., 2 m., 4 m., 5 m., 10 m., 15 m., 17 m., 20 m., 22 m. and Farouk & Mosque 30 m., 40 m., 50 m., 100 m. and 200 m. all in blocks of four with Farouk oblique perforatiosn, nearly all are marginal blocks, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Nile Post D155e-D170b = $ 980.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 555 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 556 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 557 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 558 Egypt Kingdom
1952: Overprinted 'King of Egypt & Sudan', the 30 m. deep olive, 40 m. sepia, 50 m. greenish blue, 100 m. dull purple and 200 m. violet, all showing Colour Trials for the overprint in four different colours together with the chosen colour; all fresh and fine unmounted og. with Farouk cartouche on each. Scarce, just 50 exist of each value.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 559 Egypt Kingdom
1953: Essay for definitive issue for proposed 500 m. value featuring Ramses II, jand-painted in green and gold and mounted within white card and manuscript annotated tracing paper on reverse. Rare and fine Essay and an exceptional piece of artwork.
Provenance: David Feldman auction (Feb 26, 2000).Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 560 Egypt Kingdom
1956 (Dec 20): Defence of Port Said, 10 m. deep brown-purple, imperforate example on watermarked paper, marginal from right of sheet, also a second similar example but with closed tear at top, each with large part, slightly dusty og. Scarce nevertheless, with just 100 printed thus Nile Post C168a = $ 250.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 561 Egypt Kingdom
Gaza 1948/1967c.: Collection, primarily unused, with 1948 set to the £ 1 unused (2) and Airmail set, 1953 optd. bars sets to £ 1 unused (3), 1953 'Egypt & Sudan' airmail set of six unused (2), 1955/56 set to £ 1 unused, together with 1959 55 m. on 100 m. with 'UAP' for 'UAR' variety within complete sheets (2), together with many multiples, Control blocks, varieties etc. throughout.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 562 Egypt Kingdom
Marc Pourpe Flight 1914 (Feb 3): Cover to Bristol franked by Egypt 1914 5 m. lake tied by 'Heliopolis 3.11.14 - 5-6PM' datestamp in black to Northward Flight cover carried by Marc Pourpe with fine strike of POSTE AERIENNE / L.N.A. / MARC POURPE / 1913-14 / CAIRE-KHARTOUM circular cachet in violet. Reverse with Cairo datestamp (8pm.) of the same day and Bristol cds of arrival (Feb 10). Slight diagonal opening tear in corner of envelope near adhesive but a correctly franked and very rare surviving cover. Cert. Todd AIEP (2016).Starting bid : 8,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 563 Egypt Kingdom
1931: LZ 127 Zeppelin Flight card to Switzerland, franked without the Zeppelin adhesives and bearing 11927 20 m. sage green and 1931 Agriculutral 15 m. blue (2) tied by 'Caire / Graf Zeppelin' datestamps and carried at correct 50 m. rate, with Friedrichshafen acceptance cds (13/4) below. Very unusual and the first such that this describer has recorded.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 564 Egypt Kingdom
1931 (April): Zeppelin LZ 127 Flight, the collection with 50 m. on 27 m. in an unused marginal block of four, 100 m. on 27 m. in an unused vertical strip of four, with the selection of covers/cards including set of two to Vienna on cover cancelled (April 8) in Alexandria, unaddressed cover with set of two cancelled at Cairo in violet (April 10), cacheted return Flight covers (2) with set of two cancelled Alexandria and Cairo in black (April 10), cover with set of two cancelled at Cairo (April 11) with Friedrichshafen cds (13/IV); card with set of two cancelled at Cairo (April 11) and similar usage with single 50 m.; card with 50 m. and cover with 100 m. cancelled at Port Said (April 10) and an unaddressed cover with both values used at Port Said (April 10). Fine and scarce group (10 items).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 565 Egypt Kingdom
1931 (April): Zeppelin LZ 127 Flight, the collection of covers/cards all franked by 50 m. on 27 m. or 100 m. on 27 m. including card with 50 m. cancelled at Alexandria (April 9), unaddressed cover with set of two cancelled at Alexandria in red (April 10), return Flight card with 50 m. and cover with 100 m. cancelled at Cairo (April 10) to Sieger in Lorch, cover with both values used to Amsterdam cancelled at Cairo (April 10); slightly grubby cover to Paris with set of two Control A29 examples and 1931 Agricultural Exhibition set of three similarly cancelled at Cairo; cover with 100 m. and Agricultural 5 m. brown cancelled at Cairo (April 9), card with 50 m. cancelled at Port Said (April 10) of the Palestine roundflight backstamped "Jaffa 13 AP 31", cover with return flight cachet bearing 100 m. cancelled at Port Said (April 10) and two without cachet similarly cancelled, unaddressed cover with set of two cancelled at Cairo in violet (April 10). A scarce group (11 items).Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 566 Egypt Kingdom
1955: Registered airmail cover from Cairo addressed to Ernest Kehr in New York, franked by 1953/56 50 m. dull purple, 500 m. violet, 1953 Bar overprinted £ 1 sepia & blue, Airmail 100 m. olive (3) and 1955 APU 5 m. yellow-brown all tied by Cairo datestamps in black. US Customs oval cachet (Feb 3) and 'Jamaica / NY' in violet (Feb 4). Minor opening faults to envelope due to size (252 x 172 mm.) but an exceedingly rare commercial usage of the £ 1 value on cover. Cert. Todd (2016).Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 4,800 CHFLot# : 567 Egypt Kingdom
Airmail 1910/92: Collection with circa 1910 postcards (30, all different) and 34 real photographs (many annotated on reverse) of biplanes and aeroplanes over Egypt, together with a remainder collection of the 1933 Airmail issue on leaves with multiples and Control blocks, 1923 cover via RAF Desert Mail Service from Cairo to Baghdad franked by Great Britain 1 d., 1 s. bistre (5) and Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. brown pair; 1924 Air Ministry cover addressed to Squadron Leader (Bomber) Harris AFC in Hinaidi, Iraq; 1926 cover flown to Baghdad with 'Dead Letter Office' label applied for return,1931 Zeppelin covers (4), 1935 Flight cover to Ecuador, volume with 1940's adhesives and usages, 1939/45 German Aerial Propaganda £ 1 note with Arabic inscriptions on reverse, through to 1992 with 'Zas-Bahrain' flight cover. A splendid lot.
Provenance: Collection of the late Adel Farid of Cairo.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 568 Egypt Kingdom
Airmail 1925/45c.: The collection, largely from the late 1920's and 1930's including 1925 Egypt-Baghdad Flight, 1926 cover flown to Baghdad with 'Dead Letter Office' label applied for return, 1929 cover to Paris addressed to Tchilinghirian, 1929 Flight to Athens with label, 1929 First Flight to Crete (2), 1931 LZ 127 Zeppelin Flight covers and cards (10), 1933 cover to Kedah, Malaysia (re-addressed to Cyprus), 1929 cover to Persia, Imperial Airways Flights, 1933 First Flight to Bangkok cover, 1933 Cairo to Greece cover by KLM, 1935 Egypt-South America First Flight cover via Condor, 1935 Al Misr Flight to Cyprus, 1936 Air-Race UK-South Africa cover, 1936 'Wilson Air Line' cover from Egypt to Zanzibar, 1936 First Flight to Dakar, Senegal, 1938 cover with Tunisian Postage Dues, 1945 War-time 'Horseshoe' route cover via Lagos, ALSO incoming Flights from Argentina, Italy, Turkey etc. One or two with spotting but a scarce group (142 covers/cards)..
Provenance: Collection of the late Adel Farid of Cairo.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 569 Egypt Kingdom
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