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Lot# : 544 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 545 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 546 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 547 Egypt Kingdom
1958 (Dec 9): Industrial & Agricultural Fair, 10 m. red-brown, an unused block of nine from top left corner of the sheet, all with variety "Overprint Triple", fresh and fine, unmounted og. A rare block, believed to be the largest known from the one sheet of 50 discovered Gi = unlisted/Nile Post C210b = $ 1'440+.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 548 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 549 Egypt Kingdom
1959 (July 23): 7th Anniversary of the Revolution, the 'Transport' complete set of six in matching vertical top marginal pairs, variety "Imperforate" on watermarked paper, superb and fresh, unmounted og. Rare with just 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C221a/C224a.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 550 Egypt Kingdom
1960 (Feb 29): Definitive 100 m. deep green & orange, a complete sheet of sixteen (4 x 4) with Arabic and English Control A/60 at lower right, variety "Imperforate" on watermarked paper, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare, just 64 stamps (4 sheets) are recorded printed thus Nile Post D267a.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 551 Egypt Kingdom
1960 (Jan 9): Aswan High Dam, 10 m. lake and 35 m. lake, an unused vertical pair on watermarked paper, variety "Imperforate", marginal from left of sheet, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Vertical bend but scarce, just 50 pairs printed thus Nile Post C235a/C236a.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 552 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 553 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 554 Egypt Kingdom
1971: Essays, recess printed for proposed definitive issue with Nasser 20 m. blue with three lines over both English and Arabic values, and (-) recess printed 'Baby's Head' Essay, each on watermarked paper, perf. 11½, fresh and fine, typical blueing from sheet above on unmounted og. Nile Post E546 & E547.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 555 Egypt Kingdom
1935 (Dec. 31): Crash of "City of Khartoum" in Alexandria, group of three covers with soaked stamps, incl. envelope from Lund, Sweden addressed to Colombo Ceylon, sent via Sassnitz, Germany and delivered to Imperial Airways at Brindisi, showing on reverse official label: "Salvaged air mail ex Air Plaine "City of Khartoum" and backstamped (15 Jan 36), together with R.A.F. cover to Iraq bearing special label "Found open or damaged and officially sealed" and tied by Baghdad cds.(Jan.36) on reverse, further envelope from England to India signed by recipient on reverse: "This letter was salvaged from the ill-fated Imperial Airways Liner 'City of Khartoum' and was duly delivered, still soaking wet, after having been at the bottom of the Meditteranean 11/1/36". A very unusual trio with only one noted in Nierinck Nierinck 351231e.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 480 CHFLot# : 556 Egypt Kingdom
1937 (Oct. 1): Crash at Phaleron Bay (Greece), wreck cover from Cairo (30 Sept. 37) franked with Egypt airpost 8 m and 20 m. to London showing rectangular handstamp 'DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER' in violet and on reverse with official London GPO label: 'found open or damaged and officially secured' in brown. In addition 'The Daily Mail' cut out dated Oct. 2, reporting the accident: 'Three Killed as Flying Boat Sinks' Nierink 1995: 371001e.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 120 CHFLot# : 557 Egypt Kingdom
1922-23: Official 5 m. pink, a used horizontal pair on 1924 cover to the Berkeley, USA, tied by "Dawawin / Cairo" datestamp in black (Aug 13) with oval "Mines Headquarters" cachet at left. Underpaid and taxed on arrival with pair of USA 3 c. red cancelled in manuscript with 'New York / Due 6 Cents' adjacent. Small imperfections but a very rare issue on letter.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 558 Egypt Kingdom
1922-23: Official 5 m. pink, a used vertical pair with 15 m. indigo on 1924 Registered / AR cover to Cairo tied by 'Saivida-Zenab' datestamps in black (Jan 14), with two strikes of scarce framed 'AR' cachets over-inked at right. Pinholes at left of envelope not detracting from appearance. Cairo arrival on reverse of a rare cover - the higher values of this issue are barely, if ever, found on letter.Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 559 Egypt Kingdom
1922/23: OHEMS on 15 m. indigo, original printing, an unused block of four with lower right stamp showing variety "O.H..E.M.S" (two stops after S, no stop after S), of fine appearance, typical slightly browned large part or unmounted og. Rare. Cert. A. Diena (1960) Gi £910++/Nile Post O29c.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 561 Egypt Kingdom
1924/25: First Fuad Official, 5 m. chestnut, a vertical pair and a strip of three, used on registered 1925 cover to Stevenage, England; mailed from the Ministry of Communications and tied by Cairo cds's (July 14). Purple registration label at left and framed bilingual "Registered" cachet above. Reverse with Stevenage arrival cds (July 23). File fold affects the pair but an extremely scarce issue on letter.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 562 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 563 Egypt Kingdom
1952: Official Issue optd. 'King of Egypt & Sudan', the complete set of 35 stamps showing Colour Trials for the overprint, with three (50 m.) or four different unaccepted colours for each value, fresh and fine, unmounted og., all with Bileski Farouk cartouche on reverse. Very rare with many sets of these now split up. Just 100 full sets can exist.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 564 Egypt Kingdom
1962/63: Official set of eight values, all in unused pairs, variety "Imperforate" on watermarked paper (the 4 m. green not known thus), the 100 m., 200 m. and 500 m. showing the 'blanket variety' with slight doubling, all fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare, just 100 sets can exist Nile Post O72a/O80a.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 565 Egypt Kingdom
1880/1959: Official issues, specialised collection with 800+ stamps and 96 covers, with large range of unused from 1893 with duplication and multiples, varieties noted incl. OHHS 2 m. green with inverted overprint (11), 'Miri' issue cover, OHHS issues on covers (5), rare OHEMS 10 m. on 1924 cover to London, imprinted Government envelopes unused and used, later period with some high frankings to USA etc. A fine lot for further specialised continuation.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 566 Egypt Kingdom
1898 (April-May): Postage Due 3 m. om 2 pi. orange, an unused pane of 60 (10 x 6), with margins on two sides, hinged for protection, showing "Dropped Surcharge" variety (not quite the NP listed à cheval), 23rd stamp 'Broken 3', lower horizontal row with surcharge touching or extending over the Marginal rule, fine large part og. with 56 stamps unmounted og. An unusual multiple Gi D75/Nile Post PD19(g) = ($ 4'500).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 567 Egypt Kingdom
1921: Postage Due 2 m. green, an unused near complete sheet of 100 stamps, watermark with Stars below Crescents, with the additional 'missing' Control "A.20" block of four detached but belonging, showing listed variety "Break in Border of 2" on position 195, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare Gi = £ 780+/Nile Post PD21+PD21i = $ 600+.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 568 Egypt Kingdom
1927: Postage Dues, the set of ten values, in horizontal or vertical pairs, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 200 full sets printed thus, the 20 m. was never 'issued' with oblique perforations Nile Post PD31b/PD41b = $ 450.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 569 Egypt Kingdom
1956: Postage Due 20 m. red-orange, an unused block of 64 (8 x 8) from upper right corner of sheet, variety "Inverted Watermark", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Gi = unlisted/Nile Post PD40a = $ 1'600.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aubeterre', Carmichael & Todd 1992.Starting bid : 650 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 570 Egypt Kingdom
1952 (Jan 16): Postage Due 2 m. red-orange, overprinted 'King of Egypt & Sudan', an unused irregular block of 82 stamps showing Control "B/40" at left and position 82 with "Three Dots" variety, all showing "Overprint Shifted to Right" (à cheval) variety, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Nile Post PD42c = $ 2'800+.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 571 Egypt Kingdom
1952 (Jan 16): Postage Due 12 m. lake, overprinted 'King of Egypt & Sudan', an unused irregular block of 82 stamps all showing "Overprint Shifted Upwards (not the NP listed à cheval) variety, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce Nile Post PD47(a) = ($ 2'800+).Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 572 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 573 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 574 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 575 Egypt Kingdom
1935 (Dec 16): 'Xmas 1935 / 3 Milliemes' on 1 pi. carmine, the complete unused Booklet pane of twenty (4 x 5), marginal at left, position 18 showing "Two Dents in '3' of 1935", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. A scarce pane Gi = £ 320++/Nile Post BF11+BF11a.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 576 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 577 Egypt Kingdom
Suez Canal Company 1868: 20 c. blue, position 63 on the sheet of 120 subjects, a used example with just clear to large margins all round, cancelled by Suez lozenge of dots handstamp in blue. An extremely rare stamp in used condition. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 500.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 579 Egypt Kingdom
French Post Offices 1864/1875: Entire letters (3) from Alexandria with 1864 entire to Basel, Switzerland with France 1862 10 c. bistre, fault and 80 c. carmine tied by '5080' gros chiffres with 'Suez / Amb. Marseille' cds in red (cert. Von der Weid); 1872 fine cover to Dijon with laureated 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine tied by '5080' with 'Pos. Angl. / Alexandrie' cds adjacent and thence via Brindisi and Modane; 1875 cover to Paris via Brindisi franked by Siège 40 c. orange (3) similarly cancelled; a generally very fine trio.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 580 Egypt Kingdom
French P.O.'s in Alexandria & Port Said 1899/1927: Collection with Alexandria first issue 50 c. (7) and 1 fr. used, 1902 Blanc issue 2 c. claret in unused blocks (2) of 25, 3 c. orange-red in unused blocks (2) of 25, 4 c. in unused blocks (6) of 25, 1922 Postage Dues in multiples,rnPort Said 1899 2 c. red-brown in an unused block of 25, with 1902 Blanc issue 2 c. claret and 3 c. orange-red (2), 5 c. green (2) in unused blocks of 25, 1921 2 m. on 5 c. green and 3 m. on 3 c. orange-red (2), 6 m. on 15 c. orange. 8 m. on 20 c. purple-brown and 10 m. on 25 c. blue in unused blocks of 25, 1924 1 m. on 1 c. grey, 2 m. on 5 c. green and 10 m. on 25 c. blue in unused blocks of 25, Sinking Fund blocks etc.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 581 Egypt Kingdom
1910: Postcard to Cairo franked by Russian Levant 20 pa. on 4 k. red, tied by framed PAQUEBOT handstamp in black. Egyptian Alexandria cds (Aug 28) and Cairo arrival below. An unusual usage, technically the Egyptian post should not have accepted the card as paid as the vessel was in Egyptian territorial waters. Scarce.rnrnProvenance: Dr. Raymond Casey.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 583 Egypt Kingdom
Gaza 1953: Airmail overprinted King of Egypt & Sudan, further overprinted 'Laestine' and Three Bars, the set of six values unused, all in corner Control blocks of four from lower right of sheet, fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. (two sets thus) Nile Post PA25/PA30.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 584 Egypt Kingdom
Gaza 1959 (Jan 20): UAR / PALESTINE 55 m. on Nefertiti 100 m. brown-red, an unused irregular block of 42, marginal from top of sheet, with overprint PALESTINE misplaced upwards, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare, just one pane of 100 stamps was found Gi = unlisted/Nile Post P68c = $ 1'680.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 586 Egypt Kingdom
1927/52: 'Royal' Collection of 526 stamps (416 loose and 110 mounted on Bileski cards), all with framed cartouche on reverse 'Koubbeh Palace' in black, with definitive issues, commemorative issues, Airmails, Officials, Postage Dues, Express, British Military issues and a few Foreign sets. All originally sold to Bileski at the Harmers Sale of the King Farouk collection. A scarce group.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 587 Egypt Kingdom
1926/49: Collection ex the Palace Sale of 1954, with 354 stamps including 163 Farouk Royal Imperforate 'Cancelled Back' examples, 107 Farouk Oblique mis-perforated items and 80 issued stamps with the 'Koubbeh Palace' framed cartouche on reverse or the green Bileski pyramid marking, mostly Egypt but with some Syria, incl. rare examples: Mareschal 1 m. with double print as Farouk Imperf. on Bileski card, some Airmail, Official and Postage Dues noted. A very scarce group.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHFLot# : 588 Egypt Kingdom
1945: Arab League, the group of 11 covers incl. FDC's (July 29), commercial and registered usages.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 589 Egypt Kingdom
1940/45: Covers (26) with 1940 Princess Ferail incl. FDC's (May 17) and Exhibition usages, 1944 King Fuad anniversary with FDC's (April 28) and a commercial usage, 1945 Farouk 10 m. violet on covers (4), Ismail Pasha 10 m. on covers (5) or 'The Magnificent' pieces (2).Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 591 Egypt Kingdom
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1946: Covers (40) with Visit of Saud FDC's (9), Citadel 10 m. on FDC's (6), Aviation Congress FDC's (13) and others, Arab League with FDC's (6) etc.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 592 Egypt Kingdom
1947: Covers (21) incl. Fine Art Exhibition sets on FDC's (5, one reg'd with special cachet), 1947 Inter-Parliamentary Union FDC's and a commercial usage, 1947 Withdrawl 10 m. with FDC's (7) and a commercial usage with eight examples.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 593 Egypt Kingdom
1948: Covers (26) incl. Cotton Congress FDC's (5), Gaza 10 m. green FDC's (6) incl. two used in Gaza, SAIDE covers (7), Ibrahim Pasha FDC's (4) and a commercial usage etc.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 594 Egypt Kingdom
1949/50 Covers (28) with 1949 Agricultural Exhibition FDC's (10) one unusually used in Gaza, Mohammed Ali FDC's (2), UPU (3) and further covers, Mixed Courts FDC's 3), 1950 (Dec 27) issues with five FDC's etc.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 595 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 596 Egypt Kingdom
1929 (Feb 11): Prince's 9th Birthday covers (16 + 2 pieces), with full set of four on covers (13) and four commercial usages.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 597 Egypt Kingdom
1855/1970c.: Collection of covers/cards (95+) with 1855 entire from Alexandria to Switzerland forwarded in Zurich, 1860 entire through French P.O: in Alexandria to Zurich, 1908 OHHS 1 pi. on cover from Cairo to Haifa, Hotel Cancellations of Cataract Hotel, Grand Continental, 1893 1 pi. env. cancelled "Egyptian Post Office / Luxor / Luxor Hotel" cds, Savoy, Shepheards, Winter Palace; Italian Ship cancels of "Esperia" and "Marco Polo" on covers to Switzerland, 1921 Parcel Card with 5 m., 10 m. and 100 m., 1927 cover with Fuad 5 m. and 10 m. tied bilingual PAQUEBOT to Smyrne, 1928 registered Thomas Cook's usage, 1930 cover with 15 m. Credit Lyonnais perfin, Gaza covers with registered Khan Younis usage, Sudan 1905 taxed cover to Herisau charged 25 c.; condition varies but much of interest.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 598 Egypt Kingdom
Lot# : 599 Egypt Kingdom
1934/68: Meter Marking collection (36 covers) with National Bank early 5 m. usages, 1934 postcard with 3 m. + 10 m. ex Worms & Co. in Port Said, 1935 Airmail cover franked 3 m. + 5 m. + 20 m. from Port Said, scarce 1937 German DKD (Deutsches Kohlendepot) cover from Port Said to Hamburg, 'Banca Commerciale Italiana' covers, 1952/54 'Banque Belge' covers, condition varies but a very scarce group.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 600 Egypt Kingdom
Simon Arzt & Thomas Cook Collection of Proprietary Post Offices, with 24 stamps and 72 covers/cards arranged according to the cancellation type, with both outgoing and incoming mail to Cook's from France, USA; Simon Arzt with differing cachets in red, blue, violet and black (either circular, two or three line cachets), a scarce assembly and an excellent basis for further expansion.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 601 Egypt Kingdom
1937/44: 'Boy King' specialised five frame Exhibit on leaves, with many control blocks of four noted throughout, 1m. orange used on wrapper with complete newspaper, 3 m. sepia in control A/42 block with inverted watermark, 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, a rare cover to USA at 1452 m. rate bearing a defective vertical pari of the £ 1. value etc., housed in a box.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 602 Egypt Kingdom
1886/1907: "Perfins" collection with 67 stamps and 25 covers, including 'Banco Italo Egiziane', 'Banque Ottomane', 'Credit Lyonnais', 'Societe Anonyme du Behera', 'Mobil Oil', 'Phillips Orient', 'Thomas Cook & Sons' (one on 1907 registered cover) and a few rare usages on postcards.Starting bid : 650 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 603 Egypt Kingdom
1901/1982: Collection of Maritime Mail with Covers/Cards (79) and some loose stamps, incl. Great Britain 1887 2½ d. purple on blued on covers with PAQUEBOT handstamps from both Suez (1901) and PORT SAID (1901), Austrian cards with 5 h. cancelled "Triest-Alexandrien" cds's, Italian Paquebot cover with Lloyd perfinned "LT" stamp, 1st Fuad covers with Lloyd Triestino handstamps of the 'Helouan' (3), range of hendrey covers with circular 'Graving Dock' ship cancels (3) etc. Generally fine.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 604 Egypt Kingdom
1889/1958c.: Collection with 730 stamps & 56 covers/cards, with varieties on the stamp stock including Sideways watermarks, à cheval overprints, plate varieties, 1922 Monarchy 2 m. with Crown upright Essay (rare, just 100 were discovered), some fine usages on incoming covers/Cards from Algeria, Argentina, Austria, East Africa, France, GB, Italy, Russia; taxed domestic mail; Egyptian covers with Foreign Postage Dues incl. Austria, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Yugoslavia etc. An interesting assembly.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 605 Egypt Kingdom
1920/1960c: Advertising Covers, black album with 450 covers/cards, all with illustrated adverts for a wide variety of subjects from Liquor to Pharmaceuticals, Guns to Perfumes, Cinemas to Textiles, Wrist Watches to Bicycles, Books to Typewriters, Furnitiure to Music etc. A fascinating collection and almost impossible to replicate nowadays, a fine Social Philately' collection.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 606 Egypt Kingdom
1879/1906: De La Rue issues collection, large volume with 800 stamps incl. multiples, part sheets, shades and 214 covers/cards, wrappers and Parcel Cards with many differing rates of postage; incl. 10 pa. grey block of four on 1882 cover from Samanoud, covers (4) with strips of four 10 pa. grey on 1882 covers to GB, two covers with rare usage of single 10 pa. claret, 1880 cover with single 10 pa. mauve, 1879 20 pa. blue on covers (3), 1 pi. rose-red used on 1879 cover from 'Cairo Stazione', further usages from Beni Mazar, Benha, Foua, Minouf, Suez; 2 pi. orange on cover cancelled by smudged Alexandrie cds in red (rare), generally fine, an extensive and interesting lot.Starting bid : 2,800 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHF
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