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  • Lot# : 401 Cyprus

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    1900: Bicoloured issue, De La Rue Master Die Proof without country and Duty plate, printed in black on glazed white card, a stamp size example on card ex the De La Rue day-book dated "Aug 2nd 1900" in manuscript red ink with printing instructions (dated June 7) above. Very rare and most appealing.rnrnProvenance: DF, Geneva, 28 April 2009, lot 30357.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 402 Cyprus

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    1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof without Country Name and Value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "30 SEP 02" in blue, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black. Minor rubs at top left otherwise fresh and fine, a rare Proof.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 403 Cyprus

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    1902: ½ pi. green & carmine, wmk. Crown CA, a Plate Proof in issued colour, imperforate with margin at right, fresh and very fine appearance, slight mark on gum, unmounted og. Rare: only the ½ pi. and 30 pa. are known imperforate.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aphrodite', Spink, London, 24 Feb 2009, lot 240.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 404 Cyprus

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    1902/04: ½ pi. green & carmine, wmk. Crown CA, an unused block of four, variety: "Watermark Inverted", fresh and very fine, superb unmounted og., together with a single used example with the same variety. Rare Gi = £ 770+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 405 Cyprus

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    1902/04: ½ pi. green & carmine (2), 30 pa. violet & green (2), 1pi. carmine & blue and 2 pi. blue & purple, all in used blocks of four with 'VR' or 'ER' Rural Service cancellations in black of 'Maratho Vouno', Pissouri or Tavros. An attractive and scarce group.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 406 Cyprus

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    1902: 30 pa. violet & green, wmk. Crown CA, a Plate Proof in issued colour, an imperforate horizontal pair with sheet margin at left, fresh and very fine appearance, some red ink splashes on unmounted og. Rare: only the ½ pi. and 30 pa. are known imperforate.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aphrodite', Spink, London, 14 Feb 2009, lot 241.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 407 Cyprus

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    1902/04: 18 pi. black & brown, wmk. Crown CA, a used horizontal pair, marginal from base of sheet and showing Plate Number '1', neatly cancelled by "Larnaca" squared circle (May 27, 1904) in black. Scarce and fine, used in first month of issue. Gi = £ 340.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 408 Cyprus

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    1902/04: Definitive set of ten values, wmk. Crown CA, largely fresh and fine with four values, including the 45 pi. sheet marginal, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 600.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 409 Cyprus

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    1904/10: Definitive set of twelve values, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, with additional shdes of the 10 pa. and 30 pa., fresh and fine, superb large part og. Gi = £ 400+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 410 Cyprus

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    1904/10: Watermark Multiple Crown CA, used examples all with variety "Broken Top Left Triangle" flaw, (Left pane, Row 7, Stamp 5), with 5 pa., 10 pa. in pair used at Troodos, ½ pi., 30 pa., 1 pi., 2 pi., 4 pi., 9 pi and 18 pi. values all showing the variety, a few with small imperfections but a scarce group Gi = £ 1'600+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 411 Cyprus

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    1904/10: Short set from ½ pi. green & carmine to 45 pi. dull purple & ultramarine (10 values), all in Plate Number '1' corner blocks of four from corners of the sheet, with two shades of the 30 para (1904 and 1910 printings), some minor gum bends of no significance, all unmounted og. A rare asseembly with just the two cheaper values missing Gi = £ 1'400+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 412 Cyprus

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    1912: De La Rue Master Die Proof, without Country Name and Value, printed in black on glazed white card, undated. Superb and very rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection W.L.E. Miller, RL, basel VI, 28 Oct 1977, lot 2433.rn                   Collection Chris Cruttwell, Argyll Etkin, London.rn                   DF, Geneva, 28 May 2009, lot 30374.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 413 Cyprus

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    1912/15:  ½ pi, 30 pa., 2 pi., 4 pi., and 6 pi. values, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, each overprinted by SPECIMEN handstamp in violet (Type CY1), somewhat heavily mounted but extremely rare, part og.rnrnProvenance: DF, Geneva, 28 April 2009, lot 30379.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 414 Cyprus

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    1912/15: 10 pa. orange & green, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, a used example with variety: "Watermark Sideways", fresh and fine, an extremely rare stamp with less than a dozen examples recorded Gi = £ 3'500.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 24 June 1998, lot 0026.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 415 Cyprus

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    1912/15: 1 pi. carmine & blue, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused example from the 1915 printing, of fine colour and showing the variety: "Broken Bottom Left Triangle", large part og. Gi = £ 325.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 416 Cyprus

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    1912/15: 12 pi. chestnut & black, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused example (Row 10, stamp 6), of fine colour and showing the variety: "Broken Bottom Left Triangle", superb large part og. A scarce stamp Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 417 Cyprus

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    1912/15: 45 pi. dull purple & ultramarine, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused example from lower right corner of the sheet, of fine colour and showing the variety: "Broken Bottom Left Triangle", minor bend in margin only, large part og. A rare stamp Gi = £ 1'800.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 418 Cyprus

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    1912/15: 45 pi. dull purple & ultramarine, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused horizontal strip of three, marginal from lower right corner of the sheet, second stamp with Plate Number "1" below and third stamp showing "Broken Bottom Left Triangle" variety, slight bend between stamps otherwise superb, unmounted og. A very rare multiple Gi = £ 2'000+.rn 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 419 Cyprus

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    1921/23: 10 pa. orange & green, wmk. Multiple Script CA, an unused example with variety: "Watermark Inverted", fresh and very fine, superb large part og. A rarity Gi = £ 3'250.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 420 Cyprus

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    1912/15: Definitive set of eleven values, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused set with aditional shades of 10 pa. ½ pi., 1 pi. and the scarce 9 pi., together with 10 pa., ½ pi., 1 pi., 2 pi. and 6 pi. values all showing "Broken Bottom Left Triangle" flaw unused with a further ½ pi. used example also exhibiting the same flaw. A few imperfections but a scarce assembly Gi = £ 1'600+.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 421 Cyprus

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    1912/15: Definitive issue, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, the set of ten (excl. the 45 pi.) all in Plate Number "1" unused blocks of four from 10 pa. to 4 pi., 6 pi. in a separated block of four, scarce 9 pi. in a marginal Plate Number strip of three and a marginal block of four, 12 pi. in a Plate Number strip of three, 18 pi. in a Plate number pair, all with large part or unmounted og. Generally fine, a scarce group Gi = £ 640+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 422 Cyprus

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    1921/23: 30 pa. violet & green, an unused example, marginal from top of sheet, showing variety: "Watermark Inverted", slight mark on face possibly from cancellation, but of fine appearance and the variety clearly showing in margin, without gum. A rare stamp mint or used Gi = £ 3'000.rnrnProvenance: DF, Geneva, 28 April 2009, lot 30386.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 423 Cyprus

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    1921/23: 2 pi. carmine & blue, wmk. Multiple Script CA, an unused example overprinted SPECIMEN in black with 'abnormal' Type D9 rather than the normal UPU supply overprinted Type D12, fresh and fine, unused without gum. Illustrated in Marcus Samuel 'Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies' on plate 14. Rare.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 424 Cyprus

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    1921/23: Definitive set of fifteen, wmk. Multiple Script CA, fresh and fine with additional (and scarce) 9 pi. yellow-brown & carmine and 30 pa. green and 1 pi. carmine & blue each showing "Broken Bottom Left Triangle" varieties, large part or unmounted og. A scarce assembly Gi = £ 1'245.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 425 Cyprus

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    1921/23: Definitive issue, wmk. Multiple Script CA, the set of fifteen values all in multiples, all with Plate "1" in margin excl. 18 pi,, with 10 pa. in both colours in blocks of four from top right of sheet with requisition numbers, 30 pa. violet & green in a block of four and of six, the former showing "Broken Bottom Left Triangle", 30 pa. green block of four and strip of three, 1 pi. carmine & blue block of four with requistion number '004' at top, 1 pi. violet & red in pair and strip of three, 1½ pi. in strip of three and block of four, 2 pi. (2) each from top right of sheet, 2¾ pi. in a strip of three and a block of four, 4 pi. in strip of three and block of four, 6 pi. with pair and block of four, 9 pi. in both shades each in lower right corner blocks of four showing "Broken Bottom Left Triangle" variety, 18 pi. in vertical pair and the rare 45 pi. in a strip of three showing "Broken Bottom Left Triangle" variety on third stamp; fresh and fine, a scarce and most appealing set Gi = £ 6'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 426 Cyprus

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    1921/23: 45 pi. dull purple & ultramarine, wmk. Multiple Script CA, a superb used example of good colour cancelled by "Lefkara" squared circle datestamp (April 3, 1934) in black. A very scarce stamp fine used Gi = £ 275.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 427 Cyprus

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    1923: De La Rue Die Proof for the £ 1 value in black, stamp size imperforate example, printed in black on thick card paper. Extremely rare and very fine.rnrnProvenance: Collection Chris Cruttwell.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 428 Cyprus

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    1923: £ 1 purple & black on red, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused block of four of vibrant fresh colour, perfectly centred, large part og. with one stamp unmounted og. Just 1'682 stamps were issued and all remainders were burnt (ref. W. Castle). A magnificent and extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 5'600+.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 429 Cyprus

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    1923: £ 1 purple & black on red, a used example marginal from lower right corner of the sheet showing variety: "Broken Bottom Left Triangle", neatly tied to small piece by partial "Larnaca" circular datestamp (May, 1924) in black. Superb and extremely rare Gi = £ 14'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 26 Aug 1999, lot 1118.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 13,000 CHF

    Lot# : 430 Cyprus

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    1923: 10 s. green & red on yellow and £ 1 purple & black on red, the set of two values, each of fine fresh colour and large part og. The £ 1 signed A. Diena and L. Miro Gi = £ 1'800.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 431 Cyprus

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    1924: £ 1 purple & black on red, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, an unused block of four from upper right of sheet with Plate Number "1" and requisition number 100 in margin, of vibrant fresh colour, perfectly centred, stamps unmounted og. A lovely multiple Gi = £ 1'200+.rnrnProvenance: Renato Mondolfo (1986).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 432 Cyprus

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    1924: De La Rue Master Die Proof without Country name and value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated in pencil manuscript "18/3/24", endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black. A rare and splendid Proof.rnrnProvenanace: DF, Geneva, 28 April 2009, lot 30390.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 433 Cyprus

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    1924/28: Colour Trial for the 1 piastre value on wmk. Multiple Script CA paper, perf. 14, printed in chestnut brown and grey, fresh and very fine, slightest of wrinkles on superb large part og. Rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Chris Cruttwell.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 434 Cyprus

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    1928: £ 5 black on yellow, an unused example of excellent centering and colour, fresh and very fine, superb large part og. A rare stamp in wonderful quality Gi = 3'750.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 435 Cyprus

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    1928: £ 5 black on yellow, a sheet marginal example used on 1928 Registered & Insured cover to Huddersfield tied by "Larnaca / Cyprus" circular datestamp (March 24) in black. Registration label at lower left and Insured label in red at left. Reverse with five removed red wax seals and sender's notation. A wonderful cover of great rarity.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 436 Cyprus

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    1924/28: Definitive set of 21 values from ¼ pi. grey & chestnut to £ 1 purple & black on red, all fresh and fine unused, overprinted SPECIMEN in black (in red on the ¾ pi. value), large part og. A scarce set Gi = £ 1'100.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 437 Cyprus

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    1928 (Feb 1): 50th Anniversary of British Rule, the set of ten values to £ 1 in unused horizontal pairs, the £ 1 value with requisition number 116, fresh and very fine, large part og. One of the most lovely sets in British Colonial philately Gi = £ 600.
    Starting bid : 240 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 438 Cyprus

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    1928 (Feb 1): 50th Anniversary of British Rule, the set of ten values to £ 1 unused, fresh and very fine, large part og. One of the most lovely sets in British Colonial philately Gi = £ 300.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 439 Cyprus

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    1934 (Dec 1): Pictorial definitive set of 11 values, all perforated SPECIMEN diagonally, fresh and very fine, superb large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 650.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 440 Cyprus

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    1934 (Dec 1): Vouni Palace ¼ pi. ultramarine & orange-brown, a used vertical pair showing variety: "Imperforate Between Horizontally", lightly cancelled by "Limassol" datestamp (Jan 15, 1935) in black. Fresh and very fine. Extremely rare, this being the sole recorded used pair Gi = £ 32'000.rnrnNote: 6 pairs are recorded, five unused and one used (W.T.F. Castle).
    Starting bid : 8,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 21,000 CHF

    Lot# : 441 Cyprus

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    1934 (Dec 1): Salamis ½ pi. green, an unused vertical pair showing variety: "Imperforate Between Horizontally", fresh and very fine, hinged on upper stamp only, large part og. Extremely rare - just 5 mint pairs are recorded Gi = £ 18'000.rnrnNote: 6 pairs are recorded, five unused and one used (W.T.F. Castle).
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,000 CHF

    Lot# : 442 Cyprus

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    1934 (Dec 1): Roman Theatre at Soli, 1 pi. black & red-brown, an unused block of four, marginal from left of sheet, variety: "Imperforate Between Horizontally", fresh and very fine, superb large part og. with left hand pair unmounted og. Extremely rare, this being the sole block of four recorded Gi = £ 50'000.rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 17,000 CHF

    Lot# : 443 Cyprus

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    1938/51: Pictoorial definitive set of 19 values to £ 1, an unused complete set perforated SPECIMEN. Scarce and very fine, large part og. Gi = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 444 Egypt Kingdom

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    1800 (Nov 18): Entire letter from Bulâq, Cairo to Samanud struck with very fine "LE CAIRE" handstamp in black. Exceptional strike for this and in wonderful quality. Signed Todd AIEP.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 445 Egypt Kingdom

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    1839 (May 10): Entire letter from Boston, USA to Calcutta, endorsed 'via Marseilles' and 'Overland' annotated at top right by Waghorn's Agent "a 303 / GHW" (Wheatley), struck with two line CARE OF MESSRS WAGHORN & Co. / LONDON ALEXANDRIA in black (Smith type 7) with oval red 'P-D' and Calais cds on front. Reverse with framed 'BOMBAY / Bearing' datestamp (July 10) in black and 15 rs. charge. Interesting content: "I got home about a week ago, having left the 'Brighton' at St. Helena. I returned in the Valparaiso, a faster vessel...address my letters to the care of Baring Brothers & Co. in London". Some minor acid ink faults but a good strike of a very scarce marking.rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF

    Lot# : 446 Egypt Kingdom

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    Posta Europea 1863c (Feb 24): Registration receipt form "Ricevuta D'Impostazione" dated in manuscript and signed by the Posta Europea Agent, struck at left with superb oval POSTA EUROPEA / MANSURA cachet (Type III) in blue-green. Rare and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 447 Egypt Kingdom

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    1867/69: Peter Smith album page with small piece bearing Egypt 1867 1 pi. red tied by 'Regie removed' "Poste Egiziane / Porto Said' cds (Aug 17, 1869) in combination with Italy 40 c. carmine tied by '234' lozenge of dots; also a stained but rare 1869 cover from Port Said to Suez, struck with "Regie Poste Egiziane / Porto Said" cds (July 9) sent unpaid and charged "80" paras due in black, backstamped with 'regie' datestamps of Ismailia and Suez.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 448 Egypt Kingdom

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    1867: 5 pi. brown (Type IV), 2 pi. blue (three examples, a single (Type I) and a Type III-IV pair) and a single 1 pi. red (Type I), all used on 1869 front and part back of cover, also addressed in Armenian, mailed from Alexandria to Constantinople, tied by 'Poste Vice-Reali Egiziane / Alessandria' datestamps (May 30) in black. The second 2 pi. adhesive with some small imperfections at top, the huge franking representing a 120 gram rate at the 1 piastre 'Port-to-Port' fee or an 'honorific' franking. A spectacular cover. Cert. RPSL (2019).rnrnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 30 Nov 1962, lot 1681; Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, Geneva, 28 April  1977, lot 127.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF

    Lot# : 449 Egypt Kingdom

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    1875 (Jan 6): Cover from Cairo to New York franked at 4 piastre 35 para rate via London (Jan 16) bearing 1872 typographed Penasson definitives 5 pa. brown, 10 pa. mauve, 20 pa. blue and hor. pair of 2 pi. yellow, all tied by "POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO" cds's in black with framed PD alongside, reverse with "POSTE EGIZIANE - ALESSANDRIA" transit (Jan 6) and "NEW YORK PAID ALL" (Jan 31). On arrival also struck with red "2 / Cents" credit mark. Slightly cleaned cover, a very fine and rare four colour franking item. Cert. Todd (2011).
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 450 Egypt Kingdom

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    1872/75: Collection of the Penasson issue with over 1'000 stamps from 5 pa. - 5 pi. values, both unused and used, separated by perforation and watermark, largely fresh and fine, some cancellation interest.rnrnProvenance: Collection Jacques Kassab.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 451 Egypt Kingdom

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    1874/75; Bûlâq 5 pa. brown with three vertical pairs, all tête-bêche two with large part og. and one pair unused; 10 pa. grey with two vertical tête-bêche pairs, each with some aging, one signed E. Diena; and scarce 1 pi. red in a vertical tête-bêche pair with large part og. Small imperfections but a scarce group Gi = £ 450+.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 452 Egypt Kingdom

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    1874/75: Bulaq definitive 2 pi yellow, a fine and fresh example, tied by "POSTE KHEDIVE EGIZIANE SIUT 3 GIU 78" to envelope directed to Paris, French rentry mark alongside, reverse with "POSTE EGIZIANE ALESSANDRIA 4 GIU 78 1" and Paris arrival cds (10 JUIN). Some edge wear, still an appealing item.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 453 Egypt Kingdom

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    1885: De La Rue Essay for the proposed Fiscal 20 pi., hand painted on thin brown paper, the design in green and the value and lettering in French and Arabic picked out in Chinese White. Numbered '"10" at lower right corner and dated in pencil "Dec 18, 85" at upper right. Unique and wonderful.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 454 Egypt Kingdom

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    1887: Postal Stationery unadopted Essay for 1 pi. envelope, De La Rue archive Proof on lined card paper, 58 x 61 mm., embossed in blue as issued, showing close to selected design but with Pyramid with coloured horizontal lines and blank space on pyramid  (perhaps where numeral of value was to be inserted). Also the issued design mint and used for comparison (Nile Post SEN 1).rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Smith, Corinphila sale 198, May 2015, lot 5678.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 455 Egypt Kingdom

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    1888: Postal Stationery Colour Trial for the 1 m. brown local greeting card envelope, printed by De La Rue in bright scarlet-vermilion in issued size and design on lined card paper. Fresh and fine, and very scarce. Also two mint examples of the issued envelope (Nile Post SEN 4). Opinion Holcombe (1983).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 456 Egypt Kingdom

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    1901: 3 m. dull purple postal stationery card sent registered to Austria, up-rated with 1 m. brown and 1 pi. ultramarine tied by 'Caire' datestamps (22/XII) with reverse showing hand-drawn 'Bonne Année' illustration of the Pyramids with balck and white mice 'La Souris Blanche' illustration. Charming and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 457 Egypt Kingdom

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    1914 (Jan 8): De La Rue 5 m. lake, wmk. Sideways, an unused block of eight marginal with pillars at base, cut from a sheet for making up Booklets (just one pane of 60 stamps was discovered), large margins all round, fresh and very fine with plate scratch between second and third stamps, unmounted og. Rare Nile Post D57bka = $ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 650 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 458 Egypt Kingdom

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    1914 (Jan 8): De La Rue Pictorial Issue, the set of 10 values complete, in watermarked imperforate vertical pairs, fresh and fine, large part og. with one stamp unmounted og. in each pair - extremely rare with watermark; the 100 m. pair with lower stamp showing "Double Print" error especially noticeable in the value tablet at base - this being one of just ten possible examples, the variety being unrecorded in the Nile Post catalogue. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post D53d/D62a = $ 680++.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 459 Egypt Kingdom

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    1914: De La Rue Pictorial Issue, the unused Imperforate set with watermark upright, in large multiples: 1 m. sepia, 2 m. green and 3 m. orange-yellow, 4 m. vermilion, 5 m. lake and 10 m. dull blue all in matching unused blocks of 40 with inter-pane pillars at top and sheet margins on both sides, 20 m. olive, 50 m. purple and 100 m. slate all in a blocks of twelve (3 x 4) with one horizontal row on each with unobtrusive crease, 200 m. maroon in a block of sixteen (4 x 4), again with one row with unobtrusive crease, all unmounted og. An extraordinary set and extremely rare.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 460 Egypt Kingdom

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    1914: Pictorial issue collection with 500 stamps and 156 covers/cards, with imperforates to 200 m. on watermarked paper (46) and range of Proofs on unwatermarked paper (48), issued stamps in quantity and some fine multiples incl. Plate Number examples, range of covers and Parcel Cards showing usages from 1 m. to 200 m. values, incl. delightful cover with complete set cancelled "Savoy Hotel / Assouan" in blue in first weeks of issue; Censored Mail, Registered Mail etc. Viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 461 Egypt Kingdom

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    1915 (Oct 15): Provisional 2 m. on 3 m. orange-yellow, an unused block of ten (2 x 5), with Plate Number "1" in top margin, showing variety "Double Surcharge, One Albino" and part of the black inked surcharge appearing in the right sheet margin. Stamp No. 50 at lower right showing the plate variety "Broken Second "e" in Milliemes" from position 49 but appearing as posititon 50 due to the surcharge shift, this stamp being unique in conjunction with the albino variety. A rare and most appealing multiple, unmounted og. Unique positional piece. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. RPSL (1972) Nile Post D63h, D63j, D63k = $ 2'725+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Abdullah Mishrick; Collection Alan Jeyes.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 462 Egypt Kingdom

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    1915 (Oct 15): Provisional 2 m. on 3 m. orange-yellow, an unused block of four, marginal from base of sheet, clearly showing variety "Double Surcharge, One Albino", fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 480+/Nile Post D63h = $ 480+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 463 Egypt Kingdom

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    1915: Provisional 2 m. on 3 m. yellow-orange, a study with 132 stamps including Inverted Surcharge varieties unused and used, Broken Second "e" variety, misplaced overprints both vertically and horizontally, offset and 21 covers/cards with usages of the provisional. Scarce group.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 464 Egypt Kingdom

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    1922: Pictorial 2 m. vermilion, the complete sheet of 200 subjects, Control B21, Watermark Reversed, with position 10 showing 'Broken Frame' variety, position 14 with 'Broken Frame at Left', pos. 69 with 'Dropped Dots', pos. 70 with EGYPT redrawn, pos. 194 with 'Pinched Left Tablet' etc., folded between the two panes of 100 but fresh and very fine with full unmounted og. A sheet of great rarity - unique as a complete sheet. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 3'000+/Nile Post D66a/D66g = $ 6'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aubeterre', Carmichael & Todd, 1992.rn     
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 465 Egypt Kingdom

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    1922 (Oct 10): Monarchy 2 m. vermilion, the complete sheet of 200 subjects, lithographic overprint Type I, Control B22, Watermark Reversed, with position 10 showing 'Broken Frame' variety, position 14 with 'Broken Frame at Left', pos. 69 with 'Dropped Dots', pos. 70 with EGYPT redrawn, pos. 194 with 'Pinched Left Tablet' etc., folded between the two panes of 100 and right hand margin missing but fresh and very fine with full unmounted og. A sheet of great rarity - unique as a complete sheet. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = unpriced/Nile Post D79a/D79g = $ 5'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aubeterre', Carmichael & Todd, 1992.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF

    Lot# : 466 Egypt Kingdom

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    1923/24: Fuad 200 m. mauve, an unused pair on watermarked paper, variety "Imperforate", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce and very fine Nile Post D101h/Gi = £ 300.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 467 Egypt Kingdom

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    1922: Unadopted Essay by Harrisons of London for proposed £ 1 values, imperforate example, cut and pasted with vignette of Fuad in bright emerald green and frame in black, adhered to salesman's card. Fresh and very fine, a rare and spectacular Essay. Signed Todd AIEP.
    Starting bid : 6,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 468 Egypt Kingdom

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    1923/24: Fuad Harrisons Proofs: 15 m. blue in a vertical imperforate pair (large arabic '5') on card paper, 20 m. in an unused block of four, imperforate on card paper, unobtrusive crease not affecting frontal appearance, and small format gummed unadopted Essays (2) for the 5 m. value printed in red brown, imperforate on gummed paper, one being sheet marginal Nile Post E227, E233a, E235.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 469 Egypt Kingdom

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    1925 (April 1): Geographic Congress, 5 m. brown, an Imperforate pair on watermarked paper, of fresh colour and superb unmounted og. Rare Gi = £ 325/Nile Post C4e.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 470 Egypt Kingdom

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    1925 (April 1): Geographic Congress, 10 m. rose-carmine shade, an Imperforate horizontal strip of three on watermarked paper, of fresh colour and superb unmounted og. Rare Gi = £ 375/Nile Post C5b.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 471 Egypt Kingdom

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    1925 (April 1): Geographic Congress, 15 m. pale rose shade, an Imperforate horizontal strip of three on watermarked paper, of fresh colour and superb unmounted og. Rare Gi = £ 375/Nile Post C5b.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 472 Egypt Kingdom

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    1925 (April 1): Geographic Congress, 15 m. deep blue, 2nd printing, an unused vertical pair, variety "Printed Both Sides, turned 90° and fainter print on reverse", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce in such good quality Nile Post C6b.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 473 Egypt Kingdom

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    1925: Geographic Congress, the selection of covers (9 and two pieces and a forged cover) bearing the set of three on covers. Scarce issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 474 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926 (March 1): Agricultural Exhibition, the unused set of six values, complete in matching lower right corner marginal blocks of four, all with Farouk Oblique Double Perforations, fresh and very fine, superb unmounted og. Extremely rare, just four sets thus can exist with only 1 sheet of 50 stamps printed thus Nile Post C7c/C12c.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 475 Egypt Kingdom

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    1929 (July 25): Airmail 27 m. chestnut with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 printed thus Nile Post A2e = $ 125.
    Starting bid : 80 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 476 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926: Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition and 1926 overprinted set of three, covers (9 + 3 fronts), with scarce FDC (March 1) with full set, further full set of six usages (3), commercial usages etc., overprint issue with four commercial suages.
    Starting bid : 450 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 477 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926 (Dec 9): Navigational Congress, the set of three values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C14b/C16b = $ 375.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 478 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926: Navigation Congress covers (6) with one FDC, the set used on first day of Port Fouad opening, and commercial usages.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 479 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926: Port Fouad, 50 pi. purple, a superb used example cancelled by 'Port Fouad' cds (Dec 21) in black. Characteristic interupted perf. at left, exceptional and scarce. Cert. RPSL (1995) Gi = £ 1'300.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 480 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926 (Dec 21): Opening of Port Fouad, the set of four values all used on cover, flap missing, cancelled by neat PORT-FOUAD datestamps (Dec 21, 1926) in black. The rare high value being marginal from top of sheet. Minor aging and file fold away from adhesives but rare. Cert. ESC (1986) Gi = £ 1'700 off cover.rnrnProvenance: Themis Dacos, 1986.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 481 Egypt Kingdom

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    1927 (Jan 25): Cotton Congress, the set of three values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C21b/C23b = $ 255.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 482 Egypt Kingdom

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    1926: Cotton Congress covers (12) with FDC's (2), Congress cancels on covers in blue (4) and commercial usages.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 483 Egypt Kingdom

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    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 commercial cover.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 484 Egypt Kingdom

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    1927 (Dec 29): Statistical Congress, the set of three values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C24b/C26b = $ 255.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 485 Egypt Kingdom

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    1927 (Dec 29): Statistical Congress covers (9), with an FDC and sets used on covers with Special Congress cancellations (6) and two commercial usages.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 486 Egypt Kingdom

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    1928 (Dec 15): Medical Congress covers (13 + 2 pieces), with FDC's (3) and usages with special Congress cancellations incl. registered covers (2) and Hotel usages (2).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 487 Egypt Kingdom

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    1929 (Feb 11): Prince's Birthday, the set of four values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C29b/C32b = $ 500.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 488 Egypt Kingdom

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    1931 (Feb 15): Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition, the set of three values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C33b/C35b = $ 255.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 489 Egypt Kingdom

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    1931 (April 9): 50 m. on 27 m. chestnut & 100 m. on 27 m. chestnut, each used on individual pieces, each cancelled by fine strikes of "SUEZ / GRAF ZEPPELIN" cds in black. Exceptional and very rare. Signed Todd AIEP Sieger 105Dx+105Dy.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 490 Egypt Kingdom

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    'Suez' Zeppelin 1931 (April 9): Postcard to the Netherlands franked by Zeppelin 50 m.  on 27 m.chestnut tied by fine strike of "Suez Graf zeppelin datestamp in black, without the pyramid cachet, which indicates the card was taken after the airship returned from the Round Trip, with Friedrichshafen arrival of April 13 below. An outstanding and extremely rare item with no more than ten strikes of the 'Suez' handstamp being known (ref. Peter Smith). Illustrated in 'The Egypt Flight L.Z. 127 - Graf Zeppelin' No. 8 (1981) by Blau & Deighton on page 49. Cert. RPSL (2018) Sieger 105Dx, Michel 166AdIrnProvenance: Ex R. Jeidel collection, Cape Town
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 491 Egypt Kingdom

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    1932 (March 4): 50 m. on Birthday 50 pi. purple, two unused corner blocks of four, one from lower left of sheet with imperf. margin at base and perforated across at right, showing the "Wide Tooth" or blank perforation holes on positions 16 and 17 (Pane B); the lower right hand corner marginal block without the "Wide Tooth" variety with sheet margin at base and at right perforated through (Pane A); each block superb and fine, unmounted og. An extremely scarce pair of multiples (one fed into the perforating machine upright, the other inverted), see Nile Post page 221 for an explanation of their scarcity Nile Post C13.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 492 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933 (Jan 19): Railway Congress, the set of four values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C38b/C41b = $ 500.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 493 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933 (Dec 20): Aviation Congress, complete set of five Farouk Imperforates, all marginal examples from left or right of sheet, underprinted 'Cancelled'. Fresh and very fine, just 50 sets printed. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C42a/C46a.
    Starting bid : 1,100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 494 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933 (Dec 20): Aviation Congress, the set of five values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C42b/C46b = $ 500.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 495 Egypt Kingdom

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    1936/37: Definitive set of seven values from 1 m. to 20 m. bright blue, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 200 full sets printed thus Nile Post D129b/D135b = $ 240.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 496 Egypt Kingdom

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    1936 (Feb 15): Agricultural & Industrial Exposition, the set of five values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C61b/C65b = $ 425.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 497 Egypt Kingdom

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    1936 (Dec 22): Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, the set of three values, all with King Farouk oblique perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce, only 200 sets printed thus Nile Post C66b/C68b = $ 300.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 498 Egypt Kingdom

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    1937/44: Boy King 20 m. pale blue, a complete sheet of 100 subjects, Control A42, with variety Watermark Inverted, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Believed to be the sole complete sheet now extant. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = unlisted/Nile Post D145a = $ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aubeterre', Carmichael & Todd, 1992.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 499 Egypt Kingdom

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    1937/44: Boy King Booklet blocks: unused blocks of twelve (all 6 x 2) from the Booklet sheets of 60, with the 5 m. red-brown (2 blocks, one with Palace cartouche on reverse), 6 m. green, 15 m. brown-purple and 20 m. pale blue, all fresh and very fine, unmounted og. A scarce group, the higher values being particularly elusive.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 500 Egypt Kingdom

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    1938 (Jan 20): Wedding of King Farouk and Queen Farida, 5 m. red-brown, an unused example, marginal from right of sheet, showing Farouk Oblique Perforations, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare - just 50 stamps printed thus Nile Post C75b.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF
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