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  • Lot# : 5901 Egypt Kingdom

    1868: Suez Canal, 20 c. blue, right corner marginal block of four, unused, gum, imperforate, fresh vivid colour, mounted only in top right margin, gum wrinkling, slight soiling and climatic discolouration of edge but attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 5902 Egypt Kingdom

    1868: Suez Canal, 40 c. red, block of four, unused, original gum, imperforate, clear margins, extremely fresh vibrant shade, most attactive exhibition piece.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 5903 Egypt Kingdom

    1868: Suez Canal, a reference set in mint never hinged condition, original gum, and five forgery complete sheets of 120, comprising 1 c. black, 5 c. green, 20 c. turquoise, and 40 c. red, with marginal surround, been folded in half at some stage, other minor imperfections, an excellent set.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5904 Egypt Kingdom

    Suez Canal Co. 1868: The collection of Forgeries of the issue as per Ringström & Tester book with Spiro examples, unknown forger with 5129 gros chiffres cancellations, Englehardt Fohl forgeries incl. blocks, Fournier forgery ex his album page, Saatijihan forgeries, spectacular forged covers incl. a triple Suez, Egypt and France combination cover etc., together with genuine thinned 20 c. blue with cert. RPSL (1962).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 5905 Egypt Kingdom

    1837/1879: Collection of classic period material, comprising 85 covers and 450 stamps, contained within a folder mounted on pages, illustrating different aspects of the postal service during this period, noted "Posta Europea" (4), 1860 stampless Greek P.O. in Alexandria, Austrian P.O. in Alexandria cancel on 15 s. entire sent to Trieste, several Venetian and Italian P.O., British with 4 d. tied by "B01" on cover to Malta, eight French P.O. covers, rare 1868 Mohamed Aly negative seal cover, five covers with 1 pi. 1867 sent domestic, seven covers bearing 1 pi. 1872 issue with various usages in Alexandria, ten examples with 1 pi. 1874 issue, including Alexandria duplex and 1 pi. 20 p. sent to Italy via Brindisi, 1866 stamps 5 pa. to 5 pi. including imperforate Proofs, 1867 5 p. - 5 pi. two fragments, several 1872/1874 stamps with different shades and cancels, many used and unused provisional sets, generally fine an excellent lot for further study and expansion.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5906 Egypt Kingdom

    1866-1957: Well organized dealers stock in one stockbook, sorted chronologically. In the early issues there are mostly used stamps from about 1888 used material prevails. Nice, selected material with a large proportion of unmounted, e.g. a full set UPU 1934. Some sets with Farouk barred, some airpost, and some souvenir sheets.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 5906A British Forces in Egypt

    1942/1952: Accumulation of predominately mint and used stamps comprising nine album pages, one cover and several pieces, with British Middle East Forces M.E.F. overprinted stamp from Cairo 1 d. to 10 s. as well as postage due issues, 1946 Rhodes Dodecanese M.E.F with "27.9.46" cancellation, set of B.M.A. and B.A Eritrea overprints mint and used, East Africa Forces and B.M.A. Somalia including higher values and SG19a pair, similarly Tripolitania overprints to 240 m. and postage dues, additionally Libya 1 m. to 500 m. including the 2 f. to 480 f. overprints, condition mixed in places although several very fine, a significant value lot. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 5907 Egypt Kingdom

    1854/1986: Maritime Mail, specialised collection of 242 covers/cards, sixty stamps, arranged in eight sections, covering Austrian, British, Dutch, Egyptian, French, German, Greek and Italian steamers, noted 1898 "Pleine mer" cover to London, 1901 boxed "Paquebot" cover to Germany, various "Paquebot" boxed and linear types, two cards bearing "Alexandria - Trieste" dated cancels, "Sea Post Office" cancels on covers, various cachets; "Marine National" in black and violet on postcards, rare Paquebot cancel on 1923 cover, "Khedival Line", "S.S. Belkas", "S.S. Bilbeis", some early forwarding agent entries, "Yokohama", "Marco Polo", "Ligne N", "Ost-Asiatische Linie", various Greek markings and some liner picture postacrds, an excellent assembly.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 5907A Egypt Kingdom

    1875/1955: Collection of covers, cards, and postal stationery, good selection of usages including early registered, air mail, commercial, commemorative, noted several uprated pre. 1905 stationery, including 1889 1 pi. blue stationery envelope uprated with 1 pi. sent registered from Cairo to Sofia, censor mail and on active service, photo cards franked with pictorial stamps, 1939 air post stamps on registered including block of four with control, range of King Fuad I values used on registered mail in combination, varied destinations, a most interesting assortment in generally good to fine condition. 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 5908 Egypt Kingdom

    1885: Essay by De La Rue for proposed General Revenue 20 piastre value (this value not utilised in the issued set of six of February 1887), stamp size on tracing paper with perforations in pencil and outstanding star and pyramid design in green with value tablets and legends picked out in Chinese white. An outstanding Essay dated in pencil manuscript at top "Dec 18, 85" and '10' in red at lower right. A splendid testament to the De La Rue artist, unique. Cert. Gregory Todd AIEP (2022)rnProvenance: De la Rue archives. Collection 'John Gilbert', Robson Lowe, Basel March 11,1977 ex lot 2586.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 5909 Egypt Kingdom

    1885: Essay, 3 pi. DLR Revenue, hand drawn on thin brown paper, in green and white, with manuscript "Dec. 18. 85." at top and bottom right "6.", small tone spot within right side of design, very attractive, unique.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 5910 Egypt Kingdom

    1892/1897: Salt Tax Revenues, complete set of the four issues, used, total of fourteen stamps, the odd imperfection, in the main fine Feltus 201-214.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 5911 Egypt Kingdom

    1894/1910: Assembly of fifty six Cigarette Tax stamps, condition a little mixed although mostly fine to very fine, a scarce group..
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 5912 Egypt Kingdom

    1894: Cigarette Tax, complete imperforate Proof set of eleven, 8-1000, including unrecorded '250 Cigarettes', exhibition set, probably the only recorded example.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 5913 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1948 (June 1): 2 m. vermilion, an unused block of four, variety "Overprint Inverted", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare, just 400 issued with the error. Signed C. Hass Nile Post P2c = $ 240+ / Gi = £ 520+.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 5914 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1948 (June 1): 3 m. sepia, an unused block of four, variety "Overprint Inverted", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare, just 100 issued with the error. Signed Philatelic Society of Egypt, C. Hass Nile Post P22b = $ 400+ / Gi = £ 720+.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 5915 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1948 (June 1): 100 m. dull pruple, an unused vertical pair, marginal at base showing variety "Overpint Mispolaced Vertically - Lower Stamp PALESTINE Only", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Extremely rare, just ten pairs can exist. Signed C. Hass Nile Post P16b = $ 150+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 5916 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1953: Bar Overprint £ 1 sepia & blue, an unused example (pos. 5), marginal at top showing variety "Double Bars", but the second overprint only shows a part of the bottom bar, the rest is albino, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. From the unique pane where only a few stamps showed the double bars variety. Just five examples known thus. Signed C. Hass Nile Post P38 var - unpriced, see footnote page 727.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 5917 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1953: Bar Overprint £ 1 sepia & blue, an unused horizontal pair, right hand stamp (pos. 17), showing variety "Double Bars", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. From the unique pane where only a few stamps showed the variety. Signed C. Hass Nile Post P38 var - unpriced, see footnote page 727.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 5918 Egypt Kingdom

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    Gaza 1958 (Dec 10): Human Rights 10 m. reddish purple, an unused example from lower left corner of the sheet, variety "Palestine Overprint Double" fresh and fine, unmounted og. Extremely rare, just one pane of 50 stamps issued. Cert. Hass (1997) Nile Post P3a = $ 200 / Gi = £ 275.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5919 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1958 (Dec 10): Human Rights 10 m. reddish purple and 35 m. red-brown, unused examples, each with variety "Palestine Overprint Omitted", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Extremely rare, just one pane of 50 stamps of each exist Nile Post P3b+P4b = $ 400 / Gi = £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5920 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1959 (Jan 20): 55 m. on 100 m. brown-red, an unused horizontal pair, marginal from right of sheet, variety "Ovrprint Double, One Inverted", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Just one pane of 100 stamps found thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post P68e = $ 350+ / Gi = £ 500+.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5921 Egypt Kingdom

    Gaza 1948/67: Collection on leaves, predominantly unused with myriad multiples and flaws throughout (probably more than the Nile Post listing) with exceptional section on the Bar Overprints; with 1948 set to £ 1, 1948 1 m. orange inverted overprint variety (Gi 1a = £ 130) with seven examples (all signed Hass), 2 m. inverted opt. (3),3 m. sepia overprint inverted,  6 m. green double overprints (7 incl. a block of four), higher values with overpriunts à cheval; Bar Overprint set to £ 1 with further double overprint varieties on nine different values (all signed Hass); 1955/56 set with numerous blocks and varieties throughout; 55 m. on 100 m. with surcharge double blocks of four (2); single with "Double overprint, One Albino" (cert.), Colour Trial of the overprint in black; thereafter with Imperforate printings (complete) and Colour Trials with Human Rights and Refugee Year 10 m.; 1961 Unissued 10 m. green in perforated or Imperforate pairs (rare - Nile Post = $ 700), fine run of Airmails and Bar Overprint set including excellent range of varieties and multiples. An outstanding collection.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF

    Lot# : 5922 Egypt Kingdom

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    Sudan / Bulaq Issue 1874/75: Bulaq 5 pa. brown, perf. 13½ x 12½, a used block of four showing two vertical tête-bêche pairs, cancelled by single "POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / MASSAWA" circular datestamp (Dec 9) in black. An exceptional and a most attractive multiple. Cert. BPA (1933).rnrnProvenance: Collection William C. Hinde, RL, London, 16-17 Oct 1957, lot 454.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 5923 Egypt Kingdom

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    Sudan / Penasson Issue 1872: 1 pi. red, perf. 12½ x 13½, a fine used horizontal pair, cancelled by neat complete strike of intaglio negative seal of SUAKIM in black (Gibbons type B). A near complete and exceptional strike for this marking, a great rarity of both Egyptian and Sudanese postal history. Cert. Todd AIEP (2014).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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