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1936 (March 1): 10 m. carmine, Farouk Imperforate in a fine block of four, under-printed 'Cancelled'. Just 400 printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post AP2a.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 564 Egypt Kingdom
1932/39: The collection in stockbook with 1932 1 pi. Postal Seal mint (6), Letter Seal mint (6), 1932 Xmas Seal 3 m. black on azure mint (7), 3 m. brown mint (8) and used, 3 m. blue mint (7) and used (6), 3 m. vermilion mint (11) and used (3); 1934 1 p. carmine (Gi. A7) mint (12), rare 1935 Silver Jubilee 1 p. blue mint (4, including a pair) and a pair used on reverse of cover readdressed to France, 1935 Xmas 1 p. carmine mint (6) and used (4). A good lot in fine quality.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 565 Egypt Kingdom
1 / 361866/1957: The collection with First Issue 1866 perf. and imperf. Proofs, issued set of seven values to 10 pi. unused, 10 pi. on 5 pi. error imperforate without wmk, three Essays by Prevost, 1867 issue to 5 pi. mint and used, 1872 5 pa. brown mint (10, incl. a block of four), 1874/75 5 pa. in blocks showing tête-bêche variety (2) and pairs (3) mint and used horizontal pair, 10 pa. grey used horizontal tête-bêche pair, 1 pi. red in marginal tête-bêche pair mint and a used vertical pair, 1884 20 pa. on 5 pi. green opt inverted mint (3) and used (2), 1914 with imperf. Proofs complete with high values in pairs and issued sets of ten mint (2), 1915 2 m. on 3 m. study with inverted opt variety mint and used, 1921/22 set mint to £ 1, 1922 Monarchy set mint with surcharge study and four examples of rare 100 pi., 1923/24 Fuad imperf. card Proofs (13) to 200 m., and set to £ 1 mint, 5 m. optd. 'Cancelled' (2), issued to £ 1 mint, 1925 Geo. Congress set mint (both printings), thereafter complete commemoratives incl. 1926 58th Birthday mint (2), 1927/37 Fuad II set mint with £ 1 (7 examples), 1933 Zeppelin 50 m. (5) and 100 m. (11); 1932 100 m. on £ 1 mint, 1933 Air set mint, 1934 UPU set mint, 1938 £ 1 sepia & green mint, 1943 5 m. + 5 m. in corner block with '1493' variety, 1944 Mareschal Farouk imperfs (11), 1946 Mini Sheets (2), Officials with 2 m. green blocks with inverted opt, 1922 litho opt set mint, OHEMS sets of ten mint (2), 1923 Official with blocks of 10 m. (9) and 15 m. (10), 1926 issue with Farouk imperf. blocks of four 5 m. and 10 m.; Postage Dues incl. blocks and 1927 Farouk imperf. blocks of 2 m., 4 m. and 6 m., also French P.O. in Alexandria and Port Said seemingly complete. The whole collection mostly unmounted with myriad varieties and additional multiples. A delightful lot.Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 11,000 CHFLot# : 566 Egypt Kingdom
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Gaza 1948: Stockbook with mint collection including first issue to £ 1, 1 m. and 2 m. in blocks of four with inverted overprint (Nile Post P1b+P2c = $ 480/Gi = £ 680), 1953 Barred overprint issue to £ 1, 1955/56 values to £ 1 in blocks of four, the whole with extensive varieties, Airmail and Postage Due issues, also issues for Palestine from 1918 to 1948 with 1923 Postage Dues mint (3 sets), 1927 set incl. 90m. bistre mint, issues for Jordan Occupation from 1948 with set to £ 1 incl. duplication and values to 20 m. with double overprint, values to 20 m. with inverted overprint, Postage Dues with inverted and double opt. varieties etc. A fresh and fine lot.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 567 Egypt Kingdom
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1846/63: Posta Europea, the collection (9 covers/entires) with 1846 Type I oval 'Cairo' in blue and 'Alexandria' in black and in blue (neither cover are from the Sonnino correspondence), 1863 cover with Type V oval 'Michalla' in blue, 1862 covers with circular 'Alexandria' in blue (one addressed to the American Mission in Cairo). Condition varies but generally fine.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 568 Egypt Kingdom
1 / 1331868: Suez Canal Company, the unbelievable and voluminous collection formed by the late Peter Bottrill, for the study of both the genuine and the extensive forgeries of this issue, with 1 c. black mint (22) with the four Transfer types, single used with 5129 gros chiffres, 5 c. green mint (28) with the four Transfer types, further 3 mint examples with La Croix Fréres papermaker's wmk., three examples cancelled in manuscript and one with 5129 g.c., 20 c. mint corner block of four, 28 further mint examples (all plated) and 25+ unplated, 1 with papermaker's wmk. mint, 3 used in mss., 3 with dotted blue cancel and 1 used with 5129 g.c., 40 c. rose-red mint (20) with the four Transfer types, another mint with papermaker's wmk. Also a Presentation set of four values mint as given to Muzzi Bey, the Egyptian Postmaster, the service was disliked by the Egyptians (as an infringement on their monopoly) and lasted just forty days in all. 1867 5 pa. yellow used with CANAL DE SUEZ / CHANTIER VI datestamp in blue (Aug 12, 1868) and Ismailia green Interpostal Seal with CHANTIER VI datestamp in black (Sept 3, 1868); fine cover to France bearing 1867 40 c. orange tied by 5129 gros chiffres in blue with dotted PORT SAID / EGYPTE cds at right (July 8, 1870) and CANAL DE SUEZ / KANTARA cds on reverse in black (July 4); thereafter with exhaustive classifications of the Forgeries from Venturini and Oneglia with forged cancels on genuine stamps, Saatjian forgeries incl. some on original pages for sale and a plating of the 8 types produced, forgeries by Fohl in sheets of 50 and of 100 and on covers, Fournier, Moens cut-outs from illustrations, covers forged by Moustafa Ibrahim Bey, Spiro Brothers (with their sheets of 25 'used', single type forgeries in large blocks, Type 3 Forgery (so named as they are three types) in large blocks, lithographed 'used' forgeries caancelled byy impressing a copper Zanzibar coin on to the stamp, a forgery of a 10 c. value in black, splendid bogus covers, Canal ephemera, postcards and loose material awaiting mounting in stockbooks (including genuine examples in blue book), fine cover from Malta with Great Britain 1 d. red and 4 d. vermilion addressed to Ferdinand de Lesseps. A lifetime's study and a splendid collection.
Note: Peter Bottrill's 'Bombay / Aden Sea Post Office' collection will be offered in our next sale in May 2015.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 11,500 CHFLot# : 569 Egypt Kingdom
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1894/1957c.: First Day Cover collection with 1925 5 m. brown block on FDC, 1931 Zeppelin 50 m. and 100 m. on cover to Jerusalem and a German franked 'Egyptfahrt' card, 1933 Railway FDC's (2, one with date error), 1933 Aviation Congress FDC, 1934 UPU low value FDC's, good degree of completion to incl. Gaza usages at El Majdal and some Sudan (104 covers).Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 570 Egypt Kingdom
1956/67. 'Suez Crisis', caused by the Nationalisation of the Suez Canal, the collection of covers on exhibition leaves, with Egyptian Forces stampless mail, taxed mail with Postage Dues, Unclaimed or refused Mail, Israeli Soldier's letter (Dec 1956), British Soldier's letters, UN Forces Mail (Brazilian, Canadian, Danish, Indian, Norwegian, Swedish, Yugoslavian), Red Cross forms; also 1967 'Six Day War' collection and 1973 'Yom Kippur War' covers with Israeli Forces mail (66 covers).Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 571 Egypt Kingdom
1 / 11The Great Bitter Lakes & Suez Canal Locals 1967/75: The astonishing and huge collection formed by the late Peter Bottrill, with stamps produced on the 14 ships trapped in the Canal from June 5, 1967 until 1975 due to the Egypt / Israeli War. After sending home passengers by air and treating over 400 wounded Egyptian soldiers, the crews of the 14 ships were thereafter stuck in the Bitter Lakes. The Great Bitter Lake Assoc. produced it's own stamps of which this is probably the most complete collection extant. Myriads of covers (240+) in combination with Egyptian stamps, many covers accepted and delivered without Egyptian adhesives, covers received with 'Mail from the S.S.Nordwind / trapped in Suez since 1967' cachets or P.O. labels, extraordinary ephemera including Telegram home (dated 17 June, 1967) saying 'Safe and Well' from an electrician on the 'Melampus', 1968 and 1972 letters from the U.P.U. to Capt. Hill, (also his catalogue on the stamps issued is included with the lot), photographs of crew members etc. An extraordinary collection.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 3,400 CHF -
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