1956 (July 25): 2nd Pan-Arab Jamboree, the Imperforate Miniature sheet showing the three values, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Superb and very scarce, just 1'037 sheets sold Gi = £ 1'700. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 400.00
Sold...CHF 460.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4627
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1867: 1 pi. red in a block of four and thus showing all four Types, used on 1869 quadruple rate cover to Alexandria cancelled by "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / TANTA" cds in black (Aug 12). Scarce ("REGIE" removed) Alessandria arrival datestamp of the same day on reverse. Some small imperfections but a very high internal rate and rare. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 1,300.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4628
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
1871: Essays by Penasson for the 1872 issue, with Sphinx design and blank panel at top and at base, with single imperforate examples (2) in violet with gum and one in green unused, partially perforated example in brown, together with three examples perf. 15 x 12½, one in red-brown and two in blue. Usual minor faults on reverse but a scarce group Nile Post E51 = $ 640+. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 280.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4629
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1879: 2 pi. orange, a fine example used on registered 1889 cover to Athens tied by superb bilingual "EL-TOR" datestamp (Sinai) in black (March 20), Fine information strike and registration etiquette at right, reverse with Suez and Alexandria transits. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 100.00
Sold...CHF 300.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4630
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
1892: Provisional "5 MILLIÈMES 5' on 2 pi. orange postal stationery envelope (H&G B7), the study on album leaves with types noted (an astonisihing 20 different types) and varieties of the overprint including four unused "Overprint Inverted" examples, one with "Overprint Transposed" with English '5' at right end of Arabic line, another with "MILLIÈMES" only inverted, another with both English numeral '5' inverted, another with "Double Overprint" variety with second impression shifted to left etc. An extraordinary collection in generally very fine quality (22 items) Nile Post SEN7/SEN8. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image 7)(Image 8)(Image 9)(Image 10)(Image 11)(Image 12)(Image 13)(Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 550.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4631
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1895 (Nov): Nile Winter Fete, the set of three values printed by De La Rue, 3 m. orange, 5 m. red and 1 pi. blue unused, wmk. star and crescent sideways, all marginal examples, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive set Nile Post C1/C3 = $ 375+. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 340.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4633
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1922/23: Unadopted Essay by Harrisons of London in Die Proof format for proposed 5 m. value, engraved in deep myrtle-green, fresh and very fine. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E223 = $ 275+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 350.00
Sold...CHF 350.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4636
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
1923: Fuad issue, the Proof selection of imperforates (13 items) with 1 m. in orange-yellow and another in brown, 2 m. in grey and 2 m. in red-brown, 3 m. red-brown in a pair, 4 m. red-brown, 10 m. dark rose, 10 m. brown, 15 m. deep blue on card paper, Essay of 15m on card in blue, 15 m. brown, together with 1 m. black, 5 m. red-brown and 15 m. blue all on watermarked paper, majority fresh and fine; a scarce group Nile Post D91cta+D91ctb+D92cta+D92ctb+D94ct+D96cta+D96ctb+D87cta+D91ctc+D95ct+E233+E233a. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 300.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4637
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
1923: Fuad Colour Trials / Essays, 3 m. brown an imperforate block of four on watermarked paper (Nile Post D93g = $ 400+) fine unmounted og.; Colour Trial of 5 m. chestnut in issued colour in an imperforate block of four without wmk. on ungummed paper (NP D95ct(b) = $ 100+) and 15 m. Essay in blue on watermarked paper in a block of four, with large Arabic '5', surface rub on two, unmounted og. (NPE233 = $ 200+). A fine and rare group, all signed Todd AIEP. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 400.00
Sold...CHF 400.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4642
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1923: Colour Trial for the 100 m. in mauve (as utilised for tthe 200 m.), attributed to Harrisons, imperforate on unwatermarked paper ungummed paper, fresh and very fine Nile Post D100ctb = $ 65+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 100.00
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Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4644
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1923: Fuad £ 1 dull violet-blue & blue, an unused example, variety 'Imperforate' on watermarked paper, some tone spots on large part og. Rare Gi = £ 1'500 as a pair. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 350.00
Sold...CHF 350.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4645
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1925 (April 1): Geographic Congress, 10 m. rose-carmine, an unused horizontal pair on watermarked paper, variety "Imperforate", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 250/Nile Post C5b = $ 100+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 280.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4646
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1927/37: Second Portrait Issue 20 m. bright blue, an unused block of four showing Farouk Oblique perforations, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce multiple, just 400 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post D118b = $ 200+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
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Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4649
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1927 (Dec 29): Statistical Congress, the set of three values unused, all with Farouk Oblique perforations, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce, just 100 sets printed thus Nile Post C24b/C26b = $ 250. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 250.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4650
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1932 (March): 100 m. on £ 1 dull violet-blue & blue, an unused example of good colour, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Gi = £ 250. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 120.00
Sold...CHF 120.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4651
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1933: Essay for the Airmail 90 m. value, handpainted in ink and watercolour on white card (210 x 123 mm.) in issued colours of green & orange, inscriptions close to the issued design, the shading around bases of the Pyramids slightly different. Exceptional and unique. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 500.00
Sold...CHF 800.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4652
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1934 (Feb 1): UPU set of fourteen values, the complete set to £ 1, all with King Farouk Oblique perforations, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. A very rare set: just 100 full sets can exist Nile Post = $ 1'520+. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 600.00
Sold...CHF 750.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4655
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1937/46: Boy King, the definitive set of 17 (less 20 m. grey-violet and 30 m. grey-blue) otherwise complete to £ 1, all on card paper, Farouk Imperforates underprinted 'Cancelled'. Fresh and fine, just 200 examples printed of the elusive 13 m. value and 300 of the 30 m. olive. Scarce Nile Post D136b/D145b+D148c/D154g = $ 692+.rn (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 350.00
Sold...CHF 350.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4657
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1938 (Feb 11): King Farouk's 18th Birthday, £ 1 sepia & green, an unused block of four, corner marginal from upper right of sheet, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare thus Gi = £ 760+/Nile Post = $ 440+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 400.00
Sold...CHF 420.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4658
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1939 (Dec. 27): Censored airmail envelope endorsed 'par avion / Pan América' sent from Alexandria to La Guaira in Venezuela, franked in total with 190 Mills, with arrival mark on reverse (1940, Jan. 12). Cover and stamp little soiled, but a scarce commercial usage from Egypt to Southamerica, presumably carried by Ala Littoria and LATI, the last direct air connection to Southamerica, before Italy enters the war in June 1940. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 220.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4661
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1945 (Feb 10): King Farouk 25th Birthday, an unused horizontal pair on watermarked paper, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Just 100 examples printed Nile Post C93a = $ 125+.rn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 180.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4663
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1956 (July 28): Afro-Asian Festival, 10 m. brown & green, aan unused block of four, sheet marginal at right, showing variety "Olive Branch Misplaced to Right" (2 mm. shift), fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarcer than catalogue suggests. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C164a = $ 200+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 160.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4676
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British Forces 1936 (March-Dec): 3 m. green and 10 m. carmine, unused examples, each showing Farouk Oblique perforations, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Just 200 sets printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post AP1b/AP2b = $ 150+. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 120.00
Sold...CHF 120.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4678
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Used in Saudi Arabia 1867: 2 pi. blue, a used example on 1869 cover front to Suez, tied by "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / GEDDA" cds in black, date slugs inverted (Dec 22) with fine information strike at right and PVRE-SUEZ arrival cds (Dec 27). Slight horizontal bend to piece but very rare. Signed Todd AIEP. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 500.00
Sold...CHF 1,300.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4681
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Suez Canal Co 1868 (July 8): The collection with attempted unused reconstructions of the 1 c. black (8, faults as usual), 5 c. green (25, including a horizontal strip of three, many fine), 20 c. blue (51, many fine), many without gum and some with imperfections but all genuine and checked by this describer; an extraordinary attempt by the collector concerned and of enormous catalogue value Gi = £ 7'950. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 750.00
Sold...CHF 750.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4683
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Gaza 1955/56: 35 m. violet optd. in red, two unused blocks of four, first block with variety "Overprint shifted upwards", second block with variety "Overprint Transposed", fresh and fine multiples, unmounted og. See Nile Post P50e = $ 300+. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 320.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4684
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Gaza 1955/56: 50 m. dull purple optd. in blue, an unused block of four, marginal from base of sheet, variety on lower pair: "Overprinted PALESTINE only", the pair above from the ninth row showing variety "Overprint Transposed" with PALESTINE above the Arabic, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Exceedingly rare - the variety in the lower row occurred on just 10 stamps. Superb. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post P52c+P52d = $ 400+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
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Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4691
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
1867: The collection on leaves with study of the four Types: 5 pa. orange-yellow with thirteen unused or used examples including a fine block of four cancelled by "SUEZ / CASSA" datestamp (March 1869); 10 pa. lilac or mauve with fourteen examples incl. a very scarce block of four used with "VRPE / SUEZ" cds's (Feb 1871); 20 pa. green with used examples (22) incl. three 'sets' showing all four Types; 1 pi. red unused or used (29), 2 pi. blue with unused (2) and reconstruction of the four types and four further used examples; rare 5 pi. brown with three of the four Types used , together with a remarkable collection of usages on piece or fronts of covers (21) - one with 1 pi. and 4 x 2 pi. blue, another with 3 x 2 pi. blue, a further items showing 1 and 2 pi. A generally fine group Gi = £ 1'600++. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image 7)(Image 8)(Image)
Opening CHF 500.00
Sold...CHF 500.00
Closed..Nov-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 4692
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1835/1851: An original archive of many hundreds often desinfected letters and entires all addressed to Sig. Sonnino, "MALTA" or "ALEXANDRIA" originating from "ATFE", "MALTA", "LIVORNO", "ALEXANDRIA", "CONSTANTINOPLE", "CAIRO" and many other points of origin. Many are carried by the Posta Europea from Cairo to Alexandria and bear the black or blue oval cachet "AGENZIA DELLA POSTA EUROPEA IN CAIRO", others are forwarded by British, French or Austrian mail with according markings. Many incoming items bear "Purifié au Lazaret / Malte" or similar "LIVORNO" marks. Furthermore, there are hundreds of shipping contracts, often on attractive preprinted stationery. A treasure trove of reasearch material for the postal historian. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image 7)(Image)
1870/71: France Siège 40 c. orange (2) used on 1872 cover from Alexandria to Marseille tied by "5080" gros chiffres with 'Alexandrie / Egypte' cds below (March 19). Found to be double weight and struck with "AFFRANCHISEMENT / INSUFFISANT". rnFramed 'Paquebots / de la / Mediterranee' in red and charged '12' décimes handstruck (Unpaid double letter 2 fr. - less 80 c. = 1 fr. 20 c. to pay), A fine and rare usage. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 320.00
Closed..Nov-23-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 274
Lot No: 7059
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1870/71: France Bordeaux 40 c. orange (Maury 48), margins large to just touched, used on 1871 cover to Bordeaux tied by "5119" gros chiffres of cairo with "LE CAIRE / BAU. FRANCAIS" cds at right (July 3). Underpaid under the new tariff on 1 July 1871 of 80 centimes for 10 grams and taxed with framed "AFFRANCHISEMENT / INSUFFISANT" alongside '6' décimes charge marking (Unpaid letter 1 fr. - less 40 c. = 60 c. to pay). Reverse with Alexandrie cds (July 4) and Bordeaux arrival (July 12). a rare usage of this issue in Cairo and an attractive cover. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 360.00
Closed..Nov-23-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 274
Lot No: 7061
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1888: 1 m. brown strip of three used on 1896 cover from Cairo to Marseille tied by Cairo datestamps (Oct 9), taxed on arrival in France with 1893 Postage Due 5 c. blue and 30 c. carmine (Maury T28+T33) tied by Marseille cds (Oct 18). Returned as refused with "RETOUR / L'ENVOYEUR / 2240" in black and taxed again in Cairo with Egypt 1889/1907 Postage Due 4 m. maroon and 1 pi. ultramarine (Gi D72+D73) tied by Cairo cds's (Nov 5). A fine and unusual cover. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
