Worldwide Stamps and Covers Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917
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Lot No: 30002
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1916 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: Censored envelope from Mecca to Testour (Tunisia), bearing large type "FEE PAID" (Uexkull Type B), used only in August and September 1916, censored in Cairo and Tunis, returned as "unreadable" ("Illisible"), a very rare provisional usage and routing. (Image)
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Lot No: 30003
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1916 "FEE PAID" of Jeddah: Commercial envelope to Suez with a very fine strike of the second Type Fee Paid mark from Jeddah, being "FEE PAID" with ornaments either side (Uexkull Type K), used only in September and October 1916, while awaiting the distribution of the new Hejazi stamps, on reverse "DJEDDAH/3" (21.9), "SUEZ" (29.9) and Egyptian "PASSED BY CENSOR" handstamp, very fine and rare (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30004
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1916 (19.11) Envelope from Mecca (19.11) to Jeddah, bearing unframed bilingual "FEE PAID" hs (Uexkull Type E), with "MEKKE" barred double circle alongside, very fine and rare (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30005
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1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had been defeated, these were used until the Hejaz postage stamps were ready and during later shortages, bilingual type, unframed with horizontal lines and numbered in manuscript (Uexkull Type E), on postcard to Algeria with "MEKKE 3" datestamp of 30.9.16 (recorded from October) and on a cover to Jeddah with an unrecorded similar type mark from March 1917 but with smaller letters, a very rare pair (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30006
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1934 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: Red octogonal handstamp with "Mecca Al Mukarramah" in Arabic below, previously known used on printed matters 1925-31 but shown here on a ladies envelope from Mecca, January 1934, with Mecca and Jeddah (arrival) cds. on reverse, three years later than recorded, very fine and scarce (Image)
Opening EUR 1,500.00
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Saudi Arabia » 1926-1932 Hejaz & Nejd
Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30081
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1927 Toughra of Ibn Saud: Attractive group of 12 covers, showing printed matter usgaes, three registered covers, one official registered usage, wrapper, Dunlop Tyre illustrated cover etc., a wonderful lots for the specialist (12) (Image)
Opening EUR 1,000.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30083
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1926 Mixed Frankings with Postage Due Stamps: 1Pia. red with Postage Due 2Pia. orange paying the 3Pia. rate to Egypt, Jeddah (7.9) Port Taufiq (12.9) Cairo (13.9) 1/4 Pia. (4) with Postage Due 2 Pia. (3 Pia. rate to Egypt) Mecca (8.10.) Jeddah (8.10) Port Taufiq (17.10), very rare commercial usages (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 1,900.00
Closed..Jun-04-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30084
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1926 Postage Dues: Cover from Cairo (20.4) via Port Taufiq (21.4) and Jeddah (25.4) to Mecca (25.4), sent unfranked to a well-known trading family in Mecca, taxed in Cairo ("T") and Hejaz & Nejd Postage Dues 1/2 Pia. (pair) and 2 Pia. added to pay the unsurcharged 3 Pia. rate, a rare commercial usage of this issue (Image)
Opening EUR 800.00
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Sold For 1400
Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30085
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1926 3 Pia. rate to Egypt: Pair of covers from Mecca to Cairo and Jeddah to Suez, one with Definitives 3 Pia. blue, the other with Islamic Congress overprint 3 Pia. transit and arrival cds on reverse, a scarce pair (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30086
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1926, 1/4 P., 1 P. (2), 3 P. (2) and 10 P. paying the 18 1/2 P. rate on insured money letter to Czechoslavakia, from Mecca (20.7.31) via Jeddah (21.7), Port Taufiq (27.7), Alexandria (28.-29.7), Brindisi (3.8), Bologna-Brennero (TPO 4.8), very fine and a very rare destination from this period (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30087
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1926 1 P. and 10 P. on money letter from Mecca (31.11.33) via Port Taufiq (3.12), Port Said (4.12), Ismailia (5.12), Brindisi (7.12), Udine T.P.O. (8.12) and Venice-Milan T.P.O. (9.12) to Hamburg (11.12), with all seals intact, a rare survival (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30088
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1926 3Pia. dark blue on cover from Jeddah (9.4.25 - in error) via Port Taufig (14.4) and Alexandria (15.4) to Holland with "B. 44" postman's arrival mark, a scarce commercial usage of this issue (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30090
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1929, 1 g. and 1 1/2 g. with 1932, 1/2 g. on pre-printed official cover, sent from Mecca (3.1) to Egypt as a registered money letter, with 15 wax seals and "PORT SAID/INLAND CASH" (9.1) arrival postmark on the reverse, a rare combination, with the registration and insurance required to be paid in stamps, showpiece (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30091
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1929 Insured "Value Declared" cover from Jeddah to Cairo with "INLAND CASH" arrival cds, franked 1926, 1/4 Pia., 1/2 Pia. and 3 Pia. mixed with 1927, Kingdom overprints 5 Pia. (5) totalling 28 3/4 Pia. for 36 grs. 1750 gold frs. insurance, a rare cover, plus 1930, 1 3/4 G. on cover from Jeddah (8.10) via Port Taufig (15.10) and London (21.10) to South Africa and 1932, 2 1/4 G. on cover from Mecca (15.12) via Jeddah (16.12), Port Taufig (19.12) and Alexandria (20.12) to Czechoslovakia. an important usage to a very scarce destinations (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30092
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1931-33 Attractive group of 8 covers, showing three registered covers one being a stampless official registered usage, wrapper from the Dutch Legation in Jeddah, two cover to Algeria, plus scarce "Par Avion" labels in unused multiples (16) etc., a wonderful lots for the specialist (12) (Image)
Opening EUR 600.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30094
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Cat No: Collection
Picture postcards: Attractive group of 23 cards, including a interesting set of Algerian cards (18) depicting pilgrims on there way to the Hajj, a scarce lot (23) (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30095
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1933 The first Zeppelin mail from Saudi Arabia: Registered cover from Mecca (18.5.33) with 1926, 5 Pia., 1929, 20 G. and 1932, 2 1/2 G., sent by airmail to Germany with transit marks on reverse of Djeddah (19.5), Port Taufiq (22.5), Brindisi (25.5) and Genua (27.5), then by Zeppelin Airship (3.6) to Brazil (arr. 6.6). This was the first Zeppelin flight on which mail from Saudi Arabia was carried, very fine and extremely rare as apparently only 5 covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight, but only three are still known to exist (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30096
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1933 Zeppelin 14th S. America Flight: Registered cover from Mecca (22.8) via Jeddah (23.8), Port Taufiq (28.8) and the Friedrichshafen Zeppelin airport (arr. 3.9, dep. 16.9) to Buenos Aires (21.9), franked with 1926, 3 Pia. and 5 Pia. mixed with 1929 20 G. and 1931m 1 3/4 G, very fine and extremely rare as apparently only 4 covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30097
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1933, Zeppelin 4th S. America Flight: Registered cover from Mecca (21.6) via Jeddah (22.6), Port Taufiq (3.7), Friedrichshafen (5.8) and from there by Zeppelin to Pernambuco (9.8), franked with 1926, 5 Pia. mixed with 1929, 20 G., very fine and extremely rare as apparently only 3 covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight (Image)
Opening EUR 1,000.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30098
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1933 Zeppelin Mail 8th S. America Flight: Registered cover from Mecca (11.9) via Jeddah (12.9), Port Taufiq (17.9) and Friedrichshafen Zeppelin Airport (30.9) to Pernambuco/Brazil (4.10), franked with 1926 1 Pia., 1 1/2 Pia. and 5 Pia. plus 1929, 20G, very fine and extremely rare as apparently only a few covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30099
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1934 Returned insured letter to S. Africa: Money letter with five wax seals from Mecca (6.2.34) with 1929 20 G., backstamped Djeddah (8.2), Port Taufiq (11.2), Alexandria (12.2), then returned from Alexandria (13.2) via Port Taufiq (14.2, in red, for returned mail) with note on front "Retour a Mecque via P. Taufik/Lieu de destination n'est pas admis" (=Destination not allowed), the reason for the return is not known as Saudi Arabia joined the UPU on 1.1.1927, unusual (Image)
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Saudi Arabia » 1934 Kingdom Issues to date
Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30100
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1934-57 Tughra of King Abdul Aziz: Group of five covers showing array of different frankings, destinations, two registered and two airmail usages, some with Charity Tax stamps added, a scarce group (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30101
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1934 Zeppelin Flight to Brazil: Registered cover from Mecca (17.7) via Jeddah (18.7) and Alexandria (23.7), Austrian T.P.O. "Kufstein-München" (26.7), all on reverse, to the Zeppelin Airfield in Friedrichshafen (4.8) and from there by Zeppelin Airship to Pernambuco (arr. 8.8 on reverse), very fine and extremely rare as apparently only two covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight. (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30102
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1934 Heir Apparent issue: Money letter to Italy franked on both sides incl. Kingdom 1 1/2 G. imperforate and the new War Tax 1/2 G. (issued 15.5), sent via Mecca (15.6), Jeddah (20.6), Port Taufiq (1.7), Cairo (2.7), Alexandria (2.7), Napoli (TPO 7.7), Triest (arr. 8.7), a wonderfully attractive and rare franking (Image)
Opening EUR 600.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30104
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1934 Occupation of Yemen: Kingdom 1/2 G. and 3 1/2 G. perforate on cover from HODEIDAH (15.6) via Aden Camp (8.7), Port Taufiq (16.7) and Tanta (16.7) to Mansoura/Egypt (18.7), the few covers posted during this short-lived occupation were only dispatched when it was over, showpiece (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30105
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1934 Occupation of Yemen: Kingdom 3 1/2 g. imperforate (2) on registered cover from HODEIDAH (15.6) with boxed registration mark on the reverse plus "ADEN/REG." transit mark (18.6) and "BEYROUTH" arrival (26.6), and important postal history rarity as less than five registered covers are known from this brief occupation and this is one of only two not addressed to Aden or Egypt (Image)
Opening EUR 600.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30106
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1934 Heir Apparent Issue: 1/2 G. imperforate on domestic cover from Medine a paying a very rare rate, plus 3 1/2 G. imperforate on cover to the famous Saudi diplomat and politician Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, at the time Ambassador to England, a rare duo (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30107
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1934 Heir Apparent issue: Airmail cover addressed to Iraq. from Taif (12.5) to Basrah, via Jeddah and Cairo, franked with 1931, 1 3/4 G. and Heir Apparent 3 1/2 G. plus the 1/2 G. War Tax Stamp, used three days before the date of issue (15.5), a remarkable usage (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30108
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1934 Heir Apparent issue: Money Letter: 1926, 5 Pia. in mixed franking with 1932, 2 1/2 G. (2) and 1934 Kingdom 1 1/2 G. perforated - rarely seen postally used - on insured letter from Mecca (1.5.34), via Jeddah, Port Taufiq (7.5), Alexandria (arr. 8.5, dep. 9.5), Napoli TPO (12.5), Roma-Milano TPO (12.5), Milano-Brennero TPO (13.5) to Hamburg (15.5), a very fine and a rare usage (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30109
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1934 The Saudi-Yemen war: A remarkable sheet with the six Saudi stamps used in Hodeida during the short occupation, five are cancelled with the very rare Saudi type "HODEIDAH" datestamp on 23.6.34 (last day of occupation), the other is cancelled with the Yemeni type "HODEIDA" on 14.5.34 (first day of occupation), bearing Saudi Arabia 1927, 1/8 Pi., 1 Pi., and 1 1/2 Pi, 1928 30 G. and 1934, Proclamation 1/2 G. and 3 1/2 G, only one other such sheet recorded (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30110
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1934 Kingdom Heir Apparent Issue: Airmail cover to Transvaal, S. Africa franked with 3 1/2 G. strip of six, sent from Jeddah (20.3.34) via Port Taufiq (3.4), a stunning usage, rare (Image)
Opening EUR 350.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30112
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1934 Pair of registered covers both from the Netherlands Embassy in Jeddah to Holland with different cds ("JEDDAH" and "DJEDDAH") and paying two different rates, 7 G. and 9G., with part of the franking on reverse, an attractive duo (Image)
Opening EUR 350.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30113
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1934 Proclamation of the Kingdom: Airmail cover to Dutch East Indies, franked 3 1/2 g. imperforate mixed with Nejd 1929 20g and 1932 1/4 g. plus 1934, War Tax 1/2 g. on cover from Jeddah (15.5) inscribed "BY KLM - AIRMAIL / AMSTERDAM - BATAVIA" but sent via Egypt to Surabaya (1.6), with arrival cds. on reverse, a scarce franking. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30114
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1934 Proclamation of the Kingdom: 1/2 G. red and 3 1/2 G. blue, both imperforate, with 1 1/2 G. perforate, making up the 5 1/2 G. rate to Iraq, sent from Mecca (10.4) via Bagdad (24.4) to Basra (26.4), cover faults, a very scarce franking (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30115
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1934 Heir Apparent: 1/2 G. imperf. mixed with 1 1/2 G. perf. on postcard to Germany (2G. rate), plus 3 1/2 G. pair on registered cover from Jeddah to USA (7G. rate), a fine and scarce usages of this short-lived issue (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30116
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1934 Heir Apparent Issue: 1/4g. (4) and 1/2g. (2) with 1926, 1 1/2g. on business cover from Mecca (27.2) via Jeddah (28.2) and Port Taufig (4.3) to Germany. (3 1/2 Pia. rate), a very scarce franking (Image)
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30117
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1934 Heir Apparent Issue: 1/2g. red mixed with 1932 1/4g. green (2) on printed matter from Jeddah via Aden to Netherlands India, with transit and arrival cds. on reverse (1g. rate), a rare rate and combination to a scarce destination. (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30118
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1934-35 Pair of registered covers to Belgium and Holland, both with 7 G. rate, one from the PTT in Mecca (but fully franked), the other from the Netherlands Legation in Jeddah, a scarce pair (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30119
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1934-36 Commercial mail to Yugoslavia (2), one paying the Sea mail rate with 1934 3 1/2g. imperforate plus War Tax 1/2 Pia., and other 1936 cover franked 1/8g., 1/2g. and 3 1/2g., in pairs (8 1/4g. airmail rate) on covers from Jeddah to Celje, the latter with Belgrade cds., both with transit cds. of Port Taufiq and Alexandria on the back, a fine pair (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30120
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1934-51 Air Mail Instructional Markings: Pair of covers, 1934 Cover from S. Francisco (16.4) by air to Bahrain (arr. 2.5) and then to Jubail by boat, as the quickest route. Endorsed "VIA EUROPE" and man. "Via Bagdad and Bahrain.", yery scarce early incoming transatlantic mail. 1951, from Dhahran to Rome (9.11) with boxed "VIA TWA", a scarce pair (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30122
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1937 Illustrated Hajj cover from Mecca to Java: Franked on reverse with 1934, 3 1/2 G. and the scarce 1936, 1 G. hospital tax stamp, "MECQUE 19.1.37", "SOERABAJA 11.2.37", a very early Hajj commemorative cover to an unusual destination, very scarce (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30124
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1938 Insured mail to Austria: Large legal size cover from Jeddah (14.11) via Port Taufiq (20.11), Alexandria (21.11), Brindisi (26.11) and Udine (27.11) to Vienna, censored and re-sealed (29.11) before being distributed (30.11), franked (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30125
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1938 Money letter to Switzerland: Insured cover with 1934 10 G. and Tax 1/8 G. and complete wax seals, sent from Mecca via Jeddah (scarce "MANDAT" cds. 3.8.38), Port Taufiq (7.8), Cairo (7.8), Alexandria (8.8) and Milano TPO (16.8) to Berne (17.8), an attractive and scarce usage (Image)
Opening EUR 240.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30129
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1941 Registered mail from Ojain/Hassa via Bahrain to USA, after the bombing of Dhahram by Italian planes in October 1940, mail from the Eastern Province (Hassa) to Europe and the USA was sometimes sent via Bahrain, almost all known covers are from CASOC staff in Al Khobar. Mail from other locations in Hassa is very rarely seen, franked Bahrain 1/2 A., 2 As., 12As., and 2 Rs., with stapled Bahrain censor's sealing label, sent 19.5.41 via Bagdad (7.6) and Honolulu (15.6) to Philadelphia (18-19.6), unusual and an extremely rare usage (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
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Lot No: 30130
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1941 Italian Internees in Hejaz: Headed "Italian War Internees in Hejaz" and sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva With "FRANC DE PORT" (free of charge), "Poste de Prisonniers de Guerre" (POW mail), Egyptian censor's and Red Cross arrival cachets, the only recorded cover (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30131
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1942 CASOC cover via Bahrain to Trinidad: Envelope from a CASOC (from 1944 ARAMCO) employee, franked with 1934, 1/2 G., 3 G., 5 G. and 10 G. plus the 1937, G. hospital tax stamp, posted in Al Khobar (12.6.42) and taken by CASOC launch to Bahrain, where it received the boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / BAHRAIN". The cover was then sent via S. Africa where it was opened and re-sealed with the bilingual "DEUR / SENSOR / OOPGEMAAK / OPENED / BY / CENSOR" label, it arrived in Trinidad 9.9.42, a very unusual wartime routing and destination (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30132
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1942 Airmail cover from an Italian internee in Jeddah (19.9), via Cairo to Milan, with Egyptian and Italian censorship cachets and re-sealing labels, a recent discovery, one of only two known (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30133
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1942, Red Cross mail from Jeddah. Italian Red Cross enquiry form sent to an Italian internee in Saudi Arabia and returned with his reply, via the Turkish Ambassador in Jeddah, with Egyptian Censorship and various Red Cross cachets. The only recorded example. (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30134
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1943 (23.2) Internee Mail: Cover and complete contents mailed from Jeddah (23.2) by an Italian Internee to Italy, handstamped "INTERNEES MAIL" and censor "57/1", reseal tape of Egyptian Censor and cachets in black and violet, Censored again in Milan on arrival (26.4) with "Verificato Per Censura" tape, the only recorded Second World War internee mail from Saudi Arabia (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 19SE
Lot No: 30135
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1943-45 Diplomatic mail from Jeddah to Washington: Pair of airmail covers from the US Legation, carried by courier and cancelled on arrival, one (1943) with a most unusual 6G. franking, including block 1/8 G., and boxed "MA/from FC" (=Mail Arrived from Foreign Country), the other with 14G. rate (1945) and boxed "AM-M/from/FC" (Air Mail / Mail from Foreign Country), a scarce pair (Image)
