Essays. 1922 Essay by Harrison & Sons, London, 15m brown printed on gummed, watermarked paper, mint n.h., imperforate, a very fine example. (Image)

1922 Essay by Harrison & Sons, London, 15m red block of four, printed on gummed, watermarked paper, mint n.h., imperforate, a very fine example. (Image)

1922 Essay by Harrison & Sons, London, 15m blue printed on gummed, watermarked paper, mint n.h., imperforate, a very fine example. (Image)

1922 Essay by Harrison & Sons, London, 15m orange-yellow printed on gummed, watermarked paper, mint n.h., imperforate, a very fine example. (Image)

1922 5m red-brown, with paper flaw at foot, 10m rose, 15m blue, with light horizontal bend, a fine trio (Image)

Issued Stamps. 1923-24 5m red-brown, mint booklet pane, very fine (Image)

1923-24 First Portrait 10m brown, imperforated proof on ungummed glazed paper, block of four, very fine and scarce. (Image)

1923-24 First Portrait issue 5m and 50m on 10m registered envelope sent from Shubra to England, with blank registration label and ms "Shubra", fine. (Image)

1923-24 First Portrait issue 1m vert. pair, 5m ,15m and 20m vert. pair in combination with Crown Overprint 2m, all tied by Alexandria to commercial cover sent by registered airmail to Iraq, with reverse showing reg'n label and Baghdad arrival. (Image)

1923-24 First Portrait 200m mauve, imperforated proof on gummed watermarked paper, block of four, few tone spots, very fine and rare. (Image)

1923-24 First Portrait £E1 blue and indigo-violet, used block of fifteen, all cancelled by GHURIA/15.6.29 cds, very fine and extremely rare, one of the largest recorded blocks. (Image)

1927-37 Second Portrait issue 1m to 20m, airmail 27m, express 20m, postage due 2m to 10m and officials 1m to 20m all on 3m postal stationery card tied by Alexandria cds, attractive philatelic franking. (Image)

1927-37 Second Portrait Issue group of six covers incl. 5m single franking commercial cover, 5m strip of four on commercial cover to Austria, cover to Germany with 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m and 10m, uprated 3m Pictorial stationery card to Germany, uprated Fouad stationery card to Austria and uprated Fouad 2m stationery envelope to England, the 1m and 5m stamps all being type I.

1927-37 Second Portrait 1m orange, type II, Royal "cancelled" on reverse in English, bottom left corner sheet marginal rejoined block of four with control A/31 (two horizontal pairs), very fine and very rare, only two such blocks with this plate printed (Image)

1927-37 Second Portrait Issue 2m pale black, type I, mint nh Royal misperf block of four, very fine and scarce (4) (Image)

1927 King Fouad second issue, 4m brown and 13m carmine rose, both with inverted watermark, 4m mint l.h. with some minor brown spots on back, 13m mint n.h. with natural paper fold on back, very fine. (Image)

1927-1937 Fouad Second Portrait Issue 5m dark red-brown, type II, mint nh bottom left corner sheet marginal control number A/30 block of ten with two tete-beche pairs, showing Royal misperfs., very fine and a very scarce block. (Image)

1927-1937 Second Portrait Issue 15m ultramarine, type I, mint nh Royal misperf block of four, very fine and scarce (4) (Image)

1927-37 Second Portrait 15m deep blue, type II, Royal "cancelled" on reverse in English, bottom left corner sheet marginal plate block of four, numbered A/29 in Roman numbers, very fine and very rare, only two such blocks with this plate printed (Image)

1927-31 King Fouad, 20m olive-green block of four, imperforate proof with diagonal "cancelled" on reverse, very fine. (Image)

1927-37 King Fouad, 100m pale lilac corner block of four with full margin and control no A/26, mint n.h., very fine. (Image)

1927-37 King Fouad, 100m deep lilac corner block of four with full margin and control no A/37, mint n.h., very fine block in a striking deep and fresh colour, a very slight diagonal fold to top right stamp visible from back. (Image)

1927-37 King Fouad, 200m deep violet corner block of four with full margin and control no A/37, mint n.h., very fine block in a striking deep and fresh colour. (Image)

1927-37 King Fouad, 200m deep violet corner block of four with full margin and control no A/26, mint n.h., two stamps mint l.h. very fine. (Image)

1927 King Fouad second issue, 500m brown and blue, marginal block of four with control no A/34, mint n.h., one stamp mint l.h., a very fine and scarce marginal block of very good colour. (Image)