Essays. 1936 Essay by Achille Ouvré, Paris: Sunken die proof of an essay in deep blue, stamp size, without denomination, on large card (140 x 150 mm), signed by Ouvré in pencil, an attractive and very rare showpiece. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Hand-painted essay on a perforated card for the 50m value in the design of the 30m, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Hand-painted essay on a perforated card for the 50m value in the design of the 30m, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Hand-painted essay on a perforated card for the 100m value in the design of the 40m depicting the Agha Mosque, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Hand-painted essay on a perforated card for the 100m value in the design of the 40m depicting the Agha Mosque, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Hand-drawn perforated block of fifteen on carton, ten of which are showing partial design of the Agha Mosque in brown, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Pen-and-in drawing on tracing paper with 100m value but deign is for the 40m value, showing almost complete design of the Agha Mosque, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Enlarged pen-and-ink drawing on tracing paper with 100m value, showing almost complete design of the Aswan Dam, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized pen-and-ink drawing on tracing paper with 100m value, showing almost complete design of the Aswan Dam, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized hand-painted essay on a perforated card for the 200m value, showing partial design of the Cairo University, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized hand-painted essay on a perforated card for the 200m value, showing almost complete design of the Cairo University, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized pen-and-ink drawing on tracing paper with 200m value, showing partial design of the Cairo University, horizontal format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Requisition letter signed by A.K. Motawi, with copy to Mr. Hewett, the designer of many of the Survey Department stamps, letter requests permission to develop the essays for the 500m and £E1 values, unusual and an important historical item. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized pencil sketches perforated block of ten on carton, five of which are showing partial designs for the £E1 value, vertical format, very fine and extremely rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized pencil sketch perforated carton, showing almost complete design for the £E1 value, vertical format, very fine and extremely rare, attractive showpiece. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized pencil sketch perforated carton, showing almost complete design for the £E1 value, vertical format, very fine and extremely rare, attractive showpiece. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Stamp-sized pencil sketch perforated carton, showing almost complete design for the £E1 value, vertical format, very fine and extremely rare, attractive showpiece. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Large photographic essay (100 x 170mm), very similar to the issued design of the £E1 value, vertical format, very fine, attractive, and rare. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Young Farouk Portrait: Enlarged photograph of King Farouk, the design of which was used for the unadopted essay of the £E1 value, vertical format, very fine and attractive. (Image)

1936 Essay by Achille Ouvré, Paris: A presentation card showing the Achille Ouvré design in seven different colours. Each colour has five examples of different shades to choose from arranged in horizontal strips and afixed to a large presentation card (310 x 370 mm). The chosen colours were for the 1m, 4m, 5m, 10m, 13m, 15m and 20m. A stunning exhibition showpiece with 35 essays. Only two such presentation cards have been recorded. (Image)

1936 Essays for the Farouk "Military" Issue: 5m Stamp-sized unadopted hand-painted essay showing King Farouk's portrait in military attire with the Nile River in the background, horizontal format, very fine, attractive, and a unique showpiece. (Image)

1953 Airmail essays for the King Farouk Issue: Complete set of twelve from 2m to 200m showing "X" obliteration on Farouk's face and Specimen overprints, very fine and a scarce set. (Image)

1953 Airmail essays for the King Farouk Issue: 5m brown-lake, block of four, showing "X" obliteration on Farouk's face and Specimen overprint, very fine and scarce. (Image)

Issued Stamps. 1937-46 Young King Farouk Portrait Issue: Comprehensive collection of Young King Farouk Portrait control blocks, showing all values, mint and mint nh, over 175 control blocks, including the scarce 40m. A/39 and 100m. A/39, also booklet controls, very fine and a difficult collection to repeat (700) (Image)

1937-46 Young King Farouk Portrait Issue: 1m, 3m, 5m, 6m, 10m and 15m all in mint bottom left corner sheet control blocks of four, showing inverted wmks, plus 6m control block with reversed wmk, very fine. (Image)