1895 Winter Festivals Foundation 5m handpainted essay in olive-green and carmine on card with ms date "June 27th 95", surface abrasion at left well clear of design, highly attractive and beautifully executed, unique Provenance: De La Rue Archives, Vahan Andonian (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation enlarged essays of the Arabic script for the top duty tablet for the 3m, 5m and 1pi, approx. 18x6cm, unique (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation four stamp-size essays of the Arabic script for the top duty tablet for the 3m, 5m and 1pi and the commemorative legend at left, 18x6cm, unique Provenance: De La Rue Archives (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the frame of the 1m in black on glossy card, 92x60mm, dated "30 SEP 95", very fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the frame of the 1m in black on glossy card, reduced to stamp size 40x28mm, fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the frame of the 3m in black on glossy card, 92x60mm, dated "3 OCT 95", very fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the frame of the 3m in black on glossy card, reduced to stamp size 40x23mm, fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the frame of the 5m in black on glossy card, 92x60mm, dated "30 SEP 95", very fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the frame of the 5m in black on glossy card, reduced to stamp size 40x23mm, fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation De La Rue die proof of the centre only in black on glossy card, reduced to 38x23mm, fine (Image)

1895 Winter Festivals Foundation mint nh lower left sheet corner marginal plate blocks of four with plate number, very fine and rare control blocks Provenance: Vahan Andonian (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress, essay for an overprint on the 10m Fouad definitive to commemorate the Congress, with two stamps affixed together vertically by the margins (with rusty paper clip mark) with "CONGRÈS / INTERNATIONAL / GEOGRAPHIE / CAIRE / 1925" in pen, with each stamp showing different spacing of the proposed overprint, reverse with blue crayon crossed and ms "modèle", unique essays, signed Hass Provenance: Given to Ahmed Mazloum Pasha by Hassan Mazloum (Postmaster General of Egypt), C.F. Hass (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress, original 15m pencil-drawn essay of the accepted design on thick card, 175x198mm, endorsed "Original sketch" and signed at foot, some faint discolouration, a unique essay and exhibition showpiece Provenance: Vahan Andonian (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress 15m photographic print in blue in a similar design to the issued stamp (notably the Congress legend is in white) on thick, unwatermarked paper, 115x142mm, very fine and unique (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress 15m photographic print in blue in a similar design to the issued stamp (notably the background of the Congress legend is in white) on thick, unwatermarked paper, 55x90mm, with ms "1" above, very fine and unique essay (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress 10m blue imperforate proof on unwatermarked sheetlet, 60x80mm, some pinholes with one affecting stamp at top left corner, unique (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress complete set of three (from the first printing) with SPECIMEN overprints, no gum, minor wrinkles, extremely rare as only 3 such sets exist Note: The London Post Office Records received commemorative stamps from the UPU as they were issued and were handstamped SPECIMEN on arrival and placed on album pages as the Official GPO reference. In October 1979 they were sold through Robson Lowe's auction in Basle (Image)

1925 International Geographical Congress 5m, Royal oblique perforations in mint nh bottom right corner sheet marginal plate block of 14 with some stamps partly imperforate, some minor handling bends and a vertical crease, unique control block with oblique perforations Provenance: The Palace Collection of King Farouk, Clive Feigenbaum (Image)

1926 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition complete set of six Royal imperforates with CANCELLED backs in English in lower left marginal control blocks of four, the 5m printed on both sides, very fine and unique set of control blocks Provenance: The Palace Collection of King Farouk, Samir Fikry (Image)

1926 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition pair of varieties; mint nh 50m with "white line across the head of the peasant" (pos.29, every 2nd pane); and mint hr 100m with inverted watermark, very fine pair (Image)

1926 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, two covers, 1926 (8.4) cover to Valetta, Malta franked 5m., underpaid and a boxed T, charged on arrival with a ½ d. + 2d. Postage Due stamps alongside, plus 1932 (2.8) Maritime cover to Port Sudan, Red Sea franked 5m. cancelled S.S. TAIF / KHEDIVIAL MAIL LINE (2) (Image)

1926 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, two covers, 1926 (7.4) photo postcard to Neuchatel, Switzerland franked 10m, 1926 (24.3) cover to Blechhammer, Germany franked 15m, a fine pair (2) (Image)

1926 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition (9.4) registered cover with complete set of 6 values of the 5m. + 10m. + 15m. + 50m. + 100m. + 200m. cancelled during the exhibition (Image)

1926 King Fouad's 58th Birthday 50pi slightly enlarged essay (104% of issued design) by Harrison in sheetlet (58x84mm) inscribed "SOUVENIR DU VISITE D'ETAT MR. LE PRESIDENT DU FRANCE", frame in blue-green with centre in brown, very fine and unique essay Provenance: Vahan Andonian (Image)

1926 King Fouad's 58th Birthday 50pi with COLONIAS specimen hs affixed to piece of archive page from the Goa postal archive, some toning otherwise fine (Image)