Group of seven 1 piastre essays perf. 15 x 12 1/2 by Penasson, in red, blue and additional blue with imperf. at top, plus blue block of four imperf between, very fine & scarce (7) (Image)

Group of six imperforate essays by Penasson with no value or inscription, very fine & scarce (Image)

5pa Dull Brown and 10pa Mauve, perf.12 1/2x 13 1/3 in mint og blocks of four, fine and fresh (NP $250) (Image)

1874 (Jan 17) “Le Nil” newspaper piece franked with 1872 5pa brown tied by Alexandria cds, paying the single local newspaper rate, fine & extremely rare Note: Shortly afterwards the newspaper was shutdown as the editor advocated that Egypt should be separated from Turkey (Image)

1872 10pa mauve, specialised group mounted & beautifully written up on five album pages, mint and used, with shades for each perf. variation, as well as plate varieties and inverted wmks, attractive block of four, etc., a difficult group to assemble (34) (Image)

1874 (May 17) Printed lettersheet from Alexandria to Mansura with 1872 10pa perf.12 1/2 x 13 1/3 tied by Alexandria cds, couple of small faults due to the fragile paper, attractive example of the scarce printed matter rate (Image)

10pa Pale lilac, 12 1/2 x 13 1/2, mint block of 15, central stamp on bottom row shows ‘blotch on pyramid” from position 156, fresh, very fine and attractive positional piece (Image)

10pa Pale lilac, 13 1/3, mint block of 20, some separations, fresh, very fine and attractive multiple (Image)

20pa Blue, perf. 12 1/2 x 13 1/3, mint block of four, tone spot, fresh, very fine & a scarce multiple (Image)

20pa Blue in mint og block of 10, patches of gum toning slightly showing through and a little perf. reinforcement, a scarce multiple (NP $750 for block of four) (Image)

1872 & 1874 1pi used selection, with 40 of the lithograph issue (all ex Gilbert) and 109 of the typograph (all ex Byam), with a range of shades, useful for further study (Image)

1878 (Jan 28) Cover from the Suez Canal Co. in Paris to Ismailia franked with French 40c Ceres yellow vertical pair tied by dotted star cancels, franked at the same time with Egypt 1872 1pi typo tied by French dotted star and Egyptian Alexandria cds, very rare, cert. Roumet (1994) (Image)

EARLY USE OF THE THIRD ISSUE 1872 (Jan 31) Cover from Suez to Cairo with 1872 1pi red perf.13 1/3 tied by Suez cds (Smith type III-2) with very scarce “DALLA STAZIONE” hs (Smith type Sta1), Cairo bs, showpiece Provenance: Fikry (Image)

1873 (May 22) Envelope sent registered from Zefta to Samanud with 1872 2pi yellow perf.12 1/2 x 13 1/3 and 1pi red perf.12 1/2 x 13 1/3 tied by Zefta cds, with Raccomandate hs adjacent, arrival bs, some minor soiling otherwise fine (Image)

STUNNING 5-COLOUR FRANKING TO ENGLAND 1874 (May 17) Envelope from Cairo to England with 5pa brown, two 10pa dull lilac, 20pa blue, 1pi red and 2pi yellow (five of the seven values from the third issue), tied by Cairo cds (Smith type V-1, date slug inverted) paying the correct rate of 4pi5pa, missent to Swindon and routed to Liverpool, array of bs, a superb showpiece Expertise: cert. RPS (2007) Provenance: Dawson, Antonini and Fikry (Image)

1872-74 2 1/2pi violet, 1st and 2nd printing, mint and used group, with the different perf. variations, inverted wmks, plate varieties and a Spiro forgery (12) (Image)

1874 (Jan 4) Convention mail envelope (opened on three sides) Cairo to Milan, Italy with 1872 2 1/2pi perf.12 1/2 x 13 1/3 tied by Cairo cds, Alexandria and Milan bs, fine (Image)

1872 5pi green perf.13 1/3, mint, showing plate flaw “split top frame”, cert. Hass & used single showing plate flaw “white dot” top right just below the “5”, unusual and scarce duo (Image)