1836 (Jan. 28): Disinfected outer lettersheet endorsed "Dall'J.R.Consolato Gen. d'Austr in Eggitto" addressed to Zagreb, Croatia bearing fine strike of rectangular "Netta di fuora e / Netto di dentro" in red applied in transit "v.Triest" with two clear wax seals of "Lazzaretto S. Teresa" in Trieste. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1914 (Jan 8): De La Rue 5 m. lake, wmk. Star & Crecent upright, an Imperforate Proof block of forty (10 x 4) with sheet margins at both sides, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare Nile Post D57f = $ 800+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1937 (Dec 2): Cover franked by 1933 Airmail 3 m. and 30 m. mailed from Cairo to Brussels, carried on the hydroplane "Cygnus" which crashed and sank killing two people at Brindisi (Dec 5) whilst attempting to take off. The adhesives struck with four line "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardêe / par accident d'avion / Priere de ne pas taxer" with reverse showing French P.O. transparent 'Postes et Têlêgraphes' Reseal tape tied by Uccle arrival (Dec 15). Scarce.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Postage due 1884: 10 pa. red in a block of four showing variety: imperforated vertically, mint with full og, the lower left stamp unmounted og., the lower right stamp with faint thin. Cert Holcombe (1983). rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Postage due 1886 (May 9): Underpaid Cover from Boston to Alexandria bearing Washington 2 c., tied by Boston machine cancellation, taxed with '15' cents, another Boston despatch cds (May 11) alongside, bearing a single 10 pa. and a pair 20 pa. postage due, tied by Alexandria (May 28) cds, reverse with Brindisi transit cds. A rare cover, the double deficiency 30 cents due were equal to 48 paras, rounded up to 50 paras.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes with his notes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Postage due 1889 (April 10): Unpaid Cover from Cairo to Badrechein, taxed and bearing two singles and a pair 5 m. rose carmine postage due, tied by 'Badrechein' (April 11) cds's. Very rare cover.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes with his notes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Postage due 1888 (March 8): Unpaid Cover from Naples to Alexandria, struck with "NAPOLI 8 3 88" cds with '9' showing amount due, taxed by 1 pi. blue in a vertical pair to cover the double deficiency, the pair tied by "ALEXANDRIE 13 III 88" cds. Very rare cover.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1888: Cover franked by India ½ a. green (2) with Bombay cds verso (Feb 22) addressed to 'S.S. Mira' care of Wm. Stapleton at Port Said, endorsed "Kindly send on Board", underpaid and taxed on arrival with 1888 Postage Due 1 pi. blue tied by 'T' marking and Port Said cds (March 6). Forwarded on to London with arrivals of March 31 and April 3, where charged a further "2½d/FB" at the Foreign Branch. Scarce and most unusual. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Postage due 1905 (Dec 20): Small unpaid cover from Cairo to Port Said, taxed with 1889 4 m. maroon and pair 1904 3 m. on 2 pi. with inverted overprint type D27 to pay the correct rate. Unusual and rare cover.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Postage due 1900 (May 15): Incoming underpaid cover from Bombay to Port Said bearing QV definitive 1. a. brown-purple (Gi 88), three singles, the cover taxed and surcharge paid by 1889 1 pi. ultramarine and pair of 1889 3 m. on 2 pi. orange, tied by Port Said cds's (May 28), reverse with Aden Sea Post Office transit cds (May 19). Stamps with imperfections and cover with edge wear and aging, a rare item.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1898 (May 7): 3 m. on 2 pi. orange, a pane of sixty (10 x 6) with sheet margin at base, variety "Surchargeà cheval" and misplaced to base, position 36 also showing "Arabic 2 for 3" variety, fresh and very fine, hinged at edges to prevent separation, large part or unmounted og. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1921 (April 23): Unusual local advertising cover franked with 1 m. Sudan Camel post, invalidated by blue crayon and Pictorial issue 4 m. tied by Alexandria cds, sent within the city, taxed at double deficiency with 2 m. green on chalk-surfaced paper.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes with his notes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1923 (Jan 2): Unusual three country postage due cover, underpaid in New York with a pair of Washington 1 c. green, 30 c. taxation handstamp alongside, upon arrival in Port Said taxed with a pair 4 m. and single 10 m. Crown overprint, then re-addressed to Batavia, Dutch East Indies where it was taxed with 5 c. & 7½ c. dues and sent again to New York via 'Kerr Steamship Co.' where 1 c. & 5 c. US dues were applied on reverse. A show cover.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes with his notes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1927 (March 15): Local cover within Alexandria bearing Fouad 1st portrait 1 m. single, taxed at double deficiency with pair 4 m. green on chalk-surfaced paper tied by 'ALEXANDRIA 15 MR 1927' cds which is the last day of use, a rare usage.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes with his notes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Postage due 1886: 1 piastre red, a rare block of four unused and a pair cancelled with a crisp Fayoum 1887 cds, both showing variety: imperforate in between. NPPD 8a unpriced as used.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes with his notes. (Image 1) (Image)

1898/1933: Lot five covers and a fragment, all bearing blocks, multiples and singles of the Sodier's stamps used as regular postage on philatelic items incl. 1898 cover sent domestic with DLR 1 m. brown and two singles of the Soldier's stamp, 1910 cover with block of four, tied by Cairo cds's and sent to the Hotel National showing framed 'Insufficiently addressed' marking alongside, and 1933 cover with 2 m. Fouad 2nd portrait and a Soldier's stamp, tied by rural service cds in blue, sent to Alexandria, where taxed with 2 m. & 4 m. 1927 issue. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1919 (March 21): OHMS envelope addressed the Officer in charge of Stores in Jerusalem, unusually addressed with 'Palestine' in the address; sent airmail from Alexandria with fine BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / Z despatch cds and superb two line "AERIAL POST / E.E.F." struck in deep blackish-violet ink. Reverse with "Please / Use / This / Envelope / Again" perforaated seal and "Field Post Office / SZ20" arrival cds (March 24). Rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1919 (March 31): OHMS envelope sent airmail from Cairo to "1st Echelon, EEF" in Jerusalem, with ARMY POST OFFICE / SZ11 despatch cds (March 31) and good strike of very scarce "AERIAL POST / E.E.F." in violet below. Field Post Office arrival cds (April 2) on reverse. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1919/95: Lot 228 revenue documents incl. consular, preprinted documents, general, educational, medical, certificates, police, banks, universities, lawyers, engineering etc., the majority bearing revenue stamps. (Image 1) (Image)

1900/70ca.: Shoebox with approx. 500 picture postcards predominately unused, including more than 350 small sized black and white cards showing better views of Alexandria and Cairo with many street-views, tramways etc. further numbered photo cards of Sudan and two cards of the Australian military camps at the Pyramids as well as numbered card 'British official photograph No. 141' showing General Sir Edmund Allenby & General Baillout at Ismaila. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Zeppelin Mail 1934 (Oct 15): Registered Flight cover sent airmail to Friedrichshafen thence to Brazil, with 1933 70 m. green & blue (20 m. postage, 25 m. KLM fee and 20 m. registration, overpaid 5 m.), with Germany 1933 'Chicagofahrt' 1 m. carmine and 1934 6 pf. and strip of three 25 pf. (Mi. 496+541+543) all tied by Friedrichshafen cds's (27/10) and by 'Deutsche Luftpost / Europa-Sudamerika' cachet in red, overpaid by 1 pfennig. Carried on 11th South America Flight. Reverse with one flap missing but with full Rio arrival cds (Nov 1). A rare "Non Contract" combination usage from Egypt with just 5 covers believed flown thus. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1864 (March 26): Cover from Alexandria to Malmö, Sweden endorsed "Betalt" (Paid) with manuscript '1/5d.' prepaid; ALEXANDRIA datestamp in red (March 26), mailed via London where struck with 'London / Paid' datestamp (April 7) and oval 'PD' in red and thence via Danish P.O. in Hamburg (April 9) to Malmö. A most unusual destination for Egyptian pre-stamp mail. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1877 (Feb 9): Great Britain 1876/79 2½ d. mauve pl. 6 and 1876 4 d. vermilion pl. 15 used on 1877 registered cover from Alexandria to Malta tied by two strikes of the "BO1" obliterator with oval "REGISTERED / ALEXANDRIA" datestamp (Feb 9) in red at left. Malta arrival (Feb 16) on reverse of a fine and very rare cover. Signed Todd AIEP.rnProvenance: Collection Kurt Wolsbauer, DF, Geneva, 4 Dec 2002.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1873 (July 3): Entire letter from Beirut to London, franked by Great Britain 1865/73 4 d. vermilion pl. 13 in a vertical pair tied by two strikes of the "BO1" obliterator and by 'Alexandria' datestamp (July 8) in black. 'London / Paid' arrival cds (July 14) in red at left. File fold away from the adhesives, a fresh and fine entire. (Image 1) (Image)

1871 (Aug 10): Combination cover from Cairo to Plymouth with Egypt 1867 1 pi. red, two examples (Gi. 14) tied by "V.R. Poste Egiziane / Cairo" datestamps in black (Aug 10) for internal double rate, forwarded from Alexandria with Great Britain 1865/73 4 d. vermilion pl. 12 in a horizontal pair (single rate) tied by faint "BO1" obliterator and by 'Alexandria' cds (Aug 12) in black. Reverse with Cairo, Alessandria and Plymouth (Aug 20) datestamps. An attractive and unusual cover. Signed Todd AIEP.rnProvenance: Collection Col. J.R. Danson, RL, London, 1971; Collection Andrê Bollen, Köhler, Wiesbaden, 8 Feb 1983, lot 224. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)