1916 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: Censored envelope from Mecca to Testour (Tunisia), bearing large type "FEE PAID" (Uexkull Type B), used only in August and September 1916, censored in Cairo and Tunis, returned as "unreadable" ("Illisible"), a very rare provisional usage and routing. (Image)

1916 "FEE PAID" of Jeddah: Commercial envelope to Suez with a very fine strike of the second Type Fee Paid mark from Jeddah, being "FEE PAID" with ornaments either side (Uexkull Type K), used only in September and October 1916, while awaiting the distribution of the new Hejazi stamps, on reverse "DJEDDAH/3" (21.9), "SUEZ" (29.9) and Egyptian "PASSED BY CENSOR" handstamp, very fine and rare (Image)

1916 (19.11) Envelope from Mecca (19.11) to Jeddah, bearing unframed bilingual "FEE PAID" hs (Uexkull Type E), with "MEKKE" barred double circle alongside, very fine and rare (Image)

1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had been defeated, these were used until the Hejaz postage stamps were ready and during later shortages, bilingual type, unframed with horizontal lines and numbered in manuscript (Uexkull Type E), on postcard to Algeria with "MEKKE 3" datestamp of 30.9.16 (recorded from October) and on a cover to Jeddah with an unrecorded similar type mark from March 1917 but with smaller letters, a very rare pair (Image)

1934 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: Red octogonal handstamp with "Mecca Al Mukarramah" in Arabic below, previously known used on printed matters 1925-31 but shown here on a ladies envelope from Mecca, January 1934, with Mecca and Jeddah (arrival) cds. on reverse, three years later than recorded, very fine and scarce (Image)

1927 Toughra of Ibn Saud: Attractive group of 12 covers, showing printed matter usgaes, three registered covers, one official registered usage, wrapper, Dunlop Tyre illustrated cover etc., a wonderful lots for the specialist (12) (Image)

1926 Mixed Frankings with Postage Due Stamps: 1Pia. red with Postage Due 2Pia. orange paying the 3Pia. rate to Egypt, Jeddah (7.9) Port Taufiq (12.9) Cairo (13.9) 1/4 Pia. (4) with Postage Due 2 Pia. (3 Pia. rate to Egypt) Mecca (8.10.) Jeddah (8.10) Port Taufiq (17.10), very rare commercial usages (Image)

1926 Postage Dues: Cover from Cairo (20.4) via Port Taufiq (21.4) and Jeddah (25.4) to Mecca (25.4), sent unfranked to a well-known trading family in Mecca, taxed in Cairo ("T") and Hejaz & Nejd Postage Dues 1/2 Pia. (pair) and 2 Pia. added to pay the unsurcharged 3 Pia. rate, a rare commercial usage of this issue (Image)

1926 3 Pia. rate to Egypt: Pair of covers from Mecca to Cairo and Jeddah to Suez, one with Definitives 3 Pia. blue, the other with Islamic Congress overprint 3 Pia. transit and arrival cds on reverse, a scarce pair (Image)

1926, 1/4 P., 1 P. (2), 3 P. (2) and 10 P. paying the 18 1/2 P. rate on insured money letter to Czechoslavakia, from Mecca (20.7.31) via Jeddah (21.7), Port Taufiq (27.7), Alexandria (28.-29.7), Brindisi (3.8), Bologna-Brennero (TPO 4.8), very fine and a very rare destination from this period (Image)

1926 1 P. and 10 P. on money letter from Mecca (31.11.33) via Port Taufiq (3.12), Port Said (4.12), Ismailia (5.12), Brindisi (7.12), Udine T.P.O. (8.12) and Venice-Milan T.P.O. (9.12) to Hamburg (11.12), with all seals intact, a rare survival (Image)

1926 3Pia. dark blue on cover from Jeddah (9.4.25 - in error) via Port Taufig (14.4) and Alexandria (15.4) to Holland with "B. 44" postman's arrival mark, a scarce commercial usage of this issue (Image)

1929, 1 g. and 1 1/2 g. with 1932, 1/2 g. on pre-printed official cover, sent from Mecca (3.1) to Egypt as a registered money letter, with 15 wax seals and "PORT SAID/INLAND CASH" (9.1) arrival postmark on the reverse, a rare combination, with the registration and insurance required to be paid in stamps, showpiece (Image)

1929 Insured "Value Declared" cover from Jeddah to Cairo with "INLAND CASH" arrival cds, franked 1926, 1/4 Pia., 1/2 Pia. and 3 Pia. mixed with 1927, Kingdom overprints 5 Pia. (5) totalling 28 3/4 Pia. for 36 grs. 1750 gold frs. insurance, a rare cover, plus 1930, 1 3/4 G. on cover from Jeddah (8.10) via Port Taufig (15.10) and London (21.10) to South Africa and 1932, 2 1/4 G. on cover from Mecca (15.12) via Jeddah (16.12), Port Taufig (19.12) and Alexandria (20.12) to Czechoslovakia. an important usage to a very scarce destinations (Image)

1931-33 Attractive group of 8 covers, showing three registered covers one being a stampless official registered usage, wrapper from the Dutch Legation in Jeddah, two cover to Algeria, plus scarce "Par Avion" labels in unused multiples (16) etc., a wonderful lots for the specialist (12) (Image)

Picture postcards: Attractive group of 23 cards, including a interesting set of Algerian cards (18) depicting pilgrims on there way to the Hajj, a scarce lot (23) (Image)

1933 The first Zeppelin mail from Saudi Arabia: Registered cover from Mecca (18.5.33) with 1926, 5 Pia., 1929, 20 G. and 1932, 2 1/2 G., sent by airmail to Germany with transit marks on reverse of Djeddah (19.5), Port Taufiq (22.5), Brindisi (25.5) and Genua (27.5), then by Zeppelin Airship (3.6) to Brazil (arr. 6.6). This was the first Zeppelin flight on which mail from Saudi Arabia was carried, very fine and extremely rare as apparently only 5 covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight, but only three are still known to exist (Image)

1933 Zeppelin 14th S. America Flight: Registered cover from Mecca (22.8) via Jeddah (23.8), Port Taufiq (28.8) and the Friedrichshafen Zeppelin airport (arr. 3.9, dep. 16.9) to Buenos Aires (21.9), franked with 1926, 3 Pia. and 5 Pia. mixed with 1929 20 G. and 1931m 1 3/4 G, very fine and extremely rare as apparently only 4 covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight (Image)

1933, Zeppelin 4th S. America Flight: Registered cover from Mecca (21.6) via Jeddah (22.6), Port Taufiq (3.7), Friedrichshafen (5.8) and from there by Zeppelin to Pernambuco (9.8), franked with 1926, 5 Pia. mixed with 1929, 20 G., very fine and extremely rare as apparently only 3 covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight (Image)

1933 Zeppelin Mail 8th S. America Flight: Registered cover from Mecca (11.9) via Jeddah (12.9), Port Taufiq (17.9) and Friedrichshafen Zeppelin Airport (30.9) to Pernambuco/Brazil (4.10), franked with 1926 1 Pia., 1 1/2 Pia. and 5 Pia. plus 1929, 20G, very fine and extremely rare as apparently only a few covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight (Image)

1934 Returned insured letter to S. Africa: Money letter with five wax seals from Mecca (6.2.34) with 1929 20 G., backstamped Djeddah (8.2), Port Taufiq (11.2), Alexandria (12.2), then returned from Alexandria (13.2) via Port Taufiq (14.2, in red, for returned mail) with note on front "Retour a Mecque via P. Taufik/Lieu de destination n'est pas admis" (=Destination not allowed), the reason for the return is not known as Saudi Arabia joined the UPU on 1.1.1927, unusual (Image)

1934-57 Tughra of King Abdul Aziz: Group of five covers showing array of different frankings, destinations, two registered and two airmail usages, some with Charity Tax stamps added, a scarce group (Image)

1934 Zeppelin Flight to Brazil: Registered cover from Mecca (17.7) via Jeddah (18.7) and Alexandria (23.7), Austrian T.P.O. "Kufstein-München" (26.7), all on reverse, to the Zeppelin Airfield in Friedrichshafen (4.8) and from there by Zeppelin Airship to Pernambuco (arr. 8.8 on reverse), very fine and extremely rare as apparently only two covers recorded from Saudi Arabia on this flight. (Image)

1934 Heir Apparent issue: Money letter to Italy franked on both sides incl. Kingdom 1 1/2 G. imperforate and the new War Tax 1/2 G. (issued 15.5), sent via Mecca (15.6), Jeddah (20.6), Port Taufiq (1.7), Cairo (2.7), Alexandria (2.7), Napoli (TPO 7.7), Triest (arr. 8.7), a wonderfully attractive and rare franking (Image)

1934 Occupation of Yemen: Kingdom 1/2 G. and 3 1/2 G. perforate on cover from HODEIDAH (15.6) via Aden Camp (8.7), Port Taufiq (16.7) and Tanta (16.7) to Mansoura/Egypt (18.7), the few covers posted during this short-lived occupation were only dispatched when it was over, showpiece (Image)