c1905-50s EGYPTIAN HOTEL RANGE OF MAIL - good range, PPCs etc with stamps cancelled with hotel PO cds inc. 1911 PPC to Norfolk with METROPOLE HOTEL cachet; 1915-18 group (9) to Scotland sent stampless ex "LUXOR CONVALESCENT DEPOT" some censored; 1937 env. to Scotland with 20m, 6m and 2m tied SIWA cds; 1942/43 pair of PPCs to GB with WINTER PALACE LUCSOR cancels and double-ringed censor marks, also 1914 5c red letter sheet with colourful advert. label (used as a seal, torn on opening) from the same hotel; etc. (c113 items)Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, HOTELS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES (Image)

EARLY MERCHANT CORRESPONDENCE TO ITALY; 1739 EL (in Italian; red wax seal on rear largely intact) to Venice ex Cairo endorsed to be carried by Colonel Capitano Caenazzo/C.D.C' (by Gods favour). Contents by merchants Bello & Colavin re coffee & other merchandise. Unusually v.fine. Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES (Image)

DISINFECTED MAIL TO SPAIN VIA GIBRALTAR; 7 July 1852 EL (faint file fold) to Spain endorsed 'Paid to Gibraltar' and rated '10'(d) at top with a [British PO in] "ALEXANDRIA" double-arc d.s. in red and scarce thus, double-ring "PURIFE AU LAZARET/MALTE", "DE GIBR/S.ROQUE/ANDABAXA" transit mark and "10.R." incoming charge mark all on front. Rear fold with a Briggs & Co (forwarding agent) embossed seal (with matched oval cachet on front) and a Cadiz transit d.s. Rather unusual destination and routing. Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, SPAIN, GIBRALTAR, MALTA (Image)

POSTA EUROPEA MAIL TRANSMITTED PRIVATELY; May 1856 v.fine EL to Tanta (addressed in French & Arabic; contents concerns cotton orders & their distribution) with Alexandria merchants oval cachet on front a mostly v.fine double-oval "DIREZIONE DELLA POSTA EUROPEA/ALESSANDRIA D/EGITTO" d.s. on rear. Unusual alternative mail service. Cross Reference: EGYPT, ITALIAN STATES (Image)

UNPAID LETTER TO INDIA; 18 Jan. 1858 env. (faults; opened out; with content in Arabic) to Bombay with [British PO in] Suez double-arc d.s. and circular "St.Bg/As 8" p.due due on front and a Bombay double-arc arrival d.s. on rear. Cross Reference: INDIA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)