Sale No: 284
Lot No:72
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Egyptian Post Office 1874/75: 5 pa. brown, perf. 12½, eight examples including two vertical tête-bêche pairs and a horizontal pair, all cancelled by "POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE / MASSAWA" datestamps (Feb 10, 1878) in black. Trivial imperfections but an extremely scarce and fine multiple. Signed Todd AIEP.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, April 1977, lot 516; Collection Nachum Kaplan, Corinphila sale 169, Sept 2011, lot 727. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Sale No: 284
Lot No:73
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1902/11: Group seven covers / stationeries incl. 1903 Malekt overprint in black on 1 g. blue postal stationery card (H&G 6d), used to Switzerland cancelled by Addis Abeba cds (Nov 29, 1904) in black; up-rated with 1903 Somali Coast 10 c. black & carmine (Ceres 57) ; 1902 Malekt in bluish-violet on 1 g. blue postal stationery card (H&G 6c), cancelled by bilingual "ADIS ABEBA" datestamps in black (June 17, 1904) and mailed to England in combination with Somali Coast 1903 10 c. black & carmine; 1906 (Jan 1) Small Minelik in violet on '10' on ½ g. salmon used on 1906 postcard to Antioch, Syria tied to viewside by bilingual "HARAR" datestamp in blue (May 26), in combination with Somali Coast 1903 10 c. black & carmine (Ceres 57), reverse with "Alexandrette" Austrian Post Office arrival datestamp, cert. Brun; 1909 4 g. green & rose on registered cover to Panama Canal Zone, tied by "ADDIS-ABABA / POSTES" in black (Feb 11); 1908 Cover with single 1894 ½ g. salmon tied by bilingual "HARAR" cds (April 2) in blue, addressed tro Paul Szantó of the Austro-Hungarian; 1908 cover with marginal pair of 1894 ½ g. salmon tied by dotted "DIRRE-DAOUA / ABYSSINIE" datesatamp and by "HARRAR / POSTES" arrival in blue, cert. Brun; and 1911 Dire-Daoua Provisionals, the set of seven values complete, used on philatelic cover to Harar. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image)

Sale No: 284
Lot No:74
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Italian Post Offices 1888/89: Group with Cover bearing Italy 1879 20 c. orange used to Messina, tied by bold strike of "3862" numeral obliterator with "MASSAUA / (MAR ROSSO)" datestamp at right (Oct 19). Also 50 c. brown Parcel Card, an intact used example to Cremona cancelled by "MASSAUA / (MAR ROSSO)" datestamp at left (Sept 5) with perforated "Pacchi postali / 384 / Massaua (Mar Rosso)" label below. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)