Egypt Kingdom continued...
| Lot |
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 299 |
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 1922/23: "OHEMS" on rare 15 m. indigo, an unused block of sixteen (4 x 4), the tenth stamp
in the block with variety "O.H..E.M.S." (position 38), fresh and very fine but for surface scuff on twelfth and sixteenth stamps, unmounted og. An extremely scarce and attractive multiple. Signed Holcombe Nile Post O29+O29b / Gi = £ 3'600+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 300 |
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 1926/35: Official 10 m. lake, an unused block of six with "Farouk Oblique Perforations",
corner marginal from lower left corner of the sheet with Control "A/28" in margin, slightly browned unmounted og. Nile Post PD38b. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 301 |
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 Postage Due 1884: Proofs of the 10 pa., 20 pa. and 1 pi., all in Imperforate blocks of four
printed in black on smooth surfaced paper and thus showing all four types with prominent printer's guidelines, fresh and very fine. A rare group Nile Post = $ 1'500. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 302 |
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 1884/88: Presentation sheet on thin white wove paper showing the adopted 1884 Postage Due
set of five values in blocks of four from 10 pa. to 5 pi. printed in green, the reverse of the sheet showing additional blocks of the 10 pa., 20 pa. 2 pi and 5 pi. along with two values from 1888 issue: 2 m. and 5 m., with unadopted design: note the
lettering in Arabic to the left of the "2" and "5" in Arabic value tablet; this fact not recorded by Nile Post, some minor creasing, small closed tear and peripheral edge wear but very rare. Unrecorded in this format by Nile Post. Ex Peter Holcombe
and Abdullah Mishrick. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post = $ 2'250. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF950.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 303 |
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 1884/88: Presentation sheet on thin white wove paper showing the adopted 1884 Postage Due
set of five values in blocks of four from 10 pa. to 5 pi. and 1888 issue 2 m. and 5 m. all printed in grey: 2 m. and 5 m. with unadopted design: note the lettering in Arabic to the left of the "2" and "5" in Arabic value tablet; this fact not
recorded by Nile Post, some minor creasing but extremely rare. Ex Peter Holcombe and Abdullah Mishrick. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post = $ 2'250. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 304 |
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 1884/88: Presentation sheet on thin white wove paper showing the adopted 1884 Postage Due
set of five values in blocks of four from 10 pa. to 5 pi. and 1888 issue 2 m. and 5 m.printed in green: 2 m. and 5 m. with unadopted design: note the lettering in Arabic to the left of the "2" and "5" in Arabic value tablet; this fact not recorded by
Nile Post, some minor creasing but extremely rare. Ex Peter Holcombe and Abdullah Mishrick. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post = $ 2'250. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF700.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 305 |
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 1884/88: Presentation sheet on thin white wove paper showing the adopted 1884 Postage Due
set of five values in blocks of four from 10 pa. to 5 pi. and 1888 issue 2 m. and 5 m. all printed in orange: 2 m. and 5 m. with unadopted design: note the lettering in Arabic to the left of the "2" and "5" in Arabic value tablet; this fact not
recorded by Nile Post, some minor creasing but extremely rare. Ex Peter Holcombe and Abdullah Mishrick. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post = $ 2'250. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF3,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 306 |
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 1884 (Jan 1): Postage Due 5 pi. selection on leaves with Imperforate Proof block of four
without watermark in black showing the Printer's guide-lines; 5 pi. red, wmk. Star & Crescent, perf. 10½, in an unused corner block of twelve (3 x 4) from lower left corner of the sheet showing all four types and a 5 pi. red top marginal block of six
(3 x 2) with sheet imprint variety "watermark en face", fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and attractive group.rnProvenance: Carmichael & Todd, collection Barry Rubery. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 307 |
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 1886/87: Postage Due 10 pa. rose-red and 1 pi. rose-red, no wmk., unused blocks of four and
thus showing all four types, fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce multiples Gi = £ 480+. (Image
1)
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| 308 |
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 Postage Due 1888: Essays and Colour Trials of the unaccepted designs (shorter Arabic to left
of Arabic '2' at base), the album page with 2 m. imperforate Proof block of four on card paper and imperforate and printed in rose-red; three 2 m. perforated Colour Trial blocks of four in grey (colour of issued 5 pi.), green (2 m.) and orange (2
pi.) on unwatermarked gummed paper, together with an accepted design Proof for the 2 m. value in black on card paper. A rare and very fine assembly. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF2,200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 309 |
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 Postage Due 1888: Essays and Colour Trials of the unaccepted designs (shorter Arabic to left
of Arabic '5' at base), the album page with 5 m. imperforate Proof block of four on card paper and imperforate and printed in rose-red; three 5 m. perforated Colour Trial blocks of four in grey (colour of issued 5 pi.), green (2 m.) and orange (2
pi.) on unwatermarked gummed paper, together with an accepted design Proof for the 5 m. value in black on card paper. A rare and very fine assembly. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF3,200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 310 |
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 1888 (Jan 1): Postage Due 2 m. green, used examples (100) on Album page with complete
reconstruction of the sheet, all cancelled by circular datestamps in black or red. Unusual and scarce Gi = £ 3'800. (Image 1)
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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 311 |
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 Postage Due 1888: Die Proofs of the accepted designs, Imperforate Proofs for the 1 pi., 2
pi. and 5 pi. values, all in blocks of four with wide margins all round, printed on thick card paper. Extremely rare, not to be confused with the Proofs on thinner paper - these being the original printer's Proofs ad signed in ink on reverse. Ex
Peter Holcombe and Abdullah Mishrick. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF2,400.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 312 |
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 1887/88: Postage Due Proof for the 2 pi. value in orange-yellow, imperforate horizontal pair
from the top right corner of the sheet, (pos. 9-10) with part "Piastres" imprint in margin, minor thins and wrinkle in margin only, large part og. Scarce. Cert. C. Hass (1997) Nile Post PD13bP = $ 225+.rnProvenance: Carmichael & Todd, collection
Barry Rubery. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 313 |
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 Postage Due 1888: Lithographed by Penasson, 2 pi. orange in two adjoining imperforate blocks
of four, corner marginal from upper left of sheet showing "100 CHIFFRES" imprint at top, all with the entire design doubled. fresh and fine, large or unmounted og. Unusual and most attractive multiples. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF2,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 314 |
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 1898: Stampless cover addressed in arabic from Berber to Suez, with "T" marking and BERBER
despatch cds in black (May 29); taxed at single rate (no doubling of the deficiency) upon arrival with 1889 Postage Due 2 m. green and a diagonally bisected example each tied by "Suez / Gourvernmentales" datestamps (June 11). Also a 1906 postcard
franked 1 m. brown taxed with double the deficiency upon arrival with 1889 2 m. green tied by Alexandria cds.rnProvenance: Bisect cover, ex collection of Edmund Hall. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 315 |
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 1889: Postage Due 4 m. maroon and 2 pi. orange, used on printed cover from the "Bureau des
Rebuts" in Alexandria to Cairo and cancelled there with arrival cds and multiple strikes of the framed "T" Tax marking in black. Originally addressed to Ghouria, Cairo but readdressed to Halfa for the "Speculateurs des Timbres-Poste" in that town
with Wadi Halfa arrival on reverse. Faults to envelope as to be expected but a scarce and most unusual usage.rnProvenance: Ex collection Peter Smith.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 316 |
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 1898: De La Rue bilingual 3 m. overprint Proof, struck in black on imperforate white stamp
paper, fresh and fine appearance with none of the spreading/heaping of the ink found in the issued stamps, part og. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 317 |
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 1898 (May 7): Postage Due 3 m. on 2 pi. orange, an unused block of eighteen (3 x 6), variety
"Overprint Inverted", fresh and very fine, large part, mostly unmounted og. Rare in such a large multiple Gi = £ 1'080+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 318 |
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 1905: Postage Due Essay for the surcharge "3 Millièmes." on 2 m. orange, an unused example
showing the characteristic full stop after "Millièmes." and less angled black surcharge; fresh and fine, unmounted og. Signed Todd AIEP. Cert. Hass (1990) Nile Post E149 = $ 300. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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