Egypt continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 1031 |
cover |
 1899: Cover from Great Britain to Egypt franked by 1 d. lilac (Gi. 172) cancelled 'St. Leonards / Station Office' cds (April 14) and mailed to Dumfries, Scotland (April 17); readdressed again to Egypt, underpaid 1½ d. and
taxed on arrival with Egypt 1889 2 m. green and 1 pi. blue (April 26). Further re-addressed to Yokohama via Colombo and Hong Kong; taxed on arrival at 12 sen. with 2 s. rose and 10 s. bistre brown cancelled in manuscript, undelivered and again taxed
with 2 s. rose and 10 s. blue. Japanese tags on reverse, a remarkable cover. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1032 |
(*) |
 1914: De La Rue Essay for the 5 m. value showing the Sphinx, engraved in black on thin wove paper, numbered '3918' at top in manuscript (48 x 69 mm.); matched with the issued stamp unused. Rare. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1033 |
(*) |
 1914: De La Rue Essay for the 20 m. value showing the Archway of Ptolemy III at Karnak, engraved in black on thin wove paper, numbered '3917' at top (48 x67 mm.); matched with the issued stamp unused. Rare. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1034 |
* |
 1921/22: Essay for the 4 m. value, printed in red on triple Star and Crescent watermarked paper, fresh and very fine example of this rare Essay, later issued in green. Tiny paper adherence on superb large part og. Rare: just
28 examples are known (ex Farouk collection). (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1035 |
**/bof |
 1922: Harrisons Essay for proposed 10 m. value, small format, printed in carmine, a superb sheet marginal block of four on watermarked paper, unmounted og. Nile Post E230a = $ 300+. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1036 |
(*) |
 1922: Harrisons Essay for proposed £ 1 value, imperforate composite Essay with oval vignette of Fuad in bright green and frame in rose-carmine with lettering in white, imperforate and applied to card for display.
Exceptional and of great rarity. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E240 = $ 750++. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1037 |
** |
 1933/38: Airmail, the complete set of 21 values, all with Farouk Oblique perforations, all sheet marginal from right of sheet, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Very rare with just 100 sets printed Nile Post A3e/A23b = $ 835. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1038 |
**/* |
 1926: 5 m. - 50 pi. Inauguration of 'Port Fouad' overprints, key set of the country, as only 1500 of the 50 pi. were printed and the whole issue sold out on the opening day of sale in a matter of hours. 50 pi, an excellent
example with selvage to the left is unmounted, never hinged, the three lower values are lightly hinged. Certificate Sorani (1998). Scott = $2500. (Image
1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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| 1039 |
(*) |
 1925c.: De La Rue unadopted engraved Essay in black, possibly rejected for the 12th Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition issue, showing farmers ploughing with Ox and Camel and the Nile in the background with Felucca (72 x
38 mm.), numbered '6590' in ink manuscript at top left. Some light ageing but most unusual. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1040 |
** |
 1926 (Aug 24): Surcharged 15 m. on 200 m. violet, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Double", fresh and fine but for minor corner bend not affecting the appearance, unmounted og. Rare with just 50 stamps printed thus Nile
Post D105b = $ 300/Gi = £ 425. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1041 |
** |
 1927/37: Fuad 5 m. deep red-brown, an unused horizontal strip of four divided by central interpanneau margin, Farouk Oblique perforations, variety "Tête-Bêche", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. A scarce and attractive
multiple Nile Post D132i = $ 550+. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1042 |
cover |
 1928 (Dec 6): John Carbery Trial Flight from Amsterdam - Cairo - Nairobi; cover from Egypt with 1927 5 m. red.brown tied by SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL / CAIRO cds (Dec 6) numbered '19' of the 40 covers carried on the final leg with
Kenya & Uganda 20 c. orange tied at left upon arrival (Dec 11). Labelled on return for a Mr. Cooke in Portsmouth, the cover also contains an invoice from Francis J. Field (the doyen of Airmail dealers), from whom this cover was purchased in
January 1929 for the sum of £ 4 10 s. Slight creasing away from adhesives and not affecting the fine appearance. Rare. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1043 |
(*) |
 1929 (April): Essays by the Survey Dept. of Cairo (3) all stamp size two without Duty Plates one endorsed 10 m., for proposed but abandoned "First African Games" issue, each hand-drawn in black ink on tracing paper showing
vignettes of Pharaonic Wrestlers. Unique and wonderful trio Nile Post E345a+E345b+E346b = $ 1'900+. Provenance: The Hewitt Archive, Robson Lowe, Basel, 23 March 1979, ex lot 2449. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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| 1045 |
** |
 1944/52: Mareschal set of eighteen values unused, all with Farouk Oblique perforations, including the rare 3 m., 13 m., 50 m. and sheet marginal £ 1; all freshand fine unmounted og. together with a creased 1
m. pair with 'normal' misperforation error, rare - just 100 full sets of this issue can exist with Oblique perf., variety Nile Post D155ef/Di172e = $ 950+. (Image 1)
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| 1046 |
**/bof |
 1944/52: Mareschal 4 m. green, an unused block of eight (4x 2), marginal at right with Farouk Oblique perforations, 17 m. olive-green in a sheet marginal block of four with Oblique perforations and overprinted
"Egypt & Sudan" single examples of each with same variety, all unmounted og. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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| 1047 |
** |
 1946 (Oct 1): Cairo Aviation Congress 30 m. green overprinted, an unused example, variety "Overprint Double", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare with just 50 stamps printed thus - found in the collection of King Farouk. Signed
Sanabria. Cert. RPSL (2009) Nile Post C103c = $ 400/Gi = £ 500. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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| 1048 |
(*) |
 1946 (Nov 9): Essay as proposed to King Farouk with the set of seven values printed in black on grey card (220 x 280 mm.), the designs close to as issued: the Farouk head on the 1 m. being slightly reduced for example, as
indeed are most of the head-plates, the vignettes with less definition than on the issued stamps, the white lines surrounding EGYPTE and POSTES were later reduced. Signed in ink at base wand with slightly batter frame labelled "Croquis originaux"
(Original Sketch). Unique and most interesting insight into how the King was shown the Essays, with cardboard gold on blie embossed folder. (Image 1)
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| 1049 |
**/bof |
 1953 (April-May): Mareschal 3 m. sepia, a complete sheet of 100, overprinted 3 Bars, variety "Surcharge Inverted" on the entire sheet, slight splitting at top but very rare, full unmounted og. Ex collection
'Aubeterre' Nile Post D215b = $ 1'000. (Image 1)
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| 1050 |
** |
 1955 (Jan-Nov): Album page with Arab Postal Union sets unused (with and without overprint), and 5 m. yellow-brown unused with variety "Overprint Inverted", unmounted og. A rare stamp with just 50 printed thus. All
neatly mounted on album page. Ex collection Barry Rubery Nile Post C158c = $ 175/Gi = £ 250. (Image 1)
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| 1052 |
(*) |
 1888: De la Rue Essay for the proposed 5 m. postal stationery card, with beautifully inscribed border surround in black ink (card size 173 x 110 mm.), with instructions for the print at top for italic "L'adresseseul doit être
écrite de ce côte" with Arabic alongside and the inscription for base of card also in pencil; hand-drawn pencil image for the stamp section at right again showing the Arabic inscriptoions alongside the English. Rare and most unusual Nile Post SP3
Essay. (Image 1)
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