Egypt continued...
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 309 |
**/bof |
 1938 (Feb 1): King Farouk's 18th Birthday £ 1 sepia & green, the superb unused corner Control A/38 block of four from lower left of sheet, superb unmounted og. Rare thus Gi = £ 1'000+ (Image 1)
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| 310 |
cover |
 French P.O. in Alexandria 1900: Registered covers (2) with 1900 usage to Constantinople franked 15 c. blue and 40 c. orange-red; and second 1900 cover to France bearing single 1 fr. olive-green, each cancelled
"Alexandrie / Egypte" cds's (Image 1)
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| 311 |
**/*/bof |
 Postage Due 1886: 2 pi.rose-red, the complete sheet of 100 subjects with circular Control handstamp in blue in left margin and imprint 100 CHIFFRES TAXES DE 2 PIASTRES in red at top, position 91 damaged and some
minor splitting, toning and creasing through perforations as is to be expected but exceedingly rare, one of just 2 complete sheets of this value known (the other, ex Carmichael & Todd, sold some years ago), with no other complete sheet of any
other value of this issue recorded Gi = £ 3'000/Nile Post PD9= $ 2'500 (Image 1)
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| 312 |
(*) |
 1888: De La Rue Die Proof for 2 pi. value, printed in black on glazed card, struck with AFTER HARDENING and dated at left 13 OCT. 88 in black, initialled 'H.G.' at base. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post = $ 600 (Image 1)
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| 313 |
**/bof |
 1889 (April): 2 m. green, 4 m. maroon and 1 pi. ultramarine, all in imperforate blocks of four with watermark upright, the set of three values (2 pi. does not exist thus), fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare. Signed Todd AIEP
Nile Post = PD15d+PD16c+PD17c = $ 600 (Image 1)
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| 314 |
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 1889/1907: Collection on Exhibit leaves with Imperforate Proof blocks of four 2 m. green (handstamped at De La Rue March 1910 and 15 Nov 1911 respectively), 4 m. maroon imperforate block of four (also 15 Nov
1911), perforated 2 pi. orange block inscribed 'Govt. Office 10.11.22' in manuscript and four covers and cards (Image 1)
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| 315 |
cover |
 1914: 1 m. - 5 m. definitives, Postage Due 2 m. green, 1 pi. blue and 2 pi. orange with Official 1907 1 m. all used on 1914 registered cover to Innsbruck, Austria tied by bold strikes of circular "CONTINENTAL CAIRO / CASH"
cds's (April 21) with scarce framed "CONTINENTAL HOTEL" registered cachet at left, all in blue.Innsbruck arrival (April 27) on reverse of a colourful cover (Image 1)
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| 316 |
(*) |
 Fiscal Stamps 1894: Cigarette Tax, complete imperforate Proof set of eleven, 8-1000, including unrecorded '250 Cigarettes', exhibition set, probably the only recorded example (Image 1)
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| 317 |
cover |
 Egyptian Consular Post Offices 1872: Cover from Jeddah to Germany, slittted for disinfection, bearing 1872 1 pi. rose-red tied by erroneously dated "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / GEDDA" datestamp (March 2, 71) in black. Struck
with framed "AFFRANCATURA / INSUFFICIENTE" handstamp in black (the 1 pisatre paid the Port-to-Port rate to Suez only). At left "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / SUEZ" transit cds (March 14) in black and reverse with Suez cds's of march 13 and 14 and Alexandria
Egyptian P.O. cds. At upper left of cover it is possible a stamp has been removed but there are no signs of a Foreign Office marking on the cover. However, a rare cover - one of just six recorded by Uexkull bearing this issue, the "AFFRANCATURA /
INSUFFICIENTE" marking is believed unique struck in Jeddah and certainly the sole example of a Jeddah cover adressed to Germany (Image 1)
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| 318 |
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 1867: 5 pa. orange-yellow, 10 pa. mauve and three 1 pi. red; each cancelled by "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / BAIROUT" circular datstamps, four stamps with very fine strikes. A scarce group (Image 1)
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| 319 |
cover |
 Egyptian Consular Post Office in Smyrna, 1867: Lot three 'Port-to-Port' rate covers, incl. 1868 cover to Constantinople and 1871 cover to Volo, both bearing single Egypt 1 pi. red, tied by "POSTE VICE-REALI
EGIZIANE / SMIRNE" or "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / SMIRNE" cds's, and 1873 double-rate cover to Constantinople with pair of the 1872 issue; in addition 26 adhesives used in Smyrna with different SMIRNE datestamps. One cert. Todd AIEP (2010). The lot
includes also a registered letter of the German Foreign PO in Smyrna bearing a strip of 10 pa / 5 pfg and pair 4 pia / 80 pfg, tied by "SMYRNA 21.10.12 DEUTSCHE POST" cds. Sent first to 'Cherif Osman Noury Bey' in Berlin, then re-directed to St.
Petersburg. Provenance of the German PO cover: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale (November 2000), lot 3108 (Image 1)
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| 320 |
piece |
Lots & Collections 1921/89: Collection on leaves and stockbooks with 1921/22 set of fourteen unused (Gi = £ 225), 1922 Proclamation of the Monarchy set incl. 100 m. slate wmk. Star & Crescent unused, 1923 Harrison 5 m. Proof pairs in
chestnut and a different example in deep brown and single 10 m. in carmine (both unadopted); 1923 Fuad set to £ 1 unused (Gi = £ 400) with useful Control blocks of 1 m., 2 m. and 4 m., 1926 King's Birthday 50 pi. purple unused (Gi = £
190), 1927/37 issue with 27 Control blocks of four from the lower values and Farouk Oblique perforations group (22 items) with values to 100 m., March 1932 100 m. on £ 1 dull violet & blue unused (2) and scarce example used on piece (Gi =
£ 925), 1933 Aviation Congress set unused and used, 1939/46 Boy King set to £ 1 in Control blocks of four (£ 200+), commemoratives in Control blocks of four, later with album of Miniature Sheets and 1972-1989 with seemingly complete
run of Commemoratives, a useful collection
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| 321 |
**/*/cover/bof |
 1934 (Feb 1): Tenth UPU Congress, Cairo, the collection with the complete set of fourteen values with Farouk Oblique perforations (Nile Post C47b/C60b = $ 1'520); Corner Control singles from 1 m. - 100 m. from
lower left of sheet, complete used set (Gi = £ 325), rare complete used set on First Day Cover with special cancellations of the Congress, further FDC with nine values to 20 m. also with special Congress cds, six further on cover usages etc. (93
items) (Image 1)
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| 322 |
cover |
 1890-1936: Group of 21 covers/cards including an 1891 5 m. carmine stationery envelope uprated with 1 pi. tied by bold MELIG star & crescent cds, 1891 2 m. green stationery envelope used in SOUAKIN with fine
cds. to front (13 DE 91) sent to Germany, 1903 5 m. carmine letter-card used with 5 m. carmine tied "Ghezireh / Cairo" cds’s, 1909 registered cover to Hungary franked 5 m. carmine and fifteen 1 m. brown from "Ezebet el Zeitoun" cds. readdressed to
Vienna, 1925 card from Czechoslovakia to Alexandria taxed with 4 m. Postage Due, 6 Sudan postcards with adhesives on the viewside, and an 1891 2 pi. orange stationery envelope to Adelaide, readdressed to Sydney, a scarce destination. A varied and
unusual assembly, illustrating scarce usages, foreign destinations and important postal history interest (Image 1)
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| 2231 |
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 1883: Ägyptischer Ganzsachen-Umschlag zu 2 Piastern, als Blankoumschlag verwendet mit Österreich Doppeladler 2 Kr. braun & schwarz, 3 Kr. grün & schwarz, 5 Kr. lilarot & schwarz sowie 10 Kr. blau & schwarz,
eine portogerechte Vierfarbenfrankatur mit gut gez. Werten, klar und übergehend entw. leicht öligem "WIEN SCHILLERPLATZ 26 11 89", entsprechender Einschreibezettel daneben, versandt nach Mannheim, rückseitiger Ankunftsstp. MANNHEIM (2. Dez.). Auch
wenn philatelistisch motiviert, eine schöne portogerechte Frankatur zu vier Farben. Ferchenbauer = € 2'000+ für portogerechte Dreifarbenfrankatur auf Brief (Image 1)
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| 5123 |
cover |
 1847: Entire letter from Batavia to Schiedam, Netherlands endorsed "P. Overland Mail via Ceylon & Marseille", struck with BATAVIA datestamp in blue (May 18), reverse with "GALLE / STEAMER LETTER" in black (June 11),
British P.O. ALEXANDRIA cds in black (July 9), disinfected at Malta with circular "Purifié au Lazaret" in black, Marseille entry mark in red (July 17) and Schiedam arrival (July 23) in red; where charged '100' (1 g.) in manuscript to pay. A fresh and
fine entire (Image 1)
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| 5124 |
cover |
 1850: Cover from Altona via Hamburg to Batavia, Netherlands Indies endorsed "By the Overland Mail" and "Paid" in manuscript, struck with HAMBURG cds (Dec 13) in black, with reverse showing Triest transit (Dec 16) and fine
strike of Austrian P.O. ALEXANDRIEN two line datestamp (Dec 31) in black. Transferred to British P.O. with "ALEXANDRIA" cds in red (Jan 9, 1851) with red "1/4d." in crayon denoting payment. A fine and unusual cover (Image 1)
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| 5125 |
cover |
 1854 (April 2): Entire letter from Cairo, southbound to Asyut and carried by the Mohamed Aly Post, with manuscript rates of weight (½ dirhem) and charge (15 paras) struck on despatch by negative "CAIRO" handstamp (Ramadan Type
1, in use 1853-1855 only, see page 64) in black. Rare (Image 1)
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| 5126 |
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 1863: Cover from Alexandria to Cairo rated '1' piastre in blue crayon with fine strike of circular "POSTA EUROPEA / ALESSANDRIA" datestamp (Nov 3) in black (Type VI). Scarce so fine (Image 1)
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| 5127 |
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 1859: Entire letter datelined "On board the Steamer Nautilus, Red Sea, 14th May"; mailed unpaid to Forres, Scotland from Suez and rated "9d." due to pay in manuscript with Forres arrival cds (May 29) in blue. The writer
circles the red wax seal with the words "All well, Alexandria May 18" with faint British P.O. cds alongside. An unusual entire - the writer mentions that they hope to reach Suez on the 16th or 17th and thus the cover was written off Hodeida or
Jeddah, he also states a passing steamer had brought news that War had been declared between Austria and France which will make the journey home via Marseilles impossible (Image 1)
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