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Postal history 1 Early Missionary letter dated 7 Dec 1830, to Beyroot 59.00 2 French Consular Mail – Entire Alex to Marseilles with 40 centimes cancelled 5080 (diamond) via Paquebots de la Mediterrane (in red) and PD (in red). Reduced rate from 1866 44.00

Second Issue, 1867-69 ( Post numbers) 3 5-para (D8), Types 104 unused, with photograph 24.00 4 10-para (D91), used with watermark on face. ESC certificate 45.00 5 3 x 10-para (D9a, 9b, 9c), used in excellent condition with photograph 85.00 6 10-para (D9, Types 1-4), unused, includes Stone A Type 2 (D9A) 83.00 7 10-para (D9f, Types 1-4), unused, includes Stone B Type 2 unbroken O, with photograph 63.00 8 10-para (D9 Types 1-4), unused and used including Stone A 3rd State Type 2 with photograph 111.00 9 20-para (D10 Types 1-4), unused Stone A (2 dots) with photograph 72.00 10 20-para (D10i Types 1-4), unused Stone B (3 dots) with photograph 65.00 11 1-piastre (D11), 37 copies unused and used, all types. Worthy of research by a student of this issue 49.00 12 5-piastre (D 13 Types 1-4), unused, fine condition 390.00 13 5-piastre (D13 Types 1-4), used, fine condition 240.00 14 5-para (D8k) used, misplaced perforation 43.00 15 5-para (D8), yellow green, mint, very fine 19.00 16 10-para (D9j), unused, “white hole in wig” variety 29.00 17 1-piastre (D11v), unused, “inverted watermark” 19.00 18 1-piastre (D11m), unused, imperforate 22.00

Postage Due issue 1922 (Nile Post numbers) 19 PD30a, mint block of 12, overprint à cheval 186.00 20 PD30a, three mint singles, opt à cheval, illustrating three different positions of overprint 42.00 21 PD30b, four mint singles with upright overprint illustrating four different positions of overprint 41.00

Official stamps (Nile Post numbers) 22 O26k, used block of 6x5mills including one with only a trace of dot after M 31.00 23 O23g, mint single 2mills, part dot after M 14.00 24 O30, used single, 15 mills, only one dot (Figure 10 Printing B position 840 20.00

De La Rue 1879-82 and 1884 Provisionals 25 Used collection (inc 3 x D32, 3 x D32d, 2 x D33, 2xD34, 3xD35, 1xD35a, 4xD36, 2xD37, 1xD37a, 3xD38, 2xD39, 4xD40. Stamps sound 19.00

1884 Colour Change 26 Used collection (inc 3xD41, 3xD421, 5xD43, 5xD44), stamps sound 4.00

1888-1906 new currency issue 27 Mainly used collection with occasional mint (inc 11xD45, 9xD46, 2xD47, 7xD48, 11xD50, 4xD43, 1xD51, 3xD52, 3xD49), stamps sound 7.60

Second Fuad 28 79 mint control blocks of the Second Fuad issue (Nile Post D106-D118), many with both panes and very little duplication. Includes both Panes of D107 Type 1. Ideal for the collector wishing to study this issue 160.00 29 500 used copies of the Second Fuad 5 mills, ideal for anyone studying the second Fuad experimentation stamp 9.00

Second Fuad - Single proofs with Cancelled on reverse 30 2 mills Type 2 (D107d) 6.00 31 5 mills Type 2 (D110e) 6.00 32 40 mills (D121a) 25.00 33 As last, but from Palace collection 26.00 34 100m (D1323a) from Palace colln 39.00

First Issue 35 20pa horizontal pair (Bal 3, NP 3), imperf top and bottom, wmk upright, used, cancelled with spot-on retta between the two stamps, F-VF condition 80.00 36 20pa horizontal pair, wmk upright (Bal 3, NP 3), perf misplaced so centred right and high, used with ¾ 1866 CDS missing place name, F-VF 30.00 37 20pa single, perf 13x13, wmk inverted (Bal 3e, NP 3x), all perfs sound, mint, no gum, sl hinge traces, VG condition 140.00 38 20pa single (Bal 3, NP 3), wmk upright, centred low left, used from COSTA(tinopoli), fine condition 30.00 39 1pi single (Bal 4, NP 4), centred high left, used, good condition 4.00

1884 Provisional 40 20m on 5pi, vert pair, surcharge à cheval bleeding almost off left-hand edge (Bal 57b, NP 40d), NH mint, fine 22.00 41 20m on 5pi, wmk upright, surcharge inverted (Bal 57c, NP 40a), excellent mint, sl hinge trace 22.00 42 20m on 5pi, wmk and surcharge both inverted (Bal 57d, NP 40c), prominent circular flaw on 0 of surcharge. Fine mint but sl stain on reverse 32.00 43 20m on 5pi, four used examples of flaws on surcharge – circular holes or bites out of 2 or 0 (Bal 57i). Fine cond 12.00 2

1879 De La Rue 44 1pi rose, selection of eight examples (in Nasser Memorial stock folder): two mint, three with rettas, one Alex-A duplex, one Recommandes, one full strike 7 NOV 79 on piece 12.00

1922 Dues 45 2m scarlet, essay with Crown overprint upright (Bal 219b, NP E253), excellent mint example, no gum 45.00 46 2pi orange, Crown overprint upright (Bal 222b, NP 30b), fine NH mint example 8.00

Postmarks 47 Vertical pair of 1pi rose DLR with good CDS of Alexandrie/Recommandes 25 AO 84. Unusual 8.00 48 Single 5m DLR on small piece with virtually complete strike of rare Qostantinia 6 IX 06 CDS 5.00

Heliopolis Aerodrome 49 Black and white PC ( – Tomb of the Caliphs), with biplane flying above, franked with correct-rate 3m DLR (wrapped round card) and addressed in pencil to Metelino. Cancelled with rare Heliopolis Aerodrome CDS of 13 II 10, but no arrival mark, unusual for Mytilene 60.00

Air interest 50 12 MAR 25, Baghdad-Cairo Air Mail cover sent registered/AR from Hamadan, Persia, to Paris with 3x1kr blue on reverse and fine boxed AR and Post Aerienne/Bagdad-Caire handstamps in black on face. Via Baghdad March 18, Cairo March 20. Slightly cut down at right but stunning 64.00 51 5 APR 27 plain cover with typed indication First Cairo-Karachi Air Service, Air Mail label and addressed to Karachi, franked 15m+10m First Fuads (ie, underfranked) and cancelled Cairo machine. Karachi arrival on reverse. Flown only to Basra; first flight to India was 1929 16.00 52 4 MR 31 printed cover to A P Riffis, franked 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2). G / Traffic, endorsed By 1st Air Mail, to Khartoum. Cairo/Arrival transit and Khartoum arrival behind. Excellent 16.00 53 4 MR 31 printed Imperial Airways First Air Mail England-Africa Africa-silhouette cover to Kisumu, franked 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus vert pair 10m Agric Exhibition, cds Cairo / D. Kisumu / Kenya behind 12.00 54 10 JL 31 private letter hand-addressed to Austria, franked 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) with Air Mail label alongside, and cancelled B / Port Said Traffic (return address Eastern Exchange Hotel). Alex transit, and three Vienna markings on reverse, including Telegraph office and another marked Rohrpost! 30.00 55 10 DE 31 printed Imperial Airways Air Mail Springbok cover to Cape Town, franked vert pair 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 1m, 10m Fuads cancelled . Cairo cds 23 JA 32 on 4m Fuad (added?), handstamp Premier Vol/Assiout-Cape Town. Reverse Cape Town arrival, and Arabic mentioning 8 Jan 32. 12.00 56 23 JA 32 plain cover (Anhoury) franked three copies of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 13m and pair of 3m Fuads, Par Avion label, addressed to Bloemfontein and cancelled Port Said / R (mute Reg label behind). Reverse has Victoria West and Bloemfontein CDSs 20.00 57 23 JA 32 plain cover with typed indication First Airmail to Cape Town, franked vert pair of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 5m/50m surcharge and 1m+20m Fuads, cancelled F/Alexandria. Reverse has Cape Town arrival 16.00 58 23 JA 32 plain cover with handstamp First Flight, addressed to F Hendrey, Cape Town, franked vert pair of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus two copies 5m/50m surcharge (one scuffed) and 15m/200m surcharge, cancelled Alexandria / J. Reverse has Cape Town and Cape Town Poste Restante CDSs. Believed total mail 210 from all of . 16.00 59 24 JA 32 Imperial Airways Air Mail Springbok cover to Cape Town, franked vert pair 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2) plus 5m 1931 Agric Exhibition, 1m and 5m Fuads. CDS, Par Avion label, handstamp Premier Vol/Assouan-Cape Town. Reverse has Cape Town arrival, two strips x6 Fuad 1m and two singles! 20.00 60 2 FE 32 plain cover (Triandafillou) with handwritten Air Mail, addressed to Cape Town, franked single and vertical pair of 27m chestnut Air (SG 133, Bal 252, NP 2), cancelled . Boxed Unknown/Onbekend on face, Returned/Cape Town and Alex arrival on reverse on return. Not FFC, probably second! 16.00

Wreck cover 61 17 Aug 1936, printed Air Mail envelope from Calcutta to Liverpool via Alexandria, where mailed on flying boat Scipio, which crash-landed in Mirabella Bay, Crete, on August 22, with two passengers killed. Handstamped (reverse) Damaged by Immersion /in Sea Water I.S. in black 60.00

Watermark inverted 62 1957, 5th Anniversary of the Revolution, 10m bronze-green, block of four with inv wmk and control A/57, NH mint, pristine 4.00 63 1957, as last, 10m bronze, single, inv wmk, mint NH 1.00 64 1957, Revolution as last, 10m Prussian blue, block of four with inv wmk and control A/57, NH mint, pristine 4.00 65 1957. Revolution as last, 10m yellow-brown, block of four with inv wmk and control A/57, NH mint, pristine 4.00 66 1957, Arabi Pasha anniv, top right marginal corner block of 2, wmk inv (Bal 194a, NP 186a). NH mint, pristine 2.00 67 1957, Arabi Pasha anniversary, single, wmk inverted (Bal 194a, NP 186a). NH mint, pristine 1.00 68 1957, Arabi Pasha anniversary, single, wmk inverted (Bal 194a, NP 186a). NH mint, pristine 1.00 69 1957, Two Poets anniversary, se-tenant set of two, top marginal block of six, with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 195a-196a, NP 187a-188a). NH mint, pristine 3.80 70 1957, Air Force anniversary, se-tenant set of two, lower right control block of four (A/57), with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-10a). NH mint, pristine 3.20 72 1957, Air Force anniversary, se-tenant set of two, right marginal block of four, wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a). NH mint, pristine 2.50 3 73 1957, Air Force anniv, se-tenant set of two, left marginal block of six (3x2), wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a- 190a), left-hand blue stamp shows sign of “machine gun” variety (not the catalogued version). NH mint, pristine 3.80 74 1957, Air Force anniv, se-tenant set of two, vert pair wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a). NH mint, 1.50 pristine 75 957, Air Force anniv, se-tenant set of two, vert pair wmk inv (Bal 197a-198a, NP 189a-190a). NH mint, pristine 1.50 76 1957, Afro-Asian People’s Conference, full set of three in marginal top left corner blocks of six, all with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 199a-201a, NP 191a-193a. 18 stamps, all NH mint, pristine 11.00 77 1957, as last, top right marginal corner blocks of four, wmk inv, NH mint, pristine 7.20 78 1958, International Cycle Race, lower right corner block of four with control A/57 and with eagles and Republic of Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine 8.00 79 1958, Cycle Race as last, top left marginal corner block of 9, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine 16.00 80 1958, Cycle Race as last, bottom marginal corner block of 9, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine 15.00 81 1958, Cycle Race as last, bottom left marginal corner block of 6, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, 8.00 pristine 82 1958, Cycle Race as last, top left marginal corner block of 4, wmk inv (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine 6.00 83 1958, Cycle Race as last, single with wmk inverted (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine 1.50 84 1958, Cycle Race as last, single with wmk inverted (Bal 202a, NP 194a), NH mint, pristine 1.50 85 1958, Egypt- Proclamation, single, NH mint, pristine 1.00 86 1958, Qassim Amin, horiz pair, lower left marginal corner block of four, with eagles and Egypt wmk sideways to the left (Bal 208a, NP 200a), NH mint, pristine 12.00 87 1958, Egyptian Industries, top two rows of 5x5 sheet with margins left, top and right, with eagles and Egypt wmk inverted (Bal 210a-214a, NP 202a-206a). NH mint, pristine 32.00 88 1958, Cairo University, rt marg block of 6 (2x3), eagles & Egypt wmk inv (Bal 222a, NP 213a). NH mint, pristine 32.00 89 1958 Postage Due, 2m orange, block of six (3x2) with eagles and Republic of Egypt watermark inverted (Bal 572a, NP 49a). NH mint, pristine 12.00 90 1958 2m orange Due, as last, block of four, wmk inv, NH mint, pristine 8.00 91 1958 2m orange Due, as last, single, wmk inv, NH mint, pristine 2.00

Boy King 92 Bar overprints: 8 sheets showing basic bar overprints in mint examples, including high values, viz, definitives to £E1, Airs to 200m, KES Airs to 200m, plus two 6m six-bar fakes and a block of four of the same stamp with Hass certificate. Total 505 stamps, Cat over £250 60.00 93 Palestine overprints: 11 sheets, neatly written up, with all mint stamps – inc Airs, Express and Dues - showing virtually all the Palestine overprints (and stretching well beyond Boy King) to £E1. Complete all but Air 200m and KES, bars and Palestine. 64 stamps, excellent basis for expansion, cat £300+ 60.00 94 Glory box: collection of unsold lots from Auction 42, viz, 99, 102, 104, 125, 130-135, 141-144 (including 16 “Royal” printings). Reserve in Auction 42 £56. Sold now for ESC funds 5.00

Postal stationery essay 95 1985 unadopted Postal Authority Press essay for Ramadan festival envelope. 5pi red, green and blue “Moulid doll” vignette on envelope 177x125mm. Boxed rubber stamp cancelling vignette reads in Arabic “Trial without value”. Mint, clean. NP E550 60.00

Postal stationery 96 1884, 20 paras reply card (NP2), outgoing half used from excellent Keneh 28 AV 87 CDS to Cairo postal bureau announcing change of address 24.00 97 1899 provisional 4m on 5m postcard with two varieties – accent missing over E, and second E broken (NP9a,b). Mint, perfect condition 18.80 98 1907 2m postcard (NP14), two examples in fine mint condition, both of them with real photo-postcards (ancient ruins) printed on the reverse. Most unusual 34.00 99 1914 2m postal stationery card (NP20), uprated with 3x1m DLR felucca, cancelled Alexandria / H 12 III 14 and addressed to Ortakeuy, Turquie (two Turkish CDS on face) 8.80 100 1916 3m postal stationery card (NP25), uprated with vert pair of 1m Crown opts and 4m Harrison pictorial (pencil mark), cancelled Cairo 12 AP 23, sent to Gouvy, Belgium. Message only on reverse 8.80 101 1923 10m colossi postal stationery card (NP27), uprated with 3m green Second Fuad and cancelled Cairo 24 FE 32, addressed to Basel. Message on both faces 8.80 102 1935, 30m Farouk yellow-green Registered envelope (NP12), uprated with 5x2m Marechal and used from Dirut 20 OC 46. Faint Cairo Delivery arrival hs, cover in less than wonderful condition as usual 28.00 103 1937, Fuad 4m wrapper (NP9), mint, slightest of disturbance low left of the vignette 24.00 104 1938, 1930-issue letter sheet (NP10), uprated with 10m Boy King for Registration (mute black-on-white label) and used from Moharrem Bey / Parcels of 30 JL 38. Delivery unsuccessful, so marked with red boxed bilingual Unclaimed, and returned, ending with ornate A (Alexandria) version of the Rebut a Remettre a l’Envoyeur boxed cachet of 1 SE 38. Much redirection, but fascinating 28.00 105 1946, Farouk Marechal 4m small env with brown filigree design inside (NP 39). Mint, pristine 48.00 106 1952, Farouk 25m Air Letter (NP 2, no wmk), uprated with 2m KES opt and 15m Marechal sent to Geneva (arrival 2 VIII 52 on face, overlying Egyptian censor mark) 18.00 107 1954, 6m soldier-vignette Tourist view set (HG42, NP 43), “Hotel Cataracte - Assouan” in brown, uprated with 20m Soldier stamp and used to mark Cairo-Vienna first flight. Cancelled at rare Poste / Aeroport du Caire / Succursale 2.12.59 with rectangular boxed “First Flight Cairo-Vienna Dec 2 1959”; then Vienna arrival next day alongside elegant boxed Austrian Airlines Kairo-Athen-Wien 101- 3.12.1959. Egyptian censor mark alongside, no message of any sort. All marks and card in VF condition 28.00 108 1972, 80m 1966 aerogramme (NP8, with List of Countries on reverse), uprated with 20m Egypt definitive, Heliopolis machine cancel of 22 7 72 with Arabic “Victory for Palestine” patriotic slogan. Addressed to London 18.00 4 1973, 55m Registered Letter Sheet uprated with 1973 Post Day 30m mosque and used from Bab el Luk within Cairo 26.2.73. Neat 6.60 109 1978, 100m 1971 aerogramme (NP15, UAR in vignette), neatly addressed to Germany, par machine cancel and censor mark 8.80 110 1990?, 1975 10m Ramadan Festival envelope (NP56, belmabgoknis flower), uprated not only with 1pi and 3pi definitives, but also with 1989-92 10pi definitive, and 13m price crossed out behind. All cancelled Kafr Shibin / T (date unclear). Arabic-addressed to Cairo, with Postcode-box on reverse, never opened. Clean 8.80 111 2006, complete issue of new postal stationery – six different envelopes, all in mint condition 12.60

TPO cancels 112 1893 cover used to Chio, Turquie, franked (lower left) with vertical pair of 1mill DLR stamps and cancelled with Alexandrie-Caire / Ambulant 8 JA 93 (Smith Type TPO 2A1A). Faint arrival CDS behind 14.00 113 1941, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked Boy King 6m and cancelled with Zaqaziq-Aga / & V.V. of 9 OC 41 – T 177 (Smith Type 7A3.4, but unrecorded there). Cairo machine arrival behind 14.80 114 1941, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked Boy King 1m and 5m and cancel as last 27 SE 41, same train number. Cairo machine arrival behind 14.80

Postal history 115 1882 cover, tatty and cut down at left, franked with vertical strip of four 10-para grey (one faulty), cancelled in Alexandria 7 AO 82 for Ryde, Isle of Wight. 44.00 116 1890, 1m postal stationery envelope (NP4) uprated with DLR 5m stamp and sent from CAIRE / D 2 XII 90 to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brindisi transit and Brazilian arrival behind 1 JAN 91 18.00 117 1906, 2m postal stationery envelope (NP5) sent uncancelled to Railway official in Karnak (ie ). Clear and most unusual Karnak cds 25 XII 06 behind. 9.60 118 1916, incoming French Correspondance des Armees de la Republique postcard (addressed to Shubra, Cairo), unfranked, large blue starred circular handstamp at top right: 145 Regiment Terr. D’Infanterie / Detachment d’Arles, with Arles-S-Rhone-Gare-Du-Rhone double-ring CDS 14 * / 8-1 / 16 and Eg censor mark. Fragile 6.80 119 1922, buff Avis de Reception card (1921 Govt Press printing with red diagonal stripe) sent from Matai on 4 DE 22 and returned from Cairo on 6 DE 5.60 120 1923, Arabic-printed commercial cover, franked with vertical strip of 3 5m pink Crown opts for registration (mute b/w label) and cancelled Bab el Khalq / Cairo 30 VII 23, Arabic-addressed to / (arrival same day). Delivery attempted but eventually returned, with two Non Reclame bilingual boxes, and three CDs behind. Beni Suef 1 SE on face, and Bab el Khalq arrival next day 24.00 121 1936, 5m Anglo-Egyptian Treaty stamp used on (slightly cut down) commercial Arabic-addressed cover from Dawawin / (Cairo) 29 DE 36 (in green) to . Stamp overlaps cover edge 3.50 122 1937, incoming cover from Aden Camp, bilingual printed cover franked (behind) with 2x1a and 1/2a Aden felucca stamps, cancelled 19 MA 37. Addressed to Alex, clear Port Taufiq transit 30 MA 37 behind 6.80 123 1937, incoming cover to C/o Simon Arzt” from Holland, franked with five stamps of child charity set, Port Said slogan machine cancel and neat Recu Par / Avion / Alexandria 26 DE 37 behind 5.40 124 1944, Imperial Patriots Fund Board OAS envelope, from MPO KW 14 6 DE 44 to Zamalek, two censors on face, NZ Army PO CDs and Cairo machine behind 6.60 125 1940, 1956. Two company-printed window envelopes with red machine cancellations: Banca Commerciale / Italiana per l’Egitto / Cairo 15m and The Shell Co of Egypt Ltd 4m. Contents remain 5.60 126 1945, two red Motor Mail labels (torn on opening), used to seal Airgraph sent to Cairo from UK, cancelled with Cairo / Airgraph CDs of 24 MR 45. M / number? double-ring censor mark alongside 28.00 127 1947, incoming to Cairo from Trinidad (9 MAY 47), franked 5c KG VI GPO stamp. Cairo machine arrival behind, Arabic crossed out on face 5.40 128 1947-48, Two small covers showing different CDS of Ghazl Misr Mahalla Kobra (factory), one with Reg cachet alongside. Franked pair of 15m Marechal and single + pair of 10m Marechal. All pmks faint but undoubted. 5.80 129 1954, Natibaine Nativelle advertising booklet (13x18cm), still contained in flimsy outer cover franked with three- bars 4m Marechal (printed matter rate), sent within Cairo. Complete 4.50 130 1954-55? Clean cover with commercial red Imprime! handstamp, addressed to Germany and franked with 15m Defense and vertical marginal air of KG VI 2d stamps. Latter bordered and cancelled with pencil scribble as invalid; Defense stamp has indistinct Alex CDS. Return address (on flap) is Dr Oskar Schmid, Kafr el-Dawar. 8.60 131 1956, colourful green printed envelope of Coutarelli Freres, cigarette manufacturers (Ancient Egyptian vignette on flap), registered (Alex black on red label) to Cairo using two passes of company’s slogan machine cancel 21 VI 56. R1 / Alex on face and Cairo Delivery CDs behind 6.80 132 1959, Arabic-printed commercial envelope, franked UAR Egypt 35m definitive and Reg to Cairo. CDS is 65% unusual Suq Khodar / (P) / Rod el Farag – ie, Vegetable Market (now demolished). Pinhole in stamp 4.80 133 Heliopolis: Five reg env with various Heliopolis CDSs – R&P Heliopolis Bahari (Reg cachet) Boy King 5m+10m 1938; Heliopolis Liberty R.P. (AR and Reg cachet), 55m UAR definitive 1961; Heliopolis West red machine cancel on AR censored cover (Heliop Bahari reg cachet) to Beirut 1967; Heliopolis Bahari C (stamp lost) on AR-uprated 20m green ps cover HG 45 1972; Heliopolis R.A on window env with 20m+35m AR Egypt 1972 9.60

Stamps 134 Horizontal pair of DLR 1m cancelled with 70 % strike of San Stefano / Hotel 28 VI 06 (HSS2) 8.80 135 Three DLR stamps used in Egyptian foreign offices – part-strikes of two types of Suakin on DLR 5m; Massawa on 1pi rose 20.00 136 1969 Mahatma Gandhi 80m Air stamp, top right corner pair with cloud variety behind neck on left-hand stamp, mint NH (NP555 var) 6.60 137 2005 Rotary International issue, marginal 30pi stamps grossly mis-cut so that vertical pair (with printing guides in top margin) shows four mis-matched halves of the two stamps, cut down the middle instead of between the stamps. Imperf modern variety 18.80 5

Booklet stamps – station CDS 138 1912, DLR 5m booklet stamp (left guillotined) used on neat small Arabic-addressed cover from Cairo Station (5 JU 12) to Louxor (next-day arrival behind). Part of flap lost but face clear 80.00 139 1937, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Fuad Postes booklet stamp (pale shade, bottom guillotined), cancelled Minya / Station 9 10 37. Cairo machine arrival behind. Neat and clean 8.80 140 1938, plain cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 5m Fuad Postes booklet stamp (dark shade, long perfs at top), cancelled Mansura / Station 3 AP 38. Cairo machine arrival behind. Pinhole but neat 8.80 141 1948, printed lawyer’s envelope (Morcos, Assiout, cut down at left), typed Arabic address (Cairo), franked horiz pair of 5m Boy King booklet stamps (long marginal perfs at bottom), cancelled Asyut / Station 4 NO 38 in blue 8.80

Booklet stamps 142 A lot of three items (two envelopes, one folded letter), all franked Boy King 5m booklet stamps used between 1939 and 1944 – Fayum, Abu Matamir and . Folded letter has two stamps from different booklet panes 8.80 143 Two small covers, used from Cairo 1938 and Fayoum 1946, each franked with a booklet 5m Boy King (Cairo trimmed at top, Fayoum trimmed at bottom, with another 5m alongside) 8.80

Stamps used as revenues 144 1907, control marginal block of six of DLR 5m with control 2 in circle in left-hand margin, used to defray 3pi taz on official all-Arabic document dated 18 March 1907. Cancelled with oblique pencil strokes. Fragile and cut down at left, but remarkable document 25.00 145 1928, certificate (19.5x28.5cm, crescent/stars wmk) issued from Ministry of Education (clear Dar el Ulum College official oval handstamp), tax paid with 2x15m Second Fuad pen cancelled. One has pinhole but otherwise clean neat document 5.60

Rural post 146 1938 cover addressed to Bern in Switzerland and franked with 20m International Leprosy Congress commem, which received Rural Service / Nabro-Izbit Qattawi CDS of 8 AP 38 alongside Bihut village marking cartouche. Nabruh and Alex machine transit marks behind. Very clean 38.00 147 Two rural markings – 1938 -Siflaq 20 AP 38 (65%) on Arabic-addressed cover franked (behind) with 5m Boy King; and Sheikh Fadl-Sharuna on folded printed agricultural report franked horiz pair of Marechal 2m for printed matter rate 7.60

Commemorative cancels 148 1894 Alexandria / Exposition CDS on 3 mills on 5mills surcharged postal stationery card (NP5), properly used II V 94 with message in Greek and sent to company En Ville. Early usage of this, the first commem CDS 18.00 149 1933 Arabic-printed small business card, with 5m, 13m and 15m stamps of International Railway Congress on plain side and 20m on printed side, all neatly cancelled with single strikes of the Congress first-day CDS 19 JA 33 in blue 34.00

Express covers 150 1931, large OHEMS bilingual-printed cover, 26.5x21cm, franked with 4x5m Second Fuad (two of them mis- centred, sent from / I 14 OC 31 to Alexandria / R.A. (magenta strike behind) 5.60 151 1934, blue cover Arabic addressed to Cairo, franked marginal vertical pair of Second Fuad 15m cancelled San Stefano / R&P 7 FE 34 with Reg cachet and red Express label alongside 9.60 152 1938, Arabic-printed commercial cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked vertical pair of Boy King 15m and cancelled Abu Qurqas / R&P 7 AP 38 with Reg cachet (faint) and red bilingual Express label alongside 9.60 153 1938, large Arabic-printed commercial brown cover (287x187mm), franked with vertical pairs of 5m and 15m Boy King, Arabic-addressed to Cairo. CDS Beni Suef 18 JL 38, with mute b/w Reg label and bilingual red Express label alongside. Cairo Postmen / Express Section cds behind 9.60 154 1946, Arabic-printed commercial cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 40m Farouk stamp cancelled at Biba / (R&P) 25 OC 36. Clean 8.80 155 1953, Arabic-printed commercial cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked 22m Republic issue, horiz pair of Marechal 4m KES and single Marechal 10m KES, all cancelled Fayoum 8 JA 53 9.60 156 1955, Lawyers’ printed envelope franked with two blocks of four of 5m fellah definitives, bilingual red Express label alongside, sent from Mansura Station 21 MA 55 to Cairo. Faint Cairo Delivery / Express behind. Nice 14.80 157 1955, lawyer’s letter (large oval rubber stamp), Arabic-addressed to Cairo and cut down at left, franked 40 mills Express stamp with KES opt, cancelled Bab el Khalq 29 JL 55. AR boxed cachet and ms Reg indication alongside 9.60

Instructional markings 158 A lot of seven used items (three covers, three postcards, one folded letter, dated 1934-2001), all bearing instructional markings – Non Reclame, Return to Sender, Retour a l’Envoyeur, Unclaimed etc, three in Arabic only. Interesting lot, and good 65% CDS Beni Mohammadiyat 18.80

Gamal Abd El-Nasser 159 1954, Most unusual greetings card with bells/ribbon outside and Republican eagle and crescent/stars logo inside over idealised scene of river, city and pyramids. Sent from Prime Minister’s office to Suhag (envelope included) 5.60 160 1970 maximum card – left-facing portrait of Nasser (as on 1969 500m) with 1970 5m memorial stamp (NP594) and two strikes of stamp’s FD cancel 6 11 70 (another behind) Clean, neat 9.60 161 1970, Nasser mourning special illustrated FDC with 5m stamp and FD cancel as last 6 11 70 8.80 162 1970, cover as last, with 5m and 20m commem stamps and FD cancel 8.80 6

Postcards 163 Caire – Place de l’Ancienne Poste – b/w, excellent mint condition, showing Bristol Hotel and shady courtyard 6.80 164 Soldats de la Marine – Max Rudmann colour, stars/crescent divided back, soldiers at attention, F-VF 8.80 165 Semiramis Hotel, Cairo – upright black and white advertising card, early Semiramis “Under the same management as Shepheard’s and Ghezireh Palace Hotels”). Excellent fresh condition 8.80 166 Remarkable coloured upright souvenir card – Max Rudmann produced – with entwined flags of Egypt and Britain topped by stars and crescent crowned shield. At base is a small leatherette “briefcase” containing concertina foldout of ten Egyptian mini-scenes. DLR 4m stamp at top right, and this glorious piece was sent from a neat Asyut-Cairo / TPO 18 II 09 to Newmarket. Excellent condition, a stunner 24.00 167 Les Khedives d’Egypte – wonderful upright colourful card with Egyptian statues and columns surrounding portraits of seven rulers of Egypt, culminating in Abbas II (khedive 1892-1914). Single back has messages and face a 1m DLR with illegible TPO cancel of 1910. Travelled? Doesn’t matter – it’s very nice 8.80 168 1917, Collection of three bilingual real photo-postcards issued in 1917: Ismailieh Canal near Suez; Chelsea Bath –Suez; Red Sea (Colzum) Fortress Suez. Striking, excellent condition 9.60 169 1927, Phylae Kiosk (colour, Wanderer series), neatly franked on face with 1m and 4m First Fuad, cancelled Cairo 16 FE 27, addressed to Vienna. No message 6.80

Resealing labels 170 1982, incoming cover from Portugal to Cairo, resealed with two “Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAU, type 8), left 7.80 171 1982, incoming cover, Sweden to Cairo, resealed with pair “Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAU, type 8), right, part- cancelled 7.80 172 1983, incoming cover, Germany to Cairo, resealed with pair Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAU, type 8), behind, part-cancelled 7.80 173 1998, incoming cover, Spain to Cairo, resealed on two sides with “Trouvee Ouverte” labels (RAE, red), properly cancelled. Cairo machine cancel date 2.1.98 6.60

FDC 174 1955 Rotary International, colourful illustrated FDC addressed (damp-spattered) to Mehanny Bey Eid in Cairo, black on red Le Caire Reg label behind, with two other CDS. 2 / Cairo of 28 FE 55 on face 6.60

Parcel cards 175 1902, Egyptian parcel card accompanying goods to Ragusa, Dalmatia, Austria. DLR 1pi blue and 5pi grey stamps cancelled Ismailia, 24 I 02 (clear CDS); then Trieste transit 29/1, and 3-heller Kingdom of Austria tax stamp applied in Dubrovnik/Ragusa on 4/2, where recipient signed the reverse. Wonderful history item 68.00 176 1970s, two buff parcel cards (El Mahalla el Kobra to Aswan 1970, Shubra-Cairo to 1974), good condition with a variety of stamps, including tax stamps and UAR high-value definitives 6.60 177 1984, two parcel cards (one yellow one green) used with Shubra Gardens CDS and utilising high-value stamps including 500m horse and £E1 flying duck 8.80

Photographs 178 1939, two genuine original thin photo-paper prints (18x13cm) showing King Farouk laying the foundation stone of the Egyptian military barracks in Mersa Matrouh 8.80

Officials 179 1903, No-value Official stamp used (at lower right) on small brown cover (flap lost, ink address smudged) from Caire / G.S. 16 IX 03. CDs at top right, where stamp would normally go, covers blue-black-ink fingerprint. On purpose? Authentication? Most odd 4.80 180 1907, No-value Official stamp used on long brown Ministere des Travaux Publics bilingual printed envelope, cancelled Cairo 12 I 07 to Poste Restante / Cairo. Cairo crossed through and blue pencil “Pack for Smyrne” added. Fascinating 14.80 181 1907, Small Minister des Travaux Publics headed notepaper sheet (Govt star and crescent watermark), detailing exam success of recipient of long brown envelope in previous lot. Beautifully annotated with large violet delicate star/crescent departmental stamp 18.00 182 1938, two large bilingual printed OHEMS brown envelopes of different sizes, showing two different OHEMS Registration labels – blue on green and black on red – during 1938. Cairo Delivery CDS behind 6.80 183 1943, Bilingual OHMS long brown envelope, franked with five Official stamps totalling 32m, cancelled Orman 27 OC 43, with blue on green OHEMS Reg label, Official oval cachet and censor stamp on front Sent to Palestine, and Jerusalem arrival mark (faint) on reverse 14.80 184 1957, Official high-value stamps on reverse of Air Mail registered official window envelope – 1938 20m plus 3x50m Officials, and 2x15m Defense, 2x50m mosque and 5m young fellah stamps. Good grouping 6.60

Advertising material 185 Mini-collection of seven covers and cards, all with colourful advertising designs (Galal Films, Al-Zamane factory, Norwich Union Societe l’Art Graphique etc), used 1940s, mainly with Farouk stamps 28.00 186 Pristine multicoloured advertising card (shop at left, camel and pyramids right) for “The Famous Onnig’s Jewelry in Khan Khalili”. Printed in Chicago! 8.00 187 1912-1954, mini-collection of eight letters/receipts bearing beautifully engraved letterheads – Au Bon Marche, Oriental Carpets, School of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters, C.Raybaud, Fonderie Metallurgique, Jean Sallt Succ, E.Friedmann, J.Goldenberg. Striking 9.60

7 Sea-related 188 1920, Postcard of Paquebot Lotus (M.M.) arriving at Alexandria. Message written in Marseille, sent from there 1 9 20. Interesting scene, though card has seen better days 5.80 189 1934, piece of cover with four Second Fuad stamps (5m, 20mx2, 50m) and UPU 3m, all cancelled with Piroscafi Postale Italiano Ausonia 8.80

Telegram forms 190 Two different printings (1945, 1947) of colourful red/brown Camels and mosque” telegram form, both used in Shubra/Cairo, on 17 April and 20 July 1948 respectively 6.80

Hotels 191 1895, Shepheard’s Hotel Type 1 (75%) on good clean 1pi postal stationery envelope (NP2) 6 MR 93 TIV addressed to Les Bois, Switzerland (arrival CDS behind 12 III 95) 24.00 192 1905, incoming cover from Hull, franked 2 1/2d cancelled 383 duplex of FE 27 05, addressed to Grand Hotel Continental. Transit Caire and 90% Hotel CDS (Type 2) of 6 III 05 on reverse 16.00 193 1905, 1889 2m postal stationery wrapper (NP2) addressed to Prussia Orientale with a near=perfect strike of Cooks office (Type 1) CDS of 15 V 05 T3 16.00 194 1910, 1889 1m postal stationery wrapper (NP1) addressed to Alexandria and furnished with an excellent Savoy Aswan (Type 1) CDS of 27 II 10. Very nice 16.00 195 1912, incoming postcard (Roma – S.Pietro) from Italy to Thos Cook, Cairo, and redirected to Colombo. Two good strikes of Cooks Type 3 (incoming 1 V 12, outgoing next day), also Port Said, Cairo and Colombo. Card has horizontal fold ¾ of the way down 24.00 196 1922, incoming cover from Paris (50c Sower, cancelled Paris 3 5 22), addressed to Works Director, Antiquities Service, at the Continental. Reverse hs Cairo machine transit and 65% Continental Type 5 of 10 V 22 12.00 197 1931, plain cover franked 20m Second Fuad, cancelled Winter Palace (Type 4) 24 XI 31 – 98% example alongside. Addressed to Lucerne, no backstamps 16.00 198 1938, Continental-Savoy Cairo printed cover, franked Fuad Postes 15m and addressed (typed) to Canada. Cancelled with good clear Type 7 Hotel CDS (95% alongside) 14.00 199 1938, Anglo-Egyptian Treaty set of three stamps on printed cover for Victoria Stamps of London, each neatly cancelled with (Cairo) / Cash / Continental Savoy Type12 cds of 22 DE 36 (First Day). Clean 12.00 200 1942, Hotel Metropole, Alexandria, single-=page letter (two sides) on Hotel headed notepaper, dated 31 Oct 1942 and addressed “Mon cher Tony”… 4.80 201 1944, plain cover franked 2m, 20m grey Boy King, cancelled Shepheard’s Type 8 of 27 JL 44 and addressed to Istanbul. Egyptian 54 censor mark and resealing label at right 18.00 202 1956, First Day cover of Arab Scout Jamboree set, addressed to Mehanna Eid in Zamalek and sent from the Heliopolis Hotel with clear HR 2 CDS of 25.7.56 and Registration cachet alongside (No 88, one of only nine recorded). Apparently delivery difficult; several attempts recorded behind, proving that it travelled! 120.00 203 1910-1955, two letters and two accounts all printed for the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, both accounts furnished with “Paid” receipts. Interesting 8.60

Literature (buyer to pay postage costs) 204 Zeheri Catalogue, 9th edition, 1972 (the last one!), good condition 18.00

Revenues 205 Mini-collection of 16 revenue stamped papers with albino (uncoloured) embossed image “waraka masriya”. Many different values represented – 2 qirsh, 3 qirsh (2), 38 (5), 42, 60, 80 200, 800, 4 groush, 8 groush, 10 groush. Five of the papers have watermarks – 1887, 1890, 1987, 1897 eagle crown, 1899. All these earlier than Feltus catalogue – a gem for the early stamped paper collector. 48.00 206 1979-90, a lot of 7 documents and receipts, all franked with different stamps of the Union of Syndicates for Theatrical and Cinematic Professions (Feltus pp 60, 95-97) including blocks of four and six and several pairs 6.60

Military usage 207 1963, military cover (ms-endorsed bareed harby) sent unfranked from a soldier at El camp to Helwan Hammamat (arrival CDS 5.6.63 behind). Face has red triangular and black octagonal military markings, both faint but undoubtedly there 6.60

Suez stamps 208 Four Suez Canal Co marginal blocks of four, unmounted mint, excellent appearance. Forgeries 18.00

Revenues for Palestine (all documents all-Arabic) 209 1958, birth certificate issued in Rafah. Tax paid by 10m of Feltus’s Third Bilingual Issue (113, page 11, opt in black). Certificate (25x19cm) in poor condition but stamp and cancel fine 9.00 210 1962, birth certificate issued in Gaza. Tax paid by 10m 1959 First Arabic Issue (Feltus 128, page 12, opt all Arabic in black). Two filing holes at top, otherwise clean document 9.00 211 1967 certificate issued in Gaza, with three revenues – 20m (opt black) and 30m (opt red) of the 1962 Second Arabic Issue (Feltus 136-7, page 12) and 50m (opt red) of the Fourth Arabic Issue (Feltus 148, page 13). Document has suffered over the years, but still striking 9.00 212 1967 certificate issued in Gaza, with 50m (opt red) of the Second Arabic Issue (Feltus 138, faulty), and 50m (opt red) of the Fourth Arabic Issue (Feltus 148). Handstamps include that of the Mukhtar of Jaffa City 9.00 213 1967 Certificate issued in Gaza. Horiz strip of 3 and horiz pair of 10m (opt red) of Fourth Arabic Issue (Feltus 147, page 13). Document water-damaged, but stamps fine apart from minor fold 9.00 214 1973, printed document used in Damietta. Array of 25 revenue stamps includes 5m (opt red) of Palestine First 9.00 8 Arabic Issue (Feltus 127), together with Egyptian General Revenues: 5x20m (1964-72, Feltus 58) and 19x100m (Feltus 61).

Palestine Resistance 215 Three different Palestinian Resistance Al-Fatah labels, issued in 1968 6.60

Consular interest 216 1869, two black-border letters (one in mourning, the other seeking a job for a relative) written in French on paper headed Agence Consulaire de Belgique a Tanta but both written from Samanud. Dated 3 Feb and 26 April by Jean Kher and addressed to Count Zizinia, Consul, in Alex. Fascinating 9.60

Air mail 217 1946, commercial registered cover franked horiz strip of 3x10m for Registration, cancelled Cairo / (R) / Par Avion 26 DE 46 (Sears page 167, nine years later than recorded). Itsa (Fayoum) and Fayum / R marks behind, undelivered, and returned to Cairo Delivery (on face) 17 JA 47 5.60

Stamps and FDCs 218 1884 Postage Dues – 2pi and 5pi rose-red fine used (SG 60-62, cat £52) 25.00 219 1886 Postage Dues – 10pa and 2pi rose-red fine used (SG62,64, cat £15) 6.00 220 1888 Postage Due – 2mills green and 1pi blue, fine used (SG66,68, cat £55) 25.00 221 1946, Complete issue celebrating 80th anniversary of the first Egyptian stamp and Philatelic Exhibition – comprising four mint NH stamps and the two M/S, both perforated and imperforate, in mint condition (SG307-312, cat £171) 75.00 222 1953, fine used complete first post-revolution definitive issue from 1m to £Ea, including the five redrawn agriculture stamps. Total 24 stamps (SG414-432) 5.00 223 1959, fine used complete first UAR definitive issue from 1m to 500m. Total 17 stamps (SG603-619) 4.00 224 1964, the last Palestine definitive issue, complete from 1m to 100m, mint NH. Thirteen stamps (SG 140-152) 6.00 225 2002, attractive official year stamp folder containing 41 definitive and commemorative stamps and five M/S. Pristine condition 13.00 226 2003, attractive official year stamp folder containing 43 definitive and commemorative stamps and two M/S in pristine condition 13.00 227 2003, a collection of 15 different official First Day Covers in mint condition, bargain at 75p each 11.00 228 2004, complete sets of the year’s commemorative issues, comprising 40 stamps and 5 M/S in pristine condition. Many high value 11.00 229 2004, collection of 24 different First Day Covers of commemorative issues and miniature sheets. Bargain at 75p each 18.00 230 2004, the latest stamp booklet, “Discover the Treasures of Egypt”, containing 30 stamps. Pristine condition 14.00 231 2005, complete sets of all stamps and M/S issued in 2005, carefully mounted and exhibited by the official Philatelic Office in six very attractive and decorative display sheets. Scarce 50.00 232 2005, collection of 30 different First Day Covers of commem and M/S issues. Pristine, bargain at 75p each 22.00 233 2006, collection of ten different First Day Covers in pristine condition. Bargain at about 75p each 7.60

TPO cancellations (in the following 36 lots, the CDS is almost invariably more important than the cover as a whole, which may be of indifferent quality). 234 1895, Amb. Alexandrie-Caire 29 V 95 X (excellent strike of Type 3B1) as transit mark on 3m postal stationery card from Minet el Bassal (70%) via Alexandrie / A to Postal HQ in Cairo. 5.00 235 1902, Ismailia-Caire, 22 X 02 (Type 8A7, seven bars; four months after Smith) as incoming strike on face of German postal stationery card addressed to German School in Cairo and beautifully cancelled Esslingen Bahnhof (ie Station) 5.00 236 1905, Tamia-Edwa, 17 I 05 (Type 8A1, 60%, matching earliest recorded). Cancelling stamp (on face: Comptoir card: Fellahine et sa cruche) and info mark behind, with part-strike of a Beni Suef TPO and French arrival 4.50 237 1906, Port-Said-Alexandria / T.P.O. 9 V 06 T1 (Type 5A1: Smith records only VI 06). 99% strike of this elusive marking on incoming card from France (5c stamps uncancelled). Excellent, elusive 6.00 238 1910, Port Taufiq / T.P.O. 29 VI 10 (Type 5A2.1, Smith records no date though illustrates 1925). Excellent example incoming on French postcard (stamp lost) of Marseille complete with what looks remarkably like two feluccas off Fort Saint-Jean. Elusive 5.00 239 1912, Mansura-Cairo / T.P.O. of 7 V 12 T.154 (Type 5A3; Smith gives no dates), beautiful strike cancelling 2m 1907 postal stationery card. Cairo arrival, filing holes 5.00 240 1908, Port-Taufiq-Ismailia / T.P.O. 23 VII 08 T104 (Type 5A3), excellent if faint strike cancelling 2m DLR on face of Aroughetti Freres postcard (The Ophir passing through the Canal) addressed to France. Fine Port Said star and bridge transit mark behind 5.00 241 1913, Maht Inshaq-Mansura 19 IX 13 T 12 (90%, 18 months later than Smith), just the more unusual of three Type 5A3 strikes on the reverse of a neat Arabic-addressed cover from Mit Fares (5m DLR) to Cairo. Others are Dumiat-Tanta (90%) and Alexandria-Cairo (small type, 85%) 5.00 242 1914, Port Said-Alexandria / T.P.O. double-ring Type 5A3 dated 8 IV 14 T-4 (mini size, only 23mm, and five years later than Smith) as transit mark on incoming card (Buona Pasqua) from Ferrovia to Sporting Club, Alex. 5.00 243 1916, -Tanta / & V.V. double-ring 5 III 16 T.56 (Type 7A4, 12 months earlier than Smith). Excellent strike with some ink smudge outside the circle, on cut-down cover from Qutur to Tanta. 5m Sphinx and Qutur CDS remain 5.00 244 1916, - / & V.V. 23 OC 16 T-136 (Type 7A3, compare next for spelling and month indicator), 65% 4.50 9 strike in grey-black on 5m Sphinx. Info strike over stained pinhole on Arabic-addressed cover (flap gone) to Cairo 245 1918, Qallin-Shirbin / & V.V. 20 XII 18 T-136, 80% strike (Type 7A3), over 5m stamp and part of address, on cut-down letter franked 5m DLR to Tanta: arrival on reverse next day, overlying Damanhur-Tanta / TPO (Type 5A3, five years later than Smith) 4.50 246 1919, Mina el Qamh-Sahraght / & V.V. 2 NO 19 T-57 (Type 7A3, Smith records only Dec ’20), 70% strike but some Arabic lost off edge of 3m ps card Arabic-addressed to Alex. Three good strikes on reverse include Mina el Qamh and Ismailia-Banha / & V.V. (recorded 1915-18, 70% strike) 5.00 247 1920, Mansura-Dumiat / & V.V. / T.P.O. 4 JU 20 T-13 (Type 6A2, recorded only 1916), cancelling vignette on 3m postal stationery card. Fariskur and Alex/X markings also on face 5.00 248 1920, Mansura-Mataria / & V.V. 13 VIII 20 T2 (Type 7A3 unrecorded by Smith, though return journey is! See 1928 below). Near-perfect strike cancelling 3m 1917 postal stationery card Arabic-addressed to Alex (arrival mark). Filing holes 6.00 249 1920, Tanta / T.P.O. 13 XII 20 T.54 (unrecorded type, most like 5A1, but single town name above and sayaara in brackets below date-line). Clear 100% transit strike on reverse of 3m postal stationery card from Bilqas to Alex. Filing holes well clear. 6.00 250 1923, Abu Kibir-Salhia & V.V. /T.P.O. 11 AP 23 T-194 (Type 6A1, clear 98% strike on vignette of 3m postal stationery card Arabic-addressed to Alex ( Cairo-Mansura TPO behind. Filing holes touches card vignette 4.50 251 1923, Cairo-Asyut & V.V. / T.P.O. 1 JU 23 T-89 (Type 6A1, six months later than Smith). Fine strike just overlaid by Alex transit on 3m postal stationery card from Farshut (filing hole through F. 5.00 252 1925, near-perfect strike of T.P.O. 24 / Cairo / E (Type 5C1.1) dated 20 JU 25 (clearly 30mm dm, larger of Smith’s two types), on folded letter in French from Mixed Courts, a blank part of which must have disappeared 5.00 253 1926, Shirbin-Qallin & V.V. / T.P.O. 12 MR 26 T-215 (Type 6A1, recorded only JL ’24) as transit mark (55%) on 3m postal stationery card from clear Biala to Mansura via part-strike Dumiat-Tanta TPO 254 1926, Fayum-Wasta-Abuksa / & V.V. 11 AP 26 T-147 (see next), info strike 65% (another on 5m First Fouad), Type 7A3.4, unrecorded by Smith. Arabic-addressed cover to Minya (poor arrival behind) 6.00 255 1928, Fayum / Wasta-Abuksa / & V.V. 25 SE 28 T-147, 85% and a type unrecorded by Smith, though similar to 7A3.6. Transit mark on Arabic-addressed cover from Abuksa (excellent info mark) to Cairo 6.00 256 1929, Samanud-Birket el Sab / & V.V. (type 7A3, unrecorded), cancelling 5m Second Fuad on Arabic- addressed cover to Azhar. Info strike alongside is 70%; three muddled strikes behind 6.00 257 1928, Mataria-Mansura / & V.V. 28 NO 28 T-10 (see 1920 above), Type 7A3.4, unrecorded by Smith, 90% transit mark on folded letter (franked 2m) from to Cairo 6.00 258 1930, -Basyun Regulator / & V. V. 14 OC 30 T-76, 70% strike. Type 7A3, but seven years after Smith records. Most unusual marking, twice on folded letter, inc cancelling 2x1m Second Fuad which sealed the letter. Arrival marking of Shin (60%) same day 4.50 259 1933, Fayum / T.P.O. 6 FE 33 T-141 (Type 5A2.4, recorded only XII ’34), beautiful 100% strike as transit on Arabic-addressed cover from Sanhur el Qiblia (rare village marking, 80%) to Azhar 6.00 260 1934, Bani Suef-Lahun / & V.V. / T.P.O. dated 8 JU 34 (Type 6A1.2, unrecorded by Smith except in index). Rare marking, here 60% on front of clean brown OHEMS env Arabic-addressed Cairo. 5m Second Fuad and Cairo machine mark on reverse 6.00 261 1934, Caire-Minya / & V.V. of 13 NO 34 T-167 (Type 7A3.4, unrecorded, and surprisingly late use of “French” Caire). Excellent 90% info strike in blue-green (another cancels 5m Second Fuad) in Arabic-addressed covert to Cairo 6.00 262 1935, T.P.O. / Shabrakhit-Damanhur / & V.V. (unrecorded, Type 6A1.4), 85% transit strike on folded report sheet from Shabrakhit (franked 2m Second Fuad) ) via Damanhur to Cairo 6.00 263 1936, & V.V. / Tanta-Zaqaziq 15 NO 36 T-226, Type 7A3.7, unrecorded by Smith. Info strike (75%) and canceller on Arabic-addressed cover (re-addressed? and poor strikes behind 6.00 264 1937, Abu Kibir-Salhia / T.P.O. / No 2 of 22 MR 37 (Type 5E1.1, 30 months later than Smith), 75% info strike on Arabic-addressed cover. Reverse has two more TPOs, Cairo-Alex / & V.V. (7A3.4) and Kafr el Dawar / / & V.V. (7A3.5, unrecorded, but not very clear) 6.00 265 1939, Damanhur / Abu el Matamir / & V.V. 8 MA 31 T-91 (unrecorded by Smith, but most like Type 7A3.5), three strikes (best 75%) on folded printed sheet sealed by 2x1m Boy King, never opened. 6.00 266 1941, Mansura / / & V.V. 24 MR 41 T.17 (99%, as Type 7A3.5, but Arabic all in one straight line in upper half), as transit on folded sheet “franked” with Official oval from Mansura 6.00 267 1946, & V.V. / Alexandria-Abu Qir 5 NO 46 T-239 (unrecorded by Smith, most like Type 7A3.7). Strikes on 10m and alongside (65%) on Arabic-addressed to Kasfareet(?) 6.00 268 1947, & V.V. / Tanta-Dumiat of 7 DE 47 T-58 (unrecorded by Smith, though he has Damiat-Tanta for 1932-34. Cancelling 10m and info strike (60%) on Arabic-addressed cover to Cairo 6.00 269 1952/53?, Tanta / T.P.O. 25 FE year unclear (Type 5A2.4, 1938-1952 but elusive): 60% cancel on 10m and info strike of neat cover Arabic-addressed to Cairo 4.50

TPO cancels - accumulations 270 Group of 25 Egyptian postal stationery postcards, all used internally, date range 1897-1942, many written in Arabic, many file-holed, but all with Egypt TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition 25.00 271 Group of 25 mainly picture postcards, about one third of them incoming, date range 1892-1940, all with Egyptian TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition 20.00 272 Group of 25 folded letters, many using stamps to seal, all used internally, date range 1919-1942, many written in Arabic, but all with Egyptian TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition 20.00 273 Group of 24 items, mainly covers but a couple of cards and ps items, all used internally, mainly 1940s, all with TPO markings. Mixed bag, mixed condition 20.00 274 Another group as last 20.00 10

Officials 275 1912, OHHS bilingual envelope, cut down at right, Arabic-addressed to Cairo and franked with 1907 5m DLR OHHS opt (SG O76) and No-Value Official, cancelled Zagazig / G of 16 XII 12. Indistinct Cairo backstamp next day 18.00 276 1955, long Official brown envelope franked with 4x10m + 2m Service de l’Etat plus vertical pair of 10m Defense to cover registered postage to Stockholm – franked with unclear Ministry of Education pmk 9 MA 55 with Aerodrome Du Caire behind. Letter in French/English copies thanking Swedes for taking part in Egyptian Education exhibition, but covered with Swedish Retour and Address Insufficient handstamps. File holes 12.00

Interpostal resealing 277 1881. Letter from clear duplex London SE, 4 MR 81, sealed with wax seal of Albion Ironworks and addressed Via Brindisi to Administration of Khedivial Paquebots in Alexandria, franked 2 ½ d Victoria (SG 157). Unclear Alex / Arrivee behind of 17 March, but cover apparently opened in error and resealed with three copies of small embossed blue on white Gabinetto del Direttore Generale Interpostal (Kehr 378B. Type VIA). Not tied, but astonishingly endorsed alongside: ”Opened and resealed by ..? (initials) / 17/3”. Very very rare. 225.00

British Occupation of Turkey 278 1921, small buff envelope, roughly opened at left, Arabic-addressed to Cairo. Franked at bottom left with internal marginal 7 ½ piastres on 5d George V British Levant surcharge (SG 62), CDS of British PO, Constantinople, 25 OC 21. Much scribbled reverse carries smudged Qubba Bridge / Cairo arrival of 5 XI 21. Unusual 10.00

Postal history 279 1880, neat grey envelope Arabic-addressed with bduh to Cairo and franked 1pi rose, cancelled with first Alexandria duplex (Smith Type VII-1, heavily struck but clear of TIII / Sep 5 / 80. Cairo / Arrivee behind same day 30.00 280 1881, neat fawn envelope, fragile and card-strengthened, Arabic-addressed with bduh and franked 2pi orange DLR. Clear strike of Alexandrie / Recommandes 21 AV 81 (Reg-8), flap and any arrival lost 14.00 281 1882, neat small brown-orange envelope, franked 1pi rose and cancelled with clear Alexandrie / Depart cds of 11 JA 82 (V.Ferares company oval on front). Alex-Cai TPO backstamp damaged with loss of part-flap. Clean 12.00 282 1882, neat small grey envelope, franked 1pi rose and cancelled with 85% rare Alexandria / Station / A duplex (Sta-8) of 31 DE 82. Clear Caire / Arrivee CDS behind same day 18.00 283 1886, white envelope franked vertical pair of 1pi blue to cover Registration (upright handstamp) from Fayoum (excellent double-ring CDS of 5 XII 86 T1) to Cairo (neat Caire.A / Recommandes Arrivee same day behind) 10.00 284 1894, neat small grey cover, Arabic-addressed to Cairo, franked behind with 5m DLR and posted from Kena 28 VIII 94 (strikes back and front). Caire / A strike alongside two days later! 12.00 285 1899, front only of cover from Helouan 3 II 99, franked 5m DLR for Surrey. Boxed T alongside and 12 ½ in blue pencil. Handstamp 2 ½ d F.B. struck on arrival 6.00 286 1900, small white cover franked horiz pair of 5m DLR from Minia 12 JU 00 for Chio, Turquie. Faint Alex transit behind, then Turkish Smyrne CDS in green (17 June) and faint Chio arrival. Interesting 12.00 287 1904, clean white printed cover of Societe Cooperative du Personnel du Canal de Suez / a Port-Tewfick, franked (bottom left) with horiz pair of 5m DLR for Emmenthal, Switzerland. Good Port-Tewfik strike 27 VII 04, part Alex and excellent Stalden-Station / Emmenthal double-ring of 3 VIII 04 behind. Neat cover 14.00 288 1910, Blue Credit Foncier printed envelope, franked (bottom left) with 1pi blue for Registration (Red on white Cairo label). CDS Cairo / R 23 XII 10, perfect Qina / R/ P on Christmas Day behind. Undelivered, boxed Unclaimed behind and neat and most unusual boxed Rebut a Remettre / A l’Envoyeur / on face. 16.00 289 1911, white printed envelope of Pressley Memorial Institute / American Mission / Assiut, franked 1m DLR and posted, presumably unsealed, within Assiut. Unclear CDS 28 XII 11 5.00 290 1912, buff envelope colourfully franked with 1m, 2x2m and 5m DLR for Registration. Arabic-addressed and roughly opened at top. Akhmim (faint Reg cachet) 7 VI 12 to Cairo (arrival behind) 5.00

Dues on cover 291 1896, small fawn cover, roughly opened at left, apparently posted unfranked (from overseas?) and Arabic- addressed. Port Said double-ring CDs 16 XII 96 X; and Caire / A same day T VII on reverse. Face has a large T in circle handstamp, overlaid by Caire / A cancelling 2pi orange Due and dated 26 XII 96 TX. Unusual 12.00 292 1902, off-white envelope, bilingually addressed with bduh to Alex, Cairo 26 IX 02 CDS on face. No definitives, but all of the reverse covered by block of 30 2m Dues, with a further 16 copies overlapping the top three sides. What is it? Contents remain, impossible to remove, stuck inside cover. 10.00 293 1926, incoming letter from France franked 1fr, Alex machine arrival behind 10 FEB 26, no deficiency markings, but 2m scarlet and 4m green (creased) 1921 Dues cancelled Alex/ Foreign Traffic 11.2.26 6.00 294 1928, Arabic-addressed cover, unfranked, posted from Cairo / M 23 AU 28, attracted boxed T and 10m 1927 due, cancelled by Cairo / H perhaps same day (indistinct cancel). All on face 5.00 295 1932, incoming small printed commercial envelope from Kutch, India, flap and Indian stamps lost. Addressed Credit Foncier, Cairo, hexagonal T / Cts / 5 at top right, 8m 1927 Due affixed on face and cancelled 5 MR 32 5.00 296 1954? small cover posted unfranked in Mahalla to Cairo. 2x10m 1927-56 Dues behind. CDSs unclear 4.00 297 1954, postcard from Greece to Alex unfranked, Greek handstamp and Arabic working-out of 45m due. 30m KES opt, 8m KES opt and 6m Dues (ie 44m) applied in Alex 26 AU 54. Good looking 8.00

11 Mixed bag 298 40 Egypt-UK covers, letter size to A4, mid-Nineties virtually up to date, all franked with machine franks 5.00 299 225 Egypt-UK covers, mid-Nineties virtually up to date, all sizes, all with stamps, a vast and colourful mixture of then-current definitives, commems, miniature sheets: in singles, pairs, blocks, just as received 25.00 300 70 Egypt-UK covers once containing A4 newspaper by Air Mail, appx 1997-2000, all with stamps, a vast and colourful array of mainly definitives, up to £E2, occasional commem, occasional miniature sheet: stamps curiously often uncancelled 12.00 301 425 UK-UK covers, mainly addressed over the last 3-4 years to one of the world’s greatest newspapers, mainly stamped, mainly selected for commem or Machin or postmark interest. Something to sift…. 7.00 302 Just short of 600 worldwide covers, mainly addressed over the last 3-4 years to ESC officers or one of the world’s greatest newspapers, virtually all with stamps and selected on the basis of colourful interest. No Egypt except by accident. Much to sift…. 14.00 303 Mass of stamps on piece, about half and half GB and worldwide, collected over the past four years or so. Weight about 1 3/4 lb (850gm) 5.00

1959, Printing experiment. First use of Postal Printing House’s new press. As United Arab States issue (SG593, NP219) but with “Printing Experiment” scroll at base. Perforated and watermarked 304 Vermilion 4.00 305 Purple 4.00 306 Blue 4.00 307 Steel Blue 4.00 308 Rose red 4.00 Perforated, no wmk 309 Olive 4.00 310 Rose red 4.00 311 Bright blue 4.00

Experimental essays 312 1960/1970? Experimental essay by Postal Authority Press: horizontal pair of vertical design showing face in mosaic in blue, with Arabic inscription “experiment without value” reversed at base, unwatermarked. Mint NH 16.00 313 Single, as last 8.00

Mubarak Essays. 1980s series of essays prepared by the Postal Authority Press for a portrait stamp of President Hosni Mubarak, printed by photogravure on gummed paper and perf 11x11 ½. No value, no inscription, never issued. NP 549 (p 71). [ILLUSTRATED AS A GROUP]

314 Multicolour horiz pair, all colours present 10.00 315 As last, horizontal pair, imperf all round 10.00 316 As first, red and perf shifted 1mm to left 10.00 317 Horiz pair in blue only, perf shifted 2mm right 10.00 318 Horiz pair in orange, perf shifted 5mm left 10.00 319 Imperf single, printed in yellow only 5.00 320 Another as last 5.00

Recent booklet 321 2004 (Jan 22), Egypt’s latest booklet – colourful “Treasures of Egypt” booklet with 30 stamps over four pages, 11.00 including £E5 (Sphinx), £E5 (Nefertiti) and £E10 gold stamp (Tutankhamun). Mint, pristine 322 Another, as last 11.00

Variety 323 1993 80p Air Mail stamp (SG1874, NP118), left marginal horiz pair with selvage, UMM, with gold badly misplaced 3mm to left, leaving Tutankhamun funerary mask with two beards. Striking error 10.00

Paquebot 324 11.3.91, cover with Dutch 75c stamp, addressed to California, cancelled with two strikes of recent Paquebot/boxed date/Port Said CDS. Cairo APT/RCT2 CDs alongside, with handstamps of M/V Conti Finlandia and Capt J J Haanstra. Clean, neat 3.00 325 (date unclear) cover with GB Machin 10 1/2p, addressed to California with two strikes of Paquebot (date bridge) Port-Said (Type O-4.5). Handstamps alongside are Posted at sea aboard / P&O SS Canberra and S.S. Canberra / Paquebot / Mail, together with details of ship’s tonnage 3.00

Maritime Postcards 326 Spanish colour card showing Egyptian Coastguard vessel El Amir Farouq steaming to left with green/white stars and crescent flag at stern and enlarged above. Vessel details printed on reverse. Mint 3.00 327 Chinese colour card showing Egyptian Navy Ramadan-class missile boat, strikingly steaming head-on, pictured from above. Apparently built in UK early 1980s, armed with Otomat SSMs. Mint, pristine clean 3.00

Israel reply coupon - Gaza 328 International reply coupon for , surcharge increasing value from 45 to 300 pruta, perfect clean strike of Israeli Gaza 3 dated 1.1.57. Excellent condition 3.00

Crown opts used as fiscals 329 Neat letter in English on Eg Govt wmk paper (1915-1917) from a teacher, A D D Bonner, seeking permission from Headmaster of Mansura Secondary School to give private extra lessons. 3pt tax paid by horizontal pair of 15m Crown opts (milliemat), neatly cancelled with indelible pencil X 8.00

Municipal tax 330 10m black on pink Alexandria Municipal tax stamp on fragment, cancelled by part-strike of an oval hs. Unusual 3.00

Mazar (Sinai) 331 Unaddressed envelope bearing tabbed 5pr and 20pr Israeli coin stamps of 1950-54 issue, both cancelled with 4.00 12 apparent Registration cachet of Mazar (Sinai) – see QC 213,217 – dated 4-11-56. A curiosity 332 Fragment bearing embossed 20para vignette and 10para Turkish stamp, apparently cancelled with CDS of Bir ul-Mazar dated 4 7 1333 AH (ie, May 19, 1915). See QC 217. A curiosity 4.00

Sinai in the First World War 333 How Egypt was defended from the Turco-German Menace, Part 97 of H H Wilson’s partwork, The Great War, published as a 10in x 13in booklet, pages 453-476 with cover photo of General Sir George Younghusband, commander of Indian and British Forces in Egypt.. Comprehensive detail, packed with maps and many many unusual photographs. Fascinating 4.00

Banknote catalogues 334 Encyclopaedia and Catalogue of Egyptian Money: The Egyptian Banknote, by Magdy Hanafy, 2004. Beautifully published and comprehensive first volume detailing all Egyptian banknotes between 25pi and £E100. 350pp, coloured illustrations throughout, bilingual Arabic and perfect English, a MUST for all note collectors. Mint 18.00 335 Companion volume to the last, published in 2005, detailing the 5pi and 10pi notes. 160pp, a staggering work of scholarship, beautifully executed 9.00

Postage Dues 336 25 XI 01, b-w postcard (Phylae), unfranked Alex/D to Zagazig. Boxed T, but no due – because addressed to “Mr Camel Mansur, Agent Postal, Zagazig”? Purple handstamps EGYPTE and ALEXANDRIE: why? 3.00 337 30 IV 13, coloured card (Alexandrie – Jardin public) sent to London franked strip of 3x1m DLR from Alex. Two strikes of small boxed T,5.C. (which country?), but no due raised in UK 3.00 338 25 X 13, coloured card (Suez – Palmier a la Fontaine de Moise), franked 2m DLR for UK, cancelled Suez with Alexandria / A alongside and boxed T / 10.C., but no due raised in England. Neat 3.00 339 28 MR 19, coloured card (Port Said – Jardin de Lesseps), franked 2m DLR pictorial for UK, boxed T/05 alongside, but no due raised in UK 3.00 340 5 JL 23, b-w card (Egyptian Types – Native Girl), franked 5m First Fuad for London, from Abu Qir. Boxed T alongside, no due raised in UK 3.00 341 11 SE 23, cover to US franked 15m in six Second Fuad stamps from Maadi, boxed T in Egypt, two NY strikes indicating Due 6c, but no due apparently raised. Interesting 5.00 342 2 AP 34, colour card (Cairo – Merchants of grass), franked 5m Boy King for Brighton, boxed T and 1 1/2d I.S./ I alongside; and 1d and 1/2d Dues cancelled Brighton at top centre, avoiding message 7.00 343 23 AP 38, blue incoming envelope, franked KG VI 1 1/2d from Glasgow. Cairo machine cancel, plus double- sided machine putting a hexagonal T marking on face, and message on reverse: Please advise sender that / letters should be prepaid / 1 1/2d for each HALF ounce. Black “30” mark on face, but no due raised 5.00 344 22 V 38, commercial env (flag logo on flap) addressed to Hull, cancelled 20m Leprosy Congress and sent from Alexandria / Dep. 3. Validity of the commem had ceased two days before, so boxed T alongside uncancelled stamp. No due raised in UK 7.00 345 15 DE 39, Printed commercial cover for Manchester, 30m Air + 5m Boy King, Air Mail label, from Alex, with pencilled T and large rough cork(?) obliteration. Beautiful double-ring M1 censor hs in purple (Andrews 4.d.1) 6.00 346 13 10 61, UK 3d QEII letter-sheet misused from Port-Said / T (2) to Scotland. Boxed T alongside, and green boxed “9d To Pay/ Posted / Unpaid” handstamp on arrival. 4d and 5d UK Dues neatly affixed top centre and cancelled Greenock 16 JA 62. Neat, striking [ 9.00

Definitives used as fiscals 347 1901, Arabic handwritten document on lined paper with stars/crescent Govt watermark (21x19cm), from a small village near Korosko (Nubia), certifying to the suitability of a woman to act as a midwife. Signed and authenticated with five intaglio seals, tax paid by 3x2 block 5m DLR at top left, all pen-Cancelled. Top left stamp has pinholes from filing, remarkable 20.00

Definitives used as fiscals – booklet panes 348 21 Oct 1931, Arabic handwritten letter 1929 Govt wmk (Arabic; star/crescent) paper (212x170mm) from teacher seeking permission to give extra English lessons out of school hours. Tax paid with booklet pane of Second Fuad 5m, neatly obliterated by oval school handstamp in violet. File holes, fine usage 8.00 349 As last, letter (lined paper, 19x21.5cm) written in English October 6 (1927?), seeking permission to give extra lessons at another school in the Asyut area. Tax paid with Second Fuad 5m booklet pane, cancelled with school oval stamp and comprehensively with pencil X. File holes again 8.00 350 29 Nov 1930, as last, letter in French (Govt crescent and star wmk paper, 21x30cm) with tax-paying Second Fuad 5m booklet pane cancelled with red pencil Xs: seeking permission to give extra lessons at a nearby school. Single word in bottom left corner: Approved. 8.00

Postal stationery 351 1946, 4m Marechal business card envelope (NP 37). Absolutely post-office fresh (sl pencil marks behind) 6.00 352 1946, 4m Marechal envelope as last, but with filigree design inside (NP 39, wmk, diagonal, inverted and reversed), Arabic-addressed and used from Qina to Qus. Scarcest of all Eg envelopes, the only PS item with the Crown and Arabic F wmk. Extremely fresh 22.00

Recent correspondence 353 Accumulation of 36 modern covers, 1997-2002, mainly long, some window, split between stamped and machine-cancelled, all arriving in Cairo. Something to search… 6.00

Illustrated London News graphics 354 The Nile Expedition: General Lord Wolseley trying his camel on the Shoubrah Road, Cairo. Half of front page, 2.50 13 Oct 11 1884 (Kassala, Soudan is lower third) 355 En Route to Souakim: Sketches by our Special Artist. Full front page, Jan 10 1884. Half-column on Egypt behind 2.50 356 Pyramids of Meroe (General Gordon’s Route) with portraits of Captain Forester Walker, Admiral Sir W Hewett and Dr Armand Leslie and obituary of Leslie, killed in Sudan. Full page, Feb 23 1884 2.50 357 Sketches by an Officer of the Nile Expedition: At the Second Cataract. Full front page, No 1 1884 2.50 358 City of Pigeons, near Cairo; Island of Elephantine; Inside the Enemy’s Batter, El Teb – three illustrations forming full page. Mar 29 1884 2.50 359 The Excavations – Pithom-Succoth, a Buried City of the Exodus (ie Tell el Mashkutah) – three illustrations forming a full page. Aug 4 1883 2.00 360 New Lighthouse on the Brothers Rocks, Red Sea – 1/3 of a page, with paragraph of explanation behind. Sept 22 1883 2.00 361 Khedive and Duke of Connaught salute the Holy Carpet; and scene of chaos as it reaches the railway station. Text between the two. Oct 28 1882 2.00 362 The Suez Canal – three-page supplement to issue of July 21 1883: maps (inc Port Said and Suez), De Lesseps, Lake Menzaleh, Pelusium, and a page of text. Slight damage 3.00 363 The Nile Expedition: Shellal, and (much larger), General View of Korosko – together 2/3 of a page Nov 22 1884 2.50 364 Double-page spread on General View of Wady Halfa, from the Hospital Buildings – striking. Lower half is two (damaged) illustrations of the road to Dongola. Dec 27 1884 2.50

Other graphics 365 Eleven double-sided pages from Voyage Illustre dans le Cinq Parties du Monde dealing in French with Egypt and the Middle East, including 38 drawings of Egypt ancient and contemporary (ie 1880s?). These include Mohamed Ali, Ibrahim Pacha and (full length) Soliman Pacha (Colonel Selves). Interesting 7.00 366 The Graphic: full page with four drawings of “Sport in Egypt – a Ladies’ paper chase on Donkeys”. May 9 1891 2.00 367 The Sphere March 8 1908 – glorious double-page spread of flooded Philae temple, crammed with tourist boats. Striking scene. One of outer pages has two photographs: “How the Indian Soldier Travels” 2.00

American University in Cairo 368 Various student publications – one bound copy of The Bore (May 1937), two of the AUC Review (Feb and Apr 1937), and 12 copies of bilingual Campus Caravan (incorporating The Bore and AUC Review), dated between October 1937 and May 1938). Fascinating glimpse into the minutiae of university life between the wars 8.00

American Mission College for Girls 369 25 copies of The Cartouche, student publication of the Cairo college, dated between January 1930 and June 1934. full of local goings-on and reflections on wider Egyptian affairs of the day. Fascinating 8.00

Palestine 370 Palestine 1947 registered envelope, Jerusalem to London 2.00

Army stamps 371 Corner pair with selvedges, mint (no gum) of SG A3 Christmas seal. Very nice looking 10.00

Perfins 372 (17) 4 different and 1 Post Card with 3 proclamation 1m and 5m perfins (VC and G) 3.00

Sudan 373 December 1931 First Flight Khartoum to Cape Town. Johannesburg transit mark/receiver. First Flight cachet. 4 + 1/2 piastre stamp. Vertical crease does not detract (well, slightly). 20.00

Official 374 1944 OHMS brown envelope to Belfast with 17 mills Official stamps (2x1m, 5m, 10m). Not immaculate, but OK 3.00

Postal stationery 375 14 mint nineteenth-century postal stationery items 3.00 376 Stationery cover from F C Baines, Alexandria, 1907, to Rue Pillot, Roubaix, France, via Naples and SS Schleswig with Roubaix receiver 3.00 Davis….. 377 Envelope, 5m reddish-brown, H&G 28, unused, pristine 30.00 378 Envelope H&G6 uprated 5m (SG 63d) to pay registration fee, cachet R327 applied at Ausim 8 Oct 1910 to Succursal with next-day receiver on back. Very clear postmarks and cachet. Unusual village registration mark 6.00

Boy King – Royal perfs 379 Misperforations – one of each of the original values, 1m,2m,3m,5m,15m and 20m, six values in all 20.00

Airmails 380 9 JU 1942 air cover to Leeds franked 2m,15m and 30m Boy King cancelled Port Said Traffic with civil censor and air mail etiquette. Cairo roller on reverse. Colourful 2.00 381 Similar to last, to same addressee, franked 1m,6m and 40m Boy King cancelled Port Said Traffic 30 AU 1942 1.50 382 Incoming to Cairo 24.2.28 air cover from Basra flown Baghdad-Cairo route franked 2x1 anna . Cairo receiver 26.2.28 on back 5.00 383 Incoming Imperial Airways printed cover registered at Bodmin 26 FE 31 franked 2 x GV 4d green to Alexandria and redirected to Minya with 2 Alex transits and Minya 7 MR 31 receiver on back 15.00 14 384 Incoming 1932 Imperial Airways Springbok cover franked South Africa 2d and pair of 4s airmails cancelled Pietersburg to Aswan with Caire Par Avion 12.2.32 and next-day Aswan receiver on back. Creases well away from the stamps 15.00 385 Incoming Qantas kangaroo air cover Brisbane to Alex franked Australian George V 1d green and 1/6d 2 globes and Mercury cancelled Brisbane 7 DEC 1934. Caire Par Avion cds and Alex receiver on back 15.00

Maritime 386 George V 1d Mackennal cancelled boxed PAQUEBOT and Port Said cds 25 X 11 to London. Clean 5.00

Meter marks 387 Modern registered cover with meter mark 27.4.95 incorporating OUTGOING REGISTRY POST AR EGYPT (the right hand side of the mark is as Type 7 Nile Hilton), franked 155m. Unusual. And another cover with different meter mark franked 260m to UK 1.50

British Forces 388 Christmas seal (1932), black on azure, SG A3, mounted mint with slight thin not noticeable from front 12.00 389 Christmas seal (1932), black on azure, SG A3, cancelled black retta on reverse of cover, posted EPP 4 in red with MPO Cairo on front. To London, difficult to find on cover 85.00

Israel 390 Accumulation of modern covers and cards, eight in all 3.00

Aden 391 Three pages of George VI comprising SG16 to 23A including both shades of the 1/2 anna green, the two Victory stamps, all lightly mounted mint, plus six values from the George VI issue, 1/2a, 3/4a, 1a, 2a, 8a and 14a, all fine used, cat. £16 plus, all nicely written up on FG Graduate sheets. 6.00

Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 392 The complete set of 12, SG 29 to 40 of this state within a state, all lightly mounted mint, currently cat. £17, beautifully written up on FG Graduate sheet. 6.00

Egypt 393 Medical: a large block of 32 x 5 milliemes ‘charity’ stamps (not too large to mount on a standard page), with five oval purple handstamps on the reverse (in Arabic)1 otherwise unmounted mint. The stamps were used to raise money for an anti-Tuberculosis campaign. 12.00 394 Postal history: a commercial (ad in Arabic) registered? internal cover posted 13.3.71 at Magheb Pasha, (Alexandria) R.P. franked 20m yellow-olive SG 777 (Mitwalli Gate, Cairo) and 35m SG779 (Nefertari as Isis) to Alexandria. Two backstamps, attractive 2.50 395 Circulated club books: three plus some loose pages, priced to sell at well over £120 net including French Post Offices – must be some good pickings. 20.00 396 Dopo la Partenza 20 paras blue SG 30 overprinted Dopo la Partenza in red and subsequently cancelled across the corner in black: stamp slightly creased not apparent from the front. Attractive and scarce 10.00

French Post Offices in Egypt 397 Alexandrie: 5 Francs ‘Empire Lauré’ with full strike 5080 ‘gros chiffres’. Stamp has some minor faults: 1mm tear and some creasing flattened out, but still remarkable condition (cv Dallay 2007 € 1100!) 135.00 398 Alexandrie: Postage due NP FPD1-5** UM in gutter pairs with millésimes. Scarce set, cv. Dallay 2007: €670 100.00 399 Alexandrie: SG nrs 19, 19a, 20, 22 in UM gutter pairs with millésimes (cv Dallay € 117) 18.00 400 Alexandrie: SG 28 UM gutter pair with millésime 2 (cv Dallay € 55) 9.00 401 Alexandrie: SG 55 in UM gutter pair with millésime 4 (cv Dallay € 275) 45.00 402 Alexandrie: NP FPO 33 in horiz. pair with 33a SG38 + 38a; £100), VF mint 30.00 403 Alexandrie: NP FPO45a (SG50a £500) VF mint, signé Brun 150.00 404 Alexandrie: horiz. pair NP FPO71+71c UM 15.00 405 Caire: small cover franked 40c Empire dentelé cancelled 5119 gros chiffres + (bit weak) cds LE CAIRE –Bau FRANÇAIS. TPO Marseille-Lyon and arrival Paris on back. Back flap torn and repaired. (cv Dallay € 550) 75.00 406 Port-Said: SG 107, 109, 112 and 116 on fragments with full postmark PORT-SAID EGYPTE 13.60 407 Port-Said: NP 107b inverted overprint VF mint, signé, RR! 95.00 408 Port-Said: NP 115a (SG 119) VF used, signé Brun 65.00 409 Port-Said: SG 101 and 102 in gutter pairs with millésime VF mint (cv Dallay € 75) 10.00 410 Port-Said: SG 126a 2 gutter pairs with millésime 4 and 6 VF mint (cv Dallay € 60) 7.60 411 Port-Said: SG 174,175, 176, 178, 179, 180 and 181 in VF mint gutter pairs with millésime (cv Dallay € 230) 40.00 412 Port-Said: PPC local use unfranked T in triangle + Postage due 10 mills (SG D176) cancelled PORT-SAID EGYPTE 2-12 21 pristine! (cv Dallay € 225) 40.00 413 Port-Said: double postal card NP SFPOPC 10 VF unused with printing error ‘reserve’ instead of ‘réservé’. Correct on the reply card! 10.00 414 Port-Said: service cover local bureau with SG 166d and 167c (overprint on Levant stamps) cto. Very fine (cv stamps only £ 145) 55.00 415 Port-Said: similar envelope with 2x SG138a and 2x140b (cv £164) 45.00 416 Port-Said: Envelope 15c. NP ENV6 with number 213 sent open to Budapest, arrival on back. Scarce envelope! 30.00 15 417 Port-Said: Letter card 15c. NP LC7 sent open to Amsterdam, arrival on back. Pristine condition! 30.00 418 Alexandrie: wrapper franked 5c (type Sage) VF used to Germany; stamp misses few dents (cv Dallay € 50) 5.00 419 Alexandrie: Letter card 10c additionally franked 15c. NP LC6 sent to Lyon and opened but margins conserved. Arrival Lyon on reverse. Very fine! 45.00 420 Alexandrie: fragment with 80 cent Empire non dentelé cancelled by 3704 petits chiffres with cds ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE 29 SEPT 59 + big cds in red on border France-Germany (cv stamp with postmark Dallay € 150) 30.00 Hotel Stationery Covers (not those with POs) 421 Windsor Palace, Alexandria, to UK Aug 1937 2.00 422 Hotel Cecil Alexandria (the blue Air Mail cachet) to New York, franked 55m (?), 3 MR 38, no arrival, but the rubber stamp of the UK Post Office advertising the All Up Rate 3.00 423 Summer Palace, Ramleh, to India 1918, 4x5m stamps, Censor Tape, Bombay censor mark, a bit tatty but hotel shown 2.00 424 Hotel Beau Rivage, Ramleh, to Sweden with 3x5m (First Fuad), CDS of San Stefano 1 JL 27, transit Alexandria, 1 VII 27 & arrival Stockholm 7.7.27 3.00 425 Hotel Victoria, Assuan, FDC of Bal 74-76, CDS Aswan 26 JA 38, not addressed 2.00 426 Eden House Hotel, Cairo, 30 + 3m to Paris 20 SE 37, arrival Paris 23 1X 37 3.00 427 George Calomaris Hotels, National Hotel, Cairo, all on env. flap, Registered Air Mail to Vienna, redirected to Augsburg, franked 66m, CDS Cairo 15 JA 30, and arrival marks. 3.00 428 Hotel Arabia, Zamalek, Cairo, to Calcutta, 72m, CDS Cairo 26.11.55 2.00 429 Grosvenor Hotel, Cairo, CDS Cairo 15 N0 28, 10m, but with the “5d I.S.E” mark applied - no sign of Dues being collected 2.00 430 Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo, machine cancel Cairo 18 May 1934 to UK - this was during the Cheap” period, but this is franked 20m 2.00 431 Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo (diff design from previous), FDC of Bal 70-72, CDS Opthalmic. 8 DE 37, to UK but addressee details deleted 2.00 432 Metropolitan Hotel, Cairo, a later design, Air Mail envelope to US franked 90m, CDS Cairo 20 FEB 54 2.00 433 Victoria Hotel, Cairo, to UK, franked 26m(?), CDS Cairo 19 MR 34 2.00 434 Victoria Hotel & New Khedivial, Cairo, with views of the Hotel, Gardens & Dining Room, franked 15m (First Fuad) to USA (date illegible) the blue & white octagonal luggage label of the Hotels is stuck on back of envelope 4.00 435 Grand Hotel, Helouan Les Bains, to UK with Bal 24 & 25, cds of Medical Congress, 17 DE 29 3.00 436 Ismailia Palace Hotel with 8x5m & KLM cachet, cds Ismailia 17 AP 37, to UK. 3.00 437 Savoy Hotel, Luxor, with 3 x Bal 74 to UK, CDS Luxor T, 15 FE 38 2.00 438 Arafa Hotel, Tanta, with Bal 895 to USA, CDS 21.?. 81 2.00

The following 12 Lots are postcards showing the Hotels 439 Canton Hotel, Bulkeley, to Athens with 2x5m lake, CDS illegible 2.00 440 Windsor Hotel, Alexandria, to Athens with Bal 25, CDS Alexandria 24.12.28 2.00 441 Khedivial Hotel, Assouan, unused (in colour) 2.00 442 Hotel des Bains, Helouan, to UK with Bal 89, CDS Hilwan 22.4.09 2.00 443 Casino Palace Hotel, Port Said, to Zagazig with Bal 80, CDS Port Said 17.VI.13, arrival Zagazig 18.VI.18. (colour card) 2.00 444 Eastern Exchange Hotel, Port Said, unused Gervaert card b & w. 1.00 445 Hotel Continental, Port Said - Boulevard du Port, unused, colour. 1.00 446 Hotel d’Angleterre, Cairo, unused, b & w 2.00 447 Hotel du Nil, Cairo, unused ‘Tucks’ Oilette 2.00 448 Bristol Hotel, Cairo, 3 different pictures, 2 unused, 1 to UK 1905 2.00 449 Bristol Hotel, Cairo, p/c size colour illustration with description & Tariff on reverse, appears to be early 1920s 4.00 451 Hotel Abbas, Abasseyeh, Cairo, unused p/c showing a chadouf, with Christmas Greetings from the Proprietors 3.00

Various 451 Visiting-card size cover with clear cds of Ramle Schutz 18 MR 93, franked 3m to Citta”, arrival Alexandria A ??.MR 93 10.00

Auction catalogues 452 1977, Danson’ s Egypt, 1977 Danson’ s Sudan, 1980 MacArthur’s Egypt, all with Prices Realised 4.00

1993 Air Mails – Varieties in blocks of four, never hinged 453 2m grey, black spot in clouds, Bal 351 454 3m spot in clouds (defect pos 4) (pos 9) 5.00 5.00 455 3m spot in clouds 8.00 456 9m spot in clouds 12.00 457 2m red, bird on wing, Bal 353 (pos 42) 5.00 458 3m bird on wing 5.00 459 4m bird on wing 8.00 460 8m bird on wing 8.00 461 9m variety mills with serif, Bal 339a (pos 462 9m unlisted variety cracked frame (pos 6) in vertical pair 12.00 47, below Arabic 9), in vertical pair 10.00 463 3m unlisted variety cracked label top left 464 10m variety incomplete perforation, seen “Egypte” (pos 34) 5.00 on two rows, Bal 340 10.00 465 1m black spot on wing + deformed “E” in three different states – pos 36 (faint spot) + pos 32, block of 10 5.00 466 1m black spot on wing + deformed “E” in three different states – pos 36 (darker spot) + pos 32, block of 10 8.00 467 1m black spot on wing + deformed “E” in three different states – pos 36 (large spot) + pos 32, block of 10 10.00 468 4m broken letter “N”, Bal 334a (pos 32), block of 12 10.00

16 Commemorative control blocks of four, never hinged 469 A 59 Bal 230/235, Revolution set of 6 3.00 470 A 59 Bal 237, Migration 1.00 471 A 59 Bal 238, Army Day 1.00 472 A 59 Bal 241, Museum 1.00 473 A 59 Bal 242, Nubian Monuments (block 474 A 60 Bal 253 - 257, Sports (2 blocks of of 6) 1.00 10, showing both panes) 1.00 475 A 60 Bal 247, Cairo Fair 1.00 476 A 60 Bal 248, Republic Day 1.00 477 A 60 Bal 249 Biennale Alexandria 1.00 478 A 61 Bal 265, Republic Day 1.00 479 A 61 Bal 266, Agricultural Exhibition 1.00 480 A 61 Bal 267, Lumumba 1.00 481 A 61 Bal 270, Cairo Tower 1.00 482 A 61 Bal 272 - 276, Army Revolution set 3.00 483 A 61 Bal 279, Misr Bank Anniversary 1.00 484 A 61 Bal 285, Education Day 1.00 485 A 62 Bal 290, Girl Guides 1.00 486 A 62 Bal 292, Mothers’ Day 1.00

Commem varieties – inverted/reversed watermarks (never hinged) 487 1957, 10m, Bal 188a 1.00 488 1957, 10m, Bal 190a (block of 4) 3.00 489 1957, 10m, Bal 193a (block of 4) 3.00 490 1957, 10m, Bal 194a (block of 4) 3.00 491 1957, 10m, Bal 195 - 196a (block of 4) 5.00 492 1957. 10m, Bal 197 - 198a (block of 4) 5.00 493 1957, 5m, 10m, 15m, Bal 199 - 201a 7.00 494 1958. 10m, Bal 202a (block of 4) 3.00 495 1958, 10m & 15m, Bal 205 - 206a (block 496 1959, 10m, Bal 225a (block of 4) of 4) 4.00 497 1959, 10m, Bal 223a 3.00 498 No Lot

Commems, various (never hinged) 499 1952, 30m, Bal 46 – brown misplaced, 500 1957, 10m, Bal 157c - within strip of 5 visible white line around tarbush 3.00 4.00 501 1958, 50m, Bal 215a (miniature sheet) - 502 1959, 10m, Bal 228a - misplaced flag misplaced flag 10.00 5.00 503 1959, 10m, Bal 241b - joined letters, pair 3.00 2.00 504 1966, 80m, Bal 462a - “U” instead of “0” in “monastery” (block of four) 5.00 505 1968, 10m, Bal 511a - “8” of “1968” omitted (block of four)

Postal history 506 Postal stationery cover 2 Pt (Bal 6) to Cairo & cancelled “Alexandrie Exposition” 17.V.94, transit & arrival marks - fully written up. 20.00 507 Postal stationery cover 5m (Bal 9) to Zanzibar, cancelled Alexandria 12.VIII.07, underfranked but not noticed, transit Suez, French paquebot, arrival 29 AU 07 15.00 508 Postal stationery Letter Card (Bal 1) cancelled TPO Assiut-Cairo 23.II.10, transit Cairo 23.11.10 to Strasbourg. Slight foxing, and part of card missing 7.60 509 Postal stationery cover 1 Pt (Bal 1) with additional franking of 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m to Strasbourg. Cancelled Tamiya 23.X1.10, transit marks of ‘Idwa (with apostrophe), TPO of Sannuris-Wasta, Cairo, all 23.XI.10. Colourful franking, and fully written up with map 30.00

Consular interest 510 Mourning cover (visiting card size) Cairo to Ramleh, franked only with “High Commissioner Egypt” from Sir Percy Loraine KCMG to Yehia Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, CDS of Bacos on reverse 7.00 511 As previous lot with CDS Cairo 8 AP 36. & part transit marks on reverse 7.00 512 Long mourning cover, wax seal of Crown over C and cachet of "H.B.M Agency & Consulate General of Egypt” on front, also signature which could be Cromer. No franking, but cds Caire ??.III.00. Addressed to Helouan and traces of arrival mark. 24.00 513 Front of cover only with cachet of “British Vice Consulate Suez” to British Agency Cairo, no franking but cds of Suez Station 14.2.96 3.50

Lado enclave? 514 De La Rue 5 mill stamp on piece used probably from Lado Enclave. See Stagg Page 16: it has the 4 ellipses in black & a retta cancel, but he does not refer to the use of Egyptian stamps, therefore rare 15.00

Gaza stamps 515 1959 100m Nefertiti definitive surcharged control block of 4, NHM, with variety "55" vertically a cheval as well as "UAP." in place of "UAR". Also various breaks in both letters & figures. NP P68f cat $100 for a single stamp. Very desirable variety control block, beautiful stamp 125.00 516 World Refugee Year colour trial 10m slate-black NP PC5ct cat $150 55.00 517 World Refugee Year colour trial 10m and 35 mm in imperf pairs NP PC5a & PC6a cat $400 120.00 518 6m Boy King double opt one faint NP P6d cat.$40 15.00 519 10th Ann. of Human Rights 10m NP PC3 and 35m NP PC4ct opt in brown (NP cat $200 as single). On cover front pmk Gaza T 13.5.64 125.00 520 Five Gaza opt air stamps on cover cancelled Bethlehem 6.OC.48 40.00

Egypt stamps 521 First Issue imperf. proofs on unwatermarked paper, see NP p73 cat $175 60.00 522 1914 Pictorials, imperf. proofs on unwatermarked paper 1m to 10m each with plate number, see NP p127 40.00 523 1889 Postage Due, surcharge 3m on 2pi, horizontal pair à cheval 25.00 17

British Forces 524 Jubilee o/p mm NP BF9 SG A10, cat £225 75.00 525 Xmas seal SG A6a pale vermilion booklet pane less block of four from lower right 24.00 526 Postcard with WWI T Z and W TPO 30 DE 16, good strike of rare mark of the Western Desert 20.00

Foreign offices 527 GB used at Suez: 1874 GB 4d vermilion plate 13 cds good central strike SG Z56 50.00 528 British packet agency at Alexandria DE 21 1845. Type D-1-I see Smith p58 5.00 529 Stamps of Austria prepared for Turkish empire: 6 used Alexandria circa 1888, 2 unused 20.00 530 French PO: printed letter Credit Lyonnais with 5c stamp cancelled Alexandrie 1 JUIL 00 5.00

Rural markings 531 Two account pages posted at rural post stations with Farouk stamps cancelled with rural marks 20 FE 50, 16 MR 50 5.00

Illustrated FDCs 532 Abolition of Capitulations 1937 1.50 533 15th Ophthalmological Congress 1937 3.00 534 XVI Exposition Agricole & Industrielle 1.50 535 Statistique Congress 30.DE.27 unaddressed front of Semiramis Hotel envelope 1.50

Postal history 536 Postal forwarding agent: PC 2m cancelled Port Said 10.V.06, beautiful cachet “Vella & Portelli….letters to our care are promptly delivered” 15.00 537 Postcard cancelled Port Said Traffic AP 39 with GB GVI 1½d and 10m Boy King 5.00 538 Cover from Brussels – Kairo 16-6-47 premiere flight, special cancel and label 10.00 539 Unaddressed cover cancelled Jeux Mediterranees 5.1-.51 2.00

Postal stationery 540 Two small ps covers, sphinx and pyramid 1m and 2m unused 3.00 541 3m postcard cancelled fine 1.III.03 with fair Amb Beni Souef -Caire 2.00 542 5m postcard cancelled Cairo D and fair French LIGNE N 8 FRB 04 3.00 543 4m postcard cancelled good Cairo 18.II.06 2.00 544 4m postcard cancelled good 23 V 07 and Alexandrie A 24.V.97 2.00 545 20 para postcard cancelled Tanta 18.II.88 3.00 546 3m postcard uprated with DLR 2m to UK cancelled good Alexandria D 3 IV 97 2.00 547 5m ps envelope uprated with DLR 5m to Utrecht and cancelled Kalioub 5.VII.00 2.00 548 5m ps envelope uprated with DLR 5m to Neuchatel and cancelled Moharram Bey 4 19.III.10 2.00 549 1pi ps envelope cancelled good Ezbet Zeitoun 6 I 97 3.00

Hotels 550 Grand Continental Hotel Cairo envelope, good strike of hotel pmk 3-IX-17 censored and resealed 5.00 551 Continental Savoy Cairo Hotel 18.JU.35 good strike: 5 airmail stamps and 2m Fuad to Berlin 5.00 552 Unused postcard printed Simon Arzt Port Said (Egypt) with DLR 1m and 3m stamps 3.00

Instructional markings 553 Cover from UK to Egypt with Return to Sender elliptical mark 6 V 15, boxed Undelivered for Reason Stated and Unclaimed on back 10.00 554 Cover from UK to Egypt, Return to Sender elliptical mark ? DE 35 straight-line Adresage Incomplete and Retour 10.00 555 PC to Egypt with boxed Unclaimed + boxed Undelivered for Reason Stated good clear strikes. 8 FE 07 10.00

Maritime interest 556 PC 2m cancelled fair French maritime mark – L.U.N. 2 8 JUIL 07 5.00 557 Hendrey cover with 1m to 4m Fuad cancelled S/S Rashid backstamped 8 SEP 29 12.00 558 Hendrey cover with 1m & 4m Fuad cancelled S/S Boulak backstamped 20 JU 29 10.00 559 Cover to Paris 2x5m DLR cancelled with boxed PAQUEBOT no date cancel 10.00

Sudan stamps 560 DLR 1 mill with Soudan opt: block 5 by 5 plate setting 3 15.00

Egypt Essays 561 1971 Nasser 20m in dark blue and olive, see NP E546 2 stamps 150.00 562 No-value, child at desk, two shades of blue, 2 stamps 50.00

Rare modern definitives 563 1973, SG 1133a var, with wmk, Michael 603xa, VF mint NH corner block of four with printing date 20 XI 76 25.00 564 1972, SG 1135 var with wmk, Balian 705, VF mint NH single, very rare 15.00 565 1974, SG 1137a, var with wmk, Balian 706, VF mint NH single, very rare 15.00 566 1977, SG 1138a, no wmk, Balian 703, VF mint NH single, Michel cat €20 10.00 567 1978, SG 1347, var no wmk, a new discovery (not recorded). VF mint NH single 25.00

18 Prestige Booklet (Discover the Treasures of Egypt) 568 2004, mint booklet containing 30 stamps with one in genuine 22-carat gold 15.00 569 2004, set of three FDCs, one for each of the high values (£E5 Sphinx, £E5 Nefertiti, £E10 Tutankhamun). No FDC was issued for the three panes of nine stamps 15.00 570 2004, the 30 stamps of the booklet (3 panes of nine plus three high-values), in very fine postally used condition. Very rarely used on covers because the booklet was sold at 60 per cent over face value 25.00

Sudan stamps 571 1948 Officials, SG 043-58, VF mint NH, complete set of 16, SG cat £75 30.00 572 1962, £1 Camel Postman definitive reprint without wmk. Control number 1B corner block of four, VF mint NH 22.00 573 1962, £1 Camel Postman definitive reprint with rectangles wmk. Control 2B corner block of four. VF mint NH 22.00 574 1990, 10pi definitive handstamp surcharged £1. Control number 9B corner block of four with two stamps having partial double surcharge. Very small creases in margin, VF mint NH. Michel cat €300 60.00 575 1948, Postage Dues, SG D12-15. VF mint NH complete set of four. SG cat £30 15.00 576 1980, Postage Dues, Steamboat 10m and 20m values with the rare Sudan Arms (rhinoceros) wmk (see note after SG D15). VF mint NH complete set of two stamps with margins. Michel cat €300 60.00

Definitives 577 1972-77, SG 1131-41 including the rare 1138a. Mint NH complete set of 18 (17+1), SG cat £62.30 32.00 578 1978-85, SG 1340-51, plus all ‘a’ and ‘b’ numbers including rare 1343ba. Complete set of 24 (16+8) inc two copies of 1350 and 1351 (shiny and matt gum). Rarely offered as such. VF mint NH 35.00

Air Mails 579 1978-85, SG 1335-37a, plus ‘a’ and ‘b’ numbers (no wmk) including two colours of 1335b (olive-brown (shiny gum) and olive-sepia (matt gum). Set of eight (6+2) mint NH blocks of four 14.00 580 1981, SG 1455, VF mint NH corner block of six with printing date (shiny gum) 7.00 581 1985-88, SG 1567-72, plus all ‘a’ numbers including two colours of 1568 (light and dark blue) and of 1571 (yellow and orange). Set of 11 (8+3) mint NH blocks of four. SG cat £60.80 20.00 582 1989-91, SG 1772-9, complete set of 11 mint NH blocks of four. SG cat £44 14.00

Military post 583 1971, SG 1097, mint NH corner block of four with printing date 11.IV.71 15.00

Watermark varieties 584 1937 Farouk 10m with inverted wmk, Bal 370a, mint NH lower marginal block of six 10.00 585 1937 Farouk 15m with inverted wmk, Bal 372a, mint NH left marginal single 5.00 586 1944 Farouk Marechal 30m with inverted wmk, Bal 414b, mint NH single 5.00 587 1958, Int Cycle Racing with inverted wmk, Bal 202a, mint NH control number A/57 corner block of six 12.00 588 1962, Official, SG O686 var, Bal 626a, with inverted wmk, mint NH control number A/63 in Arabic, corner block of six 25.00

Used miniature sheets: All fine used 589 1949, SG MS357 (two sheets), cat £10.50 8.00 590 1958, SG MS570, cat £15 8.00 591 1959, SG MS 601, cat £10.50 7.00 592 1964, SG MS 828, cat £11 9.00 593 1969, SG MS 1027, cat £7 6.00 594 1971, SG MS 1092, cat £10.50 8.00 595 1972, SG MS 1158, cat £25 10.00 596 1972, SG MS 1169, cat £5.25 5.00 597 1974, SG MS 1237, cat £5.25 5.00 598 1976, SG MS 1293, cat £5.25 5.00 599 1982, SG MS 1483 5.00 600 1982, SG MS 1485 5.00 601 1984, SG MS 1551 5.00 602 1987, SG MS 1668 5.00 603 1987, SG MS 1673 5.00 604 1988, SG MS 1699 5.00

Errors and varieties 605 1985, SG 1586 var, 35pi definitive with yellow colour shifted 1.5mm downward, creating double image. Mint NH lower marginal vertical pair 10.00 606 1985, SG 1615a, Dental Conference with “985” for “1985”. VF mint NH full sheet of 50 with margins containing the error stamp, bent in the middle. SG cat £34.60 for the sheet 14.00 607 1986, SG 1636 var, World Environment Day, stamp 3mm narrower than normal. Fine used single with normal for comparison 6.00 608 1997, SG 2052 var with double black inscriptions and cartouche. Mint NH single with normal for comparison 10.00 609 1999, 20pi Official violet with no wmk and major horiz misperf, shifted 5mm upwards so that the “20” values are at the top instead of the bottom of the stamp. Mint NH upper marginal vertical pair, upper stamp with no value! Only ten stamps in pane of 100 thus! 30.00 610 2001, 30pi Official with no wmk and major horiz misperf, shifted 4mm downward so that “EGYPT” and “misr” are at the bottom instead of the top of the stamp. Mint NH vertical pair 20.00 611 2002, SG 2234, 10pi definitive with major vertical misperf right in the middle of the stamp. Mint NH horiz pair 20.00 612 2004, SG 2362, var with red colour shifted 1.5mm to the left and downward, creating a stunning double image. Mint NH marginal single with normal for comparison 15.00 613 2005, Cairo International Fair, mint NH imperf upper marginal horiz pair, crease not apparent from front 25.00 614 2005, Cairo ICT conference, mint NH imperf upper marginal vertical pair 30.00 615 2005, Youth Ministry golden jubilee, 125pi value, mint NH imperf lower marginal horizontal pair, minor wrinkles not apparent from front 28.00 616 2005, Mohamed El-Baradei Nobel prize, 30pi value, mint NH imperf upper marginal vertical pair 30.00 617 2006, Military Academy, mint NH imperf vertical pair 30.00 19 618 2001, 5pi Official with no wmk, with major horiz misperf coming right below the words “EGYPT” and “misr”. Mint NH lower marginal vertical pair: lower stamp does not have the name of the country. SG O1806 var 25.00 619 1999, 20pi Official violet with no wmk, with major vertical misperf across the Arabic words “misr”, “official” and value. Mint NH right marginal horizontal pair 20.00 620 2001, 25pi Official, SG O1809 var, with no wmk and major horiz misperf coming across the words “EGYPT” and “misr”. Mint NH lower marginal vertical pair: neither stamp has the name of the country clear 20.00

Rural covers 621 Generally fine selection of 50 covers & letter-sheets, several nice cartouches and mostly legible postmarks: 1936 Tanta-Nefa, 37 Tala-Kafr al-Arab al-Bahari, 38 Hawamdiyya-Shaykh Othman, 39 Dishna-Ezbet Fawzi, Sentris-Faroaniyya, Santa-Mashala, 40 Sunbat-Kafr al-Manadiyya, 42 Ramlet al-Anaguib & al-Anaguib, 45 Qurashia-Tokh, 47 Armant-al-Mahameed, 50 Shibin al-Qanater & Ezbet Mohamed Tawfiq Khalil, 51 - Ezbet al-Mofti, 53 Hamol al-Bahari-Ezbet Abu Chahine, al-Foshn-Lahatis, Qalyub-Ezbet al-Moufti, 54 Bardis- Awald Ali, Itsa-al Minya & Nazlet al-Amoudein, 55 al-Beid Station-Ezbet Nehma, -Tura, al-Badari & al- Gharda, 56 Kara-Ezbet Amer, Manfalout-al-Hasani, Chibin al-Qanater & Tell Beni Selim, Sahragat al-Kobra & Kafr al-Ezz, 57 Sanbo-Kafr Khedr, 58 al-Badari & al-Hamamiya, Kharga-Khalawiya, 61 Abu al Choqouq-Kafr al-Sheit Charqiyya, 65 Abu al-Waqf-Chiha al-Gharbiyya and others. Good lot 225.00 622 Nice group of 40 covers: 1920 Zifta-Mit Bira, 28 Kom Hamada-Saft al-Inab, 29 Matariya-Defra, 30 Shal- shamoun-Nahama (el-Asas cartouche), 36 Bilqas-Minshat Ragheb (Kafr al-Garayda cartouche), 37 Minsha- Kirisat, 1940 Bilqas-al-Shoutot, 43 Biba-Dashtura, Zifta-Kafr Shamara (Kafr al-Daghayda), Akhmim-Arab al- Badiyya, 50 -Begaza Bahari, 51 Dalas-Ezbet al-Set Nafisa, 52 Font-Ezbet Faydi Pacha, 54 Bardis- Awlad Ali, 55 Ras al-Khaleg-Kafr al-Mayasra, 57 Shaykh Fadl-Sharouna, Badari-Safadra, 58 Hawamdiya- Shaykh Othman, 59 Wasti-Ezbet Saad ad-Din, 60 Bilbes-al-Sarf, al-Manshiyya al-Charqiyya & al-Tafteesh, 65 Benha-Ezbet Aziz. Other part-legible needing expert sorting. To clear 135.00

Small post offices 623 150 Fuad to modern covers...smaller offices including: Abnoub, Aba al-Waqf al-Balad, Abu Zahbal al-Balad, Awlad Amr, Azzai. Badari, Baqour, Bahgoura, Batanoun, Chiyyaket Rabi al-Nagger, Dacha, Daru, Deir Maws, Dillingham, Disunes, Dahl, Ikea, Ezbet Khorshed, Guhayna, Gunzur, Hadaeq al-Challal, Hawamdia, Hor, Ibchiwai, Itsa, Idfu Charq, Inab al-Madina, Kafr al-Kinana, Kafr Rabi, , Kafr al-Chawam, Kafr Kila al- Bab, Kafr Kanan, Kafr al-Saray, Khirbita, Kom al-Farah, Mahalet Marhoum, Mahamsha, Manamil Sharq, Mashtoul al-Souq, Matanya, Matobis, Mit al-Gharaqqa, Mit Assas, Miniet al-Nasr, Mishta, Morin, Qasr al-Gibali, Qus, Qalandul, Rahmania Qibli, Saff, Santa, Sirbai, Shalchamon, Sirs al-Layan, , Shantof, Sarahgat al- Kobra, Tura, Shinta al-Hagar, Shoubra al-Damanhoria, Tura, Tala, Um al-Rahman, Zuwaf al-Sharqiyya 130.00

Place postmarks 624 Lightly-duplicated, 55 covers with postmarks, including: Abu Zaabal Prison, , Cairo Airport, Ghazl Misr (Mahala and Kafr al Dawar), Ministries (Finance, Foreign Affairs), Mogammah al Tahrir, Mogammah Qena, National Assembly, Parliament, Palaces, Presidency, Qanater Barrage, Republic Bourse, Simon Arzt, Souk Khodar Rod-al-Farag, Universities (Fouad I, Aswan and Ein Chams) and others. Good lot 65.00

Registration cachets 625 50 covers with handstamped cachets: Abu Kirqas, Bardis, Bashbish, Batanon, Biala, Biba, Chirbin, Dichna, Disouq, Dokki, , , , Gimiza, Kaha, Kolesna, Kom Hamada, Maadi, Maadiyya, Madinet al- Kharga, Manzala, Matai, Matariya, Mex, Midmar, Nekhela, Nagh Hammadi, Qusia, Roda, Sahel Selim, al-Shin, Samanoud, San Stefano, Salloum, Shawashna, Shirbin, Tanda, Timai al-Ahmadiyya, Tod, , Wadi al- Arab. Useful lot 48.00

Postal Agency markings 626 65 covers with branch post offices, postal agencies and Bareed Ahli. Generally fine with legible postmarks. Fuad to modern, including , Damanhour, Giza, Ismailia, Mansura, Minya, Tanta, Zaqaziq, Agencies include: Immobilia, Adli Street, Cherief Street, Maidan al-Gumhuriyya, Qulesna, Bab al-Louq, Mohamed Fareed, Mayani al-Gharb. Bareed Ahli: Adyta, Debark, Sabine Nashua, Midas al-Tahrir (Imbibe), Kafr Mahout 60.00

Cash markings 627 Generally fine, 40 covers, cards and postal forms (1911 on) all with Cash postmarks. Many unusual and elusive CDS inc: Attarine C.3, Bab al-Khalq, Bab al-Louq al-Badari, Bani Mazar, Baqour, Benha, 1917 Dawawin, Imbaba, Isna, Marsah Matrouh, , Matai, Matariyya, al-Midan, Minuf, Mohamed Farid, Qism al-Nahal (Zaqaziq), Qubba Bridge, Qubba Palace, Qusiya, al-Shohada, Shubra, Sahel Selim, Sultan Hussein, Tanta, Zaqaziq ..etc. Good lot 40.00

Railway interest 628 Fine group of 9 mostly earlier postcards- eight of railway stations, including Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Colmar Street, and a panorama of Sidi Gaber village 32.00 629 75 covers, cards and stationary items, mostly 1923-50s, with station CDS. Good variety (Cairo, Alexandria, Asyut, Banha, Kafr al-Zayat, Mansura, Minia, Suhag, Tanta, Zaqaziq, maybe others) and pmk types including registered. Good lot with much useful 105.00 630 Raml/Alex: 58 covers (c 1922-36) with station CDS: Alexandria, Raml, Sidi Bishr, plus Sidi Gaber, San Stefano, Bacos … etc. Interesting Reg. Cachets (Ibrahimia-Raml, Sidi Bishr, Bulkely, San Stefano, Camp Cesar. Useful lot 80.00 631 90 items (1895-1961) with TPO marks. Condition varies, but good lot with some elusive postmarks/displayable. Cairo-Itay al-Barood, Cairo-Mansura, Cairo-Minia, Cairo-Port Said, Cairo-Tanta, Disuq-Fuwa, Dumiat-Tanta, Fayoum TPO, Fayoum-Roda, Ismailia-Port Said, Ismailia-Port Tawfiq, Kafr al-Shaykh-Tanzim Bassiouni, 135.00 20 Luqsor-Shellal, Mansura-Mataria, Mansura-Tanta, -Tira, TPO 24, Tanta- etc

Military interest 632 British Forces seals: 11 covers with 1pi letter stamp (3) and 1 pi carmine and black letter seal (8). Mixed condition, including a couple repaired, but most fine. Several different, crowned postage paid nos., an interesting missing perf variety and other interest. To clear 98.00 633 Nice selection of 21 British and Allied covers, cards and other items (mostly 1916-40s) generally fine or better, much suitable for display. 1916 Field service PPC (Ramleh Casino) ex “Base Army post office A”, 1917 “Base Army Post Office B” on active service with Military Post Office Alexandria B/S, 1919 registered (APO K label) ex “Army Post Office A”, 1937 MPO Abu Sueir, franked 10m Fouad army, 1937 MPO Cairo, 1940 MPO Cairo, franked 10m Faruq army on printed Active Service cover to UK with BPO E 608 B/S, 1940 printed Service cover to UK franked 4 x 10m Faruq ex E 608 (Suez), 1942 Printed “On Britannic Majesty’s” cover ex FPO 157 to Lotfallahs at Ghezireh Palace, pair printed service covers at 10d and 12d rates, Privilege Air letter at 4d rate, Active service cover franked South African 4d and GB 6d ex Postage Prepaid 90, PPC showing “Headquarters, British Garrison-Alexandria, printed booklet with interesting printed matter censorship hand- stamp. Good lot. To clear 198.00 634 30 items (covers, letter-sheets and postcards) in varied condition all British and Allied forces (1915-40s), inc 1915 active service cover Attarin to UK, 1936 MPO cover, franked 10m Fouad Army, Army form letter-sheet, with Postage Prepaid 84, 1949 returned cover with over ten back-stamps including Base post Office 4”, Suez, Fayed, Port Tawfiq and Ismailia; 1941 cover sealed with red “Examined by Unit Censor” label, 1941 with 22 Postage Prepaid postmarks plus active service, postage prepaid, unmailed letter-sheet.. etc. To clear 72.00 635 Egyptian Military pmks: Nice group of 44 covers mostly with “ Bareed Askari / Bareed Harbi” hexagonal postmarks with numerals: 2,3,4,6,9,10,13,14, 21, 22, 25,27,34,35,43. Including 11 items with large “Wehdat Bareed al Maidan” (Field Post office), plus 2 scarce 1943 diamond Active service pmks “ Khidmat al-Maidan AS # 10 (with triangular military intelligence censor). To clear 80.00 636 Egyptian Militaria/Abbasiyya Barracks: 35 covers, varied condition, letter-sheets ..etc with interesting military area pmks: 1920 War Office in blue, Moaskar al-Arish, Abu Sueir, Moustafa Kamel Camp, Manqabad, Abu Sir al-Malq, Moaskar al-Galla, , Madrasat Musha (infantry school), Arish, Qantara Charq, Qosseir, 6 covers and letter-sheets linked to Abbasia Barracks, used V-mail envelope, 4 covers franked UAR military stamp. Good lot 90.00 637 Military Censorship: 29 local covers (40s-60s) from and to military areas, including Almaza, , Qantara, Arish, Qousseir, with censor handstamps, seldom-seen triangular military intelligence censor hand- stamps (some on active service covers) from 1940s including numerals 27, 88, 124, 127, 269. Mixed condition, but most fine. Unusual lot 82.00 638 Censor marks: 60 mainly incoming mails displaying different censorship marks, mostly ex Arab-Israeli conflict. Generally fine and useful 54.00 639 Opened by Censor: 50 mainly incoming covers WW II-1970s, all opened by the censor and resealed with censorship tape. Varied origins and censor marks. Generally fine 60.00 640 Censorship - Numerals: nice selection of 82 mostly opened by censor covers, bearing different censorship numerals. Generally fine. Excellent addition or good basis for expansion 120.00

Postal history - franking 641 Fuad: 45 covers, letter-sheets and cards, varied condition, 1922-7, all franked with Fuad stamps. Good variety of rates, franks, combinations, including some returned to sender. Useful 50.00 642 32 selected Fuad covers, cards and letter-sheets, covering the three issues (some in combination), inc 15m control single A/26 on returned cover, duo commercial postcards showing rate increase 3m to 5m, 12m letter- sheet with four stamp combination, 20m large blue on small cover to Austria, Airmail cover franked 2 blocks of 5m + 20m large blue, 5m on letter-sheet to Egyptian Consul in Palestine, 15m to Egyptian Consul, Hotel Allenby, Jerusalem (nice machine transits and arrival), Air cover franked 13m + 20m Postes, local AR cover 20m blue (small) + 5m, 20m green on OHMS air cover to GB, large part parcel card with 100m (v dark shade) + 20m blue and 5m Boy King, couple of covers with Type I/II combinations, plus many interesting, inc foreign, letter-sheet, postcard and other rates. VG to pristine, with much displayable. Good lot 124.00 643 Boy King: 50 covers, varied condition, excellent array of franks, rates, combinations etc, inc six-stamp three- color comb., civil-martial combs, 11m and 12 m rates!, business card rates ..etc. useful lot with good pickings 60.00 644 Farouk Marechal: 37 covers franked with Farouk definitives, including 30m control single A/50, 10m A/47, 4, 6 & 7-stamp combinations noted, 13m + 17m and others. Useful lot 50.00 645 KES: 27 items franked with the overprinted issue, including a four colour combination, 17m + 10m martial, 22m, 50m control single…etc. 30.00 646 Three Bars: 50 covers, entires and letter-sheets all franked with three-bar stamps, some in combination with other issues. Mixed condition, but most useful 48.00 647 Commemoratives: 120 covers commem-franked. 1934 UPU 15m on RG. local card, 1946 duo covers with Aviation Conference opt (1 locally used / other (faulty) franked pair to Sudan! Rest mostly early republic and UAR, with many elusive issues including top vals, eight-stamp combination, Greetings, several AR covers.. etc 100.00 648 Dues: 36 mostly local un- or under-franked covers (1922-1967), including 21 with Egyptian postage due adhesives (some better noted). Another group of covers with boxed T’s but untaxed, un-franked and untaxed covers, and a couple franked with revenue adhesives. Condition varies, but majority useful 135.00

Postal history - miscellaneous 649 AR: 50 registered AR covers - Fuad on to more modern, including many colourful franks and franking combination, a couple with auxiliary postal forms. Generally fine. To clear 45.00 650 Postmarks/ Postal forms: 25 Q13 forms displaying different early 20th century pmks inc: Abu Homos, , Batanoun, Bordin, Chine, Damanhour, Deirout, Disuq, Dessounes, Ezbet el-Zaytoun, Kafr al-Dawar, Kotour, Mahallet Roh, Matai, Mit Badr Halawa, Ras al-Barr and Cairo Postmen 36.00 21 651 Booklet Stamps on cover: 15 covers (1926-1955) franked with booklet stamps (Fuad 5m, Poste 5m, 5m Boy King, Defense), including: 3 Fuad Booklet stamps on Ismailia Branch cover, 1937 Express cover with booklet block of 4. Generally fine 72.00 652 Postmarks on Insurance Policies: 25 generally fine illustrated “La Nationale” policies (early 30s) with postmarks: Abu Choucha, Alexandria C , Aswan, Bahgoura, Balyana C, Bardis, Dishna C, Dikirnis, , Fao, Idfu, Isna C, Luqsor C, Port Said C, Qus, Tanta CO. Insurance payments made at post office - unusual usage. 36.00 653 Express/ Postmen covers: Mixed condition, 56 express covers (none with express stamps and inc couple of EMS) and covers with Postmen backstamps. Noted Alexandria and Port Said Postmen, reg express 60m cover with six-stamp 4-colour comb., interesting express rates and pmks.. etc. Some good pickings 76.00

Postal Mechanisation 654 Mechanical Franking: 150 covers, late 30s to date, with many private mechanical marks (corporate marks, banks, insurance agencies) and rates. Most fine with legible impressions and reasonable variety. To clear 68.00 655 50 mechanically-franked covers, with better & unusual items inc: illustrated cancellations, double impressions, envelopes with two impressions. Noted: Alexandria Municipality, American Embassy, Mobile Oil, Gezira Sporting club, WHO, BOAC, Air India, Ford (Egypt), Mobil Oil, Dar al-Hilal, Heliopolis Oasis Co., Mobil Oil, Ahram, Progres Egyptien, Midland Engineering, Phillips Orient, Egyptian Directory, Ottoman Bank, Telecom. Authority. Good lot with additional thematic interest starting at half retail 90.00 656 Slogans: 65 covers with early-to modern slogan pmks starting with the “Affix stamp upper right Corner”,1925 “Geographical Congress” on unfranked official cover, propaganda, educational, instructional, postal and other slogans. Generally fine with collectible impressions. To clear 45.00

Postal history – commercial/Advertising covers 657 Company-Printed Covers: 100 printed covers, cards and letter-sheets (1920s-60s, mostly Royal) from wide range of large companies, small businesses ..etc: Kodak, KLM, Khedivial Pharmacy, Mobil, Sugar Refineries, Chalon's, Omar Effendi, Gategno, Arwas.. etc. Generally fine. To clear 78.00 658 Institutional: 45 printed covers from non-commercial institutions, including: Armenian Patriarchate, Greek Community, Society for International Law, Astronomical Society, Sultan Hussein sporting club, convicts’ charity and others. Mostly Farouk to early 60s 32.00 659 Commercial: 55 company–printed, illustrated and advertising covers and cards, 20s-60s, including several ornate and illustrated types. Companies inc: Sphinx Newspaper, Matouk and Co, Socony Vaccum, La fluval (Fluvial Navigation), Egyptian Gazette, Jockeys’ Stores (alcohol), Ahram, Gresham, Au Monopole (Sporting Goods), Bazaar Chic, Husseinia perfume, Schering, Chevrolet, Rose al-Youssef, Mixed Courts Gazette, Canal Mineral water, Daqahlia Omnibus, Kodak, Oscar Car Park, Philips Orient and so much more. Generally fine, great thematic interest 100.00

Forgeries 660 Duplicated accumulation of many 100s of forgeries and fakes with interesting postal stationary, postage dues, definitives, Suez Canal, bar opts, modern, imperf UAR printing experiment and others. Some in complete sheets. Good reference group 72.00

Maritime interest 661 Letterheads: Rarely offered, over 50 maritime/navigational letterheads, bills, receipts, shipping policies…etc Companies inc including Adriatica, Anglo-American Nile, American Export, Deutsche Orient Lines, Ellerman /Papayanni, Khedival Mail Line, Lloyd’s , Misr Navigation, Nile Valley Fluvial, Prince Line, United Levant Lines. Further range of letterheads of Suez Canal Company, and illustrated brochure “To Sunny Egypt by the Adriatica”. Generally very good to fine. Interesting lot 60.00 662 Thomas Cook: Mostly fine collection of 40 Thomas Cook Egypt letterheads, invoices, receipts, circa 1920s- 50s. Good inexpensive lot 40.00

Consular documents 663 British-Egyptian: 41 Anglo-Egyptian documents, letterheads.. etc, 1890s- 1960 ex British Consulate, Embassy, British Interests Section of the Canadian Embassy, Middle East Air Attaché ... 14 are franked with British Consular adhesives with vals to £1, with consul/vice-consul signatures noted. Generally fine with good pickings 62.00 664 British Consular Courts: 11 documents pertaining to the courts in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said. Four are consular court letterheads, the rest have court handstamps. Generally fine 52.00 665 France Consular: 57 documents related to French consulates in Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Tanta inc 26 franked with French consular adhesives, including many high val. and multiple franks, and interesting signatures. Unchecked for content. Generally fine. To clear 84.00 666 Italian Consular: 36 letterheads and documents (c 1894-1950s) pertaining to the Italian consulates in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said: 20 are franked with Italian consular adhesives (some better noted including a 5- colour franking). Four documents to do with Italian consular Tribunal . Generally fine. To clear 64.00 667 Greek Consular: 1891-modern, 71 Greek consular documents ex Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said and Tanta. Almost half franked with Greek consular stamps, many multiple franking. Good lot with great potential 90.00 668 Indian Consular (French Interests): Eight consular documents (some compound) mainly late 50s - no relations between UAR and France and the Indian Consulate looked after their interests in the UAR (and those of UAR in France). Most with both French and Indian adhesives. Unchecked for content. Interesting lot 30.00

Hotels 669 Postcards: Fine, all-different selection of 33 mostly early cards, inc several ornate and elusive showing: Khedivial, Nile Hilton, Continental (Port Said), Casino Palace (Port Said), Ghezireh Palace, Windsor, Cecil, Mena House, Semiramis, Desert Road Rest House, Ramleh Casino, Marina Palace/Savoy Hotel (Port Said), 75.00 22 Heliopolis Palace, Heliopolis House 670 Letterheads: Nice all-different selection of 60 hotel letterheads, bills, receipts and other hotel-related items from: Kari, Carlton, Cecil, Claridge, Cosmopolitan, Gordon, Green Valley, Heliopolis Palace, Ibn Chaser, Imperial, Kraal, Leroy, National, Ravioli, al-Saiyida al-Masriyah, al-Salam (Sahel ), Semiramis, Shepheard’s, Wadi el-Natrona Rest House, Windsor ..Etc 60.00 671 Baehler: 1930 letterhead “Baehler, Charles A.” a letter addressed to Emir George Loutfallah, Ghezireh Palace and signed by the Hotel tycoon. Rarely seen. Also a couple of items relating to ”Baehler Savoy Buildings” and Royal Princess Fatima Heidar 24.00

Railway interest 672 Egyptian companies: 40 unusual documents, letterheads, telegraph receipts, bills, consignment notes.. Etc from various Eg railway companies: Delta Light Railways, Ramleh Electric Railways, Wagon Lits. Mainly 1920- 40s. Nice and hard to assemble group 54.00 673 State railways: Useful group, 60 items relating to Egyptian State railways including tickets, forms, letterheads, service telegraphs, map. Etc. 45.00 674 Telegraphs: About 100 Telegraphs, 19th century to modern, from State Telegraphs, Eastern and Marconi. Good variety with many better noted, including advertising types and other interesting station types and hand- stamps. To clear at less than half retail 50.00

Royalty interest 675 Estates: Charming selection of 40 letterheads, forms, bills, receipts .. etc from King Farouk’s private estates. Fine to superb and an excellent basis for a new collection 36.00 676 Portrait Letterheads: Ornate selection of 20 VF letterheads all pertaining to the Egyptian Government Employees syndicate all illustrated with a Royal portrait of Fuad or Farouk 36.00

Postal history – returned to sender 677 60 returned-to-sender covers, entires and letter-sheets with myriad instructional markings, inc unclaimed, unknown, returned to sender… Overall fine for such much-travelled material. Good working quantity with some displayable items 78.00 678 40 returned-to-sender covers, letter-sheets, postcards ..Etc, picked for different and scarcer returned markings, types, clear impressions, strikes on front…etc. Good lot with much suitable for display 84.00 679 Returned from overseas: Unusual accumulation of 80 Fuad-recent cards, covers and entires, all sent abroad, found undeliverable, marked with instructional markings or adhesives and returned to Egypt. Myriad instructional marks and many destinations. Some interesting foreign rates noted. Generally fine 68.00

Stamps 680 Third Issue: Unchecked used group of Third Issue stamps (both printings), including 5para x 10, 10para x 18, 20para x 12 (3 different Cassa keyhole Postmarks inc “Machalla”), 1pi x 13, 2pi x 7, 2 ½pi x 8 , 5pi x 8. Couple of interesting forgeries and some right-on-nose postmarks. Specialist checking could reward 110.00 681 5 para/ 10 Para provisionals: Specialised selection of 35 mostly F-VF mint stamps including both vals in both perforations in Mint Blocks of four, dramatically shifted overprints of both values, Inv opts with 5para mint and 10para used, 5para with opt inv and misplaced. Inv wmks both perforations of both values. Also nice opt and plate flaws. Excellent lot, good basis for expansion 190.00 682 Watermark varieties: Clean selection of stamps in fine condition: 1879 1pi rose with wmk inv on small piece with full Suez pmk, another used with wmk misplaced, 1882 2m green, wmk inv ( FU) and another with wmk misplaced, 1914 5m wmk sideways from booklets (left and right ) FU, 5m Fuad inv wmk in FU pair and mint single, Boy King: 1m MNH marginal block of 8, 10m x mint pair, 15m block of 4, “Egypt” 10m violet in corner block of 4, UAR Egypt, 2m, 3m,10m in MNH inv wmk blocks of 4. 1957 commems: Orabi Revolution MNH marginal block of 4, Salah ad-Din MNH vertical pair, Mansoura MNH marginal block of 4, Air force/ airline MNH vertical se-tenant pair. Officials: 1938 1m inv wmk MNH block of 8, 1962 4m yellow green inv wmk in MNH block of 4. (Total 63stamps). To clear 50.00 683 Officials: Small lightly-duplicated mint and used accumulation of (few 100s) early-modern official stamps in small glassines, from No-Value to recent. Good variety with most issues represented, inc interesting No-Value stamp, DLR opts with some minor varieties, 1920s to 50m inc MNH and used blocks of 4, 1938, 1962 including 4m inv wmk MNH block of 4, and 1960s mint and used, 1970s mint, used and watermarked and on to more modern. Condition varies, but generally fine, with much useful. To clear 82.00 684 Dues: Small lightly duplicated group of dues in small glassines with some complete sets noted, 1900s-1960, most issues represented. Mixed condition, but much useful 54.00 685 For charity: Mixed lot inc a little bit of everything, stamps, covers (a couple of Rural Service noted, labels (inc ornate types and found open), letterheads, documents, PPC, revenues, ephemera, phone cards. All Egyptian. Condition varies, but fine overall (qty).Worth £100+ Please bid generously as the vendor will donate proceeds to local orphanage 60.00

Postal history – oddball and unusual 686 Postmark errors: 16 covers with minor postmark varieties, inverted numerals, omitted numerals, reversed letters, inverted slogan plus three related 28.00 687 Mailed twice: 75 covers that have been mailed twice, including local mails and official covers. Mixed condition typical of such material. The good , the bad and the ugly 90.00 688 Unusual envelopes: 30 covers ..etc, varied condition, all home-made envelopes, unusual envelopes, envelopes made from old government forms, unusual letter-sheets, covers turned inside out and then re- mailed, large insurance policies folded and mailed. To clear 36.00 689 Unusual rates: 70 items displaying unusual, scarce and odd rates: printed matter, registered cards, sent open, double and triple weight, sample rates, periodical rates, over-franking, additional 1mill rate, an insured cover... 95.00 23 etc. Mixed condition, but good and useful 690 Enquiry/ Savings/Postage Paid: 29 covers and other postal items with interesting postmarks inc enquiry, postal savings, postal deposits, postage paid and other unusual markings. Generally fine and useful 42.00 691 GB Incoming: 47 covers (mostly 30s to 60s) incoming from G.B. Many censorship markings noted, with several opened by censor. Mixed condition 40.00 692 Overseas rates: 60 Republic period covers sent abroad, to various destinations including , Cambodia. US, Scotland, Greece …etc. Good for rate studies, franks ..Etc 54.00

Perfins 693 Revenues: excellent selection of 30 perfinned revenues on document: Shell, Credit Lyonnais and al-Charq . Good variety of perfins, values & orientations. Generally fine 82.00 694 Charq: 30 selected documents all franked with Charq perfinned revenues with many better and some suitable for display, including control singles, misperfs, multiple-franks, reversed, inv and shifted initials. F-VF. To clear 82.00

Revenues 695 Revenue-impressed cheques: 40 clean mint and used revenue-impressed bank cheques, inc some elusive and ornate types. Very elusive used examples noted (normally destroyed by the banks). Fine-superb and most suitable for display 36.00 696 Accumulation: Lightly-duplicated mint, unused, used revenues neatly sorted in small glassines, inc general revenues, consular, medical, professional, savings, mixed courts ..Etc. Condition generally fine (many 100s) 90.00 697 1916 issue on document: 30 documents franked with the 1916 issue with all values to 100m , including nice multiples, combinations and most tied to document. Condition gen fine with several suitable for display. Good 54.00 698 Consular adhesives: Generally fine duplicated accumulation of couple of hundred mainly used consular revenues in small glassines, including values to £E168.40 with useful pickings 27.00 699 Consular revenues on document: 50 documents with Egyptian consular adhesives, many issues represented and several multiple franks and interesting combinations. Useful lot 74.00 700 Specialised revenues on document: 60 documents franked with specialised revenues: Mixed Courts (inc multiple franks and surcharges), legal (inc better), consular, Journalistic, Medical (interesting multiple franks), Cinema Professions, musical professions …etc. Good variety and generally fine. To clear at half retail 54.00

Labels and cinderellas 701 Clean duplicated stock of Eg labels (private, advertising, charity, medical, product, perfume, postal, registration, airmail, found open .. etc) neatly organised in small glassines and an envelope, much useful, many better items noted. Generally fine and colourful (many 100s) 90.00 702 On Document: Egyptian non-postal labels and cinderellas on 40 documents. Good variety inc: Hotels (Windsor, Carlton and Majestic), Lappas, Groppi, Simonds, Orosdi Back, Goganian, Platriers de Ballah, Charq, Bank Misr, Bank Zilkha, Royal Agricultural Society, and others. Good lot 60.00 703 Registration labels tied to cover: fine selection of 60 registration labels tied to cover. Fuad to modern with wide variety of postal and official labels. Colourful and useful lot 54.00 704 Labels on cover: over 100 19th century covers and letter-sheets bearing or sealed with labels, inc advertising, agricultural society, legal, municipality of Alexandria, banks, airmail, official, sealing, registration, postal and others. Generally fine 82.00 705 Economy/ re-use labels on cover: of 21 covers, letter-sheets and re-sealed part envelopes with envelope re- use label (Form No. 132). Interesting lot 36.00

Regular issue/definitive stamps, proofs and colour trials 706 1867-69, 5pa yellow-orange, unused block of four, showing the four types (II-I / IV-III). Very fresh, well-centred, fully sound, full OG (other than minuscule gum lift on SE stamp), with usual hinge remnants and peripheral perf. reinforcements. A scarce multiple! (Nile Post D8; Zeheri 8; Balian 11m; Scott 8; SG 11, cat. £108 as singles!). Signed C. F. Hass. 40.00 707 1872, 10pa mauve, variety “missing mouth of sphinx”, the constant and major flaw of position #24 (1 in 200 stamps), perf. 12½ x 13¼. Fine, bright and fresh, fully sound, used, with neat “ALESSAND(RIA)” cds, leaving the variety brilliantly visible! (NP D15a; Bal. 24b, cat. £44; Zeh. 15b). Very scarce! 19.00 708 1872 (11 Oct.), outer folded letter sheet franked by 1pi rose-red LITHOGRAPH (fully sound, superbly centred), perf. 12½ x 13¼, showing var, Cracked ‘1’ at lower-right” (NP D22b; Bal 22a; var of Zeh 17i, Scott 22m, SG 27.I). Face has oval sender’s cachet and 2 strikes (1 tying adhesive) of “V.R POSTE EGIZIANE / ZAGAZIG / 11 OTT TI 1872” cds, ESC type III-2.5, but with year and accounting mark transposed! On reverse is CAIRO” cds same day/same type. Fragile sheet has a couple of surface faults, some neat repairs and strengthening inside. Signed C. F. Hass on reverse. A stamp very rarely found on cover! 80.00 709 1872, 5pi yellow-green, perf 13¼ all round, with good colour, fully sound unused, hinged on full, original gum, an unusually well-centred example of this stamp (notorious for poor centring), with wide margins at top, left and bottom edges, perfs just touching frameline at right. The second-rarest typographed stamp of the 1872 issue, missing from all but the most advanced collections of classic Egypt — and seldom found in such fine condition! Very conservatively priced at $375 in NP and Scott, £275 in SG. More realistically valued by Balian at £318 (NP D20h; Bal. 29g; Zeh. 20d; Scott 25a; SG 34.II). Signed C. F. Hass. 100.00 710 1874, 10pa gray, perf. 13¼ x 12½, the variety, “damaged frameline at upper-left”, position #131 on the sheet of 200 stamps, F-VF, fresh, fully sound, hinged on full original gum. A nice example of a scarce positional variety! (NP D24s at $75; Bal. 32ei at £44). 25.00 711 1875, 1pi red, perf. 12½, the error of doubled vertical perforations (at left-hand side), F-VF, fully sound used, with a near-complete Sept. ’78 “PORTO-SAID” postmark (unlisted in NP; Balian 34e, undervalued at only £26.50). Signed C. F. Hass. 16.00 712 1874, 5pi green, compound perforation of 12½ x 13¼. An early Impression (non-oily, all design details clear 120.00 24 and open), a lovely example of the rarest stamp of the 1874 issue. Decently centred, with its frame clear on all sides and a jumbo margin at left. Fully sound and fresh, unused, hinged on full original gum (NP D29l at $350; Bal. #37h at £310; Scott 25d at $350; SG #41c at £300). A choice example of a truly elusive stamp, signed C. F. Hass. 713 1879, “10 PARAS” surcharge on 2½pi violet, perf. 12½, the variety, “indented bottom outer frameline”, from position #92 of the third state of the 2pi forme (this deep indentation occurred during the second substitution of stereo #102, and was caused by pressure from the tool used in prying out the defective stereo). Fine unused, super-fresh, full original gum, with a neat paper hinge remnant (NP D31g at $75; Bal. 39b at £53; Zeh. 22n). A rare third-issue variety! Signed C. F. Hass. 30.00 714 1902-13, 5 mills, imperforate De La Rue plate proof in black, on thin, white, chalk-surfaced card, as originally glued to a heavy, olive-buff, composite card (.105” total thickness). A block of four, representing positions #57- 58, 77-78 of the NE pane of the unique 5m black proof sheet of 240 stamps. VF and fresh, fully sound but for a slight, isolated edge defect on its NW stamp, a result of having been cut from the master proof sheet. (NP page 121; Bal. 90P; Scott 48P, SG 63dP). A truly rare item of the De La Rue (“fourth”) issue, seldom offered anywhere! Signed C. F. Hass. 135.00 715 1914, the De La Rue “Views”, imperforate plate proofs on gummed, unwatermarked paper, in horizontal pairs — the 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 10m and 20m – seven values (NP page 127; Bal 128 and part of 129; Scott 50- 59P; SG 73-82P), all F-VF, Fresh MNH (some with vertical scissors cuts slightly into the central gutters, as is often seen – insignificant, and mentioned only for accuracy). A nice group of Imperforates! 35.00 716 1922, 20m olive with the error inverted “Kingdom” overprint, lithographed at Cairo (“type I”), one of probably only 110 examples possible (two different panes existed, but it is likely that only about 10 examples survive from one of them). Fully sound and fresh, unused, hinged on full original gum. As is usual for stamps from this error sheet, there is minor, insignificant gum toning in a small dot, not visible on face (NP D86Ib; Bal 176b at £230; Scott 86a (litho); SG 106a (litho) at £225). Scarce error, signed C. F. Hass. 105.00 717 1922, 100m gray-black with the error of double “Kingdom” overprint, lithographed at Cairo (“type I”), one of only 100 examples possible (one pane existed). Fully sound and fresh, unused, hinged on full original gum, with a partly erased, faint pencil notation on back (NP D89 Ib at $400; Bal 178b at £265.50; Scott 88b; SG 108b at £325). A scarce error, Signed C. F. Hass. 105.00 718 1923, 50 mills blue-green “First Fuad” portrait series, completely imperforate on gummed, watermarked paper, a lovely horizontal pair, from positions #52-53 of the unique imperforate sheet of 100 stamps. Super-fresh and mint, never hinged, with wide margins on all sides! There is an invisible, horizontal fold in the white margin at top, not touching the stamp images, and certainly not a detraction. Because many of the stamps on the sheet were creased and/or torn, substantially fewer than 100 fully sound examples exist! (NP D99f; Bal 231d, valued at £531 for two singles; an unlisted variety of Zeh 90, Scott 100 and SG 119). A rare item for the “First Fuad” specialist, signed C. F. Hass. 80.00 719 1923, 100 mills purple “First Fuad” portrait series, completely imperforate on gummed, watermarked paper, a vertical pair, mint never-hinged. Top stamp is superb, but for very tiny wrinkle (unobvious) at its bottom edge. A horizontal fold runs through the white gutter between the stamps (away from images) and the lower stamp has a (not glaringly obvious) horizontal crease (NP D100e; Bal 232b, valued £531 for two singles; unlisted variety of Zeh 90, Scott 100, SG 119). Rare item for the “First Fuad” specialist, signed C. F. Hass. 35.00 720 1927, “Second Fuad” portrait issue 5 mills, an imperforate horizontal pair, on gummed, watermarked paper, printed in a very pale chestnut shade, type II (diagonal screen), 18mm x 22¾mm, showing an extremely faint overall “ghost image” of a double impression (2.5mm to the left of, and 0.75mm above, the main image). Fresh, VF MNH (NP D112n, greatly undervalued!; unlisted by Balian; a variety of Scott 135b and SG 156). From the Egyptian Royal Collection, with the Arabic “Qubbah Palace” backstamp Only 100 stamps existed … a “Second Fuad” rarity! 95.00 721 1932, bilingual “MILLS 100” provisional surcharge on £E1 “First Fuad” portrait issue (SG 188 at £190; Scott #167). Only 3750 examples were surcharged! A super-fresh, fine unused example, very lightly hinged on full original gum. Signed C. F. Hass. 55.00 722 1936, “Young Farouk” 5 mills (perforated, on gummed, watermarked paper), like the issued 5m Definitive stamp of 1937, but an essay/colour trial in bright violet, the colour of the issued 10m value (NP RPD140ct(b), substantially undervalued; Bal. 386b violet). VF MNH. From the Egyptian Royal Collection, with the Arabic “Qubbah Palace” backstamp. Only 100 existed! 85.00 723 1937, “Young Farouk” 5 mills booklet stamp, uncut block of 12 (6x2, with margins at left and right) from the specially formatted, 60-stamp panes prepared for stamp booklets. This block is from one of the 12 uncut booklet sheets found in the Egyptian Royal Collection. Accompanied by Bileski testament (and without Arabic “Qubbah Palace” cartouche, as usual). Only 120 such “Royal” blocks existed! MNH, Pristine. 22.00 724 1939, “Young Farouk” 200 mills violet, an imperforate plate proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint (NP D151b; Bal. 380b), with Minkus “Palm tree ad Pyramid” backstamp, “Guaranteed from the King Farouk Collection”, in blue-green, VF, lightly hinged onto a decorative Minkus “Palace Collections” guarantee card. Few of these “Palace Sale” souvenirs survive! 10.00 725 1939, “Young Farouk” 50 piastres green and sepia, an imperforate plate proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint (NP D153a @$150; Bal. 381e). Superb and fresh. Only 400 examples existed! 40.00 726 1949, Farouk “Maréchal” £E1 blue and sepia, completely imperforate, with centre misplaced leftward, on gummed, watermarked paper, a super-fresh, superb example, very lightly hinged, with a tiny, natural paper inclusion (with “J.H. STOLOW” guarantee backstamp). Two imperforate sheets with differing misplacement of the centre, each of 50 stamps, were found in the Egyptian Royal Collection (NP D172a, with no mention made of the misplacement; Bal. 420c at £300). A rare and seldom-offered imperforate! 160.00 727 1951, Farouk “Maréchal” 10 mills violet booklet pane of 6 with two glassine interleaves, with the fully intact, pink-card, front cover (with imprinted text) and back cover, for the 240 mills booklet originally comprising four such panes, sewn at left-hand edge … a tiny ‘miniature sheet’, with selvage on all sides. Super-fresh, Very fine 22.00 25 mint, never hinged, A scarce pane, especially when still with its original covers!

The following seven lots are Colour Trials for the “King of Egypt and Sudan” (“Malek Masr wal Sudan”) overprints of 1952. Each is from the Egyptian Royal Collection. All are backstamped by the Arabic “Qubbah Palace” cartouche. Only 100 examples were printed of each. 728 1m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial overprint in brown (issued in black as SG 373 and Scott 299). Very fine mint, never-hinged, with a small paper inclusion (NP page 187; Bal. 1m 487e). 12.00 729 3m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial overprint in brown. A particularly sought-after stamp, as the issued 3m value, overprinted in blue, was on the 3m “Young Farouk” design (as SG 375 and Scott 301). Therefore the only way this overprint exists on the 3m “Maréchal” stamp is as a colour trial! Very fine, original gum, with a small thin at the top edge, caused by hinge removal (NP page 187; Bal. 3m 487e). 18.00 730 10m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in green (issued in red, SG 378 and Scott 304). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant due to removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 10m 487d). 14.00 731 10m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in brown (issued in red, SG 378 and Scott 304). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant due to removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 10m 487e). 14.00 732 100m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial overprint in green (issued in red as SG 388 and Scott 313). Very fine, mint, never-hinged (NP page 187; Bal. 100m 488d). 16.00 733 200m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in green (issued in red, SG 389 and Scott 314). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant after removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 200m 488d). 14.00 734 200m Farouk “Maréchal”, colour-trial opt in brown (issued in red, SG 389 and Scott 314). Very fine, full original gum, with small hinge remnant after removal from “Bileski” card (NP p187; Bal 200m 488e). 14.00 735 1953, 40 mills sepia Farouk “Maréchal” with 3-bar Portrait Obliteration Overprint, without “King of Egypt and Sudan” overprint, in a F-VF mint, never-hinged block of four. A howlingly scarce stamp with genuine bars, and rarely see as a multiple! It is a sad fact that fully 99% of all examples in circulation are forgeries. This brilliantly fresh block is absolutely genuine, position-plated and signed C. F. Hass (each stamp also bears the small, blue-green “So. P. Eg.” backstamp of the Philatelic Society of Egypt) (NP D224 at $200+; Bal. 529 at £163+; SG 449 at £188+; Scott unlisted). 80.00

Commemorative stamps (including Semipostals) 736 1925, 10m rose-pink International Geographical Congress, Cairo, the variety, Completely Imperforate, in a superb, mint, never-hinged horizontal pair, sparklingly fresh and pristine, from the first printing (on chalk- surfaced paper). The world’s supply of this lovely variety … only two imperforate sheets (210 stamps) of two different shades/printings … was found in the Egyptian Royal Collection. Given the fact that the two sheets differed, only 105 examples of this shade/printing can exist! (NP C5b; Zeh. 2d; Bal. Commemorative 2b; SG 124a; Scott 106 var.). 105.00 737 1929, Farouk 9th Birthday Issue, the “Special U.P.U. Advance Printing” set of four (5m, 10m, 15m and 20m) in Unissued Colours, with black centre (5m) or brown centre (others). Extremely fresh unused, very lightly hinged on full, original gum. superbly centred. Only 2000 sets were printed, and very few of those remaining in circulation can match the quality of the set offered here (NP C29c-C32c; Bal. commemoratives 26b-29b at £460; Zeh. 26a-29a; SG 178a-181a at £400). Signed C. F. Hass. 105.00 738 1934, Tenth U.P.U. Congress Commemorative/Definitive Issue, the full series of the 12 small-format denominations, 1m to 200m, an Imperforate Plate Proof of each, on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint, all of them extremely fine to superb. Only 100 examples were printed of each denomination (NP C47a-C58a at $960; Balian commemorative proof set 55b, at $765; SG 219P-230P; Scott 177P-188P). A very popular — and increasingly elusive — series! 185.00 739 1946, 10 mills green Visit of the King of Saudi Arabia, an Imperforate Plate Proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint, pristine and superbly margined. Only 50 examples were printed (NP C97a at $150; Balian commemorative 95b at £120; Scott 256P; SG 306P). 40.00 740 1950, 10 mills red-brown and violet Fuad I Desert Institute, the variety, Completely Imperforate, on gummed, watermarked paper, a superb single with wide selvage at left, showing a partial registration crosshair (there is a meaningless vertical fold in the selvage, 8mm to the left of the stamp image). Mint, never-hinged, and rare. Only 80 examples are known, all from the-Egyptian Royal Collection (NP C132a at $150+; Balian commem 134a at £138+; Zeh. 115a; var. of SG 363 and Scott 285. 70.00 741 1956, Second Pan-Arab Boy Scout Jamboree Semi-postal Miniature Sheets, perforated and imperforate (NP MS9-MS10; Bal. commemoratives 170-171 at £1203.50; SG MS513-14 at £2000; Scott B13-15, footnoted at $1500). Both sheets are mint, never-hinged. The perforated sheet has a hint of a fingerprint on the gummed side, a couple of small paper inclusions and a minor diagonal crease at its SE corner (approximately a mere 6mm in from the apex); the imperforate sheet has a subtle, and really insignificant, gum bend. A much sought- after pair of sheets as only 1037 of each existed! 325.00

Express stamps 742 1929, 20m black & red Motorcycle Postman, an Imperforate Plate Proof on .007”-thick card, from the Egyptian Royal Collection, with Cancelled” backprint, pristine and fresh, well-margined. Only 350 examples were printed! (NP EX2a; Balian 263b at £120; SG E139P; Scott E2P). 30.00

Official stamps 743 1893-1915, ‘No Value’ chestnut Official, upright wmk, three different formats, each in a mint or MNH/unused OG block of four: 1893-1902 unsurfaced paper (sheet-marginal at top, with “Jubilee” bars, MNH); 1903-1907 chalk-surfaced paper (sheet-marginal at top, with “Jubilee”, bars, 2 stamps MNH, 2 stamps hinged on full OG); 1907-1913 chalk-surfaced paper (interpanneaux gutter at right, showing “Jubilee” bars, “pillars” and portion of “POS(TES EGYPTIENNES)” watermark, reading uphill, MNH). Three blocks in all. 25.00 744 1907-1913 “No Value” Official, upright watermark, chalk-surfaced paper, the used horizontal pair (Nile Post 45.00 26 #O1b), one of only two such postally used pairs recorded! Cancelled at “MATAY” on “—III 14”. The documented usage of the “No Value” issue was as single stamps only, regardless of the weight or size of the mailed item. The reason for the postal usage of the stamp in multiple format is as yet undetermined, but it was a RARE occurrence! Signed C. F. Hass. 745 1902-1907 “No Value” Official, chalk-surfaced paper, the error of inv wmk, a MNH, superb block of 12 stamps (2x6), with interpanneaux gutter at top (double “Jubilee” bars) and sheet margin at bottom (single “Jubilee” bars). A stunning multiple of one of the scarcer “inverted watermark” errors of Egypt! 50.00 746 1907 “O.H.H.S / AMEERY” overprint on the chalk-surfaced De La Rue ‘4th Issue’ 1 mill stamp, the indented “O” variety (position #116 of each 240-stamp sheet), a lovely used block of 15 stamps (5 x 3), fully sound and cancelled by eight full strikes of a bilingual CAIRO / R.D.6 / 7–.III.14” postmark, its south-west-corner stamp showing the variety. 28.00 747 As previous lot, but the 5 mills value in a pristine and fresh, MNH, irregularly shaped block of 28 stamps, positions 16-18, 36-38, 56-58, 76-78, 96-98 and 116-118, its southwest-corner stamp showing the indented “O” variety. 25.00 748 As previous lot, the 5 mills value in a lovely used block of 9 stamps (3 x 3), fully sound and cancelled by six part or full (unclear) strikes of a bilingual “DAMANHUR / — V 07” postmark, its southwest-corner stamp showing the indented “O” variety. 18.00 749 1913, “O.H.H.S.” overprint, the letters O.H.H.S. in inverted commas/quotation marks on the “Fourth-Issue” 5 mills. A stunning specimen of the rarest Official stamp of Egypt, of which only about 25 examples are known to exist, all of them used, at six different places ― Bani Suwef, Mina el Qamh, Alexandria, Tanta, Sohag & Port Tawfiq (the latter three only recently documented). This example is among those known to survive from the Bani Suwef correspondence. It is neatly cancelled by a partial strike (used in 1914, but the year is not visible) of the English-language “SUWEF / P” of the postmark (NP O8, Balian 113, SG O79 (undervalued in all cases). Signed “ela” (E. L. Angeloglou), with a detailed C. F. Hass colour photocertificate. A great treasure among Egypt’s Official stamps! 300.00 750 1923, the bilingual “O.H.E.M.S.” opt on 5m pink, the Error of Typesetting, “O.H..E.M.S”, position #38 of Setting ‘B’, VF unused, lightly hinged, full original gum. Only 500 examples were printed (NP O26d; Bal. 212b at £133; SG O115a; Scott O25a, absurdly undervalued!). A popular item, on many collectors’ want lists! Convincing forgeries are offered on the market, but this is the real thing! Signed C. F. Hass. 35.00 751 1923, the bilingual “O.H.E.M.S.” overprint on 10m lake, the Error of Typesetting, “O.H..E.M.S”, position #38 of Setting ‘B’, VF unused, original gum (with a hinge remnant and a tiny gum lift). Only 200 examples were printed (NP O28g; Bal. 214b at £177; SG O117a; Scott O27a, absurdly undervalued!). A popular item, on many collectors’ want lists! Convincing forgeries are being offered on the market, but this is the real thing! Signed C. F. Hass. 40.00

Military stamps 752 1935, 1 piastre blue “British Forces in Egypt” NAAFI letter stamp with red “JUBILEE COMMEMORATION 1935” overprint (SG A10 at £225; Scott M9 at $290), very fresh and fine unused, very lightly hinged on full original gum. Signed C. F. Hass. 95.00

Classic postal history 753 1869 (22 June), a complete folded letter sheet (a business letter from one Jewish merchant in Cairo to another in Alexandria), with address and text in Italian, franked by a single 1867-69 1pi rose-red. On the face are two full, clear strikes (one tying the adhesive) of the “REGIE POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO / 22 GIUG 69 1.T.” cds (ESC type II-2, Smith scarcity rating of “Scarce”), with a blue sender’s cachet perfectly struck at lower-left. On reverse is a complete, same-day arrival cds of “REGIE POSTE EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA” (ESC type II-2, Smith scarcity rating of “Uncommon”). A lovely Second-Issue postal history item, in excellent condition, showing a combined usage of two very scarce “REGIE” markings! 110.00 754 1869 (13 July), a complete folded letter sheet (a business letter from one Jewish merchant in Cairo to another in Alexandria), with address and text in Italian, franked by single 1867-69 1pt rose-red. On the face are 1½ strikes (a full, clear information strike and a half-strike cancelling the adhesive) of a “POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO / 13 LUGL 69 1.T.” cds (ESC type I-2.5), with a blurred strike of a blue sender’s cachet at lower-left. On reverse is a complete and clear “— VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA / 13 LUGL 69 1.T.” arrival cds of the scarce ESC type II-4, with the word “REGIE”-removed (rated by Smith as “Uncommon”), only five days after the earliest recorded date of 8th July for the use of this device. Another truly elusive item of Second-Issue postal history, in excellent condition! 85.00 755 1870 (27 June), a small envelope, its now-missing contents apparently having caused it to be double-weight (over 10g), franked by a single 2pi blue adhesive of 1867-69, addressed in Arabic and Italian to a Jewish merchant in Alexandria. On the face are two very fine strikes (one tying the adhesive) of the elusive “V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / MINIE” cds of ESC type III-2.5 (Smith scarcity rating of “40” plus an additional rating of “Scarce” for this type), but with the date as “27 GIU 1870” — also lacking the accounting mark under the year! On the reverse are a complete transit cds of “CAIRO” (27 GIU) and an arrival cds of “ALESSANDRIA” (28 GIU), both of type III-2.5. An important Second-Issue cover with a scarce franking of a 2 piastres adhesive, and cancelled by a most unusual variety of a classic postmark! 195.00