339 / März 2010

120 m. Booklet with pink covers bearing four panes of six 5 m. red brown, stitched at left with Control number in margin on first pane (Nile Post SB13 = $200).

120 m. Booklet with pink covers bearing four panes of six 5 m. red brown, stitched at right (Nile Post SB13 = $200).

210 m. Booklet with blue covers, bearing two panes of 5 m., one pane of 10 m. and one pane of 15 m. complete, stitched at right. Superb and very scarce (Nile Post SB14 = $ 350).

210 m. Booklet with blue covers, bearing two panes of 5 m., one pane of 10 m. and one pane of 15 m. complete, stitched at left. Superb and very scarce (Nile Post SB14 = $ 350).

180 m. Booklets (2) with pink covers, each bearing five panes of 6 m. yellow green complete, one stitched at left, one at right, fresh and fine (Nile Post SB15 = $ 350).

20 m. blue and 30 m. grey used on attractive 1939 registered (imprinted Secétariat Privé de S.M. Le Roi) cover to London tied by neat "Palais Ras El Tin" cds with scarce registration cachet below.

1938, 1 £ green & sepia, a superb used example tied to First Day Cover from Cairo. Scarce and very fine

1939/40: 50 pia. green & sepia and One Pound blue & brown, imperforate examples on watermarked paper, fresh and fine, unmounted original gum. Rare, only 50 issued of the 50 p., 100 issued of the One Pound (Nile Post D153b + D154d = $ 550).

1943, 5 m. + 5 m. red brown, mint corner Control A/40 block of six, the fourth stamp showing the error in arabic date "1493" for "1943". Superb and fresh with full original gum (Mi. = 250+).

5 m. + 5 m. red brown, variety overprinted in black instead of green, with albino impression of the overprint showing on the reverse, fresh mint and scarce (Nile Post C91f = $ 175).

1944/51: Mareschal 240 m. Booklet with pink covers, complete with four panes of 10 m. violet, stitched at left, scarce(Nile Post SB16 = $ 250).

240 m. Booklet with pink covers, complete with four panes of 10 m. violet, stitched at right, scarce(Nile Post SB16 = $ 250).

1953, soldier 10 m., 2 booklets with pink covers bearing four panes, fresh and very fine examples, one stitched at left the other at right, also a complete pane for display (Nile Post SB18 = $ 235).

1891: Provisional 3 m. on 5 m. carmine postal stationery card, variety surcharge inverted, a fresh and fine mint example. Rare. Certificate BPA (SPC5b = $ 125).

3 m. on 5 m. carmine postal stationery card, variety surcharge doubled, one rotated 90° clockwise, a fine mint example. Rare (SPC5g = $ 125).

3 m. on 5 m. carmine postal stationery card, variety arabic and english surcharge transposed, a fresh and fine mint example. Rare (SPC5f = $ 125).

3 m. on 5 m. carmine postal stationery card, variety second "3" in surcharge inverted, a fresh and fine mint example. Rare (SPC5c = $ 125).

1892: Provisional 5 m. on 2 pia. orange postal stationery envelopes (2), 24 to 25 m. surcharges in black, one with variety surcharge rotated 90° counter-clockwise (reading up), one with variety surcharge rotated 90° clockwise (reading down); fresh and fine mint examples. Very scarce (Nile Post SEN8b + SEN8c = $ 200).

1910, 4 m. on 5 m. rose postal stationery card, reply half, used back to Alexandria cancelled by fine Ottoman bilingual "Beyrouth" datestamp. Alexandria cds of receipt on reverse.

1913: 10 m. blue registered postal stationery envelope, English text only, a used example cancelled at "Kom Hamada" (10.AP.1918) with registration cachet on reverse. Faults but extremely rare (Nile Post SRE1 = $ 250).

1954: 6 m. brown illustrated postal stationery cards with views in purple, the complete mint set of 25, fresh and very fine (Nile Post SPC43 = $ 500).

6 m. golden brown (second printing), illustrated postal stationery cards, the complete mint set of 25 cards with purple illustrations at left and complete original band. A rare and fine set (Nile Post SPC 43 = $ 500).

6 m. golden brown (second printing), illustrated postal stationery cards, the complete mint set of 25 cards with sepia illustrations at left and complete original band. A rare and fine set (Nile Post SPC 44 = $ 500).

6 m. golden brown (second printing), illustrated postal stationery cards, the complete mint set of 25 cards with blue illustrations at left and complete original band. A rare and fine set (Nile Post SPC 45 = $ 500).

6 m. golden brown (second printing), illustrated postal stationery cards, the complete mint set of 25 cards with green illustrations at left and complete original band. A rare and fine set (Nile Post SPC 46 = $ 500).

1902, First issue chestnut used on neat registered 1913 OHHS cover to Luxor from Cairo in combination with 1907 5 m. carmine rose tied by "Dawawin" cds. Registered label below and Luxor arrival cds (June 25) on reverse.

1907, 1pia. blue on cover from Zoological Gardens to St. Petersburg / Russia tied by neat "Gisa" cds (Dec 29). Blue Official cachet at lower left and Cairo transit and part St. Petersburg arrival cds on reverse. A rare usage.  

1914, 4 m. vermilion, a fine used pair with both stamps showing variety "Overprint Inverted". Fresh and fine, very scarce. Signed Hass (SG O86a; Mi. 400,-)

1922, 2 m. vermilion, mint example with OHEMS overprint inverted, slight gum creasing but otherwise fresh and very fine, large part original gum. Rare, with just 100 examples recorded. Certificate Hass (SG O112 var).

Officials. 1922: 4 m. green, mint example with OHEMS overprint inverted, fresh and very fine, large part original gum. Rare, with just 100 examples recorded. Certificate Hass (SG O114 var).

1884,  2 pia. red, wmk´d, a fresh mint vertical pair, Types II and IV. Good colour, slightest trace of tone spot on top stamp only, large part original gum (Mi.  720,-)

1886, 2 pia. red, no wmk., Type II, a fine example used on 1887 unpaid cover from Alexandria, tied by Cairo cds (May 12) in black. Reverse with superb strike of "Caire / Ghouria" star and crescent datestamp of the following day. An attractive cover.

1888: 5 pia. grey-blue, Type III, showing "Stop after Piastres", a good mint example, one minor short perforation at right. Fine, large part original gum. A scarce stamp (Mi. 450,-)

1889, 4 m. maroon, used on taxed postcard from Germany bearing postal stationery cut-out 5 pf. green from Gotha, addressee not found and card struck with "Return To Sender" cachet in orange; also a 1907 card from York franked by 1902 GB 1/2 d. bearing two examples of the 4 m. maroon with T.P.O. Port Taufiq-Cairo cds´s. An interesting pair.

1 pia. pale blue, an extraordinary used example showing what appears to be a double print (one impression reversed), cancelled by "Samanut" datestamp of November 1909. It is probable this variety may have been caused by the sheets sticking together in the Post Office leaving the impression from the top sheet on the lower stamp. A remarkable item nevertheless and first discovered by Jürgen Fricke.

2 pia. orange, two examples tied to unpaid 1907 cover from Paris (Feb 17)  to Alexandria; one cancelled on arrival at Alexandria and the other (after cover was forwarded) at Cairo (Feb 26). An extraordinary usage and a charming item.