334 / September 2008
Heinrich Köhler Auction
Lot no.2493
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Condition
6Catalogue no.1,4-6
Opening120 €
Sold for130 €
1897, 1 m. brown, two singles with additional franking, tied by cds. to registered cover to Cairo, covers shortened at left, but still an appealing four color franking
1903, 5 m. on 5 pia. with inverted surcharge, hinged, certificate BPA, fine
1931, 15 m. - 10 p., eight values each with "SPECIMEN" overprint, hinged, a scarce set
15 m. red brown and sepia, block of four with right sheet margin, watermark sideways inverted, hinged, fine
2 p. black and orange with shifted albino double impression, hinged, a very scarce variety of which to our knowlegde only one sheet of 50 was printed, tiny rubbed spot at lower right otherwise fine
2½ pia. magenta and blue, vertical pair, imperforated, hinged, fine
1935, 15 m. on 10 m. with double surcharge, hinged, fine, certificate BPA
2½ pia. on 5 m., vertical strip of three, the two lower surcharges dropped, making the middle stamp without arabic letters, the lower stamp with part arabic letters at top, hinged, a interersting and scarce multiple, fine
2½ pia. on 5 m. with inverted surcharge, few short perfs, hinged, certificate BPA
1940, 1 m. - 20 p., cpl. set in blocks of four with sheet margins, some values slight stain spots, otherwise fine
ARMY SERVICE OVERPRINT STAMPS: 1906, 1 m. - 10 pia. cpl. set, hinged, some smaller values slight faults, otherwise fine
2-10 pia., hinged, 10 pia. corner crease otherwise fine
1912, 1 m. - 10 pia. cpl. set perforated "AS", 1 and 5 m. without gum, rest hinged, 5 pia. slightly stained otherwise fine
1897/1956, ungebrauchte, postfrische und gestempelte Sammlung mit vielen Briefen, dabei viele bessere Ausgaben, u.a. Mi.-Nr. 67-75 in Viererblocks, postfrisch. Außerdem reichhaltig Einheiten, Plattennummern, Druckvermerke und Aufdruckvariationen