334 / September 2008

1875, 2nd printing: 5 pa. brown, perf 12 1/2, marginal block of 6 with horizontal and vertical tête-bêche, mint never hinged, very fine and rare (Nile Post D23b/c)

10 pa. grey, perf. 12 1/2, block of 4 with horizontal resp. vertical tête-bêche, cancelled by central cds. of Ghirgheh; 2 short perfs at top right stamp and 3 split perfs at right strengthened by hinge, otherwise fine, the tête-bêche free of faults; a rare unit (Nile Post D24d/c)

10 pa. grey, perf. 13 1/3:12 1/2, two horizontal pairs, tied to entire folded letter from "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE BENHA 16 MAG 77" to Tanta with arrival mark on reverse; a very scarce franking, signed AD

10 pa. grey in horizontal pair and 1 pia. vermilion, tied to cover from "CAIRO 3 AGO 77" to London with red "PAID"-marking on front; top right corner of the cover re-enforced, otherwise fine

20 pa. grey-blue and 1 p. brick-red, tied by cds. "POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO 24 DIC 77" to cover to Rome with transit and arrival mark, fine

20 pa. grey-blue and 1 p. brick-red, tied by cds. "POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO 18 SET 75" to cover to Carrara, front endorsed "via Brindsi", reverse with transit and arrival mark, horizontal fold

1 pia. vermilion, perf. 12 1/2, horizontal tête-bêche, unused o.g., fine (Nile Post D26b)

1 pia. vermilion, tied by clear "POSTE EGIZIANE ZAGAZIG STAZIONE 11 MAR 1875/T I" to cover front with one reverse flap to Mansura with additional strike alongside, on reverse transit and arrival marks; supposed to be earliest recorded usage of this cancellation, very fine

2 pia. yellow, perf. 13 1/3:12 1/2, marginal block of 4 with horizontal resp. vertical tête-bêche, unused o.g.; the lower right stamp small spot, otherwise very fine, signed ela and A.Eid; very fine and scarce

2 pia. yellow, perf. 13 1/3:12 1/2, with watermark inverted, horizontal block of 40 from the lower left sheet corner, unused o.g., several stamps never hinged; perforation partly separated and fixed with hinges in places; scarce and attractive multiple (Nile Post D27j)

2 1/2 pia. violet, perf. 12 1/2:13 1/3, vertical tête-bêche, unused o.g., very fine and scarce (Nile Post D28p)

2 1/2 pia violet, perf 12 1/2, block of 9 with central stamp inverted, unused o.g.; very fine and scarce (Nile Post D28a)

1889, 1 p. brown, horizontal pair and single stamp tied by cds. "CAIRO" to registered 5 m. postal stationery, front and reverse with boxed "REFUSED....", small tear in backflap, otherwise fine

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1876, unfranked cover with straight line 'Consolato d'Italia in Cairo' and cds. 'CAIRO POSTE EGYCIANE 28 APR 76' to Ancona, here franked with postage due stamps 1 l. and 2 l., tied by Ancona cds.; 1 l. corner missing, otherwise fine

1868, 1-40 c., good to large margins, 40 c. with sheet margin, hinged with original gum, 1 c. thinned, otherwise fine, opinion Todd AIEP

20 c. blue, block of four with upper sheet margin, unhinged mint, scarce multiple, fine

40 c. rose, block of four, hinged, scarce multiple, fine

1953, Airmail 2-200 m., unhinged mint, fine

POSTAGE DUE STAMPS: 1889, 4 m. brown-lilac, 2 copies tied by Alexandria cds. to front of small cover from Austria to Alexandria and redirected to Cairo, franked with 1801, 20 h. on reverse, fine

1959, Nofretete 55 m. on 100 m. red-brown, vertical pair with double overprint, thereof one inverted, unhinged mint, scarce and interesting variety, fine

1930, Coronation 1 g.-5 t. without 8 g. imperforated in corner blocks of 4, unhinged mint, 4 g. two values slightly creased, otherwise very fine (Yvert 4800,- EURO)

1 g.-5 th. complete (without 8 g.) imperforated in marginal blocks of 4, unhinged mint, very fine and rare

1934, "MISSENT TO BAGHDAD", bilingual cancel in violett, on cover, franked with two singles National Recovery Act 3 c. violett via Bagdad and Bahrain, reverse with transit marks of Bagdad and Bahrain, interesting cover, fine

1876, 10 ch. perf. 10 1/2, tied by violet cds. of Teheran to cover to Kurdistan, fine

1879, Portrait issue 2 ch. yellow/black, tied by Bushir cds. to reverse of small local envelope, very fine

1899, handstamp applied in pairs resp. block of 4: 5 ch. yellow, 2 single frankings on reverse of covers from Chiraz resp. Kazvin, the overprint applied on pair inverted

1902, provisional issue for Teheran with large and small letters: 5 ch., 2 single frankings, one with scarce "TEHERAN SENGLEDGE" without date

1915, 5 Chahis on 13 ch. and 1917, 1 ch. on 2 ch., tied by cds. "TEHERAN-MOHAMMADIEH" to reverse of cover 1917 to Kurdistan, showing on front boxed violet "Seen by Kurdistan Military Censor"

Coronation 3 ch. with center inverted, block of 4 from the top sheet margin, unhinged mint; very fine and rare, signed Brun

1953, Petroleum fountains of Ghom 50 d.-20 v. cpl., unmounted mint

1954, Forestry world congress 1-10 v. in horizontal pairs cpl., unmonted mint

Schah Reza Pahlewi 5 d.-200 r. cpl., unmounted mint

1955, Schah Reza Pahlewi 5 d.-50 r. cpl., unmounted mint