Lot no. 2860

5 pia. green, perf 12 ½, superb used block of 12, neatly cancelled by "Postes Egyptiennes / Alexandrie" datestamps (17 March 1879) in black. A delightful multiple, almost certainly from the same sheet as the famous block in the Byam collection and cancelled on the same day; a few minor imperfections but a very rare large multiple of the high value.