339 / März 2010

5 m. - 50 pia., all very fine used with First Day of Issue datestamps (21 Dec) of Port Fouad. A fresh and very fine set, top value with certificate A. Diena (Mi. 1.700,-)

1927/32, 5 m. deep chestnut brown, a superb horizontal strip of four showing central stamps tete-beche either side of interpanneau margin. A delightful and scarce piece, unmounted original gum (Nile Post D112i = $ 325).

5 m. deep chestnut brown, a superb horizontal strip of four showing central stamps tete-beche. A delightful and scarce piece, unmounted original gum (Nile Post D112h = $ 250).

5 m. deep chestnut brown, a imperforate interpanneau tete-beche pair. A delightful and scarce piece (Nile Post D112k = $ 400).

210 m. Booklet with blue cover, containing two panes of 5 m., one pane of 10 m. and one pane of 15 m., fresh and very fine complete Booklet, manuscript notations on reverse. Rare (Nile Post SB11 = $ 350).

210 m. Booklet with blue cover, containing two panes of 5 m., one pane of 10 m. and one pane of 15 m., fresh and very fine complete Booklet. Rare (Nile Post SB11 = $ 350).

100  m. deep lilac and 200 m. lilac, in "oblique perforation" blocks of four, the 100 m. value being marginal, fresh and fine, superb unmounted original gum (Nile Post D123b + D124e = $ 400).

1929: Prince´s Birthday, special printing with centres in black or brown, the set of four values complete mint, fine large part original gum. Signed Hass (Mi. = 440).

1931, Zeppelin 50 m. on 27 m., a fine example used on April 1931 postcard to Germany cancelled by scarce "Port Said / Graf Zeppelin" datestamp in black. Friedrichshafen acceptance datestamp alongside.

1932: 50 m. on 50 pia. purple and 100 m. on 1 £ blue & deep violet, fine unmounted original gum (Mi. 220,-)

1933, International Aviation Congress, the complete set of five all cancelled by special Cairo datestamps in blue on First Day Cover.

1934, UPU Congress, 1 m. - 1 £ cpl., corner marginal Control A/34 examples, fresh and fine, most with full unmounted original gum

1936/37, 5 m. deep red brown, imperforate tete-beche pair, fresh and fine unused as issued (Nile Post D132fP = $ 300).

5 m. deep red brown, superb mint strip of four with Farouk oblique perforations, the interpanneau tete-beche strip of four, fine unmounted original gum. Scarce (Nile Post D132iP = $550).

1937: 5 m. Boy King perforated Colour Trials (2) in rose-carmine and in blue, fresh and fine, unmounted original gum. Scarce, only 100 printed of each (Nile Post RPD140ct c+e = $ 250).

Boy King 120 m. Booklets (2) with pink covers bearing four panes of six 5 m. red brown, stitched at right and at left, one with small sticker inside front cover otherwise fine (Nile Post SB13 = $400).

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).