U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Versailles Part II
October 21-23, 2003

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Lot #937
EGYPT
1800 (24 May) printed Order of the Day addressed to Siouth from General Kleber's headquarters in Cairo, v.f. and scarce Napoleonic Army in Egypt letter
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #938
EGYPT
1852 stampless FL from Alexandria to Marseille with faint red boxed "Paquebots de la Mediteranee" hs and 1853 stampless FL from Cairo to Marseille with type II Posta Europea hs, sent through P.O. in Alexandria,both with Marseille arrivals on reverse, fine-v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #939
EGYPT
1858 large part of a FL from the French Post Office in Alexandria, franked with Empire 2x10c, 40c and 3x80c, mostly with margins all around, paying 3fr rate to Aleppo, with boxed "P.P." and "Poste Francaise D'Alep" hs, also "Beirut, Syrie"transit, fine and impressive cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #940
EGYPT
1862-63 "Posta Europea", two FLs, one with "Samanud" type III hs, date filled in by pen, the other "Zagasik" type V hs in blue, dated 12 Dec. 1863, fine-v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #941
EGYPT
1865 Prevost Essay in yellow, with Arabic inscriptions alongside at right, on white envelope, fine and rare
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Lot #942
EGYPT
1866 Issue, cplt set of imperf. plate proofs on wove paper, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #1-7P
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #943
EGYPT
1866 Khedival Issues, FL franked with 1866 1pi claret, tied by clear Cairo cds, sent to Mansura, with arrival pmk, fine
Envelope
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Lot #944
EGYPT
1867 FL franked with 1866 1pi claret, tied by Alexandria cds and sent to Tantaa, with arrival pmk, fine
Envelope
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Lot #945
EGYPT
1869-72 two FLs to Liverpool, one franked with GB 6p and the other with pair of 4p, tied by "B01" duplex canc., both with Alexandria cds and Liverpool arrival, fine
Envelope
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Lot #946
EGYPT
1869 Prevost Essay in green, with Arabic inscriptions alongside at right, "Epreuve" at bottom, on white envelope, fine and rare
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Lot #947
EGYPT
1870 FL sent via Brindisi to Genova, franked with 40c Victor Emmanuel adhesive, tied by "234" numeral strike, with "Poste Italiane Alessandria D'Egipto" cds alongside, fine, with transit & arrivalpmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #948
EGYPT
1877 small cover to France, franked with 1874-75 1pi and 20pa, tied by Cairo cds, fine, with transit and arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$80.00

Lot #949
EGYPT
1879 cover to Paris, franked with 1874-76 1pi red, with unusual Cairo "Stazione" canc., fine, with transit and arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #950
EGYPT
1879-1906 selection of 51 cards and covers, nice range of frankings incl. 10pa green block of four, 1884 provisional 20pa on 5pi pair, parcel card with 1pi and 10pi, also four color frankings to France etc., occasional faults,mostly fine or better
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #951
EGYPT
1922 Crown overprint in red on 1m and 15m, two diff., fine-v.f., rare
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Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #952
EGYPT
1922 Crown overprints, specialized collection of all four types, all values represented, with used and unused singles, multiples, control no. blocks, watermark and overprint varieties incl. 2m single and 5m control no. block ofsix unused, with "crushed crown" varieties, 1m and 100m inverted overprints, 1m and 20m double overprints etc., 550 stamps and 12 covers and cards mounted on pages, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope *u
Catalog #76/88b
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #953
EGYPT
1926 Port Fuad, cplt set of four, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #121-124
Catalog Value 1,530
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #954
EGYPT
1937-46 King Farouk, 1m-^L1 selection of 56 diff. control no. blocks of four or six, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #206/240
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #955
EGYPT
1938 ^L1 Birthday, imperf. single on carton paper (inscribed "cancelled" on back) from the Royal collection, v.f., only 25 issued. A key item in a collection of Royal imperforates
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Catalog #224P
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #956
EGYPT
1976 Flowers, signed artist drawing by Edmondo Calivis, v.f.
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Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #957
EGYPT
Air Post.
1927-49 selection of 42 covers or cards incl. 13 first flights, 50m and 100m Graf Zeppelin overprints on cards and cover, many interesting destinations, some minor toning or flaws, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #958
EGYPT
Air Post.
1947-53 Issues, specialized group of 98 diff. control no. blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.
Box *\**
Price Realized
$145.00

Lot #959
EGYPT
Zeppelin Flights.
1931 cover and card franked with 50m and 100m, posted in Port Said 10 April, 1931, Friedrichshafen and Jerusalem arrival pmks, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.105Cx,y
Catalog Value Euro 760
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #960
EGYPT
Revenues.
1897-1948 collection of 290 used and unused incl. general issues, Salt Tax, Cigarette and Consular Revenues, incl. blocks, varieties such as imperf. between, double perforations etc., mostly fine-v.f. (Feltus Cat.$820)
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Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #961
EGYPT
Revenues.
1920-71 selection of 29 documents with variety of general, legal and medical revenues and revenue stamped paper, fine-v.f.
Unsold
Lot #962
EGYPT
Interpostal Seals.
1865-90 large group of over 800 used and unused seals (400 diff.), type II-XI incl. color and printing varieties, many from Offices Abroad, also 26 forgeries, some usual faults, many fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #963
EGYPT
Postal Stationery.
1879-1965 specialized collection of 230 diff. used and unused cards, entire envelopes, wrappers, registered envelopes, letter sheets etc., incl. 1891 3m on 5m card with inverted overprint, 1892 5m on 2pienvelopes with major overprint varieties (2), many uprated frankings, mounted and written up on pages, fine-v.f. and seldom offered collection
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #964
EGYPT
Hotel Posts.
Early 20th Century, selection of 22 covers and cards with cancellations of proprietary Post Offices in Sheperds, Hilton, Luxor, Ghezireh Palace, Continental, Semiramis, Savoy and Winter Palace Hotels, used mostlyto Europe, also USA, Canada, some faults, mostly fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #965
EGYPT
British Forces in Egypt.
WWI and WWII selection of 57 covers and cards with variety of frankings, postal and censor markings, with British Forces seals and Army Post stamps, also Airgraphs etc., interesting lot
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #966
EGYPT
Foreign Offices in Egypt.
Selection of 20 stamps incl. Austrian Levant, Great Britain, Italy, France, Italian Offices Abroad (Estero) and Sardinia, various numeral or city pmks, mostly Alexandria, some faults, but useful lot
Unsold
Lot #967
EGYPT
Suez Canal Co.
1868 1c-40c, selection of 60+, with 12x1c, 2x5c (one used), 37x20c (incl. two blocks of ten and a block of twelve) and 12x40c (incl block of ten), some small faults, mostly fine,
Box *
Catalog #SG 1-4
Catalog Value ^L9,000+
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #968
EGYPT
Egypt Used Abroad.
1866-79 Issues, selection of 39 used stamps with postmarks of Constantinople (30), Gedda (5) and Smirna (4), two on pieces, some faults, generally fine
Price Realized
$160.00

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