Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

First Issue 1866 (Jan 1): The selection (9 stamps) with 5 pa. grey perf. 13 x 12½, unused example (pos. 190) with part og., 5 pa. grey, a used example with variety "Watermark Upright" and showing compound perfs. (Gi = £ 275); 10 pa. brown, perf. 13 all round from top right of sheet (pos. 20) unused, 10 pa. brown unused from pos. 159 with left side per. 12½ and three sides perf. 13; 20 pa. pale blue, wmk. Inverted, perf. 13 vertically x 12½...

1865/66: Pellas Proofs (2) with rare 1 pi. background only Proof in black in an imperforate vertical pair but slightly toned, and a 10 pi. deep bluish-slate imperforate Proof pair on gummed watermarked paper, large margins all round but small scissor cut in margin only at top. Despite faults, very scarce Nile Post = $ 400+.

First Issue 1866: 5 pi. rose, wmk. upright, perf. 12½ x 15, an unused example, variety "Overprinted 10 Piastres in Error", of good colour, unused without gum. Rare and most attractive. Cert. Egypt Study Circle (1978) Nile Post D6gg = $ 800 / Gi = £ 1'000.

First Issue 1866 (Jan 1): 10 pi. slate, wmk. upright, perf. 12½ on three sides and perf. 13 vertically at right, a used example (position 99), in a deep shade, cancelled by circular datestamp in black. A scarce stamp so fine - just 7'600 examples were sold and cds used examples are most uncommon. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post D7m = $ 700 / Gi = £ 475.

1867: 20 pa. blue-green, Type I-II, a used horizontal pair on 1868 entire letter to Cairo, cancelled by "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / TANTA" cds (Nov 10) in black with information strike above. Reverse with "PVRE / CAIRO" cds of arrival on the same day. Minor peripheral ageing on perfs. but scarce.

Third Issue by Penasson  1872 (Jan 1): Lithographed trio with 1 pi. red, perf. 12½ x 13½, unused without gum (cert. Hass), 1 pi. red, perf. 13½, unused without gum (cert. ESC) and 1 pi. red, perf. 12½ x 13½, used example in a rich shade, with 'watermark inverted' variety (cert. Hass); all fresh and fine and among the most elusive stamps of classic Egypt Gi = £ 1'200.

Penasson Issue 1872 (Jan 1): 20 pa. deep blue, wmk. upright, perf. 12½ x 13½, two unused adjoining blocks of four, one with sheet margin at left (positions 121-122 / 131-132), and the adjoining block (positions 123-124 / 133-134) in a slightly deeper shade, both fresh and very fine, the marginal block without gum, the other with large part og. Rare and most attractive Nile Post D16 = $ 1'300.

Penasson Issue 1872 (Jan 1): Penasson 2½ pi. violet, wmk. inverted, perf. 13½ all round, an unused example, well centred and of fine fresh colour, large part og. A very elusive and very rare stamp: Hass & Chalhoub recorded two unused examples but it is believed just ten exist. Cert. Egypt Study Circle (1978) Nile Post D19de = $ 1'250.

Bulaq Issue 1874/75: Bulaq 10 pa. grey, wmk. upright, perf. 12½, an unused block (6 x 2) of twelve (positions 185-190 / 195-200), corner foliate marginal from lower right corner of the sheet, centre vertical pairs with "Additional Line of Perforations Vertically" and position 200 showing damaged right outer frame line, and a matching block of twelve (positions 177-180 / 187-190 / 197-200), corner foliate marginal from lower right corner of...

Bulaq Issue 1874/75: Bulaq 10 pa. grey, perf. 13½ x 12½, a single example on 1876 Printed Matter rate entire letter from Alexandria to Tanta tied by "Poste Egiziane / Alessandria / Stazione" datestamp (Oct 23) in black. Reverse with Tanta arrival cds (same day). Superb and rare cover. Signed Sorani, Todd AIEP.

Bulaq Issue 1874/75: Bulaq 20 pi.  grey-blue perf. 13½ x 12½ and 1 pi. red, perf. 12½ on 1877 cover to Bombay at single rate tied by "Poste Egiziane / Cairo" datestamps (Jan 31). British P.O. "SUEZ" cds of transit (Feb 2) and circular "PD" at top - this deleted by "BO2" obliterator as found to be double weight ("2" in blue crayon manuscript). Reverse with Egyptian P.O. Suez cds (Feb 1) and Bombay arrival (Feb 15). Struck there with circular "...

1874/75: Bulâq 1 pi. red, Setting B, the complete unused sheet of 200 stamps (10 x 20), with the first two horizontal rows showing the inverted stereos in positions 1-10, 114 and 141; thus ten vertical tête-bêche pairs (positions 1-10 / 11-20), vertical tête-bêche pair (position 114 /124), and vertical tête-bêche pair (position 141 /151), these last obviously horizontally tête-bêche also; some negligible creasing due to the size of the sheet...