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1934, UPU short set to 20m. (9v) tied with Alexandria cds (3 Feb 34) to registered cover to Ennenda, Switzerland, with '7.II.34' arrival datestamp on reverse. Catalog Price 200,00

1936, 'Int. Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition' complete set of five tied with special "XV. Exposition Agricole et Industrielle Le Caire/15. FE. 36" cds to registered air mail cover to England, with reg. arrival d/s on reverse, fine. Catalog Price 100,00

1936, Large-size cover to London franked by 1936 'Exhibition' 10m. violet, 6m. airmail stamp and King Fouad 1,2,3,4,5,and 10m. adhesives all tied by special "9 MR 36/Post-Said/SIMON ARZT" bilingual cds, with an Egyptian transit cds on reverse. (M) Catalog Price 80,00

1936, 'Anglo-Egyptian Treaty' marginal set of three ROYAL MISPERFORATED, mint never hinged, fresh and fine. Catalog Price 300,00

1940-41 uprates for airmail of Stationery postal card 13m (two issues) and 3m, Alexandria to same addressee in North Sydney via Imperial Airways Horseshoe route, two at correct 43m rate (U.P.U. postcard 13m + airmail surcharge 30m), other underpaid at 40m although untaxed, Egypt Censor markings, one additionally censored on arrival, blemishes, very scarce usages, (3). Catalog Price 80,00

1941, Egyptian State Railway, T. & T. printed envelope to Commander HMS Carlisle Cairo with Cairo pmk, oval Telegraph cachet & superb oval 'Commanding Officer/-3 JUL 1941/Carlisle' (part of Force C re-German landing on Crete. Damaged by bomb hits). Two strikes of 'Base Army P.O. 4' datestamps on reverse. Catalog Price 60,00

1942 (Feb 22nd), Illustrated Field postcard 'We're all lit up - Let battle commence' (presented through the Over Seas League Tobacco Fund) sent from/via CYPRUS to Newport, Conn., U.S.A. stamped with two Crown censor marks first, then franked with three singles of Egyptian King Farouk 5m. definitives tied by Indian Field Post "F.P.O./No.23/22 FEB 42" cds used in Larnica, CYPRUS at that time (from 1st Nov 41-27th Apr 42). A very unusual card....

1937 (Oct 15), Montreaux Conference picture postcard bearing complete set of commemorative stamps tied with special "Paliament" on First Day, Express label alongside; signed on reverse by Nahas Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, very fine. Catalog Price 400,00

1938 (Jan 26), 'Cotton Congress' FDC to Palestine with complete set of three stamps tied "ABBASÎA BARRACKS/26.JA.33", reg. cachet alongside, addressed to Tiberias, re-directed to Safad, and returned to Tiberias, with several transit and arrival cds's on front and back. Catalog Price 100,00

1949, King Farouk £1 (1939) along with further adhesives all tied with 'Cairo Customs Parcels' datestamps in magenta to complete parcel card for three packets. An unusual high franking. Catalog Price 400,00

1946, Hotel Continental Savoy, Cairo: Registered airmail cover to Johannisburg, South Africa franked with 15 King Farouk definitives to 50m. and 25m. airmail stamp all tied by special "CAIRO/CASH/CONTINENTAL SAVOY" cds, with airmail and reg. label on face, bilingual Cairo cds on reverse. Catalog Price 80,00

1949, 'Secretariat Privé de S.M. Le Roi' (King's Secretary) envelope sent registered from Palais Ras El Tin (30 Sep 51) to London by air, franked with pair of 1944 40m. Express stamp and 2m. Air stamp, with circled sender cachet alongside, special 'Aéroport Farouk' cds on reverse. Envelope with a tear at foot but still good. Catalog Price 100,00