386th Auction

1937-46, Young Farouk booklet panes in block of twelve stamps with margins at left & right, unfold, 5 m. red-brown compl. pane signed on reverse, good perfs, mint never hinged, fine

1890(ca.), Egypt Interpostal stamp for official mail "POSTE KHEDEUIE EGIZIANE KARTUM" in green clear cancelled, tiny repaired, otherwise fine, used very scarce

1924, Cover from France bearing 10 c. green and alongside two triangle "T" to Egypt with additional postage due 2 M orange red and 10 M lilac red tied by "CAIRO B 10/AP/24" c.d.s., fine and attractive

1901/02, PROVINCES EQUITORIALES D ABYSSINIE Elephant 50 g. & Lion 5 g., two Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, both unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very fine and scarce

1915, Postcard Gouraghes bearing on front 1 p. on 1 g. blue, ½ g. rose and ¼ g. green from Addis Abeba to Harrar with arrival mark on reverse, fine

1930, Registered cover bearing 4 m. showing misplaced overprint (large type) missing bottom part, plus two 1 m. with green overprint, bottom right corner flaw, otherwise fine and a scarce variety

1944, 50 Years Post, six accepted and unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1949, 8th ANNIVERSARY OF ITALIAN WITHDRAWAL five values, unaccepted designs, 5/5/41 instead of 5/5/49, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1949 & 1961, CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ADDIS ABEBA three revenue proofs, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1950 ca., 10 YEARS ERITREA CHURCH AT MASSAWA five values, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1950-1951, 20th Anniversary Crown Jubilee Haile Selassie, three unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1951, Haile Selassie I. Agriculture issue, seven unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1953-1960, Haile Selassie I. four Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1955(ca.), Red Cross Nurse, 15 c. Contemporary Photograph, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, accepted design, mounted on card, very fine 

1955, Silver Jubilee: Emperor three values and Balambaras two values, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1955, 70 Years Adis Abeba 1 c., two values unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1956, Air Mail & Express 24-9-56, five values unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1957, Lake Taan Air Mail & Official four values, unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1957, Air Mail & Official five values unaccepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very scarce and fine

1959, Birds three Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book,  unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very fine

1960, Freedom From Hunger Campaign two values, unaccepted and accepted designs, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, fine and very scarce

1960 ca., Tuberculosis two values & Institut Pasteur 10 c. medicine, unaccepted designs, 10+25 instead of 10+3, Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, very fine

1961, Birds two Contemporary Photographs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, unaccepted designs, mounted on card, very fine

1961, Birds 14-7-61 two Contemporary Photographs, unaccepted designs, removed from the printers daily photographic record book, mounted on card, scarce and very fine

1895, Quetzaltenango 13.4.95 c.d.s. on heavy envelope to San Francisco bearing 2 x 2 c. and 6 x 6 c. coat of arms on reverse, transit Retalhuleu 14.4.95 and arrival mark 2.5.95, fine

1928, 2 c. orange, shifted blue overprint on right margin block of ten, on reverse of cover clear cancelled "COLOMBA QUETZALTENANGO 4/ENE/1930" c.d.s., addressed to Germany, tiny corner crease, otherwise fine

1881/90, Liberty first issues three sets on album page

1950, RIS 3 sen red, imperforated block of 8 with 2 gutter pairs, without gum, very fine, copy  of certificate Vleeming BPP (2013), (cat. 5600,- Zbl 44D)

"BAGDAD" bilingual oval type cancellation on envelope bearing 1 Piaster blue 1901 issue, addressed to Sham / Damascus, tiny flaw on top, otherwise fine, attractive cover showing a beautiful cancellation

“BASRA” (Coles & Walker no.43, RRR*) cancellation on 1876 cover with 20 Para green / violet to Kermanchah / Irak with arrival mark on reverse, shortened on top and corner flaw, this cancellation is unknown on cover at Isfila, great rarity of Turkey & Iraq postal history 

"BATTAL" ("cancelled", Brand-Ceylan no.XVIII-12) clear double circle on cover bearing Turkey empire issue 20 pa. rose, used in Iraq and addressed to KUT (Kut el Amara), tiny shortened at left, very scarce and attractive

“KERBELA 1” bilingual blue c.d.s. (Coles-Walker unrecorded) on 1915 money transfer bearing 1½ piaster carmine black to Constantinople with arrival mark PERA 5 on reverse, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and unique Turkey forerunner

“KERYE BACHI (BAGDAD)” Turkish cancellation (Isf. no.2) on telegram form.  A scarce ottoman forerunner, very clear cancelled

“KIAZIMIE 23/9/07” c.d.s. (Coles-Walker no.31) on 1908 cover with 1 Pia. blue to Teheran with arrival mark, fine and very clear Iraq forerunner

"MUSUL 81" black box type (Coles-Walker no.66) cancellation on 1891 official cover with rectangular "tahrirati mühimme" (important mail) and official seal "MOSUL EMLAK HÜMAYUN IDARESI" (Mosul Land Registry), to Constantinople with arrival mark, little roughly opened at top and some crease, otherwise fine, very scarce and unusual Turkey / Ottoman forerunner

“By Overland Mail / BAGHDAD-HAIFA” boxed hs. in violet on top right of 1927 commercial envelope from Baghdad to Swiss with, franked on reverse with pair 3 a. deep blue, Port Said transit and arrival mark Emmishofen 1.2.27, vertical folds and crease, otherwise fine