lJry; ~ "t .. t cl .. ~_:.t!'.,_ ... '"'.~-~ ~-~: · : -1_ Bans• J. Rautaohke

-; .,.~ (; 1000 Berlin 28 ·

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T~ AMERICb-lf ~ FOR

~ PHILATELJC SOCIETY OI' EGYPl

DR. PETER A. S. SMITH C/o Chemistry De:r;artment

Universi-ty of Michigan Ann Arbor, Hichi€;an, 4810/+

EDJTOR Al.rD FUhLISl!ER

GORDON H. GfJ1.RF:TT 10165 Rege nt Street

Lof: Ar..gelcs, C:J.Uf., 90034

Published six times yesrly, at Los Angeles. SDbscription $3.00 per year, US anc1 CA.NADA. -overseas subscript.ic.rJs, add $1.00 fo r pest. ________ ..;:_._________ - -----

ALOHA From the land

'of surf and sunshine

HAWAII Welcomes you to ·

HAPEX-APS 70 84TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF

THE AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY HOST: HAWAIIAN PHILAl'ELIC SOCIETY

PACIFIC BALLROOM, JLIKAI HOTEL ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI

November 5 · 8, 1970 ,

Ma ny or u:::> h:::~v~ 1 cauAr.ht the exhibition fever thh~ YE'ar, and r·ightly so . Several excitine shows c:w:.: se t i'Ol' tht~ second half of 19'70 .

A nwni1er· of our · p;~op1e have w-on awards in rt~Ce'lt S:'lOws yuL rehtive ly few a dvise me & it i:3 cnly by p;.1re cha nce that I am able to l earn cf th8 se m;ards, usu.ally by press re­leases t~rorn oth< ~r· prli.1ateHc pubs s ometime s montrJ.'J Jater . W() \Xluld much rather have the word f1 ·om you J st hand (correctly).

Fo r tho~>e of yoa who a r G mem'ber of the phil ­atelic S·Jcie ty of Er;fpt, t:he current issue of LIOP is on the way . Dr. Peter Smith re­views i.h:~ Oc t . 1969 sale ofthe "AlexalJ.dria " colJec:tion of tlto Levant . He reviews, in a thoroughly co:n! J•c L-::;nt manner, th e! better it-­erns wit h an a'~:~uratu co:npariso·n of prices,, some of '..J}1h:1J \,/· ere sol.J at auction just a

- few sho t"t y,;ar:: ago . Some of these show a fantasU c :J.ncrc:lse ·in price. In practically every c:.> :3e trd s cla~s:> i. c material is eager­ly sought. after· , s:i.rnply pointing out that that tf,e class :i cs or nearly every country are n sound inV<cstm·.)nt - pi'ovided careful attenti on is paid to the a 11 important con­d i t i oo .

L 10R ENT PlliLATELIQUE o.:'fe:c-s several other flne feQtures as wel l, wjth the article on Interpo:3t.al Seals by Ibrahj rn Chaftar, being cont :i nu·-~d fro1r1 U1c) previous is sue . Profuse­l y i:Llustrated, it js an exce l lent study and a mu:3t for th(: speci alist. Sr . Smith adds some fu···ther note~1011 the speci men stamps of

. Egypt , ::lnd o~-l t he paet imperfora te postage d :1n s. A :3pec:ia1 fez:~i.u:~e , reprlnted from the January , 195') i:;sLle , entitled EGYPI' : S'PHINX and PYRMIUD 1 ~1SiJES , 1879 - J 9J6, by Dr. Wm. BYAM a nd Col . J. R. D~NS0N is l avishly illu­str a ted \-J i th eight pnges of enla rgements. A. truly romarka bl r~ anr! interesting work.

Editor ~1eha:my Eid c:ontin1es to do a fantas­tic job 111"ltl1 a:Ll to~) little to \.Jork with. I am sure he would we] come as3istance as his need for nr:n11 authors and inte:cesting mater­ial is Breat . l f you can help, drop a note t o Dr. Smith. ll.i.s add res s is on our mast­head a tove .

L'OP ha:3 been pul:)li r>hed, contin'.lously, with tho exceptbn o:· tJJ(~ war years , since 1929 . It ha s been n')C()gnj_7.ed w-ith severa l awards ove r the years . Fo r in~orma tion concei~ing trte Soc.i.c ~ ty write b Dr. Smith.

No. 4 page 68 MAY - JUNE lo/70 EGYPTIAN TOPICS --------------------

TAe 8/TTE/J LAKE LbCAL.!"

B Y Gordon B:. Garrett

In October of 1968 the s. P. A. Journal, SQ capably edited by Balmont Faries, scored a philatelic scoop with an article by Rolph Strieder concerning the "THE GREAT BI':E II' ER L~KE LOCALS". lllustrated were some twenty­one "labels", plus some of the nine souven­ir shee·ts and t!-J.ree postal stl';ltion~.)~y it=:'l.ms.

The story of the landlocked ships -was well known and this proftlsion of obviously phil­atelic labels crea-ted quite a stir. Need.:. less to say, none of these labels was valid for postage. Mail pl':lssiug through theEgypt­ian post required normal adhesives.,

At the time it seemed a great lark; sailors whiling away the endless hours. A creative interest fo-r franking intra-ship ma.;i.l. But was it all in sublime innocence or a calcu­lated scheme ? It may have been idle pastjme forthe sa:ilors but at least one person has· made commercial overtures with limited sup-

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ply. A few covers found their way complete with ship rnarkL1gs, with or without Egyptian franking, to the homeland. Those without a normal franking were destined for Germany & bore an Air Mail label 11Mit Luftpost" poss­ibly carried inter.nally by the sh~ppine own­ers or: th~ir agents., Now, nearly two years later we find the real joker. THESE LABE:LS A.!i.E NOT READILY. AVAIL­ABLE, IN ANY QUAliT'I'fY, TO 'rHE STAMP COLLEC­TING PUBLIC • . The fa et that at least one o:f.' the men aboard ship was philateltcally know­ledgeable (substantiated by the variety and markings on the emissions, Le., the postal stationery, souv~nir sheets, etc.), and the events that follow lead us to bel -teve this may have been coldly calculated for person­al gain. Henee the very limited supply and a-· seemingly rigid control.

Since the S.P.A. arti·Jl€3 appeared, y-our ed-

. · Hans- J. Rautschke

1 BERLIN 28 -Postfach 280 260

· Germany I Allemagne

EGYPL'IAN TOPICS MAY

"S. S. AFRICAN GLEN'' .

247294 . · FAHRELL LINES INQ.

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JUNE 19'70 No. 4 page 69

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itor, together with Mr. Joseph

Schirmer, of New York, has attempt­

ed several methods of obtaining examples

of these labels, on or off cover. Regist­

ered mail to the ship's Hasters brought no reply

.and in fact we can't even be certain they were deli­

vered. In any event, they were not returned nor did we

receive the customary receipt requested for registered deli­

very from the Postal Authority •

Mr. Schirmer was more fortunate. He managed to contact some one in

Germany. Subsequently he was offer­· a "pacf:age deal" ' consisting · of 35 covers~ all nine souvenir sheets and

one coiJ111emora ti ve card -. The price for ·all this beautiful junk ? A cool $635 (U .S.) - take it or leave it. Since no

one answers letters, and the material is generally not available, we have only this

to say- "If any material, from any source, ever deserved :.he "BLAGK ·BIDT", this is it.

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·App:1.r.ently very fe>-t of these covers w\f'th th,e · G:B.t.A. labels, oth.er tha·n the' rubber sts~J>"' ·' ~d." sh:i,p' s ca chet , ~ased through the mails·.

. :To . ou:r:·. knowledge none have come on the phil­.. ai;.elic ~rket as "Egyptian" specialtf 'items • • The · few that have appea':r:ed came throtigh Ger­. man Auctions and were listed as 11 mari time" ·

covers as invariably, they carry the ship's . ca<::het, · usual l y in blue,. gray or ·purple. ·

S ;,wh is the case with the f our co;ers illus-. trated here, through the court·esy of Mr. Al­fred Moses, Stamp Editor of the Los Angeles Herald Exarliner. The item shown on our cov­er earries the straight line M.S.MUNSTERLAND on both front and reverse in addition to the

.. circular mailed on boArd and the rectangular G.B.L .• A "Air Mail 11 5011 label~ all in purple.

Two others, to Germany, bear ship's cachets with t he letters G.B. L.A. plus prop3r frank­ing but no labels. The fourth item, opviously philatelic, on a large envelope is cacheted with. the markings of all fourteen ships in the lake. It also

·carries a label "50 Air Mail G B L' ·A I from MS ~JNSTERLAND I Great Bitter Lake. ' Cachets are in ptlr ple. The label is pale laven d a r, pale green and bright pink. '

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411822-23 OFFICIALS

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FROM THE COLLECTION OF

This beautiful control block of twenty from the collection of RALPH TIPPER. is unique as it c~ntains fi"lre major varieties in the one piece.

1 m. olive-brown (The Harrison printing) is overprinted O.H.E.M.S., typographed by the Government Printing Works at Boulac. Over­print is in black. Tb.is block is from the lower left pane of lOO (sheet of 400). The stamps shown are Nos. 80 through lOO. Zeh­eri No. 55 overprinted as No. 21. p. 268.

(A) W:ide spacing between E and M (oven""•one milli­meter, norma 1 sps cing is 1/2 millimeter. 2lc

(8) First two diamond sha-ped Arabic characters are dropped. 2ld

(j) Noticeable doubling of the· ove!'print.

No. 1. Broken corner. This va~iety is constant on stamp No. 90, ·on all printings from the Harrison plant, 1922. It does not appear on the De La Rue print­ing s of 1914. 2lb

No. 2.· Two dots missing. A constant var­iety on stamp No. lOO. As in Noo ·1 it appears only on the Harrison & Coo printings of 1922o 21ao

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No. 4 page 72 MAY - JU::J"E 1970 EGYPTIAN TOPics·

PtRffi\1 EH-END I! A FEW F[;fE VOFVS HEF£ fVFAN PFKJRT

baz r We began this column with our first issue;

hoping that it would give every reader the opportunity to find elu:3ive items not eas­ily obtainabl•s generally, and to help read­ers d.Lspose of surpllls i tern~:; at no co~3t.

Several have taken advantage but many more have not. Why not avail yourself now of thi s free service. We'd like to fill the ~lge ~

URQ~lf~1X ~AN'J2._ED: Stamps of the Sudan (J3ED) by BENJAMIN E. BABINGTON, 48 Hill St., Apt. 12c, Mo:.:--ristmv!1, N. J., 07960. Can anyone help Ben out ? He offers up to 75% o~ Cat.

Scott Nwnbers:

194-6

197 -9 200-2

203-5 206-:- .8 209 -11

"Month of the South" 15 m., J PT. and 55 m.

11 International Tourist Year , 11 1967 o

"Arab League Sumtnit Conference"

"Pal•sstine Libe ration Organization'

"Abdullahi el Fadil el Mahdi"

"Mohammed Nur el Din11

Plus all 1969 and 1970 issues •••

WANT~Q: PETER FELTUS, 4970 Desmond Street, Oakla'.1d, Calif., 94618, is still looking for that elusive copy of L'ORIENT PHILATEL­IC, No. 2.q.

GORDON GAnRE'l'T, 10165 Regent St., Lo:3 Ang­eles, Calif., 9003~, needs No. 6J of L'OP to compbte his file for research.

He. ba::m' t .. ssl:"ed yet but our 11 E>PY 11 t.el }.s m~

ti1a t wAITER BJOilK, 5L~ \.J e r-;t 8L;.t h 2tr. 1 Nf•v York_, lCJ02L.; WM;rrs M:;.u tary er Po ~:<ta J ll:ist­o:r ·y r.~at.e;<~J. - ON CO'.'.E;H UND - f-con· E[;yp-1. Sude.r~, PHJ ei:;tj_ne, Bc·er He.r, ar;d B:r iti.<::h anc: _!:t~] _;i ~1_ _A!'!'~~~!'_9ol_?!_l}.~:~q..: Ca?.~ z_o~1_h~_Jp_ 7__ _ WAFT~JI: S. N~UL'ITCB, 3638 N. Canor! BJ··"c::.: Altackna, C:cJ]:'f., 9lC01, V.lL'l:tf~ Dr"terinl en oi.~ off cover deu ling with the Tu rld f.h Leve:a~t.

~Etl __ ~~!e:::~~} __ l_l_s~2._ ~ .!?E~'::'· ~- iY1 this _ ar~~ _. _ _. - -~~­'t!A.W'ED: NEW SUBSCR.If.ERG to the ,JcurmJ fo1· specLJist.s o~ Ee;yrtiw:. and tto S1;dw,. Tell a friend tod6.y about EGYF':.::·JAN TCo'PlCS. • • - - - -- ··-- ------- -- ----. - - - . ·---- - --· - - -"--

FORC.ES IN

1932

EGYPT

-'I 9 4 D

A new book ent itled HPQSTA L SERV ICE OF THE BHITISt-l. fi'OHCK-3 L'.J EGYPT - 1932 - 1940, com­piled by JOHN E. 0. HOBBS, appe:1red in Jan­uary, 1970. Publ ·i_shed in Lonqon by the auth ... or, it gives a wealth of in:'ormation in this spec .-iali.zed area - 40 pages, 9 of photos.

Noted is a comprehensive trea tmont of a 11 of the koow·tf1· va.rietie s, post-­marks (ilLlstrated) ad­equate listing of the various known ercors, reproductions of the stamps and covers and a pr lee l i_ s t intended to be current and useful as a guide fo:r mint, used, in full pa?Jes, and on cover. A new,a.'ldto our mind, more useful . nwn­bering system is employ­ed. He offers credit to 1nany of our collea ­gues i n the Egypt Study Circl·~ for their aidl.

It is ava.ib'Jle, postpe.id in the U. S. from our read01~, Wi\.J_,TEH. BJUR.K, 5/+ West 84th St., New York , lJ024. Prise is $3.00. We believe this is a good buy and a must for collectors speciF.Ilizing in this area. It comprises the best of the published mater­ial, plus an intensive study by the authoro

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BRITISH HO NOR

DR . . PETER A.S. SMITH

We tak'3 a great deal of pleasurf: in i:qform­ing our readers" althqugh bel."'tedly' of the election of' Dr. Peter Smith as a Fellow of the HOYAL PIHLATELI9 SOCIETY bf LONDON, on November 20, 1969=

Dr a Smith, whose name appears on our mH st­head, is the f, merican Agent fer the Phila--­telic Soci:::tY of Egypt; and a regular con­f: ci1 ·t. ·tC l ' tc' EGYf~ I1: ~~ TOrJICS ,,

:-k i f' r:xi-.n.:rr:e ly 1-;nc-wJ.u?ge.c~hle ir: our area &: wr.it.<-1!.: for s::r;;·orc,l ph :i.l:1t.eJ:ic p:~h 1ications witb a gre ~,t . debJ. ::>J' al:~J:cr5.ty. A fe1J yet:rs pant 11~.,; v::.s j mr:i.ted to do an article for the A P C ye~:r·r.oct ·· Ou!.· :.;::~J :;·;n~g,~rl. c OllCJ"'a 'tt:~at:i.cns.

EGYPl'IAN ... TOPI~S MAY - JUNE 1970 No. 4 plge 73

A D.D·l T I. 0 N''A L By PEtER A. 5. SMITH

IN OUR LAST TWO ISSUES a friendly and int,3r- described in Vol. I C of the KOI:IL-BRIEFJ1AH.K­est.i:'lg controversey on the postal validity EN HANDBUC;-I, p. 785, as .foll:)1.JI3 (:ny t:rans­ofa rare French Hand stamp in the collection lation) 11 : "On t!'le other han:l, a true short­of Dr. D. C. Jordan, has been d1.scussed. A age of stamps i:1deed appears to .runre reign,­cover in the coll~;ctlon of Dr. Smith was· ed in Port Sa.i.J in Nov •• 1921. for in this also mentioned by Dr. Jordan in his rebtlt- month, various postage stamp~ ·or Port Said, tal to Jean Bot1bd d 1 Humir;res. This cover provided with a hand stamp 11'ax3. apercevo.i-r is illustrated here with Dr. Smith's addit- pour insu.ffisance d'aft'ranchisoement-Le .Re.-

·ional comments.. • ceveur Principal', were usad a.s posta.ge .. qne

''As' yo11 can easily see mine is indubitab.ly non-phi la tel i.c. These postag·e dllt::J provis­iona ls were thoroughly lE~gi t:lma te. They are

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UNIT~D

SILVER ..JUBILEE OF THE ARAB LEAGUE

Founded in 1945 w:Hh Hearlqua rters in Cairo, the League. p~ct provides f or political, ec­onomic, cultural, and social cooperation among the member st.9 t e s.

DA'I'E OF ISSUE: 22 March, l:j70 DEI\DHINA'riON: 20 + 10 ,'f: 30 Mills DESIGN: Flag and e mbl•.3m of Atab Leag11e

DJNENSIONS: COIDRS:

and map of the Ara b Countri-:ls. 42 x 25 mm .

20 m., blue, green & bistre 30 mo' brown-orange' greP-n,

and deep purple black. PERFORATION: l l l/2 SHEET: 50 St•-1mps (5 x 10) WATERMARK: M:1Hiple Eagle PRINTi f\JG !PROCESS: Rotogravure - Postal

Organiza tioYJ Printing House in U A R C02>JTROL: Date of Is :.me & Serial Number QUANTI'rY: 250, JOO stamps 20 + 10 Mills

500 ,000 stamps on 30 Mills

INAUGURATION OF THE SHERATON HOTEL

CENTENARY OF THE MINA HOUSE

A COITL"Jemo:rative i :3s1.1e i Yl r ecognit ion of the fine new luxury tou::-ist attraction i n CAIRO t he CA IRO - SHERi\ TOIJ HOTEL, ove.rlooki ng thf~ fabulous Nile River , and in celebration of t he Centenary of another to urist landmark, t he MINA HOUSE HOTt;L, near Giza, overlook­i ng Pyramid a and the Spbi:.xc.

DA'l'E OF' ISSUE: 23 March, 1970 20 Hills

The two hotels 50 x J 6 mm.

D:S NO.MINATIO fiJ : DESIGN: DIMEN3IONS : COLORS:

PERFORATION: SHEET: W •. ~ TERM ARK : P~l.l NT I NG :

CONTROL: QU A. '\TT ITY :

Moss green & two shades of blue and orangi

11 1/2 50 Stamps (5 x 10)

MuE i ple Eagle Rotogravure - Postal Organizu­ti::m Printing Ho use in the UA.'.t Date of Issue & Serial Number

1,500,000 Stamps

EtWPTIAN TO:?ICS MAY - JUNE 19'70

PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY.- '194D- ''197D

VIII ALEXANDRIA BIENNALE

IhEZ Eigh_th !h_nnt1_b _QJ2§,neQ. March 1_:~, 1210. TrHJ exhibition has a tan~ibla influence, providing opportunity for all a>:>tist.s from the M•:ld:l terran.ean to meet. It has become a mobil·~ school of art, embr:::lcing the be;TG in th~~ modern original in s-tyle~ and theory re­sulting in greas advantage to artists every wbGre by increaaine their m.Ja r eneas through a mutual exchanga of ideas. COMNEMOitA'I'TJ.E.

DA'.::'E OF ISSUE : 20 April , 1970 DENOivliNATION: 20 Mills DESIGN:

DIME;~;JS IO NS:

COIDRS:

PE:{F\)RA T ICl N: SHEJ<:T : WUER:viA..HK : PRINTING : COm'i\01 : QUA N'l' ITY:

Artist 1 s conception of a S::;a Maid.

2 5 :·:. 1~.-2 m:rt;,

Orang8, bla~k , gray,· blue and white.

ll l/2 50 Stamps (5 x 10)

HuJ,tipb K:. g1.!~

Rot:-Jgravure - As 3bove in UA'i. Date of Issue & Serial Number

1, 500, 000 Stamps

A COHl~QJ:l.'\TI'D!.; §.I~~~ is0ued on the 30th

Anniversary of the Prodw~ti::m of M8cFc i_ne in Egypt and of the found:ing of the Egypt ­i an Compa.'W for medical requ.i.rernents.

Prior to 19/+) , all medic:lncs ·necesss:--y i n Egypt were imported fro;:J ab::.'o,)d. In 19;~0 BAJI.iK MISH es :~abl Lshed the Egyptian Cor:lp:ny to satisfy the need:3 of Egy-pt and to expOl't any surp:!. ... w production to Arab and Afr-ican countries-·

Di.TE OF IS3UE : D:2:NOt1INATION :

20 April , l '17J 20 Mills

DE:SIGN: Wo;:·kers in a~1 ult;'a - m-:_ldern fac -tory producing pharma.::euticals.

DIMEN.:iiONS: 42 x 25 :nm. COIDH3: B:.:--ow~1, yellm.J, blue & green PER ?JRAT ION : ll l/2 SHE~~T: 50 Stamp~> · · ( 5 x 10) W.l.\. TEffi-1.?\:i.K : Mul·:.iple Eagl •:l PRIN?IJIJG : Rotogravure - Postal Org . UA~ COj\JTROL: Date of lss'le & Seri:1l Number QUANTITY: 1, 500, J0() Stam?S

THE POSTAL AUTHOR ITY PHILATELI::: OFFICE IN CAIRO HAS ANNOUNCED THI\T ADDl'TIONAL DEF'lNTriiTE STAM.PS IN THE FOLLOliTNG D"2:NOIHNATIONS WILL BE ISSUED IN 1970:

THE l, 5, 10 and 50 Mills, and a One Pound value. The 20 and 55 Mills V'.:llues w~re is sued on 27 December- , 1969.

T~!E FOLLOitlTNG D"2:lJOM-[NA T.'ION.S WILL BE ISSUED IN 1 971: 60, lOO, 200 and 500 Mills .

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-FOUR NEW CEFINITIVES MAY 1ST

DATE OF ISSUE: 1 .May, 1970 DENOMINATIONS: l, 5, 10 & 50 Mills DESIGNS : 1 m. - The Seqq-t!r8h

Pyramid ,-

m. Al Azhar :) 10 m.- Louxor Tt:lmple 50 m. Qait Bay Fort

Alexandria ;DIMENSION: Approx. 20.5 X 27 mm. COLOH.S: Hulti.:..colored - Blue , brown

Dark brown & golden yellO\.J

FACTORY AGGRESSION

PERFORATION:

SHEET: lOO

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Multiple Eagle

Rotogravure Postal Org;;nj_zn -tion Printine in

t he u. A. H. Date +' o~ Issue &

S'3rial Nu;nber N:::Jt li.sted

AggressiotJ. :0 "': the Civil Factory at ABU ZAABA L. The Israeli aggressi::m on th·3 faetory at Abu. - Zaabal, while doing considerable ph~rsical damage, had no effec t o;1 its product­ion. In spite of this treacherous attack, the work at the fac tory is producing regular­ly at its norma1 capacity .

DATE OF ISSUE : l May , 1970 DE~JOM I NATION : (Aiemail) 80 Mills DESIGN:

D IMEJ\JS IO :NS : COL01-tS :

PERFURAT.ION: SHEET: WATERMARK: PRINTING:

CONTROL: QUA.NTITY:

The destroyed factory 1rJith phantom planes

i n the backgrvund (Horizontal) 42 x 25 m~.

Yellow, blue, blw;; - green and deep p;~rple brown

ll 1/2 . 50 Stamps ( 5 x 10)

Hul tiple . Eagb Rotogravure - Postal Organiz­ation Printing House in U A R Date of I ssu~ & Seri al Number

500,000 Sta:nps

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EGYPTIAN TOPICS MAY - JJNE 1970 No . 4. page 77

BANK MISA .

. .'In 1910, TALAI\.T HAR.B promoted the ioea of creating a patriotic bank.

7 May, 1920 was thfO-) date of found :ing ·with a !T!I)Jest capital o:' L . E .G. 80,000 and gradua­lly developed until it be:38me one o£' t he main

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DCtTE Ol IS3UR : 7 May, 1 970 20 Mills DZNOYJ IN I\ T ION :

DESIGN:

Dll'1EN3IONS : COLORS :

PEHFOHATIUN : S;JEET: l~A TEHMJ\HK: . PlUNTING:

_ COVTHOL : QiJ(HJT ITY :

Build.Lfl3 of Bank Misr .a nd the effigy of Tala''lt Harb (V e rtical) 25 x 42 mm .

Blu·:::J, ligi1t blue, bro\·Jn ta !l a nd pale yellow

11 l/2 50 St~mps (5 x 10)

Multipl•3 E.:J.gle R otogra-rure - Postal Organiz ­ation Printing }Jou.s'3 in U A. H Date o:" I~3SUG & SeL'ial Nu:nber

l,50J , OOO Stamps

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DI\TE 0·1 IS31JE: DENOMINATION : DESIGN:

DIMENSIONS: COIDHS :

17 May;· 1970 20 Mills

I T U on globe · \.tith a bolt o: lighten;i.ng

(Vertical) 25 :X 42 mm. Chocolate brown, light brown

.Yello•.-~ bro1m, yellow,.blu9 & W~1ii;.e PER.FORI\TDN: 11 1/2 8}-JBZT : 50 Sbmps (5 x 10) WATERMARK: Nultiple Eagle PRINTING: Rotogrnvure - Po2ta l Org. CONTROL : Date of Iss~.Kl & Serial Nu.mber QUANTITY : .Not listed

UPU

Found ed at 13ern8 in 1874, the Universal Po­stal Union declarod. through its signal.o.r.Y countries that the· whole of the ir eo m bined territories constituted a s ingle territory fo:· the exch.:mge of mtlil. ·

DATE OF 1 S:3UE : DENOMINIITIONS: DESIG:\lS: DIMENSJ(J;IJS: COlDHS:

20 May, 1970 20 and 80 Mills

The UPLJ builiing & emblem (ho:tizontal) . 42 x 25 rrun .

20 m. - pale blue-green, ye llo1.J-gr~een & pu:-ple

80 m. (Airm:lil) Pale blue- grerm, yellow -green '.· nrl gray

PERFORATION: . . 11 1/2 WA.TER.l-1ARK: Multiple Eagle PR.INTING : Rotogravure Post31 Org.<.lni z ­

COi\T'l'HOL : QUAliJTJrY:

ation Printing House in U A R Date of' I ssu.e & S0rial Numh~r

20 m. - 1,000,000 Stamps 80 m. - 500, 000 Stamps

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No. 4 page 78 MAY - JUNE 1970 EGYPTIAN TOPICS

LENIN CENTENARY

A 6f!Inmemorative Stamp issued in celebration of the Centenary of Lenino

DATE OF ISSUE: 22 April, 1970 80 Mills (Airmail)

Eff igy of Lenin 25-x 42 mm.

DENOMINATION:~

DESIGN: D .IMENS IONS : GOLORS:

PERFORATION·: SHEET: WATEHMARK: PRINTING:

CONTROL: QUANTITY:

80 ~ AEHKH·LE NIN A. • "M 1670·19 U .. 1\

Pale bl11e -green, ·. Brown, tan & white ·

11 1/2 50 Stamps (5 x 10)

Mllltiple Eagle Rotogravure ~ F~stal Org­anizatibn Printing House.

Date of Printing & Serial No. 250,000 Stamps

...,.,...,....,...,.,~~~~...,.,~~...,...,.""'

...,~...,,..,~~~~~_..,...,...,.,.....,.....,

FLDVD H . . DAEHN

*** 5849 PARK AVENUE

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 55417

IS DISPOSING NOW OF HIS

ACCUMULATION OF EGYPT

SUDAN AND EfL11.LY U A R.

* . * * * WANT LISTS AND PURCHASE

INQUIRIES ARE INVITED • • •

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U. A. R. 0 'f F I C I A L I 5 5 U E COMMEMORATIVE GUID·E

We have just received, through the courtesy of· MOHAMED IBRAHIM SOBHI, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Postal Organiza­tion, an interesting and informative jour­nal "UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (Egypt), Commem­orative Stamps, 1952 -1969" •

This book in colorful c:over of Green, White Red and Black, the National Colors of the Republic, consi3ts of 45 pages, in Arabic, French and English plus 17 plates with good ill'.lstrations of a 11 of the stamps issued duriDE\_ this period.

The text includes, in chronological order, and working back from 1969, listings of each issue with the dates, quantity and denomin­ations issued.

. . The policy of the Postal Authority is clear-ly spelled out in a 14 point program. Ad­herenc;:e to this program will insure that no Egyptian emission will ever be subject to the "Black Blot"$

In addition, we must co~en~ on the cooper­ation we have received from the Postal Auth­ority and with the disps tch given to ne w is­sues. As a result 'we often have been ablr3 to .. have the information in your hands long before most of the Nation:jl philatelic PresS' ca'n set their type. We a re proud of this singular achievement

However, everyone has a gripe; we have two which we outline below. Perhaps our friends in. Cairo (Philatelic Society of Egypt, can bring them to the attention of the Postal Authority'l

l. On the colorful printed '::Jrochures :i:ssued by the Postal Organization announcing their new issues, no mention is ever made of the artist or designer.· We are interested.

2a We rarely find a clear,· clean First · Day cancellation. Since we reproduce these each issue, usually strenghtening by hand, care here would aid us materially.

With a little consideration to the se mbor deficiencies, we believe that the Postal Authority in Cairo could rank with the best in the world •

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MAY - JuNE · 1'170 · No. 4 ptge 79

o~ .. s. G. s. Overprint

ON

ROBERT NELSON, of Tacoma, Washington sends us wllat well may be a nether cbntrove;t>sial item~ Again on postal statiohe~y t ~ . . . : . ... -~ ·-

'We . illustrate a post card of the .1894 Egypt­ian_issue 3 milliemes, overprints~ ·in·the ~udan in 1897 with ~ype I of the first Pro-

? we.are aware of was on the issue of 19~.

Careful ·examinatj.on under the glass s hovs a quite different type of letter ·th~m ·:t:Pe . style used on the geudne. overprints emana­ting froin either the· first Khartoum print­ing; · or the subsequent De La Rue overp;t";i.nts.

~ . . . . ... ·-·- ... : .. : .. ·.:. ~: i- . .,. . vi::~ional overprint; . .

. On .tl:u;· overprint ilJ ustra teid ~ the letters In addition ·to this overprfnt .the letters are ser~.fed "Whereas t.he ·genu5ne are not. It. o·~s.G.S. appear below the French -"SOUDAN". i's ·obvious that tha normal ·overprint and the The onJj use of the provisional·is·s.ue as o.s·.G.s~ .were not prin~ed at the -~~m~ t:~eo an official that ve ha.ve seen was the large, The .second overprint is less distinct. "S .G". punctured on the 5 ·mill, followed by . the ''S.G.·" punctured on the .first.· camel orie We believe it -to ~.a. for.gery, Kh.at"toum was mill of 1898. The first O.S.G.~S. overprint . not .normal them and it coi1ld. liave beEm ~an

. · · · emergency measure~· Any sug~estions ?

t:- ... -: . .. · . ·-.:;::._. ~-.• -. ~ . . . •. • . . --:~. . • • •. . . . .••..•

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MAY -. JUNE 1 o//0 EGYP1'IAN TOPICS .

THE PHILATELIC LITERATURE DF EGYPT

... · G~DON E. . GA.l,iRB:':1' 1'· ·'"'.'· .. ·, '

W1.tl1 valuahle assistan<!e fi•on1 · CHARiE~i · F'OX

":·~EiQT~Olf., III - THE DEF'INJ~·r~E;· ISSUES . (Q.pnt~nt.,leCl f'rQr.l Yol~ 2,. No. 3.) .. • r.

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:);GtPr. - THE . sTAMP BOQKLETs_PRIN_TEn A.11J PB.onucEn IN EGXPT _ d, h'UMJEREs, JEAN BOULAD, L'OP, No. 114, Oct. 1964 -.[anuary 1965, pp. 412-427, 434. English trans­lation of the article in No. 111, previously listed. IJlustrated.

PLATE FLAWS AND RETOUCHES OF EGYPT: - SMITH, P. A. ·s., L'OP, No. 1J7, A..pri.l, 1966, January, 1967, ppo 609-628. With comments on cataloguing and pricing. An informative wcrk.from the 1st issue throu.gh Farouk definitives, 1937.

. Well illustrated. Recommended for t}),e student interested in varieties •

. THE EGYPTIAN H MJL~IEMES .ISSUE OF 1922 ·:•._ :'+HOMPSpN, ,·G~ S., O.P.A.L. Newsletter, No. 2.3, p. 3 -4; Jan., 1952•.-:·. Dis.~:tJ,~S:io!l :on incorr:ect cat.aJ.ogue listing and defects in the Arabic "milliemes'~ ., ' ·

EGYPr 1S BAR OVERPRINTS - .J.2.22-/ ~- .;.:,. CO:NDE, Bruce, The Americ:an Philatelist, October, 1956, ppo 28 -36. A ·w~1f illustrated article, good detail and description and"a chart showing six types of the barred o•rerprint.

FURTHER ID'I'ES ON THE BARRED OVERPRINTS Qli' EGYPI' - THOMPSON, G. S., Stamp Collecting Mar. 12, 1954, pp. 901, 903. Comments on the double prints of the bars ~\ the printing process, Palestine ov~';:!;'prints, postal stationery & supply.

!.!!!. STATUS OF BARRED f.A~UKS . , -.t •. WARit, -~;t;9.(:1P .•. !'t•:~:t:)'.:,,,B;iia!)lp. CoJ.J~.~t.:ing? .,~ept. 24th, 1954 · p. 63. Comments pn usage"'·and'.pO:staJ ne~d ·and vali~ity ~ .. .· . .·

EGYPT- FORGED BAR OVERPRINTS.·..:· "MOSDEN.STMP CO., Stmp C~ll'tg-5. Mar: .. 'i8, 1955. Brjef note advising that the bars are being forged.

EGYPT: FOR.GED ~A~ OVEHPR.INTS - Gl'TTINS, i;, Stp. Clt:g·. ~ore notes with a. list of some of the.items identified as forgeries.

EGYPTIAN COMMENTARY - THOMPSON,::G,~ S., Stp, Cltg., Febr. 4, 1955. Notes on:tl;e use · · of bar overprin-cs in Palestine with discussion of new watermark possi-

bilities when the royalist pa~er is exhausted. ·· :: ·.~

MORE VARIETIES - WARD, GOR:OOI\ DR., 1 10P, Vol. 8, .No. 88, Oct., 1954, pp. 463;464. Comment on varieties on the bars and the ·1953 definitives. I~lustrated.

VARIETIES D1EGYPTE - (F) - L'OP, p. 331, Apr., 1954. Illustrated items in :French shO\ving va:l:'ieties with double surcharge, control s.equences, etc.

EGYPI' - THE TEREE BAR OVERPP.INT - BYAM, DR. W., QC (ESC), Vol. IV, No.- 5,. p. 70. B"rief comment by Byam on the forgeries with list of forged de~ondnations.

NOUVEAUTES D1EGYPTE - L10P, Vol. VIII, No. 84, p. 211. A descriptive listi~ of · the 1953 definitive se:rie.s, illustrated with the four designs.

FAROUK VARlET~ ..:. (Arabic) .:.. L1bP, Vol. VII, No. 73, pp. 55 -72, Jan., 1951. \:?" -~ . ! .. ~·-•;,(: • - .-. • ••

Enlarged illustratic·ns of minor varieties on Farouk defini ti ves. All of the ·text is in Arabic but the photos are clear with arrows and thus of ~-value to the specjalist in this area.

VARIETIES OF EGYPI' - EID, M., L10P, Vol. IX, No. 95, July, 1956, pp. 411- 414., Notes on the 2 and 4 Mill Agriculture issue, one with perfs .missing on one stamp and one with perfs misplaced so Eg~rpt is at the bottom.

EG.{?l' IA N TOPICS M.AY - JU~\J'E 19'70 No. L~

THE: PHIIA!'ELIC LirEFiATUFi.E 0? EGYPT

V f~FIETIES Ol EGYPT --·--- - ------472.

- EID, M., L10P, VoJ. ,.Ix, No. 96. Oct/.Jc:n., 1956/57. PP• 471-Notes on variet:ies or: lOO & 200 Mj JJ s (Nefertiti) wHY1 reference

to inverted watermarks and a veri ety :i.n perforatior;.

SOHE INTEHE8TING Vh.HIETIES IN EGYFTIAJ'i; STM\:PS - L10P, Vol. VJl, No. 78, IIJ.u.stra­----t~d- ;:t=.J·i~ti~;- ~r. the Pal~si.i~~ovei·prjnts, tf1c 1921/22 2 m. with brokE!n

• ·/'~; fromu; the 1923/l, 2 m. black Hii.h ~pJJ:He dot, tl1e 20 rn •. green with whHe ~·i·: 'li ne and the ·50 m. blue - green with doubJ:e Aral:ic cb;ir acter. Interssti,1g .

1M1DSSIBLE TO KIJO\~ HEAl, EGYPTIAN BARE::. Linn 1 s V.keldy Stmp Nm.is, 5/Jtl55 and rep:rjnt --- - ---- ThE: Tic~ly-· L'Ei1·i2&-NIO.E. Ph:i 1. Interest i.r1f? but inconc1Llsj ve.

(fo he contin~ · d in our nest 1aaue ) As:Jistance, particLllar·ly British publicati•)ns, will be s :Lncerely a?Jpreei3ted.).

AI R M A ll ODDITY 8 y · W. f. S ~ t t t N S

Th~ coloT of tho 11 Pi\.LESTINE 0 VEHPTINT WITH _RESPECT TO THE TtffiEE (3) M ILL • • •

T-his -refers t o Z81Jeri No. 2, page 340 ~<~hich is the 3 Mill, sepia, overprinted for the Pa'lest i ne oecupation . It is listed with a ·''r;ed '' ;overprint and, so far as I kno'rJ, this o:~erp::'int is in fac:t - red.

whqn we get to the thr.ee.- bar overprints, tlJe· PALESTINE OVE.~PIUN'I' i s still in red - which, of course , woul d be expected, presumingti!!'.t the bars \.Jere applied to existing stamps.

But nmJ c ome8 t he PALEST I NE , a:oplied to the combi n<':ltion three- bars & King of Egypt and t he Sudan a nd the PALEST I NE OVEHPHINT is in '1BLACK11 • ••

~XCE P'.[ • •• that a copy of this same item, but Hith t he K. of E. S. overprin"J inverted has the PALESTINE in t,he "original red 11 ~ ~

Do I hav e the mi sfortune of owning· a fo:r-gery or Has the PALESTINE aprlied in· both bl8ck i nk a nd r ed ink to t!'le nTriple 11 over·pri nt (three bars, JC of E . S, and PALESTINE) of thi s one value ?

Can anyone help Bill ?

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EXHIBITION NOTES

1~_-: _If'4!L -:_7Q--=:.2_Q _f? -~T_A;vn: _QLIJB. A Silver A\J:=.~rd to JOSE P.Gn.l:URA for his interesting display of 11 EGYPT, 0 ld anrl New", pltis, the Fr ieli.ett A \.Jard. ,J:JSE also .received a s }..>GC ­

ial Europa Stud,v Unit a~<~a r<i for his show-i ng of "Eump:l 7 CEPT Anniversary11 • A. f i ne jo:) Jose, anr'l a f.ine sho~1 .. . · ·

SOJEX - A BRONZE AWA!~D to CHDR. W'ILLIA.!vl H.'• \ffiGLS for· the 11 ALLIED MILITARY· F'OHCES in EGYPT" .we w•2re pr:i vileged to sec t.his ·inter­esting mnterial locally last ye3r.

§.{i~QQ~IS.'£, QHIQ §.IM'J~ CLUB - A GOLD A\.JMw ··to WILLIAtvl F. BILLEN3 for h-is s"JaHing of "THE HEGULAR ISSUE Oi EGYPT FHOM 1866 to the REV ­OLUTION" . Congratulations Bill

L~_I2 _& ed:Lto:::, gi ve:-1) • tion of imental ru.nners

~§.~12 By inv.~L':oatior1 only to the GORIX)N B. GARRE'r·~, (No a~<~ards Here

A display of_his Gold MedGJ collec­s:JDAN, featuring pioneer and expar­flight cove:cs, plus rarities, fore ­and varieties.

SUDAN NEW-ISSUE 25 MAY

The Director General of t'1·2 de partmt:nJt of Posts and Telegraphs announced-the issuance of .3 stamps -on 25 May, 1970, to cornrnemo:::·ate the First Anniversar-y of the 25 Hay Revolu ­tion.

They are in and 65 mm.

the deno:-nina t:LorJs of 2 and /+ Pr We hope to have th:;m for iJ.lus-

tration j_n our next i ssu3. No de tsils of the des:ign was given.

No FDC 1 s will b2 iss:Jed · officiallyo Stamps are availa bh from the Philatelic section Khartoum for .36 (U.S.), 3!0 (British) Po3t is extra. U.S. by a.ir .2.1,,' to Britain, 2/0. No souvani c sheets 1,1ill be is:3l.l'~d. Starnps 1.till re:nl:lin valid fo!' a period of· 6 rno;'1ths .

Page 82' MkY - JU.'lli 1 o/70 EGY?l'Ii\N TOPl::;S

PIRFINI. • •

EgyptlaiJ

This well may be an elementary question to anyone 1..Jho knows the answer • it is a mystery to me.

For a good many years, Eg.vptian definitive postage stamps h.'l.ve been found with two let­ters p3rforated into the face. These are in the same man'1er as the well- known, and cat­alogue recogni zed, Sudariese Officials where in "S.G." .is p1n~tured: see Zeheri (1967) page 368.

My earliest example is a 2 Mill, green, of the 1921 Ha rrison issue (Zeheri No . 56, on page 68) - with three letters punctu:'ed in two lin3s, t o wit:

• • • • • • • • • •

• • •••

• • •

• • .. •••

Next i s the 40 Mill, 1927-3.4 po~trait is­sue (Zeheri No. 112, page 84 ) - punctured with larger letters in one line, na:~nely:

•••• • .. . • •

• • ••• • •• • • • • •

Then, among the 1937 -/+4 Boy King, or First Farouk issue, I have a l Mill perforated 11 P. 0."; this is different from the others i n that the ~:rforated letters are rendable vertica l ly, rather than horizontally, as on the others. A 5 Mill of the same issue, is perforated "0 B". Three additionsl examples are on the 5 Hill with the letters "S. ·B .11

as illustrated.

By W. F. B i I I ens

• •• • .. .. . : .

••• • • ... • • : .... Finally, a 4 Mill value of the thJ·ee bar overpdnt (Zeheri No. 188 ), p:-..lge 113 hr:J.s the same ns. B. n found on the Boy King Issu·::.

All this represents a time - span of thirty­three years ! I have not sought out these items, so the fact that I have accumulated eight. would lead me to b3lieve they are i n reasonsbly pleT!tif'ul supply .

What are they ? Some kind of fiscal or oth­er non-postal use ? Some type o~ security measure resorted to by very large postage users to prevent pilferage of . their s t arnp supply ? Is anyone making a .study, in the manner of . Peter Feltu s work with the fls­cals, or has a write - up already appeared in the Eg;rptian philatelic pres3 ?

SWEDISH UN FORCES CAT.

"CATALO::WE OF THE UW- FORCES MILITARY MAIL CANCELLATIONS", a fine 15 page illustrated p;-lmphl•3t by Tage Calleras, published by the United Nations Study Unit· of the ·· American Topical Association

Dealing largely with tr1e FOH.GES IN EGYPT it may be of interest to m'IDY of our readers • .

It is available for $2.00 postpaid from MARTIN HUFF, 59 -16 Gro'JG Street, Brooklyn New York, 11227.

Please make check p;-1ya bl e to United Nations Study Unit.

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EGYPUAN TOPICS MAY - JUNE 1970 No. 4 :rage 83

ANOTHER ·:,·RELIABLE DEALER

Severa l members ha-;e w:ri tten in recently to inquire regard:ing a reliabl•3 source for new i s s Cl':Js· a~~ a reasonable pri.:::e. We Uste.d .one wil:;h whom we have denlt.

NO\.J , Dr. DA'tf n TORRE3 writes to t ell us of anothe r' m21n whose dea lings have been satis ­far::tory.

He adds that a current stoek is n ot main­tAined, ho-wever, he w:ill arrange to suppl.f all nece s ::;a ry neH iss ,~es and w:i.ll mai l them out when the accumulAtion is at least #1.25.

For further informa-':.ion pbaBe deal direct­ly with:

MEMBER, T .M .P.S. N .P .S .

New ls'sue Se·rvice

THADDEUS G. LARKIN "Stamps for Collectors"

Philatelic Supplies

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814 S . PRAIRIE AVE. SIOU X F ALLS. S . ·D . 57104

PHONE 334·5930

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ON Tm ; 0 PJ.NIQ H OF JEA tJ BOULAD D 1 £-Tin1I::<:HSS

With reference to th-3 surcharged Postal s+,o:1t ionery item il1ust :::-ated i '1 Egyp :~ian Topics in Vol. II, No . l, pag8 13 , ent.itled 11 Gen'.l.ine or Bogus "

"This is a real bogus of very lo;J grade. The 2 milliemes s:~ationery envelopes have never be9n over valued by a s urcharg8 - there wa s no need st all - and there was no r eason at all to chnnge t he-Lr· curren,:y from :nilliemes to pence.

The nwne:rals and the lettering are ve ry poor a nd they mean nothing. ·

The origin21 envelope wa s sent f ro m the GHOURIA - CAIRO post off' LGa on 31 XII 9 ('?), a nd addressed t o Ca iro. This so- called sur­charge wa s added afterwa:rd :3 .

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GENUINE OVERPRINT BACK IN OUR Mt~Y- JUNE, 1)69 ls:::ne Wfj inu~l­trated a th:-ee bar variety fror1 the col18r::­ti:)J1 of WIL.LIA/l HILl, of' V3t1t~ouver B. C. In Bill. 1 s sopy the bars •tJere split, with -~hree half ba rs app=_;arin~ on ea:::h :>i.1e leJving thf~

l:iku nds:> of th-::: KiDg unoblitorated .

G INO PIPEr{ ·\j;) o f N.Ua n, Italy one of ou:- regular contri -butors to Topi8s ha3 Wl'itten to say- t ha t t his ill.n::·:i r3"ty is certa.inly o£' the type that c~rne from the pres:>es i n Ca -~_ ro

He kind ly enelosed ::~ copy of the 1 H.ill of thi.s sar1e set, in orange (l;l(,7 Zeh o Noo 1.32 p:-~ge 113) whi:::h he obt,1tned from t ho Post Offi-::e b Ca ~_ro at the time they were still on sal3 theTe: and h e is certain of it 1 s a uthentL::ity . This is the type noted in the Zeheri as 11Sm·r..: hn!'ge a clwva1 11 •

Gino ask t hat we focward this :~opy to Bill for his collection with complLnents. Ok3y Bill, Hs on the wa.y .

* * MI$$1NG COLOR A very fine and inten~sting bloc:k o£' tE3n of S·::ott No. 2.130) issued ~\Jov . 8, 1_966toptlbli­cize the 5th lnterna~io.:1al TV Festival. 'I?iis , block ia Ul]i::p.le in that the boZ,tom ~~ st!O.unps are WITHOUT the normal yellow colol' . Thes13 are from the coll•::Jct i :m of D:::-. Frank A1itry .

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POST OFFICES OF E.t/YfJI AND THE ~Ut/8/J WtTH T P O~S AND RURAL STATIONS CF '1892

CONTINUED FROM ffiEVIOUS IS.SUE - V0h__2 - ~ - PAGE 21

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EBCHAivAY l EBGUIG 7, by Fayoum EBIAR 7, by Kafr-o1-Zayat EBNOUB J EBNOUD 7, by Kena EBRACH 7, by Machtoul-e1-Souk EBRil"l 6 EDFA 7, by Sohag EDFENA 1 EDFOU 1 EDKOU 1 EDWA 1 EKIAD J EKIAD DEGOUA 7, by Toukh ELKOUA 7, by ~-~agazig · .... ELKOUA ?, by Kafr-e1-Zayat EYiBABA 8 EMIAY 7, by Toukh Ei'JCHAS 1 EENA l ETLIDEM J ETSA 3 ETSA 7", by Fayoum EZBET-cl-CHOKA 7, by Damanhour EZBET-EL-INGLIS 7, by Abou-ITommos EZBET-EL-KENAOUI 7, by A.-Hommos EZBET-EL-KHORCHID 3 EZBET-EL~ZEITOON 3 (Cairo)

FACAl~ 1 FACOUS 1 FAIED 3 FANT J FARAONIA 5 FA.RAS 6 FAHASKOUR l

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FARCHOUT 7 ,. by Nag Hamadi FA.B.AGHAN 7, by Zagazig FARNAWA ?, by Saft-e1-Me1ouk FARSIS 7, by Zagazig FAYOUM 1 FEZA.B.A 5 FICHABENA 7, by Mit-Ghamr FICHA-EL-KOBRA 7, by Menouf FOUA 1 ~

GAAFRA 7, by Fa youm. GABALAW 7, by Kena GAFARIA J GAMNALIA J GHAMRIN 7, by I"lenouf GANZOUR 7, by Birket-e1-Sab GENEFA 8 GHABA 3 GHA.E1AC-EL-SULTANI 7, by Fayoum GHORAIEB 7, by Zefta G.tiURIA (Cairo) 2 GUEDAIDET-EL- HALA 7, by i'lansoura GUERGA 1 GUIZA 1

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HADDAH 7, by Kaft-e1-Zayat HAbOEIN 7, by Kom-Hamada HADRA -3 HAMOUL 3 HAMRA 7, by As .s lout HANO UN 7, by Santa HAWANDIA l HAWAWCHA 7, by Mansoura HAZA.I\J'IA 7, by Naoua . HEHYA 1 HELOUAN 1 HEWESHAT 7, by Tanta HOCHE ISSA 7, bj' Abou-Hommos HOMRli.l\T 3 HOURINE 7, by Birket-e1-Sab

IBRAHIMIN . J ISHKET 6 ISlVIAILIA 1

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K KABIL 7, by Damanhour KAFR ABOU NAGAH 7, by Zaga·zig KAFR-ACHMA 7, by Batanoun KAFR-AMMAR 1 KAFR-ASKAR ?, by Kafr-e1-Cheikh KAFR-Daoud 1 KAFR EBRACH 7, by Machtoul-el-Souk KAFR-EL-ARAB 7, by Faraskour KAFR-EL-BA'J'TIKH J

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KAFR-EL-CHAHIU 7, by r1it-Gha.mr KAFH.-EL-CclElKH 1 K·~.,:"i1-E.L-CHOBAK 7, by Chib.-el-Kan. Y: •. '!.".ft-EL-Cii.EN;:~AOUI 7, by Faraskour KAFR-EL-DAWAR (Behera) 1 KAFR-E.L-DAWAR ( Carbia·h) 5 KAFR-EL-ELEM 7, b'.' 3il''ket-el-Sab. KAF'R-EL ... GARBI 7, by Kafr-e1-Cheikh KAFR-EL-GUINEDI 7 ,. by Zefta KAFn-EL-GHON.AHliA 5 KAFR-EL-GUEDID 5 . . KAFR-EL-HAMAN 7, by Zagazig K.4..FR-EL-LA!~INDI 7, by Samanoud KAFR-EL-LOUSSOUS 7, by Zagazig KAFR-EL-MAaqo~K 7, by K/e1-Zayat KAFR-EL-NAIASSRA 7, by Ras-e1-K. KAFR.-EL-!vlAN.SOURA 7, by Tanta KA"'~) mr 11/1'~.-..-.ELHA 5 - .1'1-~.w-i·d:!.~:~

Ki-\.Fn-EL-SANABSA 7, by .Menouf .. K.AF3.-EL-SOUCKARIA 7. by B/el-'Sab KAFR-EL-ZAYAT 1 KAFR-FIGHA 7, by t·1anouf ... K.il.f'B. G.'\.11'ZOUR 7, by Bir/el-3ab KAF3. GHAN!:£lvi 7, Kom H<F:ada · KAFR G ::iON 2.:I"l. 7, by Rah'~Jania K.cJ.....ti'i] HAN~A 7, by Nawa. .. KAPR HOUHINB 7, by Blr/el-Sab KAFR i:L;;L.~-EL-BAB 7, by Santa K...<\.FR i•LUIALLET HASSA,.\l 7, by M eh. KA.I''B ·lviA.IN 7 ; b;}T Edwa K1~FR. NAFRA 7, by Bir/el-3ab KAf' Fi N,AKHl..A 7 , by ru·t Gh~r KAJ?H SA.K.-q J KAFR SA.L'-JDA»~A 7, b;y Shi b/e1-Kan • K.h..r""R 3E1:.-'f./i 7, ·by Hit Ghamr KAFB SOLI MAN 7, by Kafr-el-Zay. KAFH SOLINA~T 8·, Damietta Line KAFJ. TAF.:A 7, b'' Cn/el-IC~1nater v · H'':l You.·~.-~.~';' E'. A·· .... I/ADI 7 b t>. ... li..~ n ..,. _ .u-."'l.·::O n. l'l , y

Saft-e1-I•'lelouk KAFl-i ZEK11 I 5 KAFH. ZEYA.iJ.i~ '? , by Kom Hamada IG\.HA 3 . K!.',L~'·,.3C HA ~ KA.LA \1 AT 7, b~: :Co;n Ha:nada Yul.LIB EBIA.J. 7, bJ Ka.:'r-Zayat .. K.ALI 0 tl B :t K'=!.LLINE J KAi•iCn!CHE '?, by Batanoun KANCHOUCHE 7, by Nedo'.lf Ki!..NOULA 3 i: ... A~~AYAT 7, b,',r Za6 ::zig KANTARA 1 l'~AnADid 7, . o;-y- Zagazig Ki~H.AKES 7, bv Dama:J.hour ~~RANCHO 7, by Kafr-al-Zayat

K.AJU N EI.:-l 5 KA3;t ~r.~EL SAYAD 3 KJBEBA ;.VEL ESSiilAT 7; by :~ag Ham. K-::;-om 7 · ~..., ".: .. Ken~~ · .

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KENA 1 KHA.DHI"'- 7, by Dafr-el-Chelkh KlVh1f>'lAJ.=1.A 7, by Teh-Ba?:""oud KHA.t'JKA 7, by by Marg KH..4.RABA 8 KHA!!FE'I' GUEHGA 7, by Guerga KHA'rA'I'BA 1 .. K::-IERBA 7, by Kena. K.H.EtlBE;TA 7, by Kom-Ilamada KHOqM~~ 7, by Wasta KHOUS:30US 7, by Marg KOBOUH EL-Ofv'IARA 7, oy Kom Hamada KODDABA 1 KODOAIA 7, by 'i'lasta KOLSNA 1 KOM BENI MARAS.7, by Mansoura K0~1 ~L-AHMAR 7, 'by Bent,...Souef K0rfl.-EL-Arti'11AR ? ," by Nag Bamadi: '· · KOM-EL..-AKHDAR ?,.by Abou-Homtno.s K0!•1 H.A.!'1ADA 1 . . . K0~1-EL-NAGGAR 7, by Koddaba KOM-EL-NOUR 7, by }11 t Ghamr; · KOC1-EL-TAIHL 7, by Kafr-e.l-'Che.ikh KOM ONBO 8 KONAYESSA J KOH.ACHIA 1 KOR::JI 5 KOROSKO 1 KOS3EI8. 4 KOTOUR 1 KOIJESNA J KOUS 1 KOUSSIA. 7, by Nazali-Ganoub KUH.TUSA (EL :VJ.A.SSEKH) 7, bv Damanh.

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l\"iA.ADDIA F; ~1AANIA 7, by Teh-el-Baroud, J.VIAASARA 8 l"lACHAL 7 , by Kodda ba · IVIACHAOUDA 7, by Guerga .MASHTOUL-E.L..:;KADI 7,, by Zaga.,.ig MACi.iTOUL-Ef...-SOUK 3 ~~GABRA 7, by Guerga HAG fi..C\.G HA 1 HAHALLA. 1

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MAHALLET ABOU-ALI 1 MAHALLET DAlVIA.i\i A 1 MAlli~LLET FARNAWA 7, by Saft-el-~a1. MAHALLE'£ EBEID 7, bs• Teh-e1-Baroud J.VlAHALLET HASSA.l."'J 7, by Maha1la MAHALLET KEIL 7, by Abou Hom:nos MAHALLET MAR HO ut1 7, by Tan ta MAHALLET IYIOUSSA 1 l\'lAHALLET MENOUF J ~1AHALLET ROH 1 HAHSAMA 8 l\1AHiO UNA 7, by Zagazig MAKATLA. 7, by Edwa J'liA.LL..~HA 8 fvlALLA.WI 1 MANACHI J filANAI ~:L 7, by Na·w-a MANAVJAHLA 5 l"iAt\fASRA 7, by Chi bin-e1-Kanater MANCHAH 1 l'iJ.ANCHAT GHANRIN 7, by :Vlen4Juf NANCHAT-EL-AKHOUA 7, bjr Samanoud t1ANCHA'f.;..EL-YACOUBIA 7, by Koddaba MANCHAT H.OZAFA 7, by Saft-el-~ieloulc MANDABA 8 MAl\! F ,~LO U'Jl 1 MA~IAL-EL-GUEDI 5 l'lAN;~;OURA 1 KA.NZALA 1 iVlAdAGB.A 1 l•lARG 3 l•!AHIA 6 MAC~~~LA 7, by Santa I"'ASGAD WASSIF 7, by Zefta MA1'al 1 i1i AT ,\1\J A 1 lV!i\.'.l'ANIA J HA'fEHIA ( CAIHO) 3 1'1A'l'ArtiA ( MANZALA) 3 !¥lA'rAil TARES 7, by Edwa NA\-J~1ADET -EL-ZAOUYA 7, by Damanhour MAZGHOUNA 3 f"lEADI 8 1-lECHTA 8 t•lECHLA 7, by Kafr-.::1-Zayat MEI1 7, by Nazali Ganoub MELIG J l11iNOUF 1 NE'l'IAH 7, by Assiout i1E'I.'OUBES 5 MEX (ALE..{ANDRIA) J lvtiNE'I' BASSIOON 7, by Koddaba MINET BENI MANSOUR 7, by Teh-el-Bar. lViiN ;:::r EBIAR 7 , by Kafr-Zaya t Mli'JE·r-EL-BASSAL (Alexandria) MINET-EL-KAMH 1 lVliNE'r-EL-WAT 7, by Menouf MINET TOUKH-EL-NASSARA 7, by Ta1a

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MINIA 1 MINIA 7, by I"'arg MI'f ABOU KHl~LED 7, LJ r·~i t Ch:un.::· MIT ABOU A...B.ABI 7, h~i Za,r:;,::._:· ~ i!, NIT ALY 7, by NaG.::ou:~a J:viiT-BEHA 1 IvliT-C HEHALA 7, by T3.la MIT-DAMSIS 7, by W\. ~: G(L:..:;,r MIT-EL-ABSI 7, by M~t B2ra MIT~EL-AMEL 7. by S3m3~oud rn·r-EL-IiA~10UN 7, t;; :u ~~ Bera I"iiT-EL-KHOLI 7, by ~19.::: -e l-Khali MIT-EL-SAREN 7, bv Iftan3oura MIT-EL-SOUDA..~ 7, b;; Tanta MIT-ELW'AN 7, by Kafr-el-Chelkh MIT-GHAMR 2 t'1I'I'-KHODEit1 5 MIT-NAGUI 7, bv Mlt Gh~mr MIT-ON-SALEH 7, bJ :11 ::-k,~t-:! l--3:::. :: MI'r-SALAMA 5 MIT-SALAIL 5 MIT-SAI1ANOUD 7, b,y c>::t:t.anou·~ MIT SANDOUB 7, by L:J.n:::;<)Ura MI'r YAZID 3 J.VIIT YAICHE 7, by Xi t. :~hnmr lVIORABAIN 7, by Kat:·-;::L-Cr;.elkiJ l\'iOUCHA 7, b.',' As si·· ·;.1i:. NOUS'rAY 7, by Birk-c:t-el-Sa'J

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UNLISTED INVERT

WILLIAM HILL of· Vanco!.lve:c, B. C., Ca nuda sends us a photocopy of_ a~1.other contro­versial item, S:::ott's NC 31, Zoheri No.62 overprinted for use in Palestine as No 31 on page 342 of the (1967) catalog. It is not listed in the inverted po~~d tion f o r the 5 m. red·-bro't.ln although nu::norous err·­ors have been noted in most of these O'Je-r-­

prints.

Does anyo:ae else have a copy of this Jtem, or any add.itionsl informati::m that wi 11 tend to verify its authenticity ?

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.. EGYPTIAN TO? D.S No. 4 page 87

CURRENT MARKET NOTES BY AOAM :Z CZARNECKI

HAii.M3R, R·JOKE & CO, helc1 an a'J.ction on Feb -­ruary l'7 - 20, in Now York, oJhi..cD. included some lOO lot s of Eg~rpt La ~l material cover­ing the period from lJ66 to 195:2. Some of the more inter-esting items, with prices realized are l isted. (UG unles;3 noted ).

1866

1866

1922

19:25

1925

1 926 1926

2 P.'I'. diagonal half u;3ed $ 55.00 as 1 P.'I'. on piece (B.P.A. ) 1 P. T. rose-lilac, vr.:lrti -cal st~ip of 3, imper-f betw.~cm . (H. P. S.) 1 mill strip of 4, o·i.nar­prin-s partial, or- omi.tsed 10 m. rose, G~=wg Congress imperf blk of 4, one with Arahic e:"ro::--. (S·3e Topics Vol. 2, No. 3, page 58) .

80.00

26.00

50 . 00 15 m., ultra ., 2 di3 proo~s o:~e p:<rtly hand painted and one final die proof. 65.00

62.50 u 42.00

Poe-t Fo>..lad, 3 values OG 11

" 15 m. doubl ·3 bar, 1 927- 37 5 ~. tete- heche pr. strip

1927-37 1929 19J,~

1933 1938

1947

o~ 4, OG, unlisted 13.00 l plate f l.qw fl'J 11 closed OG 16 •. 00

Prince Farouk calor trials 75.00 UPU (::toyal col l ection w:'..th 11 Ca:'1celled 11 on reverse. UPU compl ete, OG King's Birthday, OG Leprosy Congre3s, 5 Mill Impe:rforata pair In~er. Parl. Uni ~n Congress

100.00 73. 50 20.00

1 9.00

10 m .. do:.Jbl·:;, revers'3 offset 221)0

Ser.!}i f:.Cl.~tal 1943 Princess FeTial, 5 - 5 111"'1 .

plate blk of 6 with error 2.3.00

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!ir .E2rJt

19!+6 Air Congre3s, doubl9 n 11 , in•itd.

ovpt. $ 33.00 0 ·.rpt • 34 • 00

1947 1948

7 m. Imp . horiz . pr. - S.A.I.D.E., 13 m. no

between letters. OG

OG 8<>00 period

8.00 Same - blk of 4, 22 m. on lOO m. UL stamp date omitted 48.00

&oldie.r 1 s . Brovig~QD~~

1:398 3 m. on 2 P. T. , Surcharge doubl:; (used) R?S Certif. 25.00

1398 As above bu-:; with p:-t rt of a 3rd suTch. shmJ."Lng, crease 22.00

On the basis of this auction, and many oth­ers in the past, it se~ms that some i l:. em~> ,

especially Tete-beche pairs of the 3:rd iss­ue are JZ:~I.Y ~rp:r.t_~ed in Scott, Gibbon.:;, & ZeheTi. These seem to bring, at the most , abou-'.:, 1/3 a!: Scott; of co!.ll'se the 1879 over­pri nts in tete-beche p-;irs a:ct: the exse·:i)lt::.on.

* * In the Superi::>r AuctiJn3, held in Los Ang­eles March 11th, so.me mmsual results are noted;

1.374 5 pa, b:'.k of' lJ wHh/oord·-er, l 'I' - B, OG, 26c- 26cj $ 50 .00

1922 lOO m. bl..k. #90 8.00 1923-24 King Faud 1 s OG, c omplete 29.00 1926 King Faud 1 s Birthd'IY #lU 12.00 1926 Port Fouad 1 s on piece 41.00 1927-37 Fouad de.f initi ves comp . .30 o00 1927-37 Unlisted freaks - 10 P. T- B 55~00

11 11 1 poand margin 2.9.00 1929 Prince Farouk ·color trials 39 .00

* * MISSING OVERPRINT

DR . FRliNK AUTRY se:nd ;:o us photos in color of the lOrn. and 35 m., i;:;sued on l •J. December, 1 958, in red:5ish purple and red --brown, WI'c,H OU-:::' the ov-:; r print for Palt:)Sti :'l~~, customary on the stanps in this color.

These m~e very rare items as only one sheet of fifty (50) stanps has been recorded for eoch denominati~n. The3e are listed on page 33!. a ::o Nos. 3b nnd 4b in the l%7 Z'ehari.

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COL OR CHANGE By Peter A-S. Smith

Last year, in a footnote to ono of.' thu pi':J·­liclty leaflets distributed l1y the Pll:i :ta­tel1 c Office· of the Pos·tal 0 r·garlizut.ion of the IJ.A.R., there was a ment.ion thaL the c_ur;·ont definitive 10 m. stamp ha1 be:Jrl is­sued in "Slightly different ~ihades". A n y definitive stamp_ can bo exp!c~tod 1.~) g~) through a series of print.i ng durihf~ i t:'j lifetime, and wili inevitably shm..r var·iat:i.on in shades, but when a shad•"1 ehange i ;3 do­li b.n·a-~e, and is pronouneed ono ugh t1J war­rant official an.'t'louncement, :it is of' rrut~~h greater importance and hrter-os-t .• No n•~'>l-:in-· sue dealer to my knowledge hus hoth,~red wi t.h this particuh:r. item, and :i.t i:1 only th.ro•li!,h the kind efforts ofDr. Sava M.khol of 1~€~;.,-pt that I have been able to soe a 1 exampJ .; •

The original stamp was printed' in a vo ry brieh't green and dull chocolnto; the shaden of brown vary within th(~ d·3;1~gn boca'l::JC of over hying with the green to d:iffcr8nt rlo-grees. The n"l;.~ stamp is prlnt.(~d in a Jig~rt.

dull gceen; the brown appearn to be unt:fH-Hlf~­ed, except, of course, whnrc it is mixod

with the groon. 'rhD,ltJ two ,-:'tade,:; ar·e aGtu.­a lly two rr-1lb) d:! l'fr~ runt c:o I m~s, and do­so~ve to l>o cat.alOIT,ill"1d :in th·~ genr!~·al cata­]ogm:)s. 1'hcy :n'1J i';drly ~~·>:11'1 m.d;dws f'o:::­"b.dght r,roen" w1d 11 dllll gr·ntJ~l" i 11 the G·ib­hon1s co]or guid•1.3, ox:eept, that the dJll gr.oen :is light. J hr:nc S·Jn:-J a copy used ao e.:n·ly as 1')6~. Jt :i ~; n c:'wr·cnt. ::tamp, on g-.;meral Gale, a:td nol. ~~enr•~n in •my wuy.

Since thin s·timnp in not b'! i nr, h:ndled hy d~uler.s, spn<:iali:'1tt: may l'c•d fr·:tntated jn koopjng ttH:~:ir <:oll:;;d~ions eo!nplntn. I hnve o'b"ta tried a mwfl] n· urtl,or · for· i.ho;>e! that m:1y be inteT.'t);rted. Jf' yo1i warrl. o;1n, :1(lOd me ~l st;.!ll.QQ!.l, !.!Q.'Jt:'l:l:l'.:d £L!Y<2W2 a:1d 0:1', in un­usod stamp~l f'or· a ;11 nt~l•), m~ J(>rf: for t~1o block of' ·rour. lf :r r,:YI:. miH'I} ord-::i';J than I expect, ll'ld m,y- :wpp]y r·un:: o.r~, ·1 shall ask for· more f'rom Ei.~;rpt ·1F1d w.i 11 liol i ''oar. lot­tor u·.1til t.tio,y w~t hnr·e (pn~·ltnps _'1 months).

PL~AS~, don't, ·w;"i l:.t) t0 me ·j r· y\~U don't get your ntamp:3 right, away (I ftnv:: o:J·Iy 26 cop-, ion on hand). llm~oJm·, thj.; i;1 an.mcponsi.v<J 'vluy to d:.Hl1 with a ntamp of' .Ios;, than three c.:mts far::e V:l]uo, anrl I wou l.d pr'<Utl:n·-3 tha-t only the oagor :1pee·i:1Jj st \oJ')t{J d 1-40'•:-tt to go to tho t r·i:mblo.

NEW AIR LETTEHS w·i th p~ ctor·j :11 mnti f'u .prin"'.:i­od on tho bu•Jk, have also I~.H!n i:':.med. If there is j.ntor·nD·~, J sha1) t.r·y· to ohtain a supply (unused .only). (Eg;vvt - IJAH. j ssuos three d•:Hto!ll:lna~.:inn.1 of' aj r· .l:)f;ter:;: 80, 115 and 1/~0 m Hls.

DO IT NOW

W.ANTS &

OFFERS

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'MAIL AUCTION CLOSING DATE JULY 10

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A l•::lxa ndria w/ Man1tsc cipt "10". 11 11 11

5 para gre1.y, stainod & missing p<-;rfs. ZEHlili I #1, p. 26 - Se. #1

10 paras, ZEfiE"K.I #2, · p. 27, . SC, # 2 e; 5 P. T. , brown, thin, poor,

Zft~!{E;R.I # 13, P• 36, S:.':. #l·)

20 p~:-as on 5 P.'r. green, Zr~r·llmi # 3lb, P• 59, Se. #'42R; VG (Inv. Chpr'")

7.53

8.60

9(;. 75

19.35

1 mill Sepia., Typo III, typo locaJly. ZKJZ~U, p. 72 # 69IIId, Wm}~. VIII, IN\JSRTED. SD. #78 1.29

15 m. bl11H, l:3t Farouk w/ IN'vEH.TED \fl'1K. (VIII) ZEH. #'38a, p. 79, Se. 98 J good.

27 m. violet, 1st Air. ZEIH~U #1, p. 2JO, Se. # C-l.· Good

27 m. - Airs, ZE~I. 1 & 2, p. 2}0, Se. C-l / C--2,

5 m. - 90 Jlo (set of 4) UAR AIRS. Zr~:-I. 89-92. p .. 2151. Se. C-2 / C-5, , Good

:Postag1'3 dua - 2 m. green, IN"J'K\1.TED WATEPJ1f.l.R[{.

VG

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4,30 - ..

8.00

10.6)

1.30

ZE~I. #15c, p. 307. Se. # Jl5,' good .~o

2 . . ·1· p 1 t. b . t (,-=!J'Jl~"TLi'D) me Vef'tnl 1.0!1. a. i3S 'll1e. a(' OVGl~prr~l ,, 1 1.:J

ZEH. # 25a, p.J/+,~• Se. # 25 17.20 5 phra gray. ZEH. #1 -Se. #l. N0 gum, pt~rfs. mis:3. 7.00

Scott #4, thin, sligbt tear

Seo-tt # 16a, Fair

Seot 1-. # 25'b - thin spat

Seott # lJi;. - ave!'age

Scott Nos~ 113-1:207 hinge

Seott Nos., 205-207, hinge

s~ott Nos. 225-227, hinge

Scott Nos .. 228-230, hinge

m:o~:':"ks

mc;;:':"ks,

merks.

marko Scott # C-2, 2 copies, ID1

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3 FDC 1 s - Jb.mdn Rights, Palestj_ ne O·verpri:'1-~ (:ZAZ.~. - Pah~s tine)

16 ContrDl Bloc:ks, Cor:unemora!:,i-ves,. NH 1957 - 1959 p2riod, U A R. .,

15.00

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17.50

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Sudanese stampless. "Campaign Cover", with JA 97 TI, "WADI HALFA. CAM.P11

SUDAN

Scott COl - $

Military cover cancelled "ea/APO 211

dated: Oct. 8, 1941 •••

Cover from 11ATBARA 11 STJDAN, 1915 to Cleveland, Ohio, backstamped with with "TP011 cancellation

WlE DO NOT SET THE RESERVES RE:Sl!:RVES ARE SET BY THE OWNERS

REMEMBER: CLOSING DATE:

DR. GERALD DAV IS

41.3 MAIN" s·rREET

WII11INGTON, MASS., 01887

JULY 10, l$.Q • • o

PLEASE DO NOT MAIL TO EGYPTIAN TOPICS IT WILL ONLY DELAY

YOUR BID, AND IT COULD CAUSE YOIJ TO MISS THE FINAL DATE

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2.50

46.00

1.05

5.00

WE BADLY NEED QUAL~TY MATERIAL WI'rH REALISTIC RESERVES·. THIS IS YOUR AUCTION.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP. 'MAKE A NOTE NOW TO SEND YOUR SUR-

PLUS MATERIAL 'ID DR. DAVIS, ALONG WITH YOUR CURRE~IT BIDS. A COPY OF OUR AUCTION

REGULATIONS WILL GLADLY BE SENT 'ID OUR N.I!":W SUBSCRIBERS FOR A LARGE STAMPED EN"ITELOPE.

* * * IN MEMORIAM - L. DEGRDVE POTTER

A few short months ago we heard. from a fine philateli.st advising ~s of his intention to do an article for Topics. Twenty years in retrospect, covering his varied, but highly specialized interests. ·

A retired attorney of White Plains, New York Mr. Potter had maintained a life long inter­est in philately, collecting, in ad.dition to his specialized Egypt, such countries in the African area as: Labuan, Chad, North Borneo, and the Fre~ch ~ Belgian Congo!"

As we go to press, Vlord has been receiv~d from Mrs. Potter of his death. We ~tend our sincere sympathies to Mrs. Pot­

ter.