Auction Details
Auction Number 58 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100
Date: 8th May 2026 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Great Connaught Rooms
61-65 Great Queen Street,
London, WC2B 5DA
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Auction Lots - Page 3
1102
  1922 15m Indigo, die proof on wove paper, 156x108mm. £100-120
1103
  1926 Port Fouad 5m-50p set of four fine used with first day (Dec. 21) Port Fouad datestamps, the 50p with R.P.S Certificate (1986). S.G. 141/4, £2,250. (4). Photo on Page 134. £750-900
1104
  1927 King Fuad definitives, royal proofs with skewed perfs mint comprising 1m, 4m, 5m blocks of four, 5m pair and interpanneau tete-beche block of four, 40m and 200m, all fine. (20). £150-200
1105
  1927-28 Statistical Congress set of three and Medical Congress pair, royal proofs with skewed perfs, fine mint. (5). £100-150
1106
  1933 Air issue, royal proofs comprising 2m imperforate with “Cancelled” on reverse, 1m and 30m pairs with skewed perfs fine mint. (5). £100-150
1107
  1934 U.P.U Congress 1m - £E1 set of fourteen fine mint, very lightly mounted. S.G. 219/32, £900. (14). Photo on Page 186. £180-220
1108
  1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty set of three, royal proofs with skewed perfs, also 20m signed by Anthony Eden, mint, the proofs unmounted. (4). Photo on Page 210. £100-150
1109
  1937-39 King Farouk definitives, royal proofs comprising 1937 imperforate 5m block of four, 3m, 5m, 10m and 15m pairs with “Cancelled” on reverse, 1937 1m block of four, 1939 30m and 40m with skewed perfs fine mint. (18). £150-200
1110
  1938 King Farouk’s 18th birthday £E1, lower marginal single superb unmounted mint. S.G. 272, £250. £100-120
1111
  1938-51 Commemoratives, royal proofs comprising imperforate 1938 Royal Wedding 5m and 1945 King Farouk birthday 10m pair with “Cancelled” on reverse, and various stamps with skewed perfs (13) all fine mint. (15). £150-200
1112
  1944-47 King Farouk definitives, royal proofs comprising 1944-45 22m imperf block of four with “Cancelled” on reverse, 1m - 22m set of eleven (additional 4m, 22m) and 1947 30m - 200m set of five with skewed perfs fine mint. (22). £200-250
1113
  Express stamps. 1929-43 Royal proofs comprising 1929 20m imperforate with “Cancelled” on reverse, 1929 20m and 1943 26m mint with skewed perforations. (3). Photo on Page 198. £100-150
1114
  Officials & Postage Dues. 1926-27 Royal proofs with skewed perforations mint, comprising 1926 official 2m, 4m, 5m (2), 10m, 20m, 50m and 1927 postage due 2m (2), 6m (2) and 8m (2), all fine. (13). £100-150
1115
  Officials. 1938 Royal proofs comprising 1m - 50m set of nine imperforate with “Cancelled” in English or Arabic on reverse (3 of each) and set with skewed perfs mint (two additional examples of the 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m), some shades. (44). £250-350
1116
  British Forces Seals. 1932 1p Postal Seal (as S.G. A1), imperforate marginal plate proof block of four, fine mint. £100-120
1117
  British Forces Seals. 1932-35 NAAFI seals complete with all shades and perfs, 1935 Silver Jubilee and Christmas overprints, fine mint. S.G. A1/11, £854. (13). Photo on Page 198. £120-150
1118
  British Forces Seals. 1935 Silver Jubilee British Forces 1pi letter stamp, fine mint (small hinge mark) and used. S.G. A10, £650. (2). £120-150
1119
  Army Post Stamps. 1936-39 Royal proofs comprising the four 3m and 10m stamps with skewed perfs fine mint, also 1939 3m and 5m imperforate with “Cancelled” on reverse. (6). £120-150
1120
  Egyptian Occupation of Gaza. 1948 King Farouk 1m orange-brown overprinted “PALESTINE”, variety overprint inverted, in an unmounted mint block of fifty (rows 1-5 of the sheet). S.G. 1a, £6,500. £400-500
1121
  Booklets. 1921 (Nov) 120m Booklet containing four panes of six 5m pink stamps, the panes all unusually miscut, the pink cover with an ink cross at right, otherwise fine and very scarce, stitched at left. S.G. SB7, £2,250. Photo on Page 134. £400-500
1122
  Booklets. 1937 120m Booklet containing four panes of 1936 5m each with marginal plate number “A/37” obliterated by two bars and replaced by “A/39”, superb. S.G. SB14, £450. £80-100
1123
  Booklets. 1939 210m Booklet containing panes of six of the 1937 5m (2 panes), 10m and 15m, stitched at right, minor gum toning, otherwise fine. S.G. SB15, £800. £140-160
1124
  Booklets. 1939 210m Booklet with 1937 King Farouk definitives, blue covers stitched at left, also two examples of the 1954 240m booklet containing panes of the Defence 10m, all very fine. S.G. SB15, 19, £1,450. (3). £220-260
1125
  French P.O. 1899-1930 Mint and used stamps in two stockbooks, including covers (17), issues for Alexandria and Port Said with 1921 3 Mill on Port Said 3c error mint, etc. (314 + 19 covers). £100-120
1126
  Interpostal Seals. 1864-90 Seals, the collection in two large stockbooks arranged by type and office number with a few offices abroad, some used with cancels, also a few forgeries. (715). £350-400
1127
  Interpostal Seals. 1864-90 Seals, various types and offices, on Hagner pages, a few offices abroad, some used. (167). £100-120
1128
  Cinderellas & Revenues. Stockbook containing Officially Sealed labels (106, with two sheets of 20), registration labels, block of twenty “We Realise in Egypt that the safe arrival of this letter is due to The Royal Navy” labels, charity labels, 1969 Great Bitter Lakes S.S “Neleus” labels unused sheet of twelve and used on a commercial cover registered from Durban, photographically produced English £1 note with Arabic writing on reverse dropped by the Germans over Egypt in 1942, four pieces of 1926-57 gummed watermarked stamp paper, etc. (c.200). £200-250
1129
  Revenues. c.1892-1950 Revenues, many Salt Tax stamps with 1942 provisional surcharges and various differing cancels, Stamp Duty, Consular Service, Match Tax, etc. (100s). £150-250
1130
  Revenues. 1897-c.1980 Mint and used collection in three stockbooks including 1887 5g - 25pi mint, 1939 royal proofs (7), Salt Tax 1892 proofs in black (10) and 1892 provisional surcharges, 1896 Salt Sellers Licence stamp, 1894-1900 Cigarette Tax stamps (41), etc. (500+). £300-350
1131
  Revenues - Cigarette Tax. 1894-1977 Stamps, the collection on pages with additional stamps on stockcards, all types and values with many differing companies, blocks, varieties, provisional surcharges, etc., an extensive and fine lot. (Many 100s). £700-1,000
1132
  Revenues - Match/Playing Card Tax. c.1943 Handpainted essays for three Match Tax stamps (for 20, 40 or 60 matches) and a Playing Card Tax stamp, all four very well painted on white card, affixed to a larger card (210x245mm) with arabic heading “New Design for the bands of match boxes and playing cards”. Fine and unique, believed to be from the Survey of Egypt archives. £200-300
1133
  Postal Stationery. 1879-c.1970 Used and unused postcards, reply cards, envelopes, registration envelopes, wrappers and lettersheets, mainly pre-1940, many differing items all in very fine condition, some uprated with stamps including registered, a good lot. (c.350). £300-350
1134
  World War Two. 1941-46 Covers and cards (and a few fronts) with “EGYPT / POSTAGE / PREPAID” datestamps, numbered from 2 to 154, including Honour Envelopes and air mail lettercards with some printed Christmas types and 1941 stampless air mail lettercard endorsed “Free Xmas Delivery”, stamps of G.B, Egypt, New Zealand, India or South Africa, a few registered, South African 3d Active Service lettercards, various censor types with R.A.F, Naval, etc. (c.550). £300-350
1135
  Air Mails - Australia. 1938 (Nov 5) R.A.F long distance flight record, cover to England endorsed “By R.A.F long range development unit, Ismailia to Australia” with Egypt 5m cancelled at M.P.O Moascar and Australia 5d cancelled at Darwin (Nov 7), fine and scarce, ten covers flown. Three R.A.F Vickers Wellesley long range bombers flew the 7,350 miles in just under 48 hours. E.831, $525. £120-150

FALKLAND ISLANDS

1136
  1891-1999 Mint and used collection, with Falkland Islands Dependencies,and British Antarctic Territory, in three albums, including Falklands 1898 2/6 used, 1904-12 set mint (additional 3/- green), 1912-20 5/- and 10/- mint, 5/- used, 1921-28 set mint, 1933 Centenary issue mint to 2/6, 1938-50 set mint and used (no 5/-), QEII to 1974 largely mint; Dependencies and B.A.T. complete to 1999 all apparently unmounted including 1954-62 set and B.A.T 1963-69 set (both £1 stamps). A good lot S.G. £3,500+. (3 Albums). £500-600
1137
  1898-1984 Mainly mint collection in an album including 1898 2/6, 1904 3/- and 5/-, 1912-20 set to £1, 1929-37 set to £1, 1933 Centenary set to £1, 1938-50 set to £1, also Falkland Islands Dependencies and British Antarctic Territory. A fine collection. S.G. £8,600+. (100s). Photo on Page 152. £2,000-2,400
1138
  1900-17 Pacific Line and PSNC ships which sailed to the Falkland Islands, the collection of picture postcards in an album including early coloured chromolithographic cards, several with Paquebot cancels. (75). £350-400

Falkland Islands Dependencies

1139
  1944-85 Mint collection with many 1946-49 issue plate varieties including “SOUTH POKE” on 4d (3, two within unmounted pair or block of six), 6d (unmounted), 9d (2) and 1/-, 3d teardrop, 6d extra dot by oval, extra island on 1d and 2d, missing “I” on ½d (unmounted, within block of four), 1d (2, one within an unmounted pair), 2d, 3d (2, one unmounted), 6d, also 1944 overprint sets in unmounted blocks of four and the four 6d 1945 shades in unmounted imprint blocks of four, etc. (419). £700-800
1140
  1946-49 1d, 2d (within a block of four), 3d and 6d all with extra island variety, also 6d with extra dot by oval variety, all superb unmounted mint. S.G. G2/4, 6aa, 6d, £1,295. (5). Photo on Page 186. £300-350
1141
  South Georgia. 1978 50p on 10/- pale magenta, watermark w14 (Multiple Crown CA diagonal), upper marginal, variety watermark inverted, superb unmounted mint. Very scarce, about 40 examples recorded. S.G. 66w. Photo on Page 152. £120-150

FRANCE & COLONIES
(Also see lots 276, 290, 758, 772, 781, 814, 1054, 1125, 1448/9, 1576/9)

1142
  1589-1862 Prestamp and stampless entire letters and covers including 1589 letter from Rouen to Bartolomeo Corsini in London endorsed “Il Porto”, 1798-1802 letters to Monaco (3), 1761 “DE TROYES” handstamp, 1782-89 Toulouse handstamps (3), etc. (41). £150-180
1143
  1849-1968 Mint and used collection on pages with some reasonable imperf issues used, virtually complete mint from 1935, also duplicates in stockbooks. (100s). £100-150
1144
  1849-1984 Mint and used collection in five albums, also Monaco in two albums, including 1852-53 10c used, 1869 5f used (trimmed perf tips), 1922 War Orphans 1f on 5f + 5f used, 1936 50f ultramarine air unmounted, 1950 1000f air mint, Monaco 1885 75c mint, etc. (7 Albums). £250-300
1145
  1852-1957 Entire letters, covers and cards, including 1853 10c cancelled by three strikes of circular “OR”, 1862 cover to G.B franked 40c and redirected with a 1d red, 1869 stampless cover from the naval ship “Diamante”, 1874 cover franked 80c to Malta, 1873 letter franked 30c + 40c to Norway, etc., also a few Monaco covers, many pre-1876. (c.280). £300-400
1146
  c.1852-1920 Stamps and cinderellas including c.1870 Henri V 15c labels (7, one on envelope), many WW1 propaganda or charity labels and ephemera, Peace & Commerce stamps and covers, etc., also some WW1 cinderellas from other countries. (100s). £150-200
1147
  Alsace Lorraine. 1871-72 Entires and covers comprising entires from Rothan or Metz to France franked Alsace 20c and charged 20c or 25c postage due, two entires from Colmar to Prussia franked Alsace 5c + 10c, 1871 (Nov. 12) entire from Strassbourg to France franked Alsace 20c + France 25c, and 1872 (Mar 2) cover from Schiltigheim to France franked Germany 1g pair + France 25c, a few small faults. (6). £200-250
1148
  Revenues. 1871-1949 Documents bearing “Dimension” or “Copies” stamps, many differing stamps, all written up on pages. (174). £150-200
1149
  Revenues. c.1871-1950 Mint and used stamps, collection of “Dimension” and “Copies” stamps written up on pages, also many other stamps on stockbook pages, and “Rengagement” stamps of Reunion (34), some blocks, etc. (100s). £100-150
1150
  Monaco. 1885-1959 Mint and used collection in an album including 1885 issue to 75c used, 1891-94 set mint (no 25c) and used, 1933-39 set mint (no 3f50) and used, 1940 Red Cross set used, 1949 Red Cross imperf miniature sheet mint, etc. A good collection, mainly mint from 1922 with a good level of completeness. S.G. £6,000+. (100s). £200-250
1151
  African Colonies. The extensive mint and used collections to c.1984, virtually all colonies (no Algeria, Tunisia or Morocco), many with a very good level of completeness in the 20th Century issues (including post-independence issues), also an album of Liberia. (15 Albums). £800-1,000
Auction Details
Auction Number 58 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100
Date: 8th May 2026 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Great Connaught Rooms
61-65 Great Queen Street,
London, WC2B 5DA
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