David Feldman The Joseph Chalhoub Collection of Egypt II. Commemoratives Monday, December 9, 2019

135 Geneva, December 9, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page The Nile Post Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10274 CC J P C132c-C134c 1950 Fouad Institute 10m, 25th Anniversary of Fouad University 25m and 75th Anniversary of the Royal Egyptian Geographical Society 30m, Royal oblique perforations in mint nh bottom right corner sheet marginal plate blocks of four, numbered A/50, very fine and extremely rare, one of only two control blocks that exist Provenance: The Palace Collection of King Farouk 3’600 10275 F / 81 C132-C134 1950 Inauguration of Fouad Institute 10m, 25th Anniversary of Fouad University 25m and 75th Anniversary of the Royal Egyptian Geographical Society, group of three covers incl. (27.12) registered commercially used First Day Cover to the USA franked 10m, 22m and 30m plus 13m King Farouk “Military” (quite scarce on cover), 1951 (10.1) Cover to Goa, Portuguese India, franked 22m 25th Anniversary of Fouad University, a rare destination and 1951 (5.1) unsealed cover to St. Gallen, Switzerland franked 30m 75th Anniversary of the Royal Egyptian Geographical Society + 2m King Farouk “Military”, attractive trio 120 10276 A E532 1950 Royal Wedding of Princess Faika and Fouad Sadek 20m handpainted essay of the frame in brown on perforated carton, very fine, only two examples recorded 1’800