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

31 Geneva, December 9, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page The Nile Post Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 1926, King Fouad’s Birthday Five essays were produced by Harrison & Sons depicting a three-quarter length photograph of the King in military regalia, each surrounded by a different elaborate floral frame, and mounted on separate cards. A letter exists, dated 20th January 1926, from the Minister of Finance to the Chief of the Royal Cabinet, submitting the essays for the King’s approval. These essays were rejected in favour of a design by Verruchi Bey, the Palace Architect.who designed a new, simpler frame, which was sent to Harrison. The firm submitted three different colour essays to Egypt; the one in purple was selected. They were printed by screened photogravure with the exception of the frame of E333 which was printed by unscreened photogravure. These essays were larger in size (104%) than the issued stamp and are on unwatermarked paper in a souvenir-sheet format. The tops of the souvenir sheets E332 and E333 were inscribed in French “SOUVENIR DU VISITE D’ÉTAT MR. LE PRÉSIDENT DU FRANCE”. The French inscription was misspelled and should have read: “SOUVENIR DE LA VISITE D’ÉTAT, MR. LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA FRANCE”. 10030 A E333 1926 King Fouad’s 58th Birthday 50pi slightly enlarged essay (104% of issued design) by Harrison in sheetlet (58x84mm) inscribed “SOUVENIR DU VISITE D’ETAT MR. LE PRESIDENT DU FRANCE”, frame in blue-green with centre in brown, very fine and unique essay Provenance: Vahan Andonian 6’000