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

37 Geneva, December 9, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page The Nile Post Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10040 10041 10040 DCE C17a 1926 Inauguration of Port Fouad 5m unused showing variety “Blotted Y in EGYPTE”, very fine and rare, with a maximum of only 25 possible examples of this variety that could exist Expertise: cert. C.F. Hass (1997) 300 10041 H C17b 1926 Inauguration of Port Fouad 5m with “PORT FOUAD” doubled as a result of the pane coming into contact again with the overprinting stone a second time but without being re-inked or strongly impressed, with Port Fouad first day of issue cancel, very fine and extremely rare, only two such varieties recorded Expertise: signed and cert. C.F. Hass (1999) 500 10043 10042 10042 CC C18b 1926 Inauguration of Port Fouad 10m mint nh (toned gum) showing variety “white bulge in first Arabic letter at right”, very fine and scarce 300 10043 C C18c 1926 Inauguration of Port Fouad 10m mint with DOUBLE IMPRESSION of “PORT FOUAD” as a result of being passed twice through the printing press, with the two strikes separated by 3/10ths of a millimetre, very fine and the only recorded example of this variety Expertise: signed E. L. Angeloglou A. Diena and Hass, cert. C.F. Hass (1999) 500 10044 H C19b 1926 Inauguration of Port Fouad 15m with double obliterating bar variety, CTO on the first day of issue by Port Fouad cds (as are all known examples), very fine and scarce, only one pane of 50 printed Expertise: signed C.F. Hass 500