David Feldman - The Joseph Chalhoub Collection of Egypt I. Commemoratives Monday, December 3, 2018, at 13:00 CET

19 Geneva, December 3, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page The Nile Post Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Egypt Monday, December 3, 2018, at 13:00 CET 1895, The Winter Festivals Foundation The inquiry for this limited series of special stamps was sent to the firm on June 11, 1895.  It will be noted that they were referred to as “timbres spéciaux” not “timbres-poste spéciaux”. It would appear, nevertheless, from the correspondence that they were given the status of postage stamps in Egypt, and that they were the forerunners of the commemorative series to be issued. The letter was signed by Saba Pasha as Director General of the Postal Administration. On October 10, 1895, De La Rue sent to Egypt an Appendix of 21 colour trials, 3 of them monochromes and 18 bicoloured in the 3 values.  On October 23,  monochrome designs were accepted by Egypt.  These colour trials were printed on unwatermarked paper, whereas the unissued stamps were on watermarked paper. 10000 A C1-C3 1895, The Winter Festivals Foundation , 10m hand-drawn pencil and ink design very similar to the proposed issued stamp, on a large card (252 x 175mm), a very attractive and unique essay (Nile Post E134) Provenance: De la Rue Archive, Vahan Andonian Note: Illistrated in ‘The De la Rue Collection’, by Frank Wlton FRPSL, p. 3134 2’000