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

41 Geneva, December 3, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page The Nile Post Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10043 A C24-C26 1927, Statistical Congress , two different 5m hand-drawn pencil design, one approaching the issued design, on perforated card, a very fine and unique pair of essays (2) (Nile Post E340), plus mint set 800 10044 F / 40 C24-C26 1927 Statistical Congress in Cairo, group of three usages, showing 15m rate to Jerusalem, 15m local registered rate and complete set tied Congres first day cancel on Congress booklet, a fine and scarce lot (Period of usage December 29, 1927, to March 16, 1928) 180 1928 International Medical Congress In May 1928, the Postmaster General approved “Imhotep” for the 5 mills. stamp and “Mohamed Ali” for the 10 mills. stamp. Imhotep was the Royal architect, adviser to the Pharaoh Zoser (builder of the Step Pyramid of Sakkara, Third Dynasty, around 2900 B.C.) and a physician with a famous hospital and a school of medicine at Memphis. Mohamed Ali (1805-1848) was chosen for the other stamp as he was instrumental in establishing medical services in Egypt. In 1827, he invited Clot Bey, a physician from France, to organize the medical school and the Kasr el Aini Hospital at Cairo. Thus, this commemorative stamp coincides with the Centenary of the Faculty of Medicine.   10045 10046 10047 10045 A C27-C28 1928, International Medical Congress , 15m stamp size hand-drawn essay in ink on tracing paper, similar design to the issued stamp, very fine, attractive and a unique essay (Nile Post E341c) 400 10046 A C27-C28 1928 International Medical Congress, 15m stamp size hand-drawn essay in ink on tracing paper, different design to the issued stamp, very fine, attractive and a unique essay (Nile Post E341b) 400 10047 A C27-C28 1928 International Medical Congress, 15m stamp size hand-drawn essay in ink on tracing paper, different design to the issued stamp, very fine, attractive and a unique essay (Nile Post E341a) 400