Lot 10014 – 1925 International Geographical Congress “CONGRÈS / INTERNATIONAL / GEOGRAPHIE / CAIRE / 1925” overprint essay in pen

1925 International Geographical Congress, essay for an overprint on the 10m Fouad definitive to commemorate the Congress, with two stamps affixed together vertically by the margins (with rusty paper clip mark) with “CONGRÈS / INTERNATIONAL / GEOGRAPHIE / CAIRE / 1925” in pen, with each stamp showing different spacing of the proposed overprint, reverse with blue crayon crossed and ms “modèle”, unique essays, signed Hass

Provenance: Given to Ahmed Mazloum Pasha by Hassan Mazloum (Postmaster General of Egypt), C.F. Hass