Lot 51731 – Egypt – British Post Offices: 1863-1906 Attractive specialised assembly neatly mounted and written up on sixteen album pages

Egypt – British Post Offices: 1863-1906 Attractive specialised assembly neatly mounted and written up on sixteen album pages, showing a wonderful array of singles, pairs and fragments with values from 1d to 5s with a variety of cancels including British Army Post Office cds on GB and Indian adhesives, “B01” and “B02” strikes, plus a fine, valuable and rare group of fourteen covers/cards showing mostly “B02” usages from Suez including 1863 Telegram printed envelope to Bombay franked 1s green cancelled by “B02” with SUEZ/NO.28.63 cds alongside possibly the early recorded from this correspondence, 1872 small mourning envelope to Edinburgh, franked 4d vermilion pair neatly tied by “B02” and Suez cds alongside, plus 1870 ladies envelope to Hamburg, franked 1d red and 10d red-brown neatly tied by “B02” and Suez cds alongside, finally 1871 envelope to London redirected to Richmond, franked 4d vermilion two pairs tied by “B01” with GB 1d red applied as forwarding fee within London, plus array of other covers, mixed to very fine, a wonderful basis for expansion, a few items with certs (28 stamps & 14 covers).