Lot 51738 – EGYPT – 1879 SURCHARGES: Attractive specialised assembly

Egypt – 1879 Surcharges: Attractive specialised assembly nearly mounted and written up on five album pages, with mostly mint, two used, showing mint blocks of both values including blocks four, six, nine and forty-eight, plus mint & used singles showing inverted surcharge, 5pa on 2 1/2pi block of four with inverted wmk, 10pa on 2 1/2pi two blocks both with pos. 28 showing “un-inked blob” on “0”, finally the key item being the extremely rare 10pa on 2 1/2pi mint TETE-BECHE pair from the Byam and Houston collection, with cert. RPS, generally fresh and a very assembly, an excellent basis for study and expansion (89)