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220 lots
1837-1881 Pre-stamp covers and the Egyptian Post Office in Jeddah

Lot 30000 | 1837-1881 Pre-stamp covers and the Egyptian Post Office in Jeddah

Saudi Arabia » Egyptian Post Office in Jeddah 1865 to 1881
1837-1881 Pre-stamp covers and the Egyptian Post Office in JeddahComprehensive, valuable and extensive collection from the elusive and most sought after…
Estimate: 300’000 – 600’000 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 360’000
ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE OTTOMAN POSTS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Lot 30001 | ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE OTTOMAN POSTS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia » Turkish Post Offices
ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE OTTOMAN POSTS IN SAUDI ARABIA1876-1914 Comprehensive, valuable and extensive collection from the many different…
Estimate: 200’000 – 400’000 EUR
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1916, "FEE PAID" of Mecca: Censored envelope from Mecca

Lot 30002 | 1916, “FEE PAID” of Mecca: Censored envelope from Mecca

Saudi Arabia » “FEE PAID” Markings 1916-1917
1916 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: Censored envelope from Mecca to Testour (Tunisia), bearing large type “FEE PAID” (Uexkull Type B), used only in August and September…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’700
1916 "FEE PAID" of  Jeddah: Commercial envelope to

Lot 30003 | 1916 “FEE PAID” of Jeddah: Commercial envelope to

Saudi Arabia » “FEE PAID” Markings 1916-1917
1916 “FEE PAID” of Jeddah: Commercial envelope to Suez with a very fine strike of the second Type Fee Paid mark from Jeddah, being “FEE PAID” with ornaments…
Estimate: 700 – 1’200 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 850
1916 (19.11) Envelope from Mecca (19.11) to Jeddah,

Lot 30004 | 1916 (19.11) Envelope from Mecca (19.11) to Jeddah,

Saudi Arabia » “FEE PAID” Markings 1916-1917
1916 (19.11) Envelope from Mecca (19.11) to Jeddah, bearing unframed bilingual “FEE PAID” hs (Uexkull Type E), with “MEKKE” barred double circle alongside,…
Estimate: 500 – 800 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 750
1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had

Lot 30005 | 1916-17 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: After the Ottomans had

Saudi Arabia » “FEE PAID” Markings 1916-1917
1916-17 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: After the Ottomans had been defeated, these were used until the Hejaz postage stamps were ready and during later shortages,…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’500
1934 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: Red octogonal handstamp with

Lot 30006 | 1934 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: Red octogonal handstamp with

Saudi Arabia » “FEE PAID” Markings 1916-1917
1934 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: Red octogonal handstamp with “Mecca Al Mukarramah” in Arabic below, previously known used on printed matters 1925-31 but shown…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’800
1914: Turkey 20pa. red, cancelled by top half of bilingual HASANA datestamp in violet

Lot 30007 | 1914: Turkey 20pa. red, cancelled by top half of bilingual HASANA datestamp in violet

Saudi Arabia » Turkish Post Offices » The Smaller Post Offices
HASANA: 1914 Turkey 20pa red, cancelled by top half of bilingual HASANA datestamp in violet. The sole recorded example of this cancellation, illustrated…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1916 (18.12) The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope to Tour, France, bearing Hejaz 1/2pi and 1pi applied but not required

Lot 30008 | 1916 (18.12) The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope to Tour, France, bearing Hejaz 1/2pi and 1pi applied but not required

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 (18.12) The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope to Tour, France, bearing Hejaz 1/2pi and 1pi applied but not required, the cover may have been…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1916 (18.12) The French Military Mission in Hejaz:

Lot 30009 | 1916 (18.12) The French Military Mission in Hejaz:

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 (18.12) The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope to Tour, France, bearing Hejaz 1/2pi and 1pi applied but not required, the cover may have been…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1916 (18.10) Censored envelope from Orleans, France

Lot 30010 | 1916 (18.10) Censored envelope from Orleans, France

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 (18.10) Censored envelope from Orleans, France addressed to “Missions Militaire Francaise du Hedjaz à Djedda, Arabie”, with manuscript “FM” (Forces…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’500
1916-17 French Military Mission in Hejaz: 1916 Envelope

Lot 30011 | 1916-17 French Military Mission in Hejaz: 1916 Envelope

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916-17 French Military Mission in Hejaz: 1916 Envelope to Tunis, censored on arrival, from Field Hospital serving Mission B (Hejaz) remained in Ismalia/Egypt,…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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French Military Mission: 1916, the earliest recorded correspondence from one of the few soldiers who went to Jeddah (6 covers)

Lot 30012 | French Military Mission: 1916, the earliest recorded correspondence from one of the few soldiers who went to Jeddah (6 covers)

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
French Military Mission: 1916, the earliest recorded correspondence from one of the few soldiers who went to Jeddah in October 1916. The 6 covers include…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1917-18 The H. St. John Philby correspondence: Philby

Lot 30013 | 1917-18 The H. St. John Philby correspondence: Philby

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917-18 The H. St. John Philby correspondence: Philby was the British agent in Iraq and the Nejd during WWI who later became advisor to King Abdul Aziz….
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1916, French Military Mission, stampless envelope to

Lot 30014 | 1916, French Military Mission, stampless envelope to

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 French Military Mission: Stampless envelope to France, cancelled by circular “Mission Militaire Française en Egypte / Le Chef de Mission” on reverse…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1918, cover from Philby to his wife in England, who

Lot 30015 | 1918, cover from Philby to his wife in England, who

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1918 Cover from Philby to his wife in England, who noted in pencil on the front that it was sent from Laila (Layla), the principal town of the Al-Aflaj…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’500
1916, French Military Mission, stampless envelope to

Lot 30016 | 1916, French Military Mission, stampless envelope to

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 French Military Mission: Stampless envelope to France, cancelled by circular violet “Marine Française Service a la Mer” with Paris receiving cds (21.12)…
Estimate: 1’400 – 2’600 EUR
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1916 (20.11) The French Military Mission in Hejaz (Mission B): Lettercard from a Mission member in transit in Suez

Lot 30017 | 1916 (20.11) The French Military Mission in Hejaz (Mission B): Lettercard from a Mission member in transit in Suez

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 (20.11) The French Military Mission in Hejaz (Mission B): Lettercard from a Mission member in transit in Suez (20.11) to Tunis in Tunisia, with superb…
Estimate: 500 – 1’000 EUR
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1917 Incoming mail to H. STJ. Philby. Philby, already

Lot 30018 | 1917 Incoming mail to H. STJ. Philby. Philby, already

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917 Incoming mail to H. St. J. Philby. Philby, already based in Iraq, was sent as the British representative to the Ruler of Nejd Sultan Abdul Aziz, leaving…
Estimate: 500 – 1’000 EUR
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1916 (5.11) Envelope from the French Military Mission in Hejaz

Lot 30019 | 1916 (5.11) Envelope from the French Military Mission in Hejaz

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1916 (5.11) Envelope from the French Military Mission in Hejaz to France sent via the British APO SZ 15 in Suez (5.11) and the French P.O. in Port Said…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
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1917 French Military Mission in Hejaz: The only two known Military Postcards, sent by a member of the "Mission B" in Djeddah

Lot 30020 | 1917 French Military Mission in Hejaz: The only two known Military Postcards, sent by a member of the “Mission B” in Djeddah

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917 French Military Mission in Hejaz: The only two known Military Postcards, sent by a member of the “Mission B” in Djeddah, with one bearing the only…
Estimate: 4’000 – 7’000 EUR
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1917 The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope from "LE MEDECIN CHEF"

Lot 30021 | 1917 The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope from “LE MEDECIN CHEF”

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917 The French Military Mission in Hejaz: Envelope from “Dr. Delmas… médecin chef du service medical de la mission militaire française au Hedjaz, secteur…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’600 EUR
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1917, French Military Mission, stampless envelope from "Mission Militaire Francaise au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission"

Lot 30022 | 1917, French Military Mission, stampless envelope from “Mission Militaire Francaise au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission”

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917 French Military Mission: Stampless envelope to France, cancelled by circular “Mission Militaire Francaise au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission” in violet…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1917, French Military Mission, stampless envelope from Jeddah to France

Lot 30023 | 1917, French Military Mission, stampless envelope from Jeddah to France

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917 French Military Mission: Stampless envelope from Jeddah to France, cancelled in transit by “Tresor et Postes / 601″ datestamp” 16th April 17″ with…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1917-18 The French Military Mission in Yambo: Two covers

Lot 30024 | 1917-18 The French Military Mission in Yambo: Two covers

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1917-18 The French Military Mission in Yambo: Non-Philatelic mail from this small detachment sent to assist Prince Abdullah (later King of Jordan), is…
Estimate: 2’600 – 4’000 EUR
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1918 OFS (One Field Service) cover sent by H. St. John Philby from Riyadh (1.8) via "KOWEIT"

Lot 30025 | 1918 OFS (One Field Service) cover sent by H. St. John Philby from Riyadh (1.8) via “KOWEIT”

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1918 OFS (One Field Service) cover sent by H. St. John Philby from Riyadh (1.8) via “KOWEIT” (21.8) – the scarce early cds spelt with “O” – to his wife…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’000
1928-46 The Philby correspondence: Two incoming covers to H. St. John Philby

Lot 30026 | 1928-46 The Philby correspondence: Two incoming covers to H. St. John Philby

Saudi Arabia » French Military Post Office
1928-46 The Philby correspondence: H. St. John Philby (father of the spy Kim Philby) was the British Government representative in the Nejd during WWI,…
Estimate: 150 – 240 EUR
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The King of Hedjaz and Arab Independence Booklet

Lot 30027 | The King of Hedjaz and Arab Independence Booklet

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz
The King of Hedjaz and Arab Independence: Booklet showing a facsimile of the Proclamation of June 27, 1916. Together with the proclamation issued at Baghdad…
Estimate: 260 – 400 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 320
1918-21, Pair of covers with blocks of four

Lot 30028 | 1918-21, Pair of covers with blocks of four

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1918-21 Cover to Egypt, franked 1916 1/4 Pia. block of 4, playing the 1 Pia. rate on censored cover to Suez (arr. 26.5.18) from Jeddah, and 1921 cover…
Estimate: 260 – 400 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 480
1916 Hejaz First Issue 1 Pia. pair on registered cover

Lot 30029 | 1916 Hejaz First Issue 1 Pia. pair on registered cover

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1916 Hejaz First Issue 1 Pia. pair on registered cover from Jeddah (15.12) via Port Taufig (26.12) and Port Said (27.12) to Tours / France (5.1), sent…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 750
1916 Roulette 20: 1/8 Pia. (2), 1/4 Pia., 1/2 Pia., and 1 Pia., on pair of registered covers from Jeddah to Egypt

Lot 30030 | 1916 Roulette 20: 1/8 Pia. (2), 1/4 Pia., 1/2 Pia., and 1 Pia., on pair of registered covers from Jeddah to Egypt

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1916 Roulette 20: 1/8 Pia. (2), 1/4 Pia., 1/2 Pia., and 1 Pia., on pair of registered covers from Jeddah to Egypt (2 Pia. rates) with censor marks in black…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 550
1916-17 1/2pi red and 1pi  tied DJEDDA barred double-circle,

Lot 30031 | 1916-17 1/2pi red and 1pi tied DJEDDA barred double-circle,

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1916-17 1/2pi red and 1pi tied DJEDDA barred double-circle, plus similar franked tied by YAMBO ds, plus part cover with unframed ovpts and Arms 2pi orange…
Estimate: 200 – 360 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 850
1917 1/8 Pia. yellow, strip of three affixed to fragment of archive sheet and cancelled "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE"

Lot 30032 | 1917 1/8 Pia. yellow, strip of three affixed to fragment of archive sheet and cancelled “SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE”

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 1/8 Pia. yellow, strip of three affixed to fragment of archive sheet and cancelled “SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE”, a unique item from the Mauritania…
Estimate: 250 – 400 EUR
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1917 Rouletted 1pi. blue, vertical pair tied on large registered from Emir Hussein, later King of Hejaz

Lot 30033 | 1917 Rouletted 1pi. blue, vertical pair tied on large registered from Emir Hussein, later King of Hejaz

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Rouletted 1pi. blue, vertical pair tied on large registered from Emir Hussein, later King of Hejaz, to the Khedevie of Egypt, a very rare and early…
Estimate: 2’500 – 4’000 EUR
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1917 Rouletted 1/2 Pia. red, pair tied on reverse of cover

Lot 30034 | 1917 Rouletted 1/2 Pia. red, pair tied on reverse of cover

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Rouletted 1/2 Pia. red, pair tied on reverse of cover, from Jeddah (3.9) via Port Taufiq (5.9) to Eritrea, censored and re-sealed in Egypt with “PASSED…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 850
1917 Rouletted 1/2 Pia. red, vertical pair on cover

Lot 30035 | 1917 Rouletted 1/2 Pia. red, vertical pair on cover

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Rouletted 1/2 Pia. red, vertical pair on cover from Mecca via Jeddah (19.4) and Port Taufiq (27.4) to Cairo (28.4) with manuscript notations, “PASSED…
Estimate: 500 – 800 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 440
1917 Rouletted: 1/4 Pia. green in block of four, applied

Lot 30036 | 1917 Rouletted: 1/4 Pia. green in block of four, applied

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Rouletted: 1/4 Pia. green in block of four, applied on reverse and tied by DJEDDA barred double circle, making the 1 Pia. rate on a censored cover…
Estimate: 260 – 400 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 220
1917 Roulette 13: 1/8 Pia. yellow, in block of four

Lot 30037 | 1917 Roulette 13: 1/8 Pia. yellow, in block of four

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Roulette 13: 1/8 Pia. yellow, in block of four with 1 Pia. blue, all on 1921 commercial cover from Jeddah to Egypt, plus similar franking 1/8 Pia….
Estimate: 260 – 400 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 400
1917 Roulette 13: 1/2 Pia. (3) on cover from Yambo

Lot 30038 | 1917 Roulette 13: 1/2 Pia. (3) on cover from Yambo

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Roulette 13: 1/2 Pia. (3) on cover from Yambo to Suez, plus 1 Pia. on picture postcard from Jeddah via Port Taufig to Holland, a scarce destination,…
Estimate: 150 – 260 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 500
1917 Roulette 13: 1/2 Pia. and 1 Pia. on pair of covers

Lot 30039 | 1917 Roulette 13: 1/2 Pia. and 1 Pia. on pair of covers

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Roulette 13: 1/2 Pia. and 1 Pia. on a pair of covers from Jeddah to Egypt, both paying the 1 1/2 Pia. rate, fine
Estimate: 150 – 260 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 220
1917 Roulette 13: 1/8 Pia. yellow, in block of four

Lot 30040 | 1917 Roulette 13: 1/8 Pia. yellow, in block of four

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917 Roulette 13: 1/8 Pia. yellow, in block of four with 1 Pia. blue, all on 1921 commercial cover from Jeddah to Egypt, a rare franking paying the1 1/2…
Estimate: 150 – 260 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 220
1917-18 Postage Dues: 1917 Cover from Egypt and a front

Lot 30041 | 1917-18 Postage Dues: 1917 Cover from Egypt and a front

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1917-18 Postage Dues: 1917 Cover from Egypt franked with 1m & 2m pair tied by DUMIAT-TANTA T.P.O. cds, partly overlapped by OPENED BY CENSOR blue Egyptian…
Estimate: 3’600 – 7’000 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 3’000
1918 Double Concessionary Rate: Double weight cover from Mecca to Jeddah

Lot 30042 | 1918 Double Concessionary Rate: Double weight cover from Mecca to Jeddah

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1918 Double Concessionary Rate: Double weight cover from Mecca to Jeddah (arr. 1.12), carried at the domestic concessionary double rate (32 Paras instead…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 900
1918 Domestic Rates: Cover from Mecca to Jeddah

Lot 30043 | 1918 Domestic Rates: Cover from Mecca to Jeddah

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1918 Domestic Rates: Cover from Mecca to Jeddah (arr. cds. on reverse) franked with 1 Pa. pair + 1916, 1/4 Pia. Roul 20, paying the unrecorded 12 Paras…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 850
1918, " AR" (Advice of Receipt) cover to Malaya

Lot 30044 | 1918, ” AR” (Advice of Receipt) cover to Malaya

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1918 “AR” (Advice of Receipt) cover to Malaya, franked 1 Pi. blue (3) on cover from Mecca via Jeddah (11.1) and Port Said (16.1) and Singapore (26.2),…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 EUR
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1919 Registered censored cover from Mecca, franked 1917 2pi claret, to Agrah, India

Lot 30045 | 1919 Registered censored cover from Mecca, franked 1917 2pi claret, to Agrah, India

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1919 Registered censored cover from Mecca, franked 1917 2pi claret, to Agrah, India (arr. 4.2.19) with violet “PASSED BY CENSOR/BOMBAY/17” and large “OPENED…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
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1919 Large MEDINA negative seal: A superb strike of this very rare provisional cancellation

Lot 30046 | 1919 Large MEDINA negative seal: A superb strike of this very rare provisional cancellation

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1916-1917 First Design
1919 Large MEDINA negative seal: A superb strike of this very rare provisional cancellation, tying 1917 1/2pi (2, one with scuffs) on small fragment, this…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 1’400
1921 Unframed overprint 1/2 Pia. and 1 Pia. (opt. red brown) on cover from Jeddah

Lot 30047 | 1921 Unframed overprint 1/2 Pia. and 1 Pia. (opt. red brown) on cover from Jeddah

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1921-1922 Unframed & Framed Overprints
1921 Unframed overprint 1/2 Pia. and 1 Pia. (opt. red brown) on cover from Jeddah (1.1.22), sent 10 days after the date of issue, and same franking (1…
Estimate: 350 – 600 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 460
1921-22 Unframed and Framed Overprints: Two covers

Lot 30048 | 1921-22 Unframed and Framed Overprints: Two covers

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1921-1922 Unframed & Framed Overprints
1921-22 Unframed and Framed Overprints: 1922 framed overprint 1/4 Pia. (2) + 1 Pia. on cover from Jeddah to Cairo (1 1/2 Pia. rate), this issue is rarely…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 950
1922 Framed "Hashemite Kingdom" overprint on postage 1 Pia used as a postage stamp on cover from Yambo

Lot 30049 | 1922 Framed “Hashemite Kingdom” overprint on postage 1 Pia used as a postage stamp on cover from Yambo

Saudi Arabia » Hejaz » 1921-1922 Unframed & Framed Overprints
1922 Framed “Hashemite Kingdom” overprint on postage due 1 Pia, used as a postage stamp on cover from Yambo to Cairo, an important postal history item…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Read more / Sold for EUR 750
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