Lot 51673 – ALEXANDRIA: Specialized study collection extensive

ALEXANDRIA: Specialized study collection extensively built up in over 30 years, neatly mounted and presented with much collateral information on 81 pages. The strength of this collection is in the range of different type cancels on stamps from 1866 to 1880, plus a fine array of interpostals and a valuable assembly of 45 covers, two newspapers etc. The collection includes the following cancels listed by Smith numbers: I-2 (in red on 1866 5pa + 1pi, in blue tying 2pi bisect on fragment, in red on cover franked 1866 1pi tied ‘retta’), I-2.5 (9 stamps, 8 covers), II-2 (9 stamps, one cover), II-4 (14 stamps, 3 covers), III-2.5 (35 stamps incl. 1867 10pa mauve bisected on small fragment + on complete newspaper), IV-2.5 (5 in blue & black, 2 covers), IV-3 (2), V-1 (11, plus two tête-bêche pairs + 3 covers), V-1.5 (1), V-2.1 (3), V-2 (19, 6 covers + newspaper), V-2.2 (6, one cover), V-2.3 (2, 2 covers), VI-2.1 (7), VI-2.2 (9, one cover), VI-2 (16, one cover), VII-1 (3, 3 covers), VII-2 (2, 4 covers), Cas.1.5 (3 in blue, 13 in black & one postal receipt), Cas.2 (1), Cas.4 (3), Reg.-3 (2), Reg.-6 (1, 3 covers), Reg.-8 (one cover), Sta-3 (9), Sta-4 (6, one cover), Sta-6 (4, one cover), Sta-7 (5), Sta-8 (3, two covers), PS-7 (1), PS-10 (3), PS-11 (3), PS-12 (1), PS-15 (9), PRE-1 (39), SPO-1 (6), TPO-1 (3 covers), Duplex (58). Generally fine to v. fine strikes, an excellent opportunity for the student and a superb basis for expansion.