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).