227 : Europe & Overseas

1866: 10 pa. brown, perf. 12½, block of four (Types I-II / I-II), of good strong colour, used on 1866 cover from Cairo to Alexandria paying the 1 piastre rate, tied by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in blue (Sept 1) with information strike at right. File folds and minor internal strengthening but a most attractive and very rare usage, just three covers are known bearing this stamp in a block of four. Signed Calves, A. Diena, Vaccari, Todd AIEP. Cert. E. Diena (1978).rnrnProvenance: Collection Samir Fikry, DF, Dec 2006, lot 30022.
Catalogue 227: EUROPE & OVERSEAS