Stamps: World Stamps & Significant Franks on Worldwide Mail

Egypt 1st issue, 1866: 5pa grey (Smith orientation type II) with inverted watermark & 13:13 perf (SG 1e), MH OG. Cat value ?350....

Egypt 1st issue, 1866: 5pa light blue-grey (Smith orientation type I) with inverted watermark & 13:13 perf (SG 1e), used + with inverse imprint on gum side showing the template's perforation guidelines (whose Y-axis appears gauged to 10¾ perf) & lithographed overprint. Cat value ?400; this color not listed....

Egypt 1st issue, 1866: 10pa brown (Smith orientation type I) with inverted watermark & 13:12½ perf (SG 2c), MNH & OG - this rare. Cat value ?100....

Egypt 1st issue, 1866: 2pia orange-yellow (Smith type II, long E) with inverted watermark & 12½:13 perf (SG 5e), MH NG. Cat value ?180....

Egypt 1st issue PROOF, 1866: 2pia bright orange-yellow (Smith orientation type II, long E) on smooth ungummed paper, without watermark & 11¾ perf, hinged. Est. value ?180....

Egypt rarity - 1st issue 1866 10 piastre stamp in blue-slate with 13x13 perforation & upright watermark with 9 rays in the sun (SG #7d/w); possibly used as without gum, but not tied by postal markings. This is not a re-perforated imperforate proof stamp, among other reasons, because the paper is watermarked with the correct design (documented with 9 or 10 visible sun rays) & the paper is r...

Egypt 1st series 2nd issue postage dues, 1886-87: 10pa rose-red, without watermark (SG D16/D62); MH OG with selvage at top. Cat value ?80....

Egypt 1st series 2nd issue postage dues, 1886-87: 20pa rose-red, without watermark (SG D16/D63); MH OG with small dirt speck on gum; rough perforation. Cat value ?250....

Egypt 1st series 2nd issue postage dues, 1886-87: 1pia & 2pia pa rose-red, without watermark (SG D16/D64-65); MH w/OG; 2pia with small dirt speck on gum; 2 pia roughly perforated. Cat value ?90. (2pc)...

Indian (Pakistan) WWII paraphilately: 'Sind War Gifts Fund' 1/2 Anna denominated fundraising label with image of anti-aircraft gun & English + Sindhi legend "Help to Defend Your Country| Sind War Gifts Fund" (in Sindhi: "Come to Help for your country!"; top marginal: line rouletted perforation on 3 sides + top imperforated; MNH & OG (a few spots on gum). Issued in the region of India which subsequ...

WWII British American Ambulance Corps BAAC 1941 dated donation label titled "Bought to Aid Britain", by Jewish artist Arthur Szyk; MNH...

WWII Anzac Club of New York illustrated label, by Jewish artist Arthur Szyk, 1944; MNH...