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Alexandrie – Statue Mohamed Aly
Postcard 61849 (SER E 529) from The Cairo Postcard Trust – Cairo. Not postally used, but a message written across the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Mosquee Sidy Gaber
Search engines lead you around in circles on this B&W card. The Cairo Postcard Trust issued it in different “Serie” but this one is marked on the reverse as “SER E” (Serie) 599. The card’s index number is 61871. As with all the cards we have of this Egyptian vintage, this was not postally used and has a message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Ecole Grecque
Issued by The Cairo Postcard Trust, B&W card 61869, Serie 5_9. (That blank space is there because the middle digit did not print.) Not postally used, and with a written message across the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Rue Rosette
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, Card 61866. B&W, not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Place Mohamed Aly
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61859. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Place Mohamed Aly
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61852. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Heavy foxing (mottling). Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Boulevard de Ramleh
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 6_856. (We know it to be 61856, but the full number did not print.) Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Eglise Anglaise
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61854. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse, as well as these flaws: significant abrasion on lower front; small piece missing from lower right reverse; heavily aged. Grade: 5
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Alexandrie – Caracol Anglaise a Attarine
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61860. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse; heavily aged and mottled. Grade: 5
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Alexandrie – Baraques Moustafa Pacha
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61863. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Place des Consuls
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61853. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Rue Attarine
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61861. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse, as well as a significant abrasion on lower left front. Grade: 5
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Alexandrie – Colonne de Menasze
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61867. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Ecole Arabe
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61870. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alexandrie – Station Bacos
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61857. Not postally used, with a handwritten message on the reverse and a significant abrasion on the upper right front. Grade: 5
Right now, we still have 15 of this Alexandrie series of cards. It would be nice if the majority of them could stay together. Any customer who buys any 12 of the 15 will receive a 25% discount.
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Port Said, shorefront view
Unused card designated as “C.A.W. Grun 71” and significantly water-stained on the reverse–also on the front, but not really noticeable there. Grade: 4
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Caire, La Citadelle
A word we use only sparingly: the quintessential vintage Egyptian postcard. Mailed from Cairo in 1912 with stamp and full postmark, and such a poignant and polite message. One wonders whether Jenny agreed, or not. One will never know. Grade: 2
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Cairo – Tombs of the Mamelukes
Unused B&W card, green on the back and with the same caption but in French. Grade: 2
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Asswan – The courses
Unused sepia card attributed as: “N.41 P. Peridis – Cairo”. We’re a little embarrassed to say we don’t know the reference to “the courses” but at the same time Google Search didn’t help, either. Grade: 2
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The Red Sea: fish
Is a starfish a fish? Anyway … this card was mailed from Russia (not Egypt) in 2013, with stamp and postmark but also a sizable stain on the upper left reverse. Grade: 4
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Cairo, Tahrir Square with Nile Hilton Hotel and Municipality Buildings
Iconic among Egypt postcards, an unused example from Lehnert & Landrock, captioned in four languages and with a small round bookseller’s “chop” in the stamp area. Aging but otherwise clean. Grade: 3
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Luxor & Aswan at night
Not postally used, and with a 1998 message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Cairo, The Mohamed Aly Mosque
Somewhat strained view on this unused older postcard, captioned in Arabic and English but attributed only in Arabic. Grade: 1
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Cairo, The Mamelouk Tombs and Citadel
Vintage Lehnert & Landrock card, serrated edges, unused, aged. Grade: 2
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Cairo, Fuad El Awal Street
Unused Lehnert & Landrock card No. 63, real-photo and significantly foxed on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Vue du Port Tewfik a Suez
Unused, aging, undivided back card. Grade: 2
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Mosque et rue a Suez
Unused, appropriately aged, undivided back card. Grade: 1
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The Giza Pyramids
The pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus, from c. 2500BC. The postcard is newer than that. Unused, Grade: 1
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The Great Sphinx guarding the Pyramid of Chephren
In Greek legend, the Sphinx devoured all travelers who could not answer the riddle it posed: “What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening?” The hero Oedipus gave the answer, “Man,” causing the Sphinx’s death. Fear not; we have no more riddles for you. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Seti I between Horus and Osiris
Menmaatre Seti I was a pharaoh of the New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II. Now you know just what we do. This postcard was mailed in 1992, with stamp but only a small bit of the postmark. Grade: 2