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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

    Code: 20415047

    Price: $12.00

    Alexandrie – Statue Mohamed Aly
  • 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

    Code: 20415048

    Price: $12.00

    Alexandrie – Mosquee Sidy Gaber
  • 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 

    Code: 20415049

    Price: $12.00

    Alexandrie – Ecole Grecque
  • 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

    Code: 20415050

    Price: $14.00

    Alexandrie – Rue Rosette
  • 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

    Code: 20415051

    Price: $16.00

    Alexandrie – Place Mohamed Aly
  • 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

    Code: 20415052

    Price: $16.00

    Alexandrie – Place Mohamed Aly
  • 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

    Code: 20415053

    Price: $16.00

    Alexandrie – Boulevard de Ramleh
  • 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

    Code: 20415054

    Price: $7.00

    Alexandrie – Eglise Anglaise
  • 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

    Code: 20415055

    Price: $12.00

    Alexandrie – Caracol Anglaise a Attarine
  • 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

    Code: 20415056

    Price: $16.00

    Alexandrie – Baraques Moustafa Pacha
  • 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

    Code: 20415057

    Price: $16.00

    Alexandrie – Place des Consuls
  • 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

    Code: 20415058

    Price: $13.00

    Alexandrie – Rue Attarine
  • 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

    Code: 20415059

    Price: $10.00

    Alexandrie – Colonne de Menasze
  • 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

    Code: 20415060

    Price: $10.00

    Alexandrie – Ecole Arabe
  • 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.

     

    Code: 20415061

    Price: $10.00

    Alexandrie – Station Bacos
  • 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

    Code: 20415062

    Price: $5.00

    Port Said, shorefront view
  • 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

    Code: 20415063

    Price: $11.00

    Caire, La Citadelle
  • Cairo – Tombs of the Mamelukes

    Unused B&W card, green on the back and with the same caption but in French.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20415064

    Price: $4.00

    Cairo – Tombs of the Mamelukes
  • 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

    Code: 20415065

    Price: $6.00

    Asswan – The courses
  • 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

    Code: 20415066

    Price: $1.00

    The Red Sea: fish
  • 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

    Code: 20415067

    Price: $6.00

    Cairo, Tahrir Square with Nile Hilton Hotel and Municipality Buildings
  • Luxor & Aswan at night

    Not postally used, and with a 1998 message on the reverse.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20415068

    Price: $1.00

    Luxor & Aswan at night
  • 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

    Code: 20415069

    Price: $3.00

    Cairo, The Mohamed Aly Mosque
  • Cairo, The Mamelouk Tombs and Citadel

    Vintage Lehnert & Landrock card, serrated edges, unused, aged.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20415070

    Price: $4.00

    Cairo, The Mamelouk Tombs and Citadel
  • Cairo, Fuad El Awal Street

    Unused Lehnert & Landrock card No. 63, real-photo and significantly foxed on the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20415071

    Price: $6.00

    Cairo, Fuad El Awal Street
  • Vue du Port Tewfik a Suez

    Unused, aging, undivided back card.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20415072

    Price: $6.00

    Vue du Port Tewfik a Suez
  • Mosque et rue a Suez

    Unused, appropriately aged, undivided back card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20415073

    Price: $6.00

    Mosque et rue a Suez
  • The Giza Pyramids

    The pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus, from c. 2500BC.  The postcard is newer than that.  Unused, Grade: 1

    Code: 20415074

    Price: $1.00

    The Giza Pyramids
  • 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

    Code: 20415075

    Price: $1.00

    The Great Sphinx guarding the Pyramid of Chephren
  • 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

    Code: 20415077

    Price: $2.00

    Seti I between Horus and Osiris