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1943 Patriarchal letter signed by Cyril IX Moghabghab, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch, issued in Alexandria

Egypt 1943 - Cyril IX Moghabghab, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch (Signed Patriarchal Letter, Alexandria)

Official Patriarchal letter dated 17 September 1943 and issued from the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate residence in Fleming–Ramleh, Alexandria. Typed on cream chancery paper with faint laid lines and bearing the crowned Patriarchal emblem at upper right, the document is internally registered as 'عدد 305' and 'سجل 16,' confirming it as an authenticated in-period chancery file copy. Read more →

EgyptEcclesiastical Document1943N/A (Patriarchal Correspondence)Uncertified (VF, Strong Signature, Full Text Intact) Ecclesiastical DocumentPolitical CorrespondenceMelkite Greek Catholic ChurchPatriarch of Antioch Alexandria JerusalemCyril IX MoghabghabSigned LetterPatriarchal ChanceryReligious LeadershipChristian EgyptLevantine ChristianityMiddle Eastern ChristianityLebanese RepresentationChurch and StateWWII EgyptClerical InfluenceEgyptAlexandria1943Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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1875 British Consulate Alexandria document with tied 5 Shillings Victoria Consular Service revenue stamp

1875 - 5 Shillings Victoria Consular Revenue Tied Diplomatic Document (British Consulate, Alexandria)

High-value British consular certificate issued at Her Britannic Majesty’s Consulate in Alexandria on 9 September 1875, bearing the scarce 5 Shillings Queen Victoria Consular Service revenue stamp. The document certifies a civil status event and is fully executed with period manuscript, the embossed consular arms, and the oval BRITISH CONSULATE ALEXANDRIA datestamp tying the fiscal adhesive to the sheet. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document18755 Shillings Consular ServiceUncertified (Fine–VF, Complete Document) Legal DocumentGovernment DocumentConsular DocumentConsular Revenue5 ShillingsHigh-Value RevenueVictorian FiscalFiscal HistoryExtraterritorial JurisdictionCapitulations SystemBritish EmpireBritish ConsulateConsular CourtDiplomaticColonial Legal HistoryCross-Border AdministrationEgyptAlexandriaOttoman EgyptKhedivial Egypt1875Queen VictoriaMuseum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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1931 Singer Sewing Machine Company Cairo booklet with tied Singer revenue stamps

Egypt 1931 - Singer Sewing Machine Co. Booklet with Tied Singer Revenues

By the early 20th century, the Singer Manufacturing Company had become one of the most widespread global enterprises in the world, with a sales and service network spanning Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Unlike most Western firms of the era, Singer operated through fully localised branches, employing multilingual staff and adapting its administrative paperwork to local legal, linguistic and fiscal requirements. Egypt was one of Singer’s most successful markets: sewing machines were essential household tools, and the company’s Cairo and Alexandria branches supplied homes, workshops, tailors, and textile traders throughout the country. Singer’s business model relied heavily on instalment purchasing, which made machines affordable to broad segments of society but also required strict payment tracking. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1931N/A (Service Booklet with Revenues)Uncertified (VF, Complete Booklet) Commercial DocumentTechnical BookletInstalment Payment SystemSinger Fiscal StampsSinger RevenuesProprietary Revenue StampsCorporate AccountingSewing MachineBusiness History EgyptFiscal HistoryInterwar Consumer GoodsGlobal Trade HistoryMultilingual PrintingCorporate HistoryCommercial Invoice HistorySinger EgyptEgyptCairo1931Museum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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1912 illustrated Allen Alderson Alexandria machinery agents letterhead with five engraved industrial vignettes

Egypt 1912 - Allen, Alderson & Co. Machinery Agents, Alexandria (Illustrated Letterhead)

Spectacular illustrated industrial letterhead from Allen, Alderson & Co., Alexandria, dated 18 January 1912. The firm served as engineering agents and importers for major British manufacturers such as Ruston, Proctor & Co., supplying steam engines, boilers, pumps, and milling equipment to Egypt’s rapidly modernising industrial and agricultural sectors. The sheet features a refined bilingual English–Arabic masthead identifying the company as agents, importers, and engineers active throughout the Delta and Upper Egypt. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1912N/A (Machinery Trade Correspondence)Uncertified (VF, Strong Impressions) Commercial DocumentIllustrated LetterheadEngineering LetterheadMachinery AgentsIndustrial CorrespondenceTechnical IllustrationIndustrial HistoryEarly Mechanisation EgyptBritish EngineeringSteam EnginesRuston ProctorAgricultural ModernisationEngineering ImportersPre WWI CommerceCommercial History EgyptCosmopolitan AlexandriaEgyptAlexandria1912Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1923 Banco di Roma Cairo issued cheque with Capitoline Wolf emblem and engraved Roman header

Egypt 1923 - Banco di Roma, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

Banco di Roma played a significant role in the financial and commercial world of interwar Egypt. By the 1910s and 1920s, Italy maintained a broad expatriate community in Alexandria and Cairo, with active merchant houses, construction firms, shipping agents, agricultural exporters, contractors, and artisans. To serve this community and strengthen Italy’s economic footprint in the region, Banco di Roma established branches across the eastern Mediterranean-Alexandria, Cairo, Beirut, Smyrna-acting as both a retail bank and a conduit between Italian capital markets and Near Eastern commerce. Its Cairo branch offered current accounts, trade financing, documentary clearing, foreign exchange services, remittances to Italy, and the management of contractors' payrolls engaged in infrastructure and building projects. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document1923Cheque (Egyptian Pounds)Uncertified (VF, Strong Impressions) Financial DocumentBanking DocumentIssued ChequeCheque HistorySecurity PrintingEngraved LetterheadItalian BankingBanco di RomaItalian Overseas ExpansionMediterranean FinanceEgyptian Banking HistoryInterwar FinanceForeign Exchange HistoryColonial Era BankingCorrespondent BankingCommercial History EgyptEgyptCairo1923Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1901 Philibin and Vve Barrot Cairo Art Nouveau hardware merchant letterhead invoice with floral bilingual masthead

Egypt 1901 - Philibin & Vve. Barrot, Cairo Hardware Merchants (Art Nouveau Letterhead Invoice)

Original 1901 illustrated invoice from Philibin & Vve. Barrot, the prominent Cairo ironmongery and hardware firm founded in 1871. The masthead is printed in a pale blue-grey Art Nouveau style, featuring an ornamental banner with PHILIBIN & Vve. BARROT in bold serif capitals framed by curling acanthus leaves and floral sprays. At left appears a decorative shield listing the firm's specialties-grand assortiment de quincaillerie, ferronnerie, serrurerie, and outils et articles de ménage-accompanied by a full Arabic translation in fine Khedivial-era type. The imprint 'Alex., Imp. Générale A. Mourès & Cie 8199' at the lower margin identifies one of Egypt's leading commercial lithographers. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1901N/A (Merchant Invoice)Uncertified (VF, Full Header, Clean Margins) Commercial DocumentCommercial InvoiceIllustrated LetterheadArt Nouveau DesignHardware MerchantsIronmongeryA. Mourès & CieCommercial History EgyptRetail History EgyptCommercial Invoice HistoryFrench Arabic LetterheadBilingual PrintingCosmopolitan CairoTurn of the Century CommerceArt Nouveau PrintingEuropean Trade GoodsPre Protectorate EgyptEgyptCairo1901Museum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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1910 Riches & Mawas commercial draft for 1600 piastres with deep-blue engraved border

Egypt 1910 - Riches & Mawas, Cairo–Alexandria–Tanta Commercial Draft for 1600 Piastres

Original 1910 commercial draft issued by Riches & Mawas, a prominent British–Levantine trading firm operating across Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta. The draft is printed on cream-toned security paper with a vertical deep-blue engraved ornamental panel at right. This panel features an elaborate baroque frame surrounding the intertwined R & M monogram, with the company’s three branch cities CAIRE, ALEXANDRIE, TANTA printed around the oval. The engraving style, scrollwork density, and typographic balance match the known output of B. Arnaud (Lyon–Paris–Le Caire), whose imprint appears at the lower edge. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document19101600 PiastresUncertified (VF, Strong Impressions) EgyptFinancial DocumentRiches MawasCommercial DraftCairoAlexandriaTanta1910British Levantine TradersB. Arnaud Printer

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1922 to 1927 Anglo-Egyptian Bank Alexandria multicolor cheque set showing blue red and black engraved varieties

Egypt 1922–1927 - Anglo-Egyptian Bank, Alexandria Multicolor Cheque Set (Transition to Barclays DCO)

Set of four original cheques issued by The Anglo-Egyptian Bank Limited, Alexandria branch, spanning the years 1922 to 1927. Each piece is printed on period cream banking stock with engraved borders, full branch listings, manuscript completions, and clearing stamps, offering a detailed view of interwar British banking operations in Egypt. The cheques include three distinct color printings-black, blue, and red-reflecting the evolving design and internal accounting systems used by the bank before its rebranding to Barclays DCO. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document1922Cheque (Egyptian Pounds)Uncertified (VF Group, Complete, Four-Piece Set) EgyptFinancial DocumentAnglo-Egyptian BankBarclays DCOAlexandriaCheque Set19221927British BankingInterwar FinanceColor Variants

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1935 Palestine and Egypt Lloyd Alexandria agency letterhead with maritime emblem

Egypt 1935 - Palestine & Egypt Lloyd Ltd., Alexandria Agency Letterhead

Original 1935 commercial letterhead issued by Palestine and Egypt Lloyd Ltd., one of the most important multinational forwarding, clearing, and passenger-transport agencies operating in the Eastern Mediterranean during the interwar period. The sheet is printed on period cream office stock and carries a trilingual English–French–Arabic masthead, dominated by the bold PEL monogram at upper left. The left margin lists every operational branch of the company-Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, and Teheran-providing an unusually comprehensive snapshot of a major Levantine–Egyptian commercial network at a moment when regional transport corridors were undergoing rapid modernization. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1935N/A (Shipping Agency Letterhead)Uncertified (VF, Complete, R6 Extremely Rare, Museum Grade) Commercial DocumentCommercial CorrespondenceCommercial Invoice HistoryIllustrated LetterheadAgency LetterheadForwarding and ClearingPassenger Transport AgentsShipping AgencyTransport LogisticsLevantine CommerceInterwar Maritime TradeMiddle Eastern Trade RoutesEastern Mediterranean NetworksMultinational Branch NetworksCommercial History EgyptColonial Era CommercePre WWII AdministrationMandate Era EconomyCosmopolitan CairoAlexandria Maritime HubPalestine and Egypt LloydJerusalem BranchTel Aviv BranchJaffa BranchHaifa BranchDamascus BranchAleppo BranchBaghdad BranchTeheran BranchEgyptCairo1935Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1927 Italian consular diplomatic document issued in Cairo with multiple tied Italian revenue stamps

Egypt 1927 - Italian Notarial & Consular Legalization Dossier

Interwar Italian consular legalizations operated within a highly formalized administrative framework. A notarial act executed in Italy required verification by local tribunals, confirmation by the Italian Ministry of Justice or Foreign Affairs, and legalization by a foreign consular office to render the document valid abroad. Such dossiers were essential for Italian subjects residing or transacting in Egypt, including matters of inheritance, marriage, civil certification, property claims, migration, or commercial representation. Cairo, Alexandria, and Port Said hosted large Italian communities, and consular offices processed thousands of civil and legal acts-of which only a tiny fraction survive due to archival destruction, natural deterioration, and routine administrative disposal. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document1927Multiple Consular RevenuesUncertified (VF, Complete Document) Government DocumentDiplomatic DocumentConsular DocumentNotarial ActLegalisationMultiple RevenuesRevenue StampsMarca da BolloConsular RevenueCourt ValidationForeign Ministry AuthenticationItalian ConsulateItalian Civil LawItalian Legal HistoryInterwar ItalyInterwar EgyptVittorio Emanuele IIIDiaspora AdministrationSicilian Court SystemCross Border Legal ProcedureMediterranean Consular NetworksColonial Era AdministrationConsular Authentication ChainCommercial History EgyptMigration and Identity RecordsEgyptCairoSicilySiracusa1927Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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