Egyptian Themed Stamps

Solar Kheops` Bark



Around the Cheops pyramid five "boat graves" were found in 1952.
In one the Kheops sun boat was found, built around 2600 BC.
It was reassembled again and is now on display in a special museum.
It is 43.40 m lenght and 5.66 m width.

Map of Egypt with Tourist sites



- Great piramides........................- Alabaster Mosque
- Saint Catherine`s Monastery......- Colossi of Memnon
- Temple of Hatshepsut..............- Abu Simble....

Boat Construction



Ancient Egyptian boatbuilders, a relief painting from Mastaba (tomb) of queen Ty, Saqqara.
The mastaba was built in the Old Kingdom (5th Dynasty) and was discovered in 1860 by Auguste Mariette.

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting statue of Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, printed by lithography, and issued by Egypt on July 25, 1998, Scott No. C231, plus a YouTube video link to the official trailer for 'TUT," an "epic" three night television event premiering in the USA this evening.

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Here is an image of an airmail semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II (c. 1303-1213 BC) shooting a bow while riding in a chariot, designed and engraved by French artist Albert Decaris (1901-1988) after a tomb painting of Ramesses storming the Hittite fortress of Dapur, and issued by Chad on March 9, 1964 as one of a set of three similar stamps publicizing UNESCO's campaign to safeguard the Nubian monuments at Abu Simbel, Scott No. CB3.

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Uruguay 2015 Diplomatic Relations with Egypt - Eso Eris Mummy

Wadi es-Sebua is the site of two New Kingdom Egyptian temples. In the 5th century AD, one temple was converted into a Christian church, and in the central niche of Wadi es-Sebua temple, two Egyptian statues of Amun and Re-Horakhty were later hacked away by Christians and replaced by an image of St. Peter. Trajan's Kiosk (aka Pharaoh's Bed) is a temple constructed by the Roman Emperor Trajan. It was originally built at the island of Philae, but transported to Agilika in the 1960s by UNESCO to save it from being enveloped by the rising waters of the Nile due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting the rather bizarre image of Saint Peter amidst the ancient Egyptian artwork in the Coptic Christian Church, and Trajan's Kiosk, printed by photogravure, and issued by Vatican City on March 10, 1964 to publicize UNESCO's campaign to save historic monuments in Nubia, Scott Nos. 379-382.

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Here is an image of an airmail semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting Pharaoh (on the right) making an offering to the Egyptian gods Horus and Hathor, designed and engraved by French artist Jacques Derrey (1907-1975), and issued for use in (French) Somali Coast on August 28, 1964 to publicize UNESCO's campaign to save the Nubian monuments, Scott No. CB4.

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Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting ancient Egyptian monuments, engraved and printed by the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Ltd., and issued by Pakistan on March 30, 1964 to publicize UNESCO's campaign to save the Nubian monuments, Scott Nos. 204 & 205.

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Temple of Thot; Queen Nefertari with goddesses Hathor and Isis.


Temple of Abu Simbel; view of the Nile.

Qatar
Protection of the Nubian Monuments
January 17, 1965
Two of the three designs show Isis Temple and Colonnade and column.

South Korea
UNESCO Site - Temple of Ramesses II
October 1, 1963
The se-tenant pair depicts the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, a village in Nubia in southern Egypt.

Upper Volta
Protect the Nubian Monuments
March 8, 1964
The stamp set depicts the Great Temple of Ramses II.
(engraver: Jacques Combet)

Brazil
Diplomatic Relation series
July 22, 2010
The stamp depicts the front view of the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel Complex, Núbia.

Central African Republic
Nubian Monuments Preservation
March 7, 1964
The design shows the bas-relief sculpture of the goddess Hathor.
(engraver: Jacques Combet)

Nigeria
UNESCO - Save the Monuments of Nubia
March 8, 1964
The stamp set features statues of Queen Nefertari and Rameses II.
(Printed in photogravure)