Save The Nubian Monuments

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More FDCs from my collection (#11-18)

Hi Raphy,

Thanks for sharing your Nubia FDC's collection. My collection is only small part of my Mythology collection (which contains Egyptian mythology) hence I don't do efforts to have complete collection of all issues about Nubia. My collection contains only 14 FDC's, all are different than the FDC's posted by you and by Vayolene. Here is the list of them:

1) Kingdom of Laos - 2 same FDC's, black and red postmarks
2) Nigeria
3) Dahomey
4) Mali
5) Upper Volta
6) Vatican - different FDC cachet than your FDC
7) Ivory Coast
8) Tchad
9) Senegal
10) Central African Republic
11) Togo
12) Niger - different FDC cachet than your FDC
13) Egypt - Same stamp and PM like your last FDC in your first post but slightly different cachet
14) Morocco - different FDC cachet than your FDC.

I prefer to post them with the set of stamps. So here are two which I already posted the stamps, from Morocco and Central African Republic:

Egypt issued a single stamp on November 14, 1960 calls to save the monuments of Nubia. It shows the carved statues at the small temple of Hathor and Nefertari in Abu Simbel:

FDC with a commemorative postmark. I like this PM since it shows Egyptian motifs, unlike the PM's in my other FDC's:

Relief of Ramesses II presenting an offering to the gods of Egypt, Ramesses II Temple at Wadi es-Sebua, designed and engraved by Claude Durrens and issued by Gabon on March 9, 1964:




Photo by Dennis G. Jarvis, Wikipedia

A bas relief of Cleopatra and Ptolemy at the Temple of Kom Ombo, designed by Pierrette Lambert, engraved by Jacques GauTheir and issued by Mali on March 9, 1964:

Save Nubia Monuments, on a set of five colorful stamps issued by Ghana on November 1, 1963:

Ramesses II statue, Abu Simbel Temple:

Vulture, symbol of protection, usually shown over the head of the king or his royal cartouche (see Algerian stamp posted above). Look how the stamp designer painted the vulture with Ghana flag colors:

Queen Nefertari, design based on wall carving shows Nefertari offering to goddess Hathor:

Sphinx statue, Wadi-es-Sebua:

Facade of the great temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel:

I have the stamps on a commercial cover sent registered from Cape Coast, Ghana to Germany:

Both Dahomey and Senegal issued a single stamp each:

Priests carrying a funerary boat, stone wall carving, Isis Temple, Philae, designed and engraved by René Cottet and issued by Dahomey (Benin) on March 9, 1964:


Two Nile gods symbolically uniting the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by Senegal on March 7, 1964:

The Dahomey is also available imperf. As a matter of fact, many of the Nubia stamps also come in imperforated.

Congo Nubia perf and imperf.

The Maldives issued a set of 8 stamps in 1965:

Yemen issued a set of 2 and a souvenir sheet.
Imperforated and overprinted versions exist. Here are 2.

Many thanks, Raphy, for your contribution! Like the Maldivian set

To publicize the UNESCO day, Egypt issued on October 24, 1964 this set shows monuments of Nubia with elements from Egyptian mythology:

god Horus - Horus was one of the important deity of Egyptian gods. His name means "The One Far Above". Horus was originally the Sky god, but also War god, Hunter's god, god of Kingship and others. He usually was depicted as a falcon:

god Ha - Ha was a protector god, god of the desert to the west of Egypt that provided protection from the Libyans. Depicted as a strong young man with the sign of the desert over his head:

Ramesses II statue, Abu Simbel Temple:

Square pillars, Goddess Hathor head, Temple of Hathor and Nefetari, Abu Simbel temples, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by Democratic Republic of Congo on March 3, 1964 (see imperforated version posted by rrraphy above):

Save the Nubian Monuments, issued by Togo on March 8, 1964:

Temple of Kalabsha and relief of a goddess (Isis or Hathor):

Statue of Ramesses II:

Colonnade of the Birth House, Temple of Isis at Philae Island:


The carvings on the walls and columns of Kalabsha temple in Aswan in Egypt: