Egyptian Themed Stamps

1892 Permit revenue
Currency 5 ochrel



1893 Salt tax 5 pounds (rare)

80th anniversary of Egypt's first postage stamp 1946
Souvenir sheet (Imperf) [also exists perforated]
Scott B6(b) 1946

L to R, Top to Bottom.
Khedive Ismail Pasha
1st postage stamp of Egypt
Kind Fuad
King Farouk.

Egypt : Cinderella Poster stamp

Mediteranean games 1951

(Italy led the medal tally with 28 Gold)

Umm al-Quwain

Featuring the first stamps of GB and Egypt

Tut Ankh Amun

The Spear fisherman perhaps?

The Battle of Kadesh (also Qadesh) took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, in what is now the Syrian Arab Republic. The battle is generally dated to 1274 BC, and is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000-6,000 chariots. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a fresco at the Abu Simbel temple showing Ramesses II fighting in his chariot at the battle, engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by France on September 4, 1976, Scott No 1467, Y&T No. 1899.

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Queen Nefertari holding a sistrum (musical instrument) and papyrus, printed by lithography, and issued by Maldive Islands on September 1, 1965 to publicize UNESCO's campaign to save the Nubian monuments, Scott No. 151.

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Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp featuring a profile portrait of Belgian Egyptologist Jean Capart (1877-1947), designed by Belgian artist Paul Deweerd, engraved by Jean De Vos, and issued by Belgium on December 3, 1977 to commemorate Capart's birth centenary, Scott No. B961, plus a photo of Capart at work.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting Queen Nefertari (1290-1254 BC) and Egyptian hieroglyphics, printed by photogravure, and issued by Egypt (UAR) in 1964, Scott No. 610.

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Happy Mother's Day!

Nefertiti (c. 1370 BC – c. 1330 BC) was the Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the royal couple and three of their children, printed by photogravure, and issued by Egypt (UAR) on March 21, 1964 for Mother's Day, Scott No. 622.

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In 2011 Egypt and Singapore released a joint issue on the theme of rivers. This stamp from Singapore features the great Nile along with the great monuments, like the famous pyramids, along it and the reed boat that plies on it. Scott 1514.

Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) airmail stamp depicting the gods of the Nile uniting, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by Senegal on March 7, 1964 to publicize the UNESCO campaign to safeguard the Nubian monuments, Scott No. CB6.

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Some interesting stamps here... I didn't expect to see so many!

Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) was a French scholar, philologist and orientalist who in 1822 published the first translation of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs, showing that the ancient Egyptian writing system was a combination of phonetic and ideographic signs. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Champollion and depicting hieroglyphs and monuments, designed by Pierrette Lambert, engraved by Pierre Albuisson, and issued by Monaco on September 4, 1990 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Champollion's birth, Scott No. 1733, plus a detail from an 1821 painted portrait of Jean-François Champollion by French artist Léon Cogniet (1794-1880) which may have been a model for this stamp's design.

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