 Stamp Domain Home Page Country Index Page Resource Page for Collectors of Egypt Stamps and Egypt Postal History HISTORYThe first known handstamps from Egypt are those introduced during the Napoleonic period, 1798-1800. The four different single line handstamps known are from "ALEXANDRIE", "LE CAIRE", "BENESOUEF" and "SIOUTH". The first postal system in Egypt was organised by Carlo Meratti, an Italian, in 1821. The handstamps are inscribed in Italian. In 1842 this service, which was a private enterprise, was named "POSTA EUROPEA". In 1857 it received Government permission to carry on all inland postal services. On 1 January 1865 the Egyptian Government purchased and took control of this service. The service was renamed to "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIAN" The first Egyptian stamps were issued on 1 January 1866. Egypt joined the UPU in 1875. British, French, Italian, Austrian, Russian and Greek post offices operated on Egyptian soil, particularly in Alexandria and Port Said. British troops used special stamps inscribed BRITISH FORCES IN EGYPT or ARMY POST EGYPT The country name on the stamps of Egypt is shown in Arabic and a second language:
EGYPTIAN POST OFFICES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES Egypt opened post offices in Sudan, the Turkish Empire and in East Africa. Normal Egyptian stamps were used from these post office, they can only be identified by the cancellation. SUDAN Official records show that a total of 27 post offices were opened in Sudan - cancellations are known only from 11 of these. The first office was opened in 1867 and Egyptian stamps were used in Sudan till 1897 when they were replaced by stamps overprinted "SOUDAN". TURKISH EMPIRE Twenty post office were opened in the Turkish Empire. The present day location of these post offices is in Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Syria. These operated for only a few years these last one was closed in 1881. EAST AFRICA Four post offices were opened in present day Somalia and one in present day Eritrea. The earliest was opened in 1867 and the latest was closed in 1885. AIR MAILS FROM EGYPT The earliest flights from Egypt, which carried mail, were as follows 3 Feb 1914 Cairo - Khartoum 3 Nov 1918 Cairo - Baghdad - Karachi Dec 1918 Cairo - Delhi Mar / Apr 1919 Cairo - Port Said - Alexandria 13 Oct 1921 Cairo - Baghdad PHILATELIC SOCIETIES FOR COLLECTORS OF EGYPT STAMPS AND EGYPT POSTAL HISTORY Egypt Study Circle email - egyptstudycircle@hotmail.com Specialist one-country society with six meetings annually, quarterly magazine, two auctions of members' material each year, extensive library, close ties with Cairo colleagues. Annual subscription £20. Hon Secretary: Mike Murphy, 109 Chadwick Road, London SE15 4PY. Philatelic Society of Egypt email - egyptianphilatelicsociety@gmail.com. Long-established specialist society in Cairo, regular meetings twice a week, occasional trilingual publication "L'Orient Philatelique". Contact - President, Dr Sherif Samra, by email or at society HQ, 36 Abdel Khalek Sarwat Street, Cairo, Egypt. SELECTED PAGES ON EGYPT STAMPS AND EGYPT POSTAL HISTORY A Snapshot of Egypt's Postal History by Samir Raafat Introduction to Philately in Egypt by Samir Amin Fikry Egypt Postage Stamps by Nick Blackburn This site has images of most of the stamps issued by Egypt, with a cross reference of Catalogue Number by Stanley Gibbons, Scott and Balian. Egyptian Newspaper Wrappers The Kingdom of Egypt 1922-1953 By Panayotis D Cangelaris A philatelic exhibit - Objective of this exhibit is to show the stamps, varieties (essays, proofs etc.), errors and usages of the principal issues of the Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1953), including rarities once belonging to the Palace Collection. Covers - Proofs and Essays; Definitive Stamps; Commemorative Stamps; Airmail Stamps; Express Mail Stamps; Army Post; Postal Stationery; Official Stamps; Postage Due Stamps French Post Offices in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Polish Field Post Office during and just after WWII, most of which were based in Egypt at some time or another during their existence. Egyptian Post Offices in foreign countries Mails via the Isthmus of Suez and the contribution of Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn by Michael Houde Thomas Fletcher Waghorn was a postal pioneer who developed a new postal route from Great Britain to India. Waghorn's route reduced the journey from 16,000 miles (via the Cape of Good Hope) to 6,000 miles (via the Isthmus of Suez). From three months to between 35 and 45 days. Egypt’s Postal Service by Willard Fiske Text of the chapter "Egypt's Postal Service" from the booklet "All about Postal Matters in Egypt" published on behalf of the "Society for the Education of Every Egyptian Youth" by the Landi Press, Florence in 1898. The Antonius Ra Collection Presents: Egypt The Egyptian Postal Museum Story of the Post Museum in Cairo Index of Postal Freedom - Egypt Post Egypt Post - A Historical Brief BOOKS, CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS ON EGYPTIAN STAMPS AND EGYPTIAN POSTAL HISTORY 20th Century Stamps of Egypt by Ernest A Kehr, published by Chambers, 1942 The Airmails of Egypt by John Sears, self-published ,1990 2nd edition 1991, 193pp Addendum to "The Airmails of Egypt" by John Sears, self-published, 1993 All about Postal Matters in Egypt by Willard Fiske, published The Landi Press, 1898 All About Postal Matters in Egypt by Willard Fiske, reprint by Harry Hayes, 1977, 26pp, ISBN 0905222350 All About Postal Matters in Egypt  by Willard Fiske, published by BilioBazaar, 2009, 28pp, ISBN 1113337095 Army & Field Post Offices of Egypt & the EEF 1914-20 by Michael M Sacher, published by RPSL, 1970, 34pp (published as a supplement to the London Philatelist) Catalogue of Egyptian Aerophilately by Khetcho Hagopian, published by Oriental Philatelic House, 1992, 168pp Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue Stamps: With Sudanese Revenues & Egyptian Cinderellas  by Peter R Feltus, published by Postilion Publications, 1982, 209pp Catalogue of the Royal Imperforate Printings of Egypt by George L Lee (editor), self published, 1959 Censorship of Civil Mail in Egypt 1939 to 1945 by Peter Andrews, self-published, 2003 Commemorative Stamps of Egypt  by Ernest Anthony Kehr, 1938, 19pp Consular.... in Egypt by Themis Dacos, published by Collectio, 1994 Story of the Greek consular post in Egypt, in Greek and English, it details the handstamps used from 1833, and the stamps used from 1882 to the 1970s. Egypt  by F J Melville, published by Stanley Gibbons, 1915, 81pp Egypt - A History of its Stamps by R E R Dalwick, published by Mekeel-Severn-Wylie Co, 1922 Egypt: The First Portrait Issue - A compilation since 1928 by John Sears, self-published, 2001 Egypt: "Posta Europea" and Kehr Interpostals Catalogue  by E A Kehr and Philip Cockrill, published by House of Antiquity, 1983, 60pp, ISBN 0947628363 Egypt and Sudan: Priced catalog of a specialized postage stamp collection  by Eugene Klein, self-published, 1919, 12pp The Egypt Flight of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin  by Fred F Blau and Cyril Deighton, published by Germany Philatelic Society Inc, 1981, 80pp Egypt Postage Prepaid Military Datestamps 1941-1947  by F W Benians, published by National Philatelic Society, 1978, 156pp, ISBN 0906291003 Egypt: Stamps and Postal History - A Philatelic Treatise  by Peter A S Smith, published by J Bendon, 1999, 922pp, ISBN 9963579817 Egyptian interpostals or official local stamps  by O May, published for the Fiscal Philatelic Society by Bridger & Kay, 1915, 40pp Egyptian Postal Markings of 1865-1879 Part 1 published by Egypt Study Circle, 1983, 60pp Egypt: The Rural Postal Service by Mike Murphy and Ibrahim Shoukry, 2010, 192pp Forgery and Reprint Guide: Suez Canal v. 14  by J Barefoot, published by J Barefoot Ltd, 1983, 20pp, ISBN 0906845297 Great Britain Stamps of 1942 Overprinted MEF by John A Firebrace, published by The Regent Stamp Co Ltd History of the Polish Army Postal Service: Middle East and Italy, 1940-1948  by Ryszard Wagner, self-published, 1992, 355pp, ISBN 1872286704 Details all the Polish Field Post Office during and just after WWII, most of which were based in Egypt at some time or another during this period. Full details of when and where each postmark was used are given together with statistics of usage and cover valuations. An extremely comprehensive handbook of the Polish Army Postal Service, a "must have" for anyone collecting this area of Postal History. The Interpostal Seals of Egypt, 1864-1891  by Ernest Anthony Kehr, self-published, 1943, 61pp The Interpostals of Egypt, 1864-1892  by Ernest A Kehr, published by Stamp World Inc, 1962, 32pp Kings of Egypt and Their Stamps  by A S Mackenzie, published by R Lowe, 1969, 40pp, ISBN 085397022X The Nile Post: Handbook and Catalogue of Egyptian Stamps, Including listings of the Egyptian Issues for Palestine and Sudan by Joseph H Chalhoub, self-published, 2003, ISBN 0973337303 Essays, proofs, plate varieties and perforation varieties are listed in detail. Full details of the "Royal" proofs of Kings Fuad and Farouk; the stamps of the British Forces in Egypt; and the stamps and postal stationery of Egypt overprinted for Sudan. Perfins on Egyptian Stamps by Vahe Varjabedian, 1999 Postage stamps of the Great Bitter Lake Association  by Bryan Hill, published by Picton Publishing, 1975, 196pp, ISBN 090263318X Postal History of Egypt to 1900  by Samir Amin Fikry, published by The Royal Philatelic Society, 1996, 158pp, ISBN 0900631317 The Postal Markings of Egypt, 1866 through 1880 by Blomfield, 1970, The Egypt Study Circle, Study VI, 12pp Postal Services of the British Forces in Egypt 1932-1940 by Hobbs, 1970, 38pp The Private Shipletter Stamps of the World, Part 3 The Suez Canal Company by J Boulad d’Humières, S Ringstrøm and H E Tester, published by Leonard H Hartman, 1985, 283pp The Royal Air Force Cairo-Baghdad Air Mail Service, 1921-1927  by William C Andrews, published by British Philatelic Trust, 2000, 68pp, ISBN 1871777119 The Stamps of Egypt by W S Warburg, 1895 The Stamps of Egypt by Leon Balian, 1998 Contains all the varieties known and the quantities printed. Stamps of Egypt with Egypt used in Palestine and Sudan, Book 2 by Leon Balian, 2007 Plate flaws of Egypt 1940-1980; French Post Offices in Egypt and their stationery; airmail issue of 1933. This is a complete recap of the original catalogue. The Stamp Booklets of Egypt by A John Revell, self-published, 1997 Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue East Africa with Egypt and Sudan  published by Stanley Gibbons Limited, 2010, 176pp, ISBN 0852597665 Stamp Catalogue: Middle East Pt. 19  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1st edition, 1980, 416pp, ISBN 085259206X Stamp Catalogue: Middle East Pt. 19  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 2nd edition, 1983, 464pp, ISBN 0852590326 Stamp Catalogue: Middle East Pt. 19  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 3rd edition, 1986, 496pp, ISBN 0852591276 Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 19: Middle East  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 4th edition, 1990, 576pp, ISBN 0852592396 Stamp Catalogue: Middle East Pt. 19  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 5th edition, 1996, 384pp, ISBN 0852593937 Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Middle East Pt. 19  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 6th edition, 2005, pp, ISBN 085259576X Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Middle East Pt. 19  Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7th edition, 2009, 450pp, ISBN 0852597193 The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt by Peter Alan Somervail Smith, published by Mobile Post Office Society, 1983, 65pp |
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