Egypt 1955-1958
 

Egypt 1955 - 1958

  

1955 Arab Postal Union
 

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
375

502

1955

5 m brown

.35 / .25

376

503

1955

10 m green

.35 / .50

377

504

1955

37 m violet

.60 / 1.75

 

1955 50th Anniversary of Rotary International
 

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
378

505

1955

10 m purple
P. P. Harris and the Rotary emblem

1.00 / .25

379

506

1955

35 m blue
Globe and the Rotary emblem

1.25 / .60

1955 2nd Arab Postal Union Conference, Cairo
 

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
381

507

1955

5 m brown (o/p SG502)

.60 / 1.60

382

508

1955

10 m green (o/p SG503)

.70 / 1.90

383

509

1955

37 m violet (o/p SG504)

.60 / 2.00


1956 2nd Arab Scout Jamboree, Aboukir (Alexandria)
Inscribed "2EME JAMBOREE ARABE" etc.

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
B13

510

1956

10 m + 10 m green
Scout badge

.60 / 1.60

B14

511

1956

20 m + 10 m ultramarine
Sea Scout badge

.70 / 1.90

B15

512

1956

35 m + 15 m blue
Air Scout badge

.60 / 2.00

 

1956 Afro-Asian Festival, Cairo
Inscribed "FESTIVAL ASIATICO-AFRICAIN"

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
384

515

1956

10 m green and brown

.40 / .25

385

516

1956

35 m purple and yellow

.70 / 1.50

 

1956 Commemoratives
 

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
386

517

1956

10 m blue and buff
Nationalisation of Suez Canal,
 Freighter and map

.40 / .40

387

518

1956

10 m green
International Museum Week,
 Queen Nefertiti

.70 / 1.40

1956 Port Said, November 1956
Defence of Port Said
1957 Evacuation of British and French troops from Port Said
Overprinted "EVACUATION 22-12-56" in English and Arabic

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
388

519

1956

10 m purple

1.00 / 1.25

389

520

1957

10 m purple (o/p SG 519)

.55 / 1.25

 

1957 Commemoratives
 

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
390

521

1957

10 m purple and brown
Centenary of Egyptian Railways

.75 / 1.25

391

522

1957

10 m red
Mothers' day

.50 / 1.10

392

523

1957

10 m blue
150th Anniversary of Victory over British at Rosetta

.25 / 1.10

393

524

1957

100 m blue and green
Reopening of Suez Canal (see SG517)

1.10 / 1.40

 

1957 Millenary of Al-Azhar University
Unissued stamps of 1942 overprinted with the current Arabic year (1376)

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
395

525

1957

10 m violet

.40 / 1.25

396

526

1957

15 m purple

.60 / .50

397

527

1957

20 m grey

.90 / .80

 

1957 Commemoratives cont.

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
394

528

1957

10 m blue
Reoccupation of Gaza Strip

.90 / 1.75

B16

529

1957

10 m + 5 m red
50th Anniversary of the Public Aid Society

.30 / 1.40

398

530

1957

10 m violet
Reopening of Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo

.30 / 1.25

399

531

1957

10 m brown and yellow
Opening of the National Assembly

.25 / 1.25

 

1957 5th Anniversary of the 1952 Revolution

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
400

532

1957

10 m red
Battle of Avaris, 1580 B.C.

.70 / 1.00

401

533

1957

10 m green
Saladin at Hattin, A.D. 1187

.70 / 1.00

402

534

1957

10 m purple
Louis IX in chains at Mansourah, A.D. 1250

.70 / 1.00

403

535

1957

10 m blue
Ein Galout, A.D. 1260

.70 / 1.00

404

536

1957

10 m brown
Evacuation of Port Said, 1956

.70 / 1.00

 

1957 75th Anniversary of the Arabi Revolution
Ahmed Arabi addressing Revolutionaries

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
405

537

1957

10 m violet

.30 / .40

 

1957 Definitives

see also issues SG553-9, SG603-19 and SG669-72

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
413

540

1958

1 m turquoise
Country woman and cotton plant

.25 / .50

414

541

1957

5 m sepia
Factory skyline

.25 / .35

417

542

1957

10 m violet
Rameses II

.40 / .25

Scott notes watermark variations for 413/415 and 414/416.

 

1957 25th Anniversary of the death of Ahmed Shawqi and Hafez Ibrahim (poets)

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
406

543

1957

10 olive
Ahmed Shawqi

.25 / 1.10

407

544

1957

10 m brown
Hafez Ibrahim

.25 / 1.10

 

1957 25th Anniversary of the Egyptian Civil Airlines, MISAIR, and Air Force

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
408

545

1957

10 green
Vickers Viscount airliner and Airline badge

.70 / .65

409

546

1957

10 m blue
Air Force planes and emblem

.30 / 1.10

 

1957 Afro-Asian People's Conference, Cairo
Pyramids, Dove of Peace and Globe

Scott SG Date Notes Val M/U (£ 2001)  
410

547

1957

5 m brown

.50 / 1.00

411

548

1957

10 m green

.30 / 1.00

412

549

1957

15 m violet