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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 15, 2013 17:17:25 GMT
A helping hand ! On it's so-called 'Middle East Flight', the Graf Zeppelin landed in Cairo on April 11th 1931. To Celebrate the occasion, the Egyptian Postal Service overprinted stocks of the 2nd airmail issue of 1929.  Shown in another thread about Zeppelins, but it fits in nicely here of course. |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 15, 2013 17:26:58 GMT
Egypt issued a set of 5 airmail stamps to coincide with the December, 1933 International Aviation Congress in Cairo. Printed by the Survey Department in Photogravure, they depict the Armstrong-Whitworth "Atlanta" of Imperial Airways [5m, 10m]; the Dornier Flying Boat [13m,15m] and the Graf Zeppelin [20m].   Londonbus1 |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 15, 2013 17:34:13 GMT
A Douglas "Dakota" aircraft over the Delta barrage and Farouk. A 1947 issue overprinted 'King of Egypt and the Sudan, 16th October 1951' in January 1952.  |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 15, 2013 17:45:28 GMT
The first airmail stamp of Egypt was issued on March 10th, 1926 and shows a De Haviland 'DH 34' over the River Nile. In Deep Violet, Perf 13½.
A similarly designed stamp but in Chestnut was issued later [1929, also overprinted 'Graf Zeppelin' [see earlier post]].
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 15, 2013 17:48:06 GMT
Here are the two together !! [see previous post]  |
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Post by Bombadil on Oct 21, 2018 22:24:59 GMT
Inaugural flights of “Services Aeriens Internationaux d’Egypte” from Cairo to Athens and Rome.
1948,Aug.23 – Scott# C51-C52
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 21, 2018 23:29:40 GMT
Inaugural flights of “Services Aeriens Internationaux d’Egypte” from Cairo to Athens and Rome.
1948,Aug.23 – Scott# C51-C52 Was their currency re-valued? That's a big drop in the price of the stamps! |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Oct 22, 2018 6:05:52 GMT
Inaugural flights of “Services Aeriens Internationaux d’Egypte” from Cairo to Athens and Rome.
1948,Aug.23 – Scott# C51-C52 Was their currency re-valued? That's a big drop in the price of the stamps! My guess is that there was a shortage of the lower values and so overprinted (surcharged) stocks of the high value stamps from 1947 that may otherwise have gone unused. Just a guess but it has happened this way all over the world many times. There may be other, more sinister reasons !  |
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