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THE A.MEE.:LCh-1! A.GEN'I' FOF:

THE FHILATELJC SOCIETY OI' EGYPT

DR. PETER A. S. SMITH C/o Chemist.ry Department. Universi~y of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 4B104

EDJ TOR AND ,.pm;L!SHER

GORDON B. GAP..RF:TT 10165 Regent Street

Loe A:P..geJcs, Calif., 90031~

Published s:i.x times yee.rly, at Los Angeles. Subscription $3.00 per year, US and CANADA. Overseas subscriptions, add $1.00 for pest~

IN MEMORIAM -

with tlte t:ditor , • ·. ' :'"'!

With l.~1e advent of Spring many ?:tic th·~ e;~i­bitions are :i.n full swi~g. . Over ·the ye·a~'t's many of our r eade rs have participated. ' Few have come away empty handed and the current se:"' son pro;nises to be no exception. W·o are looking forward to listing many of the. win­ners · in our next issue.

For openers we note many fine shows, among them WJ£-STPE.l:, San Francisco, ESCPEX, Edmon- · ton, HOUPEX, Hous_ton a 17-d many others, i nc-

.', lud:ihg 12-IPEX:;...?o, the first B~tiQnal penal Exhibit by the inmates of the Correctional

:F-acility at So. Walpol·o, Mass., known as the "906" Stc>mp Cl11b. This is the 1.2th annual & is· Open to th,3 general public. Traditionall,r men dnd:i.ng ·i;hems•3lve.':: . iq , Q::lrreet.i~m~l s9r.,., roundings ha\re had 1i h':.le to J_,,, ok forwa·d · t6, and even les:·J .. from a self mot:i .vated stand-. point w:1.ere · ·~xpressbns and individuality · rni.ght be foste:-'ed. The membErs of 906, under the compet.ent guidance ofMr •. A. C, G3•Jtbiei~ have go he · a long -s1ay · in. a few short years to prove they are not the forgotten soci·3tyo Amazing results have been noted in· that the men involved have how to use their time ·; h01.J to share With each other, and more ' ini-> po:-ta ntly, ho~1 to work in harmony with each other toward a ::common goa l. Many have taken this l1~sson ou.tside with t'hem and as a re-. sult recidivism has declined significantly

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Eo· P~ P R IT L 0 V E

We are ·saddened to lea:rfl ef the pc.ssing of ED P. · PRITIDVE in Hamilton, Ontario,. Canada on 16Fehrue~<Ty, 19'70. He was 65 years of age.

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Ed was an engineer with the ·'Or,tario Hydro .and ha,d retired a s}wrt eleve.n mcDths ag~. ; He.· ·· was a keen :philatelist for mere than- 30 years with such div~rE;ified collecting interests as Egypt, U.N., Israei, U.S. commemol~a_t.i;v.es, Canada, Ireland arid Malta. Or:Jy re.pe1;tly he expressed an intense interest in Egyptian cancellations and the Inteq::ostal seals •. In­terest in the stam:r-s of Egypt span many years and he took a·· keen .debght in the exhibit­ions so othe1·s too COL'ld enjoy the fruits of his l abor an<'l research. Many po:::-t_i,)ns ofhj.s EgJ':t=tian coll:::cl:.ion ca :.~ncd G':l:pita l u1~£lrd~~ ,, H~.:~ f'ihe s.rt1 .. cJ.e :i :r'1 . r)u.r l9st i3 S U<O} w~.ll st~!ld an :j fitt::.ng tribu-~e to h:.s ·:newoc'Y•

W~ile Ed '..J8.3 not p::: :::- so~13lly Kllo ·,,w to \lS ;• oH~ he WU ;'5 to hunr3reds ~Jf membw::·s · in Cai·iad:l.;~n philatelic circles . he ns7or--t'1n-h~:E1 wi .ll. 'Je so:,:-~)ly nl ~_ :3sec1 as he n•'!VGr fai]_,::d ~;c urit:?. an interesting and informative letter. I am sar/3 that the ::>•., 13mcmg u.s f:::>rtJ~1·~ t,r-~ eno11g~1 . to have carried :::>.n a corraspor1deuc ~ 1-1ith h:im '"ill f8 c1l ::::s I dd · thc-1 t IJ'(·_; ha~T<:3 l oflt '::l.

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By . D O.M E N I C 0 F A CC I

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THE .'CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY of the Stamps of the Suez Canal would not be com­plete if we omit. the reroe~brance ·or the date.d cancellations~ especially ordered to, . be u~ed in conj.unction with the st~mps.

If theywere no~ used as they should have been, · .at least· some were used, as we shall see. further on.· Therefore, now is. the time to re - tell the story.

* . * An .. early·model, prepared.in Ismailia was addressed .. to Paris on April .30, 1868 to be given to th~ engraver. (Fig·.'"J:) ·' ..

In a le~ter·. of June 24, ·18'68·,: the· fil'J!1: of VIREY FRERES "fonnders- engravers", with an office 'in Paris at Rue de Rerines, ·142~ and furnishers to the postal administratior1s of many countries, presented three pr9ofs from which to choose. "and indicated tP.e co~t of the cancellers requested; "quot!3 11 . the price of the canceller in whit'e iron enclosingthe series o! months, dates, etc., as 17 francs fo:::· each 011e. · The third model was accepted. after. a . few miner retouches, and especially after the addition of two stars before and after the name of the office. (Fig. 2). Thirteen cancellers of a uniform diameter of 22 mm. were ordered, t\..ro for Ismailia, and · one each for the following offices: PORT SAID:, · RAZ EL-ECH, KIL • .34, KANTARA, EL -GUISR, CHAN­TIER VI, SERAPEUM, KIL.42, CHAIDliF, KIL. 83 and SUEZ.

.. ·:. · Fig. 1 - The model executed at Ismail:ia

and se:r1t to Paris. on April .30,, l$~8. . . . . .. ~

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Fig. 2 ·- The three samples pres~rited · by · the engrav~rs on June· 24,' 1868.

The third was accepte4 ... after. some mina~ changes. ·

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WORIOffiN DPEDGJ.NG IN THE SUEz; CANAL JN JS'58 . \HTH A DR~_G LINE TO EID'IOVE THE EVEE--DFi.IFT­INC SM.:DS I N THE !'1AJNTENANCE OF TP.E MAIN ChANNEL. NOTE: THE BAEGE IN EACKCIROUND.

F'ig • .3 The sample sheet of thirteen po:~tma.rks by dute, consigned by the engravers on t.be same day on wh2.ch the order wa :3

given J u.ly "~, lf:5E,e.

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The or-de1· wa;3 brought to a cJose and assigned tc the officer.; cf the CanHl Compc:r:y in Paris on July 4~ l868y accom:p:nied by a sample printi.ng of each of the cm ,ce21ers vdth the: e&.rr:e date, 4 July, 1868. (Fie;. _3.)'

Sent fror< Pa!·il tc M:a~·~;e ~.l1es en the 13th, this sonsignmer.t was put aboa;.·d a stearr:r-hip of the FRP..JSSINET Com­pany, dsstina 1~icn Egyrt., where it arrived a"bot:o.t the 8tl: o>:· 9th of Aug­ust; that is to say, afte1· the sie;r:­ing () f t he conver"t ic·n of Augw..'t 7t:t that we hcive c:i tee ec.:rli er o

The use of tbese cancellers on the stamp:: of the compar:y (Canal Co.) was no longer justified, at~ so, t:tose necessary to tht') Egyptian posts -RP-Z EL- EC H, KIL. . .34, CHANT J Ef,· V I, &. KII .• 8.3 \Jere cor:sil!lried to be used after August 16tlt, \.Jhi J e the others were adq;ted foe the teJ.egrc;ph serv­ice cf the comr.:eny, DE:~Cessaryfo r its wcrk. Those c:' Po:':'t Said and Ismd 1-ia h<we been no·ced irt red and in blue on the service fcrms; Those cf KE.n-· t~:n·a he.ve been seen in l::lack, w:i. th the date of J. d.y 4, 18~'0 en t te back of a l etter addrE:Sf;E::d to France. That. of Ki J o 42 has been noted with tbfl date of Augl:E;t 26, 12(,8 e-n a 20 cent­ime starr:.r of the Su.ez Canal; but it is a col1ectcr' s fantasy bee a nse at that date tLese stamp:: 1..rere r.ot valid for use.

The off:i eo of KILo 42 which tcc1ay h: that of GENKFFE, exj10ted in the ser­vice of the; con:pa.n,r but did no+, ap­pear in tt.E: directory o: the Postal ACJmjnistration; that of KIL. 54, no"t.' BALL/l.H, announced in the same circu­lar, has no~; been seen or· noticed by specia]jsts.

The o~ficer; of K:i'tT SA ID, EL- GL' ISR KANTAR.A, SF.EAPI!JJN, and CHALOUF re-· ce5ved their c&ncelJers cf the dated go'mrwJ;nt type (Reg:~e Pc ste:Egizi-· ane) directly: Uose of Su.ez and Is­ma ilia existed at th:Ls date and norm­ally had tbeir ov.'n prcperJy dated cancel:iers.

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The postmarks ~ ~it.h the name "CaNAL DE SUEz'u are generally found impressed in black -tha t of KIL. 34 in blue and that of CBA NTIER VI also in blue, and beginning in July 1869 on the stamps of Egypt, of the 1867 issue then in use.

With the exception of a singl e letter c oming from the o ffice of Cbsntier VI (Fig. !1.) ·,

all the mentioned postmarks are knmm on loose stam1;::;.

The rarity of these post marks have tempted some f orgers, fortunately ignor-ant. of the exa ct dates of usagE'•.

Therefore, the extreme use of these dated postmarks, revealed by a great numbe r of specialized · co llections; they are certc:.in­ly not definitive and can be modified by discoveries t c be made by collectors in the f uture.

To the present time the re are three knmm forgeries of Raz El- Ech, one of Chantier VI and one for KIL. 83. (Fig. 5) . They are a ll very gros s and the ir· dates do not match t he year of a uthorized usage of the or i ginal postrr.:arks.

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Fj g. 4 - Tbe only known letter coming fror.1 one of t he offiees on. which the dated cancel says Canal de Suez, Sent on May 21, 1869 frcrn Chantier VI and addressed to Italy, this letter i s franked with 3 Piastres and 20 paras and should have peen regis­tered (2 P. T. & 20 pa. plus 1 P. T., accordine t o t he tariff of t he A.ustro- Egyptian Conve ntion of July 23, 1868) .but according to the circular of the Egy-ptian Po[;t of Aug. 12, 1868 the office of Chantier VI could not accept regi derE.d mail ; t he letter was therefore sent by ordineTy mai}.

The cance l "Franca" in black, top at left is Egyptian, that of P.D., bottom at right, is Austrian, and was proper of t he Aus ­trian P. 0. of Alexandria which acknowledged this letter.

(C ollection of E. Antonini, Geneva )

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RAZ EL- ECH

KTL •. 34 ·

CHANTIF:R VI

Idem

KIL. 83

EARLlEST DATE

KNOWN Mar. 27, 69

Dec. 17'1 .66

Sept., 1868

July 2, 69

Oct. 13, 68

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KNOW]: July 10, 69

July -29 ,~. 69

May 27, 69

July 23, 70

August, 69

In blue

Known in manuscript cancel in Jan~ary or June, 1869, w.ithout doubt caused by a momentary deliberation ofthe dat­ed postmark.

In blue

. Knmm with 25 or 26 March 69 with the word "Mars" inverted.

Fig. 5 - Certain faJsifications (forgeries) of dated postmarks with the name of the SUEX CA.N"l~.L.

* * * WITH THE EDITOR . . . (Cont. )

among former 906 members and useful citizens have been returned to society. All this at no cost to the State in an era where other States are spending millions on ineffective training and rehabilitation programs.

In recent years many of our foremost phila­telists have interested themselves to the end that others have become aware and in the modern concept California and Ohio have in­itiated pilot programs. Counted among these giants of philately are such men as Herman "Pat" Herst Jr., Larry Black, Mel Garabrant and the editor of The Stamp Wholesaler, Mr. Lucious Jackson, and many others of national prominence. For those of you interested m participating write to ROBER.T R. GREGORY, ExhibitionCha:ir­man, C/o A.C. Gauthier, · 906 Stamp Club, P. 0. Box 100, So. llalpole, MA., 02071 for the prospectus. ·

"90q11 is a Chapter member of SPA and several other nationally recognized societies.

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* * * TIPPER SHOWS 1TDREX'

INVITATION 1Q EXHIBIT RESULTS IN L~TIQLE IN

CANADI~N ~ QN BRITISff~RCES IN EGYPT.

TOREX, the fine Canadian Exhibitj,on held in Toronto, Ontario January 29 - 31 spotlighted many outstanding collections "By Im·itation Only11 • ·

A highlight of this show was a· display, THE BRIT ISH FORCES' IN EGYP'f; 48 pages from the collection of o'.lr sta•.mch sup:pOrter, RALP:a: TIPPER. .

As a result of this· exhibition a very inter­esting article by Douglas Patrick appeared in the Globe and Mail of January 3J,. 1970, and reprinted in the March 31, 1970 edition of the "CO IN STA:MP ANTIQUE 'NEWS 11 , . the Cana­dian Hobby Paper. Congratulations Ralph ~

(Another interesting article by RA LPH will appear in the next edition of Topics deal­ing with the O.H.E.M.S. _overprints •. Ed.).

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POST OFFICES OF E,§ypl AND THE .!Ut/811

We hav·e h,a1 s~veral requests :r~!' :1 listi!lg of this ki:'ld a.r:~ang•31 in· alpha­betical :>rder. · :~umbers" from 1 to 8 f'ollou ::!ach listing, and are explained belovt. · The·· .Juri:il' ·s t:~tlons' .C:7) are followed by the normal mail routing.

1. Offices admitted to all branches of t~le servi·~e. 2. " " as above except specie ("Groups"). ).·Offices ·admitted to orJlaary, register~d, and official correspond-

ence and parcels. If.. Offices admitted to ordi~ary, regist., ~nd ,.,fficial correspondence. 5• giver stations admitted to all branches of the service. 6. River stations admitted to all except specie (''Groups .. ). 7• Rural stations admitted to ordinary, registered, R~1 official corr. 8. Travellag Post Offices admitted..to ordi~ary correspotldenct3 onlY.•

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AWAMER BAHRI 7, by Guerga Ait/AMER KEBLI 7. by Guerga

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B BACHBI CH~- 7, by Meha.l.la : · .-BADRI~CHEIN 1

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BAHRAY 5 . · BAIADIA·7,. by Kena

·. BAKLIA.J .. . 'BA:LASFORA 7, · by Sohag lt~LFIA 7 ,· by B. Souaf

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5 m. on 2 P. T.

SURCHARGE

OVER THE YEARS many of us have observed un- Will leave it to the reader to make his own usual overprints and surcharges, some genu­ine errors; some accidental, some deliber­ate and some outright forgeries. The twenty oddities illustrated with this article are completely catalogued in a study written by JEAN BO{JLAD for L 1 ORIENT PHILP...TELIQUE, No. 27, January, 1936, pp. 8-ll. (French)

_ Mr~ .}3oulad, whose SPE number is 155, is a . )tnowledgeable and prol:ithic writer, having

determination . As these were overprinted ir: Cairo, we can, from fE st exrRriences ·: wi t.h these "craftsman", at least ascertain tbDt certainly they were capeble, back i rJ lB92 oi' the atrocities performed as a probable composite o~ all of the errors and var-· ieties ever turned out by the Govern­ment Prir.ting works at Bculsc •

·····: \ ".· . \ ;1 ~·- ,\ ,•

... ·· ... ·· ·

,. .66ritri.buted hundreds of articles over many The basic imprint is catalogued in Higgi ns ·;~~\ 'i~,rs} · :( His study is truly a guide. and Gage as '·'Envelope #3", 2 Piastre orange • ·o' " " ' · ' The normal surcharged item is listed as f/7, ::,~fTh~~Se : oddities are presented purely for your but here the similarity ends o JEAN BOULA.D

e:nlightennent byone of our readers who pre- catalogues it as No. 7-I, varieties A. - R, fers -to remain anonymous. We will male no surcharge 21.;. mm; No. 7-II, A, wi t.r. a ho~k pretense that they are genuine, nor do we over the Arabj_c "hamza" ( H. & G. No. 7b), have any evidence to prove conclusively that and No. 7-IJJ, surcharge 23 mm. long, with

. they :are not exactly what they seem. We varieties A _ G.

French Overprint Inverted

5 MILLttMES 6 -· 0 J.~IJ,:..· 0 ..

DOUBlE OVERPRINT One on vignette One on envelope

"M" Inverted as "W" lst "Ivl"- French

5 MILLTtMES 5 ' ~ .; ,)JI.Jl:,.l 0

-. lst 11E11 - MilliemfJS in French - I nverted

DOUBLE OVERPH lNT One on vignette One on envelope

Upper lE=Jft

Surcl1arge Ver_tj ea l

DOUBLE OVEJl.PR.INT Both on vi[:;t1ette

EGYP.r IAN TOPICS;

11E11 before "I" In Fr ench Milliemes

11 111 before "L" A CHEVAL

SURCHARGE IN RED

ARABIC OVERPRINT A.BOVE THE FRENCH

MARCH - A.ffiiL 1970

"E" before 111 (Var.) Surcharge to Bottom

~E "EJi: '' n French MilJJ.emes

Final 11 511 Miss:Lng French and Arabic

OVERPRINT INVERTED

Lst • . 11 511 of Mil1iemes Is inverted

No • .3 Paoge 53

"I" befor·e "L" as LIL - French Ovrpt.

Diagonal Surcharge Type 7-IIA - Hook

ARABIC OVERPRIN'r 0 "NLY IS · INVERTED

IE.t. 11 511 of Milliemes is smaller than no:cmaJ.

No. 3 Page 54 Iv1AR.CH - AJllfl. I L 19'70 EG1PTIPN TOPICS ----·---------- ---·--·-·---·--··-----------·--------···-·---- ··--- --- ... ·- ·---- --

EGYPTIAN FISCAL STAMPS

By Peter A. S. Smith

FURTHER NOTES:

IN EGYPTIAN TCPJCS, Vol. 1, No. 6, examples of three dEferent types of use of fiscal stamps resulting in postaJ cance llatiors were described; a tax on parcels, a tax on rrp t . os e restante" letters, and emergency use during a lack of proper postage stamps. Yet another tyy;e of use has come to my attentidn in the form of the Palestine Postal Note il­lustrated herewith. This Postal Note was sent frcm El Iv1ajdal, Pale st.in~~, to Shubra (Cairo) or. July 3rd, 1947, and was casbed on

It would be ve r y intere8ting tc. hear from anyone who may have ft.:rtl,e r lrnci.Jledge .. of this type of use, such as the perioc in which it existed, the rates, and the score of application (wa s it applied to all types of remittance, just to Postal Orders, .. just to .foreign PostaJ Orders ?).

(The illustration shown on th:i.s page is of .the reverse side, where the regulations are printed in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

July 8th. A 2 Mill. tax was levied irt Egypt and was paid by a pair of the l Mill. gener­al purpose fi sea 1 stamps.

Egyptian tax stampE: are affixed and cancel­lee on t his side. Front shown on next pt:lge o)

n,r1te., tn,Ml, ("~\ m•l"'"s,.. .. ,.. .... !)l n :"'Mm:"' ip ,c:cneo . : "''!11/M., J'll qc:m .,::li'O

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. ,1'\ICJI'l

REGULATIONS. 1 'fbil Order ia payable iD PaleatiDe and auch

· · other CountrieaaaDI&JbepubUcly notifted . . 2. Thii Order ia ·not neaot.i&ble. .3. The PATD KUST SIGN TBE"BCEIPT ~n

the face of the Order and must alao IUl m the name of the Poat. Oftlce of Payment, if thia haa not. already been done.

4 If any erasure or alt.erat.ion be made or · · if thia Order be cut, t.orn, mutilated, or

defaced. payment may be refused. 5 If this Order be not paid ,.it.hin TBilU

· · months from the laat day of the month of Iuue, a commiuion equal t.o the Original Poundage will be charged. In no cue will thia Order be paid afier the expiration of Six Monthl · from ~e last day of the · month of Iaaue until reference has been made to t.he Chief Oflice in Jerusalem.

· 6

· ~~m~~~v~~rish~d~~h:P~s~~te~~ General will not be liable for any further claim in reapect of this Ord=::::erc:... -..,..-~

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If this & Co " be made through a nam,e of a . Banker

added, payment will 'only be made through that Banker. .pl!li'l li'\1M

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.. Er~YPTIAN TOPICS MAF..CH - A.PHJI. 1970 No., 3 Page 55

FRENcH c 0 V-ER c 0 MM ENT s By JEAN BOUIAD d 1HLJMIERES, F.R.P.S.L.

I want to Sf-BCially congratulate Di·. D. C. Jordan for the two uncommon covers from the Port Said French Post Office reproduced i n Egyptian Topics, .. Vol. IJ, pages 6 and 37 • .

The first is of great interE'.st indeed be­cause it ·anticipate s the earliest recorded date of usage of the PAQUEBOT and B M mark­ing~ • .. •. '

. The second item does not please me so much.

. The "Taxe a percevoir/pour insuff isance/d 1

affranchissement 11 seems to have been st:ru::k here by courtesy because the amount to be

, collected or paid is neither mentioned nor sho"rn by pc stage due adhesives. The 11Rec­eveur Principal" did not put his signature or hie; initials under the cachet.

The l etter is addressed to Por t Said and had to be delivered to the Egyptian Post OffEe for distribution; thus it had to be franked according to the rate "from France to A.­broad", i.e., 25 centimes or about 10 miJJ.­iemes. In fact, the letter is franked at

. 15 millie:r.:tes, i.e., about 37.5 centimes, · wb:ich iH :·f<fr over the norma l re.te ~ The tax­ation was not justified there.

Is . there an Egyptiar1 Pest office arrival da-ted stamp on the back ? I doubt. .

A.ll of the hand stamps are too clean to have been struck ·on a·n ordinary letter.

I agree that the four line hand stamp is not common at all but in this special case its use c~nnot be clearly explEdned.

Is there any reader able to c l arify this point'Z

* * • 0 •

"The cover in question (E.T., Vol. II, page 37) was not frar;ked by the 15 mi.llieme sto.mp sho"m, but rather this stamp together with the 4- line violet ha'ndst.amp constitutes a provisional postage due stamr;. It is possible that this cover was post.e:d wi tbop.t ", a stamp and that the provisiona 1 postage due stamp and the circular date stamp were applie d up­on .arrival in Port Said at i;be French Post Office.

Prof. Peter Smith of A.rm Arboi' recently sent : me a· photocopy of a cover in his possession

whieh bears a similar 15 millie:r.:tes s t. amp with C onU.nued .err' o

NOT NEGOTIABLE. -'i ili\J ~

THE SENDER MUST FI Ll. IN THE PAYEE's . EFORE: PARTING wiTH THE .

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No? 3- MARCH - APR.IL 1970 EGYPIIAN TOPICS

... TWO VERY UNUSUAL FRENCH

HAVING A .CoNNECTION WsTH THE

FRENCH MILITARY EXPEDITION IN

EGYPT

'1798 '180'1

* * *

By JEAN BOULAD

· D'HUMIERES, F.R.P.S.L.

Correspondir:g MemLer of the Fru1cb Academy of

Pbi1ateJy in Pari"'

,tr '"'I. ou 1 oN v. D. J.V"-. );". .

In Volume- I of "La Pcste ME.rHirne Francais 11 . Ae already written by Pete-r A. S. SMITH in

Mr. RAYMOND SALI.ES reproduces, on p:;,ge 12, Vol. 1, p~1 ge 65 of Egypt ian Topics, surviv­under No. 23, and "entrance marking via 1'-tlr-· ing letters of tbe Freneh occupation of sei1Jes 11 concerrdng maD originatingfrom Egypt betw-een 2nd July, 1798 and 2nd Sept­the Mediterranean places, except Malta; it ember., 1801 addressed overseas (i.e. France is struck in b1aek and ~as used between or Italy) are extrenely rare. It shouJd be 1757 and 1800. It reads 11VOYE DE MER / PAR noted that Bonaparte t s army wa s blockaded MARSE J LLE" in two lines. in Egypt by tbe Briti sh Navy during the en-

VOYF DE 1'1ER PAR 1'1.4 RSE 1I1LE

FollmJi ng the above, on page 1J, under No. 25, he reproduces another "entrance ma:r·k-. ing from Ton1cn11 concerning mail comi ng from the whole Me_djj_;~r.r§nef~p. Sea. It reads 1"V .D.M .. P. TOULON11 which is an abbreviation for 11Voie De Mer Par Toulon 11 ; it iE. struck in black and -was used bet-werm 1785 & 1811.

tire period of the occupation, and corr·es­pondence overseas -was virtually imposr;ib1e.

I V D. M. P.TOU LON I For that r e&SOlJ the t-wo French entrance markings reproduced abm;e are extrenely rare on correspondence from Egypt during the Freneh camr;aign.

(Cont inued on next page.)

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EGYPJ'IA.N TOPICS MfillCH - APRIL 1970 No. 3 Page 57 ---------------------- ------- - --- ---------

FRENCH '.'MARQliES .Q 'ENTREES'' (Cod. )

Till nou we knovr of the existance of only­three letter:§.. struck with t he MnrseiJle en­trance marking o Two are personal ones; the

· other is official correspondenc:e o They are dated fror:-1 Alexandria: 11 26 messidor an VI" 11 8 fructid,or an VI" ana "4 vendemiaire ' . an VII", corresponding to llfth July, 1798, 25tl~ A.u.gust, 1798 and 2lrd Septer.1ber, . 1798 · In addition they have different strikes of the marks of origin applied in Eeyr)t. They all belong to the collection of Mr. Lean Dubus of Paris. Mr. Dubus is President. · of the French Academy. of Philately in Paris.

With regards to the Toulon entrance. rparking, to the present we kno"~<1 it onJ.y on the unique letter reproduced on the preceding page. It is dated from Cairo the 2 vendemiaire an IX, corresponding to the 23rd September, 1800; written by a man called Mavier and .address­ed to France to:

nAu. citoyen Mathieu LAHBERT, proprietaire 11

(Landowner) "a Monlosier (?) p:~r ORNANS,

dE;lpartment du Daubs." ·

FORGED 'CAMEL' SURCH.

Most of the glaring forgeries of the Sudan have occured on the overprints of t he fi.rst Provisional Issue, five or six of wh~ch .are identifiable. At least nine or ten more ex­ist' probably the. work of small owrators' that may never be · identified. This includ­es,. of cou:rse, th~ postage due stamps and the Fou:rnier forgeries, in both black and blue of the TEI" overprint on some value$.

WJth one excepticn we ra r ely see a forgery . on any of the "Carnel 11 stamps. The except­ion is Zeh. #19, (Scott. #28), The Khartoum Provisicnal with the overprint, 5 milJ.ie-mes, ir.verted.

Illustrated is a copy of Zeho #11, Se. ·#9, the 1 m. Pink and Brovrn of the first definitive issue. It has been surcharged with · the figure 11 211 in each of· the

~-=~~~ upper corners over the En-

l.i::i=::.=~::J glish numeral 11 1". This . stamp carries a genuine

postal obliteration o:f: SAWA.KIN, with the clear date of 2 August, 1902.

On its arrival at Toulon it rece:ived, on. the fr<2nt, the strik€l, in: black, of . the second This copy is from the famous Seifert refer­cachet reproduced here and was marked -with ence collection, recently acquired by the the numerals 11 1011 (decimes) . to be collected editor. It came original)y fron1 Robson Lot-1 from. the addressee. · as a reference item.

This letter was receiired the 4-';h nivo:se ·-an -IX, corresponding to the 24th December l .stOO according to a manuscript mention inside ~he message. The text is of no interest at all, asking for news but giving almost no infor­mation on Egypt.

Can any of our readers enlighten us c o :r:­cernir1g its origin ? Has anyone noted this p:~rticular forgery on a l ike copy; or, for that matter, on any of the camel issues ?

* * * . FRENCH COVEP .. ~ COMMENT (Continued).

Are there, amongst the readers .of Egyptian the same violet handstarup. HmJever, this Topics, collectors w· h~ have similar mark- particular item is franked with a 25 cent­ings on letters sent from Egypt ? imes French stamp, · cancelled at Oran (lLJ-

geria). The black triangular tax hand stamp 8s sef.m on my mm cover, also i:-1 present. They might not be plentiful and it would be

very interesting to have a record of such 1 tt Prof • . Smith confirms the rarity of this e erso * * · * * emergency postage due item and states that

LET'S NOT FORGET ...

Col. Danson (Eng l and ) has a further example. \ \,... ~' S . In addition he indica tes that t he only in-\JJUI""' fol'Ination he i ~ aware . of that coneerr.s this

~. provisional is in the Kohl. Handbuch, Vol. · (lJ(\-~ II, page 785. The signature of the 11Rece-

' _,.., veur Principal11 is not present on either of ~the covers possessed by Prof. Smi th or me.

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No .. 3 Page 58 . ., MARCH - APRIL lo//0 . \ . . EG~PI'IAN .. TOFICS.

PNrov · ER=E.ftorl A FeN. FtifE VOFD.S

.. /£FE f'IE/.VV P~R·T·

91-tl J-A-l£LI t!.. • : • '• • ! io !

FUJ\1. AN.D .. PROFIT ... ..: ~~ " ·~ :, ~

. . . . .. · 8 y. W. F ~ _ a· a· I .I e n s

.b-a.: .·z· ·a····.·a' . ·. r·. :· .. The serious stude.nts amo:P..g the brethern of · Egyptian Philately seem to spend most of

......, __ ;..__,~.;::.;:--__..__._ ___ _....·;_,;...._~..:..·_j.·- · their effo~~ op the classical definitive There is never a cbSrge fo:r WANTS or Oli'F'EF.S iss.ues a11d unr~veling the fascinating myst­listed for our readers in Egyptian Topics. erie·s of early CO\Yers. I am second to none

. . . in my admitation, indeed my envy~ o~ these ·* : . * · .. ·· * . · . :· giants ... and of the knowledge, material, pain-

WA.11TE,!2 by WILLIAM HILL, 7743 Na:rii~mc Street staking analysis and expertise requited for Vancouver, :a. C., Canada. Co-ntrol No;.. Blcks subh studies.· · in various positions- as listed .. by Zeheri numters: 1967 Ed., pe.ges 239-241, Airmaj_ls Hapilly, there is·a relatively ·unfishe.d., 1ake issue.d 19 F'ebruary, 1947 •.. · . . ~:V!=lilable for those ,of us·. wh~se colle.ct.io~s

. No. 36 2·m. vermilion . Contr.ol.A./l.,.7 are largely the more coll1I!lon.J.ssues •. rt J.s (1) iower left c3) ·upper ·left and the broad s~a of co~emoratJ.ves- con~:-antly

· (4) p - · · ht . . · .. ' . .. · .. ~ :.. restocked ·:WJ.'f:h new J.Ssues and p 1 entJ.full.y :No.· 37 3 m. us!;ia rJ.g : A./47 : )As.· ·~bove·· . ~ffered· in. virtually auction .sale •. A.l.J that N·o. 38 5 m. brown-lake \ A/46 · )podtibns J.S nee~ed J.S a sharp eye, a strong glass: .!3-nd

' No~ .:39 · 7 m~. orange-brown· A./L~? ) 1 ... 3: ... 4 enthusJ.asm for the search. No.~ 40 g· m~ green A/46: . positfons l :·& 4. T·o· this end there follm.rs here, and in the No. 41 · 10 m. violet A/46 · " ·1/:f& 4 next is·sue ·of Topi.cs, a report on my own No. 42 20 m. blue· A/L~7 "· · · · · 1 collection. It is offered as an example of

·No. 43 30 m. purple A/46 " · · 1 a mcst fascinating, albeit inexpensive, ad-No. 44 40 m. carmine A/47 11 l & 3 venture •

. No. 45 50 _m. blue.. A/47 11 1, 3 & 4 · ·· · No~ 46 lOO ·in. olive A/47 · 11 l ~ INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAl CONGRESS

J:io. 47 ~o· m. gray A/47 · " 1 & 3 . . . --------------------~·------------

GJL OWEN, Rt. 1, Box 427-E, Arroyo Grande, Calif., 93420, needs the folloYing items:

Scott. #4 ~ VF, ·will accep:G Yithout gum. ·" #23d, ..... VF.,- " 11 11 11

11 #2J2c - VF . ;,.;. MINT • 11 #2J.3a - ·~'Y·F - MINT~ 11 t215a - VF - MINT.

This set, depicting Thoth, wr]ting the name of' Kir.g Faud on a tablet was issued 1 April 1925 in three denominations; 5, 10 &.15 m. being Zeh~ri Nos. 1- 3, (CoiDrr.emorative) and apj:ears on page 130 of 'the· 1967 catalogue.

11 #322 338 - VF, MINT.; (Need

The error, on the 10 milliemes, shows_anex­tra loop in the lmJer panel (w bite ) in .the center of the top lj :pe of Arabic. characters. While not particularly scarce, it ce1~ainly

two sets). is of interest. My copy, mounted in a small

A~m GIL OFFERS THE FOLLO~I~Q . : . collection,. ~noticed b.y its former owner

Scott Nos. was acquired at auction, ·being Zeheri·.No·. 2a. Nos 50 - 59 - Mint

.. 6i- 76 - Used. 78- 91 - 11

172-176 - Mint, 177-·190 - Mint, C5-C25 Used . . * '*

$12.00 . 3.25

11.00 NH, $12.50 $75.·oo·

3.25 . '* ..

GQBOON GARBETX, Topics Editor would like to acquire early flight covers of the Sudan.

Particuleriy the early experi.mental flights and survey flights such as Cobham, Caspar­euthus, Salaman & Store, the RAF and Kid'st.on

The 10 and 15 mm. of this- issue apJ:'9ared in two separate printings, differing both in color and gum. The first · priritin~r is m·u.ch lighter with smooth white· gum {pale rose) while the second is of a distinctly ·deeper shade (deep rose- carmine) with yellmlish gum in wavy parallel lines. While the error

. appears on both printings,. mine i's of· the first issue·~ It 'is a constant :v~ri~ty on the sheet .of 105 stamps (15 x 7) 'a:nd is No. 42.

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D -E ~ F -O R:.M E D ;, ·Letters~» - • ...

EARLY PALESTINE OVERPRINTS

8 y - W. F. 8 I L L E N S

Recently ac(j_uired is a mint. sj_ngJe of the "F'ALESTT NE" ove1·pr:i.ut , i .ssued U~ .T:mc.! 1958 in commemoration o .f the Fi ft'J !\..nniversary of the R.=Jptblic; overprL1ted in !''3d fer US·3

i ·.1 Palestine. Li:s.-t:ad in the Zehari cat:~ log as lk:. 2~ p::tgc . JJ.~ of tho 196'? edition.. · '.lnd Sc0tt ~h-. N- 8, · the Do-v-3 of Pea:~ e ' on tlt;. 10 m:'~1liem·C;;'; or -:> tin .

· Tho iLe!:J in quest.J 1n shm-1s the finc-.1 ~L "E" of l'a-1-:: ~rl:.j n;:, (th:3 Engli .:J l-1 overprint} eompl<; i;-3-­

l y .:~l~sc.d ;,;:.s thc1 illu::>ti':/.:;i-::m iJ)d~~:::wtes .. A norJna1 ·copy of the ov'3r.prL1t3:.1 sb:r.p is also

Happily I · he:H"3 an f3ntire si1eet so I exam in (~ d it c::l::.'·:;:'u.l1y, hophlt; fo1~ :;on·­firrr.c. ':J:on of 11 c,;nstant 11

st.E.r~i.tS. E'J luck. Ei tl:ar thi :> one ·i s f ::' ·)l!i the other p&~1e- or mere1ji" ex:i.e s s ·ink.

f.u.t • I di·i Jeter-. IIc:1~~ ~,hat Po.s~~ tion ·:1umber 35 or. my sll':l'--: t ha s a ma j qr d~~sfig'~:'~~~. i_·)n of · t. h(-J sa:ne

(hl ·~ .

· flna ·1 11 ·"'n ·T'he lowc··;-· hc~·i z.on ·-" I str'~~;: ·.=:: is be:,·J. · '- _t;p~: .,: ,.J -::. b~ 0. 11+ 'J;)•;s ;~)J; · '1- ~;~ • <:,::.y•·L' ff> .j· t=: .>.] :,'1

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* CLUB- ADVISOR and 12-IPEX-70 Toastmaster,

. George I. Silberberg, announced the Twelfth Inmate · Philatelic Exhibition of the 906 Stamp Club during . a special Planning Committee meet-ing in the institutional school room, November 8, 1969. The Annual Ex­hibition will be Saturday, April 25, 1970.

12-IPEX-70 will commemorate the · "195th Anniversary of the United ·. States Postal System ~ July 26, 1715". The truly American system was set up by William Goddard with the first Continental Postmaster General, Ben Franklin. · Re­s~arch. is underway to present the full and comprehensive history of the

• establishing of the system.

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While .:·h=Jc ld ng the :iter"Ji> in my o .. m ealJ.e::: t-. io11 in FH1 atte::apt - ~;o · c c->nfir-m Bill 1 s st:Jd~~ I .found a ~ ·- erne~' co:r!;.ral hlock of four of the· Z,-:lhn ::i l:ist(~d ~To. 5? , pago 331 ., of the i m~ bl J.f~·-gx· ·:Pn d0fi.n~:ti:;Je, shc·,.J:i..ng this swn•? d::.sfig :_;~.,:rt:Lon ')n the fin~.l 1'E!!. Al n10st in­ent,ical to BilJis on tb-, · 1~-~S.t 7,wo st::1mps on the . shet'lt (Nos. 99 and J.I)Ci) ; u lso on No 87 bu-~ to n le33er deg.r0•:J. No. SS appe~rs to show -;:,ne F. i_n nor:ne.l ponit i ·:n; b1~t rtJit:h. the l1~t!ers ATJ~ ;,m·r D 'E t ~Led e ;_ tl:r:l:r:; :01 t the "tcp or bcttor:iJ or both.

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Ni1rr1·~: :-'Od.S ·vari•:;ti~~s, aJ}j e·o·~"· lbil1a-!Jio r.Ls appear

on the e~:-1y ove.rpri.nts; -w:t ·th brck('Cl11 : tied, and dnfo-rmed lettm·s of o(Ji:.h the A.r:;1:-{•: ancl E~-LLS l'l pc;;·tions o::" th;) _oyerprint . Y:mr ed-­itor h'" :3 rns de a pro l·::ng~d study of many o: -J:;h,'l~3e_ wbicb ',.:5 11 be the ba.3ls for a <~omp -:--e­

hens;_ve o\l.'t~.cl ·~ i::'l a fu.L1.u·e i:~sue . Gorni'iKmts f~()r:l Hl1t'r c f ·cu.r ·readers ·ar:; v;el~OiJJe .

P9r:J<\SX; some:>cl ~: can ~1elp Bill to detet~:ni .r.~_) the posit:Lon ,~na posc>ibl P consta11t st :=:~tus of th<'l elo~,·~d !IEH co·TU"l•3mor~ri:,iv8 ?

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THE PHILATELIC LI.TEI=IATURE -OF EGYPT

11AN ANNOTA.TEJ! RESEA.1}.CH BIBLJOGRA._r}IY"

By GOii.lXJN B. GA.RID:TT.

Wd.th valuable assistanee from GBARI.EH FOX

SECTION III · - THE DEFINI'I'JVF; ISSUES (Continued frwVol .. 2, No. 2.)

].00 MILLe_!IJ:J'H DOUflg_OVERflBJ~'I..AOQ~.IT~J2_ji§_QJ)':~I!JJ~ (1922) - Mcl\"EILI.E: D. & Egypt Study · CH·cle - Quarterly Circular, ESC, Vol. 1., No. 4, Pc.ge 7., Marc~, 1939

Its acceptance wit!: recording that is is'fron' one shgle sheet known •..

BROKENX_!..AG. V .@.IETX O~J_MILL - CR.QWN_QYEHPf.]!J.'r - RAEBUR.N, J. R. , QC - ESC, Vol. 1., · · Nci. 5, ·Page 5., August, 1939. A discussio11 of 3 block:.~ of Type III of

this variety as shcwn to the Circle in a desplay.

11CANCE~": O!il'...::TlijL9T!MPS OF_£;GYPl' - EID, M., 1'0?, Nou 111, Oct., 196.3, pp. 15'9-64. · Descrjptive materj_al on the unique precancel, presumal,Jy mane for vendir.g

machines. Alflo deals with the Royal proofs, "Cancelled on the reverse".

NO':::'ES AB..9B¥Qf.9GI.Q!fES ?~T_.QUELQQFS_ T~rBR.Ff_P.~_f~EMI~IOJ;J_)..2.M:._~J' 1921-.?.?- (F) - PIAT'l:OLI' . Maric, L10P; Vol. VIII, No. 88, Oct ... 1954, PP• 493-496. A good work,

in French; det~::~iljng the archaelcgical treasures depic:ted OH the De La Rue '.~: ,, and Harrison printirgs.. Seven interesting illustration~.

THE S_TAl'll?Jj:IQQJQ:ET~""J.'B.lNTEl~)__MJ]2_Pfi.ODliC_!i.:.P _ _IJ(En·YJ'I ..,; B01JLAD d 1 HUMIE.RES, JEAN, L'OP, #114, · ;: '! . Oct:~· 64 - Jan. 65, pp. 412-427,, .434· A comprehHnsive and valuable. Wbrk,

wel): illu.strated, with an excellent bil::liography wbich follm.Js in detail, ~ '· All cr~:idit for the compilation of this subject, as follows goes to the·

a,~thor, and to L10P, where it first apreared. AnnctaUcnB a:re those of

EGY'Pt.';· ~ ~f:Vri~,~~~r;., The soft cover bod:k put.J.isned in 1S'15 by Gibbom~ Ltd., Lcn-. don, p~ 54. · A bdef repcirt that booklets would be available in amounts

of 24 eac. with wax interleaving at a surcharge of 1 m. as of Dec., 1902.

EGYPI'.J!.NS1'~~!'-gQQ!Q.EJ'§ - Mackenzie Low, A. S., Q.C. (ESC), Vol. II, No. 10, March, 54, .· · ·. pp. 133-135. A. good work with (}peck li$t of all of the known it.ems wHh

., ·.·.descriptions and a mention of the· early 1903 booklet as MelvUle, above.

ANNUAL'Jlli~R~S Q}i' THE;[:_. p.!_Q. - QC, (ESC), VOL. II, No., 5, p. 57. a brief listing in the chronological order under 1903 that, the 5 m. was 1st issued, then in June of 1903, the 3 m •

. bl\:tA:Rt1E WAT~!lHAi?..KS ... HOUSTO:t\ 1 G. T., QC (ESC), Vol •. IV, No. 8, pp~ 105-107, Ja-nua1·y 1955. A good article on w.::Jterrr.arks with prcminemt r.eference .to the book­let .panes and the fact that it could only occur "sideways" on the pa-nes.

NEW IT.~S __ fCH_T~_RECOH.D - SMITH, PETER A. S., QC, (ESC)} VoJ .• ·v, No. 11/12, October, 1962, pp. 118 -12.1. Notes on a new find of the 3 m. Ol'ange Sphinx and Pyramid with the covers an" two stamps, alJ in a long article on other in-teresting fjnds. Notes on pages 120-:-21. ·

NOT~ FRQN' g. T. HOUSTON - QC, (ESC) ,.By the Editcr, Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 15, February, · 1963. Where Houston discusses addition oddities of the bockJets.

12.QP]:J,ET .PANES - d 1HUMIERES, J. B., L'OP, Vol. IV, No. 47, January, 1941. (F) •. Some notes ir. French. · Booklets discussed >-li th ot.her subjects. . Also in Vol. f"""'' IV, No. 48, October, 1941,~ (F).· More informative notes with o~.l:.er informa-tion," dealing particularly with the water·marks ~ pp. 14.9 -151.

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EGYPTIAN 'tOPICS' mttCE - AnlJ.r 1'170 No. 3

.. ······-- ..... ···.-:K'ING'-""FUAD" & "KING FAROUK - S'!'AMP :OOOKLE':'S - "CHAYTAP., mRAHlM, L'OP, VOL. IV,'"JNo."·52 .... " '"· _ PP9 356-358. October,-1945. ""·A :work for the student -with COl!lJ:let~ t~ble-c:'

r 1 " the. issues by controls, dates and quantities and diagran:s of the booklets~

NOUVEAU~ES DE i.•EgYPTJl; - (F)' d·'hllMIERES, J. B., L'OP, Vol. IV, No. 53, January:, 1946, ... , " ~ · p • .409. Some additional notes, ]:articularly concerning the 6 m. ·value·.".

COMt-OO;TS "" .- Hd-[.!Sl'oN, G. T., L'OP, Vol. IX, No. 94, April, 1956, pp. 359~361. As pub­lished in QC of Vol. IV, No. 44, previously listed.

ZEHERI CATALOGu"E ~---·(F). MAZLOUM, AHMED," 7th EditiOn published by S.P.E. "Henticn of the booklet panes have been Gotfined, fo~ the· most part, to the listing of the various wate::mark varieties as they occured on the stamps of booklet panes.

AUCTION CATALOGUE OF H._R. HAP.MER LTD., LO~WN - -THE> PALACE SAlE. February, ·1954 .. "

AUCTION CATALOGUE OF ROBSON LC\-IE LTD. , I.O~IDQ:\T - THE WILLH.M C. HINDE SALE. Oct.; 1957.

AUCTION CATALOGUE OF ROBSON J.OWE IJTS •• LOI-l'DON - THE WILLIAH BYAM SALE. _October, 1961.

DIE MAP..KENHEF:'CHE!~, KEHR.DP.UCK UND ZWISCHEI\STEGMAEKEN der SC:OO:IZ 1904 - l954:, " published ·by - Maison Ernst M~ller in_ Ba~?leo :

Additional items not chronicled in the above listings are:

EGYPTE - IES GARNETS DE TlMBRES-POSTE JMPRJMES ET CONFECTIONNES EN EGYPTE ->d-'hmiiERES~-• ". J. B., L10P N,o. 112, January, 1964, in French: pp. 261.:.. 277 •. ~o:npletely

"." · --· ··illustrated with a check list. A work well worth translatioA.:I:Cn.; -:the. ser.-""" ious student of. this neglect~d facet of our area.

ROGER.S BOOKIE'!' PA~;ES OF THE WOP.LD" - 1947. .Edition. One page of Egypt with obsolete pric-ing plus small inadequate illustrations. Little study value.

EGYPT ~AT "TIPEX" - .. FOX,. Charlef3, L10P, ·:,l~oo 29, -:July, 1936. ·-D~scriptive ·riotes: .. on~- the .. . ·r ·. _. . ; various Egyptian colJecticns shown -with some fine coi!'r:ents on the material.

· .. \ .. · ·· Valuable to the collector with exhibitions ·in mind . .---· , · ·' ····:..:-.: :, .... ~-·-

. ncANCELLED" - SAVJEZ:-VOUS QUE ••• ? - ,.. BOULAD, J., L'.OP, ·vol. III-, No. 32, April, ·19_37 (F) An early query conerning the "cancelled" on the 5 m. (SEE L'OP #111) •.

CONTROLS OF THE 1927- 36 ISSUE OF EGYPI' - McNEILLE, DouglE.s, . L10P,-Vol. III; No.- 32, · ·An excellent, illustrated work with a good check list •. pp.· 62 •63.- · '

NO'i'ES ON THE FUAD ISSUES OF EGl'PT 1.927-37 - EDWARDS, W. B.ucklanp, .. _ · L 10P~ Vol. III, No. 42, July, 1939, PP• 531 . .' Some interesting no.tes. on types and color -· varieties. Not illustrated.. . .

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EGYPI', 1923-24 - RETOUCHES AND FLAWS ~ :McNEILLE,)>quglas, L10P,_"Vol.·IV,-No. 45, pp. 8 -16, Jan-Mar •. 1940 _and Vola IV, No. 46, ·pp. 60-:62 •.. A complet'e il­lustrated work on this interesting iss·ue, ··well infom.ed "study-.-:A fine .ar­ticle and a "must" for the serious student. Not ·the ·same as Gibbons pri:Qt.

50 MILIS, VERTICAL PAIR WITH HEAVY RETOUCH - EG-zyT SruDY .CiRCLE~--- ·" QO'·~':>;:Voi~ ::]),:... • No. 2 p. 10. Some factual notes with a description o~·this .. variety .

. SHADES A1'D SCHEENS OF THE KING FCUAD ISSUES 1927 -1931 :._ SMITH, P:. A·., .-·r;~bP;:Vol~ ~zy~_, No. 45, · Jan-Mar., 1940, pp. 17.:19. Enlargement of the two screens used and a check· list by values~ dates and calor varieties. .. . , . ,

DES TETES- BECHES DE FOUAD Ier. - emission 1927 - DAZZI, Alfredo, L'OP, Vol." '8~ No ... 87., July, 1954, p. 398. (French) Descriptive article with a diagram of the positicns of the tete-beches en the sheet. . ..

DISCOVERY bF DOUBLE JMPRESSIONS OF EGYPTIAN PHOTOGRAVURE STAMPS - SMITH, P.·A.S. ;'.The . Egyptian Newsletter (Hinton), Vol. III; No. 12, October, 1959. A good article on this little knovtn variety, Factual information in support with a printing· diagram to· detern:ine ho-w it could occur in the printing proc.~ss.

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THE PHILATELIC LJTERATURE OF EG"Yf! - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Continued. • • )

THE 192.7 -36 ISSUE OF EGYPT - WAR.D, Gor·don M.D., The London Philatelist, Vol. LVII, »o. r-'\ No. 666, May, 1948, pp. 82-86, June, 1948, PP• 100-103, July, 1948, PP• 124-128, August, 1948, pp. 146 - 152. The masterwork on this issue and a must for the student. Fine illustrations, graphs, charts and complete descriptive material showing a long and ardous study by the author.

NEW Dm FOR THE 20 MILL - SEFI, A .• J., Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, February, 1929, A brief article of interest to the specialist.

SCREEN VARIETIES - GIBBO:\TS STAMP MO~"THLY :- ·August, 1939 .

THE 20TH CENTURY STAMPS Of_~GYPT - KEHR, Ernest, Booklet published by Chambers, 1942 An interesting chronicle on all of the production from 1900 through 1939 with the exceptior. of the coxnmemoratives. Includes :t=aragraph on bocklc:t panes. Well illustrated. Exceptionally detailed.

NEW COIDR FOR THE 20 MILLS - BOULAD, Jean, QC, (ESC), Vol. II, No. 7, p. 81, June, 1944 · A brief paragraph giving the new colors and control numbers.

IillL 5 MILLS OF THE 1927 - 37 ISSUE - WAP..D, Gordon, QC (E;SC), Vol. III No. 2, pp. 25- 28. A descriptive article by the expert on this issue; with:_d..i:agrams of the shading on the fpur types and factual details concerning differences in measurements (See 1967 Zeheri catalogue for varieties).

EGYPI' 1927-:...21 - WATSON, H. G., The·London Philatelist, Vol. XLI, No. 489, Sept., 1931, p. 176, Illustrated, the 5 mill value. A good work.

NOTE ON THE 1927 KING FAUD ISSUE ...,.. THE L.E. 1 VALUE - CHAF~'AH, Ibrahim, L'OP, No. 119 · January, April, 1968, pp. 1.3-15. Some notes on the closed "U" variety,

further notes on screens etc. on lower values, plus information on the ~ 500 Milliemes, pho:to va. litho, controls with chart. Very good.

THE KING FAUD FOii.TRAIT ISSUE OF 192~ - THE 5 MILLP-!MES VAbUE - REVELL, A. J., L'OP, No. 119, January-April, 1968, pp. 16- 39. A fine work on this issue, fully illustrated with full·page enlargements covering the full scope of the variations of this one denomination. Also QC, Vol. VI-6/7

~~~36 ISSUE - WARD, Gordon, QC, (ESC), Vol. III, No. 7, p. 87. Some corrections by Dr. Ward on his fine article which appeared in Vol. 57 of the L.P.

THE THffiD FAUD ISSUE - HOUSTON, G. T. , QC (ESC) , Vol •. IV, No. 5, pp.. 69- 70, December · 195.3. Comments two dies for the 5 m. value, also shades and controls.

I~ERTED WATERMARK O!:l..iQO_M:)';LL FOUAD - POLLAGK, F. W., QC (ESC) Vol. 5, l\To!5; .. 5/6, 1960 Comments that 200 copies must have originated. This copy is.us.ed.

1927KINGFAUD ISSUE- QC (ESC), Vol. VI, Nos. 6/?,.May, 1966, p. 63. Conunent.ona block of four of the L.E.l "without" the variety aeformed "U".

1927 - KIID FAUD ISSUE - NOTES ON THE HIGH Vl),~UES - CHAFTAR, I., QC, (ESC), Vol. 'VI, No. 10, March, 1968, pp. lOO - 102. A good work, similar to that in L10P No. 119,. listed above.

A PAIR OF ODDITIES - KNIGHT, K •. D., Egyptian Topics, Vol. 2, No. 2, Jan- Febr., 1970 Unusual crown overprint on type III, 50 Mill (1922) and 1923, 15 Mill on Perf., gummed, thick unwatermarked paper.

THE 13 MILL FAROUK - DJ:.SPUTED F]RsT DAY ? - BILLENS, W. F., Egyt/Top. Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 36, Mar/Apr~l, 1969, A short, illustraten article on cancellation prior to official date of issue. ~'

CROWN OVERPRINr VARIETY - BILLENS, W. F., Egyt/Top., Vol. I, No. 5, July/August, 1969, p. 79. Type III, 3 m. with an extra Arab:i.c dot. Illustrated.

EGYPTIAN TOPICS MAR.CH - APRIL 1970 No. 3.

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~~~IC/Al !<eYenue BY PETER R. FELTUS

In the early part of the 20th Century Egypt issued a s eries of genera l revenues, pr odu ced by surcharging the 11 no value" Official, (Zeheri #l, Scott 01) which first appeared on January l, 1893 in perfor.,tion ll~.

The normal ~Jaterm.a.rk of th~ or­lgin~l :).s.{l·u:e ii<Jaa Type rt:r, witn Star and ~re-scent. Though that official was first issued in 18-93, it was not until late 1914 that it was issued with the watermarks side1.tays (either left as Type V, or right, Type VI). It was on these stamps wit h the sideways watermarks thht: '.the revenue surcharges were applied.

The surcharges are in black and simply express the new va l ues in French and Arabic, illustra­ted on this sheet.

None of these s-tamps are parti­cul~rly scarce, though the two lo'.Jer values are much harder to .find than the higher values. I have yet to see any blocks of the lo'.ter values. I have nine documents of the Egyptian C us­toms Administration, dated from 1919 t hrough 1927 each of which bears three Piastres in value of these stamps (either a 3 PT. stamp singl e, or a combi nation of a l PT. and 2 PT. ) . I also have a cover of 1922 upon which one of the se of 3 PT. denomin­ation was used for postage.

7th A.S .D.A. WESTERN POSTAGE STAMP SHOW

MAY 15-17 1970 LOS ANGELES HI L TON 930 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CALIF .

Edltor 1 s note: From compa.riso ':1 Uith regularly listed emis sions in the standard catalogs it can read ily be ascer tained tha-~ i n­f ormation pertaining to pur pose and even usage of a great many of the newer issues and cannon­e-r '17t:tr:te·tiss is d·ifficult •.

Wl"th the exception o f' the .. '5a1% sta:nps a nd the f i seals used on parcel post label$, these adhe­sive s are not too common in the United States. 1,{nile many rev­enue collectors have expressed interest i n this area, l itt l e effort has gone in to research since Forbin 1 s Revenue Catalog was last printed in 1915 9 as it applied to- the Egyptian area .

The exception to this is Peter Feltus, t he author of this ser­ies of articles who, ove r the ~lst ten years has made an ex­haustive study of every avail­able type and Jrariety with much of the factual informat ion com­ing directly f ro:n our colleagues of the Philatelic Society b3 s­ed Cairo, and p-~rticularly from Dr. Sava Michel.

Searching records and compiling useful and factual data _even in Cairo appears to be a difficult undertaking and time con:=nmi ng.

The search goes on and as info­formation is received and eval­uated, it will be dul y reported in future articles by Feltus.

If you have knowledge that will assi st in this study v.1·2 ask that you contact Mr ~ Feltus or write t o the e@itpr of Topics~

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THE POSTAL MARKINGS OF EGYPT

Addenda. Sheet 5

R. Seymaur BlGmfield (ESC #15)

This sheet shews 15 new postmark types, all ef which are incomplete. Any help frem readers in completing these will be gre~tly appreciated. The Type Nos. are tentative - subject to pessible change ·befere the sheet is fina.lly relem.sea. My cemm.ents fellow, using the number.il).,upperleft cerner of the cuts fer referw ence; .? .

1. Cs.s-1~.2 - This is anether 11 SPECIE 11 type (see Cas-1~ & 1~.5 en Ca.s-Sh.2) They wre probably useci in connection with shipments of c0in.

2. RP1:)~1~~2·- Thill.is. sim.ila.r te RPS-1~ except the date is in English flilrm. rather than Ara.bic.

~. TP0-6.7- This is ri.nether TPO with a single te\m (see TP0 .. 2.~6,-2.55 1 -2o64, & -6.25). Maybe it was used Gn a river boat serving the Mansura area •

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4. GS-1 .. 1- This is the !lllllle as GS-l,but·with the star and crescent fa.eing te the ief't. I ha.ve enly seen it fer(Te)l-el-Kibir.

5• PPO...,~o~ ~This is an 6.dditien te the Centinental Hetel types shown in th~. a.rtcle by Jeari Beulaa ci~Htuuieres in L'O.P. #114.

6. PP-4.56 -- 11 D11 preba.bly stands f'er ieparture.

7• GS~22.5 . It seems that "INI 11 could only be cempleted as "INITIAL", but I.canrt figure the significance ef this.

8. Arr.-.?- This ne doubt read.s 11 Ha.i..oel-Ara.b, Pert-Said". There seems te be a. trace ef' an 11 A11 abeve the tep herizenta.l bar, se I have tentatively classed it a.s an Arrival marking.

9. Xli•l.6 -- Ca.ire, (Cit)atel. A branch P.O. type with both names eurvecio

10. ? -My French dictionary gives the meaning ef 11 Renseignement" a.s: Indication; hint, int'or:aa.ticm, intelligence - plural: reference. This weuld. likely f'a.ll intlil a. new type group --perhaps 11 Reference Service". Ha.s anyene any suggestions en this?

11. ? -This is anether puzzler. What ches c.o.s. stand f'or? The "S 11 iS quite clear on my exa.mple, but the first aight be "G 11 and the second might be 11 011 er "G".

12. GS-2~ --This must rea.i "Survey of Egypt".

1~ 1 14 & 15 --These just require completion. #15 shows an a.bbreviatien fer ·Station and. has the Arabic fer statien at the bettom.. Alexandria would. preb­ably fit the bl&.nk spa.ce.

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UNDTIED ARAB THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PA~LIAMEliTARIANS ON THE MIDDLE EAST CRISES o ••

This Commemmorative was issued February 2nd in coni unction with Conference. The PostaL · Authority advises th~ Conference was deemed necessary in June, 1969 and set· for Feb. 2nd through the 5th, 1970, based on the folloH­ing resolution of the preparatory committee

M I C EAST CONFERENCE

The Israeli agression on the Arab Countries on the 5th of June, 1967, resulting in the occupation of Israel to territories of the Arab countries members of the U.N. Israel's refusal to implement the Security Council resolution that forces her withdrawal of ' these territories and lays the basis for a peaceful settlement of this problem, meas­ures of collective terrorism used against the Arab popullltion in the occupied territ ­ories: Israel 1 s refusal to execute t he re­solutions calling on her to cease practic­ing terrorism against the Arab civilians and to abstain from taking any measures tending to change the situation in the occupied zreas, particularly Jerusalem and its sac­red places ; All this has created a very

· critical situation that represents a threat to pea8e not only in the Middle East b~t in the entire world.

Realizing how da ,'1gerous and critical this situation is, and how important to reach a j':1st and acceptable settlement to the crises a pre¥lratory committee comprised of dele -gates from various countries met in June o.f 1969 t~ call for this International Confer­ence of Parliamentarians.

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ELIMINATION OF

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

DA1'E OF ISSUE: DE NOMINATIO N: DESIGN:

DIMENSIONS: PERFO RA 1' IO N: SHEET: WATERMARK: PRINTING :

CONTROL: QUANTITY:

DATE OF ISSUE: DENOMINATION: DESIGN:

DIMENSIONS: PER.:FDRA'J' ION: SHEET: WATERMARK: PRINTING:

. CO:t-I"TROL:

.QUANTITY:

2 February, 1970 20 Mills

The Parliament, t he Globe, a n olive branch, !lnd the

Scales of Justice 25 x 42 mm.

11 1/2 50 Stamps (5 x 10)

. . Multiple Eagle Rotogravure - Postal Organi­zation Printing House U.A.R. Date issued & serial number

1,500,000 Stamps

NOV.

21 March, 1970 20 + 10 Nilis

Three h~?ads, yellow, white and broHn, with emblem

25 x 42 mm. 11 1/2

50 Stamps (5 x 10) · Multiple Eagle

Rotogr avure - Posta 1 Organ­ization PI·inting House - UAR Date issued & serial number

No information