Egypt Stamps

I have a very small collection of these stamps of Egypt. However as always these are arranged in order of date and year of issue. You may want to have a look at my stamps of the UAR too.

Modern Egypt was a part of Turkey until 1914 when a British protectorate was declared over the country and the Khedive was deposed in favor of Hussein Kamil under the title of sultan. In 1922 the protectorate ended and the reigning sultan was declared king of the new monarchy. Egypt became a republic on June 18, 1953. Egypt merged with Syria in 1958 to form the United Arab Republic. Syria left this union in 1961. In 1971 Egypt took the name of Arab Republic of Egypt.

1969-70: 7 stamps in this series . Designs include a pyramid, mosques, forts and a side view of King Khafre. The two that I have,
5m, Al Azhar Mosque.
10m, Luxor Temple

1972-76: Set of 17. Four in my collection as of now.
10m, King Sethos or Seti I
20m, El Foutah Gate, Cairo,
55m, Sphinx and Pyramid
100m, Cairo Mosque

1972: Complete set of 3

30m, Al Azhar Mosque and St. Georges church

85m, Temples at Abu Simbel

110m, Pyramids at Giza

1978-82: Three out of the complete set of 5

45m, 60m, Plane over Giza

140m, Plane over boats on Nile

1978-85: Tourist Set. Stamps depict all the reasons you need to plan Egypt holidays.

1980, Mar. 10, Complete set, UNESCO campaign to save Nubian monuments, 20th anniversary. Shown on stamps are Temples of Philae, Kalabsha, Korasy.

1981, July 15: Afghan solidarity (semi-postal)

1981, July 23, Another set of two in the first row of the first sheet below. July 23rd Revolution, 29th anniv.; Social Defense year

1989-91: Four out of the complete set of 11

1993-99: Artifacts

2001, July 28, Set of two, 

Aziz Abaza Pasha (1898-73), blue background

Ahmed Rami (1892-1981), pink background.

 2000-2002: New Pharaonic issue of wall scenes, artefacts and monuments from the era.

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Cover - Canada

A great cover again from Johanne from Canada. The pen cancels have become a regular thing now and I get this one from Canada too. So far they would come from Great Britain. Nonetheless a lovely cover and many thanks to Johanne.

The stamps are a complete set of self adhesives from 2001 depicting various hot air balloons.

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Cover - Slovakia

My only other cover from Slovakia and unfortunately tampered with / damaged in transit. The stamps on the cover are intact though.

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My stamps of the beautiful Switzerland - Pt 2

In continuation to my last post, here are the rest of the stamps from my swiss stamps collection. These are from 1991 onwards.

1991-95: Mountain Lakes
1999, Mar. 9: Comic Book, “Les Amours de Monsieur Vieux Bois,” by Rodolphe Topffer (1799-1846), booklet stamps

2000, Mar. 7: Swiss souvenirs
2002, Sept. 17: Insects
2002-05: Minerals
2003-05: Medicinal Plants
2003-04: Swiss Designs. One missing stamp of the Zipper.
15c, Rex potato peeler, 1947, designed by Alfred Neweczeral.
85c, Station clock, 1944, designed by Hanls Hilfiker.
100c, Le Fauteuil Grand Confort (black armchair), 1928, designed by Le Corbusier.
100c, Landi chair (aluminum Stamp chair), 1938, designed by Hans Coray.

2004, May 6: Europa
2007, Apr. 10: Roger Federer. One of my favourite stamps

2011, Nov. 22: This beautiful set of christmas stamps is a wonderful representation of the season there. Makes you want to be in Switzerland in one of those quaint Zermatt chalets, it's pathways lined with snow, the clean and crisp mountain air and a roaring fire and star-lit sky.

Finally the semi-postals stocked separately .

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My stamps of the beautiful Switzerland - Pt 1

Switzerland!! One of the most sought after holiday destinations in the world. With scenic peaks, valleys, villages and lakes, it is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe and the world. For me....I am into this  beautiful country also for its stamps, and here are the ones that I have been able to collect so far. The stamps are as beautiful as the country itself and come in all kinds of varieties: embroidered, wood, odd shapes etc.

Only one stamp each of William tell and his son from early 1900s.
1949, Aug. 1: Technology and Landscape Definitives
Three stamps from this series of 12 stamps. I have the 20c stamp here which has at least two variants. Will do a separate post on it some other time.
1960-63: Messengers and Buildings Defintives
Again only a few from the set of 22. For more in detail on these definitives will do in the separate post.

 

1961, Sept. 18: Evangelists. Complete set. 

3fr, St. Matthew and angel.

5fr, St. Mark and winged lion.

10fr, St. Luke and winged ox

20fr, St. John and eagle

Designs are after 15th century wood carvings from St. Oswald’s church, Zug.

1969, Sept. 18: Kreuzberge, Alpstein mountains

1970, Sept. 17: Piz Palu, Grisons. Swiss Alps.

1973-80: Villages and churches definitives

1977-84: Folk customs definitives. This is a almost near complete set with only two stamps missing from the set of 13

1982, Feb. 18: Locomotives. Both se-tenant with label showing workers’ monument. Have only the steam locomotive one with the label
1982-86: Signs of the Zodiac and City Views.


1986-89: Mail distribution

1991, Feb. 22
Swiss Confederation, 700th anniv.
Swiss Parliament, US Capitol.

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Cover - Sweden

I received this cover from Sweden just yesterday and I like it a lot especially the cancellation on it. Thanks Rune.

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Singapore Revisited

Last time I posted on my collection of Singaporean stamps, I had put up a post on the odd shaped Orangutan, Care for nature stamps of the country. Well this time around, as I was shuffling through my Asian stamps collection, I knew I had to put up other stamps of this country on the blog.

A little history as usual before I start with the stamps....

Singapore, Malacca and Penang were the British settlements which, together with the Federated Malay  States, composed the former colony of Straits Settlements. On April 1, 1946, Singapore became a separate colony when the Straits Settlements colony was dissolved. Malacca and Penang joined the Malayan Union, which was renamed the Federation of Malaya in 1948. In 1959 Singapore became a state with internal self-government. 

Singapore joined the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 and withdrew in 1965.

And now...the stamps,

1955, Sept. 4: Queen Elizabeth II, Traditional and mordern transportation tools

1962, Mar. 31: Fish, Orchids and Birds

1968, Dec: Folk Dance and Musical Instruments

1973: Stylized flowers & fruit

1977: Sea shells & marine life

1980: Ships & Boats definitives. I have most of the stamps from the set and ofcourse the most wanted ones, high values, are already there.

1990, July 4: Singapore tourism. Low value definitives. Only 2 from the set of 9 stamps.
1991, July 1: From the set of 4 on Civilian Airports. Paya Lebar. Factfile: From 1979 to 1980, British Airways, in conjunction with Singapore Airlines, began flights to Singapore in supersonic Concords from London's Heathrow Airport, to Paya Lebar Singapore.

Few from recent years.

1997 Transport Definitives - High Values

2007 Flora & Fauna Definitives

2010 Know 10 Trees

2011
Spices
Endangered Animal - Oriental Small-Clawed Otter

Pond Life

National Day - Areas of Historical Significance

Miniature Sheets
1984, Aug. 9: 25th anniv. of self-government.
The stamps and sheet were issued to commemorate Singapore’s 25 Years of Nation Building (1959 – 1984).

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Cover - Myanmar

Suddenly covers from Myanmar seem to be coming by the dozen...just exaggerating but this is my fourth in quick time. And Nanda sent me this lovely aerogramme along with too.

This cover is also one of the few Ive received with so many stamps on them. This one's got 9 all different and two of them have been pen cancelled.

Here's the aerogramme,

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Cover - Cuba, Country #67

One more new addition to the country list of countries Ive received covers from. CUBA. It took more than 2 months for it to arrive though. Lovely stamps and so far I have been always getting hands on CTOs of Cuban stamps. These are the first real used stamps now that I have.

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