Egypt 1914 Definitives - Egyptian History (issue 1)

• Issue Date: 08 January 1914
• Designed by: De la Rue
• Watermark: Star & Crescent
• Print Process: Typography
• Sheet Format:
• Stamp Size : 24.5mm x 20.5 mm (1m to 10m); 24mm x 30mm (20m to 200m)
• Perforations: 14.0
• Catalogue N°s: Yvert 44-55, SG 73-82
• Similar Set was produced later by Harrison and Sons. For details Click on: Egypt 1921-1922 Definitives - Egyptian History (issue 2)

Sheet Stamps

• Shades Exist

	Dhow, Felucca or Gyassa	Cleopatra IX	Palace Kasr Ras-el-Tin, Alexandria
Great Pyramids at Giza	Sphinx	Colissi of Memnon
Great Pylon - Temple of Karnak	Citadel of Cairo by Saladin	Abou-Simbel	Aswan Dam

Variety

Lower Right Stamp Missing 2 Dots in RH Panel at Top Cancelled at Cairo on 20th April 1908

Used stamps

• Shades Exist

1m Sepia - DAWAWIN - Cairo

2m Green - Alexandria

3m Yellow Orange - Cairo

4m Vermilion - Alexandria

5m Carmine - Cairo Postmark

10m Carmine - Alexandria

20m Olive Green -Cairo Postmark

50m Lilac - Cairo Postmark

100m Black

200m Maroon - Cairo Postmark

Trial Printings

gummed paper, plate number, without watermark

1 M - Dhow on the Nile	2 M - Relief of Queen Cleopatra from the temple of Dendera (69 to 30 BC)
3 M - Ras-el-Tin-Palace in Alexandria	4 M - The Great Pyramids at Giza (c. 2560-2500 BC)
5 M - Sphinx at Giza (c. 2530 BC)	10 M - Memnons-Colossi, Thebes, western Nile River (c. 1380 BC)

Printers Presentation Sheet

De La Rue Printer's Presentation sheet

100 M - Great rock temple of Abu Simbel (c. 1250 BC)