Egypt 1953 New Definitive Series

• Issue Date : 23rd January 1953 (Except as noted below stamps)
• Designed by :
• Printed by : Survey Department, Cairo
• Print Process : Photogravure
• Sheet Format: 100 (10 by 10) Except Airmail in Sheets of 50 (5 by 10)
• Stamp Sizes: Small Format 21mm x 25mm & Larger Format 25mm x 30mm. Airmail are 42mm x 26mm
• Perforation: Small Format are 13½ Large Format 14 x 13½ & Airmail are 13 x 13½
• Watermarked: Crown and Arabic 'F' Multiple [Up]

Small Format

• Agriculture

• Defence

Defence

Defense 17th AUG 53

Larger Format

• Image of Sultan Hussein Mosque in Cairo

30m

32m

35m - 1955

37m - 1956

40m

50m

• Image of Queen Nefertiti

100m

200m

500m

£E1

Air Mail

• Douglas Dakota Aircraft over Delta Barrage

Watermark

Plate Blocks

File:Egypt 1953 -Definitives - PB100.jpg 100m x 4

200m x 4

100m x 4

200m x 4

Sheet

10m x 100