Egypt Stamps

A specialised group for collection and research into all aspects of Egyptian stamps and postal history. UK-based with 200 members worldwide, publishing quarterly journal and running two auctions annually.

Scanned album pages from the worldwide stamp collection of Antonius Ra.

An overview of Egyptian postal history by by Samir Raafat.

Scans of classic stamps of Egypt in the Sandafayre Rare Stamp Gallery.

Private labels put out by the SCC in 1868 to pay for carrying letters through the Canal. They only lasted for a few months, but, presumably because of their rarity and relative crudity of design, were heavily forged. Find out how to tell the good guys from the bad.

This exhibit comprises postage stamps of the Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1953), one of the first to employ photogravure as a method of stamp printing and a pioneer in the use of Airmai. The exhibit is by Panayotis D. Cangelaris.

Stamps of Egypt - from Delcampe

Stamps of Egypt - from Stanley Gibbons Marketplace (UK)

Egypt covers - from Jim Forte Postal History (USA)