ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Virtual Stamp Collection"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Stamps, Stamp Collecting, Philately, Egypt, pyramids"> <TITLE>Egypt</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="goldbg.jpg"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="1200" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="70%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><IMG SRC="vsctitle.jpg" ALT="Virtual Stamp Collection"></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="_top"> <table border="0" bgcolor="#D4B775"> <tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" align="left" height="32"> <a href="http://www.google.com/"> <img src="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_25gry.gif" border="0" alt="Google" align="middle"></img></a> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="www.groseducationalmedia.ca"></input> <label for="sbi" style="display: none">Enter your search terms</label> <input type="text" name="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" id="sbi"></input> <label for="sbb" style="display: none">Submit search form</label> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" id="sbb"></input> </td></tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <table> <tr> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="" checked id="ss0"></input> <label for="ss0" title="Search the Web"><font size="-1" color="#000000">Web</font></label></td> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="www.groseducationalmedia.ca" id="ss1"></input> <label for="ss1" title="Search www.groseducationalmedia.ca"><font size="-1" color="#000000">www.groseducationalmedia.ca</font></label></td> </tr> </table> <input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-1831251983654910"></input> <input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="safe" value="active"></input> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en"></input> </td></tr></table> </form> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><P ALIGN=CENTER> <Font size=+2>Pictorial Definitives of 1914</FONT> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="egypt1.jpg" ALT="Pictorial Definitives"> <BR><Font size=-1> Pictorial Definitive Designs.</FONT></P> <P><B> The stamps reproduced above depict boats on the Nile, Cleopatra, Ras-el-Tin Palace, the Pyramids at Giza, the Sphinx, the Colossi of Thebes, the Pylon of Karnak and the Temple of Khonsu, the Citadel at Cairo, the Rock Temple of Abu Simbel and Aswan Dam. </P> <P><B> On January 8, 1914 Egypt issued this set of 10 pictorial definitives with a star and crescent watermark. In 1921-1922 it was reissued with a triple crescent and star watermark and additional designs. In 1922 this latter issue was overprinted with a crown and an Arabic inscription "The Egyptian Kingdom, March 15, 1922" commemorating the proclamation of the Egyptian monarchy. </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="egypt2.jpg" ALT="Proclamation of Egyptian Monarchy"> <BR><Font size=-1> On October 10, 1922 the pictorial defintives were issued with<BR> overprints commemorating the proclamation of the Egyptian monarchy.</FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="20%"><CENTER> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-1831251983654910"; //120x600, created 1/2/08 google_ad_slot = "4859448903"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </CENTER></TD></TR> </TABLE> </P> <HR>Bibliography<BR><BR></CENTER> Kloetzel, James E. "Egypt." <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/dp/0894874179/groseeducational"><I>2009 Standard Stamp Catalogue.</I></A> 2008.<BR><BR> <HR><P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="450" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="33%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/ecuador1.html"><IMG SRC="bwd.jpg"></A></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/ecuador1.html">Backward</A></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="34%"><P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/"><IMG SRC= "home.jpg"></A></P> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/">Virtual Stamp Collection <BR>Index</A></TD> <TD WIDTH="33%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><a HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/estonia1.html"><IMG SRC="fwd.jpg"></A></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/estonia1.html">Forward</A></P></TD></TR> </TABLE> </P> <CENTER><HR>&copy; Grose Educational Media, 2009<br><HR> </center> </BODY> </HTML>