Egyptian Industry and Manufacturing

Egyptian Industry and Manufacturing

Year
1958
Face Value
5
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Sites and landscapes

Catalogs References

Michel
EG-PS 92X
Yvert & Tellier
EG-PS 59

Technical Details

Colors
Dark brown
Size
25 x 31 mm
Perforation
14
Printing
Photogravure
This regular definitive issue shifts focus from agriculture to modernization by presenting a stark industrial silhouette.The design features factories, smoking smokestacks, and a large mechanical gear wheel dominating the center, carrying a clear theme of national industrialization and manufacturing progress. Repurposed for the Gaza Strip administration, this 5-millieme stamp bears the red, bilingual overprint "PALESTINE / فلسطين" to authorize local postal transit.