Agriculture Stamp Overprinted for Palestine - 2  millieme

Agriculture Stamp Overprinted for Palestine - 2 millieme

Year
1955
Face Value
2
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
agriculture

Catalogs References

Michel
EG-PS 71
Yvert & Tellier
EG-PS 40
Stanley Gibbons
EG-PS 70

Technical Details

Colors
violet
Size
22 x 26 mm
Printing
Photogravure
This stamp, originally issued by the Kingdom of Egypt to honor rural labor, features a proud Egyptian farmer (fellah) carrying a traditional hoe across his shoulder, set against an oasis village background with a prominent date palm.Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Egyptian forces assumed administrative control over the Gaza Strip, prompting the military authority to apply the bilingual overprint "PALESTINE / فلسطين" onto existing Egyptian definitive stocks.