Agriculture Stamp Overprinted for Palestine - 4  millieme

Agriculture Stamp Overprinted for Palestine - 4 millieme

Year
1955
Face Value
4
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
agriculture

Catalogs References

Michel
EG-PS 73
Yvert & Tellier
EG-PS 42
Stanley Gibbons
EG-PS 72

Technical Details

Colors
Blue green
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.