Kingdom of Egypt Postage Due Issue - 4 millieme

Kingdom of Egypt Postage Due Issue - 4 millieme

Year
1927
Face Value
4
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Postal

Catalogs References

Michel
EG P32a
Stanley Gibbons
EG D175

Technical Details

Colors
Yellow green
Size
22 x 26 mm
Perforation
13 x 13½
Printing
Lithography
Printers
Survey Department, Cairo
his specialized stamp focuses on the institutional organization, financial accounting, and regulatory compliance of the Egyptian postal system by serving as a postage due indicator (A Percevoir / Ujrat Mustahaqqa). The design features a large Arabic numeral four ($\varepsilon$) at its center, surrounded by an oval band displaying the denomination in French. Symmetrically framed by traditional papyrus stalks in the inner corners, the piece carries a clear message of bureaucratic efficiency, civic order, and administrative discipline, ensuring the state collected exact revenues for underpaid mail logistics.