International Railway Congress in Cairo - 15 millieme

International Railway Congress in Cairo - 15 millieme

Year
1933
Face Value
15
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Exhibition

Catalogs References

Michel
EG 162
Yvert & Tellier
EG 148
Stanley Gibbons
EG 191

Technical Details

Colors
violet
Size
43 x 26 mm
Perforation
13½ x 13
Printing
Lithography
Printers
Harrison & Sons Ltd.
This stamp commemorates a major gathering of global transit and engineering networks: the International Railway Congress held in Cairo in 1933. The design features a highly detailed illustration of an early steam locomotive from 1852, marking the foundational dawn of rail transit in Egypt—which was the first country in Africa and the Middle East to establish a standard-gauge railway system.