XIIth Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition in Cairo - 100 millieme

This stamp commemorates a landmark event in Egypt's mid-century economic development, modern infrastructure, and national pride: the 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition held in Cairo in 1926. The scene depicts a traditional Egyptian farmer (fellah) guiding a wooden plow drawn by a pair of oxen through a fertile field, carrying a powerful theme of agricultural continuity, local crafts, and resource management along the Nile basin. The illustration projects a message of technological transition and productivity, celebrating the bedrock of the country's rural economy while simultaneously promoting state-led industrial progress and agrarian reform under the Kingdom's modernizing institutions.