International Navigation Congress in Cairo - 5 millieme

Year

1926

Face Value

Mint Value

Used Value

Print Run

297500

Themes

Exhibition

Catalogs References

Michel

EG 109

Yvert & Tellier

EG 108

Stanley Gibbons

EG 139

Technical Details

Colors

brown

Size

42 x 26 mm

Perforation

13½

Printing

Lithography

Printers

Survey Department, Cairo

This stamp commemorates a prominent event in Egypt's modern diplomatic history and maritime identity: the International Navigation Congress held in Cairo in 1926. The subject centers on a highly detailed illustration of an ancient Egyptian seafaring vessel from the fleet of Queen Hatshepsut, specifically modeled after the famous reliefs at Deir el-Bahari detailing the historic 15th-century BCE trade expedition to the Land of Punt.