TYPE IVa Interpostals January 1868
Kehr describes the Type IVa seals as follow:
Inscribed “POSTE YICE REALI EGIZIANE” in white letters on a background of cross-hatching around the top arch; and town name in coloured letters around bottom of the same arch-panel. The whole enclosed by a circular frame of thick, thin and thick lines and finally, around outside, a double-thick line measuring 39 mm in diameter. The Arabic inscription, "Busta Masrieh Mirieh" - which means Official Egyptian Mail - is arranged in three lines in the centre in coloured lettering on a background of fine vertical lines. Printed in black on tinted paper, except as noted.
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- The letter 0 in POSTE, is round.
- The letter G in EGIZIANE, is shaped more like a C
The 1915 O. May Catalog describes Type IVa issue in more detail below:
Letter 0 is oval, and G poorly shaped, thus : " G " ; inscription is in thicker lettering, with less space between words : e.g., 1.5 mm. between " VICE " and " REALI ".
According to O. May, these seals were in circulation from 1869 to 1874 .
...Kehr records a total of 136 varieties in the type iv a seal, listed below with link to pictures from our collection
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LINK TO PICTURE |
TYPE 4A - KEHR CATALOG NUMBER |
COLOR |
VALUE (1984) |
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107 |
Alessandretta |
on pearl-gray |
£ 8.00 |
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107a |
Alessandretta |
on white |
£ 8.00 |
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107b |
Alessandretta |
on purple |
£12.00 |
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107c |
Alessandretta |
on greenish |
£12.00 |
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107d |
Alessandretta |
on bluish |
£12.00 |
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108 |
Alessandria (name is 24mm long) |
on lilac-rose |
£ 4.00 |
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| picture |
108a |
Alessandria (name is 24mm long) |
on white |
£ 5.00 |
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108b |
" (26 mm) |
on lilac-rose |
£ 5.00 |
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108c |
" (26.5 mm ) |
on gray |
£ 4.00 |
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108d |
" (24mm) |
on gray |
£ 5.00 |
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109 |
Atfe |
on bistre |
£ 4.00 |
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109a |
Atfe |
on buff |
£ 4.50 |
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109b |
Atfe |
on green |
£ 5.00 |
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109c |
Atfe |
on magenta |
£ 6.00 |
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109d |
Atfe |
on white |
£ 8.00 |
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109e |
Atfe |
on dark blue |
£10.00 |
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| picture |
110 |
Benha |
on brown |
£ 4.00 |
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111 |
Bairouth |
violet on white |
£15.00 |
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111a |
Bairouth |
violet on lilac |
£15.00 |
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111b |
Bairouth |
violet on greenish |
£20.00 |
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112 |
Bilbes |
on blue |
£ 4.00 |
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113 |
Birket-el-Sab |
on gray |
£ 4.00 |
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113a |
Birket-el-Sab |
on green |
£ 5.00 |
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113b |
Birket-el-Sab |
on purple |
£10.00 |
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114 |
Cairo (heavy letters ,20 mm long) |
on red-brown |
£ 4.00 |
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114a |
" (thin letters,16mm long ) |
on red-brown |
£ 4.00 |
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115 |
Cavalla |
chocolate on white |
£10.00 |
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115a |
Cavalla |
chocolate on greenish |
£12.00 |
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115b |
Cavalla |
chocolate on rose |
£15.00 |
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116 |
Damanhour |
on bistre |
£ 4.00 |
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117 |
Damiata |
on pea green |
£ 4.00 |
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117a |
Damiata |
on yellow-green |
£ 4.00 |
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117b |
Damiata |
on dark green |
£ 5.00 |
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117c |
Damiata |
on blue |
£ 6.00 |
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117d |
Damiata |
on violet |
£ 6.00 |
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117e |
Damiata |
on slate |
£ 4.00 |
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118 |
Dardanelli |
on lemon-buff |
£10.00 |
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118a |
Dardanelli |
on slate |
£12.00 |
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118b |
Dardanelli |
on magenta |
£15.00 |
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118c |
Dardanelli |
on green |
£15.00 |
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119 |
Desuk |
on gray |
£ 4.00 |
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119a |
Desuk |
on white |
£ 4.50 |
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119b |
Desuk |
on blue |
£ 6.00 |
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119c |
Desuk |
on purple |
£ 7.50 |
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119d |
Desuk |
on lilac-rose |
£ 7.50 |
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120 |
El Gisr |
on pink |
£ 4.00 |
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120a |
El Gisr |
gray on pink |
£ 5.00 |
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120b |
El Gisr |
on purple |
£10.00 |
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120c |
El Gisr |
on gray |
£ 7.50 |
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121 |
Embabe |
on pale rose |
£ 4.00 |
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121a |
Embabe |
on gray |
£ 5.00 |
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122 |
Galiub |
on brown |
£ 4.00 |
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123 |
Galipoli |
yellow-green on white |
£10.00 |
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123a |
Galipoli |
blue-green on white |
£12.00 |
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123b |
Galipoli |
yellow-green on lilac |
£15.00 |
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123c |
Galipoli |
yellow-green on greenish |
£16.00 |
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124 |
Ghisa |
on gray |
£ 4.00 |
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124a |
Ghisa |
on blue-gray |
£ 4.50 |
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*124b |
Ghisa |
on pale green |
- |
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124c |
Ghisa |
on magenta |
£10.00 |
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125 |
Ismailia |
on blue |
£ 4.00 |
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126 |
Jaffa |
blue on white |
£50.00 |
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127 |
Kafr-el-Dauar |
on blue |
£ 5.00 |
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128 |
Kafr-el-Zayat |
on magenta |
£ 6.00 |
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128a |
Kafr-el-Zayat |
on dark blue |
£ 6.00 |
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128b |
Kafr-el-Zayat |
on lilac-rose |
£ 4.00 |
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129 |
Kantara |
on yellow |
£ 4.00 |
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129a |
Kantara |
on buff |
£ 4.00 |
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129b |
Kantara |
on rose |
£ 5.00 |
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129c |
Kantara |
on green |
£10.00 |
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130 |
Kilometro 83 |
on pale yellow |
£ 6.00 |
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130a |
Kilometro 83 |
on buff |
£ 8.00 |
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130b |
Kilometro 83 |
on white |
£10.00 |
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130c |
Kilometro 83 |
on blue |
£12.00 |
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130d |
Kilometro 83 |
on pink |
£15.00 |
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131 |
Lagos |
chestnut on white |
£10.00 |
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131a |
Lagos |
chestnut on greenish |
£12.00 |
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131b |
Lagos |
chestnut on rose |
£12.00 |
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131c |
Lagos |
black on white |
£20.00 |
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*132 |
Latachia |
rose on white |
- |
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133 |
Magaga |
on yellow |
£ 4.00 |
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*133a |
Magaga |
on red |
- |
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133b |
Magaga |
on green |
£ 5.00 |
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133c |
Magaga |
on brown |
£ 5.00 |
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133d |
Magaga |
on white |
£ 8.00 |
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134 |
Mahalla |
on brown |
£ 5.00 |
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134a |
Mahalla |
on orange |
£4.00 |
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134b |
Mahalla |
on buff |
£ 6.00 |
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134c |
Mahalla |
on green |
E 7.50 |
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134d |
Mahalla |
on magenta |
£10.00 |
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134e |
Mahalla |
on yellow |
£ 6.00 |
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135 |
Mahallet Roh |
on bistre |
£ 4.00 |
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135a |
Mahallet Roh |
on magenta |
£10.00 |
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136 |
Mansura |
on gray white |
£ 4.00 |
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136a |
Mansura |
on gray-brown |
£ 4.50 |
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136b |
Mansura |
on pale blue |
£ 7.50 |
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137 |
Medinet el Faium |
on gray-lilac |
£ 5.00 |
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137a |
Medinet el Faium |
on gray-white |
£ 6.00 |
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138 |
Metelino |
red on white |
£10.00 |
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138a |
Metelino |
red on rose |
£12.00 |
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138b |
Metelino |
red on greenish |
£15.00 |
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139 |
Minet-el-Gam |
on bistre |
£ 5.00 |
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139a |
Minet-el-Gam |
on pale rose |
£ 5.00 |
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139b |
Minet-el-Gam |
on green |
£ 6.00 |
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139c |
Minet-el-Gam |
on yellow-buff |
£ 6.00 |
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140 |
Porto Said |
on green |
£ 4.00 |
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140a |
Porto Said |
on pale blue |
£ 4.50 |
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140b |
Porto Said |
on bright blue |
£ 5.00 |
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140c |
Porto Said |
on gray |
£ 5.00 |
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140d |
Porto Said |
on purple |
£10.00 |
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141 |
Ramle |
on bistre |
£ 4.00 |
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141a |
Ramle |
on dark blue |
£ 5.00 |
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141b |
Ramle |
on magenta |
£10.00 |
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142 |
Salonicco |
red on white |
£10.00 |
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142a |
Salonicco |
red on greenish |
£20.00 |
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142b |
Salonicco |
red on azure |
£20.00 |
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143 |
Samanud |
on rose-lilac |
£ 4.00 |
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143a |
Samanud |
on gray-lilac |
£ 5.00 |
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144 |
Scibin-el-Anater |
on blue |
£ 5.00 |
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145 |
Scio |
lemon on white |
£10.00 |
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145a |
Scio |
lemon on azure |
£15.00 |
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146 |
Suez |
on light blue |
£ 4.00 |
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147 |
Tanta |
on deep blue |
£ 4.00 |
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147a |
Tanta |
on dark blue |
£ 5.00 |
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148 |
Tenedos |
orange on white |
£ 8.00 |
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148a |
Tenedos |
orange on greenish |
£12.00 |
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149 |
Took |
on rose-lilac |
£ 4.00 |
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149a |
Took |
on gray |
£ 6.00 |
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| picture |
150 |
Uasta |
on pale rose |
£ 4.00 |
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150a |
Uasta |
on dark green |
E 6.00 |
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150b |
Uasta |
on lilac-rose |
£ 5.00 |
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151 |
Volo |
green on white |
£10.00 |
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| picture |
151a |
Volo |
green on greenish |
£12.00 |
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151b |
Volo |
green on rose |
£15.00 |
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152 |
Zagazig |
on yellow-green |
£ 4.00 |
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152a |
Zagazig |
on green |
£ 5.00 |
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152b |
Zagazig |
on pale blue |
£ 6.00 |
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