TYPE Vb, 1874-1876
Inscribed, POSTE KHEDEUIE EGIZIANE in colorless letters around the top arch of a circular panel against a background of fine cross-hatching. At bottom arch of same circular panel is the name of the town, in colored letters against a white background. In centre, in colored Arabic letters against a background of fine vertical lines is Busta/Khedywieh/Masrieh. (Meaning “ Khedival Egyptian Post” 39 mm in diameter.
Same inscriptions as the other Type V with following differences :-
- S of POSTE is grotesque; top and bottom curves are farthicker than centre.
- D of KHEDEUIE is slender.
- Dot is at the tip of the Arabic "re".
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KEHR CATALOG NUMBER |
COLOR |
VALUE (1984) |
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228 |
Abu-el-Scekuk |
on pale blue |
£ 4.00 |
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228a |
Abu-el-Scekuk |
on white |
£ 5.00 |
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256 |
Abuhommus |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 5.00 |
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229 |
Alessandria |
on gray |
£ 4.00 |
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257 |
Alessandria |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 4.00 |
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229a |
Alessandria |
on blue-green |
£ 5.00 |
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229b |
Alessandria |
on violet |
£ 5.00 |
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229c |
Alessandria |
on blue |
£ 4.50 |
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229d |
Alessandria |
on white |
£ 5.00 |
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229e |
Alessandria |
on purple |
£ 5.00 |
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232 |
Assiut |
on pale yellow |
£ 4.00 |
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232a |
Assiut |
on green |
£ 5.00 |
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232b |
Assiut |
on flesh |
£ 5.00 |
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232c |
Assiut |
on violet |
£ 4.00 |
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232d |
Assiut |
on blue |
£ 5.00 |
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232e |
Assiut |
on blue-green |
£ 5.00 |
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233 |
Atfe |
on bistre |
£ 4.00 |
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233a |
Atfe |
on white |
£ 4.50 |
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233b |
Atfe |
on dark brown |
£ 5.00 |
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233c |
Atfe |
on lilac |
£ 5.00 |
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234 |
Benha |
on yellow-brown |
£ 4.00 |
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234a |
Benha |
on white |
£ 5.00 |
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234b |
Benha |
on lilac |
£ 5.00 |
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258 |
Benha (Roman letters) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 6.00 |
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235 |
Benisueff |
on dull purple |
£ 4.00 |
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235a |
Benisueff |
on gray-bistre |
£ 6.00 |
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259 |
Birket-el-Sab |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 5.00 |
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236 |
Cairo |
on white |
£ 4.00 |
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236a |
Cairo |
on pale blue |
£ 5.00 |
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236b |
Cairo |
on dark blue |
£ 5.00 |
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236c |
Cairo |
on pale green |
£ 6.00 |
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236ul |
Cairo dot variety unlisted |
on white |
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260 |
Damanhour |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 4.00 |
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260a |
Damanhour (on azure paper ) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 7.50 |
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237 |
Damiata |
on yellow |
£ 4.00 |
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237a |
Damiata |
on white |
£ 4.00 |
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237b |
Damiata |
on brown |
£ 5.00 |
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237c |
Damiata |
on lilac |
£ 6.00 |
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237d |
Damiata |
on green |
£ 5.00 |
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237e |
Damiata |
on blue |
£ 6.00 |
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261 |
Dardanelli |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£12.00 |
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262 |
Dessug |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 5.00 |
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238 |
Economato |
on magenta |
£ 5.00 |
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238a |
Economato |
on mauve |
£ 5.00 |
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239 |
Fayum |
deep blue on white |
£ 4.00 |
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239a |
Fayum |
sky blue on white |
£ 4.00 |
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239b |
Fayum |
blue on azure |
£ 5.00 |
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239c |
Fayum |
blue on rose |
£ 5.00 |
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240 |
Fescne |
on violet |
£ 4.00 |
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240ul |
Fescne |
on gray - unlisted |
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263 |
Gedda |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£25.00 |
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264 |
Ismailia |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 4.00 |
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241 |
Kafr-E1-Dauar |
on blue |
£ 4.00 |
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242 |
Kafr-E1-Zayat |
on lake-red |
£ 4.00 |
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243 |
Magaga |
on yellow |
£ 4.00 |
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243a |
Magaga |
on olive-yellow |
£ 5.00 |
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243b |
Magaga |
on yellow-green |
£ 7.50 |
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243c |
Magaga |
on white |
£ 7.50 |
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244 |
Mahallet Roh |
on brown |
£ 4.00 |
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244a |
Mahallet Roh |
on magenta |
£ 5.00 |
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265 |
Mansura (Roman letters ) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 4.00 |
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266a |
Mellaui (on azure paper ) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 7.50 |
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266 |
Mellaui (Roman letters) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 5.00 |
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245 |
Porto-Said |
on green |
£ 4.00 |
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245a |
Porto-Said |
on pale blue |
£ 5.00 |
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246 |
Roda |
brown on white |
£ 4.00 |
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267 |
Rodis (Roman letters) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£15.00 |
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268 |
Rosetta (thin Roman letters) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 5.00 |
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247 |
Samanud |
on lilac-rose |
£ 4.00 |
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247a |
Samanud |
on buff |
£ 5.00 |
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248 |
Scibin-E1-Com |
on flesh |
£ 4.00 |
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248a |
Scibin-E1-Com |
on yellow |
£ 6.00 |
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248b |
Scibin-E1-Com |
on violet |
£ 6.00 |
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269 |
Scio (Roman letters) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£10.00 |
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231 |
Siut |
pale mauve on white |
£ 4.00 |
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231a |
Siut |
mauve on lilac |
£ 7.50 |
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249 |
Smirne |
on green |
£10.00 |
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249a |
Smirne |
on pale blue |
£15.00 |
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250 |
Sokag |
on buff |
£ 4.00 |
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*250a |
Sokag |
on bistre |
- |
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251 |
Tanta |
on indigo |
£ 4.00 |
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251a |
Tanta |
on blue |
£ 6.00 |
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270 |
Teh-El-Barud |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 5.00 |
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252 |
Telah |
on blue |
£ 4.00 |
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253 |
Zagazig |
on green |
£ 4.00 |
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271 |
Zagazig (Roman letters) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 4.00 |
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254 |
Zefte |
on green |
£ 4.00 |
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254a |
Zefte |
on blue |
£ 4.00 |
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254b |
Zefte |
on azure |
£ 6.00 |
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255 |
Zejla |
on pale yellow |
£20.00 |
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272 |
Zifte (Roman letters ) |
scarlet vermilion on white |
£ 4.00 |
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