Type VII Interpostal Seals 1879-80

Type VII seals are fairly rare and highly sought after by interpostal seal collectors, this type differs slightly from the more common types VIII and VIII-a, which were issued in great quantities in later years, in that the town names are not inscribed in Arabic letters on each seal. Instead, the word ‘Masrieh’ is inscribed in the center in Arabic letters below ‘POST KHEDIVIE’ in Arabic. ‘Masrieh’ is the Arabic word for ‘Egyptian’. Therefore these seals are inscribed in Arabic “Khedival Egyptian Post” Pronounced “..Bosta Khediwya Masrieh”. However, in French (Above center), the Inscription is “Poste Egyptiennes”, or Egyptian Post without any mention of the Khedival authority!!

Type VII seals were later supplemented by type VII-a seals Issued for a small number of mainly Sudanese and foreign offices. Both tpyes VII and VII-a exist in two die formats; die ‘A’ and die ‘B’.

Kehr describes the type VII Interpostal Seals as follows:

“..cross­hatched lines in top of outer circular panel. Below, in a white panel, is the name of the town. In centre, in three lines is the Arabic, "Bustah Khadywiet Masrieh", in coloured letters against a background of fine vertical lines. Printed in vermilion on white. (Shades.)

There are two dies of this type:‑

DIE A: 0 of POSTES is round; dots of Arabic inscription are square.

DIE B: The 0 of POSTES is rectangular and thicker with a verticalslit as a centre; the dots in the Arabic inscriptions are rounded.

Size: 39 to 39-1/2 mm.

In the 1984 Issue of the Kehr Catalogue of Interpostal Seals the publisher, Peter Cockrill added the following note about Dies A and B:

“..(Some specialists are of the opinon that these two dies should be separated as two distinct different printings. P.C. )”

Kehr Catalog Numbers of Type VII Interpostal Seals

Link to Picture

Kehr Cat. No.

Post Office

Value (1984)

picture

380

Aba-el-Wakf

£ 4.00

picture

381

Abou Choukouk

£ 4.00

picture

382

Abu Hammad

£ 4.00

picture

383

Abuhommus

£ 3.00

picture

384

Abou Kebir

£ 3.00

385

Abou Kerkas

£ 4.00

picture

386

Aboutik

£ 3.00

picture

387

Alexandrie

£ 3.00

picture

388

Armante

£ 4.00

*389

Aschmouth

-

picture

389A

Ashmant

£ 5.00

picture

390

Assiout

£ 3.00

picture

391

Assouan

£ 4.00

391-1

Atfe

£ 3.00

picture

392

Ayat

£ 4.00

picture

393

Bedrechein

£ 6.00

394

Baliana

£ 4.00

picture

395

Benha (block letters)

£ 3.00

picture

395a

" (heavy roman letters)

£ 4.00

picture

395-1

Beni Korrah

£ 5.00

picture

396

Beni Mazar

£ 4.00

picture

397

Benisoueff

£ 4.00

picture

398

Bibeh

£ 4.00

picture

399

Birket-el-Sab

£ 4.00

picture

399UL

Birket-el-Sab -Block letters. Unlisted

picture

400

Bordein

£ 5.00

picture

401

Bouha

£ 5.00

picture

402

Boulak

£ 4.00

picture

402a

Boulak Dacrour

£ 5.00

picture

403

Caire

£ 3.00

403a

" (FRANCA overprint)

£10.00

picture

404

Colosnah

£ 4.00

picture 405

Damanhour

£ 3.00

picture 405a

Damanhour (bold letters )

£ 5.00

picture 406

Damiette

£ 4.00

picture 407

Dechna

£ 5.00

picture 408

Dessouk

£ 4.00

picture 408UL

Dessouk narrow letters, unlisted

picture 409

Deyrout

£10.00

picture 410

Economat

£ 4.00

picture 410a

Edwa

£ 6.00

picture 411

Enchasse

£ 5.00

412

Edkou (?Edfou)

£ 4.00

picture 413

Esneh

£ 4.00

picture 414

Facouss

£ 5.00

picture 415

Fayum

£ 4.00

picture 416

Fescne

£ 4.00

*416a

Fesnce

-

417

Fechne

£ 4.00

picture 418

Galioub

£ 3.00

picture 419

Ghizeh

£ 4.00

*419a

Guizeh

-

picture 420

Koutour

£ 6.00

420a

Gotour

£ 5.00

picture 421

Gourrieh

£ 5.00

picture 422

Gouss

£ 5.00

picture 423

Hadra

£ 6.00

picture 424

Hehza

£ 6.00

picture 425

Ismailia

£ 3.00

picture 425UL

Ismailia narrow letters, unlisted

picture 426

Kafre Amar

£ 5.00

picture 427

Kafre Dawoud

£ 5.00

picture 428

Kafr-Cheih

£ 5.00

picture 428a

Kafre Cheik

£ 8.00

picture 429

Kafr-Zayat

£ 4.00

picture 429a

Kafr-el-Zayat

£ 5.00

picture 430

Kartoum

£20.00

picture 431

Keneh

£ 4.00

picture 431UL

Kom Hamade - Unlisted

picture 432

Korosko

£ 4.00

picture 432A

Korrachieh

£ 6.00

picture 433

Louxor (25 mm)

£ 6.00

picture 433a

" (17 mm)

£ 4.00

picture 434

Magaga

£ 4.00

435

Manachi

£ 5.00

picture 436

Mehalla

£ 4.00

*437

Mehallet-Moussa

-

picture 438

Mehallet Roh

£ 3.00

picture 439

Manfalout

£ 4.00

picture 440

Mansura (Roman letters )

£ 5.00

picture 440a

Mansourah

£ 8.00

picture 441

Massaouah

£15.00

442

Matahne

£ 6.00

443

Mellawi

£ 4.00

*444

Mallaz

picture 445

Mataz

£ 5.00

picture 446

Minouf

£ 4.00

picture 447

Minet-el-Gamh

£ 5.00

picture 448

Minieh

£ 4.00

picture 449

Mit Berra

£ 5.00

450

Nawa

£ 8.00

picture 451

Nazali Ganoub

£ 7.50

picture 452

Port-Said

£ 3.00

picture 453

Ramleh

£ 4.00

picture 454

Samanud

£ 3.00

455

Santah

£ 6.00

picture 456

Chibin-el-Anater

£ 4.00

picture 457

Chibin-el-Kom

£ 4.00

picture 458

Cherbine

£ 4.00

458a

Senar

£ 6.00

458b

Sembellawein

£ 7.50

459

Sidi Gaber

£ 4.00

picture 460

Suez

£ 3.00

picture 461

Tahta

£ 7.50

picture 462

Tantah

£ 3.00

picture 463

Teh-el-Baroud

£ 4.00

463a

" (heavy block letters)

£ 6.00

picture 464

Talah

£ 5.00

picture 464a

Tala

£ 6.00

picture 465

Tel-el-Kibir

£ 3.00

picture 466

Tel-el-Kebir

£ 7.50

467

Terieh

£ 6.00

picture 468

Took

£ 3.00

468A

Vadi Halfe

£20.00

468B

Wadi-Halfa

£15.00

picture 469

Wardan

£ 5.00

picture 470

Zagazig

£ 4.00

picture 471

Zifte (Roman)

£ 3.00