UNESCO Campaign - Egypt

Commemorative se-tenant stamp set issued in 2016 for the 50th Anniversary of the campaign to save the monuments of Abu Simbel. 

First Day Cover. 

Nubian Monuments - Monaco FDC

A beautiful First Day Cover issued in Monaco on 24 October 1995.

Nubian Monuments - Monaco

A set of two stamps issued in Monaco in 1995 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the UNESCO.

Nubian Monuments - Netherlands

 

A nice personalised stamp/vignette from the Netherlands.  It shows the Great Temple at Abu Temple.

And now for something completely different...

 The Great and Small Temples of Abu Simbel on an Egyptian £1 note.

UNESCO Campaign - Pakistan overprinted Bangladesh

  

Pakistan stamps overprinted BANGLADESH

These types of stamps exist in different varieties, printed in English and/or Bengali and with different colour inks.  I have not found them in catalogues but came across an interesting discussion on the subject on a collectors' forum.  A short extract is reproduced below:

"Immediately after the establishment of Bangladesh's Government , the post office could not afford printing new stamps for Bangladesh. Instead, they overprinted Pakistani stamps and postal stationery with the new country name "BANGLADESH" (valid March 26, 1971 until April 30, 1973).
The overprints were in English only - see
http://homepage3.nifty.com/~mariamma/tak-p11i.jpg and http://www.malariastamps.com/images/Pakistan/160_HandStamp2_z_z.jpghttp://www.malariastamps.com/images/Pakistan/160_HandStamp2_z_z.jpg ; in both English and Bengali letters - see http://www.malariastamps.com/images/Pakistan/160_HandStamp4_z_z.jpg ; and in Bengali letters only.

In the latter half of 1972, new Bangladeshi stamps were provided to post offices in the country. As a result, in 1973, Pakistani stamps, even with "BANGLADESH" overprints, became invalid throughout Bangladesh. (...)There were 14 former eastern districts plus a few others and all issued their own handstamps. I guess, that when order was restored and regular stamps were issued, they threw away the overprint devices and thus no combined record of who or where had that particular handstamp seems to exist."  (www.collectingbanter.com).

A great source of information - though unofficial - can be found here (www.paperheritage.co.uk).  

UNESCO Campaign - Pakistan

 

(Front cover and inside view)

A nice philatelic document from Pakistan containing the two commemorative stamps for the UNESCO Campaign to Save Nubian Monuments (SG 211 and SG 212), issued on 30 March 1964.

The document describes the stamps:

"13-paisa:  Depicts the Temple of Thot on the left and an inset of three standing figures on the right.  This inset is relevant to the Temple of Thot and represents Queen Nefertari (in the middle) and her maids performing some ritual."

"50-paisa:  Depicts a side view of the rock containing four colossal figures of Rameses II.  This is generally known as the Temple of Abu Simbel.  A partial view of the river Nile and its banks is also shown on the left."

The document folds into three parts and contains several black and white pictures of Abu Simbel and Philae temples with a geographical and historical description of the region.  It explains why the monuments would be lost without the intervention of the UNESCO.

UNESCO Campaign - Upper Volta

Stamps and First Day Covers from Haute-Volta (now Burkina Faso). Issued in 1964, for the UNESCO Campaign to save Nubian monuments, it depicts a colossal statue of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.

UNESCO Campaign - Benin

Pillar from Great Hall (Abu Simbel), SG 771

Colossal statue of Ramses II (Abu Simbel), SG 772

Temple of Abu Simbel, SG 773

And now for something completely different...

 

The Temple of Abu Simbel on the Egyptian £1 note.

UNESCO Campaign - Egypt FDC

First Day Cover issued in Cairo on 24 October 1964,

for the Campaign to Save Nubian Monuments, with 

the full set of commemorative stamps.

UNESCO Campaign - Yugoslavia FDC

 

A simple First Day Cover issued on 10 April 1962.

UNESCO Campaign - Pakistan

First Day Cover issued in Lahore on 30 March 1964
Stamps show Philae and Abu Simbel temples, SG 211-2

UNESCO Campaign - Monaco

First Day Cover, 03 June 1961, Monaco

Maximum Card

UNESCO Campaign - Morocco FDC

Colossal Statue of Ramses II at Abu Simbel

First Day Cover issued in Casablanca, Morocco
on 03 October 1966
to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the creation of the UNESCO

UNESCO Campaign - Chad FDC

UNESCO Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia,
Ramses II on his war chariot, painting from Abu Simbel temple

First Day Cover, Fort-Lamy, Chad
09 March 1964

UNESCO Campaign - Egypt FDC

Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia

The Rock Temples of Abu Simbel
First Day Cover, Cairo, Egypt

28 April 1966

Nubian Monuments - France, Document Ceres

Ramses II exposition at the Grand Palais in Paris from 15 Mai to 17 October 1976.

UNESCO Campaign - Algeria FDC

First day cover issued in Algiers on 28 June 1964

UNESCO Campaign - Sharjah

Sharjah, 1965, SG 162-5

Ramses II mural, Abu Simbel