Showing posts with label Cleopatra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleopatra. Show all posts

15 June 2011

29 May 2008

UNESCO Campaign - Mali


The Republic of Mali issue of 1964 for the UNESCO Campaign to save the Nubian monuments (SG81-2).

The stamps depict Cleopatra and Ptolemy at Kom-Ombo.

4 May 2008

1922 - Egypt Proclamation of Monarchy


Egypt was declared an independent kingdom on 15 March 1922 and Sultan Ahmed Fuad became king.

Stamps in existing designs were overprinted with "The Kingdom of Egypt, 15 March 1922" in Arabic, underneath a crown.

This mint stamp is the 2m Vermillion depicting Cleopatra from the Temple of Dendera (SG 99).