Egypt Odds and Ends

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Please feel free to post your interesting Egyptian philatelic items here....These are some items I have accumulated and found in the recent group of stamps I received.

First, here are some first day covers I purchased from a seller in Egypt when I was putting together my Champollion exhibit.  

The first cover sports Scott no. C153, issued in October of 1972 and depicts Champollion, the Rosetta Stone and hieroglyphs in the background.  The stamp was issued for the sesquicentennial of the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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The next first day cover is franked with Scott no. C238 and was issued on October 16, 1999 for the bicentennial of the decipherment. While I am not a fdc collector these will remain in my collection for years to come, just because of the subject matter.

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Here is the cover the two FDCs were mailed to me in. It has 5 of the Tutankhamen stamp issued in 1198, Scott no. 1677 and 3 of another stamp depicting a pyramid which I am unable to identify. My catalog only goes to 1999 and it was probably issued later.

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I thought this is pretty neat.... a pair of Scott no. 267 with a paquebot cancellation.