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Listed here is a list of books currently held by the Librarian.

Books and Periodicals may be loaned from the library, currently by U.K. members only, either by post or at a meeting with prior arrangement.

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All Loans are for a maximum period of three months.

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SECTION ONE: Catalogues and Handbooks

1.1 Stamp Catalogues (including Revenues, Meter Post and Postal Stationery)

TitleAuthorPublisher/Details
Classification des Timbres d’Egypte et des variĂ©tĂ©sGeorges N. ZĂ©hĂ©riMembre du club philatĂ©lique d’égypte
Catalogues des Timbres d’EgypteGeorges N. ZĂ©hĂ©riPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1933) & 1st Supp. (1941)
Catalogues des Timbres d’Egypte (Bound Volume)Georges N. ZĂ©hĂ©riPSE. 1st (1937), 2nd (1939), 3rd (1945)
Catalogues des Timbres d’Egypte (3rd Edition)Georges N. ZĂ©hĂ©riPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1945)
Catalogues des Timbres d’Egypte (4th Edition)Georges N. ZĂ©hĂ©riPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1946)
Catalogues des Timbres d’Egypte (5th Edition)Chaftar BeyPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1950)
Catalogue Zéhéri (6th Edition)Ahmed MazloumPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1956)
Catalogue Zéhéri (7th Edition)Ahmed MazloumPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1960)
Zéhéri Catalogue (8th Edition)Mehanny EidPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1967)
Zéhéri Catalogue (9th Edition)Mehanny EidPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1972)
Zéhéri Catalogue Supplement to the Ninth EditionMehanny EidPhilatelic Society of Egypt (1978)
The Commonwealth Specialists Catalogue 10th EditionOrlo-SmithOrlo-Smith & Co. Melbourne (1947)
Catalogue of Egyptian AerophilatelyK HagopianOriental Philatelic House (1992)
Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue StampsPeter R. FeltusPostilion Publishers (USA)
Egypt Stamps Handbook Vol. IMagdi Moukhtar Abdel-HadiCairo (2010)
Egypt Stamps Handbook Vol. IIMagdi Moukhtar Abdel-HadiCairo (2010)
Handbuch der TĂŒrkischen Philatelie Teil IAndreas BirkenAndreas Birken
The Meter Post Stamp CatalogueS.D. Barfoot and Werner SimonUniversal Postal Frankers Ltd
Palestine Stamp Catalogue - Gaza Egyptian AdministrationK. HagopianK. Hagopian
Postage Stamps of Egypt (Simplified Catalogue)Dr. Abdel Hamid LotfyThe Philatelic Society of Egypt (1981)
Priced Catalogue of Postal Stationery of the WorldEdward FladungHiggins & Gage Inc. (Egypt 1st & 2nd Eds, Sudan 1st Ed)
Scott’s Standard Postage Stamp CatalogueScottSections on Egypt and Sudan (photocopy 1912)
The Stamps of Egypt (Book One)Leon BalianHeliopolis (1998)
Stamps of Egypt Book TwoLeon BalianHeliopolis (2007)
The Nile Post Handbook & CatalogueJoseph H. ChalhoubQuebec, Canada (2003)
The Stamps of Palestine Specialised CatalogueHoexter and LachmaunDr. E. Hoexter (1946)
Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue (Part 19 Middle East)Stanley GibbonsEditions: 1st (1980), 4th (1990), 5th (1996), 6th (2005), 7th (2009)
Stanley Gibbons Part 1 British CommonwealthStanley Gibbons1985
Stanley Gibbons East Africa with Egypt & SudanStanley Gibbons4th Edition (2018)
World Postal Stationery Catalogue (Sect. 5/E)Higgins & GageClassic Philatelics (Photocopy)
Zeppelin Post KatalogSieger-VerlagSieger-Verlag (1981)

1.2 Philatelic Handbooks

TitleAuthorPublisher
Administration des Postes - Note HistoriqueMinistĂšre des CommunicationsCairo (1946)
Airmails Across the Middle East 1918 - 1930Laurence KimptonSolihull, UK (2015)
Die Administrazionsmarken AegyptensG. KochGermany (1880)
The Airmails of EgyptJohn SearsJohn Sears, London (1990)
The Airmails of Egypt - AddendumJohn SearsJohn Sears, London (1993)
Austrian Post Offices Abroad, Part 1Tchillinghirian & StephenKeith Tranmer
Billigs Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 21E.A. KehrFritz Billig (1954)
British Post Office Numbers 1844 – 1906G. BrumellR.C. Alcock (1946)
Les Cachets ĂĄ Date des Bureaux de Poste des HotelsJean Boulad d’HumiĂšresExtract from L’Orient PhilatĂ©lique No. 114
20th Century Stamps of EgyptE.A. KehrChambers, USA (1942)
Consular... in EgyptThemis DacosCollectio, Athens (1994)
De La Rue History... 1855 – 1901John EastonFaber & Faber
The Edwardian Stamps of the British EmpireD.B. ArmstrongBright & Son (1912)
EgyptF.J. MelvilleStanley Gibbons (1915)
Egypt: the First Portrait IssueJohn SearsJohn Sears, London (1997)
Egypt – A History of its stampsR.E.R. DalwickMekeel-Severn-Wylie Co. (1922)
Egypt and SudanEugene KleinPhiladelphia (1919)
Egypt Flight LZ 127 - The Graf ZeppelinFred F. BlauGerman Philatelic Society (1981)
Egypt InterpostalsO. MayBridger & Kay (1915)
Egyptian Postal Markings (in Arabic)ChirchiniChirchini, Egypt
The Postal Markings of Mandate Palestine 1817–1948Michael SacherRPSL (1995)
Egypt – Royal Imperforate PrintingsGeorge L. LeeGeorge L. Lee (1959)
Egypt: The Rural Postal ServiceMike Murphy / I. ShoukryCairo (2010)
Entiers Postaux dEgypteJ. Boulad et A. CocatreParis (1947)
The FIP Guide to Exhibiting and JudgingF.I.P.FIP (1994)
Forgery and Reprint Guide: 14 – Suez CanalJ. BarefootJ. Barefoot Ltd. (1983)
The Fourth Issue (Pt.1 & Pt.2)P.A.S. SmithP.A.S. Smith
GambiaFred J. MelvilleStanley Gibbons
Great Britain Stamps of 1942 Overprinted M.E.F.John FirebraceThe Regent Stamp Co.
Guidelines for Successful ExhibitingFrancesca RapkinBritish Philatelic Trust
The Interpostal Seals of Egypt (1864 – 1891)E.A. KehrUSA (1943, 1962)
Introducing Postal History / Thematic CollectingSussex / LeeBritish Philatelic Trust
The Kings of Egypt and their StampsRobson LoweRobson Lowe Ltd. (1969)
Notes on the Cancellations of Turkish ArabiaMaj. T.L.C. TomkinsJohn Huxley Ltd.
Osterreichischer Philatelistenclub VindebonaKurt WolfsbauerVienna (1990)
The Overland MailJohn K. SidebottomGeo. Allen & Unwin (1948)
Overseas Letter Postage from India 1854-1876Martin and BlairRobson Lowe (1975)
Paquebot Cancellations of the WorldRoger Hosking1977
Philatelistischer Atlas des Osmanischen ReichesAndreas BirkenHamburg (1992)
The Paquebot Marks of Africa...Edwin DrechselRobson Lowe (1980)
La "Posta Europea"...Luca Daniele BiolatoLibreria Giovanni Carnevali
Postage Stamps of the Great Bitter Lake AssociationCapt. Brian Hill1975
Postal Censorship in Israel 1948-1978Norman GladstoneLondon (1978)
Postal History of British Palestine 1918-1948Edward B. ProudProud Bailey Co. Ltd. (1985)
Postal History of Egypt to 1900Samir Amin FikryRPSL (1996)
La Poste Maritime Française (Tome I, II, V, VI)Raymond SallesL’Academie de Philatelie
The Postmarks of AdenM.H. RobertshawH. Garrat-Adams (1946)
The Private Shipletter Stamps (Suez Canal Co.)Boulad, RingstrĂžm, TesterLeonard H. Hartman (1985)
Process of Manufacture of the Rivadavia PlatesCharles Jewell1960
Route of the Overland Mail to IndiaGallery of Illustration1851 (photocopy)
Ramleh Alexandria: Its DevelopmentVan Pellecom, Grech, StragierAntwerp (2010)
The French Post Offices in Egypt (Pt 1 & 2)Pierre Louis GrechLondon (2013)
The Romance of Postage StampsFred J. MelvilleW.H. Peckitt
Ship PostmarksG.F. WhitfieldFil-Italia (1989/1991)
The Stamp Booklets of EgyptJohn A. Revell1997
Stamp Collecting (2nd Ed)Stanley PhillipsSampson Low
Stamps of Egypt 1952-1957Egyptian Postal AdminEPA
The Stamps of Great Britain 1911-1921Stanley PhillipsStanley Gibbons (1921)
Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad (Pt 1 & 2)Tchillinghirian & StephenBritish Society of Russian Philately (1957)
The Postage Stamps of the Anglo-Egyptian SudanD.B. ArmstrongBright & Son (1912)
Sudan – The Postal Markings 1867-1896E.C.W. StaggRPSL (1974)
Sudan – ScrapbookC. MinettAssembled by C. Minett
Sudan – The Stamps and Postal StationeryE.C.W. StaggHarry Hayes
Sudan – The Postal Markings of the TPOsJohn DightSudan Study Group
Sudan – Stamps and PostsGisburn and ThompsonStanley Gibbons (1947)
Timbres d’Egyte et de la Compagnie du Canal de SuezJ.B. MoensBrussels (1880)
The Travelling Post Offices of EgyptP.A.S. SmithMobile Post Office Society (1983)
United Arab Republic: Commemorative StampsPostal AuthorityCairo (1970)
A History of Wreck CoversAdrian HopkinsRobson Lowe (1967)

1.3 Auction and other Catalogues

Auction Description / House / Date
Aden by Charles Hornal (Robson Lowe, 1957)
All World featuring 'Major E.L.G. MacArthur' Egypt (Stanley Gibbons, 1980)
Byam's Egypt (Robson Lowe, 1961)
The Burrus Collection: Greece & Egypt (Robson Lowe, 1962)
The Col. J.R. Danson Egypt (Robson Lowe, 1977)
Covers of the World Carried by French Mailboats (Sotheby, 1982)
Egypt - George Gougas of New York (Robson Lowe, 1973)
Egypt including Cotta and Kehr (Robson Lowe, 1965)
The John Gilbert 'Egypt' (Robson Lowe, 1977)
The G.L. Hearn Collection (Robson Lowe, 1953)
William C. Hinde Specialised Collections (Robson Lowe, 1957)
The "Hind" Collection (H.R. Harmer, 1935)
Karl Jaeger Balkans/Levant/Middle East (David Feldman, 1982)
The Mackenzie-Low Gold Medal Collection (H.R. Harmer, 1929)
The Michael Sacher Collection of Palestine (Robson Lowe, 1977)
The Osprey Collection of Aviation (Phillips, 1983)
The Palace Collections of Egypt (H.R. Harmer, 1954)
Waghorn cachets of Rowland Hill (Christies Robson Lowe, 1989)

1.4 Guide Books and Maps

(a) Guide Books

AuthorTitlePublisher/Details
BaedekerBaedeker's Egypt1929 Reprint
BaedekerBaedeker’s Lower Egypt1885 Edition
BaedekerBaedeker’s AA EgyptAutomobile Association (c. 1981)
Seton-Williams & StocksBlue Guide EgyptA. & C. Black (1988)
BudgeCook’s Handbook for EgyptLondon (1911)
John MurrayMurray’s Handbook of Egypt7th Edition (1880)
-Services Guide to Cairo (1st & Later Editions)Welfare Work in Egypt
-Services Guide to Alexandria (3rd Edition)Welfare Work in Egypt

(b) Maps

Map Description/SheetPublisher/Scale
Agypten-Egypt Strassenkarte Road MapKĂŒmmerley + Frey (1:950,000)
Map of CairoMiddle East Publishing Co (1953)
Index to Place Names (Normal 1:100,000 Series)Survey of Egypt (1932)
Survey of Egypt Maps (1:100,000) - Dept of Survey and Mines (1938)
(a) Northern Sinai: Qatia, Rafa, El Qusaima, Little Bitter Lake, Bir el Hasana, Bir el Ma'ein, Mitla Pass, Qal'at el Nakhi, El Kuntilla, Gebel Bodhiya1:100,000
(b) Southern Sinai: Hamam Fara'un, Gebel Egma, Wadi Watir, Abu Zenima, Nuweiba, Feiran, G. Katherina, Wadi Kid, Ras Muhammad1:100,000
(c) Elsewhere (1944-1956): Baris, Bulaq, Gebel el Barqa, Kurkur, el Allaqi, Tahta, Nag Hammadi, Idfu, Asyut, Isna, Bir Gindali, Bitter Lake, Bu-Daiya, Gebel Musa, Port Said, Suez, Tanta East, Wadi Sannur, Maghagha, El-Minya1:100,000
Provisional Issue (Photocopies) 1:100,000
Alexandria, Benha, Damanhour, Damietta, Kafr el-Zaiyat, Port Said, Tanta1:100,000
Hardback Covers - Ministry of Finance 1:100,000
Beni Suef (68, 60), Dairut (52, 54, 60), Luxor (32, 72, 78), Manfalut (48, 54, 60), Minya (56, 54, 60), Samalut (60, 54, 60)1:100,000
Other Maps
International Maps: Aswan, Wadi Halfa1946 (2nd Edition)
Topographical Map: Bitter Lake, Suez1953 (1st Edition)
War Map – Europe/Mediterranean (G. Philip & Son)The Daily Mail (1940)

1.5 Military Philatelic Handbooks

TitleAuthorPublisher
Nineteenth Century Wars in Egypt and the SudanJohn FirebraceStuart Rossiter Trust (1997)
A Brief Outline of the British Army Postal Services during World War ICharles EntwhisleCharles Entwhisle (1983)
Army and Field Post Offices of Egypt and the E.E.F.Michael M. SacherThe London Philatelist (1972)
Australian Imperial Forces Postal History 1914 – 1918Bob EmeryBob Emery (1984)
British Army Field Post Offices 1939 – 1950Crouch and HillLava, USA
British Empire Campaigns... 1914 – 1924John FirebraceRobson Lowe (1991)
British Forces in Egypt Postal Services 1932-1940J.E.O. HobbsJ.E.O. Hobbs (1984)
Egypt: From the Postal Concession until SuezJohn DavisJohn Davis (2014)
History of the British Army Postal Service (Vol. 1)Edward B. ProudProud Bailey Co. Ltd.
History of the Indian Army Postal Service (Vol. 1)Edward B. ProudProud Bailey Co. Ltd.
Postal History of the British Army in World War IKennedy and CrabbG. Crabb (1977)
SECTION TWO: Non Philatelic Military Reference Works

2.1 General Background

TitleAuthorPublisher
Badges of H.M. ServicesWm. BriggsWm. Briggs & Co. Ltd (1946)
But Not in Anger – The RAF in the Transport RoleCole and GrantIan Allen Ltd. (1979)
Heraldry in War: Formation Badges 1939 – 1945Lt. Col. Howard N. ColeWellington Press (1950)
Her Majesty’s Army - Vol. 1Walter RichardJ.S. Virtue & Co. (1889)

2.2 Napoleonic Period

TitleAuthorPublisher
History of the British Expedition to EgyptRobert Thomas WilsonT. Egerton (1802)

2.3 History of Late 19th Century Campaigns

TitleAuthorPublisher
The Egyptian Campaigns 1882 – 1885 (Vol I)Charles RoyleHurst & Blackett (1886)
The Egyptian Campaigns 1882 (Revised 1890)Charles RoyleHurst & Blackett (1890)
Fire and Sword in the SudanSlatin Pasha / WingateEdward Arnold (1899)

2.4 World War I

TitleAuthorPublisher
Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary ForceThe Palestine NewsThe Palestine News (1919)
Allenby in EgyptViscount WavellGeorge G. Harrap (1943)
Allenby’s WarDavid L. BullockBlandford Press (1988)
Allenby: Soldier and StatesmanViscount WavellGeorge Harrap (1945)

2.5 World War II

TitleAuthorPublisher
The Battle of EgyptMinistry of InformationM.o.I. (1943)
The Battles of Alam Halfa and El-AlameinMajor R.C.W. ThomasWilliam Clowes and Sons
Cairo to Riyadh DiaryGeorge BilainkinWilliams and Norgate (1950)
Calling all Arms – Munitions Factories 1942Ernest FairfaxHutchinson & Co.
The Conquest of North AfricaBurke Publishing Co.Burke Publishing Co. (1945)

2.6 Regimental Histories

TitleAuthorPublisher
Reminiscent Sketches 1914 – 1919Q.A.I.N.S.John Bate Sons (1922)
The Story of the 5th Australian DivisionCapt. A.D. EllisHodder & Stoughton
War History 6th Btn S. Staffordshire RegWilliam HeinemannWilliam Heinemann Ltd (1922)
West Kent (Q.O.) Yeomanry... 1914-1919Charles PonsonbyAndrew Melrose Ltd (1920)
With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914 – 1919Col. J.M. FindlayBlackie & Son Ltd (1926)
The History of the 4th Armoured Brigade (WWII)Brig. R.M.P. CarverJ.J. Augustin
SECTION THREE: General Geographical and Historical

3.2 Commercial Publications

TitleAuthorPublisher
Anglo-Egyptian Relations 1800 – 1953John MarloweThe Cresset Press (1953)
Aspects of EgyptEthel ManninHutchinson (1964)
Memoirs of Napoleon’s Egyptian ExpeditionCapt. Joseph-Marie MoiretGrenfell Books (2001)
Between Two SeasLord KinrossJohn Murray (1938)
The Blue NileAlan MoorheadHamish Hamilton (1962)
Building the Suez CanalHorizon MagazineCassell (1967)
Cairo in the War 1939 – 1945Artemis CooperHamish Hamilton (1989)
Cairo; the City VictoriousMax RodenbeckPicador (1998)
Desert and DeltaMajor C.S. JarvisJohn Murray (1938)
Eastward: Travels in Egypt, Palestine...Norman MacleodCharles Burnet (1891)
Egypt 1798 – 1952J.C.B. RichmondMethuen & Co (1977)
Egypt and Sinai Eternal BattlegroundsGregory BlaxlandFunk & Wagnalls (1966)

3.3 Egyptology and Its History

TitleAuthorPublisher
Egypt (Ancient Lands and Bible Series)W.H. BoultonSimpson Low
The First Hundred Years: Egyptology at UCLRosalind M. JanssenUniversity College London (1992)

3.4 Non-Egyptian

TitleAuthorPublisher
A Foreigner Looks at the British SudanOdette KeunFaber and Faber
The History of Pitney Bowes LimitedS.T. RobertsPitney Bowes Ltd. (1957)
CyrenaicaR.A. BontoftMEF (1944)
Cyrene and Ancient CyrenaicaC.G.C. HyslopGovt. Press Tripolitania (1945)
Libya Under the Second Ottoman OccupationMaj. A.J. CachiaGovt. Press Tripoli (1945)
SECTION FOUR: Novels
TitleAuthorPublisher
A Woman of CairoNoel BarberHodder & Stoughton (1984)
Cross and CrescentE.A. BerkwoodMills & Boon Ltd (1925)
The Stamp KingG. de BeauregardStanley Gibbons (1899)
God Dies by the NileNawal el SaadawiZed Books Ltd (1985)
SECTION FIVE: Biographical and Memoirs
TitleAuthorPublisher
Abbas IIThe Earl of CromerMacMillan & Co (1915)
Bimbashi McPherson – A Life in EgyptCarman and McPhersonBBC, London (1983)
Bonaparte in EgyptJ. Christopher HeroldHamish Hamilton (1962)
Doctor Byam in Harley StreetWilliam ByamGeoffrey Bles (1962)
The Road to Harley StreetWilliam ByamGeoffrey Bles (1963)
The Diaries of Parker PashaE.F.V. WinstoneQuartet Books (1983)
Egyptian Service 1902 – 1946Sir Thomas Russell PashaJohn Murray (1949)
Eothen (Travels in the Near East)Alexander W. Kinglake1844
Ferdinand de LessepsCharles BeattyEyre & Spottiswood (1956)
From Private to Field MarshalSir William RobertsonConstable & Co (1921)
General Gordon – The Christian SoldierG. Barnett SmithS.W. Partridge (1903)
Gordon: Martyr and MisfitAnthony NuttingThe Reprint Society (1966)
How I Found Livingstone in Central AfricaSir Henry Morton StanleySampson Low
The Leisure of an Egyptian OfficialLord Edward CecilHodder & Stoughton (1921)
The Memoirs of Major-General Sir Hugh McCalmontEd. Sir C.E. CaldwellHutchinson (1924)
One Thousand Miles Up the NileAmelia EdwardsHooper, Clarke & Co. (1877)
Palestine Memories 1917 – 1925Robert H. GoodsallCross & Jackman (1925)
Samuel Shepheard of CairoMichael BirdMichael Joseph (1957)
Temple Gairdner of CairoConstance E. PadwickS.P.C.K. (1929)
Too Rich: The High Life and Tragic Death of King FaroukWilliam StadinCaroll & Graf (1991)
Watson PashaStanley Lane-PooleJohn Murray (1919)
SECTION SIX: Reference Collections & Articles

All that follow were kindly donated by the collector concerned.

6.1 Reference Collections (Bound/Photostats)

DescriptionDetails
The Airmails of Egypt (1910-1945)John Sears Collection (Large Silver-Gilt 1995)
The Collection of Lars AlundAugust 1993 (Hardback bound)
Antonini Collection 1982Gold Medal Collection (Photostats)
The Nile Collection (Parts 1 & 2)Samir Amin Fikry (Gold Medal)
Hooghuis CollectionSee also Section 9
Jeidel Collection – 1982Rudi Jeidel (Gold Medal)
The ‘Reda’ CollectionsDe La Rue, First Pictorials, Kingdoms
Richard Notman CollectionThe Classic Period
Shams el-Din of CairoPostal Stationery (Hafnia 1987)
Egypt – The Classic PeriodProf. P.A.S. Smith (1980 Exhibit)
The First Three Issues of EgyptProf. P.A.S. Smith
Egypt – 4th Issue of De La RueProf. P.A.S. Smith (1989)
Egypt Early Airmail 1910 – 1936Lucien Sami Toutounji (Large Gold)
AegyptenKurt Wolfsbauer (1990)

6.2 Miscellaneous Articles

DescriptionAuthor
Civil censors in the Cairo Postal MuseumJ.M. Murphy
Egyptian Cancellations – Some CommentsDr. Sava Michel Vestakis*
Les Entiers Postaux D’EgypteJean Boulad d’Humiùres*
The “Estero” Stamps of ItalyH.R. Holmes*
Finds in Early Egyptian PostmarksIbrahim Chaftar*
Souakin et MassawahIbrahim Chaftar*
Les Timbres des Bureaux Etrangers du LevantS.E. Ahmed Bey Mazloum*
Egyptian Philately before the 20th CenturySamir A. Fikry
The Official Stamps 1972 – 1985Andrews, Defriez, Jeyes
Ship Postmarks (Italian mailboats 1890-1957)G. Whitfield
A Brief History of the Suez CanalSurg. Lt. Cdr. C.W. Evans
History of the Suez Canal (ESC Publ. 1992)C. Th. J. Hooghuis

*Articles taken from L'Orient Philatelique by their authors.

SECTION SEVEN: Periodicals

7.1 Long Runs

TitleHoldings
Bolletino Prefilatelico e Storico PostaleWhole Numbers 29 to 1995
Camel Post (Sudan Study Group)Nos. 1 to 49 (incomplete: missing 2, 11, 20, 22) + Index
Egyptian TopicsComplete run (Nov 1968 - Feb 1976), Nos. 1-44
Forces Postal History Society1984 to date
The London PhilatelistSelected issues (636, 703, 928...) & Cumulative Index 1892-1944
L'Orient PhilateliqueExtensive holdings from No. 4 (1930) to present

7.2 Single Issues

TitleNotes
The Cinderella Philatelist (Apr 1966)Article on Salt Tax Stamps by P.R. Feltus
Collectors’ Club Philatelist (Vol.17 No.1)Extract from Kohl’s Handbook on Egypt
France & Colonies Philatelist (Jan 1983)French campaigns chronology
SECTION EIGHT: Tourist Literature

8.1 Leaflets & Brochures

The following are borrowable as one item:

  • Aswan, Cairo, Luxor, North Sinai leaflets
  • Christianity in Egypt
  • Enjoy your summer vacation in Egypt
  • Khan il-Khalili – (The Cairo Bazaar)
  • Helwan, City of Health
  • The New Valley – el-Wady Guedid
  • The Pyramids of Giza
  • Modern Egyptian Hotels (Brochure collection)
  • Souvenir of Cairo (Cairo Postcard Trust, 1910)

8.2 Books

Egyptian Museum (State Tourist Info c.1970)
Tourist Information – Egypt by Moustafa Essa
Taeckholmia 16: 1996 (Cairo University Herbarium)
SECTION NINE: Archives

Originated in a series of ten large envelopes with articles by Jean Boulad d’HumiĂšres and Señor C. Th. J. Hooghuis.

Env. No.Content
1Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign
2Miscellaneous Articles on Egyptian Philately
3Egypt: General Stamps and Postmarks
4Posta Europea
5Egypt Air Mail
6Hotel Postmarks
7Suez Canal Postal History
8Egyptian Post Offices Abroad
9Foreign Post Offices in Egypt
10Maritime Postmarks

Handbook of Egyptian Philately (Draft Chapters by P.A.S. Smith)

  • Chap. I: Napoleonic Post
  • Chap. II: Courier Post of Mohammed Ali
  • Chap. III: Official Mail and Stamps
  • Chap. IV: The Greek Post Office
  • Chap. XIV: Commemorative Issues of the Monarchy
  • Chap. XVIII: The Second Portrait Issue
  • Chap. XX: The King Farouk Definitives
  • Chap. XXI: Issues of the Republic
  • Chap. XXVI: Postal Markings and Cancellations
  • Chap. XXXIII: Interpostal Seals
SECTION TEN: Exhibition Catalogues

10.1 Egypt

  • Alexandria Exposition Philatelique (1939)
  • PremiĂ©re Exposition Philatelique du Caire (1946)
  • Egyptian Stamp Exhibition, Cairo (1991)

10.2 Elsewhere

  • Bangkok Worldwide Philatelic Exhibition (1993) Bulletin No. 3
  • Egypt: The Hotel Post Offices (Richard Wheatley, 2019)
  • Egyptian Stamp Exhibition, Cairo (1991) - 3 Bulletins
  • London International Stamp Exhibition (1950)
  • Centenary Exhibition: RPSL (1969)
  • Philympa: International Exhibition (1970)

10.3 Yearbooks

  • BPA Philatelic Societies’ Yearbook 1969-70
  • Philatelic Congress of Great Britain (1938 & 1965)
  • Sixtieth American Philatelic Congress (1994)