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XII-The First Issue
Egypt: Stamps & Postal History
page 129
Fig. 4 The two orientation types of each value.

  TYPE I TYPE II 

5 paras

  

10 paras

  

20 paras
tight crescent

 crescent wide open

1 piaster
loops touch

 loops wide apart

2 piasters
10 curves narrow E

 11 curves. wider E

5 piasters
ornament clear of circle. 5 upright & upper part larger/ taller than the lower.

 ornament touches circle. 5 tilted to left & upper and lower parts about equal.

10 piasters
line through O passes through ornament; 1 tapered toward bottom; center of O symmetrical; O is fat.

 line through O intersects ornamenst; 1 not tapered; O irregular at the bottom of the solid center; O is thin.

10 piasters

loop of P joins stem at right angle.; E has a bent back and the horizontal bars are thicker.

 loop of P does not join stem at right angles; E is straight-backed.