Philatelic Index - Comprehensive listing by topic to 1980

In 1980 I set out to build up an Index on Egyptian philately. This meant spending many hours at The National Philatelic library, then based at the Liberal Party headquarters near the Embankment Tube station. John Grimmer, rather nervously, lent me the Editor's run of the QC. I also cross-referenced other indexes so may not have seen some of the articles. For the L'OP and QC I made notes on any reference within an article, irrespective of its title, so that an article on a cover franked with a Second Issue stamp would be referenced under Second Issue, under Postal Rates if mentioned, and so on. This was all done before the days of computers - well, I did have a ZX81 with 1K of memory - so the index is handwritten and since my optical recognition software makes no sense of it so I have left it in pictorial form as published. Of course it takes the QC only up to 1980, but after that the QC index, LOP index, ET index on the website can be used.

The stamp section was published in QC as a supplement in 1983 and here is left as a whole in pdf form.

The postal history part has laid dormant all this time but is now published here. It was left, however, in a very rough form and a week's work of tidying and part collating leaves it still needing much work. But as this may never take place I am putting it up as is in the hope that it will still be of use to members.

Because the task was carried over two years, there is some inconsistence when indexing from the various magazines, so scanning though the entirety may be worthwhile.



Stamp List


As published in the QC.
This also gives information on how the Index works

Postal History

Page 1Air Routes/Rates
 Khedivial Mail
 Pleine Mer
 Wreck Covers
 Paquebot
 Gt Bitter Lakes
 Piroscafi Inglesi
 Maritime Mail
  Piroscafi Francesi
  Piroscafi Italiei
  Airgraphs
Page 2Suez General
  Historical Docs
  Posta Europea
  Overland/Waghorn
Page 3Foreign Post Offices: British
  French
  Italian
  Russian
  Austrian
  Greek
  Belgian
Page 4Essays
  Royal Printings
  Perfins
  Booklets
  Salt Tax/Revenues
Page 5Interpostals
  Sudan PH to 1900
  History of the Post
Page 6Postal Rates
  Censorship
Page 7Egypt Used Abroad
  Turkish Empire
  Greece
  Sudan
  Arabia/Ethiopia
Page 8Disinfected Mail
  Replie Coupon
  Thematics
  Postal Labels/Retour
  Fantasies
  Postal Stationery
  Maxi Cards
Page 9Classic postmarks
  Other pmks
  Postal marking
Page 10Hotels/Proprietary
  TPOs
  Rurals
  Dopo La Partenza
  Machine/Meter Cancels
  Poste Vice Reali Egiziane
  Uffizio Natante
  Dalla Stazione
  Regie Poste Egiziane
  Apres Départ
  Affrancatura Insufficiente
  Franca
  Per Consegna
  Boxed [O]
  PD Markings
  Returned Markings
  PP Markings
Page 11Napoleonic
  British 1882+
  WWI-EEF
  Prepaid EPP
  1948 War
  Gaza Strip
  WWII
  Military
  Prepaid
Page 12Postal Markings
  Other Postal History
  Diplomatic Pouch and Other
  Registration Labels
  Egyptian Gov. Labels
  Air Crash Cover
  Telegraph Service
  Unknown Labels
  Air Mail Etiquettes

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