Egypt Definitive Stamps of King Fuad - 1927 to1937

EGYPT between 1927 and 1937 issued a definitive series of the nation's King Fuad. Postmark cancellation on this post card originated from Cairo. Values 1 to 4 are shown here. The post card itself depicts Masjid Muhammad Ali in Cairo.

On another note, seven of the values (1/2/3 olive brown/4 yellow green/5/10 orange red and 15 ultramarine) had differing vignettes. The early printings ("Type I") had vignettes printed from plates with screens of vertical dots. The later printings had screens of diagonal dots ("Type II").

 

Masjid Muhammad Ali Mosque or Alabaster is situated in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt and was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848.  This Ottoman-era mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo. The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's eldest son, who died in 1816.