Egypt Definitive of Red Stamp of the Sphinx in front of Cheops Pyramid - 1908

 

EGYPT issued on 1st January from 1888 to 1906  a series  of definitive stamps depicting the Sphinx in front of Cheops pyramid. It was designed and printed by De la Rue of London, using the typography print method. The cancellation postmark on these stamps appears to be on 13 December 1908. 

The postcard itself shows men and women trading with a fruit seller on a street in Cairo.