UAR (Egypt) 8th Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution and Summer Olympics - 1960

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (EGYPT) in 1960 issued a First Day Cover of seven stamps and one stamp sheetlet to commemorate the 8th Anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution (1952-1960) in conjunction with the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. The stamps featured the events of basketball, equistrian (not shown), fencing, football, rowing, swimming (not shown) and weight lifting. The postmark cancellation, which featured an oval track, originated from Cairo, Egypt.