XII-The First Issue
Egypt: Stamps & Postal History

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Fig.15   20 paras. The five types of the lithographed overprint.

1. Top inscription. The two diagonal strokes are both straight and the inverted comma has a large tail.








2. Top inscription. The upper stroke is thin and concave upwards; the inverted comma is smaller.






3. Top inscription. Both strokes are straight; the inverted comma has no tail.
Bottom inscription. The lowest of the three dots is smaller than the others.








4. Left inscription. The two clots are firmly joined together.
Right inscription. The two lower clots touch.






5. Top inscription. The looped-shaped character is badly formed.
Left inscription. The two clots touch.
Right inscription. The clots are apart