Express Postal Markings Postmarks Under the Blomfield system these marks were classified ExD-1 etc. While reluctant to introduce yet another coding system, the one used here lists marks first under the town name and then by the keyword(s) used within the mark. The town names are grouped under the common English spelling. The keywords give equal weight to Arabic as to European spellings. See views on postmark coding and for visual representaions see query 28 On these pages where a mark has already drawn these have been used otherwise the scanned mark has been used; with a minimal amount of doctoring (removing background to present a black and white image). The hope is that the drawn marks will be replaced by good scans and the poor scans will be replaced as better ones become available. As can be seen, both methods have their benefits and drawbacks but we hope to include as many full scans of the originals, on or off cover, which should make identification easier. Blomfield's last sheet with amendments consisted only of eleven markings. Now the record comprises of over 60 examples. The markings in printable form. Extracts from the Journal Officiel (as published in QC 139) Under each mark is the code used which should be used, with the town name i.e. Cairo-D4.k. After the main code other letters represent other words used. Beneath are the earliest and latest dates, if known, and below these comments. If a red arrow is displayed, hover over with the cursor for more information; if a small cover is shown, click on it to see the cover in full size.

Key words:	Delivery	Express	House to House
Arabic:
Code:	D	E	H
Other:	Registered	Arrival	Depart	Zone	Traffic	Station
Arabic:
Code:	r	a	d	z	t	s
Other:	Section	Foreign	Pen	Post	Number	Service
Arabic:
Code:	c	f	k	b	n	v

D1   27.VIII.10   BF	D2   29.III.29 9.III.31	D3.an   3.V.63 22.III.65 No.1 in arabic	D4   16.III.27	D5 26x9 6.VIII.16
DE1 30x9 21.III.40 8.VI.43	DE2   23.III.78	E1 22x11mm 5 VIII, 45 17 V 56	E2 34x25x9 25.IX.57	E3.d 27x20x8 10.VI.67
Er1.s   18.IV.50
D1   20.IX.22 6.VI.25	D2 21 8.V.56 27.VII.58	D3.a   29.I.56 27.VI.57	D4.k 31x8 23.X.06 6.XI.07 Arabic pen	D5 28x10 1.IX.55 1.VII.56
D6.a 29x10 12.III.56 27.VI.57	D7 27x6 8.I.59	D8 30x10 23.III.49	D9   7.III.57	D10 28x9 7.VII.45
D11 30x10 ?.VI.52 24.III.55	D12 29x8 29.IV.49
Dr1.a 35x29x8 12.II.62 17.V.62	Dr2.a   12.VII.43 12.VI.45	Dr3.a 29x9 26.IX.40 18.VII.42 No.1 ..	Dr4.a 30x9 5.IX.36 16.X.40	Dr5.a 28x10 23.III.52 7.VI.52 No1 19.IX.52 No3 8.XII.51
Dr6   8.I.50 13.X.56	Dr7 30x11 29.II.60 24.VII.60	Dr8 26x10 17.XI.60	Dr9.f 26x9 6.I.58	Dr10.a 26x8 2.X.46 3.X.47
Dr11.a	Dr12.a 28x10? 19.X.49 27.III.50	Dr13.a 28x9 15.III.48	Dr14.a 31x11 12.XI.52
Dr11   4.IX.65 7.IX.81	Dr12   2.IV.83	Dr13   2.II.56 10.XI.60	Dr14 30x11 4.IV.53 23.VII.58 No.4 dates 29.II.60-24.VII.60	Drh1   12.IX.48 3.XI.48
DE1.b   12.XI.52 31.III.54	DE2   21.I.69	DE3.b   21.III.66	DE4.b 29x10 3.III.57 7.III.57	DE5 32x10 21.III.66
DE6.b 34x24x7 26.IX.57	DE7.b   9,IX.50	DE8.bs   19.6.46 19.VII.46
E1   4.VII.56	E2   24.III.54 29.III.55	E3 30x11 6.I.58	E4 35x8 4.VII.56 14.IX.62	E5.dt   18. VIII 56
E5.? 28x9 1.I.56
Dr1.z   23.VI.73		D1   26.XII.45
D1   14.VIII.46		E1 26x20x9 12.XII.74
Dz1 29x10 11.III.?8		Dz1 27x9 10.III.68 9.VIII.69