XII-The First Issue
Egypt: Stamps & Postal History

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Fig. 4 The two orientation types of each value.

 TYPE I TYPE II 
5 paras  
10 paras  
20 paras
tight crescent
crescent wide open
1 piaster
loops touch
loops wide apart
2 piasters
10 curves narrow E
11 curves. wider E
5 piasters
ornament clear of circle. 5 upright & upper part larger/ taller than the lower.
ornament touches circle. 5 tilted to left & upper and lower parts about equal.
10 piasters
line through O passes through ornament; 1 tapered toward bottom; center of O symmetrical; O is fat.
line through O intersects ornamenst; 1 not tapered; O irregular at the bottom of the solid center; O is thin.
10 piasters
loop of P joins stem at right angle.; E has a bent back and the horizental bars are thicker.
loop of P does not join stem at right angles; E is straight-backed.