In this second part of eary Egypt cancels, I continue in the year 1877.
Egypt's chief postmaster, and founder of the Egypt postal system, Giacomo Muzzi, resigned in 1876.
He was succeeded by Alfred Caillard - of French origine - in 1877, and under his supervison, Egypt's handstamps changed from Italian to French.
Type VI
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| Type VI |
Type VII
In 1878, a duplex cancel was introduced, similar to cancels used in the British Empire.
These duplex cancels had a regular cancel in French and Arabic, and next to it, a mute cancel with the letter A. This cancel type was only used in Alexandria.
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| Type VII - duplex cancel Alexandria |
Type VIII
In 1880, Caillard was succeeded by Walter Halton Pasha, who introduced next to French, also the English names on the cancels.
This type, has the English or French name on top of the cancel, and the Arabic name at the bottom.
see also Type XII, where the two languages changed place, giving preference to the Arabic name.
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| Type VIII |
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| Type VIII pair |
Also in 1880, a hand cancel with bars was introduced.
For this type, there are several subtypes. The inner ring has bars on both sides, both up and down. There are variations with only bars in the top part, or only on the bottom part.
The number of bars vary as well. Going from 3 bars, up to 11.
Furthermore, some bars are attached to the inner circle, other cancels have bars that are not attached.
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| Type IX.1 |
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| Type IX.6 |
Because of the similar design with swiss cancels that were in use at the same time, this type is also called the 'Swiss type'.
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| Type IX 5 bars and 6 bars |
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| Type IX 7 bars and 8 bars |
Type X
The 10th type came out in 1882, and is sought because of its limited use (less then 40 known locations), mainly in the north of Egypt, and some of them in Sudan.
Specific for this type of hand cancel, is the star and crescent under the city name.
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| Type X - star and crescent |
Type XI
Similar to type X, but now with only a star, is this type XI.
This cancel type was in use between 1907 and 1923.
Type XII
The last type, type XII, is similar to type VIII.
Where in type VIII, the French or English name is on top of the cancel, and the Arabic name on the lower part, the Type XII stamps have the Arabic on top, and the 'foreign' language at the bottom of the cancel.
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| Type XII - Arabic name on top |
to be continued...
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