#NY002
1934
230 p.: ill. 27,2x18 cm. Original illustrated cardboards. Spine is slightly scuffed, otherwise in very good condition.
First edition. Together with 34 statistical graphs on the separate leaves, depicting the state of Egypt post in 1934. Over 40 illustrations in text.
With 2 maps, showing the postal routes in Egypt and historic postal routes through the Middle East.
Great source of the information on the post in the region from the time of Ancient Egyptians to the 1930s system. The book includes the images of the stamps, as well as the printing press, used by the post officials.
The graphs include the statistics on the profits made by the Post of Egypt by decades, the amount of mail sent and received, the subscriptions used by the citizens, by media type (both domestic and international), the amount of telegrams sent and received, the amount of cash orders. The separate graphs give the numbers of post going in and out of Egypt to Sudan and Palestine.
