Egyptian Postal Bulletins
Egyptian Postal Service bulletins or the Egyptian Postal Service's mailing list (Egyptian Postal AuthorityIt is a government bulletin specific to the Postal Authority, its offices and employees, in which all orders, instructions and statements issued by the General Administration are listed, and a number of them are sent to each office to inform the employees of all new orders and instructions.
This bulletin was issued on January 1, 1885, under the name of the Weekly Bulletin, and its name was changed to the Postal Bulletin in January 1896, and then to the Official Bulletin in January 1930. It was issued in Arabic and French, then in Arabic and English, and since 1930 it has been published only in Arabic after Egyptian employees replaced the foreigners who were serving the department.
Over the years, a limited number of these publications appeared in local and international markets, and we took it upon ourselves to digitize the scattered issues that reached us until the end of 2023, when the newly elected board of directors of the Egyptian Philatelic Society decided in 2023 to display a collection of 44 issues from the collection of the late collector, Professor Dr. Sherif El-Kerdani.
Egyptian Post Office newsletters auction
On Saturday, December 23, the council held its first seminar to sell some of the late hobbyist’s belongings, which included issues of the Egyptian Postal Service bulletins, which are one of the most important sources of postal history and Egyptian history in general, as they mentioned government and postal orders, postage stamps, and other government favors and monetary matters.
An agreement was reached with the board of directors of the association in the first official cooperation between the Arab collector and the Egyptian Society of Postal Amateurs to digitize the issues of Egyptian postal bulletins before selling them in order to preserve them and help disseminate information that benefits researchers and amateurs, whether they are in postal history or modern Egyptian history in general.
Issues of the Egyptian Postal Service bulletins are currently available on the Arab Collector's Library website for free viewing and browsing via the following link:
Therefore, we extend our deepest gratitude to the Egyptian Philatelic Society and its Board of Directors for converting the original issues into electronic copies, thus preserving the Society's cultural and historical heritage. We promise to update the list of issues and add more in the future.
Egypt Postal Circulars
A government bulletin for the Postal Service, its offices, and its employees, listing all orders, instructions, and statements issued by the public administration,
A number of them are sent to each office to inform employees of all new orders and instructions.
This bulletin was issued on the first of January 1885 under the name of the Weekly Bulletin, and its name was replaced by the Postal Circular in January 1896, then the Official Bulletin in January 1930.
It was published in Arabic and French, then in Arabic and English. Since 1930, it has been published in Arabic only after the Egyptian employees replaced those It was in the interest of foreigners
Over the course of various years, a limited number of these publications appeared in local and international markets, and we took it upon ourselves to digitize the scattered issues that reached us until the end of 2023, when the Board Members of the new Egyptian Philatelic Society, elected in 2023, decided to display a set of 44 issues from the Hobbyist Collection. The late Professor Dr. Sherif Al-Kurdani.
On Saturday, December 23, the board members held a first symposium to sell some of the late collector's possessions, which included these bulletins, which are considered one of the most important sources of postal history and Egyptian history in general, where government and postal orders, postage stamps, other government grants, and monetary issues were mentioned.
In the first official cooperation between the Arab collector and the Egyptian Society of Postal Collectors, it was agreed with the Society's Board of Directors to digitize the issues in order to preserve them and help disseminate information that benefits researchers and hobbyists, whether they are in postal history or modern Egyptian history in general.
The numbers are currently displayed on the Arab Collector's Library website for those who are interested and can browse for free through the following link:
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