UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (UAR) - Egypt.
14th Anniversary of Revolution of 23 July 1952. Development of Sinai.
Illustrated map on Sinai Peninsula.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 23.07.1966.
Face value: 10 milliemes of Egyptian pound.
Stamping: Photogravure.
Size: 40 x 40 mm.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 830.
- Scott No. 700. (701?)
- StampWorld No. 305.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 888.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 681.
The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, شبه جزيرة سيناء; in Hebrew, חצי האי סיני), northeast of Egypt, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, bordering Israel and Palestine (Gaza Strip) to the east, has a surface area of 61,000 km2 (23,550 sq mi) and is desert in most of its territory. Inhabited since prehistoric times, it served for centuries as a trade route between North Africa and the Near East. Occupied by the Byzantine Empire and later by the Ottoman Empire, the peninsula was administered by Egypt from 1949 until Israel invaded it militarily, which led to the Six Day War in June 1967. From 1949 to 1973 Sinai was the scene of bitter fighting in 1956, 1967 and 1973. Following the peace agreement reached between Egypt and Israel in 1979, the peninsula was returned to Egypt and demilitarized under the terms of the agreement. The situation in the territory, however, remained unstable.
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