This is from a multi-coloured definitive 1888-1902 series which featured an intact Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Three out of the seven colours (including this brown one) were issued prior to 1889.
A maxi from the Cairo Museum! Posted in 1905 with a 1888 stamp from the above series.
A guard keeping us tourists in line during a visit to the Great Pyramid in 2011.
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