A short note on the design and issue of postage stamps, prepared by the Survey of Egypt for His Highness Husein, Emir and Sherif of Mecca & King of the Hejaz
A 1918 Cairo publication by the Survey of Egypt, prepared for Husein, Emir and Sherif of Mecca and King of the Hejaz, that documents postage stamp design and issue. Its plates show printed stamp proofs in blue, red and orange, arranged in grids with figure numbers and plate labels, with ornamental borders and Arabic-script central medallions. A designer could draw on the repeated rosette cartouches, rectangular frames and interlaced geometric borders as a reference for staged development of a decorative stamp design.
