Wrong Suez Canal stamps

A very careless mistake was made with the stamps issued on August 5 to commemorate the redevelopment of the Suez Canal. An image of the Panama Canal was used on the stamps. Once known, the Egyptian postal service issued a new series of stamps on September 16 featuring an image of The New Suez Canal. The Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Atef Helmy, has ordered an investigation into the person responsible for this design flaw. Both issues contain 3 stamps of two pounds. On the second issue, in addition to the ships, the official administration building in Port Said is also depicted on the left stamp. The English language is also used on the second print run: 'The New Suez Canal'.   The first Suez Canal stamps The Suez Canal Company delivered mail between the port cities of Port Said and Suez and issued four stamps for this purpose in July 1868. These unperforated stamps in the denominations of 1c, 5c, 20c, and 40c were printed in sheets of 10 x 12 stamps by M. Chezaud in Paris. This postal service existed for only a few months, until October of that year, when the Egyptian Government took over the postal service. The stamps are scarce to very rare. It is known that there are at least twelve different series of forgeries in circulation regarding this series of stamps. Stamping These stamps were for mail delivery between Port Said and Suez and were cancelled by pen cancellation. Because the mail often had a longer destination, these stamps were accompanied by either Egyptian or French stamps and therefore sometimes received a numbered stamp used by the French government, from Suez: 5105, or from Port Said: 5129. Plates The 20c stamp is made from a single plate of 120 clichés, while the other values ​​are printed from four clichés from the 20c plate. As a result, there are 120 different types for the 20c stamp, whereas there are four different types for the other three values. 1 cent Type A Dot above S of Suez. Dot before C of Canal. Two dots above second A of Canal. Type B Line to the right of E of De. Dot in L of Canal. Type C dash in D of De. Damaged first A of Canal. Type D Dot before C of Canal. Spot in E of Maritime.   5 cent Type A Two dashes above R, and dot in E of Maritime.   Type B Break in middle mast line.   Type C Point at A and L of Canal. Point for D of De. Type D Dash on N of Canal. Dot under P of Postes.     40 cent Type A Broken T for Maritime. Long T for Postes. Type B Point above E of Suez. Point at the front of the ship. Type C Break in D of De. Break in middle mast line. Type D Thickened E of Suez. The 120 different plate characteristics of the 20 cent stamps are described by Jean Boulad in his work: The Stamps of The Suez Canal, published in Cairo, 1948. Counterfeits This series of stamps is among the most counterfeited stamps in the world. Of these, reprints from the original plates are the most difficult to recognize. However, when 1 or 5 cent stamps have the characteristics of the 40 cent stamp, this is certainly a reprint. Furthermore, there are many different forgeries, varying in quality regarding both paper and printing technique. Authenticity features are: The diagonal lines between De Suez and Postes. Both flags end in a single point, only the outline is drawn. No people on the deck behind the chimney, and one man on the foredeck. Letter with pen destruction Letter sent by Mr Mohammed Ben Aly from Kantara to Mr Louis Gérard in Port Said. The postage consists of four green 5 cent stamps, all stamps with pen cancellation, the date “19 July” in black. Arrival stamp on the reverse: Port Said, 19 July 1868.