Suez / Egypt: Port Tewfik Ephtimios Grand Continental Hotel Cairo (Vintage PC 1921)

original vintage postcard - no reprint!

publisher: EPHTIMIOS FRÈRES, PORT SAID

Rare 1921 Egypt Postcard Suez Port Tewfik Ephtimios Freres Grand Continental CairoAn exceptional historical postcard from Egypt combining a rare Suez Canal view with a highly collectible hotel postmark from the early 1920s.

Front: A beautiful colored lithograph view titled "SUEZ - Vue de Port Tewfik" showing the waterfront, mosque minaret, and early industrial oil tanks. It is front-franked with three vintage Egyptian stamps (1 Millieme Felucca and two 2 Milliemes Isis stamps) forming a maximum-style card.

Back: Features a very crisp and clear circular postmark from the famous luxury hotel in Cairo: "CONTINENTAL / CAIRO" dated August 2, 1921 (2-VIII.21 10-AM).