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Egypt 1918 — Banque Belge pour l’Étranger, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

Issued cheque from the Cairo branch of Banque Belge pour l’Étranger, dated 2 September 1918, produced during the final months of World War I. Printed with a rich Art Nouveau–influenced border, dual-tone engraving, and a full branch list (Londres, Rotterdam, Le Caire, Alexandrie, Shanghai, Pékin, Tientsin), this form showcases the global reach of Belgian capital networks during wartime. The cheque is made payable to the Société Anonyme Agricole et Industrielle d’Égypte, one of Egypt’s most important agricultural concerns of the early 20th century. ... Read more →

Egypt 1928 — Banco di Roma, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

Issued cheque from the Cairo branch of Banco di Roma, dated 17 November 1928 and printed with the iconic Capitoline Wolf and twins emblem, reflecting the bank’s Italian imperial identity. The engraved header, produced by Ditta Farmani-Roma, demonstrates the high-quality typographic and ornamental standards applied to Italian financial documents during the interwar period. The cheque is fully completed in manuscript and bears the bank’s Cairo office stamp along with the standard internal verification marks. ... Read more →

Egypt 1921 — National Bank of Egypt, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

Issued cheque from the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Cairo branch, dated 23 March 1921. Printed in a deep blue guilloche frame with an Art Nouveau–influenced border, the cheque represents the transitional print style used by NBE shortly before the establishment of Egypt’s central banking functions in the early 1920s. The document is completed in manuscript for £E85 and validated by a red diagonal NOT NEGOTIABLE overprint, a violet PASSÉ 24 MARS 1921 settlement stamp, and dual signatures from the branch’s cashier and accountant. ... Read more →