Egypt Revenue - Arab Socialist Union - 1966 Membership Dues - Se-Tenant Pair

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Egypt
Membership / Dues Stamp
The Arab Socialist Union in Egypt produced these stamps (second issue) in 1966 for use in membership books to show payment of dues.
According to Wikipedia:
The Arab Socialist Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكى العربى‎ al-Ittiḥād al-Ištirākī al-ʿArabī) was an Egyptian political party based on the principles of Nasserist Arab socialism.
The Arab Socialist Union was founded in Egypt in December 1962 by Gamal Abdel Nasser as the country's sole political party. The ASU grew out of the Free Officers Movement of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. The party's formation was just one part in Nasser's National Charter. The Charter set out an agenda of nationalization, agrarian reform, and constitutional reform, which formed the basis of ASU policy. The programme of nationalisation under Nasser saw seven billion Egyptian pounds of private assets transferred into the public sector. Banks, insurance companies, many large shipping companies, major heavy industries and major basic industries were converted to public control. Land reforms saw the maximum area of private land ownership successively reduced from 200 to 100 feddans. A 90% top rate of income tax was levied on income over ten thousand Egyptian pounds. Boards of directors were required to have a minimum number of workers, and workers and peasants were guaranteed at least half of the seats in the People's Assembly. The Charter also saw a strong assertion of Arab nationalism, within the context of historical Egyptian nationalism.
According to the listing in the 1982
Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue Stamps
by the late Peter R. Feltus:
These stamps were printed by photogravure by the Postal Authority Press. They are inscribed
el gumhuriya el arabiya el muttahida
(The United Arab Republic) at top,
el ittihad el ishtiraki el arabi
(Arab Socialist Union) at top of shield, and
el mithaq
(The Charter) just above the hand.
These stamps are also inscribed
betaket el odwo
(member's card) on the yellow-olive stamp, and
betaket el wehdah
(division card) on the purple ones. This stamp, denominated 20 milliemes, also is inscribed
shah'ri
(monthly) at the left side of the olive stamp and
ishtirak
(membership) at the right side of the purple stamp.
This is a VF, MNH, Se-Tenant pair.
Approximate Image Size: 17 x 21 mm.
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