EGYPTIAN GALLEY. Circa 1500BC

[john sefton]

EGYPTIAN GALLEY. Circa 1500BC. She is clinker built of Cedar wood and about 65ft. in length. Note that a Hogging truss (see Egyptian Galley circa 2700BC. For explanation) is being used at this time. She has a single mast stepped in the centre of the vessel and the sail has upper and lower yards, which were made of a pair of long tapering poles lashed together in the centre - Guinea-Bissau 1988. 50p. SG1054. Egypt 1926. 5-15m. SG138-40. Poland 1963. SG1370. San Marino 1963.. SG690 (T Broadley)

[aukepalmhof]

The Egyptians used boats from the earliest times, travelling mostly by the waterways within their own country. Their vessels were limited in size at first by the quality of wood available: indeed, some of the acacia wood river boats seem to have had a sort of patch-work appearance! In later years, with the importation of cedar wood, the Egyptians built impressive sea-going vessels, up to about 170 feet in length. These are reputed to have journeyed out around the African coast and possible as far as India. The Egyptian people were dedicated traders in timber and metals. Pharaoh Snefru is recorded as having a fleet of sixty ships, apart from war-galleys, which presumably must have been used for this purpose.

Source: Crown Agents Info leaflet.

Gambia 1980 67B sg 442, scott414.
Bulgaria 1975 1s sg 2435, scott?