EGYPTIAN · CIGARETTE · MANUFACTORY SIMON ARZT PORT-SAÏD (·Egypt·)

Front Text - Purveyor to H.H. The Khedive Moullot · Marseille · 4266;Text on the back -CARTE POSTALE:Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse SIMON ARZT Port-Saïd (Egypt);Back Printed Text Translation - POSTCARD:This side is exclusively reserved to the address SIMON ARZT Port-Saïd (Egypt);Production period - before 1897;Front Period - end of the 19th century;Category - Jewish Businesses;Description - This horizontal postcard is separated into two parts: it depicts in its left side a portrait of Simon Arzt and his Cigarette Manufacture. Simon Arzt was a Turkish tobacco plantation owner producing his cigarettes in Egypt. His portrait is presented in a round photograph: he has a beard, wears the traditional fez (red felt hat with the shape of a truncated cone) and an elegant suit. Above him appears a drawing of his manufacture in Port Said: it is situated at the corner of a main street - the Commerce street - frequented by several people. On the left top of the postcard, we can see the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Egypt under the reign of the Khedive H.H. Muhammad Tewfik Pascha. This coat of arms contains a crescent moon with three stars which apparently represent the three parts of the kingdom: Egypt, Nubia and Sudan. The right side of t;Stamp Place on postcard - top right corner of back;Stamp Origin - Egypt (Country);Post office marks Origin - Barby (Town), Port Said (City);Post office marks Languages Of Text - French