Suez Gallery

Canadian Pacific Railway and Suez Canal (Victorian illustration)

A montage showing the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Suez Canal in Egypt - both constructed during the reign of Queen Victoria and published in a book to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. During the time of the British Empire, they are described as "two short roads to our Eastern Possessions". From "The Realm of Victoria 1837-1887" by WJ Gordon. Published c1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Publisher Perry & Co, London

© Digitally restored by Linda Steward - Linda Steward

The Suez Crisis

19th November 1956: A young soldier watches other soldiers milling around in the square as he stands on what was a residential balcony where a bullet hole can be seen in the glass patio door. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8735 - Death Wore A Galabiya - pub. 1956 (Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Anti-British First Day Cover - Port Said Raid - Suez Crisis

Anti-British Egyptian First Day Cover (printed in Alexandria) - critical of British military operations in the 1956 Suez Crisis - November, 1956. The aim of the conflict was to regain Western control of the Suez Canal, removing Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the canal. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated the United Kingdom and France and strengthened Nasser. Date: 1956

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection