The stamps were printed from the 88th to the 90th series, which have not yet been printed in red, with the date printed in Arabic. It was printed by laser engraving at the offices of the Survey Department in Cairo. 13 x 13 stamps with a watermark for the image of the crown and the Arabic letter (P) with a control number A / 42, which was removed with two columns and replaced with "0vii" and both were part of the printing process.

The Al-Azhar Mosque was established from 359 to 361 AH, corresponding to 970-972 AD. When Egypt was opened by Jawhar al-Saqli, the leader of the Mu'izz Ladin Allah, the first Fatimid caliph in Egypt. After establishing the city of Cairo, the first month of Jumada I, 359 AH, corresponding to 970 AD, began in the establishment of the Al-Azhar Mosque and completed it in the month of Ramadan in the year 361 AH, corresponding to 972 AD, Established in Cairo, the oldest Fatimid monument in Egypt.

Historians have differed on the origin of the designation of this mosque, and most likely the Fatimids were crowned by Al-Azhar after Fatima Al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet, and praised her memory.

On September 7, 1361 AH, corresponding to 18 September 1942, Al-Azhar was 1000 years old.