The three-value stamp collection was issued on the occasion of the Twelfth International Geographical Congress organized by the Egyptian Geographical Society in Cairo in 1925. The Egyptian Geographic Society (Arabic: الجمعية الجغرافية المصرية‎; French: Société de Géographie d'Egypte) was established by a decree of Khedive Ismail Pasha on 19 May 1875. Its first president was the German botanist, traveler and ethnologist Georg August Schweinfurth. Originally founded as the Khedivial Society of Geography, its name was modified several times in order to reflect Egypt's changing political status.

This congress had a great impact on the course of modern geography and the emergence of new specializations related to the countryside and its development. Its role had expanded to upgrading the geography in the Arab world after the independence of the Arab countries. The first Arabic Geographical Congress was held in 1962. The Arabic Geographical Union is still sponsored by the Assembly up to today. In addition to its participation with the Arabic Geographical Assemblies, the Assembly has regularly issued its own Arabic Geographical magazine since 1967.