Umm Al Qiwain | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: August 29, 1968 Occasion: 1968 Winter Olympics,1968,Grenoble,France Width: 33 mm Height: 46 mm Perforation: Imperforate Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Michel 258B Location: Ice Hockey Volume XCII Stamp ID = 3615 This isumm-19680318-s-002 overprinted with 12-27 OCTOBER MEXICO XIX OLYMPIC GAMES From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Umm al Qiwain (1964-72) Stamp-issuing status: inactive; Population: 5,700. A sheikhdom in the Trucial States in eastern Arabia. Under British protection from 1892-1971, Umm al Qiwain joined the independent United Arab Emirates on Dec. 2, 1971. During 1964-72, it issued a large number of colorful thematic stamps, usually accompanied by souvenir sheets and imperforate varieties, aimed at the collector market. |