Umm-al-Qiwain 50 dirham Penguin Chicks air mail stamp (1971) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Umm-al-Qiwain 50 dirham Penguin Chicks air mail stamp (1971) / James St. John
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | This air mail stamp (= Michel Catalog # 634A) was issued in 1971 by Umm al Qiwain, which is located in the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Umm al Qiwain is both a city and a country (also referred to as an emirate, a sheikdom, a Trucial State, and a confederation). In modern times, it is part of the "U.A.E." = the United Arab Emirates. Umm al Qiwain formerly issued many postage stamps in the 1960s and 1970s, as did other Trucial States in the region. The stamps were created specifically to be sold to non-domestic stamp collectors to raise money ("revenue") for each country. They were not even printed in the countries that bear their names. As such, they are not really postage stamps - they were not sold from Umm al Qiwain post offices and not used on their mail. Many depict subjects or topics completely non-related to the home country (such as the example seen here). Serious stamp collectors collectively call these non-stamps "Dunes" or "Trucials" and consider them worthless. There's reportedly been renewed interest in Trucial stamps in recent years.Seen here is one of six stamps in a set depicting penguins. This one shows penguin chicks.The stamp has a cancellation, but it was printed atop the stamp in the factory. Stamps with such fake cancellations are called "CTO" - "cancelled to order". They were never affixed to a cover and were never used in the mail. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-09-15 10:25:13 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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