Sharjah 4 rials Apollo 16 air mail stamp (silver foil) (1972) 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Sharjah 4 rials Apollo 16 air mail stamp (silver foil) (1972) 2 / 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 postage stamp (= Michel Catalog # 1057) was issued in 1972 by Sharjah in the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Sharjah is a country / emirate / sheikdom / Trucial State / confederation. In modern times, Sharjah is part of the "U.A.E." = the United Arab Emirates. Sharjah formerly issued its own postage stamps. The stamps were created specifically to be sold to non-domestic stamp collectors to raise money ("revenue"). They were not even printed in the areas that bear their names. As such, they are not really postage stamps - they were not sold from Sharjah 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.This is one of two Sharjah stamps depicting Apollo 16's mission to the Moon, printed in silver foil. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-08-25 14:52:43 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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