Manama 1 riyal Butterflies and Moths postage stamps (1972) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Manama 1 riyal Butterflies and Moths postage stamps (1972) / 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 | These postage stamps (= Michel Catalog # 1107 and 1108) were issued in 1972 by Manama, a town in the eastern Arabian Peninsula (not the city in Bahrain - that's a different "Manama"). Manama is part of Ajman, a country / emirate / sheikdom / Trucial State / confederation. On the stamps themselves, Manama is considered a "Dependency of Ajman". In modern times, Ajman and Manama are part of the "U.A.E." = the United Arab Emirates. Manama formerly issued 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 Ajman post offices and not used on their mail. Many depict subjects or topics completely non-related to the home country. 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.These are part of a set of ten stamps depicting butterflies and moths. The 1 riyal value at left shows Morpho aega, a butterfly. The 1 riyal value at right shows Euphaedra neophron, also a butterfly.The stamps have cancellations, but they were printed atop the stamps 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 | 2024-12-14 23:56:02 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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