Fujeira 20 dirham Paradise Birdwing Butterfly postage stamp (1972) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Fujeira 20 dirham Paradise Birdwing Butterfly postage stamp (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 | This 20 dirham butterfly postage stamp (= Michel Catalog # 1163) was issued in 1972 by Fujeira, which is located in the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Fujeira 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. Fujeira 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 Fujeira 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.This stamp is part of a set depicting colorful butterflies and birds. The 20 dirham value shows Ornithoptera paradisea, the paradise birdwing butterfly.The stamp has a cancellation, but it was printed atop the stamp at the factory. Such fake cancels are called "CTO" - "cancelled to order". |
| 撮影日 | 2025-01-13 21:25:31 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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