Fujeira | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: November 15, 1971 Width: 245 mm Height: 233 mm Location: 9 x 12 Portfolio #5 Stamp ID = 2443 This could be a trial color or it could be a scrap printing because the stamp is missing the country name, Fujeira, at the bottom of each stamp. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Fujeira (1964-72) Stamp-issuing status: inactive. One of the sheikhdoms that comprised the Trucial States in southeast Arabia, in the Persian Gulf. Fujeira was under British protection from 1892 to 1971, when it became a member of the independent United Arab Emirates. From 1964 to 1972, Fujeira produced a huge number of gaudy topical stamps for sale to collectors. |