Ras Al Khaima
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Occasion: 1968 Winter Olympics,1968,Grenoble,France
Width: 46 mm
Height: 36 mm
Perforation: Perforated 12.50 x 12.50
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Michel 209A
Minkus 137
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXII
Stamp ID = 3163
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Ras al Khaima (1964-72)
Stamp-issuing status: inactive. A sheikhdom in the Trucial States, in eastern Arabia, bordering on the Persian Gulf. Under British protection from 1892-1971, Ras al Khaima joined the United Arab Emirates in 1972. Ras al Khaima was one of the Trucial States, which during 1964-71 issued a large number of stamps, designed for and marketed to stamp collectors.