Ras Al Khaima
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First day of issue: 1972
Occasion: 1972 Winter Olympics,1972,Sapporo,Japan
Width: 100 mm
Height: 76 mm
Perforation: Perforated 11.25 x 11.25
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
     Michel BL110A
     Minkus 636
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXII
Stamp ID = 3177


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.