Umm Al Qiwain
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Occasion: 1972 Winter Olympics,1972,Sapporo,Japan
Width: 59 mm
Height: 34 mm
Perforation: Imperforate
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Michel 458B
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XCII
Stamp ID = 3622
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Umm al Qiwain (1964-72)
Stamp-issuing status: inactive; Population: 5,700. A sheikhdom in the Trucial States in eastern Arabia. Under British protection from 1892-1971, Umm al Qiwain joined the independent United Arab Emirates on Dec. 2, 1971. During 1964-72, it issued a large number of colorful thematic stamps, usually accompanied by souvenir sheets and imperforate varieties, aimed at the collector market.