Umm Al Qiwain | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: 1972 Occasion: 1972 Winter Olympics,1972,Sapporo,Japan Width: 86 mm Height: 30 mm Perforation: Imperforate Catalog number: Michel 751B Location: Ice Hockey Volume XCII Stamp ID = 3627 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. |