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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Yemen. Yemen is located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia . It has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the south, and Oman to the east.
One stamp was issued on this occasion Value: Rs. 5 1987 –2 Savings Bank Week – 21 February 1987; Four stamps & Two Labels were issued in se-tanent strip of Six throughout the sheet. Value: Rs. 5, Rs. 5, Rs. 5, Rs. 5 1987 –3 New Parliament House – 23 March 1987; One stamp was issued on this occasion Value: Rs. 3
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Saudi Arabia, formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd until 22 September 1932. The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd had been separate countries until the mid-1920s. Saudi Arabia is the largest Arab country of the Middle East. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and ...
The Afghan stamps of the 1930s and 1940s are rather plain affairs, mostly typographed, with large blank spaces in the design. The definitive series of 1951 was finely engraved by Waterlow and Sons, several featuring portraits of Mohammed Zahir Shah . A large number of Afghan stamps appeared in the 1960s.
A 1923 3 annas stamp of Iraq, designed by Marjorie Maynard, depicting the ruins of the Kasra arch in Ctesiphon. The postal service of Iraq proper began with the British mandate granted by the League of Nations in 1920. The first stamps of Iraq were a definitive series that appeared in 1923; the set of 12 included eight different designs ...
The United States Postal Service issued a 34-cent stamp on the 1 September 2001 at the annual Islamic Society of North America's convention in Des Plaines, Illinois.It features gold Arabic calligraphy on a lapis background that commemorates two of the most important Muslim festivals: Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha, at the end of the pilgrimage to ...
G Stamp Used (also 3 cent G makeup rate stamp) January 10, 1999.33.33.22.20 H Stamp Used (also 1 cent H makeup rate stamp) January 7, 2001.34.34.21.20 Nondenominated Stamps Used July 1, 2001.34.34.23.21 Nondenominated Stamps Used June 30, 2002.37.37.23.23 Flag and Antique Toy Stamps Used January 8, 2006.39.39.24.24 Lady Liberty Flag Stamp Used ...
Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847.[ 20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.