Mutawakelite Kingdom Of Yemen

You call it sleigh, we call it sled ; is this again like nite and night?

I am British/Australian,
as a kid, I always owned a bobsled,
I saw Bobsleigh on wiki, and thought
that may be the correct terminology.
I withdraw and retain bobsled then :)

"...on a one-horse open sleigh..." or is it Sled?

Back to original topic... I think this might be useful to those who don't have access to catalogs listing these. OhMyGosh-website does provide a simplified (no images, no perf variations etc) listing of these stamps: http://www.ohmygosh.on.ca/stamps/yemen/ryemen.htm

Yemen (Kingdom)
The 3rd last ever stamp issue for the Kingdom in 1970
"Aeronautics"
1 Riyal, Concorde and Apollo 13 Michel # 1172A

Pmk Royal Mail, Mahabeshah.

1969
Wildlife protection.

African Lion. (note: Cecil the Lion's offspring, has now been shot)
Giraffe
Dromedary.
Topi.
Przewalskii horse.
Mountain Zebra
Tiger
Leopard.

NOTE: Error in Michel : #778A (Tiger) is listed as "Striped Hyaena"

I know we don't have any stamp snobs here at SCF,
but any snobs visiting, please visit.
https://goscf.com/t/38509&whichpage=3

Nice wildlife set Ron.

Are those Michel's descriptions? Some others look a bit suspect too:

- Arab Horse (as on the stamp) rather than a Przewalski's horse.
- Zebra but probably not a Mountain Zebra
- Maybe an Impala rather than a Topi?

I only have a few of these stamps and here are four of my favourites:

First up is a brightly coloured Amethyst Starling:


Next is a rather determined looking Dark Clown Fish:


Next is a stamp I've had since I was 12. I think it came as a free gift with breakfast cereal!

This is from a set about the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon:


And finally a cuddly lion, another lenticular stamp:

Hi Nigel,
learnt a few things today, I thought, when I first saw that Lion lenticular, even I had trouble collecting that, I thought it had to be the nadir of stamping items, now I realise they are listed as "Toys" it makes better sense.

I attach Michel listings of the "endangered animals"
As much as I like Michel, I do find myself irritated by the font of the year date,
I find myself often hunting for the year, whereas in Scott, it yells at you.

I am still discombobulated by this item, Mutawakelite, but listed in "North Yemen" rather than "Kingdom" why is that? Any idea?

The Germans making mistakes? Whom would have thought.
Huge blunders on this set?

Results: Topi =Vulnerable, Impala = Stable
Perhaps the Germans are correct, the illustration dubious. (Maybe an adolescent Topi)

Aside: Hyena v Hyaena was a curious search.

Topi v Impala.

Hi Rod,

I haven't seen the Michel Middle East catalogue so I'm guessing they have classified the stamps as follows:

1. North Yemen = Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) which became the Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990).

2. South Yemen = the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1962 - 1990) which was the eventual successor state of Aden and the Aden Protectorates.

3. Royalist Civil War Issues in North Yemen (1962 - 1970) after the creation of the Yemen Arab Republic.

The Kingdom was always the Mutawakelite Kingdom but the name "Mutawakelite" only appeared on a few issues such as the 1951 set.

This unissued UPU anniversary stamp is from the same period.

The royalist civil war issues started using the full form of "Mutawakelite Kingom of Yemen" from about 1966 onwards and the earlier stamps simply said "Yemen".

Thank you Nigel, Saved.
Michel "Gulf States" 2006 (First Edition in colour)
Used constantly.
A most generous gift from SCF member "Postmaster GS"

The Mutawakkilite Kingdom (al-Mamlakah al-Mutawakkil), also known as the Kingdom of Yemen or, retrospectively, as North Yemen, was a state that existed between 1918 and 1962 in the northern part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was Sana'a until 1948, then Taiz. From 1962 to 1970, it maintained control over portions of Yemen (frequently most) until its final defeat in the North Yemen Civil War. Yemen was admitted to the United Nations on 30 September 1947.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutaw...dom_of_Yemen

I like the "lionticular" stamp. Deeply strange, and would be lovely to see one on cover...

The UPU stamp which Rod showed was one of a series of unissued and unapproved stamps prepared for the Moutawakilite Kingdom of Yemen between 1947 and 1949 by E.A. Wright of Philadelphia. Imam Yahya objected to them on two grounds: firstly they went against a general tenet of Islam that they carried a human image, and secondly that they specifically carried his image, which he refused to have photographed during his lifetime. He was assasinated in 1948, so he didn't have the chance to continue objecting.

Here are the unissued stamps that I'm aware of, starting in 1947 with the commemoration of the admission of Yemen into the United Nations. They were prepared as postage, air mail and postage due.





The UPU stamps come with matching se-tenant labels, postage and airmail, as perf. 12-1/2, perf 12-1/2 x 6, and imperf. These are the perf. 12-1/2 stamps:



Another UPU commemorative stamp was prepared by the State Printing Works in Vienna but never issued. It is apparently much scarcer than the previous unissued stamps and may only be limited to a few sheetlets from presentation booklets; you can see staple marks on the left-hand side. On the essays with the Yemeni flag, the frame is recess-printed and the centre photo, apart from the design with the Imam's portrait which is entirely recess-printed. I suspect there are more of these essays in existence, but haven't checked with the printer's archives yet.




The design was eventually used in 1952 for issued stamps to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the accession of King Ahmed.

Great Post Tim.
I envy your handwriting script, Oh! to be able to write like that.
My son was brought up in Thailand, and didn't begin English classes until around 7 years old, by the end of Primary school, his handwriting was similar,
I guess its just a gift!.

Some pages of North Yemen inc. illustrating perforation varieties.