Ajman 1972 Roses & Flowers Sets

Starting a new thread to continue this discussion.

OK, Rod. Maybe this will help with sorting out the roses. Photos are a hodge-podge from around the Internet. Also, there are a couple of flower sets that aren't part of the rose series that may contain roses. I included them at the bottom. If you have any that aren't shown here, let me know and I'll track them down.

Also, I reduced the size of some of the photos for presentation here. It you need the larger versions, let me know.

Roses Sets


MiNr. 1669-1672 (Famous Roses)



MiNr. 1734-1738 (First Lady Roses)

MiNr. Block 395



MiNr. 1769-1773 (Lovers' Roses)

MiNr. Block 401

MiNr. Block A401



MiNr. 1945-1948 and Block 423 (Grace Flowers, includes flowers other than roses)


These are called "Garden Flowers", and include flowers other than roses.

I think Michel has a mistake in this listing because I did find a Block, but with 1949 instead of 1950.

MiNr. 1949 in Block 424?

MiNr. 1950

MiNr. 1951



MiNr. 2078-2082 (Queens Roses)

MiNr. Block 453



MiNr. 2083-2088 and Block 454 (Orange Roses)



MiNr. 2089-2093 (1st Prize Roses)

MiNr. Block 455



MiNr. 2094-2098 and Block 456 (Tender Roses)



MiNr. 2413-2417 (Imperial Roses) - couldn't find a photo of Block 500

MiNr. Block 499



MiNr. 2418-2422 (Red Roses)

MiNr. Block 501



MiNr. 2423-2427 (Her Majesty's Roses) - couldn't find photos of the Blocks


MiNr. 2428-2432 (Superb Roses) - couldn't find photos of one of these

MiNr. 2428

MiNr. 2429

MiNr. 2430

MiNr. 2431

MiNr. Block 504

Flowers Sets


MiNr. 2133-2137 (Field Flowers)

MiNr. Block 467



MiNr. 2138-2143 (European Flowers)

MiNr. Block 468



MiNr. 2144-2147 (Flowers)

MiNr. Block 469

Wow! Wow!
Postmaster, that is incredible !
That is going to take some time to sink in.
You are some sort of wizard.

I'll work on Ajman tomorrow, and post my findings.

Accept a Gold Logie....

Irregularity.
MiNr. 2138-2143 (European Flowers)

We may have an interloper here, or, Michel is in error.
The top left hand stamp is 1¼ Riyals, not 1½ Riyals
and "Aster" does not seem to match web images of this genus.

Any gardeners can correct moi.

Michel does not list 1¼ Riyal in this group.

(Gee, I dislike this new HP cordless keyboard, so much re-typing required.)

Rod,

Has to be an error in the catalog. I noted a couple others over the course of this series, particularly in the flower names.

The stamp definitely belongs in that set:

Genius !
If we manage to get them all, I'll email Michel with Images and Catalogue numbers, see if they wish to include in next edition.

Wow, Postmaster and Rodney!

Thanks very much! I also have some of this series, and I noticed what seemed like inconsistencies or, at least, ambiguities in the German-language catalog, and set them aside to deal with sometime later. I haven't gotten back around to them yet, but really appreciate this reference! (There are a couple of other series I'll also have some questions about.)

A masterful job, PMGS!

So the flowers on 2138-2143 are as follows:

75dh - Rose
1R - Coreopsis tinctoria
1.25R - Cactus Dahlia
2R - Rose
2.50R - Iris (single orange flower)
2.50R - Aster (3 red flowers)

I could not find a reference to a Gertrude Gregory Rose online so I'm not sure which color rose is that one or if the name is even correct. Asters are just one of many daisy-like flower species so that stamp may not actually picture asters.

Just an update from my end.
I have mislaid my stash of roses,
Perhaps I thought I would never ID them.
They are packed away I presume in one of the numerous boxes I have.
Sorry.
Shall continue when they decide to be re discovered.

I'd like to thank PostmasterGS for this comprehensive display of the elusive Ajman Roses. It has helped me greatly over the past year identifying the Roses.

I just wanted to share a purchase I made recently from a stamp dealer's 10 cent Topical box. These Ajman sheets were folded up and stuffed in the box.

If anyone wondered how these were issued:

First picture is of a sheet of 25.



This breaks down into:
Top row: Roses 8, strip of 5, Mi.2089-93
2nd row: Roses 9, strip of 5, Mi.2094-98
3rd row: Roses 6, strip of 5, Mi.2075-82
4th and 5th rows: Left 6 stamps, Roses 7, block of 6, Mi.2083-88
Right 4 stamps, Roses 1, block of 4 Mi.1669-72.


Second picture is of a partial sheet:



Left column: Roses 4, strip of 4, Mi.1945-48
2nd from left: Roses 5, strip of 3, Mi.1949-51
top right stamp, part of Roses 4 (Mi.1947)
remaining stamps, Roses 2, issued as a strip of 5,Mi.1734-8

Third picture is of a partial sheet:



Top row: Roses 3, strip of 5, Mi. 1769-73
bottom : 4 copies of the remaining stamp from Roses 3.

I have been wondering whether various Trucial State stamps were reprinted in different formats at some time in the past, maybe to get all of one topic on as few sheets as possible. For example, I also have Roses 5, strip of three in a horizontal format.