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Ras Al Khaima : Meaning : "Top of the tent"  10 May 1967 Arab Paintings Postage 1 dh. - Solon and His Students 2 dh. - Ceiling of a chapel 3 dh. - Al-Harith Speaks to Abu-Zaydi 4 dh. - Ruler 10 dh. - Herons 20 dh. - Angel 30 dh. - Two horsemen Steiner Page 30.  5 January 1969 Composers - Paintings Postage 25 dh. - Chopin 50 dh. - Berlioz 75 dh. - R. Strauss 1 rl 50 dh. - Mozart 2 rl 50 dh. - Verdi Steiner Page 36.  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 05/15/2021 09:55 am |
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Strauss (75d value) in sheetlet of 6  |
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| Edited by vayolene - 05/15/2021 07:49 am |
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Winter Olympic Champions , Grenoble 1968 – France 50 dirham - Marielle Goitschel , France 1 Riyal - Franco Nones , Italy 1.5 Riyal - Jean Claude Killy and Guy Périllat , France 2 Riyal - Olga Pall , Austria 2.5 Riyal - Nancy Greene , Canada 5 Riyal - Jean Claude Killy , France  |
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| Edited by cupram - 05/15/2021 09:37 am |
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I wonder if they ever knew they were featured on some Labels ? 1968 Mother's Day. Steiner Page 40.  1969 Apollo 12. Steiner Page 70.  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 05/15/2021 09:53 am |
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The stamps issued by (or on behalf of) the Trucial States/"Sand Dunes States" have had a huge contribution to the popularization of stamp collecting, especially among the children, worldwide. You can criticize them all you want for being CTOs, or "wallpaper", or not connected in subject to the emirates that issued them, etc. Regardless of all the [tw]itching about them, they DID have a great contribution to sparking the appetite for learning, for general culture, before the Internet. Also, many are beatifully designed. I was thinking: why don't YOU, "serious" designers/postal administrations from most other countries, design stamps just as beautiful, huh? WHY? I like many of the stamps from the 7 emirates, even if they were designed by the associates of Finbar Kenny, or a few designed by Ion Dumitrana (Romania), etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunes_(stamps) |
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| Edited by DC3 - 05/15/2021 3:50 pm |
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1970 Expo '70 Pavilions. Steiner Page 90.  1971 Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts from 8 Nations. Know your Flags?  Steiner Page 100.  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 05/15/2021 6:00 pm |
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1972 Animals As with many sets, the high values are always missing. I smell greed lurking there somewhere. Steiner Page 127.  1972 Fish Steiner Page 128 Fishes Postage 30 dh. - Pomacanthus semicirculatus 50 dh. - Chelmon rostratus 60 dh. - Chaetodon chrysurus 90 dh. - Heniochus acuminatus 1 rl 45 dh. - Pygoplites diacanthus 1 rl 55 dh. - Carassius auratus Miniature sheet 5 rl - Beta splendens  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 05/15/2021 6:24 pm |
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I suspect that there is no evidence that the "stamps" produced for the Trucial States/Emirates made a "huge contribution" to popularising stamp collecting among children or to creating "an appetite for learning". Taste in stamp design will always be individual, but I rather prefer something that bears some relationship to the entity that is supposedly issuing the labels. |
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There's probably no hard evidence ever been compiled - but that doesn't make it untrue. I collected as a kid and was greatly impressed by Um Al Qiwain's disappearing animals, Ajman and Manama soldiers and Beethoven sets, and several similar including the Yemen issues. They certainly contributed to my interest in the hobby and because they were ubiquitous, were great fodder for swapping with class mates. |
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20th February 1969 International Stamp Exhibition EFIMEX '68 Mexico Steiner Page 63.  Steiner Page 64.  Thematic : "Stamps on Stamps" Guide to the stamps featured Bib: Michel "Gulf States" 2013 Schwaneberger Verlag GMBH  |
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GeoffHa, I also prefer genuine relevance, but I saw overwhelming evidence about popularization. |
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| Edited by DC3 - 05/16/2021 2:32 pm |
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1969 Steiner Page 72.  1971 Steiner Page 119. Colour changeling Gold to Green.  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 05/16/2021 8:52 pm |
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Ras Al Khaima (Stuck down) From a series of Triptychs featuring Paintings by Masters. July 1970 MiNr 401A Paintings by Andrea del Sarto (Italian) Abraham, The Madonna and The Pieta. Andrea del Sarto (1487-1531) was one of the first Florentine artists to explore Mannerism : A style of art that brought a new fluidity and elegance to the human form.  |
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Thank you DC3 William Steiner, and Michel. Erratum. These two sets fail to have a Steiner Album Page designed. MiNr#322 Napoleon.  Flower Paintings MiNr 865  Michel Lists this as (Silver) White Gorilla. ? MiNr 913  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 05/17/2021 6:34 pm |
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