Ajmans Stamps

Rod, great stuff as usual there.

Is there any area in philately you are not interested in?

Thank you LG,
seriously, I am really just a general collector, I cannot afford the deep stuff.
When I began I was rather poor at the time, and I stockpiled all the weird stuff
that raised noses at auction, that's all I could afford.
The Sharjah, dunes, and the Chinese stock books full of Romania Poland CTO's.
they were always around $5 $10 in a scruffy album.

Hence you won't find serious US stuff, or European

My real journey began when I discovered the Scott Catalogue and Steiner.

I get inspired by a lot of fellows on SCF, collectors where we only see a glimpse now and again of their stuff.
I have learnt so much say, with your adopted passion of printing, that was always a cloudy part of my study. Fascinating stuff.

The Ajman / Manama definitives, plated.

1968
Michel #69 onwards.
National Costumes.

Sorry Klaus...no duplication, if any arrive, I'll send them on.

ID of the PINK Michel "Blocks"
Finding these can be a bit of a task... hope this helps.

Gift from SCF member "Klaus" Thank you.

Michel Numbers (Of the sets they belong to) ... disregard the other numbers.

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Ajman 1968 15th December
Christmas
"The Nativity" by Gerrit von Honthorst. (Known as Gherardo delle notti)
1590 - 1656
Dutch Painter

Michel #353 Souvenir Sheet


Mentioned, but not listed in Michel
Printed Se-tenant with Manama Michel #133

Ajman 30 NP Essays
M M Arthur Designer.
Printed 1963 by the Baroody Stamp company
The Company assigned the contract for Ajman to J H Stolow.

Many essays were printed on preprinted stock, so some show printing on reverse
Vignette :Turtle ?

Galileo Galilei.
Michel 2781


Galileo sees the Moon

Bib: Faking Galileo (Cynosure: Art Forgeries) Massimo Mazzoti

I collect them on cover.

Yes, mailed deliberately to prove usage, but who cares.

I wonder if the Ajman General Post Office was in White Plains?

GeoffHa,

The Ajman post office was in Ajman. The cover (yes a contrived souvenir cover) really went through the international mails. The White Plains backstamp is real and was applied at White Plains.

Mail by air from Ajman went via the Sharjah airport that opened in 1932 for Imperial Airways or via the Dubai airport improved in 1965-1966.

Ajman is expected to open its own international airport in 2020 or 2021 at the interior enclave at Manama.

In the mid-1960s, the semi-independent emirates had begun to take over mail services from the British Agency Post Office, Dubai being first, on June 15, 1963. Dubai issued it first definitive stamps the same day. Sharjah opened its own post office July 10, 1963, and issued its first stamps the same day. Ajman issued its first definitive stamps in three waves in 1964 on June 20, September 7, and November 4.

Ajman's Manama exclave issued its first definitives on July 5, 1966.

On June 29, 1964, Umm al Qiwain issued its first definitive stamps. Fujeira issued its first definitive stamps on September 22, 1964. On December 21, 1964, Ras al Khaima issued its first definitive stamps.

I've been collecting for 50 of my 58 years and I remember as a kid thinking that these stamps from the countries that I had never heard of were so colorful! I was also amazed at how MANY stamps there were from countries that I had never heard of! 2 or 3 years ago, I decided to blow out a number of cartons of stamps that were collecting dust. I had culled from them all the stamps that I wanted. I tried to sort them, at least roughly. A carton of NH, a carton of Commonwealth, a carton of Europe, etc. And the last carton to get made up was a carton of, what I called, TOPICALS. It was a large carton, jam-packed with sheets, album pages, stockbooks, loose, etc, Dunes - including tons of the stuff being shown here. If I had any idea there was this much interest in the area, I would have come here first. Unfortunately, I did not. Anyway, the Topicals carton got lotted along with a few other cartons into a giant worldwide hoard. I, frankly, lost my shirt. All they had to do was lot them as they were 'cartoned', along with the accompanying descriptions (I used to be an auction lot describer for a few nationally-known auction houses), and it all would have brought much more. Oh well. Anyway, I am sorry that I did not make material in that carton available to you people on this thread!!!!

PS: Michael, that cover is gorgeous! It 'proves' that these stamps were actually valid. I notice it took over a month to get from there to the USA.

What a nice sentiment.

There is joy to be had, in most things, one just needs to look closely, and let your imagination run.
Be it a Trucial stamp / label, or a flower from a weed.

It is up to the individual, as to his or hers awareness, and contemplation.

Fun thread to follow and learn some of the history of these stamps. I have a few cataloged in my albums and a few more waiting to be added. They bring back memories of starter sets you would get as a kid in the 70's and 80's.

The stamps from Ajman and other related areas (many not listed in Scott due supposed lack of postal validity) seem tame compared to what is being issued today (listed in Scott).

I obtained enough to fill 3 vario pages so now trying to decide what to do with them. Identify (Michel) and then store away.