UMM_1964_MiNr0025A_pm_B002.jpg
Summary
Description UMM 1964 MiNr0025A pm B002.jpg |
Stamp of the Arabian
Emirate of Umm al Qiwain (Umm al Quwain)
; 1964; commemorative issue to the "
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
"; stamp drawing with the a copy of the famous "Diskobolus"-statue by Myron (ca. 460 BC) and the "
National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo
"; stamp postmarked by CTO ("cancelled-to-order")
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1964-11-25T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1973-03-31T00:00:00Z/11
Stamp picture size (printed area): 47.5 x 27.0 mm |
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Date | (first issue day of the stamp) | ||||
Source | scan of original | ||||
Author | Postal administration of the Emirate Umm al Qiwain (Umm al Quwain) | ||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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Other versions | also imperforate |
Picture description |
Drawing with the a copy of the famous "Diskobolus"-statue by Myron (ca. 460 BC) and the "
National (Olympic) Stadium in Tokyo
"
(
Note
: The pictured “Diskobolus” is a copy of a lost statue by the Athenian sculptor
Myron
from the time around 460 BC. But, there are existing several copies and similar statues in contemporary museums. However, the statue pictured on this stamp is not (how often described) the Townley-statue from the British Museum in London, rather it is pictured a similar statue from the “National Roman Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme” in Rome from the time around 140 AD. (One considers mainly the arms and the discus.))
The statue from the "National Roman Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme" in Rome in 2015 |
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First day of issue | |
Publisher | Postal administration of the Emirate Umm al Qiwain (Umm al Quwain) |
Design | Unknown author Unknown author |
Printer |
"The House of Questa, Hertfordshire (England)"
(Probably. Quotation: "In 1963, Great Britain ceded responsibility for the Trucial States' postal system.", So, all stamps of the so-called "Trucial States" were printed either in England or in Austria (the latter mainly Emirate Ajman). All other issues not listed in the catalogues and/or with lesser print quality (and mostly postmarked as CTO) are so-called "dunes issues" and as such seen as pure maculation created with the aim of financial fraud. The former Emirate Umm al Qiwain was one of the "Trucial States".) |
Printing technique | Recess printing (?) |
Circulation | 50,000 |
Perforation | Comb perforation, K 14 x 13½ |
MICHEL Nr. | Umm al Qiwain, No. 25A |
SCOTT Nr. | Umm al Quwain, No. 25 |