Sharjah and Dependencies
Stamps and Postal Stationery: 1971

Janury 1971
1971 Post Day - early and modern automobiles

Postage

• 1 dh. - Dodge
• 2 dh. - Cadillac
• 3 dh. - Rambler
• 4 dh. - Oldsmobile
• 5 dh. - Ford

Air Mail

• 35 dh. - Dodge
• 50 dh. - Cadillac
• 1 rl - Rambler
• 2 rl - Oldsmobile
• 3 rl - Ford

Miniature sheet

• 2 rl - Cadillac

January 1971
1971 Post Day - Trains

Postage

• 1 dh. - Early train
• 2 dh. - Tunnel
• 3 dh. - Maintenance
• 4 dh. - Electric train
• 5 dh. - Monorail

Air Mail

• 25 dh. - Early train
• 50 dh. - Monorail
• 60 dh. - Tunnel
• 1 rl - Electric train
• 2 rl - Maintenance

Miniature sheet

• 2 rl - Benkel

1971
Sixth anniversary of the accession of Shaikh Khalid

Postage

• 5 dh. - Turbines
• 5 dh.- Mosque
• 5 dh. - Clock fountain

Air Mail

• 75 dh. - Turbines
• 75 dh. - Mosque
• 75 dh. - Clock fountain
• 75 dh. - Shaikh Khalid
• 1 rl - Turbines
• 1 rl - Mosque
• 1 rl - Clock fountain
• 2 rl - Mosque
• 3 rl - Turbines
• 3 rl - Mosque
• 3 rl - Clock fountain
• 3 rl - Shaikh Khalid
• 5 rl - Turbines

1971
Proclamation of the United Arab Emirates

Air Mail

• 25 dh. - Shaikh Khalid and Shaikh Rashid of Dubai
• 35 dh. - Shaikh Khalid and Shaikh Ahmed of Umm al Qiwain
• 65 dh. - UN and Arab League emblems
• 75 dh. - Shaikh Khalid and Shaikh Rashid of Ajman
• 1 rl - Shaikh Khalid and Shaikh Mohamed of Fujairah
• 2 rl - Shaikh Khaild and Shaikh Zaid of Abu Dhabi

1971
Provisionals
The following issues were overprinted: the new values in black, the lines covering the former values in red(?).

Definitives from 1968

• 35 dh. on 5 dh. - Shaikh Khalid and flags of Sharjah
• 60 dh. on 75 dh. - Shaikh Khalid and geometric design

1968 Winter Olympic Games - Grenoble, France from 1968

• 35 dh. on 5 dh. - Figure skater

Proclamation of the United Arab Emirates from 1971

• 65 dh. on 1 rl - Shaikh Khalid and Shaikh Mohamed of Fujairah
• 65 dh. on 2 rl - Shaikh Khaild and Shaikh Zaid of Abu Dhabi

1971
Apollo 14 lunar mission
Values from the 1969 Apollo 11 lunar mission series were overprinted with the crew patch of Apollo 14 and DEPARTURE OF / APOLLO 14 / SHEPHARD ROOSA MITCHELL / 31-1-71 in red

Postage

• 5 dh. - Astronauts planting the American flag on the moon
• 5 dh. - Footprint and Apollo 11 emblem
• 5 dh. - Astronaut on moon
• 5 dh. - Astronaut and the Eagle

Air Mail

• 75 dh. - Astronauts planting the American flag on the moon
• 75 dh. - Footprint and Apollo 11 emblem
• 75 dh. - Astronaut on moon
• 75 dh. - Astronaut and the Eagle

Miniature sheet

• 4 rl - President Nixon

1971
1970 Post Day - early and modern automobiles

Postage

• 1 dh. - Peugeot
• 2 dh. - Mercedes Benz
• 3 dh. - Daimler
• 4 dh. - NSU
• 5 dh. - Fiat

Air Mail

• 25 dh. - Peugeot
• 50 dh. - Mercedes Benz
• 60 dh. - Daimler
• 2 rl - NSU
• 3 rl - Fiat

Miniature sheet

• 2 rl - Mercedes Benz

1971
Commemorating President Gamal Abdul Nasser

Postage

• 5 dh. - As a student
• 5 dh. - As a young man
• 5 dh. - Portrait without a moustache
• 5 dh. - Reading
• 5 dh. - Late portrait

Air Mail

• 20 dh. - As a student
• 35 dh. - As a young man
• 40 dh. - Portrait without a moustache
• 60 dh. - Reading
• 2 rl - Late portrait

Miniature sheet

• 3 rl - President Nasser at a microphone

1971
Safe return of Apollo 13
Values of 1969 Apollo 8 series were overprinted with SAFE RETURN APOLLO 13 in red.

• 10 dh. - Saturn rocket
• 15 dh. - Interior of space capsule
• 20 dh. - Allegorical design
• 2 rl - Moon
• 3 rl - Astronaut
• 4 rl - Recovery

1971
Commemorating General Charles de Gaulle

Postage

• 3 dh. - General de Gaulle
• 4 dh. - General de Gaulle and President Eisenhower
• 5 dh. - General de Gaulle and President Nixon
• 6 dh. - General de Gaulle and President Kennedy
• 7 dh. - General de Gaulle and Queen Elizabeth II

Air Mail

• 40 dh. - General de Gaulle
• 60 dh. - General de Gaulle and President Eisenhower
• 75 dh. - General de Gaulle and President Nixon
• 1 rl - General de Gaulle and President Kennedy
• 2 rl - General de Gaulle and Queen Elizabeth II

Miniature sheet

• 4 rl - General Charles de Gaulle

1971
1972 Summer Olympic Games - München, West Germany

Postage

• 2 dh. - Medallion, 1440
• 3 dh. - P. Vischer, 1490
• 4 dh. - John the Elder, 1525
• 5 dh. - Oberheim, circa 1320
• 6 dh. - I. Gunther, 1761

Air Mail

• 35 dh. - Medallion, 1440
• 40 dh. - P. Vischer, 1490
• 60 dh. - John the Elder, 1525
• 1 rl - Oberheim, circa 1320
• 2 rl - I. Gunther, 1761

Miniature sheet

• 4 rl - Olympic stadium

1971
Miracles of Christ - paintings

Postage

• 1 dh. - Loaves and Fish
• 2 dh. - Resurrection of Lazarus
• 3 dh. - Miraculous catch of fish
• 4 dh. - Healing of the blind
• 5 dh. - At Jacob's well

Air Mail

• 25 dh. - At Jacob's well
• 40 dh. - Healing of the blind
• 60 dh. - Miraculous catch of fish
• 1 rl - Resurrection of Lazarus
• 2 rl - Loaves and fish

Miniature sheet

• 2 rl - Calming the waters

1971
1972 Summer Olympic Games - München, West Germany - embossed on silver or gold foil

Air Mail

• 3 rl - Emblem of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games - silver
• 3 rl - Emblem of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games - gold

1971
1972 Winter Olympic Games - Sapporo, Japan - embossed on silver or gold foil

Air Mail

• 3 rl - Downhill skier - silver foil
• 3 rl - Downhill skier - gold foil

1971
13th World Boy Scout Jamboree - Asajiri, Japan - embossed on silver of gold foil

Air Mail

• 3 rl - Lord Baden-Powell - silver foil
• 3 rl - Lord Baden-Powell - gold foil

1971
Athletes

Postage

• 2 dh. - Golfer
• 3 dh. - Basketball player
• 4 dh. - Tennis player
• 5 dh. - Table tennis player
• 6 dh. - Cricketer

Air Mail

• 35 dh. - Golfer
• 40dh. - Basketball player
• 60 dh. - Tennis player
• 1 rl - Table tennis player
• 2 rl - Cricketer

Miniature sheet

• 4 rl - Rugby player

1971
Life of Christ

Postage

• 1 dh. - Baptism
• 2 dh. - Standing before Pilate
• 3 dh. - Apparition
• 4 dh. - Wedding at Cana
• 5 dh. - Walking on waves

Air Mail

• 25 dh. - Walking on waves
• 40 dh. - Wedding at Cana
• 60 dh. - Apparition
• 1 rl - Standing before Pilate
• 2 rl - Baptism

Miniature sheet

• 2 rl - Resurrection

1971
1972 Winter Olympic Games - Sapporo, Japan

Postage

• 2 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Chamonix and St-Moritz
• 3 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid and Garmisch
• 4 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at St-Moritz and Oslo
• 5 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Cortina and Squaw Valley
• 6 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Innsbruch and Grenoble

Air Mail

• 35 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Chamonix and St-Moritz
• 40 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid and Garmisch
• 60 dh. - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at St-Moritz and Oslo
• 1 rl - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Cortina and Squaw Valley
• 2 rl - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Innsbruch and Grenoble

Miniature sheet

• 4 rl - Emblems of the Winter Olympics at Grenoble and Sapporo

1971
Apollo 14 lunar mission
Values from the 1969 Apollo 11 lunar mission series were overprinted with the crew patch of Apollo 14 and LANDING AND SAFE / RETURN OF / APOLLO 14 / SHEPARD ROOSA MITCHELL 11-2-71 and Apollo 14 emblem in red

Postage

• 5 dh. - Werner von Braun
• 5 dh. - Cape Kennedy
• 5 dh. - Apollo 11 crew
• 5 dh. - President Nixon and astronauts

Air Mail

• 1 rl - Werner von Braun
• 1 rl - Cape Kennedy
• 1 rl - Apollo 11 crew
• 1 rl - President Nixon and astronauts

Miniature sheet

• 3 rl - Moon landing

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