Umm al Qiwain
Stamps: 1972

17 April 1972
Horses

• Postage - 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 3 rl
• Miniature sheet - 3 rl

April 1972
Paintings - Dürer

Postage

• 5 dh. - St. John and St. Peter
• 10 dh. - Virgin Mary
• 15 dh. - Virgin Mary and Child
• 20 dh. - Virgin Mary and Iris
• 25 dh. - St. Paul and St. Mark

Air Mail

• 3 rl - Virgin Mary Praying

Miniature sheet

• 5 rl - Adoration of the Magi

6 May 1972
Trains - plastic surface, three-dimensional

Postage
• 5 dh. - Tunnel
• 10 dh. - Train in the snow
• 20 dh. - Wood burning locomotive
• 40 dh. - Train at a signal-crossing
• 50 dh. - Train on a bridge

Air Mail
• 6 rl - Diesel engine

Miniature sheet

• 6 rl - Diesel engine

13 May 1972
13th World Boy Scout Jamboree - Asagiri, Japan - in 1971, plastic surface, three-dimensional

Postage

• 5 dh. - Lord Baden-Powell
• 10 dh. - Boy scouts
• 20 dh. - Scouts hiking
• 40 dh. - Bugler
• 50 dh. - Boy scouts around a campfire

Air Mail
• 6 rl - Boy scouts saluting flag

Miniature sheet

• 6 rl - Boy scouts saluting flag

14 May 1972
Easter - Painting - scenes from The Passion of Christ by Memling

Postage
• 5 dh. - The Last Supper
• 10 dh. - Christ before Herod
• 20 dh. - Christ scourged
• 50 dh. - Christ and Pontius Pilate

Air Mail
• 1 rl - Crucifixion
• 3 rl - Resurrection

Miniature sheet

• 5 rl - Falling under the Cross

22 May 1972
Commemorating Sir Winston Churchill and King George III

Postage
• 5 dh. - Sir Winston Churchill and King George III
• 10 dh. - Sir Winston Churchill and King George III
• 15 dh. - Sir Winston Churchill and King George III
• 20 dh. - Sir Winston Churchill and King George III

Air Mail

• 1 rl - Sir Winston Churchill and King George III
• 3 rl - Sir Winston Churchill and King George III

22 May 1972
Arab Rulers

• Postage - 5 dh. X 6, 10 dh. X 6, 15 dh. X 6, 20 dh. X 6
• Air Mail - 3 rl X 6

29 May 1972
1972 Summer Olympic Games - München, West Germany - plastic surface, three-dimensional

Postage

• 5 dh. - Gymnast
• 10 dh. - Runners
• 20 dh. - Diver
• 40 dh. - Horse jumping
• 50 dh. - Stadium

Air Mail

• 6 rl - Olympic torch

Miniature sheet

• 6 rl - Horse jumping

May 1972
1972 Winter Olympic Games - Sapporo, Japan - plastic surface, three-dimensional

Postage

• 5 dh. - Two-men bobsled
• 10 dh. - Ski jumper
• 20 dh. - Figure skater
• 40 dh. - Slalom skier
• 50 dh. - Ice hockey players

Air Mail

• 6 rl - Speed skater

Miniature sheet

• 6 rl - Speed skater

May 1972
Commemorating John and Robert Kennedy

Postage
• 5 dh. - John and Robert Kennedy
• 10 dh. - John and Robert Kennedy
• 15 dh. - John and Robert Kennedy
• 20 dh. - John and Robert Kennedy

Air Mail

• 1 rl - John and Robert Kennedy
• 3 rl - John and Robert Kennedy

3 June 1972
Fish

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 20 dh., 40 dh., 50 dh.
• Air Mail - 6 rl
• Miniature sheet - 6 rl

5 June 1972
International Airlines

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh.
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

10 June 1972
Commemorating Charles De Gaulle

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

10 June 1972
Commemorating Napoleon

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 5 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

12 June 1972
Butterflies

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 3 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

12 June 1972
Penguins

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 4 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

16 June 1972
Marine animals

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh., 50 dh.
• Air Mail - 1 rl, 3 rl

17 June 1972
Apollo 15

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 75 dh., 1 rl, 3 rl, 5 rl
• Miniature sheets - 5 rl, 5 rl

17 June 1972
Cars

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 3 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

25 June 1972
African Masks

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 1 rl, 3 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

25 June 1972
Asian Masks

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 1 rl, 3 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

10 July 1972
Roses

• Postage - 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 5 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

19 July 1972
Dogs and Cats

• Postage - 5 dh. X 2, 10 dh. X 2, 15 dh. X 2, 20 dh. X 2, 25 dh. X 2
• Air Mail - 5 rl X 2
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

22 July 1972
British monarchs

• Air Mail - 41 X 1 rl

27 July 1972
400th anniversary of the birth of Johann Kepler
The 1972 Apollo 15 series was overprinted with 400th ANNIV KEPLER'S BIRTH and image of Kepler

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh.
• Air Mail - 50 dh., 75 dh., 1 rl, 3 rl, 5 rl
• Miniature sheets - 5 rl, 5 rl

1972
2500th Anniversary of the Persian Empire

• Postage - 10 dh., 20 dh., 30 dh., 40 dh., 50 dh., 60 dh.
• Air Mail - 1 rl, 3 rl

1972
Visit to Europe by the Emperor and Empress of Japan

• Air Mail - 6 X 3 rl

1972
Summer Olympic Games - München, West Germany - gold medalists

• Air Mail - 12 X 5 rl

1972
American space missions

• Air Mail - 28 X 5 rl

1972
Scenes from The Divine Comedy by Dante

• Air Mail - 35 X 4 rl
• Miniature sheets - 35 X 4 rl

1972
Navigators

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh., 50 dh.
• Air Mail - 1 rl, 3 rl
• Miniature sheet - 5 rl

1972
Russian space mission heroes

Postage

• 5 dh. - Dobrovolsky
• 10 dh. - Volkov
• 15 dh. - Patsaev
• 20 dh. - Docking
• 50 dh. - Soyuz II

Air Mail

• 4 rl - Salyut mission

Miniature sheet

• 5 rl - Dobrovolsky, Volkov and Patsaev

1972
Apollo lunar missions

• Air Mail - 8 X 5 rl
• Miniature sheet - 8 X 5 rl

1972
Summer Olympic Games - München, West Germany - sports

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Life of Jesus - paintings

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Animals

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Flowers

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Ancient and modern attempts at space flight

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Past Summer Olympic Games

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Animals

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Life of Jesus - paintings

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Space missions

• Air Mail - 8 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 8 X 1 rl

1972
Trains

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Tropical birds

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Past and modern airplanes

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Tropical Fish

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Insects

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Animals

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Tropical birds

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Roses

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Tropical fish

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Butterflies

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Animals

• Air Mail - 16 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 16 X 1 rl

1972
Commemorating Charles de Gaulle

• Postage - 25 dh., 50 dh., 75 dh.
• Air Mail - 1 rl, 1 rl 25 dh., 1 rl 50 dh., 1 rl 75 dh., 2 rl, 2 rl 25 dh., 2 rl 50 dh., 2 rl 75 dh.
• Air Mail - 3 rl, 3 rl 25 dh., 3 rl 50 dh., 3 rl 75 dh., 4 rl, 4 rl 25 dh., 4 rl 50 dh. 4 rl 75 dh., 5 rl

1972
Antique cars - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 7 X 1 rl

1972
Birds - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 10 X 1 rl

1972
Racing cars - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 5 X 1rl

1972
African animals - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 15 X 1 rl

1972
Flowers - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 10 X 1 rl

1972
Butterflies and flowers - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 10 X 1 rl

1972
Dogs - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 10 X 1 rl

1972
Racing cars - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 5 X 1 rl

1972
Antique cars - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 7 X 1 rl

1972
Costumed dolls - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 10 X 1 rl

1972
Olympic Games - plastic surface, three-dimensional

• Air Mail - 26 X 1 rl

1972
Arabic sites

• Air Mail - 6 X 1 rl
• Miniature sheet - 6 X 1 rl

1972
Winter Olympic Games - Sapporo, Japan - gold medalists

• Air Mail - 35 X 5 rl

1972
Race car drivers

• Air Mail - 6 X 1 rl

1972
Summer Olympic Games - München, West Germany - gold medalists

• Air Mail - 30 X 5 rl

1972
President Nixon's visit to China

• Air Mail - 6 X 3 rl

1972
Christmas - from 1971

• Postage - 5 dh., 10 dh., 15 dh., 20 dh., 25 dh
• Air Mail - 5 rl

On 1 August 1972, the United Arab Emirates postal authorities took responsibility for postal operations. Stamps inscribed Umm al Qiwain were released throughout 1972. Covers bearing both Umm al Qiwain and UAE issues are possible.

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