Royalist Yemen
Stamps and Postal Stationery: 1965

15 February 1965
British Yemen Relief Committee
1964 Air mail issues with plane additionally overprinted with HONOURING BRITISH YEMEN / RELIEF COMMITTEE / 1963 1965 in English and an equivalent Arabic two-line inscription.

Air Mail
• 10 b. on 1/8 b. - Red Cross Field Hospital
• 18 b. on 1/4 b. - Red Cross Field Hospital
• 28 b. on 1/2 b. - Red Cross Field Hospital

1 March 1965
Prince Seif al-Islam Ali

• 4 b. - Prince Seif al-Islam Ali (gray and red)

5 April 1965
Commemorating President John F. Kennedy

Postage
• 1/8 b. - Pres. Kennedy as a boy
• 1/4 b. - Pres. Kennedy as a naval officer
• 1/2 b. - Pres. Kennedy sailing with Mrs. Kennedy
• 4 b. - Pres. Kennedy in a rocking chair

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Portrait of Pres. Kennedy

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - Pres. Kennedy and family - imperforate

10 April 1965
Commemorating Winston Churchill
Prince Seif al-Islam Ali overprinted with two-line wording IN MEMORY OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL / 1874 - 1965 in English and Arabic

• 4 b. - Prince Seif al-Islam Ali (ultramarine and red)

20 May 1965
Centenary of the International Telecommunications Union

Postage
• 2 b. - Satellite, Olympic rings, ITU emblem
• 4 b. - Satellite, Olympic rings, ITU emblem

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Satellite, Olympic rings, ITU emblem

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - Satellite, Olympic rings, ITU emblem - imperforate

30 May 1965
Birds

Postage
• 1/8 b. - Hammerkop
• 1/4 b. - Golden-winged grosbeak
• 1/2 b. - Hoopoe
• 4 b. - Arabian woodpecker

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Violet starling

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - Arabian woodpecker - imperforate

6 June 1965
Commemorating Winston Churchill

• 1/8 b. - Churchill and St. Paul's Cathedral
• 1/4 b. - Churchill and the Houses of Parliament
• 1/2 b. - Portrait of Churchill
• 1 b. - Churchill and St. Paul's Cathedral
• 2 b. - Churchill and the Houses of Parliament
• 4 b. - Portrait of Churchill

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - Churchill seated and flags of Yemen and Great Britain

28 June 1965
Definitives

Postage
• 1 b. - Imam al-Badr
• 1 1/2 b. - Imam al-Badr
• 2 b. - Royalist Arms
• 4 b. - Imam al-Badr

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Flag of Royalist Yemen
• 18 b. - Royalist Arms
• 24 b. - Flag of Royalist Yemen

Aerogramme
• 10 b. - Imam al-Badr and silhouette of airplane

14 July 1965
Mariner 4 Space Flight 1964 Space issue overprinted with MARINER 4 in English and Arabic in a single horizontal line.

Postage
• 2 b. - Rocket
• 4 b. - Rocket

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Rocket

Miniature sheet
• 6 b. - Rocket - Imperforate

15 September 1965
International Co-operation Year

Postage
• 2 b. - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Imam Al-Badr of Yemen and ICY emblem
• 4 b. - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Imam Al-Badr of Yemen and ICY emblem

Air Mail
• 6 b. - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Imam Al-Badr of Yemen and ICY emblem

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Imam Al-Badr of Yemen and ICY emblem - imperforate

27 September 1965
Commemorating Gemini V's space mission
International Communications Year issues from 20 May 1965 overprinted with space capsule and the lines 'GEMINI - V' / GORDON COOPER & CHARLES CONRAD / AUGUST 21 - 29 1965

Postage
• 2 b. - Satellite, ITU emblem and Olympic rings
• 4 b. - Satellite, ITU emblem and Olympic rings

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Satellite, ITU emblem and Olympic rings

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - Satellite, ITU emblem and Olympic rings - imperforate

September 1965
Several definitives from the 1965 series and the Prince Seif issue overprinted in two lines with State of Yemen in Arabic and English inside a rectangle. Not Issued!

Postage
• 2 b. - Royalist Arms
• 4 b. - Imam Al-Badr
• 4 b. - Prince Seif al-Islam Ali

Air Mail
• 18 b. - Royalist Arms

1 October 1965
Cats

• 1/8 b. - Black Persian
• 1/4 b. - Tortoise-shell
• 1/2 b. - Seal Point Siamese
• 1 b. - Silver Tabby Persian
• 2 b. - Cream Persian
• 4 b. - Red Tabby

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - sheet includes design of all the above cats - imperforate

15 October 1965
Flowers

• 1/8 b. - Verbena
• 1/4 b. - Dianthus
• 1/2 b. - Dahlia
• 1 b. - Nasturtium
• 2 b. - Red Saxifrage
• 4 b. - Wild rose

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - Wild rose - imperforate

4 October 1965
Commemorating the visit by Pope Paul VI to the United Nations in New York

• 2 b. - Satellite, Statue of Liberty, world globe and flag of Yemen
• 4 b. - Satellite, Statue of Liberty, world globe and flag of Yemen
• 6 b. - Satellite, Statue of Liberty, world globe and flag of Yemen

Miniature sheet
• 12 b. - 2 b., 4 b., and 6 b. issues in one sheet - imperforate

10 November 1965
Current and possible achievements in space

Postage
• 1/8 b. - Scene of a futuristic moon landing
• 1/4 b. - Astronauts in space
• 1/2 b. - President Kennedy and Cape Kennedy
• 4 b.- Russian astronauts Belyaev and Leonov in space

Air Mail
• 6 b. - American astronauts White and McDivitt in space

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - with designs from 1/2 b., 4 b. and 6 b. - imperforate

20 November 1965
Commemorating winners from the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan

Postage
• 1/8 b. - Football (Soccer) players and gold medal
• 1/4 b. - Runner and gold medal
• 1/ 2 b.- Discus thrower and gold medal
• 2 b. - Judo and gold medal
• 4 b. - Wrestlers and gold medal

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Equestrian and gold medal

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - design from 6 b. - equestrian and gold medal - imperforate

23 November 1965
Several definitives and Prince Seif issue overprinted in two lines with Provis. Govt., 1966 in Arabic and English inside a rectangular box. Not issued!

Postage
• 2 b. - Royalist Arms
• 4 b. - Imam Al-Badr
• 4 b. - Prince Seif al-Islam Ali

Air Mail
• 18 b. - Royalist Arms

1965
Definitives

Postal cards - Postage
• 1 1/2 b. - Imam al-Badr, two Royalist flags and crown - denomination in Arabic only. This postal card was pre-addressed to the Mutawakelite Radio station and was intended to be used to make radio programming requests only.
• 2 b. - Imam al-Badr, two Royalist flags and crown - denomination in Arabic only

Postal card - Air Mail
• 5 b. - Imam al-Badr, two Royalist flags and crown

1965
Provisionals
Consular fee stamps overprinted at Al-Mahabeshah

• 10 b. - overprinted with black bar at the bottom, YEMEN in English and Postage 1383 (the Moslem year) in Arabic
• 10 b. - (5 b. and 5 b.) - pair of consular stamps overprinted with the royalist seal in carmine between pairs, Yemen in English and Postage 1383 in Arabic

1965
Provisional
The 6 b. Freedom From Hunger issue with FREE YEMEN / FIGHTS FOR GOD, / IMAM & COUNTRY from 1963 on formular letter sheet with added overprint of + 4 B / AEROGRAM in English and additional Arabic text above and below the stamp

Aerogramme
• 6 b.(+4 b.) - Five sheaves of wheat

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