Royalist Yemen
Stamps and Postal Stationery: 1966

January-October 1966
Provisionals
Handstamped on colored paper - a rectangular box of stars, inside the Royalist arms, Arabic inscription above and below the arms, two-line wording in English, YEMEN / AIRPOST beneath the arms and 10 b. in English and Arabic equivalent at the bottom on either side.
Note: These issues may or may not have gum.

• 10 b. - red handstamp on white paper
• 10 b. - violet handstamp on white paper
• 10 b. - red handstamp on yellow paper
• 10 b. - deep violet handstamp on orange paper
• 10 b. - violet handstamp on magenta paper (October 1966)
• 10 b. - red on white paper - issued on self-adhesive paper

Aerogramme
• 10 b. - violet handstamp on blue (21 January 1966)

24 January 1966
Definitive

Aerogramme
• 10 b. - Portrait of Imam Mohamed al-Badr, design as in the 1965 definitive series

25 January 1966
Builders of World Peace
Issued se-tenant in horizontal rows

• 1/8 b. - Nehru, India
• 1/4 b. - Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations
• 1/2 b. - Pope John XXIII
• 1 b. - Winston Churchill, United Kingdom
• 4 b. - Pres. John Kennedy, United States

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - with designs from all five issues - imperforate

15 March 1966
Provisionals
Pres. Kennedy issues from 1965 overprinted with bars covering the old values and new values above the bars.

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

Air Mail
• 1 i. on 6 b. - Portrait of Pres. Kennedy

16 April 1966
Builders of World Peace

• 1/8 b. - Pres. Lübke, West Germany
• 1/4 b. - Pres. de Gaulle, France
• 1/2 b. - Pope Paul VI
• 1 b. - Pres. Johnson, United States
• 1 b. - King Faisal, Saudi Arabia
• 4 b. - U Thant, United Nations

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. - with designs of first 4 values and the last - imperforate

April 1966
Provisionals
Issues from the 1963 Freedom from Hunger miniature sheet and from the unissued Red Cross Centenary series overprinted with the English word PERIODICALS and the Arabic equivalent set inside a frame. The unissued Red Cross stamps are also overprinted with new values.

Periodicals
Freedom from Hunger
• 4 b. - Five sheaves of wheat
• 6 b. - Five sheaves of wheat

Unissued Red Cross Centenary
The stamps were to be issued as overprints on the 1963 overprinted Freedom from Hunger stamps (1 b. on 4 b. and 2 b. on 6 b.) The overprints were to include 1863 the left side and 1963 on the right, a red cross on the upper left and a red crescent on the right. On the miniature sheet, the English overprint mistakenly included the wording Red Grescent for Red Crescent. They were issued only with the PERIODICALS overprint.

• 1 b. on 4 b. - Five sheaves of wheat
• 2 b. on 6 b. - Five sheaves of wheat

Miniature sheet
• 4 b. and 6 b. - Five sheaves of wheat - imperforate

4 May 1966
1968 Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico
Issues from the 1965 Winner of the Tokyo Olympic Games overprinted with the Mexican flag, a plane, the words AIR MAIL and the Arabic equivalent to one side, the new values covering the old values and a two-line English inscription OLYMPIC GAMES PREPARATION / MEXICO 1968 below the flag and the Arabic equivalent above the flag.

• 12 b. on 1/8 b. - Football (Soccer) players and gold medal
• 28 b. on 1/4 b. - Runner and gold medal
• 34 b. on 1/2 b. - Discus thrower and gold medal

Miniature sheet
Note: The sheet was overprinted with Mexican flag and two-line English and one-line equivalent Arabic inscription OLYMPIC GAMES PREPARATION / MEXICO 1968 only.

• 4 b. - Equestrian and gold medal - imperforate

24 May 1966
Commemorating the Fortress of Shaharah, 1904, 1962 - 1964

Postage
• 1/2 b. - Cannon
• 1 b. - Bombed mosque
• 1 1/2 b. - View of Shaharah Fortress
• 2 b. - Victory Gate
• 4 b. - Cannon (different view)

Air Mail
• 6 b. - Cannon (different view)

Miniature sheet
• 10 b. - Cannon similar to 1/2 b. issue - imperforate

October 1966
Provisionals
Handstamped in different colors on the envelope - two rectangular boxes of stars; inside each, the Royalist arms, Arabic inscription above and below the arms, two-line wording in English, YEMEN / AIRPOST beneath the arms and value in bogaches in English and Arabic equivalent at the bottom on either side.

Surface - Prestamped envelopes
• 1 b. and 1 b. - in green - AIR in English and Arabic crossed out with a black bar
• 1 b. and 1 b. - in green - AIR in English and Arabic not crossed out (still used for local surface mail)
• 4 b. - in red - AIR in English and Arabic not crossed out, used locally when the inland rate went up and also used to other Arab states

Surface - Official - Prestamped envelopes
• 1 b. and 1 b. in green - AIR in English and Arabic crossed out, envelope also has the Royalist arms to the left of the stamps and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamps
• 1 b. and 1 b. in green - AIR in English and Arabic not crossed out, envelope also has the Royalist arms to the left of the stamps and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamps (still used for local surface mail)
• 4 b. - in red - AIR in English and Arabic not crossed out, envelope used locally when the inland rate went up and to other Arab states, Royalist arms to the left of the stamp and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamp

Air Mail - Prestamped envelopes
• 6 b. - in blue - airmail rate to Arab states
• 3 x 6 b. - in blue - airmail rate Europe and nearby countries
• 4 b. in red - brown, 2 X 10 b. - in violet - airmail rate to the Americas and the Far East

Air Mail - Official - prestamped envelopes
• 6 b. - in blue - airmail rate to Arab states - Royalist arms to the left of the stamp and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamp
• 3 X 6 b. - in blue - airmail rate to Europe and nearby countries - Royalist arms to the left of the stamps and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamps
• 4 b. in red-brown, 2 x 10 b. in violet - Royalist arms to the left of the stamps and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamps

Air Mail - Registered - prestamped envelopes
• 3 X 4 b. - in red - air mail registered rate to Arab states

Air Mail - Registered - Official - prestamped envelopes
• 3 X 4 b. - in red - air mail registered rate to Arab states - Royalist arms to the left of the stamps and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamps
• 4 b. - in red-brown, 2 X 10 b. - in violet - air mail registered rate to Europe and nearby countries - Royalist arms to the left of the stamps and two lines of Arabic inscription above the handstamps

November 1966
Provisionals
Stamps from the 1963 issued Red Cross Centenary series overprinted with a frame of stars (13x6) with four lines of Arabic inscription, the word REVALUED in English at the bottom and 4 B above it.

• 4 b. on 1/8 b. - Red Cross Field Hospital
• 4 b. on 1/4 b. - Red Cross Field Hospital
• 4 b. on 1/2 b. - Red Cross Field Hospital

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