Yemen Arab Republic
Stamps and Postal Stationery: 1963

1 January 1963
Provisionals
The following three series were overprinted in green, red or black with two bars at the top covering the old Arabic inscription and towards the bottom, a line of Arab text, the date in Arabic (the first - the Western date the second the Islamic equivalent) and at the bottom Y.A.R. 27.9.1962 in English.

Definitives from 1961

Postage

• 1 b. - Alabaster death mask - green
• 2 b. - Limestone head of horned animal - red
• 4 b. - Bronze head of Himyaritic emperor - green
• 8 b. - Bronze statue of Himyaritic Emperor Dhamar Ali - red
• 10 b. - Alabaster statue of child - red
• 12 b. - Stairs to a temple - red
• 20 b. - Alabaster relief of boy riding a monster - red
• 1 i. - Alabaster relief of woman with grapes - red

Air Mail

• 6 b. - Columns in a temple - red
• 16 b. - Control tower and spillway, Marib dam - which is over 2700 years old - red

Yemeni buildings from 1961

Postage

• 4 b. - Imam's palace, Sana'a - red
• 8 b. - Imam's palace, Sana' - side view - green
• 10 b. - Palace of the Rock, Wadi Dhahr - red

Air Mail

• 6 b. - Bab al-Yemen Gate, San'a - red
• 16 b. - Palace of the Rock, Wadi Dhahr - different view - black

Child welfare from 1962

• 2 b. - Nurses, mother and child - red
• 4 b. - Nurse weighing child - green
• 6 b. - Vaccination - red
• 10 b. - Nurse weighing baby - green

15 March 1963
Proclamation of the Yemen Arab Republic

Postage

• 4 b. - Soldier with flag of the republic
• 6 b. - Tank and flag

Air Mail

• 8 b. - Bayonet and torch
• 10 b. - Hand clutching torch
• 16 b. - Flag and torch

Miniature sheets

• 4 b. and 6 b. in one sheet, 16 b. in other - new colors, imperforate

21 March 1963
Freedom from Hunger

• 4 b. - Cow, emblems of the United Nations and Food and Agriculture Organization
• 6 b. - Ear of corn and wheat sheaf, emblems of the United Nations and Food and Agriculture Organization

Miniature Sheet

• 4 b. and 6 b. in one sheet - imperforate

1 September 1963
Provisionals
Values from the next three series overprinted in black with two lines of Arabic text, two lines of Arabic dates (the Islamic date on one line, the Arabic equivalent of the Western date on the second), with Y.A.R. in English on the fifth line and the Western date of the revolution 27.9.62 on the sixth and Arabic script on the bottom line.

Definitives from 1930

• 6 b.
• 10 b.
• 1 i.

Definitives from 1931

• 5 b.
• 8 b.
• 10 b.
• 20 b.
• 1 i.

Inauguration of Mutawakkili Hospital from 1946

• 6 b.
• 10 b.
• 14 b.

Note: The last line of the above overprint is at the top on this series.

1 September 1963
Provisionals
The following two series were overprinted in black with two bars at the top covering the old Arabic inscription, one line of Arabic text, a second line with the dates in both the Western and Islamic forms and a third line Y.A.R 27.9.1962 in English. There does not appear to be a period after the R in the third line.

Opening of the port of Hodeidah from 1961

• 6 b. - Port of Hodeidah
• 16 b. - Port of Hodeidah

Miniature sheet

• 4 b., 6 b. and 16 b. - each overprinted as above - imperforate

Opening of the Hodeidah to Sana'a Highway from 1961

• 6 b. - Hodeidah, Sana'a and highway
• 10 b. - Hodeidah, Sana'a and highway

Miniature Sheet

• 4 b., 6 b. and 10 b. - each overprinted as above - imperforate

1 September 1963
Provisionals
Note: Values from the next series and the one following were overprinted with one bar instead of two - the rest of the overprint remained the same, in black or red.

Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy from 1960

• 2 b. - Olympic torch - black
• 4 b. - Olympic torch - red
• 6 b. - Olympic torch - red

UNESCO Campaign for the preservation of the Nubian monuments from 1962

• 4 b. - Nubian temple - black
• 6 b. - Nubian temple - red

26 September 1963
1st Anniversary of the Revolution

• 2 b. - Flag of the Republic, torch and candle
• 4 b. - Flag, torch and broken chain
• 6 b. - Flag and laurel sprig

Miniature sheet

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

26 October 1963
100th Anniversary of the Red Cross

• 1/4 b. - Hands reaching towards the emblem of the Red Crescent
• 1/3 b. - Hands reaching towards the emblem of the Red Crescent
• 1/2 b. - Hands reaching towards the emblem of the Red Crescent
• 4 b. - Emblem of the 100th anniversary
• 8 b. - Emblem of the 100th anniversary
• 20 b. - Emblem of the 100th anniversary

Miniature Sheet

• 4 b. and 8 b. in one sheet - imperforate

25 November 1963
Provisionals The set was overprinted with a line covering the old Arabic inscription at the top, two lines on Arabic text, two lines of Arabic dates (the Islamic and the Western equivalent), Y.A.R. on the fifth line and 27.9.1962 on the last line.

Malaria Education from 1962

• 4 b. - Mosquito and emblem of the World Health Organization (WHO)
• 6 b. - Mosquito and emblem of the World Health Organization (WHO)

5 December 1963
Space Exploration

Air Mail

• 1/4 b. - Rocket ship
• 1/3 b. - Rocket ship
• 1/2 b. - Satellite
• 4 b. - Rocket ship
• 20 b. - Space station and rocket ship

Miniature sheet

• 20 b. - Space station and rocket ship -imperforate

10 December 1963
15th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights

• 4 b. - Globe, scales of justice and emblem of the UN
• 6 b. - Globe, scales of justice and emblem of the UN

Miniature sheet

• 4 b. and 6 b. - imperforate

1963
Provisionals
The set was overprinted at the top with two bars covering the old Arabic inscription, a line of new Arabic inscription and Y.A.R. in English and the date in Arabic and 27-9-1962 in Roman numerals at the bottom.

Arab League Week from 1962

• 4 b. - Arab League Center building and League emblem - red
• 6 b. - Arab League Center building and League emblem - red

1963
Provisionals
Values from the series overprinted with AIR MAIL going up one side and the Arabic equivalent on the other, two lines of Arabic inscription at the top, Y.A.R. at the bottom and an airplane in the middle.

Second Anniversary of Arab Alliance series from 1939

Air Mail

• 6 b. - Flags of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
• 10 b. - Flags of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
• 14 b. - Flags of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
• 20 b. - Flags of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
• 1 i. - Flags of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq

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