Yemen Arab Republic
Stamps and Postal Stationery: 1968

10 March 1968
1968 Winter Olympic Games - Grenoble, France - Gold medal winners
1967 Winter Olympic gold embossed issue overprinted with GOLD MEDALS going up the left side and NAME OF THE WINNER, COUNTRY going up the right side

Air Mail

• 50 b. - J-C Killy - France
• 50 b. - F.Nones - Italy
• 50 b. - F.Keller - Germany
• 50 b. - P. Fleming - USA

1 April 1968
Commemorating U Thant and International Human Rights Year - embossed on gold foil

Air Mail
• 50 b. - U.N. headquarters and emblems of the U.N. and International Human Rights Year

June 1968
Paintings - Gaugin - with silver or gold borders

Postage

• 1/4 b. - Tahitian Woman
• 1/4 b. - Tahitian Woman
• 1/3 b. - Nevermore
• 1/3 b. - Self-Portrait
• 1/2 b. - Brittany children
• 1/2 b. - Fillettes du Poulder

Air Mail

• 3 b. - La Belle Angele
• 3 b. - The Moon and Earth
• 6 b. - Woman with the Flowers
• 6 b. - When Will You Marry?

Miniature sheet - gold border only

• 12 b. - the two 6 b. issues - imperforate

June 1968
Paintings - Rubens - with silver or gold borders

Postage

• 1/4 b.- Head of Little Girl
• 1/4 b. - details from Holy Family
• 1/3 b. - Head of a Negro
• 1/3 b. - Thomas, Count of Arundel
• 1/2 b. - Isabela Brandt
• 1/2 b. - Self-Portrait

Air Mail

• 3 b. - Helene Fourment
• 3 b. - Chapeau de Paille
• 6 b. - Holy Family
• 6 b. - Rubens' Sons

Miniature sheet - gold border only

• 12 b. - two 6 b. issues in one sheet - imperforate

June 1968
Paintings - Van Gogh - with silver or gold borders

Postage

• 1/4 b. - Julien Tanguay
• 1/4 b. - Postman Roulin
• 1/3 b. - Church at Auvers
• 1/3 b. - Sunflowers
• 1/2 b. - Armand Roulin
• 1/2 b. - La Berceuse

Air Mail

• 3 b. - La Mousme
• 3 b. - Marguerite Gachet at the Piano
• 6 b. - L'Arlesienne
• 6 b. - Self-Portrait

Miniature sheet - gold border only

• 12 b. - two 6 b. issues in one sheet - imperforate

June 1968
Commemorating Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, West Germany on silver or gold foil

Air Mail
• 5 b. - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and map of the Yemen region
• 10 b. - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and map of the Yemen region
• 15 b. - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and map of the Yemen region

Miniature sheet

• 15 b. - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and map of the Yemen region

2 July 1968
1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - embossed on silver or gold foil

Air Mail

• 5 b. - Chariots in a race
• 10 b. - Chariots in a race
• 15 b. - Chariots in a race

Miniature sheet

• 15 b. - Chariots in a race

2 July 1968
1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - embossed on gold foil

Air Mail

• 50 b. - Chariots in a race

10 July 1968
Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King - embossed on gold foil
The 50 b. International Human Rights issue was overprinted with MARTIN LUTHER KING / 1929 - 1968 .

Air Mail
• 50 b. - U.N. headquarters and emblems of the U.N. and International Human Rights Year

10 July 1968
Paintings of horses - with silver or gold borders

Postage

• 1/4 b. - The Judges and the Knights - Van Dyck
• 1/3 b. - Young Girl with the Unicorn - Zempieri
• 1/2 b. - The Prince Baltasar as Carlos - Velasquez

Air Mail

• 3 b. - Horse Held by Slaves - Gericault
• 6 b. - The Hunting - Ucello

Miniature sheet - gold border only

• 6 b. - The Hunting - Ucello

10 July 1968
Paintings by Raphaël with silver or gold borders

• Postage - 1/4 b., 1/3 b., 1/2 b.
• Air Mail - 3 b., 6 b.
• Miniature sheet - 6 b. with gold border only

10 July 1968
Paintings by Rembrandt - with silver or gold borders

• Postage - 1/4 b., 1/3 b., 1/2 b.
• Air Mail - 3 b., 6 b.
• Miniature sheet 6 b. with gold border only

10 September 1968
1968 Winter Olympic Games - Grenoble, France - Gold medal winners

Postage

• 1/4 b. - P. Fleming and gold medal
• 1/3 b. - F. Nones and gold medal
• 1/2 b. - J. Raska and gold medal
• 2 b. - Soviet hockey team and gold medal

Air Mail

• 3 b. - J.-C. Killy and gold medal
• 4 b. - E. Keller and gold medal

Miniature sheet

• 4 b. - E. Keller and gold medal - imperforate

30 September 1968
1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - Greek and Mexican folk art

• Postage - 1/4 b., 1/3 b., 1/2 b., 2 b.
• Air Mail - 3 b., 4 b.
• Miniature sheet - 4 b.

September 1968
6th Anniversary of the Revolution

• 2 b. - President al-Salal, soldiers and broken chain
• 4 b. - Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic
• 6 b. - President al-Salal and flowers

Miniature sheet

• 6 b. - President al-Salal and flowers

12 October 1968
1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - embossed on gold foil

Air Mail

• 50 b. - chariots racing

12 October 1968
1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - Gold medal winners
50 b. Summer Olympic Games issue overprinted with GOLD MEDALS going up the left side and NAME OF WINNER / COUNTRY going down the right side.

Air Mail

• 50 b. - BOB BEAMON / U.S.A.
• 50 b. - PIERFRANCO / VIANELLI / ITALY
• 50 b. - DANIEL / REBILLARD / FRANCE
• 50 b. - INGRID BECKER / GERMANY

18 October 1968
1968 Summer Olympic Games - Mexico City, Mexico - Gold medal winners

• Postage - 1/4 b., 1/3 b., 1/2 b., 2b.
• Air Mail - 3 b., 4 b.
• Miniature sheet - 4 b.

20 October 1968
Commemorating U Thant and International Human Rights Year - embossed on silver or gold foil

• Air Mail - 5b., 10 b., 15 b.
• Miniature sheet - 15 b.

1968
1st Anniversary of the death of Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov - embossed on silver or gold foil

Air Mail

• 5 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship
• 10 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship
• 15 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship

Miniature sheet

• 15 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship - embossed on gold foil

6 November 1968
1st Anniversary of the death of Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov - embossed on gold foil

Air Mail

• 50 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship

23 November 1968
Emblems of different Winter Olympic Games

• Postage - 1/4 b., 1/3 b., 1/2 b., 2 b.
• Air Mail - 3 b., 4 b.
• Miniature sheet - 7 b. - the 3 b. and 4 b. issues together on one sheet

22 December 1968
Emblems of different Summer Olympic Games

• Postage - 1/4 b., 1/3 b., 1/2 b., 2 b.
• Air Mail - 3 b., 4 b.
• Miniature sheet - 4 b.

1968
Yemen Red Crescent - embossed on silver or gold foil

Air Mail

• 5 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and Red Crescent
• 10 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and Red Crescent
• 15 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and Red Crescent
• 50 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and Red Crescent - embossed in gold foil

Miniature sheet

• 15 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and Red Crescent - embossed on silver foil

1968
Commemorating the "New Order" - the New Government and Parliament
Various values from the 1930 / 1931 Yemen Kingdom series overprinted in black with two lines of Arabic inscription and Y.A.R. / 5.11.1967 in English and the Arabic equivalent. Overprints with transposed letters such as A.Y.R. transposed numbers such as 1.15.1967 exist.

• 1930 series - 1 b., 2 b., 4 b., 6 b., 10 b., 1 i.
• 1931 series - 1/2 b., 1 b., 2 b., 3 b., 4 b., 5 b., 6 b., 10 b., 20 b., 1 i.

1968
Refugee Relief
1968 Chancellor Adenauer issues overprinted with For the Refugees in Arabic only. Top line - horizontal inscription, second line - diagonal

• Air Mail - 5 b., 10 b., 15 b.
• Air Mail - 50 b. - diagonal inscription only

1968
Commemorating John and Robert Kennedy - embossed on gold foil

Miniature sheet

• 10 b. - President John Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy

1968
Commemorating the USA - Vietnam Paris Peace Conference
15 b. Red Crescent souvenir sheet overprinted with VIETNAM PEACE CONFERENCE and a star in a circle around PARIS / 13 MAY / 1968

Miniature sheet

• 15 b. - Red Crescent, emblem of Yemen Arab Republic and map of region

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