Monday, February 1, 2016

Macaw (Fujairah postage stamp)

  Macaws are long-tailed, often colourful New World parrots. Postage stamp was printed in Fujairah in 1971.
  • Original name "Macaw"
  • Series: Animals by airtransport
  • Country: Emirate of Fujairah
  • Year: 1971-04-25
  • Emission: Air Mail
  • Perforation: comb 14 
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 3 United Arab Emirates riyals
  • Number of catalogue Michel: FU 718A

Zebra (Fujairah postage stamp)

  Zebras are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white striped coats. The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is a threatened species in the family Equidae. It is native to south-western Angola, Namibia and South Africa.
  • Original name "Mountain zebra"
  • Series: Animals by airtransport
  • Country: Emirate of Fujairah
  • Year: 1971-04-25
  • Emission: Air Mail
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 2 United Arab Emirates riyals
  • Number of catalogue Michel: FU 717A

Cheetah (Fujairah postage stamp)

  The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a big cat in the subfamily Felinae that inhabits most of Africa and parts of Iran. It is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx.
  • Original name "Cheetah"
  • Series: Animals by airtransport
  • Country: Emirate of Fujairah
  • Year: 1971-04-25
  • Emission: Air Mail
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 1 United Arab Emirates riyal
  • Number of catalogue Michel: FU 716A

Rhinoceros (Fujairah postage stamp)

  Rhinoceros, often abbreviated to rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.

  • Original name "Rhinoceros"
  • Series: Animals by airtransport
  • Country: Emirate of Fujairah
  • Year: 1971-04-25
  • Emission: Air Mail
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 60 د.إ.
  • Number of catalogue Michel: FU 715A

Lesser Kudu (Fujairah postage stamp)

  The lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) is a forest antelope found in East Africa. It is placed in the genus Tragelaphus and family Bovidae. It was first described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1869.
  • Original name "Lesser kudu"
  • Series: Animals by airtransport
  • Country: Emirate of Fujairah
  • Year: 1971-04-25
  • Emission: Air Mail
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 40 د.إ.
  • Number of catalogue Michel: FU 714A

Orangutan (Fujairah postage stamp)

  The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were considered to be one species.
  • Original name "Orang-outang"
  • Series: Animals by airtransport
  • Country: Emirate of Fujairah
  • Year: 1971-04-25
  • Emission: Air Mail
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 20 د.إ.
  • Number of catalogue Michel: FU 713A