ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Virtual Stamp Collection"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Stamps, Stamp Collecting, Philately, Fujeira, definitive"> <TITLE>Fujeira</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="goldbg.jpg"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="1200" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="70%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><IMG SRC="vsctitle.jpg" ALT="Virtual Stamp Collection"></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="_top"> <table border="0" bgcolor="#D4B775"> <tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" align="left" height="32"> <a href="http://www.google.com/"> <img src="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_25gry.gif" border="0" alt="Google" align="middle"></img></a> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="www.groseducationalmedia.ca"></input> <label for="sbi" style="display: none">Enter your search terms</label> <input type="text" name="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" id="sbi"></input> <label for="sbb" style="display: none">Submit search form</label> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" id="sbb"></input> </td></tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <table> <tr> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="" checked id="ss0"></input> <label for="ss0" title="Search the Web"><font size="-1" color="#000000">Web</font></label></td> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="www.groseducationalmedia.ca" id="ss1"></input> <label for="ss1" title="Search www.groseducationalmedia.ca"><font size="-1" color="#000000">www.groseducationalmedia.ca</font></label></td> </tr> </table> <input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-1831251983654910"></input> <input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="safe" value="active"></input> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en"></input> </td></tr></table> </form> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><P ALIGN=CENTER> <Font size=+2>Pictorial Definitives of 1964</FONT> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="fujeira1.jpg" ALT="Pictorial Definitives"> <BR><Font size=-1> Pictorial Definitive Designs.</FONT></P> <P><B> The stamps reproduced above depict Sheik Hamad bin Mohammed al Sharqi with an Arabian oryx,a hoopoe, a wild ass, herons in flight, Arabian horses, a leopard, camels and hawks. </P> <P><B> Now part of the United Arab Emirates, Fujeira was recognized as an independendent state in 1952 and began issuing its own stamps on September 22, 1964. Many speculative issues intended for the philatelic market were issued before the stamps of the United Arab Emirates were adopted on August 1, 1972. </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="20%"><CENTER> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-1831251983654910"; //120x600, created 1/2/08 google_ad_slot = "4859448903"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </CENTER></TD></TR> </TABLE> </P> <HR>Bibliography<BR><BR></CENTER> Kloetzel, James E. "Fujeira." <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/dp/0894874179/groseeducational"><I>2009 Standard Stamp Catalogue.</I></A> 2008.<BR><BR> Rossiter, Stuart and John Flower. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0356108627/groseeducational"><I>The Stamp Atlas.</I></A> London: Macdonald, 1986. <BR><BR> <HR><P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="450" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="33%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/frenchsouthernandantarcticterritories1.html"><IMG SRC="bwd.jpg"></A></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/frenchsouthernandantarcticterritories1.html">Backward</A></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="34%"><P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/"><IMG SRC= "home.jpg"></A></P> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/">Virtual Stamp Collection <BR>Index</A></TD> <TD WIDTH="33%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><a HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/gabon1.html"><IMG SRC="fwd.jpg"></A></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/gabon1.html">Forward</A></P></TD></TR> </TABLE> </P> <CENTER><HR>&copy; Grose Educational Media, 2009<br><HR> </center> </BODY> </HTML>