ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Virtual Stamp Collection"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Stamps, Stamp Collecting, Philately, Umm al Qiwain, definitive"> <TITLE>Umm al Qiwain</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="goldbg.jpg"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="1000" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <CENTER> <TD WIDTH="75%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="vsctitle.jpg" ALT="Virtual Stamp Collection"></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><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="ummalqiwain1.jpg" ALT="Pictorial Definitives"> <BR><Font size=-1> Pictorial Definitive Designs.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><B> The stamps reproduced above depict Sheik Ahmed bin Rashid al Mulla with gazelles, a snake, a hyena, a conspicuous triggerfish, an unidentified fish, a silver angelfish, the palace, Umm al Qiwain and a tower. </P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><B> Founded in 1775 by Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Umm al Qiwain became a British protectorate in 1829 to exclude the Ottoman Empire. Now part of the United Arab Emirates, Umm al Qiwain began issuing its own stamps on June 29, 1964. It is the least populous of emirates and few of its stamps saw postal use. 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. "Umm al Qiwain." <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> "Umm al Qiwain." <I>Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia</I>. 22 Jul. 2009. 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