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Description Stamp of the United Arab Emirates - Emirate Sharjah; 1968; commemorative stamp of the series "XXTh Olympic Summer Games 1972 - II"; The competitions of the "1972 Summer Olympics" took place in the time from 26 August 1972 until 11 September 1972
date QS:P,+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1972-08-26T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1972-09-11T00:00:00Z/11
in Munich (Germany).; On these competitions participated 7170 athletes (therefrom 1095 female participants) in 28 sportive disciplines.; The Arab Emirate Schardscha (Sjarjah) had not competed at this Olympiad.; The events of this Olympiad were overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Palestinian Black September members.; The motivation for the attack was the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.; This stamp is one of the so-called "Dunes Issues".; stamp postmarked by CTO

Stamp: Michel: No. 943A ("B" = "BEB" = airmail and imperforate)
Color: multicolored with gold
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 DH (Dirham)

Postage validity: from 15 April 1972 until 31 March 1973
date QS:P,+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1972-04-15T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1973-03-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 45.5 x 36.0 mm
Date (first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of the Emirate Sharjah
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Public domain This image of a postage stamp from United Arab Emirates is in the public domain both in United Arab Emirates and in other countries adhering to international copyright treaties, because, though the 2002 copyright law of the United Arab Emirates states that such works as stamps are protected for 50 years starting from 1 January of the publication year, the 1992 copyright law (DOC) gave a 25 years copyright protection (starting from the publication date). Therefore all UAE postage stamps printed before 1977 are in public domain.
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Picture description Rowing and Field Hockey at the 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the Emirate Sharjah
Printing technique Offset printing
Circulation 10,800
Perforation Comb perforation, K 10½
MICHEL Nr. Vereinigte Arabische Emirate - Emirat Dschardscha (= "Sharjah") (UAE-SH), Nr. 943A

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