Stamp of the Arabian Emirate of Umm al Qiwain (Umm al Quwain); 1964; commemorative issue to the "1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo"; stamp drawing with the a copy of the famous "Diskobolus"-statue by Myron (ca. 460 BC) and the "National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo"; stamp postmarked by CTO ("cancelled-to-order") Stamp: Michel: No. 25A; Yvert et Tellier: No. 25; Scott: No. 25 Color: multicolored (violet / orange-brown dominating) Watermark: none Nominal value: 5 R (Rupies)
Postage validity: from 25 November 1964 until 31 March 1973
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1964-11-25T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1973-03-31T00:00:00Z/11
Stamp picture size (printed area): 47.5 x 27.0 mm
Date
(first issue day of the stamp)
Source
scan of original
Author
Postal administration of the Emirate Umm al Qiwain (Umm al Quwain)
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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(Note: The pictured “Diskobolus” is a copy of a lost statue by the Athenian sculptor Myron from the time around 460 BC. But, there are existing several copies and similar statues in contemporary museums. However, the statue pictured on this stamp is not (how often described) the Townley-statue from the British Museum in London, rather it is pictured a similar statue from the “National Roman Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme” in Rome from the time around 140 AD. (One considers mainly the arms and the discus.))
The statue from the "National Roman Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme" in Rome in 2015
First day of issue
Publisher
Postal administration of the Emirate Umm al Qiwain (Umm al Quwain)
Design
Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer
"The House of Questa, Hertfordshire (England)"
(Probably. Quotation: "In 1963, Great Britain ceded responsibility for the Trucial States' postal system.", So, all stamps of the so-called "Trucial States" were printed either in England or in Austria (the latter mainly Emirate Ajman). All other issues not listed in the catalogues and/or with lesser print quality (and mostly postmarked as CTO) are so-called "dunes issues" and as such seen as pure maculation created with the aim of financial fraud. The former Emirate Umm al Qiwain was one of the "Trucial States".)