Postage Stamp - Ajman - 1972

Title

Postage Stamp - Ajman - 1972

Type

Postage Stamp

Coverage

Ajman

Date Issued

1972-08-15

Date Valid

1972-08-15-1973-03-31

Description

This stamp is part of a set of six stamps celebrating paintings by Raphael. The stamp shows a detail from Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Across the bottom of the portrait is text as follows: "Raffaello: The dispute (detail)". At the bottom of the stamp are the denomination and country in English and in Arabic.
Denomination: 1 RIYAL (1 QAR)
Perforation: 14 (line)
Printing process: Photogravure

Extent

70 × 50 mm

Bibliographic Citation

Michel no. 2213

Contributor

Raphael

Language

Arabic
English