Fujeira Set

This set has everything! I already covered a couple of the stamps in earlier posts but I have now obtained the full set of mint stamps and I thought I would share them with you.

So why did I say this set had everything? Well, first of all, these are really nice, big, colourful stamps which are always an asset to a collection even though they are actually of low value.

But then, in this single set, I also get the Ancient Egyptian theme and my three principal topics: Queen Nefertiti, the Nubian Monuments and the Egyptian Earlies. OK, I admit that last one is a bit of a cheat because it's only commemorating the centenary of the first stamp but still...

So now for the details:

• SG 57 Bust of Queen Nefertiti
• SG 58 Colossi of Abu Simbel
• SG 59 Tutankhamun's Mask
• SG 60 Sphinx of Giza
• SG 61 Statues of Prince Rahotep and his wife Princess Nofret
• SG 62 Ancient Church
• SG 63 Colonnade of the Great Temple of Isis at Philae
• SG 64 Nile Sphinxes
• SG 65 Pyramids of Giza

• SG MS66 Mini Souvenir Sheet showing SG 64 and 65 as well as the Penny Black and the first Egyptian Stamp

Nubian Monuments - Abu Simbel

Here is another one of the Cairo Stamp Centenary Exhibition set issued by Fujeira in 1966 (SG 58) which shows the colossi of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.

Queen Nefertiti - Fujeira

Another classic bust of Queen Nefertiti, from Fujeira this time. It was issued in 1966 and is part of the set commemorating the Cairo Stamp Centenary Exhibition.

Fujeira is one of the former Trucial States on the Persian Gulf (now UAE, United Arab Emirates). Along with Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaima, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwain, Fujeira signed the Perpetual Maritime Truce Agreement with the United Kingdom, in May 1853; under which they all undertook to give up piracy and the slave trade. In common with other states of the UAE, the Fujeira stamp contract was terminated on 01 August 1972. Any further new issues after that date were unauthorised. (Source: Stanley Gibbons, Part 19, 6th Edition).

1866 -1966, Centenary of the First Egyptian Stamp

In 1966, Egypt celebrated the centenary of its first stamps. The souvenir sheet above (SG MS873) was issued, depicting the two highest values of the set, #6 and #7.

Fujeira also issued a commemorative set for the Stamp Centenary Exhibition in Cairo. This souvenir sheet (SG MS66) depicts both Egypt and Britain's number 1 (the Penny Black) as well as the two highest values from Fujeira.