Space Exploration and Global Telecommunications - 30  naye paise

Space Exploration and Global Telecommunications - 30 naye paise

Year
1964
Face Value
30
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Science and technology

Catalogs References

Michel
DB 159A
Yvert & Tellier
DB 55
Stanley Gibbons
DB 132

Technical Details

Colors
Multicolor
Size
27 x 40 mm
Perforation
12
Printing
Offset
Designer
George Aleef
Printers
Helio Electronic Press
This dynamic, retro-futuristic stamp was released by the Emirate of Dubai (دبي) during the mid-1960s space race era. The central illustrative vignette showcases two stylized blue and yellow space rockets or telemetry missiles cruising past the Earth, flanked by billowing exhaust clouds. On the globe below, a telephone handset is connected to a transmission tower by a long, coiled wire, symbolizing the bridging of space technology with international telecommunications and satellite networks.