Desert Horned Viper - 2 naye paise
This definitive selection introduces the inaugural 1964 wildlife collection issued natively for the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain (أم القيوين), printed using a distinct duo-panel layout. Positioned on the left within an intricate, gold-inked arabesque frame is a portrait vignette of Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla, who ruled the emirate from 1929 until 1981. This collection marked the emirate's first independent philatelic step toward establishing its own civil administration and territorial postal infrastructure.
This horizontal composition features a detailed, full-color rendering of a coiled Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes), a venomous pit-viper highly adapted to the sweeping sand dunes of the Arabian Peninsula. Known for its specialized sidewinding movement and distinct horn-like supraocular scales above the eyes, the illustration highlights the unique reptilian biodiversity of the emirate's desert ecosystem.
This horizontal composition features a detailed, full-color rendering of a coiled Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes), a venomous pit-viper highly adapted to the sweeping sand dunes of the Arabian Peninsula. Known for its specialized sidewinding movement and distinct horn-like supraocular scales above the eyes, the illustration highlights the unique reptilian biodiversity of the emirate's desert ecosystem.