The Unisphere at the New York World's Fair

This slate-grey 40-naye-paise airmail issue commemorates the New York World's Fair 1964 (معرض نيويورك الدولي ١٩٦٤), utilizing advanced British photogravure to replicate the architectural epicenter of the global exposition. The central vignette features a dramatic, low-angle rendering of the Unisphere, the massive 12-story stainless-steel globe designed by Gilmore D. Clarke to symbolize global interdependence and "Peace Through Understanding," capturing its stylized orbital rings representing early space pioneers against a sweeping background of upward-pointing spotlights and decorative fountains. Superimposed in an oval frame at the top right is the formal portrait of the sovereign ruler, Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, validating this mid-value utility rate processed by the civil administration to handle heavy regional registered mail and international tr