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Wild Flowers in Oman, Stamp Art

March 18, 2012 1 comment



Stamps from Oman First Issue in 1982.07.01 presenting the Wild Flowers under Natures category, here are two
the 10 B Wild Flowers in Oman, The Dionysia Mira.



















And the 20 B Wild Flowers in Oman, The Teucrium Mascatense.



















Ali,

Ruler of Qatar 1960 – 1972

March 8, 2012 2 comments



Here are two stamps from Qatar back to 1960-1972 In the reign of the ruler of Qatar H.H: Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Thani.



The first one issued 01-Oct-1966 with the new currency denominations – Dirhams instead of Naye Paise and Rials instead of Rupees.
















The second one also issued 01-Oct-1966 both are the 1961 Definitive Issue – NEW CURRENCY – 1966.













The full set that i have are published in the menu> My Stamps> Qatar. or just Click Here, and go for [1960th].

Deutsche Demokratische Republik




This stamp is one of my German collection; it’s back to 1951 and i have no more information about it, see all collection Here



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Ali,

The 15th National Day of Sultanate Oman

February 29, 2012 3 comments


This stamp Issue on 18-Nov-1985 on the occasion of “The 15th National Day of Sultanate Oman” the stamp shows number of student in a traditional Qur’an school and a photo of the Sultan Qaboos.




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To see more stamps of Oman, Click Here..




Ali,

10D UAE Money Art

February 27, 2012 Leave a comment



This is a shoot of the 10 UAE DIRHAMs [1$ = 3.67UAED], the both side of it contain an art.
This is a part of the money paper, the other half dose’t show any art.
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The first picture shows garden with some trees and the one on the right is a Palm tree.


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In this picture you can see an Arabian Dagger



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More Money Art photos Here

UAE Money Art

February 24, 2012 1 comment



This is a shot of the 5 UAE DIRHAMs [1$ = 3.67UAED], the both side of it contain an art.
This is part of the money paper, the other half dose’t show any art.
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You can find a list of all UAE BankNotes graphics on this link



Ali,

Universal Postal Union Centenary 1974

February 19, 2012 2 comments



This is a post/stamp of “Universal Postal Union Centenary 1974” Issue in 22-May-1974.
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Stamp Details..
Type of Stamp: Commemorative
Country: Qatar
Issue Date: 22-May-1974
Denomination: 10 Dirhams
Color:Multi-Coloured
Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¾





My old Minolta 500si Dynax.

August 11, 2011 2 comments



Minolta Dynax 500si was my first 35mm film SLR camera, I bought it in 2004 from UK with a TAMRON 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, am not using it anymore. In this shot I merge two photos to get this result. and I use my Nikon D90 with SB900 and the lightbox to take the pictures.

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If you want to see the lightbox in action Click Here..

MoneyArt 500QR




This is a shot of the 500 Qatari Riyal [1$ = 3.65QR], it’s a Blue money paper with some draws.
It shows two buildings first one [rear] is the Amiri Diwan or the Ruler Office, in the front you can see a traditional building, on the next part of the paper you will find a head of Arabian Falcon.

This is part of the money paper, the other half dose’t show any art

























You can find a list of all BankNotes graphics on this link.





MoneyArt 100QR




This is a shot of the 100 Qatari Riyal [1$ = 3.65QR], it’s a yellow, green and mauve money paper with some draws.
It shows two buildings first one for a traditional building and in front a mosque.

This is part of the money paper, the other half dose’t show any art.

























You can find a list of all BankNotes graphics on this link.