✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1952
View of Al-Ghumdan Palace via Stone Arch - 20 imadi
This 20-bogshas airmail stamp ("POSTE AÉRIENNE") highlights the legendary architectural and historical legacy of Yemen by framing a view of a monumental highland estate, reminiscent of the ancient Al-Ghumdan fortress tradition, through a rustic stone archway. The illustration captures the multi-story stone fortifications and a solitary date palm rising against the rugged mountain terrain, carrying a powerful message of permanence, protective isolation, and organic integration with the landscape. Issued by the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, the program uses the stone arch as a visual metaphor for entering a preserved cultural sanctuary, celebrating the sophisticated masonry and strategic engineering that defined the region's sovereign seats of power. The formal bilingual border inscription firmly roots this geographic pride within the state's mid-20th-century administrative and postal identity.
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Gemini space mission - 12 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 8 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 2 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 1/2 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 1/3 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 1/4 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 1/4 buqsha
Gemini space mission - 1/4 buqsha
Ibn Sina (980-1037), Persian Philosopher and Physician
Hippocrates (about 460 BC - 337 BC)
Galen (129-199), Roman Physician
Ibn Sina (980-1037), Persian Philosopher and Physician
Hippocrates (about 460 BC - 337 BC)
Galen (129-199), Roman Physician
4th Anniversary of the Yemeni Revolution -2 buqsha
4th Anniversary of the Yemeni Revolution - 6 buqsha
4th Anniversary of the Yemeni Revolution - 4 buqsha
Arab Traffic Day - 6 buqsha
Arab Traffic Day - 4 buqsha
Football World Cup, England 1966 - 20 buqsha
Football World Cup, England 1966 - 5 buqsha
Football World Cup, England 1966 - 4 buqsha
Football World Cup, England 1966 - 1/2 buqsha