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Year: 1960
Olympic Games 1960 Rome - 20 buqsha
This stamp celebrates the theme of international sportsmanship and athletic excellence, likely issued to mark a mid-20th-century staging of the Olympic Games. The illustration features the iconic five interlocking Olympic rings accompanied by a blazing ceremonial torch, its dynamic flames sweeping across the design from left to right. This composition carries a powerful message of global peace, unity, and the enduring competitive spirit that transcends cultural boundaries. In the context of Yemen during the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, the release of such a stamp underscores the nation's desire to align itself with international cultural movements, utilizing globally recognized symbolism to project a modern, connected national identity receptive to international ideals of collaboration and peaceful coexistence.
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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
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Sithu U Thant (1909-1974)
Mohammed Abdel Khaliq Hassuna (1898-1992)
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889 – 1964)
Hammarskjöld, Dag (1905-1961)
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889 – 1964)
Hammarskjöld, Dag (1905-1961)
Virgil "Gus" Grissom (1926-1967) - 16 buqsha
Pavel Belyaev (1925-1970) - 8 buqsha
Alexei Leonov (1934-2019) - 4 buqsha
Scott Carpenter (1925-2013)- 1/2 buqsha
Virgil "Gus" Grissom (1926-1967) - 1/3 buqsha
Scott Carpenter (1925-2013)- 1/4 buqsha
Alexei Leonov (1934-2019) - 1/4 buqsha
Pavel Belyaev (1925-1970) - 1/4 buqsha
