Umm al Qiwain

Umm al Qiwain, or Umm al-Quwain, was a member of the Trucial States and is now part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

It has become famous or infamous as one of Sand dunes countries that issued a tremendous number of stamps, generally CTO, beginning in 1964. Even after joining the UAE in December 1971 and using their stamps from early 1972, stamps continued to be printed in the name of Umm al Qiwain well into 1972.

 File:Umm al Qiwain first.jpg|From the first issue of 1964. File:1967 Umm al Qiwain cover.jpg|A cover from 1967. Some issues did get used postally. 

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