United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation in eastern Arabia.
 * This replaced the Trucial States, a British protectorate, in December 1971. Specifically, it was formed by Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwain. Ras al Khaima joined in February 1972.
 * The UAE issued its first stamps in February 1972, with "UAE" overprinted on definitives of Abu Dhabi.
 * Production of stamps of the separate emirates was not formally ended until August 1972.
 * The United Arab Emirates' following definitive pictorials were issued in 1973 inscribed UNITED ARAB EMIRATES in roman letters and Arabic. With a few issues inscribed U.A. Emirates or UAE, this style continues to this day.

 File:UAE overprint.jpg|5 fil value from the first definitives. File:UAE house.jpg|5 dirham value from the 1973 definitives. File:UAE QR code.jpg|2015 QR code stamp. 

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