Sharjah

Sharjah is a country in Eastern Arabia.
 * In July 1963, it issued its first stamps. With that, Sharjah soon began issuing a flood of issues, becoming known as one of the so-called Sand dunes countries.
 * In July 1971, it joined the Trucial States, but continued to issue its own stamps.
 * In December 1971, Ajman joined the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE's first stamps were issued in February 1972 but Sharjah stamps were still being produced well into that year. Sharjah new issues were not formally ended by the UAE until August 1972.





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