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 January 1973, with "UAE" overprinted on definitives of Abu Dhabi. These were initially only used in Abu Dhabi, with the 10f and 25f values released sometime later in Dubai and Sharjah.
 * 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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