Airmail stamp of upper yafa; 1967; airmail stamp (other catalogue: commemorative stamp) of the british protectorate of south arabia (ca. 1800-1967: "aden protectorate"); the sultanate of upper yafa was a part of this protectorate (from 1901: "protectorat of south arabia", before that was the territory a province of the ottoman empire); (1901 establishment of a military alliance with the british; panarabic nationalistic riots against the sultan of upper yafa in the 1950s and first half of the 1960s which were defeated with assistance of the british; 1967 release in the independence; 1967-1990: "south yemen"; since 1990: "republic of yemen"); the stamp was of the séries "paintings of children and 20th anniversary of the united nations children's fund (unicef)".;the stamp motive shows a relative rare portrait from the high phase of the creative works of a auguste renoir (pierre-auguste renoir, 1841-1919), which was created in 1880 in the style of the impressionism and which is showing the young héléne grimprel in a "ruban rouge". Contemporary this painting is in private ownership (and collection) and is not public showed.;stamp postmarked by cto
stamp: michel: no. 86a
color: multicolored
watermark: none
nominal value: 125 fils
postage validity: from 25 november 1967
stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 34. 5 x 47. 0 mm. Date: 25 November 1967 (first issue date of the stamp).
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