Drydocks World - Dubai
United Arab Emirates4 June 2008Draft
The visionary zeal of H.H. Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the late Ruler of Dubai has seen the growth of Dubai from a trading town to a modern city. Dubai Drydocks was conceived and built as the largest ship repair yard in the world under his direction and guidance and opened by H. E Queen Elizabeth II in 1979 before becoming fully operational in 1983. Souvenir sheet: none. Size: 30 x 40 mm in sheets of 20 stamps.
Built from public sources; not yet checked against a second source.
- Issued
- 4 June 2008
- Issuer
- United Arab Emirates
- Values
- 1 dirham · 4 dirhams
- Subject
- Not recorded yet
- Designer
- Emirates Post
- Printer
- Oriental Printing Press Kingdom of Bahrain
- Process
- Lithographic
- Perforation
- Not recorded yet
- Quantity
- 50,000 each
Record history
- 2026-10-27Record imported from a CSV file.
Cite this record
Drydocks World - Dubai. In: Catalogue of UAE issues. Emirates Philatelic Association. Record updated 2026-10-27.
https://epa.ae/catalogue/uae-2008-drydocks-world-dubai-369
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