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Sharjah International Airport

United Arab Emirates7 July 2008Draft

Aviation archives in Sharjah go back in history to the 5 th of October 1932, when the first aircraft landed on Sharjah soil, marking this station as a strategic landing point for Imperial Airways (forerunner to British Airways), en route from England to India and Australia. In 1933 Sharjah pioneered in preparing meteorological reports. Size: 35 x 15 x 46 mm in sheets of 11 stamps.

Built from public sources; not yet checked against a second source.

Issued
7 July 2008
Issuer
United Arab Emirates
Values
1 dirham
Subject
Not recorded yet
Designer
Emirates Post
Printer
Cartor Printing Press - France
Process
Lithographic
Perforation
Not recorded yet
Quantity
55,000

Record history

  • 2026-10-27Record imported from a CSV file.

Cite this record

Sharjah International Airport. In: Catalogue of UAE issues. Emirates Philatelic Association. Record updated 2026-10-27.

https://epa.ae/catalogue/uae-2008-sharjah-international-airport-402

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