Capital of Arab Culture – Al Quds 2009
United Arab Emirates3 August 2009Draft
The design of the stamp highlights the landmarks of, and the logo is derived from the Islamic decoration art, with an eight-sided star formed through two overlapping squares. This represents the basis of the Islamic architectural decoration art found in all the trappings of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Resurrection. The design also depicts the Dome of the Holy Rock, crisscrossed by a barbed wire that symbolizes occupation and restrictions. 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
- 3 August 2009
- Issuer
- United Arab Emirates
- Values
- 2 dirhams
- Subject
- Not recorded yet
- Designer
- Emirates Post
- Printer
- Oriental Printing Press – Kingdom of Bahrain
- Process
- Lithographic
- Perforation
- Not recorded yet
- Quantity
- 50,000
Record history
- 2026-10-27Record imported from a CSV file.
Cite this record
Capital of Arab Culture – Al Quds 2009. In: Catalogue of UAE issues. Emirates Philatelic Association. Record updated 2026-10-27.
https://epa.ae/catalogue/uae-2009-capital-of-arab-culture-al-quds-2009-411
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