Fish Quest

1967: Fish of the Arabian Gulf

This is a satisfyingly large stamp (7cm) to stick on an airmail envelope from Umm Al Quiwain and features a pair of parrotfish.  These fish live on a diet of algae and dead coral, grinding the latter with teeth in their throat and famously pooping sand, which is the undigested coral.

1972: Tropical Fish

Don't know what these little fish are (goldfish?) but the stamp is one which came from a miniature sheet.  Today Umm Al Qiwain is part of the United Arab Emirates so to increase the number of stamps to show this week I journey to one of its other members

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1971: Flowers and Fish (Design - Samir Ghantous)

Fujeira. This stamp features a paradise fish and the late ruler of the emirate Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqui succeeded by his son (who has the same name) in 1974. The duplicate names confused me for a while when I couldn't marry up the image on the stamp with the emirate's present ruler.  The stamp was designed by the Lebanese artist Samir Ghantous as is this one -

1971: Olympic Games, Munich, Germany (Design - Samir Ghantous)

issued as part of an Olympic set the same year.

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Sunday Stamps II prompt this week is the Letter Q - for Qiwain - See It On A Postcard