Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Yemen Pt 2 (YAR) 1965 - 1970

All foil issues with the same design are listed with the set/design.  If it is a new design then it is listed as a separate issue. Overprint foil issues are listed separately.
Issues with “- s/s” indicate this is a souvenir sheet only.
Issues with “+ s/s” indicate this stamp design is also issued as a souvenir sheet.

1965 - Commemorating John F. Kennedy, overprints of 1963 Space Exploration issue in red-brown


¼ b. - Rocket ship

Perf (4 values)


⅓ b.-  Rocket ship


4 b. - Rocket ship - imperf


20 b. - Space station and rocket ship - imperf


30 Jan 1965 - Birds


¼ b. - Western reef herons

Perf (11 values)

Imperf (11 values)

Souvenir sheet


½ b. - Arabian chukar (Arabian red-legged partridge on stamp)


¾ b.b Eagle owl


1 b. - Hammerkop


1 ½ b. - Yemeni linnets


4 b.- Hoopoes


6 b. - Violet starlings (Amethyst starlings on stamp)


8 b. - Waldrapp (Bald ibis on stamp)


12 b. - Arabian woodpecker


20 b. - Bateleur


1 rl. - Yellow bellied green pigeon (Bruce’s green pigeon on stamp)


20 b. - Yemeni linnets - s/s


30 April 1965 - Deir Yassin Massacre


4 b. - Dagger in Palestine

Perf (2 values)


6 b. - Dagger in Palestine


17 May 1965 - 100th Anniversary of the International Telecommunications Union


4 b. - Emblem of the ITU, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and other symbols + s/s

Perf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - Emblem of the ITU, arms of Yemen Arab Republic and other symbols


7 July 1965 - Burning of Algiers University Library


4 b. - Library building in flames and lamp

Perf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - Library building in flames and lamp + s/s


26 Sept 1965 - 3rd Anniversary of the Revolution


4 b. - Tractor in field and agriculture products

Perf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - Tractor in field + s/s


15 Oct 1965 - International Cooperation Year


4 b. - Emblems of ICY and UN

Perf (2 values)

Imperf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - UN Headquarters buildings in New York + s/s



20 Nov 1965 - Commemorating President John F. Kennedy


¼ b. - Pres. Kennedy and launching of rocket

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


¼ b. - Pres. Kennedy and rocket gantries


¼ b. - Pres. Kennedy and rocket


⅓ b. - Pres. Kennedy and launching of rocket


½ b. - Pres. Kennedy and rocket


4 b. - Pres. Kennedy, capsule and flag of the USA + s/s


8 b. - Pres. Kennedy and capsule in ocean + s/s


12 b. - Pres. Kennedy and rocket gantries


29 Dec 1965 - Achievements in Space


¼ . - Belyaev and rocket

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Leonov and rocket


¼ b. - Scott and capsule


⅓ b. - Carpenter and rocket gantry


½ b. - Scott and capsule


4 b. - Leonov and rocket


8 b. - Belyaev and rocket


16 b. - Carpenter and rocket gantry


16 b. - McDivitt and White space walk - s/s


15 Jan 1966 - 1963 Freedom From Hunger overprinted Arabic text and Tuberculosis Campaign 1965


4 b. - Cow, emblems of the UN and FAO

Perf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - Ear of corn & wheat sheaf, emblems of the UN and FAO


4b & 6b in one sheet - s/s


29 Jan 1966 - Telecommunications


¼ b. - Signaling by torch

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Morse telegraph


¼ b. - Early telephone


⅓ b. - Wireless telegraph


½ b. - Television


4 b. Radar


6 b. - Telex


20 b. - Early Bird satellite + s/s


5 Mar 1966 - 1964 Birds overprinted with Arabic text and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals


¼ b. - Western reef herons (perf & imperf)

Perf (3 values)

Imperf (11 values)

Souvenir sheet


½ b. - Arabian chukar (Arabian red-legged partridge on stamp) (perf & imperf)


¾ b.b Eagle owl (perf & imperf)


1 b. - Hammerkop (imperf only)


1 ½ b. - Yemeni linnets (imperf only)


4 b.- Hoopoes (imperf only)


6 b. - Violet starlings (Amethyst starlings on stamp) (imperf only)


8 b. - Waldrapp (Bald ibis on stamp) (imperf only)


12 b. - Arabian woodpecker (imperf only)


20 b. - Bateleur (imperf only)


1 rl. - Yellow bellied green pigeon (Bruce’s green pigeon on stamp) (imperf only)


20 b. - Yemeni linnets - s/s


5 March 1966 - 1965 Birds overprinted POSTAGE DUE in English and Arabic


6 b. - Violet starlings (Amethyst starlings on stamp)

Perf (5 values)


8 b. - Waldrapp (Bald ibis on stamp)


12 b. - Arabian woodpecker


20 b. - Bateleur


1 rl. - Yellow bellied green pigeon (Bruce’s green pigeon on stamp)


20 March 1966 - 1964 2nd Arab Conference overprinted Arabic text and 3RD SUMMIT CONFERENCE 1965


4 b. - Arab League Center building and League emblem

Perf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - Arab League Center building and League emblem


4b & 6b sheet - s/s


25 March 1966 - Builders of World Peace


¼ b. - Pres. Kennedy, projection of Earth and dove

Perf (9 values)

Imperf (9 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


¼ b. - Dag Hammarskjöld, projection of Earth and dove


¼ b. - Pandit Nehru,  projection of Earth and dove


⅓ b. - Dag Hammarskjöld, projection of Earth and dove


½ b. - Pandit Nehru,  projection of Earth and dove


4 b. - Pres. Kennedy, projection of Earth and dove


6 b. - Ralph Bunche, projection of Earth and dove


10 b. - U Thant, projection of Earth and dove


12 b. - Pope Paul VI, projection of Earth and dove


4 b. - Kennedy, Hammerskjöld, Nehru - s/s


8 b. - Bunche, Thant, Pope Paul VI - s/s


5 May 1966 - Domestic Animals and Butterflies


¼ b. - Rooster

Perf (9 values)

Imperf (9 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Brown Hare


¼ b. - Pony


⅓ b. - Cat


½ b. - Ewe with lamb


4 b. - Dromedary camel


6 b. - Vanessa atalanta


8 b. - Papilio machaon


10 b. - Arctia caja


16 b. - Papilio dardanus polytrophus fern


22 b. - Farmyard - s/s


20 May 1966 - 1965 Achievements in Space overprinted Arabic text and LUNA IX 3 FEBRUARY 1966


¼ . - Belyaev and rocket

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Leonov and rocket


¼ b. - Scott and capsule


⅓ b. - Carpenter and rocket gantry


½ b. - Scott and capsule


4 b. - Leonov and rocket


8 b. - Belyaev and rocket


16 b. - Carpenter and rocket gantry


16 b. - McDivitt and White space walk - s/s


1966 - Commemorating John F. Kennedy, overprints of 1963 Space Exploration issue in brown and black


½ b. - Kennedy and Satellite - Kennedy brown, laurels black

Perf (1 value)


29 May 1966 - World Cup Football Championship, Wembley England


¼ b. - Jules Rimet Cup and stadium

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Postage due (3 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Goalie leaping for ball


¼ b. - Plates passing the ball


⅓ b. - Player heading the ball


½ b. - Football players


4 b. - Player scoring goal + postage due


5 b. - Player passing the ball + postage due


20 b. - Emblem of the World Cup + postage due + s/s


30 June 1966 - Traffic Day


4 b. - Traffic signal and arms of Yemen

Perf (2 values)

Imperf (2 values)

Souvenir sheet


6 b. - Traffic signal and arms of Yemen + s/s



15 Aug 1966 - 1965 Achievements in Space overprinted with Arabic text and SURVEYOR 1, 2 JUNE 1966


1 b. on ¼ b. - Belyaev and rocket

Perf (5 values)


1 b. on ¼ b. - Leonov and rocket


1 b. on ¼ b. - Scott and capsule


3 b. on ⅓ b. - Carpenter and rocket gantry


4 b. on ½ b. - Scott and capsule


Sept. 1966 - 4th Anniversary of the Revolution


2 b. - Flag of Yemen flying over Sana’a

Perf (3 values)

Souvenir sheet


4 b. - Hand holding automatic weapon and wheat sheaf over Sana’a


6 b. - Images of agriculture and industry


4b & 6b sheet - s/s


Oct 1966 - 1964 World’s Fair overprinted 1965 SANA’A in English and Arabic


¼ b. - Views of the cities of New York and Sana’s and an airplane

Perf (7 values)

Souvenir sheet


⅓ b. - Flag of the YAR, views of the Empire State Building, mosque in Sana’a


½ b. - Ship, views of Statue of Liberty, harbor in Hodeida


1 b. - Views of the cities of New York and Sana’s and an airplane


4 b. - Flag of the YAR, views of the Empire State Building, mosque in Sana’a


16 b. - Ship, views of Statue of Liberty, harbor in Hodeida


20 b. - Views of the cities of New York and Sana’s and an airplane + s/s


1 Nov 1966 - Opening of the Headquarters of the World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland


¼  b. - Picture of Galen, helianthus, and WHO buildings

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Picture of Hippocrates, ipomoeas and WHO buildings


¼ b. - Picture of Avicenna, peonies,  and WHO buildings 


4 b. - Picture of Galen, helianthus, and WHO buildings


8 b. - Picture of Hippocrates, ipomoeas and WHO buildings


16 b. - Picture of Avicenna, peonies,  and WHO buildings + s/s


1 Dec 1966 - Commemorating the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 Space Flights


¼ b. - Launch of a Gemini spaceship

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Astronauts


¼ b. - Gemini spaceship


⅓ b. - Gemini 6 and 7


½ b. - Recovery of Gemini at sea


2 b. - Gemini 6 and 7


8 b. - Recovery of Gemini at sea


12 b. - Gemini 6 and 7 linking in space + s/s


25 Dec 1966 - Gemini 6 & 7 overprinted GEMINI IX CERNAN - STAFFORD JUNE 3 - 1966


¼ b. - Launch of a Gemini spaceship

Perf (8 values)

Imperf (8 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Astronauts


¼ b. - Gemini spaceship


⅓ b. - Gemini 6 and 7


½ b. - Recovery of Gemini at sea


2 b. - Gemini 6 and 7


8 b. - Recovery of Gemini at sea


12 b. - Gemini 6 and 7 linking in space + s/s


10 Feb 1967 - Fruit


¼ b. - Figs

Perf (10 values)

Imperf (10 values)

Postage due (3 values)


¼ b. - Quinces


¼ b. - Grapes


⅓ b. - Dates


½ b. - Apricots


2 b. - Quinces


4 b. - Oranges


6 b. - Bananas + postage due


8 b. - Figs + postage due


10 b - Grapes + postage due


10 June 1967 - Commemorating the Red Crescent Society


50 b. - Emblem of Red Crescent Society - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


July 1967 - Arab League Day


4 b. - Gamal el-Din el-Afghani and emblem of the Arab League

Perf (5 values)


6 b. - Gamal el-Din el-Afghani and emblem of the Arab League


8 b. - Gamal el-Din el-Afghani and emblem of the Arab League


20 b. - Gamal el-Din el-Afghani and emblem of the Arab League


40 b. - Gamal el-Din el-Afghani and emblem of the Arab League


15 Aug 1967 - Commemorating Chancellor Konrad Adenauer


50 b. - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer- embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


Aug 1967 - Labor Day


2 b. - Women working in cloth factory

Perf (4 values)

Souvenir sheet


42 b. - Women working in cloth factory


6 b. - Women working in cloth factory


8 b. - Women working in cloth factory


10 b. - Women working in cloth factory - s/s


Sept 1967 - Definitives


1 b. - Farmer plowing in field

Perf (10 values)


2 b. - Farmer plowing in field


4 b. - Farmer plowing in field


6 b. - Farmer plowing in field


8 b. - Farmer plowing in field


10 b. - Farmer plowing in field


12 b. - Farmer plowing in field


16 b. - Farmer plowing in field


20 b. - Farmer plowing in field


40 b. - Farmer plowing in field


Sept 1967 - 1967 Definitives overprinted 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION 29.6.67 in Arabic text


1 b. - Farmer plowing in field

Perf (6 values)


2 b. - Farmer plowing in field


4 b. - Farmer plowing in field


6 b. - Farmer plowing in field


8 b. - Farmer plowing in field


10 b. - Farmer plowing in field


Oct 1967 - Paintings by Flemish Artists


¼ b. - Brueghel

Perf - gold borders (5 values)

Imperf - silver borders (5 values)

Souvenir sheet


⅓ b. - Van Orly


½ b. - Rubens


3 b. - Jordaens


6 b. - Van Dyck + s/s


17 Nov 1967 - Paintings by Florentine Artists


¼ b. - Raphaël

Perf - gold borders (5 values)

Imperf - silver borders (5 values)

Souvenir sheet


⅓ b. - Bronzino


½ b. - Cosimo


3 b. - Michelangelo


6 b. - Botticelli + s/s


Nov 1967 - Paintings by Spanish Artists


¼ b. - Velaquez

Perf - gold borders (5 values)

Imperf - silver borders (5 values)

Souvenir sheet


⅓ b. - Ribera


½ b. - Murillo


3 b. - Greco


6 b. - de Goya + s/s


19 Nov 1967 - 1968 Winter Olympic Games, Grenoble France


5 b. - Emblem of the Grenoble Winter Olympic Games

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s perf

Gold color paper s/s imperf

Silver color paper s/s perf

Silver color paper s/s imperf


10 b. - Emblem of the Grenoble Winter Olympic Games


15 b. - Emblem of the Grenoble Winter Olympic Games + s/s





19 Nov 1967 - 1968 Winter Olympic Games, Grenoble France


50 b. - Emblem of the Grenoble Winter Olympic Games - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


19 Nov 1967 - 1968 Winter Olympic Games, Grenoble France


¼ b. - Cross country skier

Perf (5 values)

Imperf (5 values)

Souvenir sheet


⅓ b. - Ice skater


½ b. - Two-man bobsled


3 b. - Ice hockey player


6 b. Downhill skier + s/s


10 March 1968 - 1968 Winter Olympic Games, Grenoble France overprinted with GOLD MEDALS on left side and name of the winner & country on the right side


50 b. - J.C. Killy,  France - embossed on gold foil

Perf (4 values)


50 b. - F Nones, Italy - embossed on gold foil


50 b. - F Keller, Germany - embossed on gold foil


50 b. - P Fleming, USA - embossed on gold foil


1 Apr 1968 - Commemorating International Human Rights Year 20th Anniversary


50 b. - UN headquarters and emblems of the UN and IHRY - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


June 1968 - Paintings by Gaugin


¼ b. - Tahitian woman

Perf silver borders (5 pairs)

Perf gold borders (5 pairs)

Imperf gold borders (5 pairs)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Tahitian woman


⅓ b. - Nevermore, O Tahiti


⅓ b. - Self portrait


½ b. - Brittany Children


½ b. - Fillettes de Poulder


3 b. - La Belle Angele


3 b. - The Moon and Earth


6 b. - Woman with the Flowers


6 b. - When Will You Marry?


12 b. - 2 6b stamps on sheet - s/s


June 1968 - Paintings by Rubens


¼ b. - Head of Little Girl

Perf silver borders (5 pairs)

Imperf gold borders (5 pairs)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - details from Holy Family


⅓ b. - Head of a Negro


⅓ b. - Thomas, Count of Arundel


½ b. - Isabela Brandt


½ b. - Self portrait


3 b. - Helene Fourment


3 b. - Chapeau de Palle


6 b. - Holy Family


6 b. - ruben’s Sons


12 b. - 2 - 6b stamps in sheet - s/s


June 1968 - Paintings by Van Gogh


¼ b. - Julien Tanguay

Perf silver borders (5 pairs)

Perf gold borders (5 pairs)

Imperf gold borders (5 pairs)

Souvenir sheet


¼ b. - Postman Roulin


⅓ b. - Church at Auvers


⅓ b. - Sunflowers


½ b. - Armand Roulin


½ b. - La Berceuse


3 b. - La Mousme


3 b. - Marguerite Gachet at the Piano


6 b. - L’Arlesienne


6 b. - Self portrait


12 b. - 2 - 6b stamps on sheet - s/s


1968 - 1930 Issue overprinted in Arabic and Y.A.R. - dismissal of President Abdullah al-Salal, introduction of new government


1 b. - blue-green

Perf (6 values)


2 b. - olive-green


4 b. - vermilion


6 b. - blue


10 b. - brown


1 i. - blue and red-brown


1968 - 1931 Issue overprinted in Arabic and Y.A.R. - dismissal of President Abdullah al-Salal, introduction of new government


1/2 b. - orange-yellow

Perf (10 values)


1 b. - sage-green


2 b. - brown


3 b. - lilac


4 b. - carmine


5 b. - slate-grey


6 b. - ultramarine


10 b. - orange-brown


20 b. - sage-green


1 i. - sage-green and claret


June 1968 - Commemorating Chancellor Konrad Adeneaur


5 b. - Chancellor Adeneaur and map of Yemen + gold  s/s

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s (3 values)

Silver color paper s/s (1 value)


10 b. - Chancellor Adeneaur and map of Yemen + gold s/s


15 b. - Chancellor Adeneaur and map of Yemen + silver & gold s/s



2 July 1968 - 1968 Summer Olympic Games, Mexico City, Mexico


5 b. - Chariots in a race

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s

Silver color paper s/s


10 b. - Chariots in a race


15 b. - Chariots in a race + s/s



1 Apr 1968 - 1968 Commemorating International Human Rights Year 20th Anniversary overprinted with MARTIN LUTHER KING 1929-1968


50 b. - UN headquarters and emblems of the UN and IHRY - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)


10 July 1968 - Paintings of Horses


¼ b. - The Judges and the Knights - Van Dyck

Perf gold borders (5 values)

Imperf silver border (5 values)

Souvenir sheet


⅓ b. - Young Girl with the Unicorn - Zampieri


½ b. - The Prince Baltazar as Carlos - Velasquez


3 b. - Horse Held by Slaves - Gericault


6 b. - The Hunting - Ucello + s/s


10 July 1968 - Paintings by Raphaël


¼ b. - Woman with Veil

Perf gold borders (5 values)

Imperf silver border (5 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Agnolo Doni


½ b. - The School of Athens


3 b. - Portrait of a Man


6 b. - Lady with a Unicorn + s/s


10 July 1968 - Paintings by Rembrandt  Harmenszoon van Rijn


¼ b. - Jan Six

Perf gold borders (5 values)

Imperf silver border (5 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Young Saskia


½ b. - Mars


3 b. - Hendrickje Stoffels


6 b. - Self portrait + s/s


10 Sept 1968 - Gold Medal Winners, 1968 Winter Olympics, Grenoble France


¼ b. - Peggy Fleming and gold medal

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - F. Nones and gold medal


½ b. - J Raska and gold medal


2 b. - Soviet hockey team and gold medal


3 b. - J.C. Killy and gold medal


4 b. - E Keller and gold medal + s/s


30 Sept 1968 - 1968 Summer Olympic Games, Mexico City, Mexico - Greek and Mexican Folk Art


¼ b. - multicolored

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓  b. - multicolored


½ b. - multicolored


2 b. - multicolored


3 b. - multicolored


4 b. - multicolored + s/s


Sept 1968 - 6th Anniversary of the Revolution


2 b. - President al-Salal, soldiers and broken chain

Perf (3 values)

Imperf (3 values)

Souvenir sheet


4 b. - Flag of Yemen Arab Republic


6 b. - President al-Salal and flowers + s/s


10 Sept 1968 - 1968 Summer Olympic Games, Mexico City, Mexico


50 b. - Chariots racing - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


12 Oct 1968 - 1968 Summer Olympic Games, Mexico City, Mexico overprinted with GOLD MEDALS on left and Name of winner and Country on Right


50 b. - Bob Beamon, USA - embossed on gold foil

Perf (4 values)


50 b. - Pierfranco Vianelli, Italy - embossed on gold foil


50 b. - Daniel Rebillard, France - embossed on gold foil


50 b. - Ingrid Becker, Germany - embossed on gold foil


18 Oct 1968 - 1968 Summer Olympic Games Gold Medal Winners


¼ b. - Weightlifting Medals 1896, 1908 1912

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Hurdling Medals 1920, 1924


½ b. - Pommel Horse Medals 1928, 1932


2 b. - Show Jumping Medals 1936, 1948, 1952


3 b. - Javelin Medals 1956, 1960, 1964


4 b. - High Jump Medals 1968, 1972


20 Oct 1968 International Human Rights Year 20th Anniversary


5 b. - UN Building and IHRY emblem

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s


10 b. - UN Building and IHRY emblem


15 b. - UN Building and IHRY emblem + s/s


1968 - 1st Anniversary of the Death of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov


5 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s


10 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship


15 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship + s/s


1968 - 1st Anniversary of the Death of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov


50 b. - Vladimir Komarov and spaceship - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


23 Nov 1968 - Emblems of the Winter Olympic Games


¼ b. - Oslo 1952

Perf blue paper (6 values)

Perf white paper (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Chamonix 1924, St. Moritz 1928, Lake Placid 1932


½ b. - Garmisch 1936, st. Moritz, 1948, Oslo, 1952


2 b. - Cortina 1956, Squaw Valley 1960, Innsbruck 1964


3 b. - Grenoble 1968


4 b. - Sapporo 1972


7 b. - 3b and 4b on one sheet - s/s


22 Dec 1968 - Emblems of the Summer Olympic Games


¼ b. - Athens 1896, London 1908, Stockholm 1912

Perf white paper (6 values)

Perf blue paper (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Antwerp 1920, Paris 1924


½ b. - Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932, Berlin 1936


2 b. - London 1948, Helsinki 1952


3 b. - Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964


4 b. - Mexico 1968, Munich 1972


7 b. - 3b & 4b on one sheet - s/s


1968 - Yemen Red Crescent Society


5 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen and Red Crescent

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s

Silver color paper s/s


10 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen and Red Crescent


15 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen and Red Crescent + s/s



1968 - Yemen Red Crescent Society


50 b. - Map of region, arms of Yemen and Red Crescent - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


1968 - Chancellor Adenauer issue overprinted in Arabic text (For the Refugees)


5 b. - Chancellor Adeneaur and map of Yemen

Gold color paper perf (3 values)

Silver color paper imperf (3 values)

Gold color paper s/s (1 values)

Silver color paper s/s (1 value)


10 b. - Chancellor Adeneaur and map of Yemen


15 b. - Chancellor Adeneaur and map of Yemen



1968 - Commemorating the Death of John and Robert Kennedy


10 b. - Heads of John F. and Robert Kennedy - embossed on gold foil + s/s

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)

Souvenir sheet


1968 - Red Crescent issue overprinted VIETNAM PEACH CONFERENCE PARIS 13 MAY 1968


15 b. - Red Crescent, emblem of Yemen and map of region - s/s

Souvenir sheet


10 Jan 1969 - Commemorating Dag Hammarskjöld, John and Robert Kennedy


½ b. - Dag Hammarskjöld

Perf (4 values)

Imperf (4 values)

Souvenir sheet


2 b. - Dag Hammarskjöld


6 b. - John and Robert Kennedy


14 b. - John and Robert Kennedy


10 b. - John and Robert Kennedy - s/s


10 Jan 1969 - Commemorating Dr. Christian Barnhard’s Heart Transplant Operations


¼ b. - Dr. Christian Barnhard and Dr. Philip Blabert (patient)

Perf (4 values)

Imperf (4 values)

Souvenir sheet


¾ b. - Dr. Christian Barnhard


8 b. - Dr. Christian Barnhard


10 b. - Dr. Christian Barnhard and Dr. Philip Blabert (patient)


20 b. - Dr. Christian Barnhard - s/s


10 Jan 1969 - Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King


1 b. - Dr. Martin Luther King

Perf (4 values)

Imperf (4 values)

Souvenir sheet


4 b. - Dr. Martin Luther King


12 b. - Dr. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln


14 b. - Dr. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln


16 b. - Dr. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln - s/s


19 Feb 1969 - Paintings from the Louvre Museum, Paris France


¼ b. - Magdalene - Van der Weyden

Perf silver border (6 values)

Perf gold border (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf - yellow

Souvenir sheet perf - green

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Gypsy - Frans Hals


½ b. - Castiglione - Raphaël


2 b. - The Lacemaker - Vermeer


3 b. - Madonna and Child with St. Anne - Da Vinci


4 b. - Madonna and Child - Boticelli


4 b. - Mona Lisa - Da Vinci - s/s


Feb 1969 - Commemorating the Death of Martin Luther King


16 b. - Head of Martin Luther King - embossed on gold foil + s/s

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)

Souvenir sheet


29 March 1969 - 1968 Komarov issue overprinted YURI GAGARIN MARCH 28, 1968


50 b. - Vladimir Komarov - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)


29 March 1969 - Paintings from the Uffizi Gallery, Florence Italy


¼ b. - Battista Sforza - Piero della Francesca

Perf (6 values)

Imperf gold border (6 values)

Imperf silver border (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Francesco delle Opere - Perugino


½ b. - Francesco Maria della Rovere - Raphael


2 b. - Isabel Brandt - Rubens


3 b. - Don Garcia de Medici - Bronzino


4 b. - Birth of Venus - Botticelli


4 b. - The Three Graces - Botticelli - s/s


2 May 1969 - Paintings from the Prado Museum, Madrid Spain


¼ b. - Charles the 1st of England - Van Dyke

Perf gold background (6 values)

Perf bronze background (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf blue

Souvenir sheet imperf orange


⅓ b. - The Story of Nastagio - Botticelli


½ b. - Maria Ruthven - Van Dyke


2 b. - Portrait of a Man - Dürer


3 b. - Young Girl - Raphael


4 b. - Self portrait - Dürer


4 b. - Clothed Maja - Goya - s/s


18 May 1969 - 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Napoleon


4 b. - Napoleon crossing the Alps - embossed on gold foil + s/s

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)

Souvenir sheet


29 May 1969 - Discoveries of the Universe


¼ b. - Copernicus and Sputnik 3

Perf (7 values)

Imperf (7 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


¼ b. - Ptolemy and Vanguard 1


⅓ b. - Michelangelo and Lunik 1


⅓ b. - Tycho Brahe and Explorer 6


3 b. - Galileo and Lunik 3


6 b. - Kepler and Lunik 2


10 b. - Newton and Explorer 7


14 b. - Apollo 8 crew - s/s


14 b. - Apollo 8, Soyuz 4 and 5 - s/s


10 June 1969 - Pope Paul VI at International Labor Conference, Geneva Switzerland


6 b. - Pope Paul VI - s/s

Souvenir sheet 1 - green

Souvenir sheet 2 - orange


6 b. - Pope Paul VI - s/s


3 July 1969 - Mission to the Moon and Planets


¼ b. - Explorer 10, Sputnik 5 and Venus 1

Perf (7 values)

Imperf (7 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


¼ b. - Pioneer 4 and 5


⅓ b. - Mariner 2 and 3


⅓ b. - Mariner 4


2 b. - Zond 2


4 b. - Venus 2 and 3, Luna 10


22 b. - Venus 4


6 b. - Apollo 9 - s/s (maybe both perf and imperf)


6 b. - Futuristic Space Station


20 July 1969 - First Man on the Moon


10 b. - Apollo 11 - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


4 Aug 1969 - 50th Anniversary of the International Labor Organization, Geneva Switzerland


1 b. - Masons - Litomerice Bible

Perf (7 values)

Imperf (7 values)


NB Some like to have the two Pope VI s/s with this issue but they were issued 2 months earlier.


2 b. - Smiths - Cesky Krumlov miniature


3 b. - Teachers - Lobkowitz miniature library


4 b. - Printer - Abraham Bosse


6 b. - Publishers - German engraving


8 b. - Iron Founder


10 b. - Blacksmith - Gericault


16 Sept 1969 - 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Napoleon


¼ b. - Bonaparte as an Artillery Lieutenant - Lie-Perin Salbreux

Perf (7 values)

Imperf (7 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


⅓ b. - Bonaparte as a Colonel - Pilippoteaux


½ b. - First Consul in Liege - Ingres


¾ b. - Augsburg 1805 - Gautherst


4 b. - Bonaparte Crossing the Alps - David


8 b. - Napoleon in 1814 - David


10 b. - Napoleon at the Top of his Glory - Jas Chabord


4 b. - Coronation Robes - s/s


4 b. - Medals - s/s


26 Sept 1969 - 7th Anniversary of the Revolution


2 b. - Dove and map of Yemen

Perf (3 values)

Imperf (3 values)

Souvenir sheet


4 b. - Clasped hands and buildings


6 b - Yemeni workers + s/s


10 Oct 1969 - Scenes of Man in Space


¼ b. - Mercury 8 and 9, Vostok 3,4 and 5

Perf (7 values)

Imperf 7 Values

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


¼ b. - Mercury 3 and 6, Vostok 1 and 2


⅓ b. - Gemini 3 and 4, Voskhod 1 and 2


⅓ b. - Gemini 5, 6, 8 and 9


3 b. - Apollo 8 and 9


8 b. - Apollo 7 and 8, Soyuz 1 and 2


10 b. - Gemini 10, 11 and 12, Apollo 7


6 b. - Vostok and Mercury - s/s


6 b. - Apollo 10 - s/s


10 Oct 1969 - Scenes of Lunar Exploration


¼ b. - Apollo 10

Perf (7 values)

Imperf (7 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


¼ b. - Apollo 11


⅓ b. - Moon cab


⅓ b. - MOLAB vehicle


2 b. - Flying platform


4 b. - MOLAB


22 b. - Apollo 11


14 b. - Map of Moon


14 b. - Moon plaque, Apollo 11


Oct 1969 - Commemorating French Leaders


1 ¾ b. - Clovis

Perf (7 values)

Imperf (7 values)

Souvenir sheet 1 perf

Souvenir sheet 1 imperf

Souvenir sheet 2


2 b. - Charlemagne


2 ¼ b. - Joan of Arc


2 ½ b. - Louis XIV


3 ½ b. - Napoleon


5 b. - Clemenceau


6 b. - de Gaulle


10 b. - General Charles de Gaulle and Concorde


10 b. - General Charles de Gaulle, Jeanne d’Arc and Napoleon medals


15 Oct 1969 - 1967 Grenoble France overprinted GRENOBLE 1968 and SAPPORO 1972


50 b. - emblem of 1968 Winter Games - embossed on gold

Perf (1 value)


1 Nov 1969 - 1968 Mexico Summer Olympics overprinted with MEXICO 1968 and MUNICH 1972


50 b. - Chariots racing - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 Value)


Nov 1969 - Paintings from the National Gallery, Washington DC USA


¼ b. - David - Del Castagno

Perf mauve background (6 values)

Perf gold background (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Elena Grimaldi - Van Dyke


½ b. - Girl with Her Duena - Murillo


2 b. - Agostina - Corot


3 b. - Ginevra Bentivoglio - Ercole Roberti


4 b. - Balthasar Coymans - Frans Hals


4 b. - Ginevra de Berici - Davinci - s/s


Dec 1969 - Paintings from the National Gallery, London England


¼ b. - Portrait of a woman - Van der Weyden

Perf silver-gray background (6 values)

Perf gold background (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Portrait of a Young Man - Antonello de Messina


½ b. - Little Girl - Mabuse


2 b. - The Saleswoman of Crabs - Hogarth


3 b. - Baron Schwitter - Delecroix


4 b. - Old Woman - Cezanne


4 b. - Morning Promenade - Gainsborough


5 March 1970 - General Charles de Gaulle issue overprinted  THE HISTORICAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT POMPIDOU TO THE UNITED STATES 23.2-3.3 1970 VISIT TO CAP KENNEDY AND THE APOLLO CABIN 26.2.1970


10 b. - General de Gaulle and Concorde - s/s

Souvenir sheet (2 values)


 10 b. - Medallions of General Charles de Gaulle, JEANNE d’Arc and Napoleon - s/s


15 March 1970 - 1970 World’s Fair, Osaka Japan - Kabuke Theatre


¼ b. - multicolored

Perf silver background (6 values)

Perf gold background (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - multicolored


½ b. - multicolored


2 b. - multicolored


3 b. - multicolored


4 b. - multicolored + s/s


4 April 1970 - World Football Championship, Mexico City Mexico


1 ¾ b. - Uruguay

Perf (sheet of 10)

Perf (sheet of 10) bar over Israel

Imperf (sheet of 10)

Imperf (sheet of 10) bar over Israel

Souvenir sheet 1 perf

Souvenir sheet 1 imperf

Souvenir sheet 2


2 b. - Italy


2 ¼ b. - France


2 ½ b. - Brazil


3 ½ b. - Switzerland


5 b. - Sweden


6 b. - Chile


7 b. - England


8 b. - Mexico


4 b. - Player with ball - s/s


4 b. - Jules Rimet Cup


21 April 1970 - World Football Championship, Mexico City Mexico


10 b. - Jules Rimet Cup & player - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


5 May 1970 - Opening of UPU in Berne


1 ⅓ b. - 1956/57

Perf (sheet of 8)

Imperf (sheet of 8)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


1 ¾ b. - 1958/59


2 ¼ b. - 1960/61


2 ½ b. - 1962/63


5 b. - 1964/65


7 b. - 1966/67


8 b. - 1968/69


10 b. - 1970 UPU emblem


10 b. - Liechtenstein 1960 - s/s


10 b. - Luxembourg 1956 - s/s


8 May 1970 - 25th Anniversary of the End of WWII


6 b. - General Charles de Gaulle - embossed on gold foil

Perf (2 values)

Imperf (2 values)


10 b. - Roosevelt, Churchill, de Gaulle and Stalin - embossed on gold foil


11 May 1970 - Apollo 12 Lunar Mission


1 b. - multicolored

Perf (sheet of 8)

Imperf (sheet of 8)

Souvenir sheet 1 perf

Souvenir sheet 1 imperf

Souvenir sheet 2


1 ¼ b. - multicolored


1 ⅓ b. - multicolored


1 ½ b. - multicolored


4 b. - multicolored


4 ½ b. - multicolored


7 b. - multicolored


4 b. - Moon walk


4 b. - Mirror image from astronauts helmut screen


20 May 1970 - World Cup Football Championship, Mexico City Mexico - Teams


¼ b. - USSR

Perf (sheet of 6)

Imperf (sheet of 6)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2 perf

Souvenir sheet 2 imperf


⅓ b. - Brazil


½ b. - England


¾ b. - Italy


4 b. - Federated Republic of Germany


4 ½ b. - Mexico


6 b. - Aztec Stadium, Mexico City


6 b. - Jules Rimet Cup


20 May 1970 - World Cup Football Championship, Mexico City Mexico


10 b. - Pele and Beckenbauer - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


20 May 1970 - Tutankhamun Exhibition, Paris France


¼ b. - Pharaoh's head

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Sculpture head of vase


½ b. - Painted bust


2 b. - Painted sculpture


3 b. - Sarcophagus of Tutankhamen


4 b. - Painted bronze sculpture + s/s


31 May 1970 - World Cup football Championship, Mexico City Mexico - Mexican Sculptures


1 b. - multicolored

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2 perf

Souvenir sheet 2 imperf


1 ¼ b. - multicolored


1 ⅓ b. - multicolored


1 ½ b. - multicolored


3 b. - multicolored


10 b. - multicolored


10 b. - players on green background - s/s


10 b. - players on magenta background - s/s


21 July 1970 - Space Travel


1 ¾ b. - multicolored

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2

Gold foil perf (1 value)

Gold foil imperf (1 value)


2 b. - multicolored


2 ¼ b. - multicolored


2 ½ b. - multicolored


5 b. - multicolored


8 b. - multicolored


10 b. - multicolored


10 b. - interplanetary stations - s/s


10 b. - interplanetary stations - s/s


22 b. - interplanetary station - embossed on gold foil


15 Aug 1970 - 100th Anniversary of Vladimir Lenin


6 b. - Lenin giving a speech

Perf (2 values)


16 b. - Lenin meeting with an Arab delegation


25 Aug 1970 - Opening of UPU Headquarters Berne, Switzerland - Means of Communication


⅓ b. - Horse and carriage

Perf (sheet of 8)

Imperf (sheet of 8)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


1 ¼ b. - Locomotive


1 ½ b. - Automobile


2 b. - Biplane


3 ½ b. - Zeppelin


4 ½ b. - Airliner


6 b. - Satellite


6 b. - Horse and carriage


6 b. - Satellite


10 Sept 1970 - Philympia Stamp Exhibition, London England


¼ b. - Greece stamp

Perf (sheet of 6)

Imperf (Sheet of 6)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2


½ b. - France stamp


¾ b. - USA stamp


1 b. - Great Britain stamp


3 b. - Italy stamp


4 b. -  Yemen stamp


4 b. - Germany stamp - s/s


4 b. - Mexico stamp - s/s


26 Sept 1970 - 8th Anniversary of the Revolution - Flower Still Lifes


¼ b. - P.A. Renoir

Perf (5 values)

Imperf (5 values)

Souvenir sheet


¼  b. - O Beert


¼  b. - J Fantin-Latour


¼ b. - G Courbet


¼ b. - J Linard


10 b. - J Linard - s/s


5 Oct 1970 - 25th Anniversary of Arab League


5 b. - Flag of the Arab League and stylized map of member countries

Perf (3 values)

Imperf (3 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


7 b. - Flag of the Arab League and stylized map of member countries


16 b. - Flag of the Arab League and stylized map of member countries + s/s



15 Oct 1970 - 1972 Summer Olympic Games Munich, West Germany - Landmarks


1 b. - Glyptothek

Perf (sheet of 8)

Imperf (sheet of 8)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2



1 ¾ b. - Wittlesbach Fountain


2 ½ b. - Maximilianeum


3 b. - National Theatre


3 ½ b. - Propylaeum at Königsplatz


8 b. - Nymphenburg Palace


10 b. - City Hall


10 b. - Television Tower - s/s


10 b. - Marienplatz - s/s


15 Oct 1970 - 1972 Summer Olympic Games Munich, West Germany


6 b. - Statue - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


24 Oct 1970 - 1968 Human Rights issue overprinted 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS


50 b. - UN headquarters, UN emblems - embossed on gold foil

Perf (1 value)

Imperf (1 value)


Oct 1970 - Tutankhamun souvenir sheet overprinted with POSTAGE STAMP EXHIBITION 1870 - CENTENARY - 1970


4 b. - Tutankhamun - s/s

Perf red overprint
Imperf red overprint

Perf green overprint

Imperf green overprint


16 Nov 1970 - 1972 Winter Games, Sapporo Japan


1 ½ b. - City of Sapporo

Perf (sheet of 8)

Imperf (sheet of 8)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenir sheet 2

Gold foil perf (1 value)

Gold foil imperf (1 value)


2 ½ b. - Olympic skating center


4 ½ b. - Makomanai ice arena


5 b. - Olympic stadium


7 b. - Olympic village


8 b. - Bobsleigh and ski run


10 b. - Ski jump hill


4 b. - ski jumping - s/s


4 b. - map & speed skating


4 b. - Sculpture - embossed on gold foil


30 Nov 1970 - 25th Anniversary of End of WWII overprinted COMMEMORATING CHARLES DE GUALLE and black border


6 b - General Charles de Gaulle - embossed on gold foil

Perf (2 values)

Imperf (2 values)


10 b. - de Gaulle, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin - embossed on gold foil


15 Dec 1970 - German Gold Medal Winners from Past Olympic Games


¼ b. - Rowing, Schulmann, Brack, Hübler & Burger

Perf (5 values)

Imperf (5 values)

Souvenir sheet 1

Souvenit sheet 2


¼ b. - Zurner, Ismayr, Bathe, Langen


⅓ b. - Runge, Cranz, Winkler, Ostler, Nieberl


⅓ b. - Haase, Reichert, Harry, Köhler


6 b. - Becker, Keller, emblems of Sapporo and Munich


6 b. - Summer olympic medals - s/s


6 b. - Winter olympic medals - s/s


1970 - Sculptures from Thailand


¼ b. - Head of Buddha

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - Head of Jayavarman


½ b. - Statue of a woman


2 b. - Spirit of Echiffre


3 b. - Earth Goddess Nan Thorani


4 b. - Buddha on a Naga Throne + s/s


1970 - 1970 World’s Fair, Osaka Japan - Japanese Wood Block Paintings


¼ b. - multicolored

Perf (6 values)

Imperf (6 values)

Souvenir sheet perf

Souvenir sheet imperf


⅓ b. - multicolored


½ b. - multicolored


2 b. - multicolored


3 b. - multicolored


4 b. - multicolored + s/s


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