A little over a month ago I blogged about “Jordan’s Mysterious Money History“. Today I want to offer a little something from the stamp world.
What I like about stamps is that their ability to depict a nation’s history. There are pieces of Jordan’s history embedded between the frames. Some are strange, some are tragic, some are just weird. I’ll try and present a healthy mix. Overall they provide a stunning visual of Jordan’s modern history. You can find hundreds more at this site.
This is one of the earliest stamps from 1923
HM King Hussein & Queen Dina, 1955
Palestinian Refugees Plight & Tragedy in the Holy Land
Handicrafts
Massacre of Palestinian Refugees in Sabra & Shatila Camps, Lebanon, 1983
Queen Alia Airport Opens, 1983
Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society
Palestinian Welfare
Israel’s Attack on Iraqi on Iraqi Nuclear Reactor, 1985
Independence & Army Day, 1985
U.N.I.C.E.F. Child Survival Campaign, 1985
Arab & Muslim Pharmacist, 1987
Battle of Hittin 800th Anniversary, Saladdin, 1987
Arabian Horse Festival, 1989
Mosaic, 1989
Palestinian “Intefadah” Movement, 1991
His Majesty King Hussein’s Birthday, 1997
The Black Iris
2nd Arab Beekeepers Conference, 1998
Hijaz Railway Museum, 1999
HM King Abdullah II & Queen Rania, Coronation, 1999
Pope John Paul II Visit to Jordan / 36th Anniversary of Pope visit to Jordan, 2000
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2001
The Martyr Mohammed Al Dorra, 2001
Anti-Smoking for Children, 2001
Jordanian Olives, 2001
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I can’t see the pictures, exceeded bandwidth or maybe the account expired. and of course I can’t see any picture uploaded on flickr
SC, none are flickr photos
yea i know i was talking in general, since i couldn’t see the pictures in your previous post too.
SC, yallah i fixed it by uploading to my site. i forgot that tripod doesn’t allow image hosting
thanks
DEAR jordan hello i think youre stamps are awsome and very cool. my name is jenny and i am a huge collector of stamps and special envelopes that they come on. i went to see the stamp MUESUM here in the united states in boston and the stamp Muesum was the best visit of my life and i learned a lot of history on stamps and how they began and since my visit to the local stamp Muesum i started decorating my bedroom like the MUESUM to show my honor to them and to salute the stamps that are important. so if you have any stamps you are willing to part with and send please send them to ME for my collection
here is my address
miss. JENNYMCTYRE
42GRAHAMPATH
MARLBORO
MASS
01752
USA
Where he could buy the complete series of stamps of the Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society