oil derrick infrastructure

oil derrick infrastructure

Year
1959
Face Value
2
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Achivements

Catalogs References

Michel
KW 140
Yvert & Tellier
KW 138
Stanley Gibbons
KW 141

Technical Details

Colors
Brown
Perforation
14 x 13½
This higher-value Kuwaiti postage stamp from the same 1958–1959 definitive series features a reddish-brown engraving that serves to visually bridge Kuwait's traditional past with its modern economic power under the authority of its ruler.
traditional sailing dhow in the foreground, juxtaposed against a modern oil derrick infrastructure on the coastline behind it.