SAUDI ARABIA / العربيّة السّعودية.
50th anniversary of the Unification of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom.
Map of the Arabian peninsula and portrait of King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Fifth stamp in a set of 8, issued on 23.09.1981.
Face value: 50 halalas.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 706.
- StampWorld No. 628.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 534.
The unification of Saudi Arabia was a political and military campaign made by the House of Saud against several sheikhs, emirates, kingdoms and tribes of the Arabian peninsula, who were conquered between 1902 and 1932. On September 23 of this last year proclaimed the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of Abdelaziz ibn Saud.
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