SAUDI ARABIA / العربيّة السّعودية.
Wadi Hanifa Dam.
Stamp issued in 1966.
Face value: 2 Saudi piastre.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 35 x 25.5 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 216.
- Scott No. 287.
- StampWorld No. 326.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 558.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 245A.
In the vicinity of Riyadh, in the course of the Wadi Hanifa, several dams were built for irrigation and to avoid the risk of flooding in case of torrential rains; the most important are those of Al Elb and Al Ha’ir (represented in the stamp).
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