Ajman, Art - Paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Renoir

United Arab Emirates · 1971 · 5 Riyal

This souvenir sheet from the Trucial State of Ajman features three famous European paintings. The stamps depict 'Helena Fourment and her Children' by Peter Paul Rubens, 'The Man with the Golden Helmet' (then attributed to Rembrandt), and 'Two Sisters (On the Terrace)' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The design is a classic 'stamps-on-stamps' format, presenting the artworks within individual stamp frames on a larger sheet.

Issued in 1971, this sheet is from the final period of the Trucial States, just before the formation of the United Arab Emirates in December of that year. These 'sand dune' issues were often produced for the thematic collector market rather than for postal use.