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✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1966
Walter Marty Schirra- 40 naye paise
This stamp honors the Sigma 7 mission of the Mercury program, featuring a detailed portrait of American astronaut Walter Marty Schirra alongside the date October 3, 1962 (noted on the issue as 3-9-62). The dynamic central illustration captures the critical staging phase of the flight, depicting the Mercury capsule separating from its booster rocket amid a plume of exhaust against a brilliant atmospheric glow, symbolizing technical precision and pioneering aerospace engineering. Nationally, during this mid-1960s period of British protection, Qatar was utilizing its initial oil revenues to fund substantial civic infrastructure and develop its communication networks. By dedicating a prominent philatelic issue to individual American space achievements, the Qatari postal authority demonstrated an active alignment with modern global breakthroughs, using the universal excitement of the Space Race to project an image of a progressive and forward-looking state.
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Michael Collins (1930–2021) - 3 dirham
Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr. (1930) - 2 dirham
Neil A. Armstrong (1930-2012) - 1 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 10 riyal
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 5 riyal
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 2 riyal
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 1.5 riyal
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 1.25 riyal
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 1 riyal
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 70 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 60 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 40 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 35 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 25 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 20 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 10 dirham
Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - 5 dirham
Leroy Gordon Cooper - 60 naye paise
Virgil Ivan Grissom- 50 naye paise
Walter Marty Schirra- 40 naye paise
Malcolm Scott Carpenter - 30 naye paise
John Herschel Glenn - 20 naye paise
James A. Lovel 15-12-65- 5 naye paise
