Location: Middle East Status: No longer a stamp-issuing entity. Ajman joined with the other Trucial States to form the United Arab Emirates in 1971. Ajman issues after 1972 not recognized as valid by the government. Stamps listed here from 1969 and onwards, are listed as "Appendix" stamps (stamps issued in excess of postal needs, or not made available to the public in reasonable quantities at face value) in the Stanley Gibbons catalogues.