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The British agency stamps issued in Muscat were sold in Dubai until 6 January 1961. The agency issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961. [3] In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963, using British agency stamps issued in Muscat. The Trucial States stamps were not used in ...
Stamps of the time were British stamps surcharged with rupee values, until in 1959 a set of "Trucial States" stamps was issued from Dubai. [2] In 1963, Britain ceded responsibility for the Trucial States' postal systems to the Rulers of the Trucial States.
The stamps issued in Muscat were sold in Dubai until 6 January 1961. [3] The two Trucial States types, which had eleven values, were introduced from 7 January 1961 to 14 June 1963 and were available in Dubai only. [8] Dubai had one post office which was Indian in origin, under the Sind circle, and opened on 19 August 1909.
In 1963, Britain ceded responsibility for the Trucial States' postal systems. An American philatelic entrepreneur by the name of Finbar Kenny saw the opportunity to create a number of editions of stamps aimed at the lucrative collector's market and in 1964 concluded a deal with a number of Trucial States to take the franchise for the production of stamps for their respective governments.
This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp for postal purposes. These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by ...
Melusina 1963 Exposition internationale de timbres-poste, Luxembourg, 13–21 April 1963 JUVENTUS '69 International Youth Stamp Exhibition, Luxembourg, 3–8 April 1969 (FIP) JUVALEX '78 International Youth Stamp Exhibition, Luxembourg, 6–10 April 1978 (FIP)
On 30 March 1963, a British agency was opened in Abu Dhabi and issued the agency stamps after the sheikh objected to the use of the Trucial States definitives. Mail from Das Island continued to be administered by Bahrain but was now cancelled by an Abu Dhabi Trucial States postmark. [citation needed] 1965 falconry stamps
Universal Newsreel about the founding of the Republic. The United Arab Republic was established on 1 February 1958 [2] as the first step towards a larger pan-Arab state, originally being proposed to Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser by a group of political and military leaders in Syria.