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The first post office in the region was opened in Dubai in 1909. Dubai had one post office which was Indian in origin, under the Sind circle, and opened on 19 August 1909. Until 1947, Indian stamps were in use and are distinguished by the cancellation "Dubai Persian Gulf". Pakistani stamps were used until 31 March 1948.
A surcharged British stamp issued in 1948. British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia issued early postage stamps used in each of Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar. Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when, following the Partition of India, British agencies were established there.
Revenue stamps of the United Arab Emirates. Map of the United Arab Emirates with Abu Dhabi in yellow and Dubai in red. The United Arab Emirates, formerly known as Trucial States, first issued revenue stamps in 1948 and continues to do so to this day. In addition, the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai also had their own separate revenue issues.
The Government of India opened its first post office in Dubai in 1941 and its operation was taken over by British Postal Agencies, a subsidiary of the GPO (General Post Office) in 1948. 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]
The first Abu Dhabi stamps were a definitive series of 30 March 1964 depicting Sheikh Shakhbout bin Zayed Al Nahyan. There were eleven values under the Indian currency that was used of 100 naye paise = 1 rupee. The range of values was 5 np to 10 rupees. The first stamps of Abu Dhabi issued in 1964 depicting the Ruler at the time, Sheikh ...
Johansen, T. "Dubai to Muscat via Hendjam" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, pp. 29–30.; Johansen, T. "Commercial Use of the 1944 Al Bu-Sa'id Issue" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, p.30.
The United Arab Emirates [c] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [d] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula.It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. [16]
South African International Stamp Exhibition, 1928. JIPEX '36 International Philatelic Exhibition, Johannesburg, 2–4 November 1936. South African Tercentenary International Stamp Exhibition. UNIPEX 1960 International Philatelic Exhibition, Johannesburg, 30 May-4 June 1960. INTERSTEX '71 International Stamp Exhibition, Cape Town, 22–31 May 1971.