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The UAE issued its first Federal stamps on 1 January 1973. [5] [6] Before then, the individual emirates issued their own stamps. [7] [8] Stamp of Dubai, 1963. Stamp of Ajman, 1965. Stamp of Fujairah, 1964. Stamp of Umm al-Quwain, 1964. Stamp of Sharjah, 1968.
All of Abu Dhabi's revenue stamps are scarce or rare and are highly sought after by collectors. Dubai. The emirate of Dubai issued a single revenue stamp by the Central Immigration Department. The stamp is recorded used from 1972 to 1973. See also. Postage stamps and postal history of Abu Dhabi
The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961. As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were: Qatar on 23 May 1963; Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964; finally Muscat on 29 April 1966.
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.
1 May: Dubai Font, Dubai's own font, was launched. 21 Nov: Dubai Safari Park opened to public. 2018 1 Jan: Dubai Frame, World's best new attraction opening in 2018; See also. History of Dubai; List of rulers of the emirate of Dubai; List of universities and colleges in Dubai; List of schools in Dubai; List of companies of Dubai
The Dubai Frame ( Arabic: برواز دبي) is an observatory, museum, and monument in Zabeel Park, Dubai. [4] It holds the record for the largest frame in the world. [4] [5] The building has a height of 150.24 meters and a width of 95.53 meters. [5] The building mainly serves as an observatory, providing views of old Dubai in the north and ...
The major turning point in the history and fortunes of Dubai was the discovery of oil in 1966. Coupled with the joining of the newly independent country of Qatar and Dubai to create a new currency, the Riyal , [45] after the devaluation of the Persian Gulf rupee which had been issued by the Government of India , [46] it enabled Dubai to rapidly ...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.Located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, it shares borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran.