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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates

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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.

  3. British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia - Wikipedia

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    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. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August ...

  4. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the Post Office retained one cent of the price change as a previously allotted adjustment for inflation, but the price of a first-class stamp became 47 cents: for the first time in 97 years (and for the fourth time in the agency's history) the price of a stamp decreased. Recent history of first-class increases

  5. Revenue stamps of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Sharjah - Wikipedia

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    US$ 32,100 (2023) Sharjah ( / ˈʃɑːrdʒə /; Arabic: ٱلشَّارقَة aš-Šāriqah, Gulf Arabic: aš-Šārja [3]) is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area . Sharjah is the capital of the ...

  7. Dunes (stamps) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. du (company) - Wikipedia

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    History. du mobile telecommunication services was launched in February 2007 under Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a public joint stock company incorporated in Dubai through Ministerial Resolution No. 479 of 2005 issued on 28 December 2005.

  9. Ruins of 1,600-year-old pearling city discovered on island ...

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    The discoveries were made on Al Sinniyah Island, a tourist hotspot about 42 miles northeast of Dubai, according to a May 6 news release from the country’s Department of Tourism and Archaeology ...