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The Trucial States stamps were not used in Abu Dhabi. [4] As each emirate took over its own postal administration, the offices closed: Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964. The northern emirates proceeded to issue a number of editions of stamps intended for the collector's market – particularly Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah.
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 flag of the United Arab Emirates (علم دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة) contains the Pan-Arab colors red, green, white, and black. It was designed in 1971 by Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah, who was 19 years old at that time, and was adopted on 2 December 1971 after winning a nationwide flag design contest. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The main theme of the flag's four colors is the ...
Dunes (stamps) Dunes in philately refers to the many editions of stamps produced in the Trucial States (today the United Arab Emirates or UAE). The stamps, printed in great profusion in the 1960s and early 1970s, are mostly near-worthless today. [1]
Artifacts uncovered in the UAE show a history of human habitation, transmigration, and trade spanning over 125,000 years. [7] The area was previously home to the Magan people [8] known to the Sumerians, who traded with both coastal towns and bronze miners and smelters from the interior. A rich history of trade with the Harappan culture of the Indus Valley is also evidenced by finds of jewelry ...
On 8 January 1820, the Sheikh of Dubai and other sheikhs in the region signed the "General Maritime Peace Treaty" with the British government, which aimed to suppress piracy in the region and was the first formal denunciation of the Arab slave trade in Emirati history. [20]
The United Arab Emirates[ c ] (UAE), or simply TheEmirates, [ 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 ]