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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.
Mohammed Al Mulla is also considered one of the founders of "Dubai Post", which issued the first set of postage stamps in the name of the Trucial Emirates in January 1961, knowing that the first postal agency in Dubai was opened in August 1909 as an agency of the Indian Post and managed by him, before under his supervision first transferred to ...
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 major turning point in the history and fortunes of Dubai was the discovery of oil in 1966. [45] Coupled with the joining of the newly independent country of Qatar and Dubai to create a new currency, the Riyal, [46] after the devaluation of the Persian Gulf rupee which had been issued by the Government of India, [47] it enabled Dubai to ...
1950 stamp. Gwoya Tjungurrayi (c. 1895 – 28 March 1965), also spelt Gwoja Tjungarrayi, Gwoya Jungarai, and Gwoya Djungarai, and also known by his nickname One Pound Jimmy, is known for being the first Aboriginal person to be featured on an Australian postage stamp, in 1950, although his name was not used to describe the image on the stamp.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates. [7] [8] [9] The city has a population of around 3.6 million (as of 2022), [10] more than 90% of which are expatriates.