Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates

A 1986 stamp of the U.A.E.

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The UAE consists of seven states, termed emirates, which are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah. The capital and second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. Before 1971, the UAE was known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference to a 19th-century truce between the United Kingdom and several Arab Sheikhs.

Early mails

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.[1]

British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia

1961 Trucial States stamps.

Following the Partition of India, the British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia were established. The British agency stamps issued in Muscat were sold in Dubai until 6 January 1961. The agency issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961.[2]

In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963, using British agency stamps issued in Muscat. The Trucial States stamps were not used in Abu Dhabi.[3]

As each emirate took over its own postal administration, the offices closed: Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964.

First Emirati stamps

The UAE issued their first stamps on 1 January 1973.[4] Before then, the individual emirates issued their own stamps.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20180303054326/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/asia/dubai-%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20171017114039/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/asia/a-trucial-states/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20180303054311/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/asia/abu-dhabi/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.230. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
  5. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20180303053837/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/asia/united-arab-emirates-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.

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