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Britain managed the Trucial States' external relations (a result of the 1892 'Exclusive Agreement' treaty), including the management of posts and telegraphs - the states were not members of the UPO - the Universal Postal Union). 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.
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
Stamp world history. Umm al-Qaiwain.
Retrieved 12 August 2018.
File:Dubai No1.jpg, Stamp of Dubai, 1963
File:1965 stamp of Ajman Tokyo Olympics judo6.jpg, Stamp of Ajman, 1965
File:FUJ 1964 MiNr0027A pm B002.jpg, Stamp of Fujairah, 1964
File:UMM 1964 MiNr0025A pm B002.jpg, Stamp of Umm al-Quwain, 1964
File:Fritz Walter 1968 Sharjah stamp.jpg, Stamp of Sharjah, 1968
The Emirates Philatelic Association جمعية الإمارات لهواة الطوابع
The Emirates Post مجموعة بريد الإمارات
The Emirates Post Shop متجر بريد الإمارات
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postage stamps
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and postal history of the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...
(UAE).
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.British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia
Britain managed the Trucial States' external relations (a result of the 1892 'Exclusive Agreement' treaty), including the management of posts and telegraphs - the states were not members of the UPO - the Universal Postal Union). 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.
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
The Trucial States ( '), also known as the Trucial Coast ( '), the Trucial Sheikhdoms ( '), Trucial Arabia or Trucial Oman, was the name the British government gave to a group of tribal confederations in southeastern Arabia whose leaders had s ...
stamps on 7 January 1961.
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.
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. Known today as Dunes
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, fl ...
, they are colourful and virtually worthless.
First Emirati stamps
The UAE issued its first Federal stamps on 1 January 1973. Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. ''The Stamp Atlas''. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.230. Before then, the individual emirates issued their own stamps.Retrieved 12 August 2018.
See also
* Dunes (stamps) * British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia *Postage stamps and postal history of Abu Dhabi
Now part of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi was formerly the largest of the seven sheikdoms which made up the Trucial States on the Pirate Coast of eastern Arabia between Oman and Qatar. The Trucial States as a whole had an area of some 32, ...
*Postage stamps and postal history of Sharjah
Civil mail from Sharjah went through the post office in Dubai until 1963. Military mail from the British Forces stationed in the area went through the RAF airport in Sharjah.
On 10 July 1963, Sharjah opened its own post office and began to issu ...
* Revenue stamps of the United Arab Emirates
References
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The Emirates Philatelic Association جمعية الإمارات لهواة الطوابع
The Emirates Post مجموعة بريد الإمارات
The Emirates Post Shop متجر بريد الإمارات
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