Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue – New Currency - 1960
The 1960 15 Naye Paise was the last of the British stamps to be overprinted with “BAHRAIN”. Unlike the British Postal Agencies of Eastern Arabia, who issued a full definitive issue in 1960 Bahrain was now ready to issue its own stamps.
B.P.A of E.A. used in Abu Dhabi - 1960 QEII New Currency Issue
Though seen used on mail from Abu Dhabi this stamp was never officially sold at the Abu Dhabi Post Office - As such its use in Abu Dhabi must be linked to travellers carrying the stamp with them and using it on letters posted during their stay in Abu Dhabi.
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QEII Definitive Issue New Values – New Currency - June 1960
The second definitive set issued by the British Postal Agency in Qatar comprised of a total of seven stamps issued on three different dates. The second set of stamps issued was the following values: 6 NP and 40 NP.
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Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue – New Currency - JUN 1960
The sixth definitive set issued by the British Postal Agencies of Eastern Arabia. It comprises of 13 values issued on five different dates in 1960 and 1961. The values 3 NP, 6 NP and 12 NP were issued on the 21st of June 1960.
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The 1960 Definitive Issue
Bahrain’s first definitive set was issued on the 1st of July 1960 and was a further step towards postal independence. The entire set depicts a full face portrait of Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and consists of a total of 11 values: 5, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 75 Naye Paise and 1, 2, 5 and 10 Rupees.
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B.P.A of E.A. used in Abu Dhabi - 1960 QEII New Currency Issue
Though seen used on mail from Abu Dhabi this stamp was never officially sold at the Abu Dhabi Post Office - As such its use in Abu Dhabi must be linked to travellers carrying the stamp with them and using it on letters posted during their stay in Abu Dhabi.
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Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue – New Currency - AUG 1960
The sixth definitive set issued by the British Postal Agencies of Eastern Arabia. It comprises of 13 values issued on five different dates in 1960 and 1961. The 1 NP value was the only one issued on the 30th of August 1960.
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QEII Definitive Issue New Values – New Currency - September 1960
The second definitive set issued by the British Postal Agency in Qatar comprised of a total of seven stamps issued on three different dates. The third set of stamps issued was the following value: 3 NP, 9 NP, 12 NP and 20 NP.
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Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue – New Currency - SEP 1960
The sixth definitive set issued by the British Postal Agencies of Eastern Arabia. It comprises of 13 values issued on five different dates in 1960 and 1961. The values 20 NP, 30 NP and 40 NP were issued on the 28th of September 1960.
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The Trucial States Issue – 1961
On 7 January 1961 a set of 11 stamps intended for the use in the Trucial States of the Arabian Gulf were issued by the British Postal Administration. The values were 5np, 15np, 20np, 30np, 40np, 50np, 75np, 1r, 2rs, 5rs and 10rs. The stamps were only used in Dubai.
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The 3rd Local Issue – 1961
The 3rd and final local set was issued on the 20th of March 1961. The set comprised of a total of 6 values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 Paise (N.P.).
Donaldson writes as follows: 5 P represented the printed-paper rate, 10 P represented the internal letter rate and 40 P represented the registration fee. The remaining values were not linked to any particular postal rate. The 5 P and 10 P were sold out well before any of the other values and were not reprinted as Sheikh Salman died later that year in 1961.
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The 1961 Definitive Issue – Introduction of Fils and Dinars – 1st April 1961
On the 1st of April 1961 Kuwait abolished the use of the Indian currency – Naye Paises and Rupees – and converted to Fils and Dinars. In conjunction with this conversion a new set of definitive stamps was issued. A total of 18 values was issued with 15 of these values being issued on the 1st of April – the values issued were: 1 Fil, 2 Fils, 4 Fils, 5 Fils, 8 Fils, 15 Fils, 20 Fils, 25 Fils, 30 Fils, 40 Fils, 45 Fils, 100 Fils, 250 Fils, 1 Dinar and 3 Dinars.
Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue – New Currency - APR 1961
The sixth definitive set issued by the British Postal Agencies of Eastern Arabia. It comprises of 13 values issued on five different dates in 1960 and 1961. The values 5 NP, 10 NP, 30 NP, 50 NP, 75 NP and 1 Rupee were issued on the 8th April 1961.
The 1961 Definitive Issue –27th April 1961
The 16th and 17th values of the 1961 Definitive Issue were released on the 27th of April 1961. The two values were 75 Fils and 90 Fils.
The 1961 Definitive Issue
Qatar’s first definitive set was issued on the 2nd of September 1961. A total of 11 stamps were issued with the following values: 5 NP, 15 NP, 20 NP, 30 NP, 40 NP, 50 NP, 75 NP, 1 Rupee, 2 Rupees, 5 Rupees and 10 Rupees.
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The 1961 Definitive Issue – The Imperforated Stamps
The 1961 Definitive Issue was prepared by the British Postal Administration and was initially planned for 1960. The set was originally prepared with images of Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah al Thani but due to his abdication in October 1960 the portrait had to be changed to the new ruler, Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali al Thani. The issue was finally released on 2 September 1961.
Imperforated registration sheets were prepared for the issue and in 2013 a full set of sheets were released to the market - the stamps and the full sheets are illustrated here.
