Abu
Dhabi
FIRST STAMPS British PAs
in Eastern Arabia 1963.
FIRST STAMPS ISSUED 30 March
1964.
CURRENCY
1964, 100 naye paise = 1 rupee.
1966, 100 fils = 1
dinar.
The largest and - in the 19th
century - most influential of the Trucial States. The town, on an offshore
island, was first settled in 1761. After lapsing into obscurity, its fortunes
soared with the successful prospecting for oil off Das Island in 1956-60.
Mail from Das Island construction
workers before 1963 was channelled through the office of the British Postal
Superintendent Bahrain; after 1960 stamps of British PAs in Eastern Arabia were
supplied to the island. Das Island PO remained in Bahrain until removed to the
island itself on 6 January 1966. It was then administered as agency by the oil
company until taken over by Abu Dhabi on 1 January 1967.
The first British Agency PO was
opened in Abu Dhabi on 30 March 1963. The service was taken over locally on 1
January 1967.
Used stamps of British PAs in
Eastern Arabia 30 March 1963 - 29 March 1964. |
