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98: 38: 109:, which struck oil in 1965) had few other sources of revenue. Revenues of up to £70,000 for the poorer states fell, however, to £30,000 with the inevitable saturation of the market. Their sale by 1966 constituted the main source of revenue for the northern Trucial States. 58:
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
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on 5 July 1966, were nine editions published from 'Manama, Dependency of Ajman'. Few collectors would realise Manama was a remote agricultural village consisting of a few adobe houses on a plain overlooked by the
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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 UPU - the
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These stamps, luridly illustrated and irrelevant to the actual emirates they came from (editions included "Space Research" and "Tokyo Olympic Games", with two odd editions issued from
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to take the franchise for the production of stamps for the government. Kenny had made something of a specialty out of signing these deals, also signing with the Ruler of
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including "British Kings and Queens" and, with summer temperatures in Umm Al Qawain reaching 50 °C, "Winter Olympics"), became known collectively as "dunes".
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In 1963, Britain ceded responsibility for the Trucial States' postal systems to the Rulers of the Trucial States. An American philatelic entrepreneur,
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An Ajman "Dunes" stamp of 1972, as with all of these collector's editions, irrelevant in subject matter to the state they purport to originate from.
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A Special Correspondent (3 March 1969). "Stamps are now the money-spinners". The Times (Supplement on the Union of Arab Emirates, Page XIV).
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Their proliferation eventually devalued them and, because of this, many popular catalogues today do not even list them.
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The sale of postage stamps was for a short time a lucrative trade for the emirates, most of whom (with the exception of
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in 1964, and getting involved in a bribery case in the U.S. over his dealings with the government of the
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in philately refers to the many editions of stamps produced in the
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Among these editions, following the opening of a "post office" in
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Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates
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The International Encyclopedic Dictionary of Philately
164:"STAMPS; Historic Collections from the Trucial States" 182: 180: 157: 155: 8: 193:. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 183. 36: 151: 351:. UAE: Media Prima. pp. 169–171. 304: 294: 7: 326:. Krause Publications. p. 173. 127:Kenny's arrangements ended when the 101:Manama post office in December 2017. 372:Crompton, Paul (9 November 2016). 245:"Stamp Firm Stuck In Bribery Case" 14: 63:" stamps was issued from Dubai. 54:opened its first post office in 401:Philatelic fakes and forgeries 267:"Dune Stamps - Really So Bad?" 1: 374:"Stamps tell the UAE's story" 247:. Toledo Blade. 3 August 1979 131:was formed in December 1971. 349:Rashid, Portrait of a Ruler 27:United Arab Emirates or UAE 422: 322:Carlton, R. Scott (1997). 347:Wilson, Graeme (2010). 187:Donald, Hawley (1970). 406:Philatelic terminology 102: 48:Universal Postal Union 42: 100: 40: 129:United Arab Emirates 52:Government of India 307:has generic name ( 190:The Trucial States 103: 43: 413: 386: 385: 383: 381: 369: 363: 362: 344: 338: 337: 319: 313: 312: 306: 302: 300: 292: 288: 282: 281: 279: 277: 263: 257: 256: 254: 252: 241: 235: 234: 232: 230: 219: 213: 212: 184: 175: 174: 172: 170: 159: 421: 420: 416: 415: 414: 412: 411: 410: 391: 390: 389: 379: 377: 371: 370: 366: 359: 346: 345: 341: 334: 321: 320: 316: 303: 293: 290: 289: 285: 275: 273: 271:artonstamps.org 265: 264: 260: 250: 248: 243: 242: 238: 228: 226: 221: 220: 216: 201: 186: 185: 178: 168: 166: 162:Healey, Barth. 161: 160: 153: 149: 137: 122:Hajar Mountains 95: 35: 12: 11: 5: 419: 417: 409: 408: 403: 393: 392: 388: 387: 364: 357: 339: 332: 314: 283: 258: 236: 214: 199: 176: 150: 148: 145: 144: 143: 136: 133: 94: 91: 61:Trucial States 34: 31: 23:Trucial States 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 418: 407: 404: 402: 399: 398: 396: 375: 368: 365: 360: 358:9789948152880 354: 350: 343: 340: 335: 333:9780873414487 329: 325: 318: 315: 310: 298: 287: 284: 272: 268: 262: 259: 246: 240: 237: 224: 218: 215: 210: 206: 202: 196: 192: 191: 183: 181: 177: 165: 158: 156: 152: 146: 142: 139: 138: 134: 132: 130: 125: 123: 118: 113: 110: 108: 99: 92: 90: 88: 87:Umm Al Qawain 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 64: 62: 57: 53: 49: 39: 32: 30: 28: 24: 20: 16: 378:. Retrieved 367: 348: 342: 323: 317: 286: 276:27 September 274:. Retrieved 270: 261: 249:. Retrieved 239: 227:. Retrieved 225:. Oh My Gosh 217: 189: 169:27 September 167:. Retrieved 126: 114: 111: 104: 84: 80:Cook Islands 68:Finbar Kenny 65: 44: 18: 17: 15: 376:. Gulf News 305:|last= 25:(today the 395:Categories 251:1 November 229:1 November 200:0049530054 147:References 297:cite news 107:Abu Dhabi 380:26 April 135:See also 76:Fujairah 50:). The 33:History 355:  330:  209:152680 207:  197:  117:Manama 93:Value 72:Ajman 56:Dubai 19:Dunes 382:2018 353:ISBN 328:ISBN 309:help 278:2018 253:2014 231:2014 205:OCLC 195:ISBN 171:2018 397:: 301:: 299:}} 295:{{ 269:. 203:. 179:^ 154:^ 124:. 82:. 384:. 361:. 336:. 311:) 280:. 255:. 233:. 211:. 173:. 59:"

Index

Trucial States
United Arab Emirates or UAE

Universal Postal Union
Government of India
Dubai
Trucial States
Finbar Kenny
Ajman
Fujairah
Cook Islands
Umm Al Qawain

Abu Dhabi
Manama
Hajar Mountains
United Arab Emirates
Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates


"STAMPS; Historic Collections from the Trucial States"


The Trucial States
ISBN
0049530054
OCLC
152680
"Agreement between Mohammed Al Sharqi and Finbar Kenny"
"Stamp Firm Stuck In Bribery Case"

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