Dubai

Dubai or Dubayy (in {{ll|Arabic}}: دبيّ, IPA {{IPA|/ðʊ-'bɪ/}}, generally {{IPA|/dʊ-'baɪ/}} in {{ll|English}}) refers to either

Stamps and postal history of Dubai

A post office of British India was opened August 19, 1909. It used the stamps of India on mail, with postmark "Dubai Persian Gulf", until India's independence in 1947, then stamps of Pakistan until March 31, 1948. When Pakistan also became independent, the British government set up a postal administration for Eastern Arabia and used overprinted British stamps until January 7, 1961, when Dubai issued its own stamps inscribed "Trucial States". Despite the name, these were only on sale in Dubai's post office.

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Post office - British India - August 19 - 1909 - March 31 - 1948 - Overprint - January 7 - 1961

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The Dubai Post Department took over the postal service on June 14, 1963 and the following day issued a series of stamps depicting sea life, views of Dubai, and Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This was the opening salvo of a barrage of stamp issues over the next few years. The emirate discovered that stamp collectors were willing to give it money for colored labels with "Dubai" printed on them, and by the time the postal system was merged with those of other emirates in mid-1972, it had issued over 400 stamps, few of which ever saw usage on mail.

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June 14 - 1963 - Sheikh - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum - Stamp collectors

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