Postage stamps and postal history of Muscat and Oman
A stamp of British India overprinted in 1944 for use in Oman
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Muscat and Oman, including the present day Sultanate of Oman.
Muscat and Oman used first the stamps of India, then Pakistan, then British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, before finally issuing its own stamps as the Sultanate of Oman on 16 January 1971.[1]
References
- ↑ Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.226. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
Further reading
- Johansen, T. "Dubai to Muscat via Hendjam" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, pp. 29-30.
- Johansen, T. "Commercial Use of the 1944 Al Bu-Sa'id Issue" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, p.30.
- Johansen, T. "1971 Sultanate of Oman Overprint Varieties" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 27, p.28.
- "Pakistan Used in Muscat", in Philately, Volume 14, p.55.
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