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FCO 8/875

Trucial States stamps, 1967

This file contains: Request to the General Post Office for the secondment of a postal official for the position of Accountant General in the Dubai Post Office, including a draft terms of service Wish of the Ruler of Umm Al Quwain Sheikh Ahmad Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla to know whether a British firm would be interested in his stamp concession, with the current agreement with US dealer Finbar Kelly due for renewal; and the Board of Trade's decision to approach three firms: Harrison & Sons Limited; Thomas de la Rue & Company Limited; and Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Limited Rule
FCO 8/552

Royal family, 1967

This file is part A of a three part sequence relating to the Bahraini Ruling Family.
FCO 8/30

Complaint by Iran on nomenclature of Persian Gulf, 1968

This file relates to the complaints of Iran over the nomenclature of the Gulf.
FO 371/163059

Postal service, 1962

This file relates to postal services in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Note on the possible transfer of control of the Dubai Post Office to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum [enclosed] and questions of international services, income, advisors and the production of stamps.
FO 371/174572

Postal services, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sultanate stamps and an estimate of the likely philatelic annual sale figure in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman provided by the General Post Office (GPO) (2) Need to modernise the postal service in Oman, particularly stamps, and therefore help modernise Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's image abroad (3) Argument between J S R Duncan and the Sultan about his refusal to produce Sultanate stamps (4) The Sultan being close to agreeing to issue his own stamps and a request by Duncan for the GPO to provide a simple guide explaining how to design an
FO 371/179774

Postal services in Persian Gulf, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Handover of control of postal services in Bahrain, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, representation on the Universal Postal Union, a proposed new currency for Bahrain and Muscat and the introduction of sultanate stamps in Muscat and Oman (1) Bahrain Postal Superintendent's displeasure about the proposal that he should supervise the running of the Abu Dhabi postal service after the Bahrain Post Office becomes fully independent in autumn 1965 (4) Outstanding points concerning Britain's withdrawal from the postal scene in the Gulf (5) Abu Dhabi's