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FO 371/174722

Postal services, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to: Postal agreements between the Baroody Stamp Company and the Rulers of Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah.

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

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