Where were Australian NW Pacific Islands? Nauru is a small island of about 8 square miles situated in an isolated position northeast of Australia and Papua and north-west of Fiji. In 1888 Nauru was annexed into the German Marshall Islands group and the first post office was opened in 1897. In 1900 the effect of…
Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: Maseru, Basutoland to Ballydehob, Co Cork: 1934 (8 June) OHMS envelope from Maseru to Ireland Vertical crease at centre and part flap missing, otherwise fine A rare combination, as these stamps never available for sale to the public R.P.S. Certificate (1954). S.G. O2 Stamps: Basutoland Official 1d red + South…
Aden: Aden is a port city and the temporary capital of Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden). Its population is approximately 800,000 people. Aden’s natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano, which now forms a peninsula joined to the mainland by a low isthmus.…
Stamps of Upper Yafa Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa’i (Arabic: يافع العليا Yāfi‘ al-‘Ulyā), officially State of Upper Yafa (Arabic: دولة يافع العليا Daulat Yāfiʿ al-ʿUlyā), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was ruled by the Harharah dynasty Its capital was Mahjaba, a small town on…
Stamps of the Qu’Aiti State in Hadhramaut The Qu’aiti State in Hadhramaut (Arabic: ٱلدَّوْلَة ٱلْقُعَيْطِيَّة ٱلْحَضْرَمِيَّة, romanized: Ad-Dawlah Al-Quʿayṭiyyah Al-Ḥaḍramiyyah) or the Qu’aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla (Arabic: ٱلسَّلْطَنَة ٱلْقُعَيْطِيَّة فِي ٱلشِّحْر وَٱلْمُكَلَّا al-Salṭanah al-Quʿayṭīyah fī ash-Shiḥr wal-Mukallā), was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen.…
Stamps of the Mahra Sultanate of Qishn & Socotra The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn & Socotra formed part of the Aden Protectorate. The Sultanate was abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People’s Republic of South Yemen. It is now part of the Republic of Yemen. In 1967 the last sultan of Mahra State…
Stamps of the Qu’Aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla The Qu’aiti State in Hadhramaut (Arabic: ٱلدَّوْلَة ٱلْقُعَيْطِيَّة ٱلْحَضْرَمِيَّة, romanized: Ad-Dawlah Al-Quʿayṭiyyah Al-Ḥaḍramiyyah) or the Qu’aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla (Arabic: ٱلسَّلْطَنَة ٱلْقُعَيْطِيَّة فِي ٱلشِّحْر وَٱلْمُكَلَّا al-Salṭanah al-Quʿayṭīyah fī ash-Shiḥr wal-Mukallā), was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is…
Stamps of the South Arabian Federation The Federation of South Arabia (Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittiḥād al-Janūb al-‘Arabī) was an organization of states under British protection in what would become South Yemen. It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South. On 18…
Stamps of the Kathiri State of Seiyun The Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut was a part of Britain’s Aden Protectorate until 1967. In the eastern part of Yemen near Oman, Kathiri issued its own stamps from 1942 to 1964. At first, Kathiri stamps were in denominations of rupees, annas, and pies. In 1951, as…
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