1965 South Arabia Federation (definitive set of 14)

Stamps of the World – South Arabian Federation (1963-1968)

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…

1942 Aden Kathiri State of Seiyun

Stamps of the World – Kathiri State of Seiyun (1942-1967)

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…