As the countries on the Arab Gulf were all under the suzerainty of Britain, it was normal for their leaders to have meetings / conferences on a regular basis to discuss items of mutual interest, such as education, development, infrastructure, security, financial stability. Amongst the other decisions was also the issue of the currency (as has been mentioned on a previous blog), in particular the use of the Indian Rupee.
One such conference was held in Dubai on the 7th of July 1965. The below image, although not of Qatar Stamps as usual on my blog, does include the Ruler of Qatar - H.H. the Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani, as such, still falls under the Qatar History which is the second theme in the blog.
It is a particular nice design set and one that is not readily available in the market in Mint Near Hinged (MNH) condition. It is readily available as Cancel to Order (CTO).
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It is interesting to note that Dubai stamps were issued for a short time. The first set was issued on the 15th of June 1963 and the final set on the 22nd May 1972. After this UAE stamps have been used throughout the UAE.
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