World Telecommunications Day 1971

 Studying this particular set f stamps has permitted me to discover some quite interesting facts.

The 'Viewphone' or as the Americans called it at the time "Picturephone' amongst the most fascinating designs of the time. Specially, since the advent of the internet was probably due to the need for better bandwidth require for reliable view phone calls. This directly allowed for the development of better interconnectivity for computers...

Qatar Overprinted stamps used in England

Considering that the Postal Authority for the Arabian Gulf Countries was the General Post Office under the name of the British Postal Authorities for the Arabian Gulf. This meant that the stamps for one state were valid for use in any another.

Philatelists taking advantage this created a number of cross-over covers - covers using stamps from one state on another.

In this case a very rare of BPAEA used in UK.

Qatar National Cement Company

 A simple commercial cover, from where we can learn a little more of the incredible history of Qatar.

Traffic Week 1975

The collection of stamps can be a never ending excuse to learn a little more about the world around us.

Today I took a look back at the reason behind the Traffic Week stamps issued in 1975. which lead me to discover the work of Jock Kinneir & Margaret Calvert.

Their work eventually created todays world standard of road traffic signs, which were most likely implemented in the Arabian Gulf around the 1970s.

World Telecommunications Day

After a very long time searching for an answer as to what was the machine on the stamp, I have finally come to a conclusive answer.

See below for additional information.

Renowned Collectors with interest in Qatar philately

The interest in collectable items from Qatar began from day one. In these three images we can see that renowned collectors were keen to obtain items from Qatar.

Francis J. Field one of the few individuals to be entered in the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. King George V was the first signatory of the Roll.

F. Hillard, too, began his interest early on. This was so early that he was unaware of what was PDQ (Petroleum Development Qatar) as can be seen on the second slide.

But by July 1950, he shows his knowledge, albeit too late, requesting to be sent a cover with the 'Political Officer Qatar' cancellation.

The British Castle Stamp used in Qatar

Today I share with you a cover sent from Umm Said, Qatar with a British Castles Series Stamp - overprinted 'QATAR' which is rare to find.

EXPO 2023 Doha - Qatar

In celebration of the upcoming Horticulture EXPO 2023 Doha Qatar a set of nine stamps were issued as shown below.

Qatar will be the first country with a desert climate to host such an event.

The EXPO will be the second largest global event to be held in Qatar after the World Cup. With some 50 countries already signed up and the on track to reach the goal of 8- national pavilions.