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.