1973 - the 25th Anniversary of the World Health Organization

A Qatar stamp issue from 1973, come to my mind today.

I saw a post regarding Malaria Awareness in postage stamps 

https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-021-03932-7?fbclid=IwAR3TGPMuR0SDV_OM7rugiE8jCaQHEsDMB2QcjW1N2e7zppcVmGBNp5jFzlM

Surprisingly, Malaria (from the Italian for 'Bad Air') has been around for centuries - but it may just about be coming to end, with the introduction of the first vaccines in 2019.

US President John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech (1961), in which he stated that the common enemies of man are tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.

Is perhaps appropriate even today, issues of humanity remain the top priority of world leaders.

30 years of diplomatic relation between Qatar and Georgia

A new set of stamps got issued today here in Qatar - celebrating the 30 years of diplomatic relation between Qatar and Georgia.

Try the challenge - see how many iconic you can name without going to the next images where I name them all.

The second slide (I keep the answers for later) shows that Georgia enjoys issuing these types of stamps.

The Georgia version of the stamps were issued in June with the souvenir sheet being different to the Qatar's version, the latter, in my opinion, being much more elegant design (shown in the next slide).

Finally on slide 5 I name all the buildings in the stamp design (please fell free to correct any mistakes).

The last slide has Qatar's FDC cover design.

'The Nomad

One of the major reference regarding Arabian Gulf Philately began his writings under the Pen Name 'The Nomad'.

Read the article below to know a little more.

If you have any of his covers please feel free to share below.

The Eastern Bank Doha - Qatar

As Qatar's economy began to grow, the banks began to get interested in relocating to Doha.

The first of these banks was the now extinct Eastern Bank.

Have a look at the below picture to learn more (there will be much more information in my upcoming first book.

One of Qatar's Rarest Stamps

Sometimes there is no real conclusive information why one stamp becomes rare while another very similar does not.

This may be the case for the below stamp.

Do share your examples of this stamp, or even better send me an example for my own collection.

Have a good weekend.

Datestamp Errors

I share a couple of unusual covers, in that both have errors in the date format.

The one on the left is from Qatar, while the one on the right is from Bahrain.

This error is easily explained, in that the hammer used had 'slugs' for the date, which would have to be changed in a daily basis to make up the correct date (today its a simple tumbler). so the order of the numbers and letters could easily be altered or even inserted inverted as seen on the below covers.

There are many more examples of date error, but mostly of having the wrong date on First Day Covers.

Please feel free to share your examples.

1957 - Postal Rates

Most Postal History exhibitions require the covers to be with appropriate postal rates. Yet, finding the postal rate table seems to be harder than the covers themselves.

So I have opted to include the standard airmail postal rate below, and a few covers to highlight the same.

During this period, to send the cover via Registered Mail, there would be a 40 naye paise surcharge - independent of the destination.

Qatar's First Postmaster

Qatar's First Postmaster moved from Bahrain to Qatar in 1953, just three years the first Post Office opened its doors (1950).

See the below image for a little more information on him.