A study of the stamps of Qatar and the history surrounding the time of their issue.
The Eastern Bank Doha first opened its door to the public in 1950 and remained in operations until 1971 when it got absorbed by the Standard Chartered Bank.
The New Currency was introduced in Qatar in the last quarter of 1966, and as can be seen in the upper cover, the usage of stamps bearing the old and new currency remained possible for a long time.
The man who created the main reference textbook for philately in the Gulf States is best know as Neil Donaldson. But his full name is Alec Neil Donaldson.
This may have allowed this cover to be sold without collectors realising its true significance.
Please click on the two images below to learn more about it, and about the man himself.
If you take some time, you can find interesting stories in just about any cover.
Here is a short story on the Qatar Marching Military Band
I have been looking for one such cover for a long time. After all, it is nice to connect the story to my home country.
Although covers to Portuguese India, at that time, were very common, to Portugal itself, surprisingly are very rare.
Good morning - a short post showing a Type 3B Aerogramme from Umm Said to a New York stamp dealer.
That is a cover sent from a ship - in the case of the cover below the ship was the Tanker Capulus.
The UPU regulations state that if the ship is in the high seas, then the stamps used must be of the ship’s country of registration. However, if the ship is within territorial waters, then the stamps affixed, must be from the country where the ship is at the time.
As can be seen from the cover below, the stamps affixed and the date cancel implies that the tanker was off the coast of Umm Said, Qatar.
Well, while I was away from Qatar a new set of stamps were issued.
So I have to post this slightly after the issue date.
A wonderful set celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic relations between Qatar and Türkiye.
To learn more on the significance of the symbols on the stamps take a look at the images below.
The English language at times needs a lawyer to untangle the correct meanings to words that we take for granted. This is true, regardless of our profession or hobby.
So for today's post I shall take to expand on the three simple words we all think we understand well:
To help explain these simple terms I shall use some examples from Qatar.
Please fell free to share your own examples.
