Hejaz

Hejaz was a kingdom on the west coast of the Arabian peninla on the Red Sea. It declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1916 (Laurence of Arabia and all that). With British support withdrawn in 1924, Hejaz was invaded and conquered by Nejd soon after.

Note: All overprints have been forged. Very recent forgeries have been done by laser printer, with an ink spray pattern often detectable under magnification.

 File:Hejaz 1916 quarter pi.jpg|1916 ¼ piaster perfed File:Hejaz eighth pi roul.jpg|1917 ⅛pi rouletted File:Hejaz halfpi 1916.jpg|1916 ½pi rouletted File:Hejaz 1916 1pi.jpg|1916 1pi rouletted File:Hejaz 1917 1pa.jpg|1917 1 para serrate roulette File:Hejaz 1917 half pi.jpg|1917 ½pi serrate roulette File:Hejaz 1917 2pi.jpg|1917 2pi serrate roulette File:Hejaz 1922 framed ovpt.jpg|1922 ½pi framed overprint File:Hejaz 2 ovpts.jpg|bogus 
 * Its first issue was released in October of 1916. Three perfed designs were issued with inscriptions for the sharifate of Mecca in a tablet or tablets outside the central design.
 * In 1916-17, the above designs were issued as rouletted stamps with a new ⅛ piaster value issued in 1917.
 * In 1917, the previous values were released in serrated roulette, with two new values added.
 * In 1921, arabic overprints declaring the Hashemite Kingdom were printed at top with "1340" in arabic below at each side.
 * Also in 1921, the overprinted 1pa was surcharged ½pi and 1pi in arabic script at bottom.
 * In 1922, a framed version of the "1340" overprint was issued.
 * The framed overprints were also surcharged ½pi and 1pi in arabic script.

 File:Hejaz 1922 sherif.jpg|1922 ½pi arms of the sharif of Mecca. This and others values of the same design were overprinted or surcharged later both for Hejaz and Jordan. File:Hejaz quarter on 8th surch.jpg|Hejaz 1923 ¼pi on ⅛pi surcharge File:Hejaz 10pi on 5pi.jpg|1923 10pi on 5pi script overprint File:Hejaz Jedda 2line.jpg|1925 1pi Jedda re-overprint on Hashemite Kingdom overprint File:Hejaz Jedda 1924.jpg|1925 5pi 3-line Jedda overprint File:Hejaz 4line Jedda.jpg|1925 ½pi 4-line Hejaz government overprint 
 * In 1922, vertical format coat of arms designs with the denominations in all four corners were issued. These are perf 11½. There are many shades. Forgeries exist in other perfs.
 * In 1924 a similar design with a different style bottom inscription and double triangles around the vignette was issued.
 * In 1923, ¼pi on ⅛pi and 10pi on 5pi arms surcharges were issued, the surcharge in arabic script.
 * In 1924, a three-line caliphate overprint was issued with "1342" in the bottom line. These were printed in black with gold powder applied over the wet ink.
 * In 1925, a two-line overprint was issued with the date "1343" at the left side of the smaller bottom line. It commemorated the accession of King Ali and is known as the Jedda Issue. This was applied on various earlier stamps in different colors.
 * Also in 1925, a three-line overprint with "1343" date at the left side of the last line. These were printed sideways on horizontal format stamps, with versions reading up or down. The vertical format arms stamps were overprinted in various colors. Caliphate overprints were re-overprinted in three different colors.

 File:Hejaz Ali half pi.jpg|1925 ½pi Ali, red overprint File:Hejaz Ali 1pi.jpg|1925 1pi Ali, red overprint File:Hejaz Ali 5pi.jpg|1925 5pi Ali, red overprint File:Hejaz Ali 10pi.jpg|1925 10pi Ali overprint, never issued without overprint 
 * In 1925, small three-line surcharges with a decorative divider and the value in arabic script below were issued for the declaration of the Hejaz government on vertical format arms stamps. The denominations proved to be too small and the values in much larger script were added at the bottom.
 * Also in 1925, vertical format arms stamps were overprinted in four lines. The year "1343" is at the left side of the third line above other lettering. The last line gives the value. These were overprinted in three different colors.
 * In mid-1925, new basic stamp designs were created, and except for the 10pi, only issued overprinted with two framed boxes as a control, one with the date "1343". The overprints exist both upright and inverted, and in three different colors.
 * Beginning in 1925, [Nejd administered Hejaz, creating the dual kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.

 File:Hejaz railway revenue.jpg|Hejaz Railway revenue stamp. Various values were surcharged as postage. 