Jordan

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Jordan, or Transjordan, is a country in the Middle East bordered by Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia and others.

British mandate
 File:Jordan first ovpt.jpg|1920 3 milliemes first overprint File:Jordan 1922 surch.jpg|1922 3/10pi on 3m surcharge File:Jordan 1922 ovpt violet.jpg|1922 5m 4-line overprint in violet 
 * In 1920, stamps of the E.E.F. were overprinted Jordan first ovpt script.png.
 * In 1922, stamps of the previous issue were surcharged with new values in Arabic script.
 * Also in 1922, 2-line surcharges with "piaster" in Arabic at top were released.
 * In December 1922, 4-line handstamped overprints in black, red or violet were issued.
 * In 1923, heavy 3-line overprints were issued with "921" (year 1921) on the left side of the bottom line.

Semi-independent state
Hejaz stamps were used for overprinting from 1923 to 1925.

 File:Jordan 1341 ovpt.jpg|1923 1½pi "1341" overprint File:Jordan quarter on eighth.jpg|1923 ¼pi on ⅛pi surcharge File:Jordan 10 on sruch.jpg|1923 10pi on 5pi surcharge File:Jordan 1923 down.jpg|1923 4m independence, reading down File:Jordan 1924 gold ovpt.jpg|1924 2pi "343 11" gold re-overprint. Note there are only traces of gold. These overprints were made by sprinkling metallic powder on wet black ink. Here, the powder did not stick very well due to almost dry ink. File:Jordan Arab govt.jpg|1924 ¼pi Arab Government of the East File:Jordan half pi 1343.jpg|1925 ½pi value File:Jordan 1925 ovpt.jpg|1925 5m overprint on E.E.F. stamp 
 * In 1923, 3-line overprints in very thin characters were issued. The bottom line had the year "1341" at left and "9" at right.
 * Two of the previous values were surcharged in heavy characters.
 * In 1923, E.E.F. stamps were overprinted in thin characters vertically, reading either up or down. The last line had the year "923" (1923) at left and "25" (May 25) at right.
 * In 1923, E.E.F. stamps were handstamp surcharged in new values in Arabic.
 * Also in 1923, a 1½pi "1341" handstamped value was surcharged ½pi in Arabic characters.
 * In November 1923, two different styles of surcharges were applied to previously overprinted E.E.F. stamps.
 * In December, a version of the "1341" overprint was issued with characters much smaller than before.
 * In 1924, a new 3-line overprint in black or gold was issued. The last line had the year "942" at left and "11" at right.
 * A new style 3-line overprint reading "Arab Government of the East" was also issued in 1924. The last line was the year "1342"
 * In 1925, Hejaz Ali stamps (without overprint) were now overprinted with a fancy two-part overprint. The second line had "1342" at left.
 * In 1925, E.E.F. stamps were overprinted in a new style, "East of Jordan" in Arabic, Jordan 1925 ovpt script.png.

 File:Jordan 1927 Hussein.jpg|1927 50m Abdullah portrait File:Jordan dastour.jpg|1928 90m Constitution overprint File:Jordan 1930s Hussein.jpg|1930 50m "MILS" File:Jordan pict 1933.jpg|1933 2m pictorial File:Jordan hussein litho.jpg|1942 2m Abdullah lithographed 
 * In 1927-29, Jordan issued its own bilingual basic stamps, engraved definitives with the portrait of Abdullah ibn Hussein, inscribed TRANSJORDAN. Denominations were given in numerals only. The 50m values and above were in slightly larger sizes. All values were perf 14.
 * In 1928, stamps were overprinted Dastour.png ("dastour" = "constitution").
 * Beginning in 1930, the previous designs were modified so that "MILS" or "L.P." and their Arabic equivalents were now inscribed. In 1939, values were reissued in perf 13½x13 instead of the previous perf 14.
 * In 1933, a pictorial definitive set was issued.
 * In 1942, the Abdullah ibn Hussein designs were brought back, now lithographed.
 * In 1943-44, the Abdullah definitives were again issued engraved, now watermarked (multiple script CA).

Independent kingdom
 File:Jordan 1950 airmail.jpg|1950 50m airmail File:Jordan Abdullah fils.jpg|1952 50 fils on 50m surcharge File:Jordan Abdullah 1952.jpg|1952 12f Abdullah File:Jordan 1952 Abdullah.jpg|1952 100f Abdullah 
 * In 1946, a map series was issued.
 * In 1947, the Abdullah designs were again issued in new colors.
 * In 1949, a UPU set was issued. Those were the first stamps inscribed HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF THE JORDAN.
 * In 1950, its first airmail stamps were issued.
 * In 1952, Abdullah designs going back to the 1943-44 values were surcharged in the new currency, fils and pounds.
 * Also in 1952, new Abdullah portrait designs were released, with value tablets now at the sides and stamps inscribed "THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF THE JORDAN".

 File:Jordan POSTAGE on tax.jpg|1953 5m postal tax stamp overprinted for use as postage. File:Jordan 200f Hussein.jpg|1959 200f Hussein File:Jordan Arab League Center.jpg|1960 15f Arab League Center File:Jordan camels.jpg|1974 2f camel caravan pictorial File:Jordan bird 1987.jpg|1987 80f bird File:Jordan 2005 oryx.jpg|2005 12.5pi oryx 
 * In 1953, postal tax stamps were overprinted bilingually POSTAGE for regular use. This was done again in 1956.
 * In 1955, an Arab Postal Union set was issued, the first of the Arab League omnibus sets issued.
 * In mid-1984, stamp inscriptions were mostly changed to H.K. OF JORDAN.
 * In 1985, year dates began to be added to stamps.
 * In December 2004, the currency was changed to piasters. At the same time, inscriptions were changed to just JORDAN inscluding a stylized Arabic version alongside.