Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, or the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, was one of Trucial States on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula. It was not until 1960 that the British postal agency in Eastern Arabia began providing postal service to foreign workers on Abu Dhabi's Das Island. As that mail was handled through Bahrain, it bore Bahrain postmarks and was outwardly indistinguishable from Bahraini mail. In March 1963, a British post office was established in Abu Dhabi, using the same stamps as before but now bearing Abu Dhabi postmarks.

The emirate issued its own stamps beginning in March 1964, with its postal system still run by the British postal agency until 1967. This probably resulted in its far more conservative issue policy over most of the other Trucial States. Abu Dhabi released two issues after it had joined the United Arab Emirates in December 1971; the UAE did not issue its own stamps until August of 1972.

Abu Dhabi also issued several revenue stamps.

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