Mutawakelite Kingdom of Yemen

In September 1962, the kingdom of Yemen was overthrown in a coup. This ignited a civil war. While some earlier issues do carry the name of the Mutawakelite Dynasty in French or English, the issues here are those of the royal government from 1962 until 1970.  File:Mutawakilite overprint.jpg|A 1963 provisional surcharge. File:Mutawakelite Yemen prov overprint B.jpg|1963 10b provisional handstamp on Y.A.R. stamp. File:Yemen framed provisional A.jpg|1963 handstamped provisional on consular stamp. File:Yemen ovpt on consular.jpg|1964 5b+5b handstamped provisional on consular stamp File:Yemen 64 olympics.jpg|From the 1965 Summer Olympics set. File:Mut Yemen Vermeer.jpg|From the 1967 paintings issue. File:Mutawakelite poison gas.jpg|1967 poison gas surcharge; this exists is several colors. File:Yemen Apollo 11 gold foil.jpg|1969 28b Apollo 11 gold foil airmail. 
 * Beginning in November of that year, various older Yemen issues were bilingually overprinted. The English part reads FREE YEMEN FIGHTS FOR GOD, IMAM & COUNTRY. There were also four overprints on Y.A.R. stamps, three of those only have "YEMEN" as the only Latin lettering.
 * In 1963, the first separate royalist issue was released, inscribed MUTAWAKELITE KINGDOM OF YEMEN.
 * Also in 1963, a 10b consular stamp was handstamp overprinted with a red frame and bilingual inscription including "YEMEN". It was reissued in 1965 with a red violet frame.
 * In 1964 consular revenues were handstamp overprinted in pairs with the royal arms in a heavy frame.
 * In 1965, a John F. Kennedy set and souvenir sheet were issued, beginning a flood of topical issues. Many also known imperf. Most of the later topicals are normally found CTO.
 * Later that year, they began inscribing their topical issues Yemen. While confusing, their opposition had already begun inscribing their stamps "Yemen Arab Republic" or "YAR".
 * In 1965, several values were overprinted with a boxed bilingual overprint, the English part reading STATE OF YEMEN. There were also three values similarly overprinted except with the English part as Provis. Govt. 1966. Neither of these were issued.
 * In 1966, provisional airmail stamps were surcharged bilingually with a frame of stars and the royal arms. The English part read YEMEN / AIR POST.
 * Also in 1966, the overprinted Freedom from Hunger stamps and souvenir sheet were provisionally overprinted bilingually or separately in each language for periodicals.
 * Beginning in 1967, all unsurcharged new issues were inscribed THE MUTAWAKILITE KINGDOM OF YEMEN.
 * Also in 1967, many values were surcharged as semipostals with a boxed skull and crossbones, the English portion reading FOR / POISON GAS / VICTIMS.
 * The separate issues of the kingdom ended with the end of the civil war in 1970.

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