Qatar

Qatar is a small peninsula on the eastern Arabian peninsula.

Before August 1950, any mail had to be carried to Bahrain to be sent to the rest of the world. After that, post offices were opened at Doha and Umm Said by the British postal agency in the region. They first used Bahrain surcharged stamps then the agency's Eastern Arabian overprints.  File:Qatar ovpt.jpg|1957 3 naye paisa surcharge. File:Qatar scouts.jpg|1957 25np Boy Scouts. File:Qatar falcon.jpg|1961 40np Peregrine falcon definitive. File:Qatar Apollo ovpt.jpg|1966 1 riyal Gemini program rendezvous overprint. File:Qatar Kennedy surch.jpg|1967 60d Kennedy surcharge. File:Qld engr 3d.A.webpg|1987 1r accession anniversary. File:Qatar Doha conf.jpg|2015 60d crime conference. 
 * In April 1957, British definitives (St. Edward's crown watermark) were surcharged in naye paisa/rupees with QATAR.
 * In 1957, the British Boy Scout Jubilee issue was similarly surcharged.
 * In 1960, seven values of the latest British definitives (multiple crowns watermark) were surcharged as previously.
 * In 1961, Qatar-specific pictorial definitives with the portrait of Sheik Ahmad was issued.
 * Following that, Qatar threatened to become a topical issue machine like its neighbors in the Trucial States.
 * In 1966, the currency was changed to dirhams/riyals and many older issues were overprinted in the new currency.
 * Following the currency change, Qatar's new issue policy returned to conservative levels.
 * In December 1971, the inscriptions were changed to STATE OF QATAR.

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