Mahra

Mahra, or Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra, was a sultanate in South Arabia (previously part of the Aden Protectorate), the easternmost of all states in that country.  File:Mahra flag.jpg|20 fils from the first definitive set. File:Mahra winter olympics.jpg|1967 150f Grenoble Winter Olympics. Mahra did not participate. File:Mahra Botticelli.jpg|1967 75f Botticelli painting. 
 * Its first stamps were definitives issued in May 1967, with a flag design.
 * Many topical issues followed including souvenir sheets and imperfs. All are aditionally inscribed SOUTH ARABIA.
 * In November 1967, South Arabia joined the Federation of South Arabia to form the People's Republic of Southern Yemen/People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. However, someone forgot to tell the stamp printers to shut off their presses and Mahra State stamps continued to be released through 1968.

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