Hejaz

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Hejaz was a kingdom on the west coast of the Arabian peninsula on the Red Sea. It declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1916 (Laurence of Arabia and all that). With British support withdrawn in 1924, Hejaz was invaded and conquered by Nejd soon after.

 File:Hejaz 1916 quarter pi.jpg|1916 ¼ piaster perfed File:Hejaz eighth pi roul.jpg|1917 ⅛pi rouletted File:Hejaz halfpi 1916.jpg|1916 ½pi rouletted File:Hejaz 1916 1pi.jpg|1916 1pi rouletted File:Hejaz 1917 1pa.jpg|1917 1 para serrate roulette File:Hejaz 1917 half pi.jpg|1917 ½pi serrate roulette File:Hejaz 1917 2pi.jpg|1917 2pi serrate roulette File:Hejaz 2 ovpts.jpg|bogus 
 * Its first issue was released in October of 1916. Three perfed designs were issued with inscriptions for the sharifate of Mecca in the outer tablet or tablets outside the central design.
 * In 1916-17, the above designs were issued as rouletted stamps with a new ⅛ piaster value issued in 1917.
 * In 1917, the previous values were released in serrated roulette, with two new values added.

 File:Hejaz 1922 sherif.jpg|1922 ½pi arms of the sharif of Mecca. This and others values of the same design were overprinted or surcharged later. File:Hejaz Jedda 1924.jpg|1925 5pi 3-line Jedda overprint File:Hejaz 4line Jedda.jpg|1925 ½pi 4-line Jedda overprint File:Hejaz Ali 10pi.jpg|1925 10pi Ali overprint, never issued without overprint 

 File:Hejaz railway revenue.jpg|Hejaz Railway revenue stamp. Various values were surcharged as postage. 

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