Trucial States

The Trucial States were a federation of emirates in eastern Arabia. These were: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Ras al Khaima, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwain, with the name referring to treaties signed with Great Britain.

The 1961 stamps so inscribed were issued by the British Postal Agency that had been providing postal services to the region since 1948. They was not used by all of those countries. The only civilian post offices in the region at that time were in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat (in Oman). Abu Dhabi did not like and did not use the issue. So, Dubai and Muscat were the only places where the stamps were used. Dubai then began issuing its own stamps in June 1963.

 File:Trucial States pa.jpg|The low value design. File:Trucial States rupee.jpg|The design for the rupee values. 

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