Middle East

Libya

• British Occupation (1943-1951)
• Kingdom regional issues (1951-1969)
• Kingdom federal issues (1951-1969)
• Republic and People's Republic (1969-present)
  

• An illustrated key to the different types used since 1943

Syria (Republic)

• Main page
  
• Syndicates and Charities
• An illustrated key to the different types used since 1939

Yemen and the Arab Gulf States

• Abu Dhabi
• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia (image library)
• Trucial States
• United Arab Emirates
• Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / Yemen Arab Republic)
• Yemen (Southern / People's Democratic Republic)
  
• Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

(See also separate Acknowledgments for Yemen and the Arab Gulf States)

Donald L Duston, French Colonies Revenues (and Former Colonies Now Independent): North Africa and Middle-East Colonies (Second Edition, 2000)

Grateful thanks to Maen Naema and Layth Zaker, who provided a number of the illustrations in this section as well as additional information and help.

Many thanks to my father-in-law David for his help with the Arabic translations.

When reproducing images of stamps not in my own collection, I have sought the permission of the current owner whenever possible, though in some cases the current owner is not known to me.  If I have inadvertently broken any rules of copyright, please help me to comply by bringing this to my attention.