OMAN Stamps and Postal History
Home  Search Engine  Discussion Forum  Preferences  Website Concept  User Guide  Submit Your Item  Suggestions  Latest Updates  The Library  Post Offices  Postal Rates  Introduction to  Arabic  The Regional  Currencies  Hijr/Gregorian  Calendar Converter  Sources  Links  Contact Us	Abu Dhabi Bahrain Dubai Kuwait Oman Qatar U.A.E. STAMP DETAILS [SUPERSIZE IMAGE] Stamp Set On the 9th of August 1970 HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said announced the new name of the country as the Sultanate of Oman. On the 16th January 1971 the second definitive set was re-issued with the old name “Muscat & Oman” overprinted with the new name “Sultanate of Oman”. A number of varieties in the form of incomplete overprints exists. Type of Stamp Definitive Web Cat. 131a Country Oman Issue Date 16-Jan-1971 Denomination 100 Baizas Colour Blue & Red Orange Perforation 14˝ x 13˝ Design Lewis Morland Description The 1971 Definitive Issue – The Sultanate of Oman Overprints - Overprint Varieties Printer Overprint done by National Printers in Dubai (on Photogravure by Harrison, London) << A D D   C O M M E N T S >> << P R E V I O U S R E T U R N   T O   R E S U L T S N E X T >>