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Johansen, T. "Dubai to Muscat via Hendjam" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, pp. 29–30. Johansen, T. "Commercial Use of the 1944 Al Bu-Sa'id Issue" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, p.30.
These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by military occupations, international organisations, colonies, provinces, city-states and some revolutionary movements. The list includes members of the Universal Postal Union that are also listed at postal organisations .
The first post office in the region was opened in Dubai in 1909. Dubai had one post office which was Indian in origin, under the Sind circle, and opened on 19 August 1909. Until 1947, Indian stamps were in use and are distinguished by the cancellation "Dubai Persian Gulf". Pakistani stamps were used until 31 March 1948. [1]
Haji Moosa was one of the pioneer users and establishers of the Post Office Box in the Sultanate of Oman.Omanis abroad (especially East Africa, other Gulf States and India) used to send him mails to his personal mailbox and he used to deliver them to people later on, hence it was like a public address for anyone to use.
Under the posting rule, that acceptance takes effect when a letter is posted (that is, dropped in a post box or handed to a postal worker); the post office will be the universal service provider, such as the UK's Royal Mail, the Australia Post, or the United States Postal Service.
Now part of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi was formerly the largest of the seven sheikdoms which made up the Trucial States on the Pirate Coast of eastern Arabia between Oman and Qatar. The Trucial States as a whole had an area of some 32,000 square miles (83,000 km 2) of which Abu Dhabi alone had 26,000 (67,000 km 2). The capital was the ...
Leaving some change on the restaurant table is one way of giving a gratuity to the restaurant staff. A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.
The first post office was opened in Muscat by the British Postal Department in 1856. [1] Oman Post was established in 2005 by the Royal Decree of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. [1] Oman Post is a member of Universal Postal Union. [1]