Global InformationPostage stamps and postal history of Sharjah information
Civil mail from Sharjah went through the post office in Dubai until 1963.[1] Military mail from the British Forces stationed in the area went through the RAF airport in Sharjah.
On 10 July 1963, Sharjah opened its own post office and began to issue its stamps and postal stationery under the name of Sharjah & Dependencies (which included Kalba, Khor Fakkan, and Dibba). There were also unauthorized overprints using Hamriyah, a frequently secessionist coastal town but officially subject to Sharjah and which never gained recognition as a Trucial State in its own right.
Sharjah and its dependencies joined the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971, but continued to issue its own stamps. On 31 July 1972, the UAE assumed full postal responsibilities. Nevertheless, Sharjah continued to use its own stamps until the issuance of the first UAE definitive series on 1 January 1973. Covers with mixed UAE and Sharjah frankings are known.
- ^ Rossiter, Stuart; Flower, John (1986). The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald. p. 100. ISBN 0-356-10862-7.