Aden Stamps and Postal Stationery:
1937 - 1952
1 April 1937
Definitives
- 1/2 anna - Dhow
- 9 pies - Dhow
- 1 anna - Dhow
- 2 annas - Dhow
- 2 1/2 annas - Dhow
- 3 annas - Dhow
- 3 1/2 annas - Dhow
- 8 annas - Dhow
- 1 rupee - Dhow
- 2 rupees - Dhow
- 5 rupees - Dhow
- 10 rupees - Dhow
Postal Card
- 9 pies - Dhow
12 May 1937
Coronation of King George VI
- 1 anna - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- 2 1/2 annas - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- 3 1/2 annas - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
October 1937
Definitive
Prestamped envelope
- 1 anna - King George VI - coarse, thick white paper
Two sizes were ordered - square and oblong - and both issued at the same time.
Prestamped registration envelope
- 3 annas (registration fee) - King George VI, size H
October 1938
Definitive
Prestamped registration envelope
- 3 annas (registration fee) - King George VI, size G
19 January 1939, 15 January 1945
Definitives
- 1/2 anna - Aidrus Mosque
- 3/4 anna - Camel corpsman
- 1 anna - Aden harbor
- 1 1/2 annas - Dhow
- 2 annas - Aidrus Mosque
- 2 1/2 annas - Mukalla
- 3 annas - Capture of Aden, 1839
- 8 annas - Mukalla
- 14 annas - Capture of Aden, 1839 (15.1.45)
- 1 rupee- Dhow
- 2 rupees - Aden harbor
- 5 rupees - Camel corpsman
- 10 rupees - Capture of Aden, 1839
Postal Card - issue date is late February or early March 1939
- 3/4 anna - King George VI
15 October 1946
Return to Peace
- 1 1/2 annas - King George VI and Parliament buildings
- 2 1/2 annas - King George VI and Parliament buildings
1 January 1949
Definitive
Aerogramme
- 6 annas - King George VI
Front panel includes three-line inscription:
IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED / THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT / BY ORDINARY MAIL.
Please note: There is a broken frame variety.
17 January 1949
Silver Wedding - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- 1 1/2 annas - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- 10 rupees - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
23 September 1949
Definitive
Aerogramme
- 6 annas - King George VI
Front panel includes a four-line inscription:
IF ANYTHING IS EN- / CLOSED THIS LETTER / WILL BE SENT BY / ORDINARY MAIL.
10 October 1949
75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union
Note:The issue was originally in cents and shillings and was overprinted annas and rupees.
- 2 1/2 annas on 20 cents- Mercury and symbols of transporting mail
- 3 annas on 30 cents - Plane, early steamship and hemispheres
- 8 annas on 50 cents - Mercury scattering letters
- 1 rupee on 1 shilling - U.P.U. monument - Berne, Switzerland
1950
Definitive
Prestamped envelope
- 1 anna - King George VI - ivory, thick laid paper
Note: In 1951 the currency changed from annas and rupees to cents and shillings.
1 October 1951
Provisionals
Note: The 1939 - 1945 series was overprinted in cents or shillings in either black or carmine.
- 5 cents on 1 anna - Aden harbor (black)
- 10 cents on 1 1/2 annas - Dhow (black)
- 15 cents on 2 1/2 annas - Mukalla (black)
- 20 cents on 3 annas - Capture of Aden, 1839 (black)
- 30 cents on 8 annas - Mukalla (carmine)
- 50 cents on 8 annas - Mukalla (black)
- 70 cents on 14 annas - Capture of Aden, 1839 (black)
- 1 shilling on 1 rupee - Dhow (black)
- 2 shillings on 2 rupees - Aden harbor (black)
- 5 shillings on 5 rupees - Camel corpsman (black)
- 10 shillings on 10 rupees - Capture of Aden, 1839 (black)
Aerogramme
- 50 cents on 6 annas - King George VI - four-line inscription (black)
Postal Card
- 10 cents on 3/4 anna - King George VI (black)
Prestamped registration envelope
- 30 cents on 3 annas (registration fee) - King George VI, size G (black)
12 February 1952
Provisional
Aerogramme
- 50 cents on 6 annas - King George VI - three-line inscription, 22 mm long (overprint in black)
1952
Provisionals
Prestamped envelope
- 15 cents on 1 anna - King George VI - coarse thick white paper - two boxes on either side of the King covering "one" and "anna" (overprint in
black), both sizes overprinted
- 15 cents on 1 anna - King George VI - ivory thick laid paper - two boxes on either side of the King covering "one" and "anna" (overprint in
black), both sizes overprinted
Aerogramme
- 50 cents on 6 annas - King George VI - three-line inscription, 24.5 mm long (overprint in black)
Index | 1937 - 1952 |
1953 - 1965