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