Aden - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut
Stamps and Postal Stationery: 1942 - 1965

Note: From 1942 to 1955, the stamps were inscribed Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla.

1942
Definitives

• 1/2 anna - Sultan Sir Saleh bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti
• 3/4 anna - Sultan Sir Saleh bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti
• 1 anna - Sultan Sir Saleh bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti
• 1 1/2 annas - Mukalla harbour
• 2 annas - Gateway at Shihr
• 2 1/2 annas - Buildings in Shibam
• 3 annas - Outpost at Mukalla
• 8 annas - View of 'Einat
• 1 rupee - Governor's Castle, Du'un
• 2 rupees - Mosque in Hureidha
• 5 rupees - Meshhed

15 October 1946
Commemoration of the Allies' Victory in WW II
Note: Issues of the 1942 definitive series were overprinted with three or four-line wording VICTORY / ISSUE / 8th JUNE 1946 or VICTORY / ISSUE / 8th JUNE / 1946

• 1 1/2 annas - Mukalla harbour (four-line overprint)
• 2 1/2 annas - Buildings in Shibam (three-line overprint)

17 January 1949
Silver Wedding - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

• 1 1/2 annas - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
• 5 rupee - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

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 in Berne, Switzerland

Note: In 1951 there was a change in currency from annas and rupees to East African cents and shillings.

1 October 1951
Definitives

• 5 cents on 1 anna - Sultan Sir Saleh bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti
• 10 cents on 2 annas - Gateway at Shihr
• 15 cents on 2 1/2 annas - Buildings in Shibam
• 20 cents on 3 annas - Outpost at Mukalla
• 50 cents on 8 annas - View of 'Einat
• 1 shilling on 1 rupee - Governor's Castle, Du'un
• 2 shillings on 2 rupees - Mosque in Hureidha
• 5 shillings on 5 rupees - Meshhed

2 June 1953
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

• 15 cents - Queen Elizabeth II

Note: Change in name to Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut

1 September 1955
Definitives

• 5 cents - Metal work
• 10 cents - Mat making
• 15 cents - Weaving
• 25 cents - Pottery
• 35 cents - Building
• 50 cents - Date cultivation
• 90 cents - Agriculture
• 1 shilling - Fisheries
• 1 shilling 25 cents - Lime burning
• 2 shillings - Dhow building
• 5 shillings - Agriculture
• 10 shillings - Lime burning

March 1956
Definitive

Aerogramme
• 50 cents - Date Cultivation

20 October 1963
Definitives
Note: Sultan Awadh bin Saleh El-Qu'aiti became ruler.

• 5 cents - Metal work
• 10 cents - Mat making
• 15 cents - Weaving
• 25 cents - Pottery
• 35 cents - Building
• 50 cents - Date cultivation
• 70 cents - Agriculture
• 1 shilling - Fisheries
• 1 shilling 25 cents - Lime burning
• 2 shillings - Dhow building
• 5 shillings - Agriculture
• 10 shillings - Lime burning

Aerogramme
• 50 cents - Date cultivation

Index | Kathiri State: 1942 - 1965 | Qu'aiti State: 1942 - 1965