Saudi Arabia Postage Stamps
The kingdom of hejaz and nejd had been separate countries until the mid 1920s.
Saudi arabia postage stamps. The persian gulf lies to the northeast. Saudi arabia postage stamps 1934 2019 1735 stamps. Saudi arabia is the largest arab country of the middle east. Important consideration during your search for saudi arabia stamps.
The monarchy consisted of hejaz and nejd and each had previously issued their own postage stamps. G light green. 1934 proclamation of abd al aziz ibn saud the ruler of the newly founded kingdom of saudi arabia 1. Regular issues have continued since then and postage stamps with new designs keep being released until the present time.
The kingdom of saudi arabia was formed from a dual monarchy ruled by sultan ibn saud. With around 73 collectible saudi arabia stamps to choose from you re certain to find some great choices to add to your collection. Ever since the first postage stamps were issued in the country back in 1934 stamp collectors around the globe have been collecting the stamps that saudi arabia has issued over the years. Type d color description.
When saudi arabia issued its first stamps in 1934 they illustrated the symbolic tughra or cypher those earlier stamps had used which symbolized king abdul aziz ibn saud. It is bordered by jordan and iraq on the north and northeast kuwait qatar bahrain and the united arab emirates on the east oman on the southeast and yemen on the south. Many of these collectible saudi arabia stamps depict an array of colors designs and themes. Pre 1960 postal stamps in saudi arabia.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of saudi arabia formerly known as the kingdom of hejaz and nejd until 22 september 1932.