Resource Page for Collectors of Aden Stamps
and Aden
Postal History
 ADEN
Aden was captured and annexed
to British
India on 16 January 1839 by a combined miltary and naval force. A post
oofice was opened under an Indian administartor in 1839 and mail is
known used from 15 June 1839. In 1839
the population was less than 1,000 and by 1901 it had grown to some
44,000
From
1 October 1854 till 31 March 1937 stamps of
India were
used in Aden
Most Indian stamps from the
1854 issue
up to the 1935 issue can be found with Aden postmarks. These can be
recognized
by the word ADEN appearing in the postmark or from the numerals 124,
125
or B-22 which were used on their own or in a duplex with an ADEN
datestamp.
On
1 April 1937 Aden was made a Crown Colony and issued its own
stamps till 31
March 1965.
In
1965 Aden was
incorporated in the South
Arabian Federation.
In
1967 the South Arabian
Federation became
fully independant and became the Yemen People's Democratic
Republic.
PHILATELIC
SOCIETIES FOR COLLECTORS OF ADEN STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY
Aden-Somaliland-Yemen
Study Group
Gary
Brown, PO Box 106, Briar
Hill,
Victoria 3088,
Australia
Malcolm
Lacey, PO
Box 9, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 5RF England. Tel 020 8570 4856 (UK Representative)
Arab
Gulf and Yemen Stamp Group
online group on Yahoo.com
Emirates
Philatelic Association
SELECTED PAGES ON ADEN PHILATELY
Aden:
Porte Mythique au Yemen: The Mythical Port of Yemen
a book review by
Murry Graham
Aden Stamps
and Postal Stationery: 1937 to 1952
Andrew Gondocz
Aden Stamps
and Postal Stationery: 1953 to 1965
Andrew
Gondocz
British
Commonwealth Postmarks - ADEN
by Robert S
Cragg
The First Stamps used in Aden
In April 1854 the Government of
Bombay received from Calcutta a letter stating that 3,000 sheets of
½ Anna stamps had been printed.... Bombay did its sums and then
informed the Political Agent at Aden, that Aden’s allocation for one
month was 2,567 stamps.
Indian Newspaper Wrapper used in
Aden
by Jerone Hart
King George VI British
Commonwealth Collecting - Aden
from Murray Payne
Limited
Mail Packets 1857-1906
In 1857 it must have been frustrating
for ‘expats’ living in Aden to realise that they could have been
getting many of their letters from the UK much more quickly than was
the case. Post Office regulations stated that mail for Aden had to go
via the India Mail packets ; some senders were putting ‘via Australian
Mail’ on the envelope and these letters were being held back to go with
the next India Mail – in spite of the fact that the Australian mail
packets called at Aden.
Specimen Stamps of Aden
by Robert Buxton
Website devoted to
the UPU Specimen stamps of the Commonwealth
Postal Communications with the Boundary
Commission 1902-1903
The Commission needed a
reasonably frequent and comparatively quick means of postal
communication with Aden. This short article deals only the system of
postal runners that was used whilst the Commission was near Dthala.
Victorian Postal
Stationery of India Used in Aden
by Jerone Hart
Shown are the various types of Victorian
postal stationery that are known used from Aden from the late 19th to
the early 20th century - postcards, envelopes, newspaper wrappers.
Included are some rare and unusual usage.
Articles,
Books and Other Reference Materials
BOOKS ON
THE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF ADEN
Aden:
The Mythical Port of Yemen
by
Jose-Marie Bel, Amyris Maisonneuve & Larose, 1998, 127pp, ISBN
2706813601
Aden
Postal Markings 1839-1939
by A L Hine-Haycock, Hadden Best & Co, 1939, 19pp
Aden
Postal History and Postage Stamps, 1839-1937
by Murray A. M Graham, Robson Lowe, 1975
The
Postal History of Aden and Somaliland Protectorate
by Edward B Proud, Proud-Bailey Co Ltd, 2005, 360pp, ISBN 1872465412
Postal
History of British Aden, 1839-1967
by Major R W Pratt, edited
by E B
Proud, Proud-Bailey Co Ltd, 1985, 274 pp, ISBN 1872465005
The
Postmarks of Aden, Postal Markings 1839-1939
by M W Robertshaw, H Garratt-Adams
& Co, 1946, 23pp
Perim:
Outpost of Aden
by Charles Hornal, The Philatelist
and Postal Historian, 1955,
8pp
With illustrated covers and
markings.
Useful monograph on the general history and postal history of the
island
of Perim which lies 100 miles west of Aden near the southern entrance
of
the Red Sea.
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