ADEN
Aden was captured and annexed
to British
India on 16 January 1839 by a combined miltary and naval force. In 1839
the population was less than 1,000 and by 1901 it had grown to some
44,000
From 1854 to 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.
From 1937 till 1964 Aden
issued its own
stamps.
In 1965 Aden was
incorporated in the
South Arabian Federation.
In 1967 the South Arabian
Federation became
fully independant to become the
Yemen People's Democratic
Republic.
|
PHILATELIC
SOCIETIES
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
|
| |
|
|
BOOKS
|
The Postal
History of British
Aden 1839-1967
by Major R. W. Pratt, edited
by E. B.
Proud, 1985, 274 pp.
The postmarks of Aden.
Postal markings
1839-1939
by M W Robertshaw, published
by H Garratt-Adams
& Co, 1946, 23pp.
Perim - Outpost of Aden
by Charles Hornal, 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.
|
|
JOURNALS
The Dhow
Quarterly Journal for
collectors of
Aden, British Somaliland and Yemen.
published by:
Aden-Somaliland-Yemen
Study Group
Gary
Brown
|
|
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Articles,
Books and Other Reference Materials
|
|
