NEW STAMP STATES
The arrival of a s.paras bistre stam{. of Turkey Cwith! a curved Arabic over-,.,; print meaning "Pbst ..of, the Emirate of •Nejd". apparently portends the opening V. up of another, hew- page in the, world's v .stamp albunis, ; .says; Fred \J. Melville 1 in , ■,the ■ ''Daily -. Telegrapb',?/'.. 'Nejd ; is . a ,-■ powerful ; Central Arabian ' principality, ,'. with its capital at Riyadh, ■ and is the .country of. the -Wahabis,: who recently ;. captured Mecca. "The population of tha' Emirate is estimated at .400,000. < ■■'.;' ' ■
"Yet'.ariotlier ; hew ' fet'amp-.issuing country has lately made its philatelic debut.in "Oltre (jtiuba'j"' or;' jfpper Jubaland. This is territorx ceded"-by Great Britaiu Co Italy last' .year, :adjacent to "Italian Soinaiilandj \ and .fornierly part: of tha Jubnland •prqyince.of British East Africa.-, Italian stamps ov-erpriuted .'".Oltro Giuba". i have .been in ,use here for some months,;but-a; sp.eciiil series of stamps is to be issued, the design embodying :,i map ahowirig :itK.e situation of% the new/ colony:' ■■ .-*-• •-1 •■'" ■':■■■■•■.." •'.".■■-''., ■ ;..-.--.'■.';":
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 109, 4 November 1925, Page 3
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156NEW STAMP STATES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 109, 4 November 1925, Page 3
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