SAUDI ARABIA

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Before 1916 stamps of Turkey were used in Saudi Arabia. Example of two stamps used in Mecca:

Two stamps of Turkey (upside down to show better the cancel 'MECQUE')

1916 Arabic inscriptions

  1 pa brown
  1/8 Pi orange (= 5 pa)
  1/4 Pi green
  1/2 Pi red
  1 Pi blue
  2 Pi red (1917)

These stamps are either perforated normally, rouletted or perforated 'zig-zag'.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted with arabic text (1922):

  1 pa brown
  1/8 Pi orange (= 5 pa)
  1/4 Pi green
  1/2 Pi red
  1 Pi blue
  2 Pi red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted with arabic text and further surcharged

  1/2 Pi on 1 pa brown
  1 Pi on 1 pa brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Two arabic overprints; one in black and one in blue.

1934 issue, inscription 'ROYAUME DE L'ARABIE SOUDITE'

Issues for Nedsj (from 1925 onwards)

Examples:

Bogus issue, triangular stamp

This stamp exists in green, red, blue, orange and violet. These bogus stamps seems to have been made in Warsaw (Poland), however other sources say Italy ( http://mysite.freeserve.com/saudi/forgtri.htm ). The mentionned website also shows much more information about these bogus stamps (even perforated stamps seem to exist). They appeared on the market around 1923.

YEMEN

Example:

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