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The following British F.P.Os operated in Bahrain during this
period —

1949-53 F.P.O. 518
1954-56 551
1956-60 941 (To Kuwait in July 1961)
1961 936 (From Sharjah)
1962 1057
1962-63 1056
1965 1019
The Registration Labels used during this period were British
type inscribed “BAHRAIN" (with or without a suffixed letter or
number, other than “1") for use in Manama Post Office,
“BAHRAIN 1" for use at Muharraq, and “AWALI" or ‘AWALl-
BAHRAIN’. The Postal Superintendent had his own labels
inscribed “BAHRAIN P.S." and these may be found used in
conjunction with Bahrain stamps or — until early 1965 — with
“Value Only" stamps cancelled either “BAHRAIN" or, “DAS
ISLAND. ABU DHABI. TRUCIAL STATES".

On Her Majesty’s Service
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POST OFFICE

The Postal Superintendent also used distinctive covers and
aerogrammes with the printed heading “On Her Majesty’s Service"
or “On Her Britannic Majesty’s Service". These normally only
bore stamps if registered. His unregistered correspondence was
usually franked with a single line rubber-stamped “On Postal
Service" in purple,’with the Bahrain date-stamp (Types 21 or 26)
struck alongside or, on very rare occasions, with a strike of the
Exchange Office stamp (Types 32 or 33). In later years his
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