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8 was introduced on February 1st, and it is almost certain that the
remaining Types 9 12 came into use on the same day. They are all
known struck on May 1st. Unlike the Doha equivalent (Type 3), the
Umm Said oval rubber Registered canceller (Type 9) was always struck
in black.

SRUP

'Ml
A ‘Value Only’ Rs5 used at
Umm Said, Qatar, in March, 1957.
The 2 rupees with plate surcharge (S.G.56.II) was issued in February
1957, and on March 1st the G.B. 5s. Waterlow was surcharged “5
RUPEES” (S.G.57 I) for use in Muscat, Dubai and Qatar. The use of
these two stamps in Qatar was very limited, as both were withdrawn when
the “QATAR” overprints were issued on April 1st. With a sale life of
only 31 days the 5 rupees is very difficult to find with Doha or Umm
Said cancellations. Both varieties on this stamp — the re-entry (Row 8/1)
and the wide surcharge from the first printing (Row 8/4) — are known
used in Qatar during March 1957, but both arc very rare indeed.

The later 2 rupees and 5 rupees (surcharged only) on De La Rue
basic stamps (St. Edward’s Crown - S.G.56 III and 57 II; and Multicrown
— S.G.92 and 93) were not sold in Qatar Post Offices but were valid for
use there until 1963 and are known used from both Doha and Umm Said.
On April 1st, 1957, British stamps overprinted “QATAR” and
surcharged 1 NP to 10 Rupees were issued in place of the previous
‘Value Only’ series. Although the latter were withdrawn from sale
they remained valid for postage and combination covers are known as
late as October 1960. The ‘Value Only’ stamps 1 NP - 75 NP which
came into use in Muscat and Dubai on April 1st were not, of course, put
on sale in Qatar; but all of them are known used there. The same applies
to the new values - 5 NP, 10 NP and 30 NP - introduced into the same
series surcharged on Multi-crown paper.

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