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the old still predominate surmounted by square wind towers, open
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blowing is conducted down into the building.
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The Indian Anna/Rupce currency was used in Dubai until 1957,
f at which date the Rupee was decimalised and divided into 100 Nayc
'y Paisc (NP). In 1966, Dubai adopted the Gulf Riyal of 100 Dirhams.
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£ THE FIRST POST OFFICE
The Postal Service dates from August 19th, 1909, when an
Indian Branch Post Office, under Karachi, was opened as a result of
•Yv pressure over a number of years from the trading communities in
Dubai and Karachi. As early as July 26th, 1904, the Karachi Merchants
Association had petitioned the Director-General of the Post Offices of
India for the establishment of an Indian Agency Post Office in Dubai, a
facility which had for many years been enjoyed by the Trading
communities in Muscat, Guadur and Bahrain.
From the opening of Dubai Post Office until 1961, Indian,
Pakistani and British stamps were successively in use without any
indication of the name of the State. From 1961, the definitive stamps
of the Trucial States were used in the British Postal Agency, and it
was not until 1963, when the Dubai Post Office became completely
independent, that stamps were issued in the name of Dubai.
Despite the many early Anglicised variations of the name -
Dabai, Dibai, Debay and even Daboi amongst them - East India QV
stamps with small ‘squared circle’ cancellations inscribed DEBAI
(1887) did not come from Dubai.

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