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Postal Independence

January 16, 1971 - Definitive Issue

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134 inverted overprint

Description

Definitives depicting the royal crest, the port of Muscat and six Omani forts (overprinted by the National Printing Press, Dubai).

Data

# Value Quantity Size Sheet Size (x*y) Watermark Perforation Design Printing
130 5 Baizas [?] [?] 120 - 15 x 14 R.Morland Harrison, London
131 10 Baizas
132 20 Baizas
133 25 Baizas [?] 14 x 15
134 30 Baizas
135 40 Baizas
136 50 Baizas 14½ x 13½
137 75 Baizas
138 100 Baizas
139 ¼ Rial
140 ½ Rial
141 1 Rial

Remarks

130-141 This set is an overprinted reissue of 118-129.
130-132 Two types of overprint exist, Dubai and Harrison. The crossbar of the letter "A" in "SULTANATE OF OMAN" is thick and low in the Dubai overprint, while it is thin and high in the Harrison overprint. See 149-151 for the Harrison type.
134 This stamp is known with an inverted overprint.
135 This stamp was later overprinted and reissued as 153.