Qatar Stamps and Postal History

History of Post office in Qatar




In 1871 Qatar was under the dominance of Turkish troops in Al Ahsaa area (Area in KSA) so a Turkish castle was built in Doha in 1916, when Qatar under the leadership of Sheikh: Abdullah Ben Jassem Al Thani. Upon the signature of Bahrain and Oman the treaty was signed to be under English troop protection. sending is mail and posting via Bahrain post office , moreover , its letters stamped by Bahraini seal , Qatari letter were recognized only through the address of sender .


With the rapid development of the oil industry there was a need to have the office of British counselor in Doha, his special mail was carried through diplomatic suitcase to be sent to Bahrain then the British deputy of Bahrain to be sent abroad .The firm of post office in Qatar was one of the terms of the English protection treaty of 1916 , so, British deputy opens mail service in the building of British counsel in 1950. While there was no special post stamp of Doha, the special stamp of British counsel was used at that time.


The First post office in Qatar

At the beginning of 1951, the first post office was opened in Doha during the reign of Sheikh Ali Ben Abdullah Al Thani. The Indian English stamps were used at that time the stamps bearing the name of Bahrain were replaced by British stamps used in all countries of British protection.



Misyaseed post office

Misyasaed Industrial City is located at the south of Qatar. It houses oil refineries and a huge port for oil crude exportation worldwide. This office was opened in the first of February 1965 under the supervision English mail.



Dukhan post office

Dukhan city is located in the west of Qatar and is famous for oil wells. This post office was opened on 3rd of January 1960. At first it was a branch of Misyaseed post office. It is the third post office in Qatar after Doha and Misyaseed; on 4th of April 1965 it separated from Dukhan post office.