Trucial States Postage Due Stamps, 1961

Trucial States · 1961 · 5 Naye Paise

This stamp is a postage due issue from the Trucial States, the precursor to the United Arab Emirates. The design is simple and functional, featuring the denomination '5' and the currency 'Naye Paise' in both English and Arabic script, set against a plain background. Postage due stamps were used to collect payment for insufficient postage from the recipient of a mail item.

Issued in 1961, these stamps were used in the British-administered Trucial States before the formation of the UAE in 1971. They represent a transitional period in the region's postal history, using Indian currency (Naye Paise) under British postal authority.