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A historic collection of 370 Bahrain postage stamps
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Year: 1964
Emir Sheikh Salman bin Hamed Al-Khalifa - 75 naye paise
This stamp highlights a monumental shift in regional postal administration and national identity, centering on the portrait of the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman bin Hamed Al Khalifa. Framed by intricate geometric patterns that draw inspiration from traditional Islamic and Arab design, the illustration symbolizes local sovereignty, dynastic legitimacy, and the official reclamation of national administrative authority from purely foreign imperial imagery. In the historical and cultural context of Bahrain during the late 1950s and early 1960s, this issue represents a significant evolutionary step toward complete independence, utilizing a local face and bilingual text in English and Arabic to assert a distinct state identity. The incorporation of the "PAISE" currency alongside Western numerals carries a message of economic modernization and structural formalization, celebrating Bahrain's rich heritage of native governance and its strategic maturation as a self-reliant hub of commerce and institution-building in the Gulf.
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Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) - 100 fils
Longnose Emperor (Lethrinus elongatus) - 100 fils
Malabar Grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) - 100 fils
Silver Black Porgy (Sparidentex hasta) - 100 fils
Two-bar Seabream (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus) - 100 fils
Mullet (Liza sp.) - 100 fils
White-spotted Spinefoot (Siganus canaliculatus) - 100 fils
Sordid Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus sordidus) - 100 fils
Houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus) - 100 fils
Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) - 100 fils
White Antelope (Addax nasomaculatus)
Arabian Oryx - Al Maha (Oryx leucoryx)
Arabian Hare (Lepus capensis-Lepus capensis arabicus)
Desert Monitor-Waral (Varanus griseus)
Reem – Male (Gazella subgutturosa marica - Gazella marica)
Reem (Gazella subgutturosa marica - Gazella marica)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Falconer with Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Falconer with Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
