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Bahrain Post Museum documents the Kingdom's postal service

A collection of old postal stamps
A collection of old postal stamps

Photo feature by Hammad Al-Mutairi

MANAMA, July 16 (KUNA) -- The Post Museum in the Kingdom of Bahrain is an institute dedicated to preserve the country's postal service history.
The museum has a collection of old postal stamps dating back to the late 1700s to 1800s.
It also is home for around 4,000 rare stamps issued by Gulf and Arab countries and has a collection from 195 states and organizations members of the 1874-formed Universal Postal Union (UPU). (end) hmd.gta