1960/61 Two unusual postal stationery registered envelopes 'Sheik
Sulman bin Hamad Al Khalifah', with (1) env. 40n.p., size G,
addressed to
1960/61 Two unusual postal stationery registered envelopes 'Sheik
Sulman bin Hamad Al Khalifah', with (1) env. 40n.p., size G,
addressed to Ireland uprated two definitives 40n.p. tied by "AWALI
(1)/BAHRAIN/26 JY 64" c.d.s. and with registered oval despatch
dater on the reverse, and (2) similar registered envelope 40n.p.
red but overprinted by two black bars (after the Sheik's death in
1961) also addressed to Northern Ireland, covered by additional
stamps 75f. and 5f. tied by large oval dater "MANAMA BAHRAIN 11 AP
66". The add. adhesives partly lifted from the envelopes in order
to identify the printed stamps of 40n.p. A very unusual pair