A Postal History of the Arabian Gulf Post Offices Vol.1 - Bahrain, by T E Jones.

Published by the author, 2007.  S/B, 79pp.

The first volume in a series of handbooks on the postal history of the Arabian Gulf post offices from the 1880s to 2004.  The Indian postal agency, including incoming mail 1902-1921, the Persian Gulf Air Route, the Horseshoe Route, air letters from the 1940s, censored mail forgeries, and ‘B’ covers from Awali, the British postal agency, including local mail services, and the State of Bahrain postal service are covered, with further chapters on postal stationery and postal markings.  Illustrated in black and white, with colour plates.