ADEN

ADEN / عدن (British colony, now in Yemen).

Definitive stamps (with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II).
Crater Pass.
Fourth stamp in a set of 6, issued on 15.06.1953.
Face value: 5 East African shilling.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 58.
- Scott No. 58.
- StampWorld No. 59.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 67.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 59.

Aden (in Arabic, عدن) is currently a city in Yemen located south of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a natural harbor, built on an old volcanic peninsula, in a strategic position on the route between India and Europe. The first records of its existence date from the 5th and 7th centuries BC. On January 19, 1839, the British seized the city, which was under the control of the British Crown until on November 7, 1967, as a result of several Yemeni revolts and some armed confrontations, was abandoned. On December 1, 1970 the Democratic People's Republic of Yemen, better known as South Yemen, was proclaimed. On July 7, 1994, Aden was occupied by troops from the North Yemen Army and Yemen was unified into one country.

The Crater Pass, also known as the Main Pass or Main Gate, is a narrow gorge between walls of volcanic rock that gives access to the old city. A bridge was built on it, as can be seen in the stamp.