OMAN

OMAN / عمان

Empty Quarter Saudi Arabia.
Map of State of Oman and dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius).
Cindarella (unrecognized issue), 1968.
Face value: 3 B.
Size: 34.3 x 44.3 mm.

This stamps was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman. The “State of Oman” was based in the Green Mountains (Al Jabal al Akhdar) area of Oman and the region of Dhofar south of Oman, and Nizwa was the rebel capital. The Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arab Gulf (later called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman; PFLO) gained control of the growing rebellion by the late 1960s with the aid of the People’s Republic of China, the Soviet Union, Marxist South Yemen (which had achieved independence from the British in late 1967), and Iraq.

DHOFAR

DHOFAR / ظُفَار

First definitive stamps, considered cindarellas.
Map: location of Dhofar on the Arabian Peninsula.
First stamp in a set of 8, issued on 30.04.1972.
Face value: 20 Imani balsa.

Dhofar (or Dhufar, ظُفَار) is currently one of the governorates of Oman, with an area of 99,300 km² (38,300 sq mi) and 408,419 inhabitants (September 2021). In 1963 the Dhofar Liberation Front, of communist ideology, was formed, which rebelled against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman with the aim of creating an independent state, free from the government of the Omani Sultan. The rebels also intended to end British influence in the Persian Gulf region. This led to a war (Dhofar War or Omani Civil War) that began on June 9 of that year and lasted until March 11, 1976. The rebels had the support of South Yemen, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Eventually, the Omani Armed Forces, with the support of Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom, defeated Dhorfar guerrillas and the territory rejoined the Sultanate of Oman.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).