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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Jordan, formerly Transjordan.

Early post

Jordan was part of the Turkish Empire until 1918 and a number of Turkish post offices existed in the area.^[1]

British occupation

Stamps of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force were valid in Transjordan, Palestine, Cilicia,^[2] Syria, and Lebanon from 1918.^[3] In 1920, E.E.F. stamps overprinted "East of Jordan" in Arabic were issued for Transjordan.^[4]

First stamps

Transjordan became part of the League of Nations mandate for the territories of Palestine in 1922. Postal service was set up after the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, and started taking over the postal service that was run by the Ottoman Empire.^[5] The first stamps for the Emirate were E.E.F. stamps overprinted with the inscription "Arab Government of the East" in Arabic. Further overprints were also made with the stamps of Hejaz. The first set of definitives bearing the image of Emir Abdullah was issued In 1927.^[6]^[7]

Independence

Transjordan remained a British mandate until 1946. On 25 May 1946, the Emirate became the "Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan", achieving full independence on 17 June 1946. In 1949, it was renamed the "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan". By 2019, Jordan had issued 2,667 stamps.^[8]

Palestine issues

Jordan provided the postal stamps for the West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem) between 1948 and 1967. Prior to the incorporation of the West Bank into Jordan in 1950, Jordanian stamps overprinted "Palestine" in Arabic and English were issued from 1948 until April 1950.^[9] After 1950, stamps of Jordan were used in the West Bank until it was occupied by Israel in 1967.