Worldwide Stamp New Issues - Bahrain.

Last updated March 2003.

Firstly, I wish to thank Serge Ungeheuer for permission to reproduce information from his Internet site. Click here to visit his Internet site.

Some of the information here is deduced from stamps in my own collection. Some sets mentioned here may contain other values not noted.

• 1997. Opening of Shaikh Isa bin Salman Bridge.
  • 80f Tower of bridge.
  • 250f Panorama of bridge.
    Other values may exist.
• 1998, March 3. Urea Plant at G.P.I.C. Complex.
• 1998, May 11. 50th Anniversary of the World Health Organization.
  • 80f Map and anniversary emblem.
  • 200f Map and anniversary emblem.
  • 250f Map and anniversary emblem.
• 1998, June 10. World Cup Soccer Championship, France, 1998.
  • 200f World maps on soccer balls.
  • 250f Soccer players.
• 1998, October 30. 14th Arabian Gulf Soccer Cup, Bahrain.
• 1999, January 9. Grand Competition of Holy Quran Recitation.
• 1999, June 5. Commemoration of His Highness Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa.
  • 100f Flag, map and half-length portrait.
  • 200f Map and portrait on flag.
• 1999, October 9. International Year of Older Persons.
• 1999, November 24. 10th Anniversary of the Bahrain Stock Exchange.
• 1999, December 16. National Day.
• 2000, February 26. Bahrain Dilmun Exhibition.
  • 100f Sculpture and map.
  • 200f Map and sculpture.
  • 250f Map and seal.
• 2000, March 24. 50th Anniversary of Gulf Air.
  • 100f Emblem, map of the Mediterranean and map of Bahrain.
  • 200f Emblem and map of Bahrain.
  • 250f Emblem, map of Bahrain and repeated logos.
• 2000, May 9. "Made in Bahrain 2000" Exhibition.
  • 100f Flag and cogwheel emblem, and Sheikh.
  • 200f Flag and cogwheel emblem, and Sheikh.
  • 250f Oil refinery, emblem and Sheikh.
• 2000, October 9. "Bahrain's Passage through Time". Miniature sheet.
• 2000, December 30. 21st Supreme Council Session of the G.C.C., Bahrain.
• 2001, February 18. 10th Anniversary of Beit Al Qur'an.
• 2001, April 28. Housing Silver Jubilee.
• 2001, September 29. Year of Volunteers.
• 2002, February 21. Day of the Arab Woman.
• 2002, May 31. F.I.F.A. World Cup.
  • 
    These three stamps were issued, together, in a miniature sheet.
• 2002, July 15. Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa.
• 2002, October 5. World Teachers' Day.
• 2002, October 24. Parliamentary Elections.
• 2002, December 16. Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa.

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