Hashemite kings on Jordanian stamps

Among the experts, enthusiasts, and researchers in postage stamps is Professor Jalil Tannous, a postage stamp expert.

Jalil Tannous is a big name and a title for the hobby and the professional Jordanian hobbyist in the Arab world and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and a historical reference in Jordanian, Arab and international stamps. .

“The Hashemite Kings on Postage Stamps: A Hundred Years of Progress and Civilization” (commemorating the centenary of the founding of the Jordanian state, 1921-2021) is the first book of its kind published in Jordan. It documents the Hashemite journey since the establishment of the Jordanian state, highlighting achievements and developments reflected in postage stamps. The book notes that postage stamps were first used on October 10, 1920, in the city of Salt. It is worth mentioning that the post and telegraph office was established in Salt in 1919. Due to the lack of postage stamps in Jordan, the British advisor to the local Salt government requested the High Commissioner in Palestine to provide the necessary stamps. The High Commissioner sent “EEF” stamps overprinted with the phrase “Transjordan.“.

Regarding the first purely Jordanian postage stamp, Professor Tannous points out that it was issued in 1927 and it bore the image of Prince Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein and the phrase ”East of Jordan”.