The was an organization of
State s under
British protection in what would become '''
South Yemen '''. It was formed on
18 January 1963 by merging the 15 protected states of the '''
Federation Of Arab Emirates Of The South ''' with the
Crown Colony of '''
Aden '''. In June
1964 , the
Upper Aulaqi Sultanate was added for a total of 17 states. A team was sent to the
1966 Commonwealth Games in
Kingston, Jamaica . The Federation was abolished when it gained independence along with the
Protectorate Of South Arabia as the
People's Republic Of South Yemen on
30 November 1967 .
The Federation issued its own
Postage Stamp s from 1963 to 1966. Most of its issues were part of the
Omnibus Issue s common to all the Commonwealth territories, but it did issue its own
Definitive Stamp s on
1 April 1965 . The set of 14 included 10 values, from 5 to 75
Fils , each depicting the arms of the Federation in a single color, while the top four values (100 fils, 250 fils, 500 fils, and 1
Dinar ), featured the flag of the Federation.
- Paul Dresch. ''A History of Modern Yemen''. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- R.J. Gavin. ''Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967''. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975.
- Tom Little. ''South Arabia: Arena of Conflict''. London: Pall Mall Press, 1968.
