Yep, that's obviously it. Thanks for the link.
Now I see that there was a "overseas" Pakistan post office inside the
exclave of Oman before it lost its exclave status when the territory
was bought by Pakistan. I wonder if that post office's grounds
comprised an enclave of Pakistan inside Oman.
Len
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "chris schulz" <23568@g...> wrote:
> hi len,
>
> can it be, that you are talking about gwadar?
> http://www.home.pages.at/maxifant/Frames/gwadar.htm
>
> regards, chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: L. A. Nadybal
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:54 AM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] New Subject - Gwadur
>
>
> I found a recent philatelic reference to Gwadur - and it's having been
> purchased by Pakistan in 1958. THe reason it is of interest, is that
> it was one of three locations where India ran post offices in other
> countries - Dubai, Muskat and Gwadur. When Pakistan separated from
> India on 15 August 1947, it took over the three post offices. A few
> months later, on April 15, 1948, the office in Muskat and Dubai were
> taken over by the British; Gwadur's post office remained Pakistani.
> Ten years later, in 1958, Pakistan bought Gwadur. End of story.
>
> Question. Where is it, from whom was it purchased, and is it now an
> exclave of Pakistan?
>
> Regards
>
> Len Nadybal
>
>
>
>
>
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