Murjan and Mesk Tower - A post office of British India was opened August 19, 1909. It used the stamps of India on mail, with postmark 'Dubai Persian Gulf', until India's independence in 1947, then stamps of Pakistan until March 31, 1948. When Pakistan came into existence, the British government set up a postal administration for Eastern Arabia and used overprinted British stamps until January 7, 1961, when Dubai issued its own stamps inscribed 'Trucial States'. Despite the name, these were only on sale in Dubai's post office.