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the Imperial Airways cachet arc, in most eases, very rare. Commercial
mail despatched by these flights bore no cachet.
Postmarked Kuwait To Number flown (approx)

Sept. 27/28 1933 Rangoon 20 25
Akyab 5 7
Dec. 13 1933 Bangkok 7 10
Alor Star 5
Singapore 25
July 12 1934 Durban

BY AIR MAIL VIA ZIPPEIIN
PAR AVION I MIIOaiCMIHAMN
By Alr>mll to I«ndon
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NUIVAIT 3ra Honnann 3tOltf. fc Co
No 17.1 Roolfo-I’ornanbuoo.
BRAZIL.

Mail from Kuwait was carried by the Graf Zeppelin on its South
American flights in 1933 and 1934. This cover is back-stamped
Pernambuco 31.10.34, and is one of only ten reputedly carried on the
11th flight to South America.

The 4a. Air Mail stamp was sold out by the end of 1933 but the
other values continued in use on commercial mail for many years, the
2a. having been seen used as late as January 1937, and the 3a. and
6a. on a registered cover sent to Switzerland on December 1st., 1942.
Air Mail rates to UK and India throughout this period, and until
1939, were 7a., 11a., 16^a. and 201/£a.; the registration fee being 3a.
and the surface rate to both areas 3a.
Kuwait apparently ceased to be an Imperial Airways mail stop
about the end of 1937. Whereas covers to U.K. and India 1933 to 1937

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