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Unoverprinted Indian stamps recorded used during this period
include
KG V 14a.(SG 202), la. (SG 234), 114a. (SG 235)
KG VI 1937 3p.-Rsl5 (SG 247-263), except 9p.,3a., 314a., 6a., 8a.
and 12a.
1940-43 3p.-14a. (SG 265-277)

Unoverprinted Indian stamps on piece are known with forged
Type 12A cancellations dated 19 NOV 42 (though the date is more
usually very indistinct).
Between 1943 and 1945 the war-time Airgraph Service operated
between U.K. and Kuwait but its use was extremely limited. The earliest
seen was sent from Surrey on January 13th. 1943 and was delivered in
Kuwait in early February; it bears on reverse the Iraqi Censor mark,
Basrah date-stamp of February 7th. and boxed “PASSED BY CENSOR.
KUWAIT”.
Others from England are back-stamped on arrival with the Type 12
canceller; whilst those from Kuwait to England are written on forms
which carry the instructions in Arabic as well as English, and bear an
Iraqi Censor mark.

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