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The final withdrawal of the British Force took place between
September 29th and October 19th; and the latest recorded date of use
of the three F.P.O. cancellers in Kuwait is October 3rd.
The new Sief Palace.
Kuwait became a member of the U.P.U. on February 16th, 1960;
and, by 1966, no less than 25 Post Offices - in Kuwait Town and its
suburbs, in coastal villages, in the Neutral Zone at Ras al Khafji (where
the Saudi Arabian Government also had a Post Office) and even on
Failaka Island — fulfilled the desire expressed by Shaikh Mubarak over
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