Westwards bounded rates from
Kuwait
Postage Rate
Kuwait to Europe and USA (surface mail):
(Date Format dd.mm.yyyy)
So far only
6-7 covers from Kuwait, sent thru the
Overland Mail, are known. However, the few known covers indicate that
the rates had been as per the below table:
Overland Mail Surcharges
From |
Till |
Surcharge First
20 grams |
Surcharge
each
additional 20 grams
unconfirmed, no cover seen /
known |
30. August 1923 |
30. March 1927 |
3 Annas |
3 Annas |
1. April 1927 |
|
1 1/2 Annas |
|
Before 15 November 1931 |
N/A |
No more surcharge required |
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Incidentally, Commercial and Printed Papers, Books, Pattern and Sample
Packets were charged at 1a for every 50 grams while Postcards were
charged at ½ as.
The Iraqi Postal Administration abolished the Overland Surcharge on 1
March 1929 where after Overland mail was charged as normal Surface
mail. The Armitage/Johnson’s book mentions the need to endorse letters
using the service “Overland Mail” something that remained a requirement
after the surcharge was abolished.
Postage
Rate (Surface Mail)
From |
Till |
First
20 grams |
Each
additional 20 grams |
Every
additional 10 grams |
30. August 1923 |
30.
March
1927 |
3 Annas |
3 Annas |
|
1. April 1927 |
|
|
|
1 1/2 Annas |
Registration Charges
From
|
Till
|
Surcharge First
20 grams
|
September 1922 |
1 March 1932 |
3 Annas |
1. April 1932
|
23. July 1940
|
15 Fils (3 as)
|
24 July 1940 |
|
20 Fils (4 as) |
Here is such a rare cover, It travelled from
Kuwait
to UK
overland. The rate is 3As surface mail, 3As registration and 3As
payment to the Nairn Brothers for the
Overland Route. The cover
went from Kuwait
(28.12.25) to Basrah (7.1.26). It then went
overland
to Haifa, where it picked up the railway to
Cairo, then by ship to London (17.1.26). It
has to go direct to London, because there
was no direct route to Germany.
From London it went to
Berlin
(19.1.26 - and was carried by the railway post - Bahnpost). Finally
ends up in Forst on 19.1.26. The dates of the transit post offices are
manifested on the reverse of the cover. On request I will show the reverse
side as well.
(courtesy Khaled Abdul-Mughni.)
Another such rare covers.
It travelled from
Kuwait
to Sweden,
rate again 9 As as above, postmarked Kuwait, 4th. February 1926
Cover dated 19. July 1928 via Basrah / Iraq
(Transit pmk on reverse) to UK, franked with a total of 4 1/2
Annas, in addition Overland Mail label.
(Ex Alan Parsons
Collection)
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