1901 letter on H.M.S. Pomone stationery in "Keweitt, Persian Gulf", written by a crew member and posted in Bombay 6 Jan 01 to Reading, with arrival pmk on back, interesting text "the Turkish troops are about 60 miles inland but we only wish they would come down and let us make a move from this place", fine and rare historical letter (Image)

Est.US$250

1915 (8 Sep) KEVII 1/2a Indian stationery entire envelope uprated with 1/2a green, tied by "KOWEIT" departure pmk to London, with arrival (Oct 6) on back, fine and early usage with the first cds used in the first year of the Post Office (Image)

Est.US$250

1915 (18 Feb) registered cover with India 2a6p George V, canceled "KOWEIT" (as in Donaldson Type 1, but date at top), with corresponding framed "R/Koweit" Registry handstamp, sent to Bombay, showing the printed "Rev. D.Dykstra/Maskat, Arabia" altered to "Bahrein" in manuscript, violet "Passed Censor Bombay", envelope additionally opened and resealed by red "Opened by Censor" label, with 1.3.15 Bombay Inland Registration Dept. arrival, cover roughly opened, with some toning on reverse, rare India used in Kuwait cover which originated in Bahrain, with 2015 BPA certificate (Image)

Est.US$500

1916 (29 Nov) registered cover with India 2a6p George V, canceled "KOWEIT", with corresponding "R/Koweit" Registry handstamp, sent to Indore, with violet "Passed Censor Karachi", with 12.12.16 Indore arrival on backflap tucked inside, rare India used in Kuwait cover, with the provisional pmk, with 1984 BPA certificate (Image)

Est.US$500

1916 (3 Mar) registered "On Active Service" cover with India 4a George V, canceled "KOWEIT" ( Donaldson Type 1), with corresponding framed "R/Koweit" Registry handstamp, sent to Isle of Wight, with London transit and Shanklin 31.3.16 arrival pmks, fine and extremely rare war-time usage from Kuwait to England, with 1988 BPA certificate (Image)

Est.US$500

1918-19 two covers from USA, both receiving "KOWEIT" arrival pmks. The 1918 letter from NY was censored in Bombay and took 75 days, the 1919 letter took 43 days to arrive, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1923 (8 Aug) registered cover to London, franked with pair of 2a6p, used in combination with "Service" Officials 1/2a, 1a and 1 1/2a, endorsed "Recd out of Course", arriving in England on 20 August, fine and undoubtedly rare mixed Postage/Service combination, with 1976 BPA certificate, ex-Donaldson (Image)

Est.US$500

1923 (10 Apr) On His Majesty's Service cover with "Government of India" embossed backflap, franked on reverse with 2x1a "Service" officials, addressed to "Air Headquarters British Forces in Iraq, Baghdad", from "Political Agent Kuwait", Busra transit and Baghdad (18 Apr) arrival pmks, fine and scarce usage of Service Officials as regular postage, with 1981 BPA certificate (Image)

Est.US$500

1923 1 1/2a chocolate, variety type B, horizontal pair, used in combination with 3a orange brown on registered cover (24 June 26) from Kuwait to Bombay, India, with Registration label No.166 at bottom left, fine usage, with 10 July arrival pmk on back, 1996 Royal certificate (Cat No. SG 3var) (Image)

Est.US$500

1926 (11 Aug) registered cover franked with 1a chocolate, overprint inverted, used in combination with pair of 2a6p ultramarine, paying 6a rate from Kuwait to Bombay, with arrival (31 Aug) pmk, roughly opened with small piece missing from back, only a few covers known with this error (Image)

Est.US$250

1926 (11 Aug) registered cover from Kuwait to Bombay, franked with pairs of 1/2a green, overprint inverted and 2a6p ultramarine, large boxed "Kuwait" registry label, some toning, with Bombay (31 Aug) arrival pmk on back, fine and quite scarce, only a few covers known with inverted overprints (Image)

Est.US$500

1926 (11 Aug) registered cover from Kuwait to Godra, India, franked with two copies of 3a ultramarine, one with overprint inverted, Godra (30 Aug) arrival on back, fine, very few commercial covers with inverted overprints are known (Donaldson Handbook, Page 110) (Image)

Est.US$500

1929 10r green & scarlet, used on flown cover from Kuwait (2 July 38) to England, v.f., stated to be the only recorded postal (non-telegraphic) usage of 10r George V on cover, cat. £2200 (Cat No. SG 28) (Image)

Cat. £2200, Est.US$750

1933 (18 May) large cover franked with 1a, 12a and 1r chocolate & green, registered and flown to London, with blue Registered label at left, blue crayon and folded, well away from the stamps. The sender, Major Frank Holmes (1874-1947), known affectionately by Arabs as "Abu Naft" (the Father of Oil), was a British-New Zealander mining engineer, geologist and oil concession hunter, who represented the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah who signed an oil concession (covering the entire 15,800 square km of Kuwait for 75 years), with Major Holmes as his representative in London. Oil was struck in Kuwait in February 1938) (Cat No. SG 25) (Image)

Est.US$250

1938 (7 Jan) registered cover franked with five different overprinted stamps paying 9a rate, sent via Basra (9.1), Bagdad (10.1) and Istanbul (17.1) to Zagreb, Yugoslavia, v.f., with transit and arrival pmks on back, unusual pre-WWII destination (Image)

Est.US$250

1950 2r, 5r and 10sh surcharges on G.B. Festivals stamps, three different used 24 Oct 51 on registered cover to India, fine-v.f., with Bombay arrival on back (Cat No. SG 90-92) (Image)

Est.US$150

1951 two covers with British Post Office in East Arabia franking, one with single 4a to Beirut, with Baghdad transit pmk on back, the other (missing backflap) with 6a value only, used in combination with Kuwait 6a George VI and sent to England, fine and rare usage of the "value only" surcharges from Kuwait (Image)

Est.US$200

1933 (23 Dec) First Flight from Singapore to Kuwait, cover franked with Straits Settlements adhesives, sent via Bagdad and Basra, with "Basra/Unpaid" and "Postage Due/One Anna", Kuwait 11 Jan 34 arrival pmks on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 (27 Sep) registered first flight to Rangoon, redirected on arrival to Bagdad and Baiji, Iraq, with a myriad of transit and arrival pmks on back, fine. Only 20 covers flown to Rangoon, Baiji pmks not recorded (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 (9 May) first flight from Athens to Kuwait, v.f., only a few known (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 (28 Sep) Rangoon to Kuwait first flight cover, scarce Indian franking, with arrival pmk, only 20 carried; also return Kuwait to Rangoon first flight, franked with overprinted 3a and 4a Kuwait Air Post adhesives, only a few carried (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 (15 July) first flight from Kuwait to Jodhpur, India, Basra (16 July) transit and Jodhpur, India (23 July) arrival (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 (4 Jan) registered first flight cover from Baghdad to Kuwait, v.f., with (7 Jan) arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.US$150

1936 (23 Aug) cover addressed to England, with framed "Damaged by Sea Water" handstamp, markings and stamps mostly intact, salvaged from the crash of "Scipio" Seaplane, at Mirabella, Crete. The plane was in transit from Alexandria to Brindisi, when it landed heavily in Mirabella Harbor in rough seas, flipped over and sank with the loss of two crew members. (Image)

Est.US$750

1933 Chicago Flight, registered cover from Kuwait (27.9), via London, where 2x6p Great Britain franking was added for further transmission to South America, sent by Zeppelin to La Paz, Bolivia, scarce destination, minor toning at bottom, with Berlin forwarding cachet and arrival pmks on back (Image)

Est.US$1,000