Egypt. 1990-91 First Gulf War suspended service mail: 19.6.91 cover on Hotel Le Meridien stationary from CAIRO to KUWAIT, tied by hotel's machine slogan cancel; as Egypt already suspended mail service in Aug. 1990, this cover marked such, here with scarce bilingual Arabic/French instructional marking handstamp "Return to Sender | Current Situation in Kuwait" (one of 3 types known) & backstamped 22-9-91 CAIRO return delivery.

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