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Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B486

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service dating from 29 Mar 1947.

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Reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B486

Title

Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service

Date

29 Mar 1947

Description

Typescript agreement (simply entitled 'Agreement') between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company, dated 29 March 1947, setting out the terms for the operation by the company on a contractor basis of the Kuwait-Zubair mail service. The agreement relates to the delivery by the company of all postal articles and mail bags as defined in the Indian Post Office Act of 1898 (and as later amended). The agreement includes statement of import and export duties in Bahrain, Trucial Coast, Kuwait and Muscat (folios 2-3); recommendations by the British Post Office Representative for the services to be provided, dated November 1947 (folios 5-8); and list of services which it is proposed to maintain or discontinue, dated December 1947 (folios 10-13).

Arrangement

The document is in the form of a series of appendices, marked A-I inclusive.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference

B486

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1 file (13 folios).

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 13 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7eb5b8c8-daa8-4514-af7c-425f58db4fb1/

Series information

IOR/L/PS/18

Political and Secret Department Memoranda

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Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service