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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.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/L/PS/18/B486
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Title (The name of the record)
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Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service
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Date (When the record was created)
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29 Mar 1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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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).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The document is in the form of a series of appendices, marked A-I inclusive.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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B486
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 file (13 folios).
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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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.
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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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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/18
Political and Secret Department Memoranda
Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/18/B
Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
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Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service