By: Cherrystone Auctions
lot # 910 - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History
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
Estimate: $500
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