Product Description
SCWPM.#16b - TBB.#B211b
Date: L1968 (1980-94) - Grade: UNC
Signature: 5
Description: Colour: Brown.
Front: Kuwait Stock Exchange building; coat of arms with falcon and dhow.
Back: Justice Center of Kuwait building. - Solid security thread.
Watermark: Falcon head. - Printer: (G&D). - Size: 165 x 68 mm.
Some key dates in Kuwait's history:
1700s - Nomadic tribes from central Arabia settle in the bay of Kuwait City, among them the Al-Sabah family whose descendants now rule Kuwait.
1899 - British protectorate: Britain assumes control of foreign and defence policy amid fears of an expanding Ottoman Empire.
1930s - Oil: The discovery of massive oil reserves revolutionises the country's economy.
1961- Kuwait gains independence from Britain.
1963 - British military intervention forces Iraq to abandon its territorial claims and recognize Kuwait's independence.
Kuwait becomes the first Arab country in the Gulf to establish an elected parliament.
1990-91 - First Gulf War: Iraqi invasion leads to a US-led military campaign to liberate Kuwait. A US-led and UN-backed bombing aerial campaign begins in Kuwait and Iraq. By late February 1991, allied forces reach Kuwait City. Iraqi forces torch oil wells as they pull out.
2003 - Tens of thousands of soldiers converge on the Kuwait-Iraq border for a US-led military campaign to disarm and oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Second Gulf War.
2003 - Political reform: Emir issues a landmark decree separating the post of prime minister from the crown prince.
2005 - Kuwaiti women win the right to vote and run in parliamentary elections.
2012 - Unprecedented protests call for government reforms.
2015 - Kuwait and four other Gulf states take part in Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
2020 - Sheikh Nawaf takes over as emir on the death of his half-brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah.
