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Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf' [‎20v] (40/739)

The record is made up of 1 file (368 folios). It was created in 23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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5# Insurance « Insurance 7 : 1111)6 available for registered letters only.
The rate of nsuran^e fee, in addition to ordinary postage and registration
fee, will be:
As. Ps.
Yvhere the value insured does not
exceed Rs.IOG/- • 5 °
?or every additional Rs,200/- , 5 6 ^
or frar-tion thereof. ^
Insured boxes will not be available.
Insurance by air mail will not be available.
6 . Advice of delivery and enquiries. The fee for an advice of delivery
for registered articles will be three amas p r article. The same rate will apply
to enquiries.
7. Articles liable to customs duty . Printed piaper packets liable to customs
duty and letters and sample packets containing dutiable articles will be admitted
under the usual conditions.
Declared value will he entered on green labels in rupee currency.
8 . Reply Coupons. The sender of a letter to azy of the places mentioned in
para. 3 above can prepay a reply by enclosing in his letter an Imperial Reply
coupon., in exchange for which the addressee can obtain postage stamps or stamps
representing postage on a single rate from any of these places to Pakistan. The
sale price of these coupons in Pakistan is two and a half annas each.
9. V.,. Services. No V.P. Service will be available to the British Post Office
Agencies in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Muscat. The rates
As.
7
9
9
12
Insurance of parcels will be available at the same rates and under the same
conditions as apply to the insurance for letters and as mentioned in para 5 above.
Advice of delivery will be obtainable on payment of a fee of three annas per
parcel, the same fee being chargeable for enquiries.
The service relating to prepayment of non-postal charges shall not be available
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10. Parcels. Parcels may be sent to Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai and
pf postage shall be:
Rs.
1
For a parcel not exceeding 2 lb
3 lt>
7 lb
11 lb
22 lb

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The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain; the General Post Office; the Air Ministry; the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktoom; the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, India; HM Treasury; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan; the HM Ministry of Civil Aviation; the Commonwealth Relations Office: the HM Ministry of Works; and Cable and Wireless Limited.

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1 file (368 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 369; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf' [‎20v] (40/739), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4119, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055128071.0x00002b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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