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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎5v] (10/483)

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The record is made up of 1 file (229 folios). It was created in c 1930-c 1939. 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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IV
Contents.
Value-Payable Post.
Clause. Page.
111 Description ... ... 33
112 Articles which may be
sent value-payable... 33
113 Post Offices from and
to which Y.-P. arti
cles may be sent ... 33
114 Declaration necessary. 33
115 Manner of posting ... 34-35
Clause. Page.
116 Manner of delivery to
addressee and pay-
' ment to sender ... 3-1
117 Insurance of V. P.
articles ... ... 34-35
1 ! cS Complaints regarding
V. P. articles ... 35
119 Responsibility of the
Post Office ... 35
Section III FOREIGN POST
Introductory,
120 Postage rates, limits of
size etc. of postal
articles ... ... 35
121 Unpaid and insuffi
ciently paid letters.. 35
122 Prohibited contents... 35
Letters.
123 Letters enclosed iu
transparent envelo
pes ...
Postcard?.
126 Penalty for breach of
rules
124 Postcards of private
manufacture ... 36-37
125 Genernal rules relating
international post
cards ... ... 37
Printed Papers.
127 Definition ... ... 37-38
128 Packing ... ... 38
129 Permissible additions
or alteration ... 38-39
130 Address and other
cards sent as print
ed papers ...
131 Penalty for breach of
conditions ...
Business Papers.
35-36
37
39-40
40
133 Penalty for breach of
conditions ... 40-41
132 “ Commercial or busi
ness papers” defined 40
Sample Packets.
134 Contents and packing. 41-42 j 135 Penalty for breach of
' conditions ... ... 42
“Blind Literature” Packets.
136 Contents and condi
tions of posting ... 43
137 Penalty for breach of
conditions ... ... 43

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Content

Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq.

Key chapters in the volume cover:

  • Inland post
  • Foreign post
  • Foreign parcel post
  • Money orders
  • Official post articles
  • Railway post letters
  • Telegraphs.

There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These contain amendments suggested to the parcel postage section; their author and date are unknown.

Extent and format
1 file (229 folios)
Arrangement

The volume’s contents are arranged into eight sections. Contents pages (ff 6-9) lists the chapters, and refer to page numbers.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 231; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script
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