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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎6v] (12/483)

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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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Contents.
Clause.
33 Redirection
34 Interception and place
of redirection
35 Conditions of free re
direction ...
Redirection.
Page.
9
9-10
Clause.
36 Penalty for breach of
conditions
3 7 Instructions regarding
change of residence ...
38 Period for which ins-
tructions valid
Page.
10
Notes for Public Information.
11
39 Restrictions and limita
tions ... ... 11
40 Legal responsibility of
the Post Office ... 11
41 Posting of coin and
other precious articles 11-12
42 Advantage of prepay
ment of postage
43 Services that cannot be
claimed
44 Posting in Letter Boxes.. 12
43 Complaints against the
Post Office ... ... 12-13
12
12
46 Inland postage rates ... 14
Section II. INLAND POST
Introductory.
47 Maximum size
48 Maximum weight
49A Postage
49B Postage on letters
for delivery locally...
52 Postcard of private
manufacture
52A Inland postage
52B Postage on postcards
for delivery locally...
15
15
15
Letters.
50 Air mail surcharge
51 Unpaid and insufficiently
paid letters
15
15
15 I
Postcards.
53 Air mail surcharge
54 General rules relating
to inland postcard
55 Penalty for breach of
conditions
15-16
16
16
Book Packets, Printed Papers, Pattern and
Sample Packets.
16
16-17
17
56 Postage
57 Air mail surcharge ...
58 Unpaid and insuffici
ently paid book pac
kets etc.
59 Weight and size
60A Contents of a book
packet
60B Contents of a pattern
or sample packet ...
17
17
17
18
18-19
61 Communications of the
nature of a letter not
allowed
62 Paper money” not
allowed
63 Packing
64 Penalty for breach of
conditions
65 Liability to detentions.!!
19- 20
20
20 - 21
21
21

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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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