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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎10r] (19/483)

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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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139-335
139-352
353-356
Principal Post Office Charges.
Particulars.
Inland Post.
Letters
For a letter not ex
ceeding 20 grammes
in weight.
2 annas.
For every additional
20 grammes or part
of that w 7 eight.
1 anna.
Special Service.
Basrah — Baghdad —
Air Mail Service.
Air Mail Fee :—
Foreign Post.
For all Countries ;—
3 annas for a letter not exceeding
20 grammes and annas for
every additional 20 grammes or
part of that weight.
Exception :—The Inland Rates of
postage are applicable on letters
posted by personnel of the Indian
Army in Iraq, for India. Such
letters are to superscribed “ Sol
diers Letters ” and duly franked.
Special Services :—
(1) Baghdad Uamascus Over
bid Mail service.
'For Countries West of Iraq.

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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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IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
Title
'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930'
Pages
front, front-i, 2r:20r, 20ar, 20v:24r, 24ar, 24v, 25ar, 25r:74v, 75ar:75bv, 75r:80v, 81ar, 81r, 81av, 81v, 82ar, 82r, 82av, 82v:140r, 140ar, 140v, 141ar, 141r, 141av, 141v, 142ar, 142r:156r, 156ar, 156v, 157ar, 157r:159v, 160ar, 160r, 160av, 160v:199v, 200ar, 200r, 200av, 200v:231v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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