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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [14v] (28/483)
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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2
General.
mission at the same time as the coupons for exchange.
GENERAL RULES AS TO POSTING.
7 P*»r>lnnef.—(U All articles, which are likely to suffer from
mail being enclosed in sujul vuvoic. v
snecial precautions to ensure the safety of fragile articles.
abbreviations or lead pencil should be avoided.
(2). To insure prompt and safe transmission the address
should be completely written, the name of the post town being given
as clearly as possible at the bottom of the address. In case of articles
to Foreign Countries, the name of the country of destination should be
written, in addition to the post-town thus .
A. B. A. B. A. B.
Muttassarif, 27 Lord Street, 10 Canning Street,
Baghdad. Southport, Calcutta,
India.
England.
(3)- The names of post-towns on Inland articles should be
spelt as shovn in the list of post offices in this book and of foreign
countries as given in the Foreign Post Directory.
9. Articles Requiring Special Treatment. —Letters and
other articles intended to be registered or insured : or for which
certificates of posting are required ; or which otherwise call for any
special treatment at the post office must be presented at the counter
early enough to ensure prompt despatch. Articles posted on or just
before the cessation of business frequently cause congestion, with a
result that they cannot be distributed in time to catch the particular
despatch they are intended to go by.
10. Late Fee Letters. —At certain post offices letters for
• despatch may, on payment of a special late-fee, be posted after the
ordinary hours for collection. In the case of official articles the late
fee should be paid by service stamps.
About this item
- 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 View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence