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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎16r] (31/483)

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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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all money orders (see clause 297) which may arrive for the addressee or
his family ; provided that no value-payable articles will be delivered
otherwise than as prescribed in clause 116,
“I authorize the postmaster of.... to deliver registered
and insured articles and parcels, and pay money orders to
my messenger named and on the post
master delivering such articles and paying such money
orders to the messenger, and obtaining the latter’s receipt, I
free the Post Office from all responsibility in respect of
such articles and money orders.”
(2) If the addressee does not authories his messenger to sign on his
behalf the receipts and acknowledgments in the case of registered and
insured articles, and notices with acknowledgments and coupons, in
the case of money orders will he handed under receipt to the messenger
for delivery to the addressee. When the receipts and acknowledgments
are returned to the post office duly signed and the notices endorsed
with receipts of payment, t&e articles and the amounts of the money
orders will be made over to the messenger.
(3) . It is not necessary that the authority granted to the post
master should apply to all classes of articles ; it may be restricted to
uninsured registered articles, in which case insured articles will be
delivered and money orders paid, only on the return of the receipts,
acknowledgments and notices signed by the addressee.
GENERAL.
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING.
24. Object of Certificates. —The object in granting certificates
of posting is to afford the public an assurance that letters and other
articles entrusted to servants and messengers for posting have actually
been posted.
25. Manner of obtaining. —A Certificate of posting may be
obtained on the following conditions in respect of any postal article for
which a receipt is not given by the Post Office :—
(a) The certificate must be prepared by the sender in ink
and must be presented at the post office along with the
articles to be posted, during the hours fixed for the grant of
such certificates.
(b) The certificate must be superscribed “Certificate of posting’’
and must contain an exact copy of the addresses on the
articles for which it is required, and show the total num
ber of the articles in words at the foot.
(c) The certificate must bear a postage stamp or stamps in pay
ment of a fee of one anna for every three letters, postcards
or packets or part of that number.

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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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