'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [16v] (32/483)
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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6
General.
(d) The articles which the certificate relates must he posted by
the same person at one time, and not more than six articles
may be entered in any one certificate.
(e) The officer on duty at the post office will compare the
number of the articles presented and the addresses on them
with the entries in the certificate and, if the latter be correct
will obliterate the postage stamp or stamps and impress the
date-stamp on the certificate, the certificate Vvill then be
returned to the person who presented it.
RECALL OF ARTICLES POSTED
26. Recall of Articles Posted.—(I ) Inland letters, postcards,
packets and parcels, and foreign registered articles of the letter mail
and foreign parcels may be recalled when in course of transmission b\
post, without reference to the consent of the addressee, subject to the
following conditions :
Note :—Postal articles addressed to (rreat Britain, its dominions,
colonies and protectorates as well as to India (including
Burma) cannot be recalled from the country of destination.
(a) No such postal article shall be re-delivered to the sender
except under the orders of the Director-General, I dsts and
Telegraphs.
(?;) A fee of one rupee shall be paid m respect of each postal
article for the re-delivery of which to the sender, an appli
cation is made.
(c) An application shall be received only from the semder of
the postal article, or from a person authorised in this behalf
by the sender in writing.
(d) Every application shall be in writing and shall state the
reasons why re-delivery is sought. If desired, the state
ment of reasons may be enclosed in a sealed cover attached
to the application, in which case the sealed cover shall be
opened only by the Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs.
(e) Application may be made through any Postmaster.
(/) On receiving such application,, together with the prescrib
ed fee, the postmaster shall immediately send the same to
the Director-General for orders.
(g) If the postal article of which re-delivery is sought is in the
postmaster’s office, he shall keep it in deposit pending the
receipt of orders.
(h) If the postal article is not in his possession, the postmaster
shall require the postmaster of the post office of destination
in the case or an inland article, or of the office of foreign
exchange in the case of a foreign article, to hold in deposit.
The requisition to such other officer may be sent by tele
graph, provided that the applicant pays the cost.
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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- 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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- Open Government Licence