'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [25ar] (51/483)
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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* Inland Post.
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box etc.) and the second (which must he a box of metal or of strong
wood) some space must be left to be filled with saw-dust, bran or some
other absorbing material.
(3) Live bees must be enclosed in suitable cases and so packed as
to prevent the risk of injury to other postal articles in course of trans
mission by post or to officers of the Post Office.
(4) Tubes of serum for medical purposes must be enclosed in a
receptacle, hermetically sealed or otherwise securely closed, which
receptacle must itself be placed in a strong wooden, leather or metal
case in such a way that it cannot shift about and with a sufficient
quantity of some absorbent material isuch as saw-dust or cotton wool)
so packed about the receptacle as absolutely to prevent any possible
leakage in the event of damage to the receptacle.
(5) Plants, fresh cut flowers and the like must be enclosed in
boxes of wood or metal.
(6) Tinned foods or boxes of preserve which would be spoiled if
packed in the usual manner, should be enclosed in suitable receptacles
hermetically sealed.
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□metres (3 inches) along each seam.
All the seals must be of the same kind of wax and must bear
distinct impressions of the same device. The device must
not be that of a current coin or merely a series of straight,
curved or crossed lines.
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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- 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