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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎36v] (75/483)

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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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46
Foreign Post.
14. Liquors, Wines and Spirits except by Licensed wholesale
vendors.
15. Telegraph and Wireless Telegraph Apparatus including small
scale models or instruments for purposes of instruction (except such as
are imported for the Government). Wireless Telegraph Apparatus i.e.
“ Receiving Sets’’ and accessories may be imported by private persons
under license granted by the Director-General of Posts and Tele
graphs.
16. Arms of all kinds, part of arms and amunition.
17. Packets of pictorial postcards are prohibited from importation
as printed matter.
18. Shaving Brushes manufactured in Japan.
RE-DIRECTION.
140. Correspondence to be sent by the Foreign Post.—
Correspondence re-directed in Iraq for transmission by the Foreign
Post will be forwarded without any charge for re-direction on the part
of the Post Office of Iraq In Union countries re-directed correspon
dence is treated on delivery in accordance with the rules in clause 142.
In the case of non-Union countries, the postage levied in the country of
destination will be governed by the regulations of that country.
141. Correspondence Received by Foreign Post. —Corres
pondence received by the Foreign Post, and re-directed after arrival in
Iraq to another place in Iraq, will not be charged with any additional
postage on account of such re-direction.
142. Re-Directed Correspondence Received by Foreign
Post. —Correspondence re-directed from a Union country to Iraq will
be dealt with in accordance with the following rules.
(a) If originally posted in a Union country abroad for another
Union country, and redirected to Iraq, it will be treated on
delivery as if addressed direct from the country of origin to
the new destination in Iraq and charged accordingly with any
postage that may be due.
(b) Correspondence originally posted in a Union Country abroad
for another place in the same country and re-directed to Iraq
will be treated on delivery as follows :—
(i) If originally fully prepaid to its first address, it will be charged
with the difference (if any) between the postage already paid
and the postage which would have been required for prepay
ment from the place of origin direct to the final destination. (ii)
(ii) If originally unpaid or insufficiently paid to its first address,
it will be charged as if it had come direct from the place
of origin as unpaid or insufficiently paid correspondence.

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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.

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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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