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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎51v] (105/483)

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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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76
Money Orders.
paid to the payee. If the the order is issued at a station where there is
a Government telegraph office and the telegraph office is closed at the
time the order is presented at the post office for despatch, and if there is
any likelihood of the message being delayed, in transmission, the remit
ter will be informed accordingly.
224. Payment. —A notice of the arrival of a telegraphic money
order will ordinarily be sent as soon as practicable after receipt of the
telegraphic advice by the office of payment.
The T M.O. will be paid at the post office to the payee or his agent
on Ills signing a receipt for the amount and the acknowledgment and
returning these documents to the post office.
225. Signature of Payee. —The receipt and acknowledgment
must be signed by the payee named by the remitter, or by some person
authorised in writing, by the payee on his behalf. The signature must
be written in ink in the space provided for the purpose. If the payee
is illiterate, it will be necessary for him to make his mark on the receipt
and acknowledgment in the presence of a witness whose signature
must be obtained on these dscuments.
228. Procedure if Payee cannot be found. —If the payee of
a telegraphic money order cannt be found, or should the payee refuse
to take payment, a reference will be made to the office of issue by
telegraph, in order to obtain instructions from the remitter regarding
the disposal of the telegraphic money order. These instructions will be
communicated to the office of payment, by telegraph if the remitter
pays the cost of the telegram, otherwise by post The telegraphic
money order, if still undeliverable, but not any private communication
that may have been added to it, will then be re-issued by telegraph,
free of any further charge, for payment to the remitter. The fees will
in no case be refunded.
FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS,
Rupee Money Orders.
227. Countries of Exchange. —The names of the countries and
places with which foreign rupee money order may be exchanged are
given in section X “ Foreign Money Order Services ” of the" Guide.
Such countries and places have limit of amount stated against each in
rupee currency, i he amount of a foreign Rupee money order must
not include a fraction of an anna.
Note T All money order offices, except those whose functions are
restricted in this respect and which is indicated again t the
names of Hie offices in the List of Post Offices at the end < f this
publication, are authorised to issue money orders for payment
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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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