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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎53v] (109/483)

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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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80
Moiey Orders.
of the money order and commissson. The remitter should examine
the receipt to ascertain that the partic.ulais have been correctly entered.
Any error or omission should be pointed out at once by the remitter
to the post office ; if he omits to do so, the responsibility for any
mistake v ill rest with him.
238. Advice of Payment.—(1) The remitter of a foreign ster
ling money order in respect of which an advice of payment is available
can obtain such advice of payment by paying a fee of two annas in
addition to the commission chargeable on the money order. Advices
of payment are obtainable from all countries with which money,
orders are exchanged, against which the letters A.P. are shown in the
list of countries in Section X.
( 2 ). When the remitter of a foreign money order expressed in
sterling has not paid the fee for an advice of payment and desire to have
an enquiry made by the Post Office regarding the disposal, of the money
order, he will be entitled to this service on payment of the same fee
as that chargeable for an advice of payment.
Note, —The fee for an advice of payment, if asked for at the time
of issue of the money order, must be paid by means of postage
stamps, which should be affixed in the space provided for the
purpose in the sterling money order form.
239. Alterations or Refunds. —If the remitter of a foreign
money order expressed in sterling desires to alter the name or address
of the payee or to cancel the money order and have the money refunded
to him, he should address the Director General of Posts and Tele
graphs, enclosing the receipt granted to him by the office of issue.
That office will communicate with the Foreign country concerned and
intimate the result. In the case of the cancellation of an order after
reference to the Foreign Country of payment, the amount to be re
funded will be the value of the order, but not the commission. No
second commission will be charged for the services mentioned in this
clause.
Exception.— The cancellation of a money order or the alteration
of the name or address of the payee is not'permissible in respect of
money orders drawn on certain countries and places. For information
on the subject and the names of the countries and places see list of
countries under section X.
240. Payment of Orders Abroad.— ( 1 ) r J he currency in which
payment is made and the deduction, if any, made from the amount of
the money oidei in cases where payment in the country of destination
is airanged thiough the medium of another country are shown against
the names of the countries and places concerned, in the list of
countries under section X.
(2). Payment is subject to the regulations of the country of
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.

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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.

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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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