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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎72v] (147/483)

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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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118
Railway Post Letters.
SECTION VII.
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RAILWAY POST LETTERS.
282. Nature of Service. —By an agreement between the Iraq
Railways and the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, letters
may be handed in at any of the Railway Stations in Iraq mentioned
m the list below, for transmission by the first available passenger
tram to any other Railway Station or Post Office in Iraq or to any
foreign country. Such letters are called “ Railway Post Letters.”
lire service applies only to ordinary unregistered letters and
postcards.
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283. List of Railway Stations Authorised to Accept Rail
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Abu Jisrah.
All Serai.
Al-Juwadain.
Bashir.
Bat-Hah.
Baghdad East.
Baghdad West.
Baghdad North.
Baiji.
Baqubah.
Balad.
Cassells’ Post.
Diwaniyah.
Eski Kifri.
Ghuchan.
Ghubaishiyah
Hamz.
Hindiyah,
Hillah,
Hillah River Siding.
I.P.C. Camp.
Iskandariyah.
Iftikhar.
Jarbu’iyah.
Jalibah,
Kirkuk.
Kurdarah.
Kadhimain.
Karbala.
Khidhr.
Khan Mahawil.
Khanaqin City.
Khan Jadwal.
Laqit.
Mahmudiyah.
Maqil.
Musayib.
Nasiriyah.
Qara Tepe.
Qaraghan.
Qizil Ribat.
Ranalimah.
Rum.aitha
Samawah,
Shuaiba.
Sumaicha,
Samar rail.
Shahraban.
Sulaiman Beg.
Tikrit.
Tuz Khurmatu
Tubat.
Tel-El-Lalim.
Table Mountain.
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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.

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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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