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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎73r] (148/483)

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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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Railway Post Letters.
119
UR JUNCTION.
284. Limit of Weight and Method of Posting.—A Railway
Post Letter must not exceed 80 grammes in weight and it must be
presented at a Railway Station authorised to receive such letters during
such hours as the Station is open to the public, to either the Station
Master or the passenger Booking Clerk of the Station as the case
may be.
285. Postage and Fees. —The charges on a Railway Post Letter
are (1) the ordinary inland postage viz. 2 annas for a letter not
.exceeding 20 grammes and 1 anna for every additional 20 grammes in the
case of an inland article, and 3 annas for a letter not exceeding 20
grammes and 1 g annas for every additional 20 grammes in the case of a
letter addressed to a foreign country, (2) a special Railway fee of 2
annas.
The fee for a postcard will be 1 anna for an inland postcard and ii
annas for a foreign postcard in addition to the Railway fee of 2 annas.
A Railway Post Letter or.Postcard may be accepted for transmis
sion by Air Mail, in which case the Air Mail fee must be paid in
addition to the above charges.
The postage fees should be prepaid in postage stamps affixed to the
article in the ordinary way and the Railway fee by means of a special
railway—label face value 2 annas—obtainable at any Railway Booking-
Office, and which must also be affixed to the article.
286. Method of Address. —A Railway Post Letter or Postcard
can either be addressed, to a Railway Station to be called for by the
addressee [see Example (a)] or to theactual postal address of the
addressee with the addition of tbc name of the Railway Station to
which the article is to be transmitted [see Examples (b) and (c)].
Examples :—•
(ft) Example of a letter addressed to a Railway Station to be
called for.
To he called for.
T. Jones, Esq.,
C/o Station Master.
Station
insert full name of Railway Station.
(b) Example of a letter addressed to the actual postal address of
- the addressee.

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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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