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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎83v] (177/483)

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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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136
Foreign Telegrams.
The minimum number of words to be paid for is 20. Places to
which the letter telegram services are available are given at section XIII,
Multiple Telegrams are inadmissible.
(4) Both deferred telegrams and letter telegrams must be
in plain language with the restrictions mentioned below.
They must not conta in either code or cypher, and must not bear any
meaning other than that which appears on the face of them. Sigm if
punctuation are allowed if used in the ordinal y way. Figures may
be used in the text, provided they do not exceed one third of the number
of chargeable words.
(5) Deferred telegrams and letter telegrams for any destination
maybe written in either English or French. Not more th;n one
language may be used in the same deferred telegram or letter telegram,
Deferred telegrams must bear the indication LGO {language of the
country of origin), LGF {French), or LCD {language of the country
of destination) according to the language used, and daily letter
telegrams the indication DLT. Each of these indications is chargeable
as one word.
(6) For the purpose of deferred telegrams the languages
of the country of origin in the case of Iraq are English and
French.
(7) Prepaid replies and rpeetitions in connection with
deferred telegrams or letter telegrams are charged for at the
full ordinary rate. Repetition at the request of the sender is not,
however, allowed in connection with letter telegrams, Heply vouchers
issued with ordinary or deferred telegrams or letter telegrams may be
used to prepay, to the amount of their value, a foreign telegram of any
of these clauses.
326. Radio telegrams.
Radio telegrams are accepted at any Telegraph Office for trans
mission to ships acquipped with wireless telegraphy through any of
the coast stations in the list given at section XIV.
(3) Redio telegrams should be written on ordinary foreign
telegram forms.
327. Address.
The address of a radio telegram should contain (1) the name of the
addressee ; (2) the name of the ship prefixed with the word Steam
ship when there is a risk of the name of the ship being confused with
the name of a Telegraph Office ; (3) the word “Wireless” or the name
of the coast station through which the redio telegram is to be sent.
(2) The name of the coast station should be used when the sender
knows the appropriate station.

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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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