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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [88v] (187/483)
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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142
Foreign Post Directory.
Foi Explanation of Symbols see page 139.
LIMITS OF SIZE.
Letters. —To all destinations 45 centimetres (l| feet) in each
direction. If in the form of a roll 7 5 centimetres (21 feet) in length
and 10 centimetres (4 inches) in diameter.
Postcards. —The maximum size for postcards is 25 centimetres
(6 inches in length and 10'5 centimetres (4*2 inches) in breadth and the
minimum size 10 centimetres (4 inches) in length and 7 centimetres
(2*8 inches) in breadth.
Books and Printed Papers. —To all destinations. The same
as for letters.
Commercial Papers. —To all destinations. The same as for
letters.
Pattern and Sample Packets. —To all destinations, 45 cent,
metres (li feet in length), 20 centimetres (8 inches) in breadth and It)
centimetres (4 inches) in depth. If in the form of a roll. 45 centi
metres ( 11 feet) in length and 15 centimetres ( 6 inches ) in diameter
Blind Literature. —To all destinations. The same as for letters.
Parcels-tfee Directory.
MONEY ORDERS.
(1) Ordinary Money Orders.
(a) Rupee Money Orders : 7,e., orders expressed in Rupee
currency. The rate of commission is 3 annas for every 10
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or
faction thereof.
' Sterling Money Orders i e.. Orders expressed in Sterling
Money. . The rates of commission are 4 annas for the first pound
oi fraction thereof and 1 anna for every additional 5 shillings or
fraction thereof.
o ^d VICe8 ol Payment are available on payment of a fee c
w annas m each order, in respect of those countries against which th
eis . . . appear in the List of countries to which Foriegn Mone
Orders may be sent vide Section X.
(2) Telegraphic Money Orders.
A rlp^^ra 8 ? 131110 , ^? oney 0rdGrs drawn on India (including Burma) an
BaXladOaS d iV he Baghdad > Basrah, Koweit Mosul an
So hl dr^ n ent . P D^ 0ffices - Telegraphic Money Orders ma;
at the Bne-hda ^ a Britain and Northern Ireland and are accepts
at the Baghdad and Basrah Head Post Offices only.
Aden^or Orem^? r a addressed either to India am
Adei m Great Britain and Northern Ireland is made up of
? r d er Commission payable on an ordinary Pfeig:
—- ,s (1 Inulu T or der as the case may be and,
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
- Title
- 'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20r, 20ar, 20v:24r, 24ar, 24v, 25ar, 25r:74v, 75ar:75bv, 75r:80v, 81ar, 81r, 81av, 81v, 82ar, 82r, 82av, 82v:140r, 140ar, 140v, 141ar, 141r, 141av, 141v, 142ar, 142r:156r, 156ar, 156v, 157ar, 157r:159v, 160ar, 160r, 160av, 160v:199v, 200ar, 200r, 200av, 200v:231v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence