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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [98v] (207/483)
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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162
Foreign Post Directory.
Special Prohibitions t—Same as Australia.
Bokhara— See Turkistan.
If the value
parcels
exceeds
Bolivia—South America.
Letter Post—
Letter Postage'' — 3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and 1| annas
for every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
‘Route —Through Great Britain.
Insurance. —Not avilable.
Special Prohibitions t— Plants: rags: shoddy, worn clothing;
disused and filthy bedding.
Parcel Post **—Delivery confined to principal places only and
additional charges for inland conveyance are levied on
delivery by the Bolivian Post Office in respect of parcels for
most places.
Route —Through India and Great Britin via Gibraltar.
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Rates of postage +—
Customs declarations
4
Not over 1 kilo.
Not over 3 kilos.
Not over 5 kilos.
Not over 9 kilos.
Rs. as. ps.
4 9 6
6 13 6
7 2 6
14 4 11
Letter Post-
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Maximum dimensions —Greitest length 31 feet (105 centimetres);
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres).
Limit of Value —None.
/>?s urance —Not avilable.
Special prohibitions] —Letters : brandy, alcohol ; tobacco in any
form ; plants and shrubs in baskets : articles of gold or silver:
jewellery and other precious articles ; silver and nickel coins:
rags ^shoddy, worn clothing ; disused and filthy bedding ,
carbon paper and oiled paper, oilskins and other similar oiled
goods. The importation of arms and ammunition is subject
to certain restrictions.
Bullion, Coin or Jewellery may not be sent in parcels exceeding
5 kilogrammes in weight.
Remarks —The conditions of transit in Bolivia are exceptional and
to prevent injury parcels should be very strongly packed, ^»
to conditions relating to the transmission of celluloid ant
carbon paper, see Remarks under Great Britain and Northern.
For Explanation of Symbols see page 139.
Insurance-
Parcel Po
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Letter Po
letter post
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About this item
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence