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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [99v] (209/483)
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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164
Foreign Post Directory.
Joinville, Juiz, de Flora, Maceio, Manaos Maranhao, (Sao
Luiz) Natal, Nictheroy, Onro Preto, Para (Belem do’ Para)
Parahyba do Norte, Paranagua, Paranahyba, Pelotas, Pernam-
buco, (Recife) Petropolis Porto Alegre, Recife (Pernambuco).
Ribeirao Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Santa Maria do
Bocca do Monte, Santos, Sao Luiz (Maranhao) Sao Paulo. Saa
Salvador (Bahia) Theophilo Ottoni, Therezina, Uberaba,
Victoria.
Parcel Post § §—
Route —Through India,
Rates of postage +— Not over I kilo.
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos.
2 —Not over 5 kilos
‘Rs. a, p
-i :•] 6
5 15 6
6 4 G
Maximum Dimensions —Greatest length 3b feet (105 centimetres);
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres),
Limit of Value —None.
Insurance Available up to £ 120 for parcels intended for Bahia,
(Sao Salvador) Pernambuco (Recife), Rio de Janeiro, Santos,
Sao Pauio.
Special prohibitions t—Letters, daggers and blades for daggers;
sword sticks and similar articles ; hand cuffs ; coins, medals,
articles of gold, silver or other precious metal, precious stone
and other precious objects, except in insured parcels ; cotton
seeds and unginned cotton, unless addressed to the Ministry
ol Agriculture; raw cotton and and cotton I waste (except under
certain conditions) ; rags, shoddy, worn clothing ; disused
and filthy bedding ; carbon paper and oiled paper ; oilskins
and other similar oiled goods.
The importation of the following articles is subject to special
restrictions :—
writing materials ; chemicals; drugs ; essences; lard; live
bees ; plants, bulbs, seeds, etc ; preserved meat and other
food stuffs ; saccharine ; wines, spirits and beers.
Remnrks Parcels may not be addressed “Poste Restante.”
Parcels must be sealed with a distinctive seals.
British Central Africa —(Non-Union)—Same as Nyasaland
Protectorate.
British East Africa Protectorate— (including Uganda
1 rotectorate) See Kenya and Uganda.
b or Explanation of Symbols see page 130,
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
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- Open Government Licence