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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎115r] (240/483)

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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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Foreign Post Directory.
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Cuenca, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Latacunga,
Machala, Portovejo, Quito, Riobamba, and Tulcan.
As to conditions relating to the transmission of celluloid and
carbon piper see Remarks under Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
For undeliverable parcels see v clause 175.
Egypt—(including the Sudan)—
Letter Post II—
Letter postage *—3 annaS for the 1st 20 grammes and II annas for
every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
Route —Direct.
Insurance —Available up to £ 1 20 for letters only addressed to
Egypt not to the Sudan.
Special prohibitions}—{a) Egypt Hashish and its seeds ; raw or
refined sugar (except under permit, shaving brushes (except
under certain conditions); live bees or any other insects, their
eggs, larvae, etc : cultures of bacteria and fungi injurious to
plants ; tobacco seeds and juice or extract of tobacco •, salt
petre; natron ; poison; arms or parks of arms and ammunition ,
raw cotton or cotton seeds (except samples of ginned cotton
addressed “Entomological Section, Ministry of Agriculture,
Custom House. Alexandria, for Mr ; y-
where they must be claimed within fifteen days of arrival);
lottery-tickets; prospectuses and announcements ielating to
lotteries (except under Government authority); articles having
any value and consequently liable to cmtoms duty, including
samples sent in numbers in order to avoid the levy of
customs duty.
Sudan unassayed articles of gold ; unginned cotton ; shaving
brushes from Japan ; current, false or counterfeit coin , egg,.
feathers and all otffir parts of the marabou egret and tufted
crane • all parts of the colobus monkey ; counterfeit and false
Giane , mi pa _ literature ; saccharine sugar
measures and weights ; seditious nteraiuie , * /• D.
and sugar candy except under licence ; growing plants tmclu
Sng bSbs etc ),ginned cotton and cotton seeds, except under
nermit issued by the Director of Agriculture Khartoum ;
alcoholic liquors (except under permit); certain drugs and
aicoiionc nquoih V F excent under Government regula-
poisons; arms of all kinds, except u at the
lions ; closed articles containing dutiable goods, p.epaid
latter rate.
Parcel Post —
(a)—By Sea-Direct.
Route—{b)—By Overland-Dire ct.
(b)
For Explanation of symbols see page 139.

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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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English in Latin script
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