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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎116v] (243/483)

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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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198
Foreign Post Directory,
For Explanation of symbols see page 1.39.
Note—Parcels for Eygpt and the Sudan can only be insured for trans
mission by the sea route.
Special prohibitions} —(a) Eygpt—Letters; arms and ammuni
tion of war ; hashish and grains of hashish ; imitation tobacco,
tobacco seeds and juice or extract of tobacco ; live-bees or any
other insects, their eggs, larvae etc. ; cultures of bacteria and
fungi injurious to plants ; vine leaves ; tombac and grains of
tombac ; raw cotton ; cotton plants, seeds, etc. (except ginned
cotton, addressed “Entomological Section, Ministry of Agricul
ture, Custom House, Alexandria, for M ”
where they must be claimed within 15 days of arrival; lottery
tickets, prospectuses and announcements, etc ; poisons (unless
addressed to chemists, druggists, or persons authorised by
Government) ; current coin (except gold coin); shaving brush
es (unless accompanied by a certificate from a competent au
thority of the country of origin that they have been adequately
disinfected and found to be free from anthrax microbe) ; the
importation of Japanese shaving brushes into Eygpt is, how
ever, strictly prohibited. Articles likely to import the plague,
viz., clothing and wearing apparel (worn) ; bedding that has
been used ; rags and waste stuff not excepting hydraulic press
ed rags ; used sacks ; carpets and worn embroideries ; leather,
untanned and fresh skins ; fresh animal matter ; hoofs of all
kinds ; horse hair ; bristles ; raw wool and human hair.
The transmission of the following articles is temporarily pro_
hibited :— Fruits, vegetables and all articles of food (excepj.
onions, flour, potatoes, cereals and rice), unless packed in her_
metically sealed boxes, (b) The Sudan Same as by letter post
Remarks— Parcels containing absolute coins (current coins, and
imitation or counterfeit coins are not admitted); jewellery, and
other articles of gold and silver for places in the Sudan must
be insured. Parcels for the Sudan must be packed in wood,
tin, canvas, linen or similar material and not merely in brown
paper or card boards and must be securely sealed with wax or
lead, preferably lead. Parcels not packed in wooden or metal
mxes must be covered with canvas, linen or similar material,
sewn up at the flaps and folds and secured with string sealed
at the knot and ends. VYooden boxes must be of stout mater
ials well screwed or nailed together at the sides, top and bot
tom. Light or bulky articles mu&t be packed in strong wooden
eases. Parcels containing Bacon, Ham, Honey, Cheese, Cakes,
uc ding, Fish, Olives, Butter or other substances likely to
cause damage by exuding, must in addition to the outer pack
ing escribed above, be enclosed in hermetically sealed tins,

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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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