'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [119r] (248/483)
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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Foreign Post Directory.
203
For Explanation of Symbols see page 189.
Special prohibitions t—Letters ; money (coin or bank notes\ gold
dust, bars of gold ; grapes in bunches, grape vines or cuttings ;
articles infringing the customs laws.
For undeliverable parcels see clause 175.
Finland,—
Letter Post —
Letter postage *—3 annas for the i st 20 grammes and li annas for
every additional 20 g<ammes or part of that weight.
Route —Through Syria.
By Air—Through Egypt.
Insurance —available up to £80 for letters only transmitted
through Syria.
Special Prohibitions ]—The importation of unmanufactured tobacco
certain seeds, alcoholic^ substances, firearms and their acces
sories, calendars, rags, and poisons, is subject to spocial
restrictions.
Remarks —Reply-coupons issued in Finland subsequent to 31st
October 1921 are not valid for exchange with postage stamps.
Parcel Post —
Route (a) 1—Through India and via France.
Rs.
a.
P-
Rates of postage] — Not over 1 kilo.
2
14
6
Not over 3 kilos.
4
10
6
Customs declarations — Not over 5 kilos.
4
15
6
3 Not over 9 kilos.
10
5
0
Route (a) 2 —Through llndia and Great Britain.
(via Gibraltar)
RS.
a.
p.
Rates of postageX — Not over 1 kilo.
3
10
6
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos.
5
13
6
3 Not over 5 kilos.
6
2
6
Not over 9 kilos.
11
4
0
Impute (b) —Through Syria (Overland)
Rs.
a.
P-
Rates of postageX — Not over ! kilo.
2
13
0
Customs declarations Not over 3 kilos.
5
0
0
2 Not over 5 kilos.
6
5
0
Not over 10 kilos.
10
14
0
Maximum dimensions —By Route (a) 1 : Greatest length 2 feet (00
centimetres ; greatest length and gnth com mec .
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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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