'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [130v] (271/483)
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
226
Limit of Value —None.
Insurance —Not available.
Special prohibitions t—Letters ; animals and insects, living or
dead ; coin, gold, silver, precious stones jewellery and otter
precious articles ; fire-arms and ammunition.
Hedjaz, Nejd and Dependencies—
Letter Post—
Letter postagef — 3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and If annas
for every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
Rute —Through Syria.
Insurance —Not available.
Special Prohibitions t—Liquors, hashish, arms, books contrary to
the public morality and to the Islam religon, opium and
cocaine.
‘Remarks —There are post offices at the following places:—Hedjaz;
Breda and Ouncza, Daba, Hail, Hassa, Jauf, Jidda,
Mecca. Medina, Rabigh, Riyadh, Tail, Wejh and
Yembo—Nejd and Dependencies ; Abba, Kunfida, Bahrein,
Kahlif, Lith and Oquair.
Parcel Post—
‘Route —Through India.
Rates of postage J— Not over I kilo.
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos.
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Maximum dimensions —Greatest length 3k feet (105 centimetres)
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres);
Limit of Value —None.
Insurance —Available up to £ 40 for parcels addressed to Mecca
and Jedda only.
Special Prohibitions —Liquors, Hashish, Opium, Cocaine, Arms
and Ammunition, Obscene Literature and Literature prejudi
cial to the Muslim Religion.
Remarks —The service extends only to Mecca, Jedda, Yambo,
Wejh, Medina, Kunfida and Taif.
Hervey Islands— See New Zealand.
Hodeida— Red Sea.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence