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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎135r] (280/483)

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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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plant; manufactured tobacco other than ‘ Cavendish” or
Negrohead” tobacco containing any prohibited ingredient ;
tobacco, cigars or cigarettes packed with other articles ; sac
charine, mixtures containing saccharine and other substances
of a similar nature and used for a similar purpose ; arms and
ammunition and parts of arms (except under license granted
by the competent authority in the Irish Free State) ; coin,
precious stones, jewellery and articles of gold and silver of
any kind in uninsured parcels ; coins exceeding £5 in value
(except when accompanied by a declaration that they are.
intended for use as ornaments) ; gold in ingots exceeding £5
in value and silver in ingots or silver partially worked
exceeding £20 in value even if the packet containing coin or
ingots is sent as an insured parcel ; living plants with sprouts
or parts of such plants, potatoes, bulbs, tubercles, roots, seeds,
hop plants, gooseberry and currant bashes, the seedlings,
cuttings or o her parts thereof (except the fruit ; pathological
specimens ; living animals ; infected animals of all kinds as
well as their carcasses, skins, horns, hoofs, or such other parts
of animals the transmission of which may be prohibited in
order to prevent the propagation of any contagious disease ;
the plumage of birds (except the eider duck) ; liquids or
substances'for analysis or for medical examination ; butter and
similar substances, unless packed in wooden or tin boxes
hermetically sealed rags ; bedding ; 1 disused and filthy
clothing ; prison made goods.
Note—Typewriter carbon papers are admitted provided the sender
certifies the contents on the Oustoms Declaration in the
following terms Typewriter carbon papers coated with wax
and containing no oxydizable oily or fatty substances , The
transmission of other kinds of carbon paper is prohibited.
‘Remarks—No liability is accepted by the Post Office of the Irish
Free State for any parcel containing precious stones, jewellery
or any article of gold or silver exceeding £100 m value unless
enclosed in a box measuring not less than 3 feet 6 inenes m
length and girth combined.
A minimum Customs duty of 2 shillings and 6 pence is chained on
every single class of dutiable goods contained m one packet oi
parcel.
A Delivery Fee of 6 pence is charged on every parcel not liable to
customs duty.
Parcels containing watches or motor accessories exceeding £3 in
value or containing clothing exceeding £b in value must he
accompanied by an. invoice.
For Explanation of symbols seepage 130,

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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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