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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [138v] (287/483)
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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242
Foreign Post Directory
For Explanation of symbols see page 139.
Special prohibitions] —Plants and seeds are subject to the same
prohibitions and restrictions as by Parcel Post. _ Indian one-
rupee notes ; raw spirits ; condensed skimmed milk; Japanese
shaving brushes ; articles with false British Trade Marks, etc,
automatic and silent guns.
Remarks —Packets of pictorial postcards are prohibited from
importation as printed matter.
Parcel Post—
Rjmtc —Through India.
Rs.
a.
P-
‘Rrites of postage +—• Not over 1 kilo.
2
12
6
Customs declaration —Not over 3 kilos.
3
8
6
1 Not over 5 kilos.
3
13
6
Maximum dimensions —Greatest length 3i feet (105 centimetres);
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres)
Limit of Value —£ 50.
Insurance —Available up to £ 120, for parcels addressed to
Eldaret, Kitale, Nyeri, Mombasa, Lamu, Nairobi, Nakurn
and Kisumu in Kenya and Entebbe, Campala, and Jinja in
Uganda.
Special prohibitions \ —Letters (except one for the addressee);
articles bearing a false description or false marks of manu
facture or origin ; Indian silver coins and one-rupee notes;
raw spirits : Japanese shaving brushes ; automatic and silent
guns ; stone fruit frees and parts thereof ; eucalyptus, acacia,
and coniferous plants and parts thereof (except seed) ; citrus
trees (or fruit) ; peach stones ; apple stocks (including young
rooted plants), coffee plants, Coffee beans, coffee (except
roasted beans and ground coffee) can only be imported by
special permission of the Director of Agriculture, Kenya am
Uganda Protectorate. The importation of cotton seeds, cottee
plants and coffee seeds (other than torrefied beans and indi
genous coffee) is subject to special conditions.
Plants other than those mentioned (unless accompanied by a
certificate that they are free from disease) are liable to i ns P ec )
tion and precautionery fumigation, and to destruction if P e>t
or disease is found. Seed potatoes are admitted only ™e n
accompanied by a sworn declaration of origin and a prescn ■
ed Government certification in addition to the ordinary
certificate.
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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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- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence