'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [139r] (288/483)
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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very strongly packed. Waterproof covers should be used for
parcels intended for places beyond the services of the Uganda
Railway. _ .
The only places for which parcels containing com, bullion,
jewellery articles of gold or silver, or precious stones fill he
accepted are Mombasa, Lemu, Nairobi, Nakuru, and Kisumu
in Kenya and Entebbe, Kampala, and Jinja in Uganda am
such parcels must be insured,
For undeliverable parcels see clause 175.
Keran, Red Sea (Italian Office—See Erithrea.
Khorasan, Province of Persia—See Persia-
Korea—See Corea.
Kwanto-Shou (Kwantung)—See Formosa, etc.
Kwantung, Japanese— See Formosa, etc.
Kweichow —See China.
Labuan— See Straits Settlements.
•Laccadive Islands—(Non-union).
Letter Post—
Letter Postage'" —3 annas for the 1 st 20 grammes and 1 2 annas for
every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
Route —Through India.
Insurance —Not available.
Special prohibitions f—Prepayment of postage on correspon le
is compulsory and registration is not available.
Parcel Post —None.
Ladrone Islands —See Marianne Islands.
LagOS, Africa—See Nigeria, (British).
Lahej —(Gulf of Aden)
There is no mail communication with this place. A11 P ^ 1 articl ®®
for delivery to any one at Lahej should be addressed to the
care of an agent in Aden.
Lake IVIoero —See Nyasaland Protectorate.
LamU— See Kenya and Uganda.
Laos— See French Colonies in Indo-China.
Latvia —Same as Lettonia. nt • cn
Leeward Islands— (Antigua, Dominica, Montsermt.f evis^St.
(British)—
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