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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎144r] (302/483)

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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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For Explanation of symbols see page 139.
Foreign Post Directory
253
iry,
Insurance —Available up £60 for letters only addressed to Johore
Bahru in Johore.
Remarks —Prepayment of postage on correspondence for Treng-
ganu is compulsory. Acknowledgment of delivery of register
ed articles are obtainable.
Parcel Post—
Impute —Through India.
Rates of postageX— Not over ! kilo.
Customs declaration — Not over 3 kilos.
1 Not over 5 kilos.
Rs.
2
3
3
p-
6
6
6
Maximum\\dimensions —Greatest length feet (105 centimetres);
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres).
Limit of Value —£ 120.
Insurance —Available up to £ 60 for parcels addressed only to
Johore Bahru in. Johore, and Kuala Trengganu in Trengganu.
Special prohibitions t—Fire-arms and ammunition ; letters; bhang,
opium, spirits, morphia, morphine and cocaine.
Remarks —Parcel post with Trengganu is restricted to the towns of
Kuala, Trengganu and Koman.
. hvpilfei Malay States— of Kedah, Kelantan and Perils.
til places efif
ng-
fire-arm! if
to tie Pfl#
cofrency #
er? except ,
ad colee
. tobacco, ffi?
Letter Post—
Letter postage *—
Same as Malay States, Federated.
Eaj# ®
Koala U
ilam,
Telol i ® 1
to ot to f
eclair s;:
Staft
Tfoute-
Sp?cil prohibitions t— Kedah and PerliS; Fire-arms, parts of fire
arms and ammunition ;spirits, ganja and bhang, opium chandu
morphia ; morphine, cocaine and hypodermic syringes except
under registered packets addressed to the State Medical Officei
at Kedah or to the Medical Officer at the South Kedah, North
Kedah or at Central Kedah ; articles other than insured letters
bearing on the outside a declaration relating to the value oi their
contents ; lottery-tickets, offers of prizes and advertrsements
relating to lotteries and to speculations on exchange or any
other gambling business. KELANTAN; Fire-arms, parts of fare-
arms and ammunition ; spirits, ganja and bhang ; oprum,
morphia, morphine, cocaine and hypodermic sj ranges excep rn
registered packets addressed to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. burgeon a
Kelantan ; lottery-tickets and anything relatrng to lotterres.
Insurance —Available up to £ 60 for letters only addressed only
to Alor Star* Kulim. Sungie Patani, Sungr Srput and Sungkar
in Kedah.

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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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