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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎157r] (330/483)

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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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Foreign Post Directory.
279
For Explanation of symbols see page 139.
(d) For parcels addressed to Chahbar and Jask
and Poste Restante at any of these places.
Rs.
a.
P-
Kates of p)Ostage% — Not over 1 kilo
1
6
6
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos
. ' 2
1
6
2 Not over 5 kilos
2
G
6
Not over 10 kilos
4
10
6
(e) For parcels addressed to the Province of Seistan.
Rs.
a.
P-
Customs declarations — Not over 1 kilo.
1
9
6
2 Not over 3 kilos.
2
6
6
Not over 5 kilos
2
11
6
(f) For parcels addressed to Duzdap.
Rs.
a.
p.
Not over 1 kilo.
1
4
0
Customs declaration — Not over 3 kilos.
2
8
0
1 Not over 5 kilos.
3
12
0
Not over 10 kilos.
6
0
0
Maximum Greatest length 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 the Post
Offices at Ahwaz (including Maidan-i-Naphtun), Moham-
merah, Abadan, Bushire, Bundar Abbas, Chabbar, Jask, Hingam,
Lin gab, Qasir-i-SMrin and for places in Persia which are
served through these offices and at which parcels are addressed
“ Poste Restante.’’
Special prohibitions^ —Letters ; coins not of gold or silaer ; cur
rency notes ; tobacco stems; blades used for Gillette, razors ,
aniline dyes or dyes containing aniline, seditous works, articles
offensive to good manners or opposed to the M oh am e dan
religion ; ammunition ; arms (except saloon rifles, air-guns,
walking stick guns, daggers with a blade less than 20 centi
metres in length and arms for a collection) unless accompanied
by a special authorization from the general administration o
the Persian Customs ; saccharine ; cocaine, morphine, opium
and other narcotics, except under special authorization from
the Persian Government for the use of doctors and certified
pharmacists.

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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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