'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [158v] (333/483)
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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282
Foreign Post Directory,
Tor Explanation of symbols see page 139.
Poland —
Letter Post II—
Letter postage ?—3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and l\ annas for
every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
Route —Through Syria.
By Air—Through Egypt.
Insurance —Available up to £40 for letters transmitted through
Syria only.
Special prohibitions t—Gaming counters ; counterfeit coin or
paper money ; foreign lottery tickets; articles used in smoking
opium, substitutes of saffron, wall paper, etc., with arsenical
colours ; aniline dyes containing arsenic ; labels, capsules,
corks, empty -' vessels, etc., bearing the marks of foreign
commercial houses, sent apart from the goods ; articles which
are in the monopoly of the State, or are offensive to religious,
national or moral sentiments.
Parcel Post §§—
Route (a)—Through India.
Rates ofpostageX — Not over 1 kilo.
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos.
2 Not over 5 kilos.
Not over 9 kilos.
Rs. a. p.
3 1 6
4 15 6
5 4 6
10 5 0
Route (b)—Through Syria (Overland). Rs. a. p.
Rates of postage t- —Not over 1 kilo... ... 2 6 6
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos. ... 4 4 6
3 Not over 5 kilos. ... 3 9 6
Not over 9 kilos ... 9 15 0
Maximum dintensions —Greatest length 3^ feetf(105 centimetres)
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres).
Limit of Value —None.
Insurance —Available up to £40 by routes (a) and (b).
Special prohibitions t—Letters ; rags ; shoddy, worn clothing;
disused and filthy bedding ; carbon paper and oiled paper, oil
skins and other similar oiled goods. See also Remarks below.
Bullion, Coin or Jewellery may not be sent in parcels exceeding 5
kilogrammes in weight, forwarded by Routes (a) through
India.
fiemarls — A large number of articles is either prohibited
altogether from importation into Poland or may be imported
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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- 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