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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [159v] (335/483)
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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284
Foreign Post Directory.
for Explanation of Symbols see page 130.
‘Route (b)—Through Syria (Overland).
Rates of postage
Not over 1 kilo.
Rs.
2
Customs declarations —Not over 3 kilos. ... 4
3 Not over 5 kilos. 5
Maximum dimensions —By route (a) Greatest length 2
centimetres) ; greatest length and girth combined 4
centimetres). By route (b) —Greatest length 3^
centimetres) ; greatest length and girth combined 6
centimetres).
Limit of value —None.
a.
9
8
13
feet
P.
6
0
0
(60
feet (!20
feet (105
feet (180
Insurance —Available up to £ 40 by routes (a) and (b).
Special prohibitions t—Letters ; arms of war, except for the
Government; coin ; bank-notes : unobliterated postage and
other stamps, bonds, and orders payable to bearer, except in
insured parcels ; foodstuffs containing saccharine; manuscript
documents other than commercial books ; minutes of a society
and invoices, etc., relating to goods enclosed ; tinder; tobacco;
unregistered medicines, the constituent of which are not
stated ; wine essences.-
Remarks —Parcels containing celluloid or articles made of that
substance must be very strongly packed in soldered tin boxes
protected by strong wooden boxes and properly sealed. A
label bearing, in clear bl ick characters the word “celluloid”
should be pasted on each parcel, as well as on the despatch
note. No responsibility will be accepted in case of damage
or abstraction of parcels containing celluloid, if such parcels
are not properly packed.
Portuguese Colonies in West Africa, viz Cape Verde
and Dependencies, Guinea, St, Thomas, Prince’s Island, Ajuda
and Angola.—
Letter Post—
Letter ‘Postage '—3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and H annas,
for every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
‘Route —Through Eygpt,
fiisiirr/nce —Available up to £ 120 for letters only addressed to
i raia (Santiago) and St. Vincent in the Cap Verde Islands; to
Lafata, Bissau, Bolama and Cacheu in Guinea ; to St. Thomas;
to 1 rince s Islands and to the following places in Angola viz:—
Ambriz Lobito Noqui
Benguela Lubango Novo Redondo
Cabinda Malange P»rto Alexandre.
Loan d a Mossaamedes
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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence