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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [173r] (364/483)
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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Foreign Post Directory.
311
For Explanation of Symbols see page 139.
Maximum dimensions —Greatest length 3.\ feet .(105 centimetres) ;
greatest length and girth combined 6 feet (180 centimetres).
Insurance — Not available.
Special prohibitions t—Letters ; fire arms and ammunition ; air-
guns ; reproductions of hydrographic charts published by the
Minister of Marine ; prohibited books and publications in the
Spanish language ; pharmaceutical preparations of unknown
compostion of which the components are unknown in Spain ;
plants (unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate)
potatoes of American origin; food-stuffs containing saccharine ;
articles bearing fictitious or imitation stamps ; Spanish maps
and plants : missals, breviaries, rosaries, relics, etc ; flints and
matches of all kinds. y-b
RemarIcs— Parcels are not delivered at any place which has not a
railway station. In the case of parcels which for any reason
cannot be delivered to the addressee* the charges assessed by
the Spanish authorities on account of customs duty are
cancelled, provided that the parcels are redirected to another
country or returned to the country of origin within tom
months in the case of parcels originating in Europe and eig
months in the case of parcels originating in other countnes.
Otherwise, they are not cancelled and in such cases the re um
of parcels to the senders is subject to the payment o ieso
charges by the latter.
Sporades—(Archipelago of)—Italian.
Letter Post —Same as Rhodes.
Parcel Post —None.
Staten Islands (America)—See Argentine Republic,
Straits Settlements and Labuan—(British).
Letter Post— 5
Letter postage *—3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and l-j annas or
every additional 20 grammes or part of that wei 8 1 •
Ron te —Through India.
Insurance —Available up to £ 120, for letters only,
Special prohibitions t—Arms and parts thereof , spnits an<l bha^^g,
lottery tickets or circulars, relating o o ’ ^ ^
morphia, morphine and cocaine (un esb < f 5 ^ g t
Principal, Civil Medical Officer, Straits Settlements and^sent
by registered letter post); hypodei m ^ C T v. c injection
instruments or parts of instruments loi El ( t
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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence