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File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue' [286r] (11/126)
The record is made up of 1 item (62 folios). It was created in 25 Jan 1919-08 Feb 1921. 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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Reference Paper.
Store Department.
Letter No. 3. 22546,
Referred to The Political Secretary. 10th December 1920.
Please see the attached letter from the
Director of Stamping, dated the 4th December 1920,
and the cony of a letter from the Royal Mint dated
the 2nd December 1920. It will be observed.that_it
is not oossible to complete the plates required ior
orinting the Mesopotamian stamps in time to allow
a suoply of stamps to reach Mesopotamia soon after
the 1st April. It is suggested, accordingly, by
the Director of Stamping that the proposed issue ol
these stamps should be postponed to tne 1st July,
and that, m the meantime, a further supply of the
stamps now in use should, if necessary, oe provided.
I shall be glad to learn whether you concur
in this proposal. If so, I assume that you will take
steps for tne purchase of any stamps that may be
necessary up to the 1st July 1921.
Attached are the prints of the two sizes of
stamos. Spaces are left for the insertion of the
Arabic inscriptions. The spaces containing the
figures and values are also left blank in tne die,
so^that changes may be made as necessary.
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This part of the volume (folios 281-342) contains correspondence related to the question of whether to continue using the overprinted Turkish stamps after the declaration of peace or not. Concerns were raised that the delay in providing new stamps would cause inconvenience and loss of revenue. The correspondence is also related to the currency to be adopted in Mesopotamia and the preparation of new designs for postage and revenue stamps. It is also related to the design to be adopted and whether to use the locally used word Iraq or Mesopotamia.
The main correspondents in this part are: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the 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. , London; and the Foreign Office, London.
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- Title
- File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue'
- Pages
- 281r:337v, 338ar, 338r:340v, 341ar, 341r:342r, 343v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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