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File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue' [312r] (63/126)
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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In any further comraanication
on this subject, please quote
j,,,. 172245/Mfi/44a
and address,
not to any person by name,
but to—
“The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
~ Sir,
Foreign Office.
January 30th 1920.
Jith reference to your letter No. P.8302 A. of the
20 th instant on the subject of a temporary issue of new
postage stamps for Mesopotamia, I am directed by Earl Curzon
of Kedleston to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary
Montagu that, in view of the approaching peace settlement
with Turkey, His Lordship considers that the issue of a new
set of postage stamps would be inopportune at the present
juncture, and he therefore suggests that no change should be
made until the future status of Mesopotamia has been defined.
I am ,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
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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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