File 1323/1917 Pt 2-5 ‘Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps.'

Content

The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda and telegrams related to the supply of overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia/Iraq. The main issues discussed in the volume are the following:

• The question of whether to continue using the overprinted Turkish stamps after the declaration of peace or not
• The currency to be adopted in Mesopotamia and the preparation of new designs for postage and revenue stamps
• The required supply of overprinted Turkish stamps to the Civil Post Office in Baghdad
• Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited to provide the monthly supply of the overprinted stamps
• Harrison and Sons Limited to provide the overprinted Ottoman Government envelopes and reply letter cards/postal stationery
• The increase of charges on printing stamps and currency
• The reopening of the Turkish civil post office at Mosul Vilayet [province]
• The question of which overprint to use on the available Turkish stamps
• The arrangement of four sets of stamps of each variety to be sent to His Majesty King George V, the Imperial War Museum, and to the General Post Office
• The request of certain stamp dealers to buy parcels of the overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia.

The main correspondents in the volume are: John Evelyn Shuckburgh; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Foreign Office; Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited; Harrison and Sons Limited; the Imperial War Museum; the General Post Office, London; and a number of stamp dealers such as, Edwin Healey and Company and Whitfield King and Company.

This volume consists of four parts. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (344 folios)

It is grouped into

File 1323/1917 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps Correspondence with dealers.'

74 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/671/1

File 1323/1917 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps for Mosul Vilayet.'

66 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/671/2

File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery'

428 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/671/3

File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue'

126 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/671/4

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1323 (Mesopotamia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/670-671. The volumes are divided into 5 parts, with part one comprising one volume, and parts 2-5 comprising the second volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 342; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/671

Former external reference(s)

P 1323/1917 Pt 2-5

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Oct 1917-2 Mar 1921 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Postage stamps

Places

Baghdad VilayetMosul VilayetIraqMesopotamia

People & organisations

Bradbury, Wilkinson and CompanyHarrison and Sons Ltd, printers, LondonForeign OfficeImperial Government of the Ottoman EmpireCivil Commissioner, Mesopotamia

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