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File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery' [108r] (75/428)
The record is made up of 1 item (210 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1917-02 Mar 1921. It was written in English and French. 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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The Under Secretary of State for India
INDIA OP?ICE
WHITEHALL. S.W.l.
Sir,
Turkish Stamps overprinted Iraq , in
V/e have the honour to advise you of the
of 29 packages of the above to
The Deputy Director of Civil Posts
Bagd ad
MESOPOTAMIA.
containing the following:-
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British occupation,
despatch per Parcels Post
900,000 Stamps
56,250 do
250,000 do 10
25,000 do 25,
in accordance with
The whole
20 Paras 1 AnnaJBritish occupation
1 Piastre 2 l/2 Annas. British occupation
do 1 Rupee*, British occupation
do 2 do , on State Service
your esteemed order.
despatch has been covered through Lloyds
The consignee has been advised in detail.
We have the honour to remain,
Sir,
E.C.
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for insurance.
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This part of the volume (folios 71-280) contains correspondence related mainly to the required supply of overprinted Turkish stamps to the Civil Post Office in Baghdad. Arrangements were made with stamp printing firms and publishers to provide the required stamps and other postal stationery. Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited was responsible to the monthly supply of the overprinted stamps, and Harrison and Sons Limited was to supply the overprinted Ottoman Government envelopes and reply letter cards/postal stationery.
Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited provided lists of the stamps and their values and later it provided lists of the increased charges on printing stamps and currency. The company communicated with the Under Secretary of State for India, regarding the enquiry raised by the Turkish Postal Administration in Constantinople in relation to the supply of the overprinted stamps.
This part also includes correspondence related to the new design to be adopted for the stamps during the British Mandate. Two main issues were discussed regarding the new design. These are whether to use the word Mesopotamia or Iraq on the stamps, and whether to replace the present issue of surcharged Turkish stamps by a regular issue which does not include pictorial representations of places in Constantinople or other Turkish possessions.
The main correspondents in this part are: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Under-Secretary of State for India, Political Department, 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. ; Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited; and Harrison and Sons Limited.
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- Title
- File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery'
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- 182r:182v, 161r:161v, 158r:159v, 154r:155v, 149r:149v, 124r:126v, 119r:120v, 117r:117v, 110r:111v, 106r:108v, 94r:95v, 92r:92v
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- Garland, Vernon
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