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File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery' [132r] (123/428)
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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Telegrams ;— il Sundry, Westrand, Lmdon.’’'
Telephone :—Oerrard 2840 and Official 638.
All communications to be addressed—
“The Controller.**
This reference to be quoted in reply.
Post Office Stores Department,
17-19, Bedford Street,
London, W.C. 2,
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March
19 20,
4-7
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to your letter S, 1002/20
A.P. of the 2nd ultimo on the subject of a claim from
Messrs. Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. for higher prices
for printing Turkish Postage Stamps to be supplied in
1920 for use in Mesopotamia. In reply I beg to state that
increases in labour and materials since January 1919 are
such as would in my opinion justify an increase of 15$
to 20$ and that the increases asked in respect of the
first and third items, i.e. the annas and 12 annas -
5
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
stamps may therefore be regarded as not
unreasonable. Seeing no justification for the large
increase asked for the 5-8 annas stamps, I made an
informal enquiry of the Contractors who have offered to
s d
reduce their charge to 4/9 per thousand. The extra
amount of 2d per thousand for Surcharging is not
justified
ie Director-General of Stores,
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.
.
Whitehall, S.W. 1.
STORES REGIS"
ny
29 MAR 1920
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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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- File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery'
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- 71r:71v, 73r:75v, 79r:82v, 88r:90v, 93r:93v, 96r:101v, 103r:105v, 109r:109v, 112r:113v, 121r:123v, 127r:129v, 132r:135v, 140r:140v, 141ar, 141r:144v, 147r:148v, 150r:150v, 156ar, 156r:157v, 160ar, 163r:164v, 165ar, 165r:168v, 171r:174v, 175v, 183r:183v, 189r:190v, 193r:194v, 197r:197v, 198ar, 198r:198v, 199ar, 199r:200v, 203r:204v, 206r:208v, 210r:211v, 217r:218v, 221r:222v, 225r:232v, 235r:238v, 240r:245v, 249r:250v, 252r:252v, 255r:259v, 261ar, 261r:261v, 263r:263v, 265r:265v, 267r:268v, 274r:276v, 279r:279v, 280ar, 280r:280v
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