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File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery' [172r] (207/428)
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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n07/ 8tm P*z I have Win-urged this should be proceeded with so
un^new issue may be brought into use on conclusion of peace
with !Urkey 0 If designs are not selooted nor dies prepared
oxia after conclusion of peace I shall have to use present
stamps for dbout (? 12 months) after the conclusion of peace
whicxi appears to me to be open to objection on local audjUh ( T-'i- '•
international grounds ;) ^econdly; provision of a reguleir supply
of existing stamps for Post* and Telegraphy purposes. Presen t
s up ply is j nade qua te I have be on unable in consequence to
introduce payment for telegrams by means of stamps and have had
to arrange to debit civil and military departments for telegrams
by estimation of average traffic which is unaatisfactory 0 I have
enough revenue stamps for the present and when I require more I
can surcharge existing postage stamps locally if I have a
•^sufficient supply c
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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'
- Pages
- 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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