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File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue' [298r] (35/126)
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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48. Mr. Ormsby-Gore, — To ask the Secretary of State for India, whether, having
accepted the mandate for Mesopotamia, ne will replace the present issue ot
surcharged Turkish stamps now current in that country by a regular issue, which ^
does not include pictorial representations of places in Constantinople or other
Turkish possessions; and whether the present surcharge of Irag m British,
occupation will now be dispensed with. [Monday 21s£ June.\ _
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MESOPOTAMIA (STAMPS).
Mr. ORMSBY-GORE asked the Secre
tary of State for India whether, having
accept^Lthe mandate for Mesopotamia, he
will replac?r---U4; present issue of sur
charged Turkish stamps now current in
that country by a regular issue, \dnch does
not include pictorial representatioi
places in Constantinople or other Turkish
possessions ; and whether the present sur
charge of Irag in British occupation will
now be dispensed with ?
Mr. MONTAGU: Arrangements are
being made with a view to the introduction
by the new Mesopotamian Government as
soon as possible after it is definitely inau
gurated, of a regular issue of its own
stamps. The design will not include
pictorial representations, and the present
surcharge will, of course, disappear.
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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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- 281r:337v, 338ar, 338r:340v, 341ar, 341r:342r, 343v
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