ملف ١٩١٧/١٣٢٣ الجزء ٤ "بلاد الرافدين: الطوابع والقرطاسية البريدية" [و‎‎٧‎٩] (٤٢٨/١٧)

loth November 1920.
THE SUPEHIIE ENDKNT #
Grovernment Press,
Stationery & Stamps,
B A S K D A D.
Sir :
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your Memorandum
No* S/5/397 dated the I5th ultimo, with reference to the
IRAQ POSTAGE STAMPS recently sent to Baghdad, and regret
very much to read that you have found certain discrepan
cies, and also that certain of our advices have not yet
come to hand*
We have gone most carefully into the points raised
in your Memorandum, and beg to reply to them in detail
as follows
Advloe No,14* dated let - ^ ou state
that Packet $0 *80 only contained 49.906 Istamps of f Anna,
instead of 50,000. fe have been into our records cover
ing this despatch most carefully, and after checking the
same, we feel that we can confidently state that this
package contained 5JD.Q00 stamps when it left this build
ing, as detailed In our advice. Not only that - we have
since completed this order and have been able to balance
this work, checking up the number of stamps delivered and
adding thereto the number of stamps spoilt in the course
of printing, and find that they agree exactly with the
amount of paper used. Por this reason, we feel quite posi
tive in our own minds that the full number of these stamps
was shipped on the aboveraentioned date*
Advice No*15. dated 8th June 192 0 - This is^an
error on our part as regards packet No *45 , which contained
26.250 stamps of 12 Annas, which were surcharged "British
Occupation" and not "State Service", as stated in our ad
vice, Please accept our apologies for this clerical error.
Your Telegram No* A/27/1, dated £ 4 th Ju^y ^.920 -
This telegram advised us that Advices Nos, 12 ^ not
been received. We immediately sent you on t v e vfith July
additional copies, and again in reply to your
the 9th October further copies of these adviceo were . ent
you, fe now enclose herewith two more copies.
Our Advice of 23rd June 1920 - This Advice No.17
was sent you at # the same time as our letter to the India
Office, and a copy of the same was sent you with our let
ter of the I2th October, in reply to your telegram of the
9th October, Enclosed please find additional copy.