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1. IOR/L/PS/10/671/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671/1
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps Correspondence with dealers.'
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume (folios 1-37) contains correspondence related to certain stamps dealers' wish to buy parcels of the overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia/Iraq. The correspondence is also related to the issue of lifting of the prohibition of stamps imported from Mesopotamia. The corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1918-27 Aug 1919
Extent:
1 item (37 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/671/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671/2
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps for Mosul Vilayet.'
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume (folios 38-70) contains correspondence related to the reopening of the Turkish civil post office at Mosul Vilayet (province) and the question of which overprint to use on the available Turkish stamps. The three overprint options that were under discussion are the followin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1918-13 Aug 1920
Extent:

1 item (33 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/671/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671/4
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue'
Scope & Content:
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. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1919-08 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 item (62 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/671/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671/3
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Postage stamps & stationery'
Scope & Content:
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. Bra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1917-02 Mar 1921
Extent:

1 item (210 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/671
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 2-5 ‘Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda and telegrams related to the supply of overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia/Iraq. The main issues discussed in the volume are the following: The question of whether to continue using the overprinted Turkish stamps after the declar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1917-2 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (344 folios)