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Subject Postage stamps

1. EAP1014/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/2
Title:
Historical Documents
Scope & Content:
This house belongs today to Mehrabān Poulādī, the grandson of Arbāb Mehrabān Poulād. Mehrabān Poulādī is the vice president of the Council of Iranian Mobeds. His Grandfather, Arbāb Mehrabān Poulād was an influential Zoroastrian merchant from a priest family. He founded the Mazdyasnā trading comp...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Gujarati, Persian, and Zoroastrian Dari
Date Range:
16 Jul 1831-1 May 1896
Extent:
3186 TIFF images

2. EAP1014/2/32

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/2/32
Title:
Signs and Postage Stamps
Scope & Content:
This folder contains samples of signs on letters and envelopes. Custodial history: This collection of documents belongs to Arbab Mehraban Poulad, who had accumulated and archived his own documents as well as the documents of his father and grandfather over the course of his lifetime. His grands...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
93 TIFF images

3. IOR/L/PS/10/670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/670
Title:
File 1323/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the temporary administration of Baghdad Vilayet [province] and the question of the type of postage stamps to be used for the civil post office at Baghdad during the British occupation. The correspondence is partic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
26 Mar 1915-18 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (274 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1470
Title:
Coll 1/34 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: printing and sale of stamps'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the India Office Political Department, and the Colonial Office, regarding arrangements for postal services and the printing and sale of stamps in Aden upon its transfer to Crown Colony status. Reilly argues tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-9 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4118
Title:
Coll 35/15 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; issue of postage stamps'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal service in Bahrain, and the issue of postage stamps for use in Bahrain. The file contains: Introduction and supply of Indian stamps overprinted with the word 'Bahrain', 1932 Persian protest against issue of Indian postage stamps surcharged 'Bahrain' and refusal to accep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1931-22 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/139
Title:
File 1/A/1 I Stamps and Postage; Relations with Persia
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the issue in Bahrain, at the request of the Ruler of Bahrain, of Indian postage stamps bearing the surcharge 'Bahrain' (i.e. overprinted with the word 'Bahrain') and the response of the Persian Government in view of Persia's claim to Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1932-11 May 1935
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1391
Title:
‘13/1 Registration of British subjects etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains applications made to the Political Agent, Bahrain, by local British and British Indian subjects, who were required by law to register as temporary or permanent residents of Bahrain. The file includes correspondence with individuals; businesses, such as the Bahrain Petroleum Com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 May 1926-16 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1422
Title:
File 14/7 Enquiries and requests for the new surcharged Bahrain stamps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from stamp dealers and collectors, requesting the newly issued Bahrain stamps and placing orders to purchase them. A list of stamps is on folio 14, and there is also mention of a special issue of stamps to commemorate the Silver Wedding of King Geor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1933-11 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/413
Title:
File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal services at Muscat and Gwadar. The arrangements for postal services in the territories of Muscat and Oman were complicated from 1947 by the independence of India, and the transfer of responsibility for postal services from the Government of India to the Political Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-29 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)