IOR/L/PS/10/671

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 declaration of peace or not
• The currency to be adopted in Mesopotamia and the preparation of new designs for postage and revenue stamps
• The required supply of overprinted Turkish stamps to the Civil Post Office in Baghdad
• Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited to provide the monthly supply of the overprinted stamps
• Harrison and Sons Limited to provide the overprinted Ottoman Government envelopes and reply letter cards/postal stationery
• The increase of charges on printing stamps and currency
• The reopening of the Turkish civil post office at Mosul Vilayet [province]
• The question of which overprint to use on the available Turkish stamps
• The arrangement of four sets of stamps of each variety to be sent to His Majesty King George V, the Imperial War Museum, and to the General Post Office
• The request of certain stamp dealers to buy parcels of the overprinted stamps of Mesopotamia.

The main correspondents in the volume are: John Evelyn Shuckburgh; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Foreign Office; Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, Limited; Harrison and Sons Limited; the Imperial War Museum; the General Post Office, London; and a number of stamp dealers such as, Edwin Healey and Company and Whitfield King and Company.

This volume consists of four parts. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.