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IOR/L/PS/10/671/4
- Record Id:
- 041-000545772
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0000f9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100081172910.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/671/4
- Title:
- File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue'
- Scope & Content:
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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, London; and the Foreign Office, London.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545768
041-000545772 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/671 : File 1323/1917 Pt 2-5 ‘Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps.'
IOR/L/PS/10/671/4 : File 1323/1917 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Postage Stamps- Proposed new issue' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0673]/040-000545768[0004]/041-000545772
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (62 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100081172910.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 25 Jan 1919-08 Feb 1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 1323/1917 Pt 5
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)