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1933-42
Iraq Railways Letter Service,
black roulette, blue color with
colored background which is known in three colors. Red, yellow and orange. Other
sources mention also a magenta color.
The latest colour I came to know
is of ochre colour.
The color of the sky is often displaced. It is said they have been produced in
booklets containing four blocks of four stamps and rouletted on all four sides.
The stamps can be divided
into two types, to be differentiated by the top line of the smoke under the
letters "AYS" of "Railways"
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Type A
Top
line of the smoke are half circles
Known colours are:
Red, Ochre |
Type B
Top
line of the smoke is more or less a strait line.
Known colours are:
Red, Yellow, Orange |
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Red
background |
Orange
background |
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On the left, a booklet cover of a
booklet containing the Railway stamps, unfortunately I am only able to show
this B/W image. |
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Fragment,
cancelled Baghdad West, dated 13. July 1933, stamp with yellow background |
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Fragment,
cancelled Baghdad West, dated July 1940, stamp with (what I would call)
ochre background |
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Stamp, partly cancelled with oval
****WAYS cancel. Who can supply me with a complete one? |
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