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I.P.C. Camp
Iraq Petroleum Company Camp
Located at the end of a short branch
line to Kirkuk. However, this station / halt puzzles
me.
After World War II the Iraq Petroleum Company opened their branch at Kirkuk
in January 1947. Now, how can this be a railway station with an post office as
being announce din the Iraq Post Office Guide 55 from 1930 when the railway
branch line opened only in 1947? I assume that the I.P.C. Camp had an post
Office and was using railway stamps. The letters were canceled at the post
office and forwarded to the nearest railway station which was Kirkuk.
Fragment...., 1200 dpi (1.10 MB)
I.P.C. or M.P.C...
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1928 saw the American entry into the IPC agreement
conditional on the Red Line Agreement which was revoked years later by the
Americans.
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IPC shares were finalized on the basis
of: 23 1/2 BP, CFP (Total), Shell, Esso (Exxon) & Mobil and 5% Gulbenkian,
in March 1931.
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IPC extended its area to cover all
Iraq and share it with its associates MPC (1930) and BPC (1938) for
duration of 75 years without relinquishment.
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