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A large number of route instruction handstamps have
been recorded and many others are known but so far not recorded in the
literature. On my site I will only show handstamps which are either in my
own collection or hand stamps which I could measure my self to verify the
size. Therefore the listing will not be complete (but growing) and is already
very much representative.
Previous writers have listed the handstamps with
number HS-1 till HS-94 in a sequence, largely based on the inscription of
the handstamp and I will follow the same sequence.
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Image |
Handbook Number |
Handbook Size |
Measured size |
Comment |
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HS 05
(200 dpi) |
30 x 9 mm |
39,25 x 9,50 mm |
I believe there was a typing error
in the handbook (“0” for “9” in 39). Unfortunately, only one such hand
stamps was known to the author, mine might be only the second one known, so proving
my theory is my next task |
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HS-06 |
40 x 10 mm |
40,80 x 11,10 mm |
On cover front from Iran |
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HS-07 |
50 x 15 mm |
48,40 x 11,40 mm |
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HS-08
blue color |
59 x 17 mm |
58,20 x 17,40 mm |
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HS-08
(2. copy) |
59 x 17 mm |
56,80 x 17,10 mm |
Width not possible to measure due to weak handstamp
Sender Orodski-Back |
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HS-08
violet color |
59 x 17 mm |
58,60 x 17,80 mm |
Sender Abdeni |
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HS-08, similar |
59 x 17 mm |
58,10 x 17,30 mm |
Sender Abdeni |
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HS-13 |
43 x 14 mm |
44,00 x 14,50 mm |
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HS-15 |
46 x 9.5 mm |
46,99 x 9,9 mm |
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HS-17 |
43,5 x 13 mm |
43,70 x13,50 mm |
Sender address unknown but cover was sent from Mosul. Color of the cachet is
now confirmed as violet |
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HS-20 |
68 x 10 mm |
62,40 x 10,50 mm |
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HS-25 |
58 x 15 mm |
60,20 x 13,00 mm |
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HS-34 |
50 x 15 mm |
50,30 x 15,80 mm |
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HS-35 |
63 x 22 mm |
62,90 x 22,70 mm |
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HS-38 |
85,50 x 4,00 mm |
83,70 x 4,50 mm |
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HS-43 |
89 x 4 mm |
88,20 x 4,10 mm |
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HS-50 |
70 x 11 mm |
70,50 x 11,50 mm |
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HS-51 |
61 x 14 mm |
61,40 x 14,80 mm |
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HS-57 |
57 x 4 mm |
56,70 x 4,00 mm |
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HS-74 |
57 x 6 mm |
55,50 x 6,40 mm |
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HS-76 |
59,50 x 12 mm |
58,10 x 12,70 mm |
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HS-81 |
53 x 9 mm |
52,10 x 8,70 mm |
On cover from Baghdad 10. FEB 1932) to Sweden |
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HS-82 |
30,00 x 13,00 mm |
30,00 x 13,70 mm |
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HS-86 |
61,50 x 17 mm |
61,50 x 17,30 mm |
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HS-N01a |
Not listed |
42,10 x 12,60 mm |
This handstamp and the one below I
have on a cover sent February 1925 from Iraq, Basrah (Busrah) to
England. Although the size of the two handstamps is identical (as I can make
out based on the poor strikes and my measurement), the appearance of the
handstamp and its colour is somehow different. So far, these are the only
ones known. |
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HS-N01b |
Not listed |
42,10 x 12,60 mm |
See comment above |
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HS-N02a |
Not listed |
53,70 x 6,60 mm |
This handstamp I only have seen on a "sample" post from the "Iraq Automobile
Association" Baghdad to USA. |
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HS-N02b |
Not listed |
53,30 x 6,10 mm |
This handstamp is again on a "sample" post from the "Iraq Automobile
Association" Baghdad to USA. The measurements are very slightly different
from the one above but this might be due to the nature of the handstamp. |
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HS-N03 |
Not listed |
52,50 x 12,90 mm |
similar to HS-28. HS-28 is listed with a more or less identical size but the
line below "BAGHDAD - HAIFA in my copy is much shorter. |
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HS-N04 |
Not listed |
53,90 x 5,80 mm |
On cover from Bahrain |
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HS-N05 |
Not listed |
51,80 x 6,90 mm |
On cover from Bahrain |
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HS-N06 |
Not listed |
58,20 x 7,20 mm |
On cover from Bahrain |
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HS-N07 |
Not listed |
72,00 x 10,20 mm |
On postcard from Palestine |
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HS-N08 |
Not listed |
48,70 x 19,40 mm |
On (part) cover from England? to Isphahan. No sender address, no franking |
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HS-N09 |
Not listed |
70,70 x 12,80 mm |
On a 25.02.1930 cover from Baghdad to Marseilles/France, no senders address. |
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HS-N10 |
Not listed |
55,20 x 16,30 mm |
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HS-N11 |
Not listed |
50,34 x 13,70 mm |
On a July 1924 cover from Abdullah Y. Ftaya, Baghdad to Jerusalem. |
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