Imprinted Envelopes

Up to date, about 51 imprinted envelopes have been recorded in the literature but some more have been found since then. The publisher of these envelopes are unknown. Some specialist believe they were issued by the Iraqi postal administration, a good theory but so far not proven.

Some imprinted envelopes apparently have different settings, a indication that they were printed on demand. Unfortunately, some of the imprinted envelopes I can not classify due to the poor illustrations in the literature and the I mention my thoughts in the comment column.

Image	Handbook Number	Handbook Size	Measured size	Comment
	IE-02	51 x 20 mm	51,00 x 20,30 mm	On cover together with "Late Fee Paid" handstamp
	IE-03	55 x 23 mm	55,30 x 23,60 mm
	IE-04	83 x 12 mm	83,40 x 11,80 mm	Size of Envelope is 148,00 x 88,40 mm
	IE-05	59 x 18 mm	58,90 x 18,40 mm	Size of Envelope is 154,00 x 100,00 mm
	IE-05-I	59 x 18 mm	59,00 x 18,50 mm	Size of Envelope is 134,00,00 x 88,00 mm
	IE-08	46 x 16 mm	45,70 x 15,90 mm	Size of Envelope is 151,80 x 90,30 mm
	IE-10	60 x 17 mm	59,50 x 16,60 mm	Size of Envelope is 152,60 x 10,08 mm
	IE-10-02	60 x 17 mm	59,10 x 16,60 mm	Size of Envelope is 153,90 x 10,05 mm
	IE-15 / 18			Not possible to classify correctly, From group IE 15 - IE-18
	IE-17	48 x 17 mm	48,40 x 16,80 mm
	IE-17 (long envelope)	48 x 17 mm	47,70 x 17,20 mm	Size if Envelope is 238,39 x 101,40 mm. This is the first "legal" size envelope discovered with the Overland Mail imprint.
	IE-19	48 x 18 mm	48,60 x 18,30 mm	M of Mail is "closed", Envelope size is 156 x 102 mm
	IE-21	50 x 18 mm	48,50 x 18,00 mm
	As IE 26/27	51 x 15 mm	51,40 x 15,40 mm	Size of Envelope is 150,00 x 91,00 mm IE 26 is known used from Iraq, IE 27 is known used form Iran only. My envelope is used from Iraq, Baghdad, dated 4 Nov. 1930 ) but does not match either IE-26 not IE-27
	IE-28 / 35		52,80 x 19,80 mm	Not possible to classify correctly, From group IE 28 - IE-35
	IE-31	53 x 18 mm	53,60 x 18.80 mm	Size of Envelope is 151,80 x 91,40 mm
	IE-31-1	53 x 18 mm		Width from beginning until end of "N" in Overland is 46,30 mm. Height from top to bottom (excluding the "." which is not visible is 18,40 mm. Size of Envelope is 151,90 x 91,50 mm
	IE-34	55 x 20 mm	54,90 x 20,20 mm
	IE-42	59 x 16 mm	59,80 x 17,00 mm	Length of Overland Mail is 44,10 mm while the handbook width is 42 mm. "LAN" in Overland is dropped.
	IE-39 / 44-1		59,60 x 16,90 mm	Not possible to classify correctly, From group IE 39 - IE-44, Length of "Overland Mail" is 48,00 mm Size of Envelope is 155,00 x 101,60 mm
	IE-39 / 44-2		59,70 x 17,00 mm	Not possible to classify correctly, From group IE 39 - IE-44, Length of "Overland Mail" is 48,00 mm Size of Envelope is 153,70 x 98,20 mm
	IE-39 / 44-3		59,40 x 17,00 mm	Not possible to classify correctly, From group IE 39 - IE-44, Length of "Overland Mail" is 43,00 mm Size of Envelope is 152,60 x 95,60 mm
	IE-48	39 mm	39,70 x 4,70 mm	Size of Envelope is 155,00 x 101,60 mm
	IE-49	55 mm	55,10 x 6,50 mm	Size of Envelope is 152,60 x 101,70 mm
	IE-51	52 x 5 mm	51,80 x 5,60 mm
	Not listed		59,30 x 9,20 mm	A new discovery, found on a cover dated 04. March 1937 from Hinadi via Baghdad to London. So far only this copy is known. Size of Envelope is 155,80 x 101,70 mm.
	Not listed		56,30 x 14,90 mm	A new discovery, found on a cover from Kadimiyeh Press, Basrah, dated 6. Jun3 1933, from Basrah to Leipzig, Germany. So far only this copy is known.