Overland Mail Baghdad-Haifa Pages
The Publicity Handstamps
Detailed description will follow shortly
Notes:
Black and White (B/W) images are images copied from the handbook and are only shown as reference, neither in actual size, nor are they described.
If a link in the colum "Cover Image" is provided, a fully size high resolution image of the cover bearing the respective Handstamp. That image will open in a new layer.
If you copy the image that has been scanned from the original cover and open and enlarge it with a graphic program you will see measuring lines around the handstamp imprint. These lines indicate the measuring border from which the actual measurement has been taken.
Handbook Number | Image | Cover Image | Handbook Size | Measured size | Comment |
PH-1 (1) |
| 64 x 25 mm | From the late Zvi Alexander collection. |
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| 64 x 25 mm | 63,10 x 25,40 mm | Cover from Damascus (11 March 1924) to Baghdad. The latest recorded use of the Publicity Handstamp. | |
PH-2 |
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| On Cover from Beyrouth (24 February 1928) to Baghdad with a Publicity handstamp Type PH-3, reading "NAIRN EASTERN TRANSPORT COMPANY LTD - BAGHDAD" and the signature of Gerald Nairn. This cover is illustrated on the Collins Handbook on page 104. | ||||
PH-3 (2) |
| On Cover from Lebanon to Syria with a Publicity handstamp Type PH-3, reading "NAIRN EASTERN TRANSPORT COMPANY LTD - BAGHDAD" and the signature of Gerald Nairn. | |||
PH-NL-1 |
| Bilingual advertising seal with the wording "UTILISEZ le Service rapide Beyrouth Bagdad. Seen on letters from Lebanon so it is assumed this advertising marking was used by Lebanon Post.. Translation of the Arabic Text: Take advantage of the Fast Transportation Service
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| On a Nairn Pamphlet dated 1934 with Lebanese Revenue stamp. The Text of the handstamp reads: NAIRN TRANSPORT HAIFA - BEYROUT - BAGHDAD 4 DEC 1934 |
