Literature and Links

Bowman, Ernst:
Overland mail from and to Palestine : official notices ; [1.10.1925] / by Dr. E. Bowman.
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 40, 1962, p.9.

Cohen, Norman A.:
Haifa–Baghdad overland mail / Norman Alan Cohen.
Engl. — In: The American Philatelist, Vol. 88, 1974, no. 7, p.651–656.

Collins, Norman J.:
Overland mail via the Syro-Iraqi Great Desert ; supplement 1.
Engl. — In: OPAL. No. 180, xxxx, p.39–56.

Collins, Norman J.:
Overland mail via the Syro-Iraqi Great Desert ; supplement no. 1.
Engl. — In: Tughra Times. Vol. 14, 1993, no. xxxx, p.53–57.

Collins, Norman J.:
Some overland mail rarities.
Engl. — In: The London Philatelist. Vol. 105, 1996, no. 1239, p.261–266.

Collins, Norman J.:
The Nairn Brothers and overland mail : [UPU Circ. 1940: 163, 164, 211, 1943: 1, 1944: 18, 88] / submitted by Norman Collins ; transl. by Arnaud Gerard.
Engl. — In: OPAL. No. 215, 2006, p.8–16.  

Collins, Norman J.:
Überland-Post : Nebenstempel und Vignetten.
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 98/99, 1987, p.2942.

Groten, Arthur H.:
Some notes on the Baghdad–Haifa overland mail route.
Engl. — In: Holy Land Postal History. No. 56, 1993, p.857.

Groten, Arthur H.:
The Nairn way : the Baghdad–Haifa overland desert mail route.
Engl. — In: The American Philatelist, Vol. xx, 1995, no. [March], p.222-228.

Hirst, Herman H.:
Overland mail Baghdad–Haifa / H.H. Hirst.
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 37, 1961, p.20.

Khalastchy, Freddy:
The Nairn Brothers and the overland mail] / from Freddy Khalastchy.
Engl. — In: OPAL. No. 215, 2006, p.23–25.  

Larsen, Erick M.:
The Overland Mail Haifa–Damaskus–Baghdad.
Engl. — In: Holy Land Postal History. No. 39, 1989, p.1008.

Lees, James M.:
Overland desert mail / James M. Lees.
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 17, 1956, p.3.

Lees, James M.:
Overland mail Baghdad–Haifa.
Engl. — In: SPA Journal. Vol. 18, 1956, no. 1, p.228. Reprinted from BAPIP 13.

Lees, James M.:
Overland mail Baghdad–Haifa / by James M. Lees.
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 13, 1955, p.11,

Lees, James M.:
Overland mail Baghdad–Haifa ; [illustrations].
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 14, 1955, p.16.

Mani, Walter:
Überland-Post (Overland Mail).
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 100, 1987, p.2997 Neues von der Überlandpost Bagdad–Haifa.
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 110/111, 1990, p.3285. Überlandpost Haifa–Bagdad–Haifa : Overland Mail.
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 98, 1987, p.2942. Überlandpost Haifa–Bagdad–Haifa : Overland Mail ; Ergänzungen [1].
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 100, 1987, p.2997. Überlandpost Haifa–Bagdad–Haifa : Overland Mail ; Ergänzungen [2].
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 101, 1988, p.3027. Overland mail : [Nairn Eastern Transport Company].
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 16, 1956, p.16.  Sacher,

Michael M.:
Overland mail Baghdad–Haifa.
Engl. — In: Holy Land Postal History. No. 29/30, 1987, p.472.

Siegel, Marvin:
Another look at Overland Mail.
Engl. — In: Holy Land Postal History. No. 35, 1988, p.828.

Siegel, Marvin:
Neues von der Überlandpost Bagdad–Haifa.
German. — In: Der Israel-Philatelist. No. 110/111, 1990, p.3285.

Wahby, C.T.:
The Nairn Brothers and the overland mail / by Dr. C.T. Wahby.
Engl. — In: OPAL. No. 214, 2006, p.21–36.

Ward, Gordon:
Some covers of the overland mail / by Dr. Gordon Ward.
Engl. — In: BAPIP Bulletin. No. 20, 1957, p.9.

The above Literature references have been compiled by Tobias Zywietz

Not very many philatelic web pages are known to me which are dealing with the Overland Mail.

• The only one in French language is from Jean-François Estel (Jeff) from France he describes the postal rates for letters form France to Iraq. This page will be opened in a new browser window...