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Iraq Railway Stamps Pages

Post Offices, Railway Stations / Halts

As per the 1930 Post Office Guide, 55 Stations were authorized to accept railway post letters. Many of these offices were at railway stations (halts) which were not provided with normal postal facilities and are marked with “#” in the list below.

In a 1932 Post Office guide (in Arab Language) is mentioned:

After the 1932 change of currency following stations and halts were permitted to accept telegrams and train letters.

Unfortunately, this list did not appear in the English version. Due to that I assume the names of the stations are written by a different name caused by phonetic translation from Arab into English. Also some stations which were listed in the earlier guide appear to have omitted, some others were added.

Railway stations I know about, either due to the mentioned Post Office Guides or railway maps are also listed in the below table for reference.

Legend:

Station Name in Bold means, that postmark is as original in my collection, either on a single stamp, on a fragment or on a complete cover.

Station Name in Bold Italic means, that postmark is only available as image provided by collector friends or obtained thru dealer / auction offerings.

“#” That location did not had a normal Iraqi Post Office.

Missing images, either as original items (I pay fair prices) or as clear colour images, are highly appreciated.

No.	Code	Station Name as per Post Office Guide 1930 (English) Version	Station Name as per Post Office Guide 1932 (Arabic) Version	Additional Stations	Comments
1	#	Abu Jisrah	Abu Jisrah
2	#	Ali Serai	Ali Saray
3		Al Juwadain	Al Jawadain		Location of Station only
4		Baghdad East	Baghdad East
5		Baghdad North	Baghdad North
6		Baghdad West	Baghdad West
7	#	Baiji	Baiji
8		Balad	Balad		Picture of Railway Station only
9		Baqubah
10		Bashir	Basir
11		Bat-Hah	Bathah
12		Cassels Post
13		Diwaniyah	Diwaniya
14		Eski Kifri	Eski Kifri
15	#	Ghubaishiyah	Ghabishiya
16	#	Ghuchan	Kojan
17	#	Hamza	Hamza
18		Hillah	Hilla
19		Hillah River Siding
20		Hindiyah
21	#	Iftikhar	Iftika
22	#	I.P.C. Camp	Iraq Petroleum Company
23	#	Iskandariyah	Iskandariyah
			Jabal Himrin
24	#	Jalibah	Haliba
25	#	Jarbu'iyah	Jarbou'iya
26		Kadhimain	Al Kadimiya		Location of Station only
27	#	Karbala (Kerbala)	Karbala
28		Khan Jadwal	Khan Jadwal
29	#	Khan Mahawil	Khan Mahawil
30	#	Khanaqin City	Khanaqin (City)
31		Khidhr
32		Kirkuk	Karkuk
33		Kurdarah
			Karradi
34	#	Laqit	Laqit
35		Mahmudiyah	Mahmoodiya
36		Maqil	Al Ma'akal (Maqil)
37		Musayib
38		Nasiriyah	Al Nasiriya
			Niqta
39	#	Qara Tepe	Qara Tappa
40	#	Qaraghan	Qara Ghan
41		Qizil Ribat	Qizil Ribat
42	#	Ranalimah
43		Rumaitha	Rumaitha
44		Samarrah	Samarra
45		Samawah	Samawa
46		Shahraban	Sharahban
47		Shuaiba	Sha'aiba
48		Sulaiman Beg	Sulaiman BEG
49		Sumaicha	Sumaika
50	#	Table Mountain
51	#	Tel-El-Lahum	Tal Al-Lahem
52		Tikrit	Tikrit
53	#	Tubat	Tuwai'at
54	#	Tuz Khurmatu	Tuz Khormatu
				Abu Tabik	147.5 miles south of Baghdad West on the railway line from Baghdad West to Maqil. This station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.
				Awairij	Between Baghdad West and Mahmoudiya. This station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.
				Artawi	Also called Ratawi. 310 miles south of Baghdad West on the railway line from Baghdad West to Maqil. This station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.
				Basra	353 miles south of Baghdad West on the railway line from Baghdad West to Maqil. As per the railway map Basra is connected by a short branch line to the railway line from Baghdad West to Maqil. It is not known to me is this station has accepted mail.
				Hor Rejub	12.2 miles south of Baghdad West on the railway line from Baghdad West to Maqil. This station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.
				Shuaiba Junction	341 miles south of Baghdad West on the railway line from Baghdad West to Maqil. At Shuaiba Junction is the railway junction of the branch line to Shuaiba. Shuaiba Junction is not listed in the 1930th. or 1932. Post Office guide
				Makinah	In Basra Area, this station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.
				Muftiyah	In Basra Area, this station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.
				Ur Junction	Multaka Ur Post Office, Iraq Post Office
				Zubair	In Basra Area, this station is only listed on the map I have in my possession but is not mentioned as having accepted mail, therefore most likely it did not had a postmark.