Overland Mail Baghdad-Haifa Pages
Postal Rates and Overland Mail Surcharges
Eastwards bounded Mail from Palestine
The Postage rate from Palestine for Mail to Iraq has been as follows:
Letters
| From | Till | Rate (first 20 Grams) | Rate (additional 20 Grams) |
| 01.01.1923 | 31.05.1932 | 13 M. | 7 M. |
| 01.06.1932 | 30.06.1940 | 15 M. | 9 M. |
| 01.07.1940 | 30.06.1943 | 15 M. | 10 M. |
| 01.07.1943 | 20 M. | 13 M. |
Registration Fee
| From | Till | Rate |
| 01.10.1921 | 30.06.1940 | 13 M. |
| 01.07.1940 | 15 M. |
Postcards
| From | Till | Rate |
| 01.01.1923 | 15.12.1925 | 8 M. |
| 16.12.1925 | 31.05.1932 | 7 M. |
| 01.06.1932 | 8 M. |
Overland Mail Surcharge
| From | Till | Rate (first 20 Grams) | Rate (additional 20 Grams) |
| To be confirmed | 15 05.1925 | 13 M. | To be confirmed |
| 15 05.1925 | 10.03.1929 | 13 M. | 13 M. |
Late Fee
| Yet to be informed / confirmed |
Apparently, "Late Fee" charges for Palestine were in place and the literature reports that the regulations as of 1st. October 1925 for Palestine were that "Late Fee" mail could be handed in for posting at post office counters up to 10 minutes after the normal posting tikes on Thursday (in Jerusalem) of 3:45 PM for ordinary mail and 3:30 PM for registered mail. No Late Fee handstamps are known for Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon or Syria. Nevertheless, no Late Fee" cover from Palestine, transported by the Overland Mail, is known s far.
Registration Envelope, 1922-28, Provisional entire (PR4),
used 1924 (January 30) from Acre to Iraq by "Overland Mail", franked 39 m
(13. postage + 13 m Overland fee + 13 m reg.) London II,
This is
a very early use of the Overland route which began in late 1923 and is the
only Provisional entire recorded to