Date issued: Unknown, EKU September 27, 1936

Printing: Blue

Perforation: Die cut

Inscription: "IRAQ POST / AND / TELEGRAPHS"

Control Number: None

Description: Badly damaged and burned official stampless Iraqi Administration of the Post and Telepraph envelope from Basra, Iraq to Batavia, Java (Dutch East Indies), recovered from Imperial Airways "Athena" crash at Delhi, India. Two Iraqi Post seals on reverse, both tied by September 27th Basra datestamps.

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