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India stamps used in Iraq – Akthem Al-Manaseer
The presentation covers the Indian postal service in Iraq, which started in 1868 and ended in 1918. The topic spans the reigns of three British Monarchs, and some ten different postal cancellations were used until October 1914. The talk will also cover the I.E.F (Indian Expeditionary Force) stamps with different Field Post Offices used during World War I.
After surveys by the East India Company in 1856-1860, Postal Agencies were established at principal ports and trading centers around the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Normal Indian stamps and stationery were used.
Bussorah or Busreh in the south of Iraq, is the largest city had many names throughout its history, Basrah being the most common. In Arabic, the word Baṣrah means “the overwatcher,” which may have been an allusion to the city’s origin as an Arab military base against the Sassanids. Others have argued that the name is derived from the Aramaic word basratha, meaning “place of huts, settlement.”