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I do not agree with the classification
by previous specialist. I feel that several of the lists types are in fact
identical. However, in 1990, measurements were done by ruler, sometimes
only based on photocopies which definitely will lead to small wrong
measurements. However, until my theory is proven, I will continue with the
previous numbering. Notes on my findings are mentioned in the comment
column.
Notes:
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Black and White (B/W) images are
images copied from the handbook and are only shown as reference, neither
in actual size, nor are they described.
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If a link in the colum "Cover Image" is provided,
a fully size high resolution image of the cover bearing the respective
Handstamp. That image will open in a new layer.
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If you copy the image that has been
scanned from the original cover and open and enlarge it with a
graphic program you will see measuring lines around the handstamp
imprint. These lines indicate the measuring border from which the
actual measurement has been taken.
Handbook Number
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Image
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Cover Image
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Handbook Size
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Measured size
(from items in my collection)
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Comment
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HS-51 (1)
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Front
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61 x 14 mm
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61,40 x 14,80 mm
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On registered cover from Imperial Ottoman Bank Baghdad-Nuremberg/Germany,
dated 30.
April 1925. New earliest date
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HS-51 (2)
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Front
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61 x 14 mm
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60,80 x 15,00 mm
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On registered cover from Imperial Ottoman Bank
Baghdad-Switzerland, dated 3.
April 1926
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HS-52 (1)
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Front
Reverse
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54 x 12 mm
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55,30 x 13,00 mm
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Sender unknown,
believed to be Krikor Skender since the design of the envelope
is the same as HS-52 (4),
sent from Baghdad, dated 9.12.1926
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HS-52 (4)
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Front
Reverse
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54 x 12 mm
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55,30 x 13,00 mm
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Sender
Krikor Skender, sent since the design of the envelope is
the same as HS-52 (4),
sent from Baghdad, dated
13 May 1926 to Basel, Switzerland. New earliest recorded use
of this handstamp.
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HS-53 (1)
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Front
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55 x 10.50 mm
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55.10 x 12.60 mm
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On cover dated 09. November 1925. New earliest date.
Difference in height eventually due to thick lines on top and
bottom?
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HS-53 (2)
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Front
Reverse
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55 x 10.50 mm
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54,70 x 11,50 mm
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On registered cover from Mosul to UK dated 17 December 1925,
addressed to the same recipient as the one above. Slightly
different dimensions, eventually caused by the thick lines on
top and bottom?
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HS-54 (1)
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Front
Reverse
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55 x 10,5 mm
Length of "By Overland Mail" is 50,5 mm
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55,40 x 11,30 mm
Length of "By Overland Mail" is 50,10 mm
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On cover from Baghdad (29 May 1924) to
France. New earliest recorded date of this handstamp.
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HS-54 (2)
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Front
Reverse
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55 x 10,5 mm
Length of "By Overland Mail" is 50,5 mm
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55,40 x 11,30 mm
Length of "By Overland Mail" is 50,10 mm
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On cover from Baghdad (29 May 1924) to
France, same date as the over above.
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HS-55 (1)
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Front
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Cover is not in my collection. Image Ex
Collins Archive. Cover dated October 1930
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HS-55 (2)
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Front
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53,60 x 13,60 mm
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Cover from Iraq 18 April 1931) to
London, UK. Collins in his monograph does not give a size of the
handstamp but based on the receiver of the cover is is safe to
assume that this is in fact Handstamp HS-55.
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HS-56
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HS-57
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Front
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57 x 4 mm
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56,70 x 4,00 mm
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HS-58
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HS-59 (1)
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Front
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52 x 5 mm
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Cover is not in my collection. Image Ex
Collins Archive. Cover dated 22 April 1935.
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HS-60 (1a)
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Front
Reverse
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61 x 4 mm
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2 strikes on a cover from Teheran to
Beyrout dated 21.01.1933, The latest known usage
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HS-60 (1b)
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HS-61
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Front
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65 x 5 mm
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From the late Zvi Alexander collection.
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HS-62 (1)
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Front
Reverse
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75 x 8 mm
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Cover is not in my collection. Image Ex
Collins Archive. Cover dated 05.02.1930).
Sender Frank C. Strick Co. · (Basra)
Ltd, of Baghdad.
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HS-62 (2)
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Front
Reverse
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75 x 8 mm
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Cover is not in my collection. Image Ex
Collins Archive. Cover dated 28.05.1940.
Sender Frank C. Strick Co. · (Basra)
Ltd, of Baghdad.
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HS-63
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Front
Reverse
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69 x 6 mm
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69,90 x 6,80 mm
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HS-63 similar (1)
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Front
Reverse
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69 x 6 mm
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68,00 x 6,00 mm
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On registered cover from Kerbala, Iraq, dated 15.01.1936. The
handstamp apparently is identical in size as HS 63, however, the
handstamp on this cover is very straight, different from HS 63
as above. Also, HS 63 is reported of being used form Baghdad...,
in case the shown handstamp is identical with HS-63, it may lead
to the conclusion that is was being used by PO Baghdad.
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HS-63
similar (2)
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Front
Reverse
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69 x 6 mm
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69,10 x 6,30 mm
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On cover from the same sender in Kerbala as above, dated
01.07.1930. Comments as above are also valid for this handstamp.
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HS-63 similar (3)
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Front
Reverse
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69 x 6 mm
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Coming Soon
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On cover from the same sender in Kerbala as above, dated
11.05.1936. Comments as above are also valid for this handstamp.
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HS-64
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HS-65 (1)
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Front
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55 x 11 mm
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56,20 x 11,7 mm
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Letter franked with 3 Annas, before curreny change in 1932!
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HS-65 (2)
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Front
Reverse
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55 x 11 mm
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56,30 x 11,7 mm
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Letter dated 29. February 1932 to France
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HS-66
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Front
Reverse
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44 x 3 mm
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44,00 x 3,60 mm
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On cover from Imperial Bank of Persia,
Tauris, Iran dated 3 November 1927 to Berlin, Germany.
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HS-67
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Front
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65 x 6 mm
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From the late Zvi Alexander collection.
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HS-68 (1)
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Front
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59 x 6 mm
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57,70 x 6,40 mm
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On cover dated 20 November 1937 from Bahrain to USA
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HS-68 (2)
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Front
Reverse
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59 x 6 mm
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57,80 x 6,50 mm
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On cover dated November 1937 from Bahrain to USA
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HS-69
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HS-70
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HS-71 (1)
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Front
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56 x 4 mm
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Cover is not in my collection. Image Ex
Collins Archive. Cover dated 8 March 1937.
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HS-72
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HS-73
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HS-74 (1)
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Front
Reverse
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57 x 6 mm
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58,90 x 6,90 mm
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Cover sent by Abdul Hamid, Baghdad,
dated 26 February 1924. The earliest strike of this
handstamp and the one recorded in Collins handbook.
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HS-74 (2)
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Front
Reverse
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57 x 6 mm
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57,10 x 7,50 mm
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Cover sent by Abdul Hamid, Baghdad,
dated 3 April 1924.Ths handstamp looks somehow a bit different
then the one above but it may have been somehow tron?
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HS-75
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