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1941 1Aug) Censor airmail cover Baghdad As-Samawal to USA bearing 10f pair tied cds and brown censor tape affixed and tied PASSED CENSOR /[manuscript] 1519) with Baghdad b/s.
1941 (Nov) Censored cover to Bombay bearing 20f orange, tied BASRA cds, black triangle Censor h/s and violet V in circle on obverse. Sent from the Ottoman Bank Basrah.
1942 (Dec) Cover Baghdad As-Samawal Typed wrapper to UK bearing 3f tied on obverse, with NOT EXAMINED / IRAQ CENSORSHIP boxed h/s on obverse. English sealing tape 909 on reverse.
1942 (June) Cover Baghdad Junoubi airmail to USA bearing 20f black and 75f pair tied on obverse with NOT EXAMINED / IRAQ CENSORSHIP boxed h/s on obverse (Little type 5b). English sealing tape 69/733.
1943 (23 July) Airletter Iran to Scotland bearing Iraq 10f & 25f tied at BASRA with Iraq 13 censor circle in violet sent from SG 171/8, Balfour Beatty & Co, Abadan, Iran. via Iraq to UK.
1945 (23 July) Regd envelope Iran to USA bearing Iraq 4f, 15f pair, 2f & 100f tied BASRAH cds cancels, with Iraq 13 censor circle in violet sent from Gray Mackenzie & Co, Khorramshahr, Iran. via Iraq to USA.
1981 Saddam's Battle of Qadisiya 100f Miniature Sheet unmounted showing gold ink smudged and blobs of ink across the sheet, very striking and scarce, SG MS 1471.
1987 10th Anniv of United Arab Shipping Company 200fils Miniature sheet showing 'large white fog over the land and sea replacing the blue ink' variety, scarce, ex postmaster's archive. SG MS 1757.
1993 10D on 25f Pansies unused corner marginal block of 4 with top right corner folded during surcharging hence part of surcharge on back of stamp, visually dramatic cat £36 per stamp SG 1932.
1999 Saddamiya al Therthar 100d top corner marginal block of 4 showing dramatic horizontal perforation shift cutting through each stamp, striking & probably unique. SG 2059 var.
2001 10th Anniv of Gulf War 50d corner marginal block of 4 with bottom left corner folded resulting partly misprinted, also yellow ink blotches across the block, unique error. SG 2133 var.
Circa 1920-1922 (Undated) 1an on 20p red on white Turkish postal stationery card with British Occupation overprint and surcharge cancelled unusual dotted circle in black to France. French / Arabic bilingual card, no message on reverse, scarce and unusual.
