| Date: | 08-Aug-1918 |
| Title: | Proclamation of Turkish Stamps Overprinted Iraq in British Occupation |
| Comments: | Proclamation by Officiating Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force dated 8th August 1918 that postage stamps with Turkish designs overprinted Iraq in British Occupation shall be brought into use in the Civil Posts of Iraq on 1st September 1918, and from that date no other stamps shall be valid (Baghdad Times newspaper August 20th 1918). |
