| Post Office: | Koh-I-Malik-Siah-Ziarat |
| Date Opened: | 08-Dec-1904 |
| Date Closed: | - |
| Comments: | Koh-I-Malik-Siah-Ziarat was an Indian Exchange post office on the Afghan border along the Persian frontier. <br /> <br /> The exact date that the post office was opened and closed is not know but its closure was after the Indian post offices in Persia had been closed - i.e. after 1923.<br /> <br /> There was also a customs station at the location.India used in Persia/Persian Postal History<br /> KOH-I-MALIK-SIAH-ZIARAT – INDIAN EXCHANGE POST OFFICE.<br /> <br /> Koh-I-Malik-Siah-Ziarat was an Indian Exchange post office on the Afghan border along the Persian frontier. <br /> <br /> The exact date that the post office was opened and closed is not known but its closure seems to have been after the Indian post offices in Persia had been closed - i.e. after 1923. There was also a customs station at the location.<br /> <br /> At the exchange office mail was handed over from the Persian Postal Service to that of the Indian and an Indian P.O. transit stamp was applied on the mail. Mail with the Indian PO transit stamp is rare. <br /> <br /> New mail was not accepted for at the Exchange Office so stamps were not cancelled with the date-stamp.<br /> <br /> At the exchange office mail was handed over from the Persian Postal Service to that of the Indian and an Indian P.O. transit stamp was applied on the mail. Mail with the Indian PO transit stamp is rare. <br /> <br /> New mail was not accepted for at the Exchange Office so stamps were not cancelled with the date-stamp. |
