page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq
section_title: Ottoman postal service
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq / Ottoman postal service
caption_attribution_description: English: Mesopotamia 2-rupee overprint stamp of 1920
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Iraq. It includes special uses under the Ottoman Empire as well as occupation issues.
context_section_description: The Ottoman Empire had post offices at Baghdad, Basra, Mosul, and Kirkuk by 1863.  India operated post offices in Baghdad and Basra from 1868 to 1914. Prior to 1923, the French operated a post office in Baghdad.
caption: Stamp for the British Occupation of Mesopotamia, 1918
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