Ottoman Iraq: 1916 (13 August). Registered cover from an American Consul to United States franked with three 1pi war opt stamp (one under the flap) for one piaster single weight letter, one piaster registration and one piaster war orphans tax rate tied by KARYEBASI (BAGDAD) – KERYE BACHI (BAGDAD) [today Al Rasheed street] (A&P type 2, Giray IRQ #106) datestamp, same day Baghdad 1 and part Istanbul transit and 10 July New York arrival cds’s and red rosette Istanbul censor label. On front extremely rare Karyebasi registration hand stamp, circular “R” and Istanbul 8 censor cachets.
