'File 17/25 Stationery purchased from firms'

Title:

'File 17/25 Stationery purchased from firms'

Contributor:

The Times Printing and Publishing Co Ltd (correspondent)
Thacker and Company Ltd (correspondent)
A Webster and Company (correspondent)
Gale and Polden Ltd (correspondent)
Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Political Agent, Trucial Coast (correspondent)
British Consul, Khorramshahr (correspondent)

Date:

1942/1945

Description:

This file consists largely of correspondence concerning stationery supplied to the Political Agency, Bahrain. Items ordered include rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and printed forms. Much of the correspondence relates to the details of orders and the granting of export permits (from the Government of India) for those orders. Correspondents include the following: the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah; the Times Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Thacker and Company, Bombay (booksellers, publishers, stationers and printers); the British Consulate, Khorramshahr; Gale and Polden Limited (printers, publishers and stationers).In addition to correspondence the file includes two folders (requested from Gale and Polden by the Political Agent) of specimens of Christmas cards produced for embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic missions, as well as colonial protectorates. In a letter, dated 2 June 1949 and addressed to the Christmas Card Manager at Gale and Polden (folio 105), the Political Agent requests 200 Christmas cards, similar in style to the card for the British Embassy, Washington DC, which features in one of the specimen folders. The file contains a photograph (and its negative) of the Political Agency, Bahrain. In the aforementioned letter, the Political Agent specifies that this photograph should be included on the Christmas card.1 file (185 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English
Persian

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Christmas cards
Stationery

Extent:

1 file (185 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Unknown
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000169_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000169_en
IOR/R/15/2/1626

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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